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shipperxFrom CBS.com (Yeah, I never take contests seriously, but whatever)
'Amazing Race' Could Be Your Ticket
"Amazing Race 9" kicks off tonight on CBS, and so does a contest that will bring thrills and adventure to a bunch of lucky viewers. It could be your chance to visit a far-off land.
This season, the show is back to its international format. [Me: Thank god. And may you never, ever, EVER again do a "family edition" ] The 11 teams will travel to exotic locations spanning five continents. And The Early Show is teaming with Travelocity to sponsor "Around the World with the Amazing Race."
Starting March 7, each Tuesday morning, one viewer will win a free, five-day trip for two to the exotic location that was featured the previous week on "Amazing Race."
The two-hour season premiere is tonight at 9 p.m. ET on CBS. Starting right after the show, you can enter the sweepstakes by returning to CBSNews.com and following the instructions to complete and submit the contest entry form. The winner will be announced each Tuesday morning on The Early Show.
Also... an article on TAR:
Fewer faces, more places.
That's the motto for The Amazing Race 9, says host Phil Keoghan, after last season's family edition, focusing on teams of four and set mostly in the U.S., fell flat with fans.
"It is certainly clear that the idea of bringing in teams of four and having less international locations was not as successful," says Keoghan.
"I'm proud of what we managed to pull together, but there is no denying the Race is most successful when it has less faces, more places."
Tonight, the reality adventure series returns with its original international format in which teams of two travel to exotic locations in a race around the world for a $1-million US prize.
This time around they will span five continents and stop in places such as the Middle East, Moscow and Sicily. "The reaction we got from the family version . . . people clearly made a statement they wanted that international element of the show -- they missed it," says Keoghan.
This season, the 11 teams, which include a Pizza Hut manager, a science teacher, a dentist, a valet and a retired physician, race across 97,000 kilometres in just 29 days.
That is the longest distance travelled in the shortest amount of time throughout the show's eight-cycle history, says Keoghan.
"(Last season) viewers were missing that fish-out-of-water element where people were completely and utterly dumbfounded because of culture shock and language barriers.
"They missed that, so that is something we have got in abundance this season. It is very exotic."
Entire article here: http://lfpress.ca/newsstand/Today/Entertainment/2006/02/28/1465807-sun.html
'Amazing Race' Could Be Your Ticket
"Amazing Race 9" kicks off tonight on CBS, and so does a contest that will bring thrills and adventure to a bunch of lucky viewers. It could be your chance to visit a far-off land.
This season, the show is back to its international format. [Me: Thank god. And may you never, ever, EVER again do a "family edition" ] The 11 teams will travel to exotic locations spanning five continents. And The Early Show is teaming with Travelocity to sponsor "Around the World with the Amazing Race."
Starting March 7, each Tuesday morning, one viewer will win a free, five-day trip for two to the exotic location that was featured the previous week on "Amazing Race."
The two-hour season premiere is tonight at 9 p.m. ET on CBS. Starting right after the show, you can enter the sweepstakes by returning to CBSNews.com and following the instructions to complete and submit the contest entry form. The winner will be announced each Tuesday morning on The Early Show.
Also... an article on TAR:
Fewer faces, more places.
That's the motto for The Amazing Race 9, says host Phil Keoghan, after last season's family edition, focusing on teams of four and set mostly in the U.S., fell flat with fans.
"It is certainly clear that the idea of bringing in teams of four and having less international locations was not as successful," says Keoghan.
"I'm proud of what we managed to pull together, but there is no denying the Race is most successful when it has less faces, more places."
Tonight, the reality adventure series returns with its original international format in which teams of two travel to exotic locations in a race around the world for a $1-million US prize.
This time around they will span five continents and stop in places such as the Middle East, Moscow and Sicily. "The reaction we got from the family version . . . people clearly made a statement they wanted that international element of the show -- they missed it," says Keoghan.
This season, the 11 teams, which include a Pizza Hut manager, a science teacher, a dentist, a valet and a retired physician, race across 97,000 kilometres in just 29 days.
That is the longest distance travelled in the shortest amount of time throughout the show's eight-cycle history, says Keoghan.
"(Last season) viewers were missing that fish-out-of-water element where people were completely and utterly dumbfounded because of culture shock and language barriers.
"They missed that, so that is something we have got in abundance this season. It is very exotic."
Entire article here: http://lfpress.ca/newsstand/Today/Entertainment/2006/02/28/1465807-sun.html
