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TAR 21: Caitlin King & Brittany Fletcher "Best Friends"

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Air:
Dustin & Kandice #2? *hopes* :please:

Aussie:
generic blondes anyone?

Jobby:
They seemed stronger than Kellie and Jaime... smarter than Shanna and Jennifer.. BUT not as strong as Beauty Queens... don't look good for them I think. :(

They are nice to look at though. <<< Superficial. :lol:

supah:
http://www2.oanow.com/news/2012/sep/20/auburn-alumnae-compete-amazing-race-ar-4583183/


--- Quote ---Auburn alumnae compete on 'The Amazing Race'

Soccer player, sorority sister say their contrasting personalities helped them on the show

Ever since the show first aired, Brittany Fletcher had made appearing on “The Amazing Race” part of her list of things to do before she died.

Now, Fletcher and Caitlin King, both graduates of Auburn University, will be checking that off as they compete as one of 11 teams on the new season of the show, which premieres Sept. 30 on CBS. In the show, the duo traveled nearly 25,000 miles across nine countries and competed in a variety of different challenges for a chance to win $1 million.

Fletcher graduated from the university in 2009 with a degree in logistics, while King graduated in 2011 with a degree in early childhood special education. Outside the show, Fletcher works as a pharmaceutical sales representative at Horizon Pharma in Chicago and King lives in Atlanta, previously working as an after-school teacher in St. Louis, where she is originally from.

Speaking of their time at Auburn, King said there were certain things that she and Fletcher did not have in common. For one, King was a standout forward with the AU soccer team and Fletcher was an active member of the Phi Mu sorority. And despite having the same circle of friends, the two were not close.

“We’re really competitive girls, so we always knew who we were, but we didn’t want to get to know each other that well,” King said.

However, once King started dating Fletcher’s brother, Brian, a baseball player at AU, things began to change and the two became friends.

“We ended up finding out that we had a lot more in common than we thought and from that day on, we just continued growing in our friendship and it’s been great ever since,” King said.

Fletcher said the show, along with “The Price is Right,” had been on her “bucket list” of things to do before she died, so when the opportunity came to audition for the show, she took King along for the ride.

“I knew she (King) was the perfect partner because we are both so competitive,” Fletcher said. “I knew we would be a pretty solid team and a tough team to beat.”

King said she and Fletcher sent a video of themselves as part of the application process. After a week of interviews in Los Angeles and a month to go before the start of production, the two were informed that they would be part of the cast of the show’s new season.

“It was just really exciting,” King said.

Both Fletcher and King maintain that their contrasting personalities helped them compete in the show. Examples King gave of Fletcher’s strengths were her organization and keen sensibility, while King brought macromanagement skills to different situations.

“We knew how to manage our personalities to our best advantage,” King said.

Prior to the first day of shooting, Fletcher and King spent two and a half months training together by working out, studying geography, brushing up on common phrases in different languages, as well as watching past episodes of the show to get a feel for what to expect in the competition.

“If you were to show us an episode, we would probably know what season and episode it was from,” Fletcher said.

One particular team-building exercise Fletcher and King participated in was building a Lego set in a dark, noisy room while timing themselves.

“We knew we were going to be somewhere that was actually loud and noisy, where we would have to keep our calm and focus,” Fletcher said.

Fletcher said one of the more difficult parts of the show was where she and King would have to use maps and speak to people in other languages in order to complete a task, all without the use of a cellphone.

“You don’t realize how much you depend on being able to speak the same language with people,” Fletcher said. “You have to really rely on being able to ask local questions and finding people who could speak English.”

An aspect of the show that Fletcher and King did not anticipate was the number of friends they made from the different teams in the show that they will keep in touch with for a long time.

“It’s kind of a special bond that you get just being there all together, experiencing this thing as a family,” King said. “Even though we’re going as separate teams, you still have that bond that brings you together, just knowing that everyone’s having these emotions and going through the same kind of hardships and difficulties.”

Although the duo gave few details about what to expect on the show this season, they emphasized how excited they are to represent their alma mater on national television.

“There’s nothing better,” Fletcher said.

“The Amazing Race” has won the Emmy Award for “Outstanding Reality-Competition Program” eight times since its debut in 2001. 

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I love their team building exercise :lol:

georgiapeach:
TV Clip, thanks to TL!!
 
http://www.youtube.com/v/j9h71-XzAws?version=3&amp;hl

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