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.
So are the mean girls! Yeehaw.
The girls drove two hours out of their way....I guess they can't read maps...
Actually, I did have room service last week at Mandalay Bay for breakfast. Quite nice! Husband was horrified but I promised to go downstairs and win the money back. Scored a quick $640 on a Double Diamond machine so husband was now very happy and room service lapse was forgiven.
Where's everybody else? I'm having to go from room to room to freep. :) Commercials are my freep time. By the way, Go Bo!
Rob and Amber are playing the game much better than anyone else: they deserve to come in first. They always plan well: stacking books, getting an escort, having the bus driver man hold the door (hail to the bus driver bus driver man!).
How could you eat four pounds of anything?
I can't believe he's getting them all to quit! How funny is that? Well I grudgingly have to say they deserve to win.
how can anyone eat 4lbs of meat at one setting...Rob just made a smart move..
we knowthe girls and mom and son won't be able to do this..
are the girls lesbians?
I think they are.....but they are out of the game now.
Room service is a basic food group! My dad taught me how to call down for food when I was five years old and I've had stuff sent up everywhere ever since. Wish someone would send up a steak right away, and a nice martini on the rocks, and don't forget the chocolate mousse. Espresso. Cognac. A Cuban cigar. (I gave up smoking for lent, so if I sin,it's gonna be BIG.)
I'm avoiding the rest of this thread, as I'm two hours away from the start of TAR here on the left coast.
Darn.....soooooo close to that happening!!! I want them gone! Tho as bad as they are at directions, shouldn't be tooo long. ;)
Misery Mom and son are still with us, unfortunately, but keep sinking further and further down the ladder of success, so it's only a matter of time.
How in the world could Debbie and Bianca have made such a stupid mistake after conferring with the concierge about the route, map in hand, before they picked up their car? Sun rises in the east, the Pacific Ocean is to the west, mountains go uphill. So they drove down the beach for two hours and back for another two hours to the road to the mountains. Unbelievable. But they have each other so we don't have to worry. LOL In a way I was disappointed because I thought the'd make a good showing in the RACE, putting pressure on more likely winners. Might have added an element of excitement and suspense. But even without them, this is a really great TAR.
The four pounds of meat deal was very funny. Rob was absolutely right, and so were the others who gave up. Knowing there was no way in the world they could finish, giving up sooner rather than later made sense.
It was interesting to watch Rob weighing his options, figuring out his best move. Clever fellah! I remember racers in past TARs making themselves extremely ill eating gloppy stuff and feeling rotten the next day. I wonder how little Alex will fare.
They did and they are. Hope you caught the show.
It was interesting to watch Rob weighing his options, figuring out his best move. Clever fellah! I remember racers in past TARs making themselves extremely ill eating gloppy stuff and feeling rotten the next day. I wonder how little Alex will fare.
I thought Ron's comment that the road block was worse that when he lost 28lbs in 18 days in an Iraqi prison. The food was worse there; however, he didn't have to eat 4lbs of it at a sitting.
BTW - Both All Female teams are out at Leg 3. TAR7 tied for the worst showing by All Female teams with last season. At the Bowling Moms of TAR5 made it to Leg 12.
I'm surprised that Mom/son are still in the race at this point; however, they appear to be fading / arguing more and more.
The Umbilical team lives for another week, but at least the annoying chickies are out.
Rob was clever in figuring a way out of the meat eating contest, but Argentina has some of the greatest beef in the world. I would have eaten five pounds just to show off.
The brothers seem to be emerging from their fog, dudes. I hope they step up their game some. And I hope they stop wearing Richard Simmons headbands.
I love the way Rob plays, but I'm rooting for somebody to take him out down the final stretch. He's like the Yankees.
The queens were a bit annoying this week, but I enjoyed their hissy fit in the market last week so much, I'm hoping they last a bit longer. Their mood swings have mood swings.
I still miss the hotties.
Hopefully they will be gone soon.
I thought Rob wimped out, I was suprised, surely he did tougher things on Survivor.
But misery mom last night did say that she wants to find her son a boyfriend.
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