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.
Too close....they are too slow...looks like they are going to lose.
These 2 are gonna give me a heart attack...lol
Whew!...barely made it....too bad those NC boys lost instead of the blondes.....Ron, this is a race, speed it up....Go Army...HOOAH!
Hmmm...next week looks interesting.
Looks like Rob is making new friends...LOL
Yep...in his own charming little way!
Anybody else think Ron is F-I-N-E????
So far, it's looking like hubby and I are definitely wanting Rob and Amber to win. Ron is toooo laid back.
There are a lot of teams I don't like, especially the mother/son and the two girls.
Lynn and Alex can be Team Frilly 2
Susan and Patrick might be Ma Barker and Gang
Bianca and Deb can be Team Touchy
Any suggestions?
Ron needs to show some killer instinct, I want him around for a long time!
Yeah..those two made me laugh all the way through. But I was glad Ron stayed in it.
I thought the son who stated that Ron was stupid on Survivor had lost his mind. I didn't care for Ron's tactics but he was not stupid. Does anyone know if there is a 24 Thread
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I sure hated to see them go and not one of the other teams. Those big boys would have been fun to watch!
We're I a betting gal, I'd put money on Romber, even tho I don't personally care for them. Their celebrity has already helped them and it's just the beginning.
It looked like, toward the end of the show, that Ron was getting beyond his 'being polite for TV' face and putting on a game face. After facing the stress of being a POW, which I'm told never leaves a person (dads friend was WWII POW), I'm wondering if he may find this 'stress for fun and profit' not really worth it.
Contact OXENinFla to get on 24's ping list....
1. The Surfer Dudes - I thought they were great. I was pretty skeptical at first, but they really won me over.
2. Boston Rob and Amber - I went in liking these two, because I thought Rob was the greatest Survivor ever. They definitely benefited from their celebrity in Peru. It will be interesting to see how they fair without outside help.
My two least favorite:
1. Mom and the Queer Son - the son is just WAYY too obsessed with besting Rob and Amber. Plus he's just darn annoying. This season's Hellboy if you ask me. The mom didn't really seem to have much to offer either.
2. Deb and Bianca - they're just bit**y.
I must say I started out hating the gay couple, but by the end I found them sort of funny. Too bad about the Carolina boys. I really liked them. Who would have thought one of them would be fluent in Portuguese and the other sounded like he spoke pretty good Spanish. Which brings me to another point: this is only the second season I've watched, but I don't remember any of TAR 6's teams EVER speaking a foreing language. It appears at least a few of the teams last night knew some rudimentary Spanish. I think if I were going on TAR I would at least learn a few basic phrases in Spanish and/or French plus a little Cantonese. I think you can get by with English and these three (four) languages pretty much anywhere.
Thank you.
To which I would like to nominate queer boy for the line of the night contest. At the llama challenge:
"Mom just hit him on the rear, that will get him going".
You mean Rob (Survivor), not Ron (former POW).
Yes I meant Rob. Sorry. I couldn't believe he thought that Rob was stupid, just because of the way he spoke. Rob was very shrewd with how he manipulated those around him.
Same here. I gotta admit, I started really pulling for Romber, and was disappointed in Ron/Kelly, but maybe they'll learn as they go along.
It was a pretty good beginning show, I thought...on to the next one!
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