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puddin:
`Amazing Race': It's all relatives
Published August 17, 2005
A widow and her three teenagers, a father and his sons-in-law and a handful of traditional nuclear families are set to showcase their skill at racing around the world and whatever dysfunction results from it.
CBS has revealed the identities of the 10 families, including one from Park Ridge and another from Des Plaines, competing in the next edition of "The Amazing Race." Unlike previous installments of the Emmy-winning show, which featured teams of two, the new version will have groups of four, all of whom are related in some way.
Otherwise, the game remains the same: The teams will race around the world, completing challenges on each leg and trying to stay out of last place. The winners get $1 million. Phil Keoghan returns as host.
For the first time minors will be involved as well. Several of the teams are made up entirely of adults--there are two groups of grown siblings, for instance--but there are a few kids in the mix.
"The Amazing Race: Family Edition" debuts Sept. 27.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-0508170167aug17,1,1064625.story?coll=chi-newsnationworld-hed
gingerman28:
I like the way the news releases still talk about The Amazing Race as a "race AROUND the world" and "the first team to "race AROUND the world wins $1 million."
Either this is just a lot of B:) B:) B:) or the producers have hidden the entire race from the prying eyes of the internet spoilers and the teams actually did race around the world. Seeing will be believing!!
puddin:
Gman ]**]
The kid-friendly contest, which includes fewer non-elimination episodes, did require certain concessions: Over the 30-day race, filmed mostly in July, teams traveled 30,000 miles, far less than the 72,000 traversed by teams on the sixth season. And more family-friendly, less-crowded locales were chosen.
After the starting line beneath New York's Brooklyn Bridge, the teams spend more time in U.S. cities where the focus is on historically significant sites.
Yet challenges are just as grueling, van Munster promises, and involve "miserable rain" and "extreme dry heat."
Fans will see just as many of those pesky "roadblocks" and "detours," while "yields," which force one team to stop racing for a period of time, "are more effective and more frustrating to people than (they've) ever been."
puddin:
CBS UNVEILS THE IDENTITIES OF THE 10 FAMILIES COMPETING IN "THE AMAZING RACE: FAMILY EDITION"
Released by CBS
CBS UNVEILS THE IDENTITIES OF THE 10 FAMILIES COMPETING IN "THE AMAZING RACE: FAMILY EDITION"
Eighth Installment of the Emmy Award-Winning Series Begins With A Special Two-Hour Premiere on Tuesday, September 27, 9:00-11:00 PM, ET/PT
The Amazing Race: Family Edition Moves To Its Regular Tuesday, 9:00-10:00 PM Time Period Beginning October 4
CBS today announced the identities of the 10 families set to compete in THE AMAZING RACE: FAMILY EDITION. For the first time ever, the Emmy Award-winning reality adventure series will feature teams of four instead of two, comprised of family members. The 10 teams of families will compete against one another in a race around the world for a $1 million prize. THE AMAZING RACE: FAMILY EDITION will begin with a special two-hour premiere on Tuesday, Sept. 27 (9:00-11:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network.
THE AMAZING RACE: FAMILY EDITION will be broadcast regularly on Tuesdays (9:00-10:00 PM, ET/PT) beginning Oct. 4.
THE AMAZING RACE has won two consecutive Emmy Awards for Best Reality Program is currently nominated for a third time.
Following are the 10 families, listed in no particular order:
TEAM: GODLEWSKI SISTERS
Michelle (42)
Sharon (39)
Christine (37)
Tricia (26)
Hometown: Des Plaines, Ill.
TEAM: WEAVER FAMILY (WIDOW AND KIDS)
Linda (46)
Rebecca (19)
Rachel (16)
Rolly (14) - Male
Hometown: Ormond Beach, Fla.
TEAM: GAGHAN FAMILY
Bill (40)
Tammy (42)
Billy (12)
Carissa (9)
Hometown: Glastonbury, Conn.
TEAM: BLACK FAMILY
Reggie (42)
Kim (40)
Kenneth (11)
Austin (8)
Hometown: Woodbridge, Va.
TEAM: LINZ FAMILY (SIBLINGS)
Nick (24) – Currently resides in Buffalo, N.Y.
Alex (22)
Megan (21)
Tommy (19)
Hometown: Cincinnati
TEAM: ROGERS FAMILY
Denny (46)
Renee (42)
Brittney (22)
Brock (19)
Hometown: Shreveport, La.
TEAM: SCHROEDER FAMILY (DAD, STEPMOM AND KIDS)
Mark (40)
Char (39)
Stassi (16)
Hunter (14)
Hometown: New Orleans
TEAM: BRANSEN FAMILY (DAD AND DAUGHTERS)
Walter (51)
Elizabeth (25)
Lauren (22)
Lindsay (20)
Hometown: Park Ridge, Ill.
TEAM: AIELLO FAMILY (FATHER AND SONS-IN-LAW)
Tony (57)
Kevin (31)
Matt ( 31)
David (26) – Currently resides in North Providence, R.I.
Hometown: Mansfield, Mass.
TEAM: PAOLO FAMILY
Tony (52)
Marion (52)
DJ (24) - Male
Brian (16)
Hometown: Carmel, N.Y.
THE AMAZING RACE: FAMILY EDITION features 10 teams -- each comprised of four family members -- on a trek around the world for approximately 30 days. At every destination, each team will have to compete in a series of challenges -- some mental and some physical -- and only when the tasks have been completed will they learn their next destination. Teams who are farthest behind will gradually be eliminated as the contest progresses, with the first team to arrive at the final destination winning $1 million.
Jerry Bruckheimer, Bertram van Munster, Jonathan Littman and Hayma Screech Washington are the executive producers for Bruckheimer Television and Earthview Inc. in association with Touchstone Television and Amazing Race Productions. Amy Chacon and Evan Weinstein are co-executive producers. THE AMAZING RACE was created by Bertram van Munster and Elise Doganieri.
For more information on THE AMAZING RACE: FAMILY EDITION and the new 10 teams of families log on to www.cbs.com.
http://www.thefutoncritic.com/cgi/pr.cgi?&id=20050816cbs02
Nuala:
The Blacks are from Va. Cool. Now VA will get some more representation on a reality show. They have the youngest members on their team. I wonder how the babes held up in the race? I think this is going to be very interesting to watch. I only watched one episode last year and could not get into it. But the whole family thing is pretty neat, so I will give it a try again.
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