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Old 08-19-08, 12:06 PM
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Amazing Race 13 contestants revealed!

http://news.yahoo.com/s/eonline/20080819/en_tv_eo/24448

Amazing Racers Ready to Roll Gina Serpe
Tue Aug 19, 5:12 AM ET



Los Angeles (E! Online) - Two McLovin-loving frat brothers, a former NFL player and his estranged wife (awkward) and a pair of honey-making hippies are among the competitors set for a globe-trotting spin around the world on the upcoming 13th season of the Amazing Race.

CBS has announced the 11 two-person teams set to compete on the Emmy-magnet reality show when it kicks off Sept. 28.

Phil Keoghan is again back with the best job in the world, lording over the global go-round as the teams traverse more than 30,000 miles in 23 days, vying for the $1 million prize.

Among the hot spots the teams are set to touch down on: Brazil, Bolivia, Russia, India, a first-ever stop in Cambodia and, for the sake of cultural learnings making benefit the glorious competitors, Kazakhstan.

"We shot most of that episode in [its] capital," executive producer Bertram van Munster said. "People were a little afraid we were going to pull a Borat on them. I told them we weren't doing Borat, but what happened there is very, very funny."


Here's a look at the teams:


• Terence Gerchberg, running coach, 35; Sarah Leshner, investment analyst, 31 (newly dating)


• Marisa Axelrod, student, 22; Brooke Jackson, graphic designer, 24 (Southern belle best friends)


• Andrew Lappitt, student, 22; Dan Honig, hotel manager trainee, 23 (fraternity brothers nicknamed "Team Superbad")


• Aja Benton, aspiring actress, 25; Ty White, banker, 25 (dating long distance)


• Mark Yturralde, Comic-Con treasurer, 41; Bill Hahler, student aid administrator, 42 (best friends)


• Toni Imbimbo, accounting consultant, 51; Dallas Imbimbo, student, 22 (mother and son)


• Nick Spangler, actor, 22; Starr Spangler, former NFL cheerleader, 21 (brother and sister)


• Anita Jones, retired paralegal, 63; Arthur Jones, playground maintenance, 61 (married beekeepers)


• Kelly Crabb, sales representative, 26; Christy Cook, business developer, 26 (divorcees)


• Ken Greene, home builder and ex-NFL player, 51; Tina Greene, executive search firm president, 48 (separated)


• Anthony Marotta, mortgage broker, 32; Stephanie Kacandes, financial saleswoman, 32 (dating)
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Are we getting two races this season? I forget.
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Pics?

(only of these pairs please)

• Marisa Axelrod, student, 22; Brooke Jackson, graphic designer, 24 (Southern belle best friends)

• Nick Spangler, actor, 22; Starr Spangler, former NFL cheerleader, 21 (brother and sister)

• Kelly Crabb, sales representative, 26; Christy Cook, business developer, 26 (divorcees)
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I wish they would stop casting so many aspiring "actors".
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Originally Posted by Chew
Are we getting two races this season? I forget.
I hope we do! It sucked only to get 1 last season.
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Ha ha, small world. I know Marisa's sister. This is going to be an entertaining season.
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I believe since we are getting a fall edition, that we should also be getting a winter edition!

Updated with photos!

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Originally Posted by Groucho
Pics?

(only of these pairs please)
Sorry!

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Starr Spangler
I'd 'banner'

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Originally Posted by Chew
Are we getting two races this season? I forget.
I found this on thefutoncritic.com

ADDITIONAL NOTES:
renewed through the 2008-09 season (the show's 13th & 14th editions) on 5/13/08
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Divorced already at 26?
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Divorced already at 26?
They look like a happy couple. I wonder what happened.
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Originally Posted by Jadzia
Divorced already at 26?
I was more surprised at them being 26..
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I wish they would stop casting so many aspiring "actors".
There are two actors. Should there also be two fewer beekeepers? There are two of them as well.

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Originally Posted by TimeandTide
There are two actors. Should there also be two fewer beekeepers? There are two of them as well.

Two beekeepers, is two beekeepers too many. Especially by the looks of those hippies!

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Minor spoilers at to what happens during the race, including the winning team

Spoiler:
The 13th installment of THE AMAZING RACE will feature a variety of firsts, including: Teams traveling to a real-life water world where its inhabitants live upon a floating city; first time visits for the Race to locations such as Cambodia and Kazakhstan; and one Team makes an unprecedented mistake on the road that ultimately prohibits them from joining their fellow Racers at the finish line.


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Originally Posted by TimeandTide
There are two actors. Should there also be two fewer beekeepers? There are two of them as well.



At least beekeeping is unusual and somewhat interesting. When these reality shows cast admitted actors/models etc. it just seems too famewhorish.

I have seen more aspiring actors & models on the Amazing Race than I have ever met in real life. I'd rather see more "real" people.
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Originally Posted by Chew
Are we getting two races this season? I forget.
Yes. I believe Amazing Race 14 is being filmed right now for broadcast in the late Winter and Spring of 2009.

I like how we are already getting some obvious nicknames: Superbad, Hippie Beekeepers, Southern Belles and Motherboy II.
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Damn. I'm 0-for-13 on making this show.
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How far have you got in the application process?
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Originally Posted by matta
Damn. I'm 0-for-13 on making this show.
I guess you don't have what it takes to roll Gina Serpe.
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Originally Posted by BadlyDrawnBoy
How far have you got in the application process?
I've gotten the application. They'd never take a happily married couple who speak 7 languages, are in good shape, are both highly educated engineers, and one of whom is pushing the million miler club on Delta before age 30.

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If you're like me, you want to research all the candidates thoroughly before the show begins:

Starr Spangler

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Originally Posted by Jadzia
I wish they would stop casting so many aspiring "actors".
Why are you assuming that someone designated as an actor is "aspiring"? To bring you up to date, Nick Spangler is very much a working actor, and has been starring in The Fantasticks at the Jerry Ohrbach Theater (50th & Broadway), where he has been a cast member for about a year (originally as The Mute, then taking over the lead role of Matt).


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