Fellow reality TV fan April Mueller has organized what is turning into a well-attended event to support animal rescues in the Glen Allen, Virginia area. She’s already gathered dozens of reality stars to attend the event and more are joining the effort all the time. All it takes for you to spend a day with some fun and interesting reality stars is to attend the event.
I’ve been to reality stars’ charity events in the past and can tell you that the reality stars are chosen to be on the shows because they are fun, outgoing and easy to talk to. So imagine a place with tons of them, wine to taste and the day to enjoy them. You don’t want to miss this event!!
The event is called Reality Rescue Fundraiser Festival for Angel Dog Rescue Inc. and Heavenly Hounds.
There will be wine tasting, great food, meet and greet with over 65 reality stars, book signings, silent auctions, live music, doggies on site to find their forever homes and much more!
Confirmed Guest List of Reality Stars:
Saturday, October 9, 2010 Time: 3:00pm – 9:00pm Location: James River Cellars Winery Street: 11008 Washington Hwy City/Town: Glen Allen, VA
Tickets are $100.00 per person and on sale now!! Call (804) 355-7835 and leave a message, a representative will call you back shortly. You can find out all the latest details on the Facebook page for the event too.
Note: Any reality star who wants to attend this event is more than welcome. No one is excluded! It’s a great cause, so come join us! Thanks!
If you’re like me, you like to see what happens to the racers when they are eliminated from the Amazing Race. In this week’s Elimination Station, Monique & Shawne join the others in Puerto Vallarta. The place they are staying is breathtakingly beautiful! Check it out:
On this week’s episode of the Amazing Race, the racers left the Pit Stop in Chile and had to take one of two busses on a 6-hour ride through the Andes Mountains toward Argentina.
Once there, they had to drive themselves to an old saloon called El Boliche Viejo to play a game of five-card stud against the Travelocity Gnome to get the next clue.
Brent & Caite were suffering from food poisoning and were getting severely dehydrated. They headed for medical care instead of leaving the Pit Stop on time.
They were delayed by several hours, but since the busses didn’t leave until morning, it didn’t put them behind. Everyone left on the busses at the same time.
When they got to the saloon and played cards, where they had to win a hand in order to get the Gnome with the next clue on the bottom. It told them to “Hoof it to Peña Gaucha” for the next clue.
It was a Road Block. One person on each team would have to perform a traditional gaucho duty, steer roping. This challenge seemed almost custom made for the cowboys…they finished in record time.
Next the teams had to drive themselves to Puente Nirihuau to get the next clue. It was a Detour. They had to choose between Horse Sense and Horse Power.
In Horse Sense, they would have to get a set of coordinates, then follow an old-time compass and follow the compass by counting out a specific number of steps to find a bag of stolen money, buried in the ground. They had to deliver it to the lead bandit at the train station to get the next clue.
In Horse Power, they had to go to a polo field, don appropriate attire, then move a practice pony down the field. They would alternate turns, trying to score a goal to get the next clue.
Next they had to make their way to Estancia Forin Chacabuco to the next Pit Stop. They checked in at the Pit Stop in this order:
What did you think of the challenges the racers faced in this leg of the race? Do you think they unfairly favored the cowboys or does it all even out overall?
I have to admit that I still favor Jeff & Jordan, since rooting for them all last summer on Big Brother 11. Who do you hope wins this season? Leave a comment to let us know!
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It’s no secret that two of my favorite Amazing Race veterans are Kynt & Vyxsin, the Goths from several seasons ago. They were so much fun to talk to and have such a wonderful attitude. And the word that really describes their attitude toward others is the idea of “inclusiveness.” They come from a place of acceptance of people’s differences. That’s one of the things I like about them the most.
So I was thrilled to run across some photos of them in a holiday fashion show to benefit The Amanda Foundation. The show was entitled A Christmas Story and here’s how they dressed:
You remember Jaime Edmonson from Amazing Race 14, right? She was half of the quarrelling football cheerleaders team who would lie and flirt their way through every challenge. Now Jaime will be very visible in her new role as Playboy’s January Playmate of the Month 2010. It seems that after she returned from the Amazing Race, Hugh Hefner called to ask if she would be interested in posing for the magazine.
As a self-proclaimed “feisty, fearless, redheaded adventuress,” Miss January looks forward to ringing in 2010 with “no resolutions, and no fear of the unknown.” She declares, “I’m amazed I’m here. I’m fastening my seat belt and looking forward to a year of amazing adventures. This is going to be the best New Year’s ever!”
The January/February Playboy double issue will be on newsstands and online at www.playboydigital.com tomorrow.
On last night’s season finale of Amazing Race, the final three teams made their way to Las Vegas for the final leg of the race. I am usually guilty of pulling for the underdogs, so I was hoping that Brian & Ericka would pull out the win. At first, it looked like they just might do it when they finished the first big challenge before anyone.
Ericka repelled face-first down the side of the huge Mandalay Bay Hotel. Cheyne was second and the brothers were third. (I was mostly hoping that the brothers wouldn’t win because they played the game dirty.)
Meghan & Cheyne had trouble with their lack of knowledge about Monaco (the Monte Carlo) and the person who is called “Mr. Las Vegas.” But somehow, they managed to arrive third to the challenge where they had to count out a million dollars in poker chips and they finished it first. With one of their signature miracles, they crossed the finish line first and took home the victory…and the million bucks.
Meghan & Cheyne were a strong team all season long and I’m glad it payed off for them. I really did like Ericka & Brian too and even though they finished third, I was happy that they got to go the whole distance in the race. Overall, it was a fun and very satisfying season.
What are your thoughts about Meghan & Cheyne’s win? Who were you pulling for to win? Let us know!
And when I say gifts, I mean GIFTS!
The pair were eliminated from The Amazing Race on the November 5 episode. Then, the couple made a guest appearance on the morning talk show, The View, where Rosie O’Donnell complimented them for their politeness to people they met on the trip and their kindness to their fellow competitors.
And to reward them for being such a cool couple, she gave them a Limited Edition Ford Explorer and a new one-family home. She suggested that they donate their trailer home to a family who needs it.
According to TVgasm, they will leave with seriously fantastic trips, a digital camera, a new computer and a gift certificate too.
You’ve got to had it to Rosie. She’s first-class all the way. She does what we all wish we could do.
Congratulations, David & Mary! We all wish you the best of luck!
Teams had to leave Mauritius and go to Madagascar. The Barbies left the wrecked car for someone else and took off in someone else’s car. What jerks!
When they go to Madagascar, they had to find a statue of a “black angel” that had recently been painted white. (tricky!) The model guys made a makeshift alliance with Rob & Kimberly.
David and Mary were once again marked for elimination so they either had to arrive first or have a half hour penalty. Lyn & Karlyn didn’t play very well as a member of the six-pack. They leave the others behind when it’s easier for them, then take the help when that’s to their benefit.
When they arrived at the black angel, they found a brand new twist in the race. They’ll have to join forces with another team, then perform all tasks and make all decisions together until further notice. The teams were: Rob & Kimberly with Tyler & James; David & Mary with Lyn & Karlyn; and the Barbies with the Cho brothers.
The second of only two fast forwards on the race is also available at this clue box. In the fast forward, teams must go two and a half miles to a market and find a certain stall where they’ll have to eat the local delicacy, cow lips. The first team (Rob & Kimberly with Tyler & James) went for the fast forward and left the Barbies to wait for another team to show up to team with them. Apparently, the cow lips were disgusting. they were chewy, had hairs on them and still had teeth attached. YUCK!
Those not going for the fast forward had a detour, or a choice between two tasks that reflect life in Madagascar. The choice was long sleep or short letter.
In long sleep, the teams must travel by van 2.2 miles to an open market. Once there, they had to choose 8 foam mattresses, wrap them in mattress covers and deliver them on foot about 1 mile away to the provided address.
In short letter, the teams travel by van about 3.5 miles to a place with a papermaking station. They’ll then use local methods to create and decorate 28 sheets of handmade paper.
Both of the other teams chose to do the mattresses. Alabama & Kentucky had nothing but problems trying to get their mattresses through the streets. They bound them together with the straps from their fanny packs and then they were too bulky to work with. The Barbies and the Chos had a local guy tell them he would take them, then he abandoned them. Alabama & Kentucky fell very far behind with the mattresses.
Once the detour was completed the teams were no longer required to work together. Each team now had to travel 4 miles to some really tall steps where they could search for their next clue. It turned out to be a road block. The person doing it had to search for a rubber stamps of a boat, a plane, a train and a car from those of a lot of vendors.
After the person got all the stamps, they could head to the pit stop at a local cathedral, where their teammate would be waiting for them.
The folks eating the cow lips were taking a very long time because it was apparently horrible. The Barbies beat them to the pit stop.
The Barbies arrived at the pit stop first and won a trip for two to Hawaii. Next ware: Tyler & James in second place, Rob & Kimberly were third, Erwin & Godwin were fourth, David & Mary arrived fifth (but had a 30 minute penalty), Lyn and Karlyn were the last to arrive, but arrived before the penalty was up for David & Mary.
They managed to avoid elimination the last time they were marked for elimination, but it was just too much to think that it could happen a second time. They were a tough, yet kindly team and brought a lot of fun to the show.
What do you think about the new twist? Without the intersection, things would have probably turned out very differently. Let me know what you think!
Apparently, there’s a rumor going around (thanks, Kelly, for the tip!) that the folks at The Amazing Race rigged the show to keep the coal miner and his wife, David & Mary, in the game to help the ratings.
I have no solid proof or anything, but I don’t think so.
I heard a lot more talk by the coffee machine at work about Sarah and Peter. If they wanted to do something to boost the ratings, those two might still be in it. Here we had a handicapped woman and a guy who yelled at her constantly to keep up with him. And did you notice that every time there was a difficult physical challenge that only one of them could do, he made her do it. That whole thing would have been the strategic thing to drag on, if they were going to manipulate the game for ratings.
I can’t be sure, but my personal opinion is that the rumor is just that: a rumor.
What do you think? Do you disagree with me? Let me know!!
Last week, we saw that karma is, in fact, a reality. The lying, jerky Peter got eliminated. Too bad for Sarah, since she’s a neat person, but at least she won’t have to hang out with Peter any more.
Also, last week, we saw the Cho brothers sacrifice their chance at the Fast Forward to help the Kentucky team get it. Since David & Mary managed to arrive first, they didn’t get the half hour penalty and were not eliminated after all. I don’t know about you, but I’m now rooting for the Cho brothers. I love it when good people win.
The teams had to travel by air from Kuwait to Mauritius, and island off the coast of Africa. The Alabama girls and the male models got into a big argument at the ticket counter because the guys cut in line for tickets. The Cho brothers, the Kentucky girls and The Tennessee couple are now calling themselves the Six Pack. The other teams are calling them the Back Pack.
Once in Mauritius, they have to find a marina and swim out to a boat to get the next clue. They were not allowed to open it until they got back to the marina. The model guys got caught in traffic and were last to get to the marina, but made up time because they are faster swimmers than some of the other teams.
They then had to drive 49 miles to Case Noyale and find the post office to get the next clue. Rob & Kimberly had trouble with the car, then got into a big argument over it and Rob threatened to quit. The model guys took a wrong turn and had to go back to find the destination. I guess we can tell they probably weren’t Boy Scouts… The Barbie girls had a wreck by running into a bus. Luckily, no one was hurt.
Rob & Kimberly had to wait for a new car before proceeding.
Next was a Detour. The choice was between something present day and something old time that was reminiscent of priates: Salt or Sea.
In Salt, teams had to drive 2 miles to a salt mine and dig in a huge pile of salt to find a salt shaker containing the next clue.
In Sea, teams walk to a boat dock, select a boat captain and pirates quarters of a mile to an island by boat. Then, using a treasure map, they had to search on land to find the boat’s mast and sail. Once found, they had to carry them back to the boat and attach them. Then they’d get the next clue and sail back to shore. The Barbie girls were the first to complete it.
Rob & Kim, the Cho brothers, the Kentucky girls and the model guys left the salt challenge to go do the treasure map thing. That left Mary and David at the salt mines to try to find the clue. They finally gave up too after a lot of arguing and went to find the mast for the boat…in last place.
The teams had to now find their way to the place of the next pit stop, Chateau Bel Ombre, and arrived in this order:
Luckily for them, it was not an elimination round but they are once again marked for elimination. Who knows if they’ll squeak by another week. It can happen. BJ and Tyler were almost eliminated last season twice and ended up winning. It’s so easy for things to turn on a dime in this show. It’ll be interesting to see how things go next week.
So, who are your favorites? What do you think about the kindly Cho brothers’ giving up the Fast Forward last week? Who would you like to see eliminated next? Leave a comment, let me know!
