9 p.m. Eastern/Pacific Posted on 02/24/2005 8:35:27 AM PST by Veto!
Begins March 1 on CBS, 9 p.m. Eastern/Pacific
Here we go again, race fans, for the Seventh Season of The Amazing Race (TAR7). We'll vicariously travel with eleven teams as they fly, drive, climb, crawl, leap, slide, and boogie around the world to compete for one million dollars. They'll never know where they're going next or what they'll have to do once there. The last team to arrive at the "designated pit stop" at the end of each week's episode will be eliminated from the race -- unless it is not. So pull up your favorite armchair and travel along with the Freeper Amazing Race contingent every Tuesday night for the next few months as we root for favorites, throw tomatoes at the others, and wish we were the ones living dangerously. BON VOYAGE!
A Thumbnail Photo Guide To This Season's Possibly Amazing Racers
Brian, 27 & Greg, 24 are brothers from Santa Monica, California. Brian is an actor/bartender and Greg is a bouncer. Their primary motivation for participating in the Race is to travel the world with each other and meet new people. Veto!s opinion: Team Bro wants face time on tv. They are big, strong, in shape, and they think they're action stars. But are they wily? Could be they'll be eating other teams' dust.
Debbie & Bianca are best friends from Los Angeles, California and Woodbridge, Virginia, respectively. Bianca is a high school teacher and Debbie works as a photographer. Both are highly educated, experienced travelers, and have lived abroad. Veto!s opinion: Keep an eye on these two. Unless they scratch each other’s eyes out, they’ll probably do just fine.
Lynn & Alex are (would you believe?) a gay couple from West Hollywood, California. They both work as executive assistants. With their four-year anniversary on the horizon, they possibly hope to get married in Amsterdam—if indeed they race through Amsterdam. Veto!s opinion: Need I say?
Megan & Heidi, a make-up artist and fashion designer, are roommates from Oak Park, California. Both are allegedly extremely competitive and not afraid to take risks. They decided to sign up for the Race “just for the challenge and competition.” Veto!s opinion:. Can the Hair Queens keep up the pace when their tresses get tangled? I see hissy fits on the horizon.
Meredith, 69, & Gretchen, 66, are a husband/wife team from Easton, Maryland. Meredith is a retired executive and Gretchen is a retired nurse/flight attendant. He holds seven National Masters Swimming Championship titles, she admits to being quite loud, particularly when upset. . Veto!s opinion: If Gretch doesn’t turn into Nurse Ratched, they may go far and win Freeper kudos for their efforts.
Ray, 44, & Deana, 27, are a dating-on-and-off team from Canfield, Ohio and Youngstown, Ohio respectively. Ray, a former semi-pro football player, is a stockbroker and Deana is a marketing and promotions executive. Both enjoy weight lifting and karate. Veto!s opinion:This season’s “will their relationship last?” team. Ray will overdo it trying to beat younger guys. Ho-hum.
Rob, 29, & Amber, 26, AKA Boston Rob and Ambuh, are an engaged couple from Canton, Massachusetts and Beaver, Pennsylvania, respectively. They formed an alliance and fell in love when they competed with each other on “Survivor: All Stars.” Amber won the one million dollar prize. Rob finished as the $100k runner-up, but proposed to Amber before they knew which had won the big bucks. Veto!s opinion: Two Thumbs Up! Highly athletic and competitive, these two know how to work together. But will their “take-over-the-‘hood” skills that won them Survivor translate to racing’s Hall of Fame? Why, indeed, not?
Ron, 28, & Kelly, 26, are a dating Team from Villa Rica, Georgia and Greenville, South Carolina, respectively. Ron is a former Iraq War POW who is currently a student at the University of Georgia and works as a motivational speaker. Kelly was crowned Miss South Carolina in 2002 and works as a Legislative Correspondent…(for whom?) Ron was an Apache helicopter pilot in Iraq. When shot down, he was captured, interrogated, held captive and later rescued by the United States Marines. Following his rescue, Ron returned home and was introduced to the reigning Miss South Carolina. The two have been an item ever since. Ron is very competitive and admits he’s a thrill seeker. . Veto!s opinion: Two more thumbs 'way up. They’ll be Freepers’ favorites, and they have what it takes to win.
Ryan, 31, & Chuck, 32, are lifelong friends from Landrum, South Carolina and Inman, South Carolina, respectively. Ryan is a general contractor, and Chuck works in boiler tube replacement sales. Both are motorcycle nuts and very religious. . Veto!s opinion: Definitely wily Southern boys. Up against tough competition, but I hope they make a good showing.
Uchenna, 40, & Joyce, 44, a childless married couple from Houston. Uchenna worked for Enron as an energy trader and Joyce worked in sales for WorldCom, have different jobs since their companies went bankrupt. If they win, they say they’ll use the money for in-vitro fertilization. Veto!s opinion:A tough, scrappy pair, but too much tension here, methinks, for them to get much traction. They’re hardly Kim and Chip, the wonderful black couple who won Amazing Race two seasons back.
Susan, 54, & Patrick, 26, are mother and gay son. She is the Director for Judicial Affairs for Miami University in Ohio and Patrick is a writer now living in Hollywood. Susan, married to Patrick’s father for 34 years, earned her college degree as a “non-traditional” student. Patrick says his family has always been very supportive of him,even —surprise, surprise-- when he told them he was gay. Veto!s opinion: They’re looking for love in all the wrong places; hopefully, their elimination from the show will be swift and merciful.
That’s it for the Preview.
May the best team win!
Cool. I have watched every season. I am not big on the reality shows but this one just does it for me.
Hoping they will soon do a "Celeb Amazing Race" or all previous 2nd place couples to determine the best of the almost best.
Geeze, a gay couple and a mom/gay son team? C'mon CBS, that's old hat! Where are the transgendered couples? /sarcasm.
Good analysis, but I'm rooting for Rob & Amber.
I'll put my money on Ron and Kelly. Iraq Vet and Ms. SC. That is a 'made in America' team if there ever was one.
I have never been able to watch this as I work nights, but it is my 28 year old daughter's favorite. She insists that the two of us should give that thing a shot... hehehe... then she told me horror stories of what she was saying she thought we should be trying. Ha! From what I hear there are many "family feuds" publicized on this show. I think ours would be right in there with the best. LOL
I would like to be able to watch and see this from a beginning show. I hear so much from fellow FReepers that I know it would be fun... so ya'll just watch vicariously again for me. And I'll hear the details from my kid as she tries to convince me of all the reasons "we" should do this. Ha!
Ping, starts next Tuesday.
Read the bios, lol.
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With thanks again to jreimer who's been the official TAR keeper of the threads in the past. I hope I can do half as good a job.
Still think the first season was the best, with no models, no actors, no contestants from OTHER reality shows. I'll never forget the frat brothers - "Swing you fat bastard, swing," and Mom and Emily. And that finish! Supposedly Season One is coming out on DVD. Check it out!
If you've never seen this show - it's one definitely worth watching, if for nothing but the locales. Although YMMV, to me it deserved both Emmys! (Mark Burnett must be seething!)
Thanks for trunning the thread for this new edition. Jriemer has done a great job in the past and I am sure you will do a fine ob.
I love the show, and just when I think it's a stale setup, they go to new, cool places and have new psycho cases like Jonathan & Victoria.
I still hope to see in the news where she gets a small fine for killing or at least severely maiming him.
Wneighbor, I hope you and your daughter get on the show. There's an application form at the CBS link. Meanwhile, why don't you tape it or have someone do it for you. It's such a fun show, and educational too, with lots of info about other parts of the world.
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You want to be on this list? Big fun ahead.
I'm already on the list, I just saw the thread before you pinged.
I like Rob and Amber or the POW.
Don't count on a celeb edition. According to an article on JAM! out of Canada, season 8 of TAR will be a family edition, with 4 members per team.
Sorry, it's just my damnyankee accent.
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Please no-one yell at me... but of "Uchenna and Joyce", which is which? To me, both names sound like female names.
I never pick who to root for until I've seen the first episode, but looks like I've got a couple contenders for root-against.
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