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The Amazing Race Asia 2 Contestant/ Media thread
georgiapeach:
Hi Neobie and Schwarzmoor! :waves:
Nice finds!!
I was just coming in to say that there must be a full list somewhere because my mailbox is overflowing with news! :wohoo:
Let's see if we can pull it together!
From Neobies article:
Hey good-looking, let's race
The contestants for the next season of The Amazing Race Asia are a handsome lot
By Lee Sze Yong, MEDIA REPORTER
Team Singapore: Business development manager Adrian Yap and regional sales director Collin Low (centre, wearing singlets) and the rest of the nine teams of The Amazing Race Asia. Writer Sophie Teng (behind Low, wearing red T-shirt) is also a Singaporean, but flies the Hong Kong flag. -- PHOTO: AXN
WHAT a beautiful game.
We are not talking about football but the competition in the second season of The Amazing Race Asia.
When cable channel AXN revealed the 10 teams of the reality TV show at Clarke Quay's Indochine - The Forbidden City on Wednesday, wolf whistles could be heard.
All 20 contestants - from Thailand-based VJ-model Paula Taylor to the oldest competitor, retired US Navy officer Henry Reed from the Philippines - had svelte, taut bodies.
The good physiques certainly came in handy when the teams travelled to 15 countries in four continents in July, covering 54,000km. Up for grabs is a booty of US$100,000 (S$149,800).
Executive producer Michael McKay said the good-looking cast, selected from 2,500 contestants from the region, was 'absolutely not a deliberate thing'.
He said: 'Personality, not looks, was what we were looking for.'
Referring to the chubby Indonesian brothers from season one, Mardy and Marsio Juwono, he said: 'True, none are interesting-looking people like the M&M brothers, but they are no less interesting.'
Take the Singapore team, made up of gym rats Adrian Yap, 27, and Collin Low, 35.
Low is the first hearing-impaired contestant in The Amazing Race history. Yap, a business development manager, communicates with Low using sign language, which he learnt 10 years ago.
Low, a regional sales director, said: 'It's useful when we want to discuss strategy and don't want others to know.'
Another Singaporean is writer Sophie Teng, 27, although she flies a different flag. She represents team Hong Kong with her ex-flatmate, France-born model Aurelia Chenat, 24.
The two are an unlikely pairing, as they are not exactly bosom buddies, even before the race. The bubbly Chenat still blames the more serious Teng for kicking her out of the apartment when they lived with each other two years ago.
However, when Teng's original partner for the competition had to back out at the last minute, she approached Chenat to join her.
Asked if they were still friends after the race, Teng would only say: 'You have to watch the show to find out.'
szeyong@sph.com.sg
The Amazing Race Asia 2, which is in post-production now, will premiere at the end of the year on AXN (StarHub Channel 19).
AirTime has been held back.
more coming....
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georgiapeach:
From this article:
more about
--- Quote ---Our very own TV personalities Rovilson Fernandez and Marc Nelson form one of the two teams from the Philippines. They call themselves Team Rovilson and Marc, or Team Marc and Rovilson, depending on who you’re asking.
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--- Quote --- “On the show, we were the clowns whilst being very competitive. We’d like to think that we had a great time. Yes, it was about winning; but at the end of the day, you wanna have a great time. It’s an opportunity of a lifetime. You’re traveling around the world with one of your best friends. Sometimes it was really just about kicking back and enjoying it. Sure we play it up sometimes but when they watch the show, they’ll see Rovilson and I being Rovilson and I. It’s who we are in real life. We are idiots.”
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georgiapeach:
From this blog:
--- Quote ---The Singapore Team, which made up of Adrian Yap and Collin Low, was spotted on The Straits Times Friday, September 28, 2007, page 6 of the Life! section. They were wearing our signature party tanks, showing off their lean and chiseled muscles, all ready for The Amazing Race Asia.
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Neobie:
So here's what we have for now? Darn AXN and their obsession with young teams! :dick (Just a rough one from MS Paint until I get home to my computer for the weekend!)
Monica & Edwin (Hong Kong)
Rovilson & Marc (Philippines)
Paula & ? (Thailand)
Aurelia & Sophie (Hong Kong)
Henry & ? (Philippines)
Adrian & Collin (Singapore - survive until at least Prague)
Could the girls in blue be the 'dancing mummies'? And who the heck could the reunited siblings be?
We also need teams from Japan, Malaysia and Indonesia... The ones in red I would say Japan, the pair on the left from Malaysia, and the girls in blue Indonesia?
High-five Georgiapeach! (Yep, that's the Philippines flag on Henry's royal blue top...)
Just noticed this (blame my bad counting skills), but WHERE IS THE TENTH TEAM?
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georgiapeach:
A work in progress: GMTA Neobie!! :waves:
TARA 2 TEAM LIST:
1)Hong Kong: Sophie Teng 27 (writer)/ Aurelia Chenat 24 (former model) former roommates
2)Hong Kong: Monica Lo (former Miss International)/ Edwin Lo (event organizer) dating couple
3)Singapore: Adrian Yap 27 (business manager)/ Colin Low 35 (sales director) gym partners--Adrian is 1st hearing impaired racer
4)Philippines: Rovilson Fernandez / Marc Nelson (TV Hosts)
5)Thailand: Paula Taylor (VJ model)/ Natasha best friends
6)Philipines : Henry Reed (retired US Navy officer)/ Terri (Henry's wife) husband/wife
7) Indonesia: Brett Money (physiotherapist, Jakarta)/ Kinar Yosih (actress/model)
8 ) Japan: Daichi /Sawaka Kawashima formerly estranged brother/sister
9) Malaysia: Ann/Dianne not seen in photograph
10) Malaysia: Vanessa/Pamela Chong (sisters of Malaysian reality TV song winner Victor Chong)
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