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Article on Romber
« on: Apr 18^th, 2005, 5:16am »

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`Amazing' Rob: `Survivor' veteran and fiancee turn reality TV on its ear
By Amy Amatangelo
Monday, April 18, 2005 - Updated: 03:04 AM EST

What hath Romber wrought?

``Boston'' Rob Mariano, along with fiancee Amber Brkich, has given the seventh season of CBS' ``The Amazing Race'' (tomorrow at 9 p.m. on WBZ, Ch. 4) more plot twists than a Shakespearean play. The man famous for breaking alliances has brought his conniving ``Survivor'' ways to reality TV's most dignified competition.

``Rob is changing the way `Amazing Race' is played,'' ``Survivor'' host Jeff Probst said in a recent telephone interview.

``I think it will make for a better show. I like `The Amazing Race,' but I think the show could benefit from a little more of this. The next time people play this game, they're going to be playing with a lot more (gusto) than they have previously.''

The ``Survivor'' lovebirds have dominated the game, and along the way to the pit stops, they have avoided several classic ``Amazing Race'' roadblocks.

For one thing, they have yet to bicker. While couples in previous races have revealed the ugliest underbellies of their relationships, Mariano and Brkich are as happy as two immunity idols at tribal council.

They also haven't yelled at their taxi driver (an ``Amazing Race'' staple) or made xenophobic remarks about the country they are visiting.

But the other teams are brimming with venom for the pair. It must sting that the fame Brkich and Mariano earned coming in first and second on ``Survivor: All-Stars'' has done nothing but help them. Random strangers recognize the duo and eagerly volunteer to help them along the race.

Mariano charmed players to drop out of a challenge when he didn't want to eat the unappealing food and just last week persuaded another team not to yield them (force them to stop) when they had the chance.

``Needless to say, I don't think we're going to be getting any Christmas cards from these people,'' Mariano said in a recent episode.

``People underestimate Rob. The guy is super smart and he's playing really competitive, and the fact that nobody else has thought of quitting a challenge as a strategic move shows you how well he knows that game,'' Probst said.

But the pinnacle (or nadir depending on how you look at it) came when Mariano drove right by another team that had crashed their car.

``Rob certainly put the final nail in the coffin of making him the greatest reality villain ever when he drove past the accident. Even I kind of went, `Whoa, Rob. Wow,' '' said Probst, who continues to stay in touch with the couple.

Reality scoundrels or not, Mariano and Brkich are two of the genre's most recognizable stars and the duo is unabashedly riding the reality show wave. While rumors of their televised wedding circulate, let's take a moment to ponder the couple's next step:

A GAME SHOW: With his winking persona, Mariano easily could host a show. Love him or hate him - he's fun to watch. Perhaps if the man Mariano always referred to as ``pretty-boy Probst'' ever gets tired of wearing khakis, he could pass the, um, torch to Mariano. Something tells us Brkich would be excellent in a Vanna White role.

THE NEXT ``NEWLYWEDS'': Forget the skankfest known as Britney and Kevin. Rob and Amber are the clear successors to Nick and Jessica. The time is ripe for the cameras to chronicle the first year of Romber's wedded bliss. Mariano remains positively smitten with his island galpal. After viewing a palace a man had built for his girlfriend in India, he told her, ``Imagine if I built you a palace, it would look twice as nice.''

``FEVER PITCH 2'': Frankly, we don't understand how Mariano failed to get the Jimmy ``I'm really a Yankees fan'' Fallon role in the first place.

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« Reply #1 on: Apr 18^th, 2005, 9:46am »

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« Reply #2 on: Apr 18^th, 2005, 11:36am »

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Ha, Rob sure is an entertaining guy! I wouldn't mind if he and Amber do their version of "Newlyweds" Cheesy

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« Reply #3 on: Apr 18^th, 2005, 2:58pm »

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interesting article, but Rob and Amber arn't all that fascinating no offense ROMBER fans! lol but their not...

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« Reply #4 on: Apr 18^th, 2005, 3:38pm »

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"Newlyweds: Rob and Amber"

I would definately watch. Grin

Better than Newlyweds: Britney and Kevin

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« Reply #5 on: Apr 18^th, 2005, 4:09pm »

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Better than newleyweds Nick and JESSICA! Angry

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« Reply #6 on: Apr 18^th, 2005, 9:01pm »

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on Apr 18^th, 2005, 5:16am, Genius wrote:

``Needless to say, I don't think we're going to be getting any Christmas cards from these people,'' Mariano said in a recent episode.

DUH!!!!!! I WONDER WHY!

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I don't think I would watch them on T.V for much longer..I mean a new newlyweds! Come on!

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I think it would be cool to see them on a newleyweds type of show lol that would be awsome to watch..probably not too entertaining cause they dont fight lol..not that fighting is entertaining or anything hehe

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