Amazing Race 15 Contestant Spoilers / Speculation

[puddin]

Contestant Spoilers

"GO" picture, credits to Chateau d if " The go shot was taken from the 6th st bridge, 2000 feet away"








Based on eyewitness reports:

Based on eyewitness reports:

in no particular order!

Eric Paskel & Lisa Paskel last witnessed LA River "GO" lineup/ For the first time, one team will be booted at the start of the trek
Garrett Paul & Jessica Stout) last witnessed LAX.   
Ron Shalita & Marcia Wynkpoop Maloy last witnessed LAX.  
Zev Glassenberg & Justin Kanew last witnessed Phnom Penh?
Keri Morrione & Lance Layne- engaged last witnessed Dubai? 
Canaan Smith & Mika Combs-Friends last witnessed in Dubai?.   
Tiffany Michele & Maria Ho- Babes in Poker last witnessed Tallinn, Estonia (decoys) in the final 6
Herbert/Nate-Team Dark Blue- Harlem Globetrotters last witnessed Las Vegas, Nevada (decoys) final 4?/5
Gary & Matt Tomjenovich- Father & Son  last witnessed Las Vegas, Nevada (decoys)  final 4?/5
Brian and Ericka Kleinschmidt (Dunlap)- Married    final 3
Meghan Ricky & Cheyne Whitney-Dating   final 3
Sam & Dan McMillen- Brothers   final 3








Contestant Spoilers

:barline
:barline

Ericka Dunlap & Brian Kleinschmidt - married - Nashville, TN  

Erika & Brian on the mat in LA/river
credits , Chateau d if
photo by primefun
  CBS promo
Credits:
Chateau d if "Erica"
graytex Ericka Dunlap & Brian Kleinschmidt
primefun

:barline
:barline

MEGHAN RICKEY AND CHEYNE WHITNEY- DATING COUPLE-SAN DIEGO.

This is the blue team in the Final 5. Meghan is 23 and works as an account executive in San Diego. Cheyne, he works for a Social Change Group in an after school program for high school kids. He's 24. Both are big fans of reality tv shows especially Race and Big Brother.



photo by primefun

Credit:
Macaroons:

:barline
:barline

GARY TOMLJENOVICH AND MATT TOMLJENOVICH. THE FATHER AND SON FROM BILLINGS, MONTANA.

Gary and Matt Tomljenovich are the father and son team speculated to make the final leg. They have a family company in real estate loans and the father also works in construction. Matt has pink hair and several piercings. Gary's 47, Matt's 22.n  





photos by primefun


Credits:
Macaroons
afterglorock: After more thinking, I remember the first team I saw when entering the Terminal was Team # 5 - two males...they we're at the AA first class ticket area...the guy who was doing the talking was the taller, he had bleached blonde hair with red/pink highlights...a punk rocker look (although I have no idea who he was...) -- they did have orange shirts.

**reply by Chateau d If: "This is bone fide information folks."
I never revealed yet that there is a team that has one member with a shock of red hair.  And they were wearing green! They are the Father/Son team that is 3rd from the left in the lineup.

:barline
:barline

Keri Morrione & Lance Layne - Engaged couple - Massachusetts  


  credits: Chateau d if

Credits:
Chateau d if "Her name is Keri"
graytex

:barline
:barline

ZEV GLASSENBERG AND JUSTIN KANEW. FRIENDS FROM LA.

I think they're friends. Both work in Hollywood. Zev's 26, Justin's 30 and works for National Lampoon's. He's an actor/producer/writer and wrote National Lampoon movie Adam and Eve.


 picture credits ashyf

picture credit Chateau d if
CBS promo
credits
Chateau d if
primefun
Macaroons

RON  SHALITA & MARCIA MALOY- Dating from SAN FRANCISCO.

Marcia:
Is a former trapeze artist
Is well-traveled
She grew up in Europe (England, France, Germany) and Morocco
Speaks French and Italian
A former American Airlines flight attendant
Worked for a US embassy in Paris


photo credit Chateau d if
credits:
  Chateau d if " Gerrod? & Martha?
Macaroons

:barline
:barline

GARRETT PAUL & JESSICA STOUT
 She's 27, and lo and behold, she's from LARKSPUR, CALIFORNIA
GARRETT PAUL from Aptos (by Santa Cruz, California). He's 28. Also went to University of California Santa Barbara (as did Jessica and Meghan). He is the guy in the earlier photo I posted.


credits, Chateau d if

credits:
Chateau d if "For this team, consider that her name is "Jessica"...Larkspur, CA (Marin County)"
Macaroons
Macaroons

:barline
:barline

SAM McMILLEN AND DAN McMILLEN- BROTHERS - COLLEGE STUDENTS FROM MISSOURI.
They're originally from Liberty, MO. Sam is 23 and Dan is 21. Sam studies biology/anthropolgy. He's also a camp counselor. Dan is a business admin student. He enjoys traveling.

credits to Chateau d if

photo by primefun
credits:
Chateau d if
ashyf
Macaroons

:barline
:barline

CANAAN SMITH AND MIKA COMBS. COUNTRY SINGERS FROM NASHVILLE, TN.
He's 26 and she's 22. They sing together. They may be dating but I think they're just friends.



credits Chateau d if
CBS promo
credits
Chateau d if "I think her name is Mikka."
Macaroons

:barline
:barline

Maria Ho & Tiffany Michelle - friends - poker babes

       
photo credit Chateau d if
postimees
  CBS promo

credits
loosekanen
revengefullycreative
Slowhatch
postimees

:barline
:barline

  Nate "Big Easy" Lofton (#52) and Herbert "Flight Time" Lang (#4)/ The Harlem Globe Trotters

 

photo credit Chateau d if

    credits: Miss11's photostream  


  CBS promo
credits
aftergloroc
Coutzy, KiwiJay & Macaroons
primefun

:barline
:barline

Eric Paskel & Lisa Paskel  "Vegans" "team Bon Jovi"
Married yoga teachers, Eric Paskel and Lisa Paskel from Encino, Calif.,



Chateau d if:
Re the twelve team question,  How about this?
Twelve teams start out at the lineup and only eleven teams drive off to LAX.
One team has been eliminated on the spot, at the initial challenge!
It's just a hunch on my part but I am starting to see lots of evidence that point towards us having a Philimination right at the start!

:barline
Contestant descriptions Notes:


afterglorock
 There was another team that came through my gate area asking to borrow a laptop with internet access..  It was a male/female in their mid-late 20's... didn't look at him much, but she was a hot blonde!  I wanna say they were wearing purple...??


Blog found by Joab: Phnom Phen?
All in all, I bumped into 5 pairs. The first was a male-male partnership, second was a couple who looked really miserable, third was another couple wearing matching dark blue tees and the guy was wearing a bandanna - rambo-style (this is when I got filmed), fourth was another male-male pair I think - one of em had a combo of neon green with some pink hair and lastly was a girl-girl pair - an asian chick with a white girl.


most likey a hoax

Tweet: bob_bixby
 OMG! They're a hot lesbian couple and circus performers too! Synchronize swimmers for some Vegas show. Too much fun eavesdropping!

[puddin]

Macaroons :



A little more (but not much) on Garrett:

He's currently a manufacturing engineer
Has a Master's degree in mechanical engineering from Stanford and a Bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering from UCSB
Studied for a year in Barcelona, Spain (Jessica also did this -- perhaps this is how they met??)

AND NOW TO SUMMARIZE THE WHOLE CAST EXCEPT FOR TEAM 12:

Dan McMillen. 21. College Student. Liberty, Missouri. Sam McMillen (Brother)
Matt Tomljenovich. 22. Mortgage Broker. Billings, Montana. Gary Tomljenovich (Father)
Mika Combs. 22. Country Musician. Nashville, Tennessee. Canaan Smith (Dating?)
Sam McMillen. 23. College Student. Liberty, Missouri. Dan McMillen (Brother)
Meghan Rickey. 23. Account Executive. San Diego, California.   Cheyne Whitney (Dating)
Cheyne Whitney. 24. Social Change Mentor. San Diego,   California.   Meghan Rickey   (Dating)
Tiffany Michelle Graham. 25.   Professional Poker Player. Los Angeles, California.   Maria Ho   (Friend)
Canaan Smith.   26. Country Musician. Nashville, Tennessee. Mika Combs (Dating?)
Maria Ho.   26. Professional Poker Player.   Los Angeles, California. Tiffany Michelle (Friend)
Zev Glassenberg. 26. Actor. Los Angeles, California. Justin Kanew (Friend?)
Jessica Stout. 27. Editor. San Francisco, California.   Garrett Paul (Dating/Friend?)
Ericka Dunlap. 27. Pageant Queen / Singer. Nashville, Tennessee. Brian Kleinschmidt (Married)
Brian Kleinschmidt. 27. Actor / Marketing Director. Nashville, Tennessee. Ericka Dunlap (Married)
Nate Lofton. 28. NBA Player. New Orleans, Louisiana. Herbert Lang (Friend/Teammate)
Garrett Paul. 28. Manufacturing Engineer. Santa Cruz, California. Jessica Stout (Dating/Friend?)
Justin Kanew. 30. Actor/Writer/Producer. Los Angeles, California. Zev Glassenberg (Friend?)
Herbert Lang. 33. NBA Player.   Shreveport, Louisiana. Nate Lofton   (Friend/Teammate)
Keri Morrione. 34. Hospital Manager. Everett, Massachusetts. Lance Layne (Engaged)
Lance Layne. 41. Attorney. Salem, Massachusetts.   Keri Morrione (Engaged)
Gary Tomljenovich. 47. Mortgage Broker. Billings, Montana. Matt Tomljenovich (Son)
Ron Shalita. 59. SAT Preparation. San Francisco, California. Marcia Maloy (Dating)
Marcia "Marcy" Wynkoop. 60. Photographer. San Francisco, California. Ron Shalita (Dating)

[puddin]

First up --

Long-time lurker, first-time poster. I've got a possible casting spoiler. Here's my detective work.

Background: I play poker on a pretty regular basis and am active on a message board. A few months ago former Survivor: China contestant and professional poker pro Jean-Robert Bellande started a thread requesting help for input on who we as a poker community think would be a good casting decision for a reality show. He lists qualifications including it must be two women. Here is a link to that thread:

http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/29/news-views-gossip/casting-2-hot-poker-girls-reality-show-483388/

Now, about three weeks ago word came out that last year's final female remaining in the World Series of Poker main event, Tiffany Michelle, would not return to play the event this year. It's curious because she could get backing for the $10,000 event from any of the major sites. She wrote a statement saying she had a chance to travel and do some acting. Very vague. Here's that thread:

http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/29/news-views-gossip/has-story-tiffany-michelle-wimping-out-wsop-main-event-been-covered-yet-527817/

Finally, this week's podcast on PokerRoad Radio with Norman Chad has rumors of her being on TAR. It's on itunes if you have interest.

Final thoughts: with Jean-Robert having been on Survivor we know there have been cross-casting instances before. This smells pretty strong to me. I'd wager a solid amount Tiffany Michelle is going to be on TAR and that they will leave soon considering the main event just ended yesterday.

Here's Tiffany at one of her finer moments:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c8Qay92zE-Q

Just my opinion. Take it for what it's worth. Cheers guys!

Thank you loosekanen!!

 I was just given secondary confirmation of two poker/casino women as well. And a possible young southern girls team.

Found it ..

a fwiw

from sucks

Jayarinca wrote:
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Not sure where to put this, but a friend of mine knows someone who is going to be on TAR next season. She and her partner work at a casino in Las Vegas where all of the dealers have big breasts. Apparently the casting folks approached the owners of the casino, but they couldn't do the the show so they directed them to a couple of their employees. That is all I know...  

then I'm reading sucks S19 contestant spoiler thread ..and thought hmm you never know?

seltzer3 wrote:
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Just saw this on poker news, on the live updates. L


OPPER [26 minutes ago]
anyone hear the news? Tif d michele is leaving for survivior?

Tiffany Michelle was the girl got17th place in the main event of WSOP last year. Its kind of flaky post, since anyone can make it up. Then again we did have two poker players on a reality tv show.  

truedorktimes wrote:
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
It can't be for S19, since they're already filming.

Here's a post from her blog at Ultimate Bet:

Well, well, well…
My summer in Vegas is coming to a close. "A CLOSE?!?!" you say! Although we have the Main Event coming up this week I am officially announcing… (no, not my retirement! Sorry haters, you'll be stuck with my finger-french-fry-lickin'-clock-callin'-heel-clickin'-UB-branded-poker-pwning-face for several years to come)… that I won't be defending my title as The Last Woman Standing or giving that darn final table another crack… at least not this year. GASP!!!
It'd have to be something pretty big to deter me from the WSOP Championship Event this year and trust me, IT IS! I can't disclose much right now but I'll be leaving the country to film a project for a month and it conflicts with the Main Event. Se la vie! I figure that poker isn't going anywhere and the WSOP Main Event comes around EVERY SINGLE YEAR. This project and my part are very huge and it's an opportunity is just too good to pass up. At the end of the day, acting and performing have always been my passion, in fact it's how I fell into poker to begin with and I never want to lose sight of that part of my life and career.

http://blog.ultimatebet.com/category/team-ub/tiffany-michelle/


And from her twitter feed, yesterday:

I won't be signing at the Deepstacks booth tomorrow afterall, have an emergency to take care of and am heading back to LA. Bye Vegas!
about 20 hours ago from web

http://twitter.com/tiffnymichelle
It's possible she could be in the running for S20, but that doesn't even start filming for about a month, and she wouldn't be back until mid-September, which sounds like a longer time frame than she's implying. She also implies it's an acting job. Still, possible.
 

[TARAsia Fan]

I've seen her. The poker fanboys wll go ga-ga over her in TAR.

[Dånooky]

Pokerfaces in TAR! <3

[Neobie]

Right, so who could be her partner? Any others on the poker circuit missing in action?

Oh dear. 2726 friends on Facebook. This could take a while.

(Or should we hold discussion until we're sure the race has started? We don't want to put any team in jeopardy!)

[Joab]

I think she'll be better on Survivor.

But i don't think she and her teammate is the type of team i'll root for? But i always eat my words anyway. Bleah.

[Snooky]

I think she'll be better on Survivor.

But i don't think she and her teammate is the type of team i'll root for? But i always eat my words anyway. Bleah.

Poker is never good!  A poker face is good in survivor though!
 
This link could help, if you haven't already looked at it.
http://web.mac.com/tiffanymichelle1/Tiffany_Michelle/Home.html

[revengefullycreative]

Right, so who could be her partner?

Maria Ho

[puddin]

Has anyone checked out Michele's latest tweet?

Couple days into filming & I'm having a blast, lovin' the cast & crew but remembering how long filming days can be. Love being back on set!10:15 PM Jul 13th from web

[Neobie]

How many days into sequester are their everything confiscated? 13 Jul should be at least halfway into the pre-sequester period right?

(Random nitpicking again with so many holes to poke through, but don't long filming days usually last way beyond 10.15pm?)

TAR 15 racers, if you get web access, stay tuned to RFF! We might find out about your next destination even before you do!

[georgiapeach]

(Or should we hold discussion until we're sure the race has started? We don't want to put any team in jeopardy!)

Good point. Teams exposed prior to filming are at definite risk of being eliminated and an alternate chosen...

However, on a "set" doesn't sound like TAR.

I believe that teams may have been sequestered as of last Sunday...  MAYBE.

[Hooky]

To me this doesn't seem like TAR. Would they allow her to Tweet during the sequester period?

[revengefullycreative]

It depends.  Although I doubt it, she could've had someone tweet for her in her absence.  Many celebrities do it all the time.  Plus, she usually is active on twitter as is her best buddy; she's never been idle this long.

But it's pure speculation, as it was when Bellande and Norman Chad took a guess as to how she could be absent of all times in the summer.  If anyone would be able to make an accurate guess, it would be Bellande since he was in the same boat two years ago.  But I'd hate to see a change in plans, if this is true, based on rather strong speculation.

[georgiapeach]

Once in sequester, there is NO contact with the outside world...

[north09]

I'm seeing this as a small acting job that she's working on this summer. More likley, CBS casted the casino dealers.

[2old4tech]

blakestuerman@2old4tech they were 2 late 20's guys in orange t-shirts with a cameraman running around asking to use peoples' laptops.8 minutes ago from TwitterFon in reply to 2old4tech

This reply from a Tweeter at LAX that saw a team at AA counter

[Snooky]

blakestuerman@2old4tech they were 2 late 20's guys in orange t-shirts with a cameraman running around asking to use peoples' laptops.8 minutes ago from TwitterFon in reply to 2old4tech

This reply from a Tweeter at LAX that saw a team at AA counter

Looks like we might have an alpha-male team!

[north09]

http://twitpic.com/ascbv

[2old4tech]

Was just going to post that.  You're quicker.



eta: image

[puddin]

^^ TAR Crew not teams

[Hooky]

Was just going to post that.  You're quicker.



eta: image

^^ TAR Crew not teams

That doesn't look like a crew to me. It looks like an older couple team!

[puddin]

Khaki pants and twitter caption = crew    What i think is the amazing race camera crew

[Hooky]

Khaki pants and twitter caption = crew    What i think is the amazing race camera crew

How do khaki pants indicate they are on the crew? What is a twitter captain?

[puddin]

It seems that the Amazing Race teams r on our flight to Japan. How fun!