Amazing Race 13 contestants revealed!
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
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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)
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)
Last edited by mrpayroll; 08-19-08 at 01:01 PM.
08-19-08 | 12:41 PM
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Pics?
(only of these pairs please)
(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)
• Nick Spangler, actor, 22; Starr Spangler, former NFL cheerleader, 21 (brother and sister)
• Kelly Crabb, sales representative, 26; Christy Cook, business developer, 26 (divorcees)
08-19-08 | 01:09 PM
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08-19-08 | 02:00 PM
#14
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08-19-08 | 02:03 PM
#15
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08-19-08 | 03:25 PM
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08-19-08 | 03:58 PM
#18
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.
08-19-08 | 05:48 PM
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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.
I like how we are already getting some obvious nicknames: Superbad, Hippie Beekeepers, Southern Belles and Motherboy II.
08-19-08 | 06:34 PM
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How far have you got in the application process?
08-19-08 | 06:51 PM
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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.
Last edited by matta; 08-19-08 at 06:54 PM.
08-19-08 | 06:55 PM
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If you're like me, you want to research all the candidates thoroughly before the show begins:
Starr Spangler
Aja Benton
Starr Spangler
Aja Benton
08-19-08 | 07:45 PM
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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).