Room Raiders is a "dating

Dating game show

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/reality

Reality television

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" series on MTV

MTV

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Premise

On the show, three men or women have their rooms inspected, or "raided" by another single man or woman (usually a member of the opposite sex, but some episodes are gay

Homosexuality

Homosexuality is romantic or sexual attraction or behavior between members of the same sex or gender. As a sexual orientation, homosexuality refers to "an enduring pattern of or disposition to experience sexual, affectional, or romantic attractions" primarily or exclusively to people of the same...

-themed). The raider does not meet or see any of the three singles (any personal photographs of the contestant are removed from the room or covered with a smiley face sticker) and chooses to go on a date with one of them based on the contents of their rooms. The three contestants watch and comment, while sitting in a van, as their rooms are inspected. After the raider has finished with each of the rooms, the three contestants then raid the raider's room. Finally, the raider confronts the three contestants and makes his or her choice.

Locations

The first episode was filmed at Tulane University

Tulane University

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, and featured Jessica Simpson

Jessica Simpson

Jessica Ann Simpson is an American recording artist, actress, television personality, and fashion designer whose rise to fame began in 1999. Since that time, Simpson has achieved many recording milestones, starred in several television shows, movies, and commercials, launched a line of hair and...

 and Nick Lachey

Nick Lachey

Nicholas Scott "Nick" Lachey is an American singer, songwriter, actor, producer and television personality. Lachey rose to fame as a member of the boy band 98 Degrees. He later starred in the reality television series Newlyweds: Nick and Jessica with his then-wife, Jessica Simpson. He has released...

 to promote the program. Nick Lachey was found to have nude pictures of himself located in his room. The first seven seasons were Room Raiders (in the New York metropolitan area

New York metropolitan area

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), Room Raiders II, Room Raiders: Miami

Miami, Florida

Miami is a city located on the Atlantic coast in southeastern Florida and the county seat of Miami-Dade County, the most populous county in Florida and the eighth-most populous county in the United States with a population of 2,500,625...

, Room Raiders: Hotlanta (in the Atlanta area), Room Raiders: California

California

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, Room Raiders: Texas

Texas

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, Room Raiders: Florida

Florida

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featured comedian Daniel Dickey

Daniel Dickey

Daniel Dickey is a popular comedian, director and published humorist. He had been featured on MTV's Room Raiders, MTV's True Life , directed several shorts for Nick Cannon's Wild 'n Out and later worked as a red carpet corespondent for NBCUniversal...

 and was one of their most popular episodes, Room Raiders: Arizona

Arizona

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. The current season is entitled Room Raiders: 2.0

2.0

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. Starting with the Miami season, episodes were given themes such as Best Friends, Twins, Beauty and the Freaks, Double Trouble, Hidden Beauty, Boy Toy, Opposites Attract, Threes a Kind and celebrity guests.