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Dan Kipnis & Riya Malik (YouTube Creators)


Dan Kipnis
Age: 23
Occupation: YouTube Creator
Current City: Toronto, ON
Hometown: Richmond Hill, ON
Strengths: Creating strategy, giving advice, showing love
Fear/Phobia: Snakes and clowns
Favourite Travel Destination: Vienna
Pet Peeve about Teammate: She doesn’t listen to my ideas

Riya Malik
Age: 23
Occupation: YouTube Creator
Current City: Toronto, ON
Hometown: Richmond Hill, ON
Strengths: Perseverance, positive attitude, creating strategy
Fear/Phobia: Claustrophobia
Favourite Travel Destination: Singapore
Pet Peeve about Teammate: He talks too much

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TEAM BIO

Dan:
Instagram: @dankipnis
Twitter: @dankipnis
Snapchat: @dankipnis

Riya:
Instagram: @itsriyamalik
Twitter: @itsriyamalik
Snapchat: @itsriyamalik

Dan and Riya have been best friends for 15 years, ever since Dan offered to ride the ski-lift with new-girl Riya on a grade four class trip. Today, they run a successful YouTube channel together, “Dan and Riya,” where they produce and star in weekly short comedy videos about dating, pop culture, and the trials and tribulations of Millennial life. Their most popular video has over 14 million views and counting.

Both Dan and Riya are competitive, have big egos, and fight about who is funnier, smarter, and more attractive. Dan is more emotional, admitting that he’ll be the first to cry or lose his temper, whereas Riya is more controlled. Although they bicker and tease each other constantly, they also trust each other completely.

They have no intention of running THE AMAZING RACE CANADA as naïve “nice Canadians”; they are ruthless competitors who will work hard and have no qualms about lying and hustling their way to the finish line.

FUN FACTS
Motto: “Be a flamingo in a flock of pigeons”
If you and your teammate we a pop duo, what would your name be? The Peachy Butts
Walk on Song: “I Want It All” from High School Musical 3
Team they most associate with from previous seasons: Kelly and Kate (Season 4)
If you could be an animal what would you be?
Dan: Unicorn | Riya: Unicorn


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I suppose their casting has to due with wanting to draw in more millennials into the show.


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If you've seen their channel, Canadian Joey & Meghan right here.

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Dan Kipnis, 23, and Riya Malik, 23, friends and YouTube stars from Richmond Hill, Ont. The two have been best friends since Dan offered to ride a ski lift with new girl Riya on a Grade 4 class trip. Their "Dan & Riya" YouTube channel deals with pop culture and millennial life, with one video recently passing the 14 million views mark.

Source:http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-life/entertainment/TV/a-look-at-this-years-amazing-race-canada-contestants-430189883.html

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Joey & Meghan say hello to your counterparts.


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Re: TAR CANADA 5 CONTESTANTS - Dan Kipnis & Riya Malik (YouTube Creators)
« Reply #10 on: June 27, 2017, 06:56:14 PM »
First boot please :res:

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Re: TAR CANADA 5 CONTESTANTS - Dan Kipnis & Riya Malik (YouTube Creators)
« Reply #11 on: June 27, 2017, 07:23:45 PM »
They posted their announcement video yesterday. The way they yelled over each other through it, an unpleasant preview of their race personality?

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Re: TAR CANADA 5 CONTESTANTS - Dan Kipnis & Riya Malik (YouTube Creators)
« Reply #12 on: June 27, 2017, 07:55:44 PM »
They posted their announcement video yesterday. The way they yelled over each other through it, an unpleasant preview of their race personality?

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Re: TAR CANADA 5 CONTESTANTS - Dan Kipnis & Riya Malik (YouTube Creators)
« Reply #13 on: June 28, 2017, 01:27:17 AM »
First boot please :res:

You were a youtube fan in S22/24  :spy:

Yes but I found Joey & Meghan fun and their YouTube content then wasn't offensively annoying. These two seem like none of those things. They seem annoying even before the YouTube stuff and I checked out one of their videos - couldn't even make it past 30 seconds.

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Re: TAR CANADA 5 CONTESTANTS - Dan Kipnis & Riya Malik (YouTube Creators)
« Reply #14 on: June 28, 2017, 01:44:13 AM »
If you've seen their channel, Canadian Joey & Meghan right here.

And hopefully just as funny as them!

Not sure bout their love of unicorns, though...

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Re: TAR CANADA 5 CONTESTANTS - Dan Kipnis & Riya Malik (YouTube Creators)
« Reply #15 on: June 29, 2017, 03:25:57 PM »
DANIEL KIPNIS & RIYA MALIK

With 15 million views of their most popular video (a sketch called Man Gives Birth) their YouTube channel “Dan and Riya” already have street recognition. “I get a little shocked,” says Riya. “I’m like, ‘You want a picture with ME?’”

The first Canadian YouTube stars on TARC, they’ve considered how awkward it might be if they were recognized mid-race.

“Could you imagine?” says Daniel. “‘I can’t talk to you right now, I’m racing.’”

“Basically, we are here for the experience,” he says. “How many people have done this in the entire world?”

They admit being intimidated by the apparent fitness of their competition. “I always say, ‘Riya we’re too nice.’ And sometimes people walk over us a bit. But I do think nice people go far.”

“Niceness is not a weakness,” Riya adds.

Source:http://www.torontosun.com/2017/06/29/meet-the-racers-a-look-at-this-years-amazing-race-canada-contestants

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Re: TAR CANADA 5 CONTESTANTS - Dan Kipnis & Riya Malik (YouTube Creators)
« Reply #17 on: July 05, 2017, 09:37:17 PM »
They were actually more bearable to watch in the first leg than I expected :o

Dan had a couple Joey-esque moments.

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Re: TAR CANADA 5 CONTESTANTS - Dan Kipnis & Riya Malik (YouTube Creators)
« Reply #18 on: July 11, 2017, 10:45:29 PM »
Lol at Dan's Highway comment  :funny:

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Re: TAR CANADA 5 CONTESTANTS - Dan Kipnis & Riya Malik (YouTube Creators)
« Reply #19 on: July 12, 2017, 10:29:52 PM »
It has been 24 hrs...

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