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.
I think there will be a lot of Freeper Fuming next week.
Thank you, thank you very much! Those guys are nuts! I almost took a shot at getting on a boat back when I got out of the Coast Guard in the late 80's, but I didn't feel I was quite ready to die. A couple weeks on an east coast dragger cured me of any desire to go commercial fishing.
What a great morning, the "honeys" are gone. There is justice.............
Yep, and the look on Ron's face when she said that about his POW tour tells me that he had an epiphany about Kelly.
Somehow, I don't think they are still together and Ron dodged another bullet by unloading her.
Good point. I hope they don't remain a couple after the race, except maybe to go to Romber's wedding together.
But during last night's show they worked together well and did a great job. It was fun to watch Relly buddy up with Romber, yet remain competitive. IMHO, last night's episode was as good as it gets. Colorful, exciting, and a photo finish. Big fun!
Best of all, ExLax was eliminated! No more cover-your-ears honey sweetie drivel.
BTW: Did you catch the Indian Gay Couple that Gretch was admiring on the way to the Elephant Walk? The Indian people are just so tolerant...awwww, they're so cute.
Nope, no agenda going on. Hey CBS! Why couldn't you leave that little snippet on the editing room floor?
YaYa123, Rob and Amber are adorable for sure. Great looks. Even better is the chemistry between them that just fills that TV screen whenever they're on. They have an enviable relationship, long may it last.
ROFL on the tagline!
hahahaha...I was wondering if you would notice.
Every week they bumble along from one disaster to the next, completely oblivious to the rules or strategy, and at the end of the episode, they watch somebody else go home.
"You've done it again, Magoo!"
It was a requirement?!!! Wow, that's pretty shocking! At that point, I would have walked away from the game. There's no way I would shave my head bald. Unless I looked like her. She actually looked good bald - good shaped head, good features. But still, no woman wants to lose her hair.
I'm hoping Rob and Amber don't win. Rob's the type of person the phrase "the ugly American" was written about. Loud, crass, yelling...
They imagined going in that it would be the requirement. It was the same on a earlier episode that went through India. If i remember correctly, the "model" couple walked away from it and lost that leg.
When they found out Joyce would have to shave her head (which she kind of figured out on the way) Uchenna offered to go back to the Elephant Walk but Joyce realized they wasted too much time finding the Fast Forward and that they would be too far behind and get eliminated.
She sucked it up and did the head shaving. She doesn't look half bad bald. Kinda like Persis Kambata in the first Star Trek movie.
Like she said, it'll grow back
I want to see it in context. If she is joking, okay. If she is really serious, then Ron needs to dump her fast. I'm sure there are plenty of women for Ron.
I think she'll look really good when it grows in a little bit. I think she needs a cute short haircut.
My husband also thinks she'll look better with less hair.
I still like them individually, but hate seeing them as a couple. They both seem very nice (to everyone but each other.) They have this push-pull thing going on, where when one is acting nice/loving, the other pushes them away. They are clearly not meant to be together.
It is hard to imagine how Kelly's comment could be taken out of context to sound better. I don't doubt that Ron might have some "committment issues", but Kelly's comment was crazy.
I am curious if Ron and Kelly will talk to the media after they are eliminated. I would be curious to see what they have to say 4 months later.
I really don't care too much who wins, but I will be shocked if its Meredith/Gretchen! They have had unbelievable luck squeaking by.
It was a great episode. I think Joyce looked great, and she would be very pretty with a very short cut.
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