At least, let's hope it's back to the show we know and love. That's not to say I didn't enjoy my Linzes and Rolly Weaver, but this season has some people we're sure to enjoy, albeit probably not for too long. Don't forget to watch the 2 hour premiere on February 28th on CBS!!! Here's a quick rundown of our new players...
Let me introduce you to this year's Jonathan and Victoria/Colin and Christie. Lake and Michelle have been married for thirteen years and have three kids. The first word Michelle uses to describe herself is "loyal", i.e. he can treat me like a tool and I won't care because he's my husband. They have the potential of being a good team, but unlike Jonathan and Victoria, they don't have a lot of worldly traveling experience.
I can tell already that I'm gonna love these girls. I'm hoping they wear their chest barring outfits the whole time. Reminds me of Rebecca Weaver and her coochie cutters. Haha. Anyway, this is Danielle and Dani. Yes, both of their names are Danielle and they're BFF. They're from New York so I can't wait to hear the accents. They claim they want to use The Race to experience all the different cultures in the world. They can feed a few villages with their milk jugs.
Um, yeah. This is BJ and Tyler. From their picture I thought they may be rodeo clowns, and I'm not too far off. These two are best friends who met in college. BJ moved to California to pursue surfing, karate and frisbee. At first I thought this was a mark of a real loser, then I realized that there's a lot of those three things here. Especially in the early morning when I spy Mr. Miyagi on the stump doing the crane. Tyler at least has the slightly redeeming quality of falling in love with a Japanese girl and walking the 2000 mile length of the country, I guess to woo her. Not sure if it worked, but my guess is it didn't. They may be the dark horse of the bunch. They're well traveled and something tells me they won't have trouble asking for directions.
On paper, Ray and Yolanda look like they could have a shot at this. Dating for five year she's a track star, he's an attorney. The only thing that might get in their way is they both describe themselves as opinionated and stubborn. That's probably gonna make for some good TV, as long as they last longer than the first round. Their bios don't mention any traveling they may or may not have done, so that's a red flag immediately.
John and Scott I thought at first glance were a gay couple. Apparently I was wrong and they're just lifelong friends. John does like long walks on the beach in Cape Cod and hangs out with his two Great Danes, Hector and Percy. Seriously, I didn't make that up. What's interesting is Cape Cod is where Scott lives. Hmmm. I don't really have high hopes for this pair since John is afraid to fly and hasn't been on an airplane in 8 years. Sure will be fun to watch though!
David and Lori have been dating for three years and poor Lori wants to get married. David, on the other hand, wants to wait until he gets his career going. He's a musician who is "involved" in the underground music scene... in Kansas. So what that tells me is he works at Kinkos during the day and goes to clubs at night. Lori, honey, listen to me, his career will never get going. Maybe they need the $1 million the most. Of course he'll probably throw the game just so he doesn't have to marry her. Don't worry about Lori though, she has a great career as an assistant manager at Pizza Hut to fall back on. I jest, they both look really nice. I give them to until episode three.
So Eric and Jeremy are going to be either totally cute, like adorable brothers Greg and Brian, or total tools. I think they're gonna be tools running around chasing the Hooters girls around. They're both extremely outgoing and athletic, and their charm will probably get them far. I'm gonna need a little compassion from these guys to actually root for them. Top three is my guess.
All I keep thinking when I look at Fran and Barry is Gretchen yelling "MEREDITH!!!" and falling down in the cave. I loved them and they gutted it out for a long time. These two have been married for 40 years and look extremely healthy. They've done extensive traveling and are an adventurous couple, so I have hopes they'll make it a bit farther than Meredith and her husband. Ha. Plus, Barry's ex-military and was in Vietnam.
I guess at some point they may call Lisa and Joni the "lime green" team, but let's hope not. These sisters spent more than 20 years apart when their father died and the one stayed with their mother and the other one didn't. They really didn't get into it in their bio why they stayed apart so long, but here's hoping one of them is a royal bitch. Talk about some good TV.
I'm gonna call it right here. This is the winning team. I think they're the new Chip and Kim/Kris and Jon. In their bio, dating couple, Joseph and Monica sound like a sweet, loving couple who just want to have fun. They've both traveled, they look athletic and they don't have any weird Jesus complex. I mean maybe they do, but they didn't mention it in their bio, so I think they're safe. Even if this team doesn't win, it's gonna be close. I'm calling it now. (See me in May when I feel like a tool)
Another favorite team of mine is Wanda and Desiree, our only parent/child team this round. They may be considered by other teams as an underdog, not sure why, but I can just see the man teams underestimating them. We may have to endure an only child breakdown, but the multilingual Wanda will probably be a good person to keep around during any Spanish speaking countries.
