Room Raiders
{{short description|Television program}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2025}}
{{Infobox television
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| genre = Reality competition
Dating show
| num_seasons = 8
| num_episodes =
| runtime = 30 minutes
| network = MTV
| country = United States
| language = English
| first_aired = {{Start date|2003|10|13}}
| last_aired = {{End date|2009|5|13}}
}}
Room Raiders is a dating/reality series that aired on MTV.{{cite news |title = Celebs lack clout in MTV show | first= Liew |last = Hanqing |newspaper = The New Paper |date = 10 January 2006 |publisher = Singapore Press Holdings | location = Singapore}}
Premise
On the show, three men or women have their rooms inspected, or "raided" by another single man or woman. 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). At the end of the episode, the raider 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.{{cite news | newspaper = The Australian | title = Dating show gets up gross and personal | first = Kerrie | last = Murphy |department=Review | page = 38 | date = 14 October 2006 }}{{cite news | newspaper = National Post | title = How MTV sav'd reality: It makes trash with a wink - and viewers are smiling| first = Jason | last = Chow |department=Arts & Life | page = AL1 / Front | date = 10 May 2004 }}
Seasons
=''Room Raiders''=
The first episode was filmed at Tulane University, and featured Jessica Simpson and Nick Lachey to promote the program. It was branded as "Dorm Raiders", although the rest of the season used the branding "Room Raiders."
=''Room Raiders II''=
=''Room Raiders: Miami''=
=''Room Raiders: Hotlanta''=
=''Room Raiders: California''=
=''Room Raiders: Texas''=
=''Room Raiders: Arizona''=
=''Room Raiders 2.0''=
International versions
- {{flagicon|Lithuania}} A Lithuanian version debuted in 2010 on LNK.[http://tvdb.lt/tv.php?perziura=kambariu_plesikai&puslapis=apie Lithuania]