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gingerman28:
At first look, none of these ten family groups seem to match any of the "spoiler" sightings reported to be seen iin July.
puddin:
Total decoy runs Gman :gman: (::)
Amazing Race," Family-Style
Tuesday August 16 7:43 PM ET
By Julie Keller
It's all in the family for The Amazing Race.
CBS has revealed the lineup of contestants for The Amazing Race: Family Edition, the latest incarnation of the two-time Emmy winning reality competition. This year, 10 four-member clans will trek around the world in a battle for $1 million. In the past, friends, lovers, spouses and/or coworkers have paired up, for better or worse, on two-person teams.
As they race around the globe, the four-person family teams will be pitted against each other in a series of mental and physical challenges, presumably testing the bonds of sibling-hood, parent-hood, couple-hood, in-law-hood and step-family-hood.
"Anytime you put a family of four together, you get interesting dynamics. It's a pretty humorous and explosive mix," executive producer Bertram van Munster tells USA Today.
Also new this year is the addition of younger competitors. This change meant some adjustments to the grueling Amazing Race schedule. First, there are fewer non-elimination episodes, and the teams only traveled about 30,000 miles total, less than half the 72,000 miles logged by contestants in season six. Less crowded competition sites were also chosen in deference to the kids.
Still, producers see the addition of children as a possible plus for the teams.
"Kids have major advantages just by size," says van Munster. "They can climb through something with more agility, and they're very fast in a crowd."
Plus, they're also, well, childish, so amusing playground antics are likely to ensue. Nine-year-old Carissa Gaghan from Glastonbury, Connecticut, threw down the gauntlet to on Tuesday's The Early Show, which introduced the competitors. "Either you'll be a zero or you'll be a hero," she told her fellow racers.
The family gimmick hopes to build on the show's record ratings last season. Fueled by the antics of Survivor couple Rob Mariano and Amber Brkich, the seventh installment of The Amazing Race averaged 12.5 million viewers a week. The show could also win its third straight Emmy in the Reality Competition category at next month's awards.
Here's a rundown of the teams:
Godlewski sisters from Des Plaines, Illinois: Michelle (42), Sharon (39), Christine (37) and Tricia (26)
Weaver family from Ormond Beach, Florida: widow Linda (46) and her three children, Rebecca (19), Rachel (16) and Rolly (14)
Gaghan family from Glastonbury, Connecticut: Bill (40), Tammy (42), Billy (12) and Carissa (9)
Black family from Woodbridge, Virginia: Reggie (42), Kim (40), Kenneth (11) and Austin (8)
Linz siblings from Cincinnati: Nick (24), Alex (22), Megan (21) and Tommy (19)
Rogers family of Shreveport, Louisiana: Denny (46), Renee (42), Brittney (22) and Brock (19)
Schroeder family from New Orleans: Mark (40), stepmom Char (39) and daughters Stassi (16) and Hunter (14)
Bransen family from Park Ridge, Illinois: dad Walter (51) and daughters Elizabeth (25), Lauren (22) and Lindsay (20)
Aiello family from Mansfield, Massachusetts: dad Tony (57) and sons-in-law Kevin (31), Matt ( 31) and David (26)
Paolo family of Carmel, New York: Tony (52), Marion (52), DJ (24) and Brian (16)
Hosted again by Phil Keoghan, The Amazing Race: Family Edition kicks off with a two-hour premiere Sept. 27 at 9 p.m.
http://tv.yahoo.com/news/eo/20050816/112424658000.html
gingerman28:
From some pretty reliable spoiler information posted on various boards since July 7 it now looks like all TEN teams make it to Huntsville, Alambama (NASA space camp?) at the end of which will be the FIRSTelimination. So that is going to be a douzzy of an opening show on September 27: New York, New Jersey, Washington, DC, South Carolina to Huntsville, Alabama!
From the descriptions and other pretty reliable sightings in Toronto and Montreal it looks like the four Godlewski Sisters make it that far (a team of four girls was spotted in downtown Toronoto) and either the Weavers or Bransens also make it to Montreal (team with adult and three children spotted but not further identified.) Also it looks like the Black Family does not make it to the final five (all white familes supposedly spotted.)
puddin:
People: Rhode Islander in Amazing Race, Madonna injured
09:09 AM EDT on Wednesday, August 17, 2005
A family based in Mansfield, Mass., that includes a Rhode Island police officer will be among the teams racing around the world on the upcoming season of the CBS reality show The Amazing Race.
CBS
Tony Aiello, left, and Kevin, Matt and David, the husbands of three Aiello daughters, form a team on The Amazing Race: Family Edition.
The "Family Edition" of The Amazing Race begins with a two-hour episode on Sept. 27 at 9 p.m. and then airs Tuesdays from 9 to 10 p.m.
Tony Aiello, 57, a restaurant consultant, is teaming with his three sons-in-law, Kevin Kempskie, Matt Hanson and David Alverson.
Alverson, 26, is a former Marine and an officer in the Johnston Police Department. His CBS biography said he lives in North Providence.
Participants in The Amazing Race, like those on most reality shows, are not allowed to talk to anyone about the results of the program, which has already been filmed.
"We're all looking forward to seeing how he does, but everyone knows not to ask him anything," said Captain David DeCesare of the Johnston Police.
As for the other members of the Aiello team, a CBS spokesman said Kempskie, 31, works in public relations for a high-tech company. Hanson, also 31, is a corporate project manager.
Until now, The Amazing Race has featured teams of two racing around the world, performing various tasks along the way before they can receive instructions to their next destination. The final team to arrive at each designated rest stop faces elimination from the race.
The first team to make it all the way around the world wins $1 million.
This season, the show has decided to use family teams with four members each. Some of the teams include children as young as 8.
Aiello is the oldest participant in this season's race.
puddin:
Anderson Township siblings join 'Amazing Race'
By John Kiesewetter
Enquirer staff writer
CBS
The Linz family - Tommy (left), Megan, Alex and Nick - will compete for the $1 million top prize on "The Amazing Race: Family Edition" which kicks off its new season Sept. 27with a two-hour premiere.
Can the toughest of the tough from St. Xavier High School's football team win CBS' "The Amazing Race?"
Nick Linz, the Bombers' bruising fullback on the 1998 state runner-up team, and his young sister and brothers - Megan, Alex and Tommy - are one of 10 teams competing for $1 million on the reality show. It begins Sept. 27 (9 p.m., Channels 12, 7).
For the eighth version of the Emmy-winning series, teams were expanded from two people to four family members. Participants range in age from 8 to 57.
"Pound for pound, Nick was the toughest kid I've ever coached. You're not going to find someone who can compete harder than Nick," says Steve Specht, who coached Nick (class of 1999) and Alex (class of 2000) as a St. X assistant coach. Tommy graduated from St. X in 2004.
"The whole Linz family is tough as nails - but they're always smiling," Specht says.
CBS describes the Linz siblings as "well-traveled, athletic and very competitive."
The Linz children grew up in Anderson Township with parents Tom and Terri Linz, who could not be reached for comment. CBS prohibits participants from speaking to the media.
According to CBS, Megan and Tommy attend Miami University. Susan Vaughn, the judicial affairs director at the Oxford school, and her son, Patrick, competed in "The
Amazing Race" in the spring.
Here's how CBS describes the Linz team:
Nick, 24, works in sales in Buffalo, N.Y. He's "hardworking and friendly."
Alex, 22, a recent University of Cincinnati graduate, works as an emergency room technician. He's "optimistic and proud."
Megan, 21, a 2003 St. Ursula Academy grad, likes cheerleading and field hockey. "Although she's outnumbered by the boys, she and her brothers are very close," CBS says.
Tommy, 19, is a Miami business major and lacrosse team member. He's "willing and outgoing."
E-mail jkiesewetter@enquirer.com
http://news.cincinnati.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050817/ENT/508170320/-1/CINCI
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