In Real Life season 1

In Real Life (formerly known as In the Real World) is a Canadian reality show where eighteen young contestants aged 12–14 race across North America and compete in a series of real-life jobs, aimed to "discover the skills, strength, and stamina it takes to make it in real life." The show is developed and produced by Apartment 11 Productions.

The first season was originally planned to premiere on February 4, 2009 as In the Real World. but was delayed one month. The first season premiered on March 4, 2009 and concluded on June 3, 2009.

The winner was 13-year-old Ruby-Rae Rogawski from Langley, British Columbia.

Contestants

 * Ages at time of filming

Results
This contestant won the big reward

This contestant won the wrench

This contestant found the shield

This contestant received a new team member. The original teams were:

Red Team: Aaron and Jaicyea

Grey Team: Landon and Isiah

Brown Team: Graeme and Tyler

This experience allowed the remaining competitors to swap teams

At the end of this experience, any shields that teams possessed were now out of play

Beginning in this experience, all teams were dissolved and competitors competed alone

Beginning in this experience, any shields that players possessed were now out of play

Maddison quit towards the end of the final experience resulting in Ruby-Rae winning the competition.

Red means the contestant was eliminated.

Blue means the episode was a non-elimination episode, therefore the contestant was not eliminated.

Purple means the contestant used the shield to escape elimination.

Gold means the contestant won the competition.

Silver means the contestant was the runner up.

» represents the contestant who used the wrench, « represents the contestant who got delayed by it.

Episode 1: Auto Racing
''Aired: Wednesday, March 4, 2009. ''

Location: Atlanta, Georgia


 * Prize: Remote Control Go Kart
 * Shield: Not Found

Episode 2: Alligator Wranglers
Aired: Wednesday, March 11, 2009

Location: Florida City, Florida


 * Prize: Air-Boat Ride
 * Wrench Used On: Yellow Team
 * Shield: Found by Red Team (Aaron & Jaicyea)

Episode 3: Rodeo Cowboys and Cowgirls
Aired: Wednesday, March 18, 2009

Location: Rose Hill, Kansas


 * Prize: Electric Guitars
 * Wrench Used On: Grey Team
 * Shield: Not Found

Episode 4: Hollywood Stunt Performers
''Aired: Wednesday, March 25, 2009

Location: Hollywood, Los Angeles, California


 * Prize: Hollywood Tour
 * Wrench Used On: Grey Team
 * Shield: Not Found

Episode 5: Farm Frenzy
Aired: Wednesday, April 8, 2009

Location: Vermilion, Alberta


 * Prize: Speedpass to "Galaxy Land" Amusement Park in West Edmonton Mall
 * Wrench Used on: Yellow Team
 * Shield: Not Found

Episode 6: Firefighting
Aired: Wednesday, April 15, 2009

Location: Vermilion, Alberta


 * Prize: Hot Air Balloon Ride
 * Wrench Used On: Red Team
 * Shield: Not Found/ Used by Grey Team (Isiah & Jaicyea)

Notes
 * At the start of the experience, Sabrina gave the remaining teams an opportunity to split from their teammates, and pair up with someone else
 * Both Isiah and Landon from the Grey Team, Aaron from the Red Team, and Graeme from the Brown Team stepped up - the Purple and Yellow Teams stayed together
 * Aaron and Graeme became the new Red Team, Jaiceya and Isiah became the new Grey Team, and Landon and Tyler became the new Brown Team
 * Because Aaron and Jaicyea had a Shield and split up as a team, both challengers took Shields into their new teams - Aaron (Red Team) and Jaicyea (Grey Team)

Episode 7: ER
Aired: Wednesday, April 22, 2009

Location: Montreal, Quebec


 * Prize: Nintendo Wii with Trauma Centre: New Blood
 * Wrench Used On: Purple Team
 * Shield: Found by Yellow Team (Talon & Maddison)

Episode 8: Dirty Jobs
Aired: Wednesday, April 29, 2009

Location: Côte Saint-Luc & Montreal, Quebec


 * Prize:
 * Wrench Used On: Yellow Team
 * Shield: Found by Purple Team (Ben & Ruby-Rae)/ Used by Purple Team (Ben & Ruby-Rae) and Red Team (Aaron & Graeme)

Note:
 * At the end of this experience, teams were dissolved. The challengers would compete individually beginning in the next experience.
 * Because teams were dissolved, the Shield found by the Yellow Team (Talon & Maddison) in experience 7 was discarded.
 * All teams in this experience had a shield by the 3rd job

Episode 9: The Circus
Aired: Wednesday, May 6, 2009

Location: Montreal, Quebec


 * Prize: iPod Nano
 * Shield: Found by Talon

Episode 10: Adventure Guides
Aired: Wednesday, May 13, 2009

Location: Whistler, British Columbia


 * Prize: Inflatable Kayak
 * Wrench Used On: Ben
 * Shield: Not Found

Episode 11: Police Action
Aired: Wednesday, May 20, 2009 Location: Vancouver, British Columbia


 * Prize: Binoculars
 * Wrench Used On: Talon
 * Shield: Not Found/ Used by Talon

Episode 12: Elite Forces
Aired: Wednesday, May 27, 2009

Location: Chesapeake, Virginia


 * Prize: Paintball Party for 16
 * Wrench Used On: Talon
 * Shield: Found by Maddison

Notes:
 * This was the final experience in which a Shield could be used.
 * With Talon's elimination, All male challengers have been eliminated from the season.

Episode 13: Pilots
Aired: June 3, 2009

Location: La Jolla, San Diego, California and the Mojave Desert


 * Champion: Ruby-Rae
 * Runner-Up: Maddison
 * Prize: $15,000 scholarship, Trip for 4 to Hawaii
 * Consolation Prize: Laptop
 * Wrench Used on: Maddison

Notes:
 * The first three challenges were scored by points. The first challenger to 3 points would receive an advantage of a bonus "hit" in the final challenge - the Dogfight.
 * In the Dogfight, the challengers would alternate their roles as the "attacking plane" and the "defending plane." The first challenger to 3 hits would win the competition.
 * During the Second Dogfight, Maddison quit, resulting in Ruby-Rae winning the competition.