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« on: Feb 12^th, 2006, 3:41am »

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This is in our local newspaper, TODAY.

Get ready for the Asian version of The Amazing Race
By Jeanine Tan, TODAY

SINGAPOREANS have seen The Amazing Race on television. Now they can take part.

AXN Asia, which is based in Singapore, has bought the rights to localise the Emmy Award-winning show from Buena Vista International TV Asia Pacific, the American company that owns the format.

This means there will soon be an Asian version of The Amazing Race, with Asian contestants competing against each other on Asian terrain. So, not only will Singaporeans get a chance to compete, the programme may also be filmed in Singapore.

According to Ricky Ow, general manager of SPE Networks Asia, which is the parent company of AXN, the Asian version will debut in the second half of next year. Auditions will be held soon and Singaporeans will be invited to participate.

"The Asian version will cover the whole of Asia and there may be opportunities to travel outside of Asia. But of course, the key components will be in Asia," he said.

Ow declined to reveal the budget of the Asian version, but said that it was in the "multi-million region".

The Asian edition will certainly not be inferior to its American counterpart. United States producers of the original programme will be consultants for the Asian version. And while the prize money for the winning team will not be US$1 million ($1.7 million) as it is in the American version, it will be "lucrative".

When asked about the possibility of language barriers being an issue when contestants of different nationalities were pitted against each other, Ow pointed out that that was where the fun would come in.

"It won't be a huge issue since the programme is in English, but it will be a fun element to see how the contestants communicate, since English is spoken differently in each country," he said.

Ow encouraged fans of The Amazing Race to write in to AXN at [email protected] to offer suggestions on what they think should be included in the Asian version of the programme. - TODAY

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Re: The Amazing Race : Asian Version
« Reply #1 on: Feb 12^th, 2006, 3:42am »

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The prize for the winning team is US $100,000

Which is like... "ONLY" one zero lesser than the US version.

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Re: The Amazing Race : Asian Version
« Reply #2 on: Feb 12^th, 2006, 7:08am »

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I'm waiting for the european version.That's going to be exactly like the US one with the prize money of 100000 $.Unfortunely we're going to have to wait until September(the premiere date)

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« Reply #3 on: Feb 12^th, 2006, 8:40am »

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Oh my!!!! The Asian version's cool!! Any idea what's the youngest age to take part? Haha.

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Re: The Amazing Race : Asian Version
« Reply #4 on: Feb 12^th, 2006, 2:11pm »

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That sounds cool. Cheesy

So i take it they are accepting apps now?

Hey JP, you should apply! Wink

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« Reply #5 on: Feb 12^th, 2006, 2:48pm »

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JP!!!!!! PAU!!!!!!! apply as "Internet Friends"!!!!!!!!!!!!! Grin

i am completely serious!!!!!!

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« Reply #6 on: Feb 12^th, 2006, 4:14pm »

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hmmm maybe I can get my relatives back in Hong Kong to apply.

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« Reply #7 on: Feb 12^th, 2006, 4:44pm »

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I haven't heard of applications yet here in the Philippines, but we'll see! I have a job which I don't think would let me have 30-day vacations unless they fire me, which I don't want to happen lol. I'll wait for it.

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« Reply #8 on: Feb 12^th, 2006, 7:21pm »

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I think, If you actually want to go on the Amazing Race, and have a chance to get to the interview stage, you should try no matter.

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« Reply #9 on: Feb 13^th, 2006, 2:48am »

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I will have to wait exactly 6 years, which by then the prize money would have increased to 1 million! Tongue

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« Reply #10 on: Feb 13^th, 2006, 5:31am »

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Really cool!! Grin

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« Reply #11 on: Feb 13^th, 2006, 8:49am »

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on Feb 12^th, 2006, 7:21pm, Deekeryu wrote:

I think, If you actually want to go on the Amazing Race, and have a chance to get to the interview stage, you should try no matter.

Yea, but this is not exactly THE Amazing Race. Wink

I'll probably wait for the second season before I apply. I'll check first how it works and such.

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Re: The Amazing Race : Asian Version
« Reply #12 on: Feb 13^th, 2006, 9:30am »

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This version is Asian, some Americans will be the first non US version since in Central and Eastern Europe way back in mid-2005.

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on Feb 13^th, 2006, 8:49am, JP wrote:

Yea, but this is not exactly THE Amazing Race. Wink

I'll probably wait for the second season before I apply. I'll check first how it works and such.

I see. Good luck in that.

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Re: The Amazing Race : Asian Version
« Reply #14 on: Feb 14^th, 2006, 7:42am »

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It's making me excited but this is just a wrong time for me to apply. Lol. Perhaps I'll just wait, wait, wait...

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