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TAR 22: Anthony & Bates Battaglia "Brothers"
Theo:
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--- Quote from: Daniel on May 07, 2013, 11:39:25 AM ---WHY didn't TAR show this side of them on TV?! :gaah: They could have possibly been one of my all-time fave teams. Their interviews are HILARIOUS :lol3: :lol3: :lol3:
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They did. They were hilarious on the show.
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georgiapeach:
Winning Amazing Race like winning the Stanley Cup, says Huntsville Havoc's Anthony Battaglia
Print By Pat Ammons
on May 07, 2013 at 3:40 PM, updated May 07, 2013 at 3:47 PM
Phil Keoghan, the host of CBS's "Amazing Race," tells brothers Bates, center, and Huntsville Havoc player Anthony Battaglia they are winners of the 22nd season of the show. The final episode of the show broadcast on May 5, 2013. (Photo courtesy of CBS Broadcasting, Inc.)
Anthony Battaglia had a pretty good few months with the Huntsville Havoc hockey team this past winter. The team almost made the playoffs, and Battaglia felt like he had played pretty well and helped the team along.
What he didn't share with his teammates was that he had just won the "Amazing Race" and $1 million in prize money. He and his hockey-playing brother, Bates, competed against 11 teams, winning the reality show challenge. The race took place in November and December of 2012, but the final, two-hour episode didn't broadcast until May 5.
"I had to keep my mouth shut," Battaglia said about the period between winning and the final broadcast. "For me, it's comparable to winning the Stanley Cup and not being able to tell anyone."
Bates Battaglia had heard the producers of the "Amazing Race" were looking for some hockey players and suggested to his younger brother that they try to get on the show.
"I was 100 percent, absolutely," Anthony Battaglia said from his home in Raleigh, N.C., where he lives when he's not playing hockey. "We're fans of the show, and we're athletes. We thought 'we can definitely win this thing.' We were pretty humbled when we got there. It's a lot harder than it looks."
The teams were pitted against each other as they took part in challenges as diverse as bog snorkeling in Ireland to water skiing in crocodile-invested waters in Africa. The final leg of the race brought the last three teams to Washington D.C., where their final task involved the ball pit at the Washington Nationals baseball stadium.
"There's not much rest or down time" during the race, Battaglia said. "It's pretty hectic and grueling on the body. But we're kind of used to that, my brother and me" from their years of playing hockey.
Anthony Battaglia (26) played hockey in the Southern Professional Hockey League 2012-2013 season with the Huntsville Havoc. He and his brother, Bates Battaglia, competed in and won the 22nd season of The Amazing Race.
While Bates Battaglia is now retired from hockey after a career with several National Hockey League teams, the brothers both stay in shape, Anthony Battaglia said. That was a definite factor in their win; although, they did watch previous seasons of the show to see what other teams did right or wrong.
They also "got lucky a lot of times," Battaglia said, and relied on the smarts of country singers Caroline Cutbirth and Jennifer Kuhle, who the brothers had a flirtatious relationship with on the show. The singers came to Huntsville to sing the national anthem at one of the Havoc games, in fact.
"I scored a couple of goals that night, so that was nice," Battaglia said.
Battaglia did such a good job of keeping quiet during his time on the ice here, his fellow players were sure he didn't win, he said.
"They would say, 'You did not win or why would you come play minor (league) hockey and play for peanuts," Battaglia said.
He played, he said, because he loves the game and because he got a call from the coaches, Glenn Detulleo and Jordan Little, with whom he had played before.
"I think Huntsville is pretty incredible," Battaglia said. "There's such a great fan base for hockey there. It was a joy to play there, for them to appreciate hockey like they do. There were a lot of fans of the show, too, who came to see me play."
Battaglia is not sure if he'll be back in Huntsville for another season of hockey. He wants to apply for the Raleigh Fire Department the next time they're recruiting. And "there's a lot of stuff going on now, with the whole winning the 'Amazing Race.'"
He did get in some serious acting chops as he kept his winning secret over the last six months, after all.
"I'm such a good actor," Battaglia said, laughing. "Get me on TV. Totally get me in front of a camera."
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bc922:
http://www.thestar.com/entertainment/television/2013/05/07/toronto_maple_leafs_former_player_bates_battaglia_dishes_on_amazing_race_win_gives_playoff_advice.html
Toronto Maple Leafs former player Bates Battaglia dishes on Amazing Race win, gives playoff advice
Battaglia, who won $1 million on the show Sunday, has some playoff advice for his former team.
Former Toronto Maple Leaf player Bates Battaglia had to wear his brother’s underwear after his knapsack got stolen on a train. But that didn’t stop the hockey-playing brothers from winning $1 million on the 22nd season of The Amazing Race.
“Serves them right; someone’s got a bag full of my dirty underwear,” says Bates, in an interview with the Star.
“On the other hand, I think we had to burn my underwear after Bates finished with them,” says younger brother Anthony, who plays professional hockey with the Huntsville Havoc.
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After nine countries and 48,000 kilometres, the Battaglia brothers from Raleigh, N.C., were victorious after swimming laps in a muddy bog in Ireland and solving clues from “secret agents” in the final leg in Washington.
Amazing Race has a loyal following in Canada, and it certainly didn’t hurt that many Canadians were rooting for the easy-going, hockey-playing brothers. It also didn’t hurt that they beat out the Machiavellian newlyweds Max and Katie Bichler at the finish line.
“Max and Katie seemed to be the villains on the show, but we actually got along with them great,” said Bates.
The brothers watched the finale from the bar they own in Raleigh with a group of fans and friends.
“It was crazy. They dumped champagne on our heads, and at the risk of being redundant, it was … amazing,” said Anthony, who has been compared to Prince William in the looks department — at least that’s what he claims.
Bates also had some playoff advice for the Toronto Maple Leafs, the NHL team he played for from 2006 to 2008.
“They should win. I’m going to go out on a limb here. But I’m going to tell them to win,” said Bates with the typical humour that saw he and his brother slog through the ups and downs of the Emmy-award winning reality show.
(NOTE: Bates made that prediction before the Leafs took to the ice at the ACC Monday for Game 3 against Boston. The Leafs did not win. They in fact lost 5-2 in their first home playoff game in nine years.)
Humour served the brothers well in the season finale, where Bates never looked more frustrated as when Anthony failed to figure out which dishes to serve guests in Belfast at the boat yard where the RMS Titanic was built.
“I thought he was going to kill me,” said Anthony. “But in my defence, he didn’t know what a chartreuse-coloured desert looked like either and he still doesn’t know.”
Bates took a run at a Stanley Cup when he played for the Carolina Hurricanes. The team lost and even though he won The Amazing Race “nothing is the same as being in a Stanley Cup final,” he said.
As for playing in Toronto, Bates said it was “incredible. There’s no better place to play hockey. Ever.”
The Canadian version of the race, which premiers July 15, will stay rooted within our borders, and winners will get $250,000, not a million. But that’s still the biggest grand prize of any reality show in Canada.
The Bates brothers had some advice for the Canadian contestants: “Get a real map. Don’t make Bates make the maps” said Anthony.
“Slow down. Sometimes you’re in such a hurry you miss stuff that’s right in front of you,” said Bates.
Bates said he plans to spend his share of the million dollars wisely.
“Hey, I wasn’t making Mats Sundin kind of money,” said Bates, referring to the former Leafs captain. “But it’s going to a good cause. I’m going to use it to buy Anthony some teeth.”
Jobby:
--- Quote ---He did get in some serious acting chops as he kept his winning secret over the last six months, after all.
"I'm such a good actor," Battaglia said, laughing. "Get me on TV. Totally get me in front of a camera."
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Oh stop it you hilarious guys. :lol3:
Jobby:
I hate to say this but if Anthony and Jen gets together... there's a huge chance of them on the next Allstars like Eric and Danielle. Crazy teams pair up like that does happen on TAR. :oh :o
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