Video Beat EXTRA - Amazing Race Asia WINNERS & SPECIAL - February 2007

James Loving National Radio Text Service

Amazing Race Asia to air a SPECIAL SHOW of a BEHIND THE SCENES LOOK of its inaugural event - USA's Amazing Race All-stars - Vanhalen Is Back - PRINCE The Bomb at Super Bowl - American Idol ADMITS MISTAKE - ASAP's Sheryn Regis - Top Model Premiers New Show Cycle 7 - FRESHIES FINISHED? - Fear Factor Celebrities - Recommended TV schedule

Wednesday February 7, 2007

AMAZING RACE ASIA WINNERS & SPECIAL - A BEHIND THE SCENES LOOK TO AIR

Ok, Ok, Ok its over and the Amazing Race Asia title and $100,000 cash prize was won by Zabrina Fernandez 26, and Joe Jer Tee 29. Both are TV producers from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. They became the first ever all female team to win an Amazing Race including the original USA version.

As much as I griped about the show being boring, the contestants lacking vibrant personalities, unexciting challenges and visiting sterile environments these two ladies were the team that I was rooting for. WHY??? Yea right because they're girls. For that I'm guilty.... BUT.... that's really not what this is all about.

These two ladies worked well together and on camera never got angry at each other though they do admit to fighting. They have been long time friends who work at the same company.

The duo was stealth like in their approach to winning the competition. They maintained a low profile and were the least vocal of the contestants. They struggeled throughout the competition seldom finishing in the top three in any leg. They continued to display their fortitude and a good attitude as they did their best to succeed and never complained. They have the type of persona that one couldn't help but like.

But there's more to this show that survived and started to get interesting when they visited Thailand and India. What really happened might be revealed in a SPECIAL SHOW of a BEHIND THE SCENES look at what really went on.

I'm curious to know why two ladies actress AUBREY SANDAL and model JACQULINE YU from the Philippines exited early after being one of the favorites by viewer voting to win the event.

After her departure Aubrey as a guest on two Philippine TV shows, Home Boy and Wow Wow Wee. On those shows she was introduced as AUBREY MILES.

After checking the Internet there was NO INFO on her. As a contestant on the Amazing Race will the real story come out on the Amazing Race Asia SPECIAL EDITION that will air tomorrow night (Thursday, February 8) in Southeast Asia?

To find out the answer tune in and see. The show is repeated several times throughout the week. See the Amazing Race Asia schedule below for date and times.

DID YOU KNOW???

CNN founder Ted Turner was the owner of two professional sports teams in the USA and managed one of them for one day. He also founded the Goodwill Games. Full story

VAN HALEN Is Back: VAN HALEN Officially Announces Summer Tour With David Lee Roth

In what is no doubt one of the most anticipated moments in rock and roll, VAN HALEN officially announces their 2007 North American tour.

The tour will mark the first time since 1984 that original VAN HALEN front man David Lee Roth will perform with Eddie and Alex Van Halen along with new bassist Wolfgang Van Halen for 40 shows this summer.

VAN HALEN fans can look forward to legendary high intensity performances, featuring a set list of the most iconic hits ever produced by America’s premiere rock band.

Eddie Van Halen states, “I am very excited to get back to the core of what made VAN HALEN.” Business Wire

When I was called to review a then unknown band named Vanhalen who were appearing at the Starwood Club in Hollywood I got more than I expected. Coming Vanhalen Eruption in Musician Stories on National Radio.

Sheryn Regis is one of the top vocalists on the ASAP variety show that is televised on Sunday at noon on TFC (The Filipino Channel) and repeats at 11 PM that evening.

Regis was discovered while she was singing in a hotel lounge in Manila. She is small but mighty when she belts out her songs with soul and feeling

It is seldom that a vocalist gets better as they grow old but pop performer Prince displayed that he has at the Super Bowl half-time show Sunday.

Unlike Janet Jackson who exposed her mams while performing in a previous Super Bowl half-time show event Prince proved that you could be entertaining without bearing it all.

Prince put on an energetic performance and belted out his songs with power and projection. After nearly three decades of being a pop star the quality of his voice is amazing.

Following his performance the sportscasters of the football game noted how remarkable his performance was. The mature Prince is better than the younger edition.

An exhausted Freshie organizer Boonkerd Angamnuaysri said after the sixth edition of the event that it would be the last Freshie show.

For the past two years Angamnuaysri has been under a tremendous strain in putting the event together.

The Freshie show is the best thing to happen for Cambodia. It helps turn around Cambodia's negative image that is perceived by the world. It gives Cambodian youth an opportunity to grow in a positive way in life by teaching them respect, manners, hygiene, fashion and raises the contestants self esteem. Those lessons connect to young people throughout the country. You can see Freshie's influence by the way young Cambodians dress in the Freshie style.

The show is so popular the contestants enter it just to be a Freshie even though the show has no specific prize. The top three boys and three girls do sign a contract to represent Freshie for one year. As a result they do appear in advertising and make public appearances while in the process continue to develop their skills.

The spin off of the competition is after receiving performing experience many contestants move on to be successful in the entertainment business and the business world. Its loss could never be replaced.

It's not about someone putting on another talent and beauty contest but it is about who and how the event is presented. The Freshie show has a touch of class and that is hard to find in Cambodia.

Chinese New Year is when Southeast TV programmers seem to target when they introduce new series as this new year there are three shows making their new season/cycle debut.

Monday February 19th TOP MODEL starts cycle 7. This series was televised in the USA this past fall before Tyra Banks went ballistic about photographers taking pictures of her on an Australian beach when she was FAT.

Will she be fat on cycle 7? Tune in and find out. The series is shown in Southeast Asia on a delayed basis over the Star World channel.

That same day the Amazing Race All-stars will also air on the AXN Network. This show will feature previous competitors that have interesting personalities. The participants also include those that didn't win the race. The promos note that many of the couples involved have changed partners. Hmmmm….

Tuesday February 20 FEAR FACTOR will present a Fear Factor Marathon on the AXN Network.

AMERICAN IDOL ADMITS MISTAKE

In what they admitted was a first the judges, Paula Abdul, Randy Jackson and Simon Cowell admitted that they made a mistake when they rejected contestant Ashton Car who had a good voice but they were critical of her facial expressions.

After Randy and Paula rejected her Car left the room and Simon said that he would have accepted her to go to Hollywood. Randy and Paula thought about it and they called Car back into the room. She sang again and the poor facial expression issue was pointed out again but she was approved to go on to the next round.

The judges admitted that they make mistakes but what about Cowell being the only one that would have approved her on Car's first try. Go figure…

This week the show will show the best and the worst of the auditions this year. The show will move on to Hollywood next week with the 172 entrants that qualified and start to trim down to the TOP 12 male and 12 female contestants for the finals.

But hey.... Who are these judges Paula, Randy and Simon? The answers are coming on National Radio's Video Beat.

The Grammy Awards is the music industry's highest award. It will be televised live Feb. 11, 2007, from the STAPLES Center in Los Angeles, USA. In the USA the broadcast will be on the CBS Television Network at 8 p.m. (ET/PT).

Related Grammy stories: Justin Timberlake ** Booker T. Jones

KATIE HOLMES - DAWSONS CREEK

Actress Katie Holmes has risen to fame and fortunes during the past eight years BUT DID YOU KNOW Holmes first major exposure to television viewers was as a cast member in the Warner Brothers TV series DAWSONS CREEK? She is also a best friend of David Beckham's wife Victoria (Posh Spice) WRITTEN IN THAI LANGUAGE.

Angelina Jolie is the daughter of actor Jon Voight? One of his most famous films Midnight Cowboy is currently being televised on the MGM movie channel in Asia. The HBO film GIA is her best work.

Note: The shows listed are for the Cambodia - Thailand time zone. Check your local listings for time and date in your area.

THURSDAY

10:00 AM - AMERICAN IDOL - Star World - Rerun of Wednesday's show

5:00 PM - AMERICAN IDOL - Star World - (New Episode)

7:00 PM - FEAR FACTOR AXN - AXN - NEW EPISODE

7:00 PM - AMERICAN IDOL - Star World - (New Episode repeat of 4pm show)

8:00PM - AMAZING RACE ASIA SPECIAL Behind the Scenes Show - AXN (FINAL)

11:00 PM - AMERICAN IDOL - Star World - (New Episode repeat of 4pm show)

11:00 PM - FEAR FACTOR - (rerun of 7 PM show)

12:00 PM midnight - AMAZING RACE ASIA - AXN (rerun)

FRIDAY

10:00 AM - AMERICAN IDOL - Star World - (Repeat of Thursday's show)

11:00 AM - AMAZING RACE ASIA - AXN - (rerun)

4:00 PM - FEAR FACTOR - (rerun)

SATURDAY

3:30 PM - Click On Line - BBC NEWS Channel

7:00 PM - FEAR FACTOR (rerun)

SUNDAY

10:00 AM - FEAR FACTOR - (rerun)

11:00 PM - THE CONTENDER 2 - AXN - (Repeat of previous series)

NOON/ 12pm -- ASAP - TFC (The Filipino Channel)

11:00pm - ASAP - TFC - (repeat of show televised at NOON)

MONDAY

8:00 AM - THE GRAMMYS - STAR WORLD

11:00 AM - THE CONTENDER 2 - AXN - (Repeat of Sunday night 11:00 PM show)

TUESDAY

3:30 PM - Click On Line - BBC NEWS Channel

WEDNESDAY

5:00 PM - AMERICAN IDOL - Star World - (New Episode)

7:00 PM - AMERICAN IDOL - Star World - (New Episode - repeat of 4pm telecast)

10:30 PM - AMERICAN IDOL - Star World - (New Episode - repeat of 4pm telecast)

11:00PM - AMAZING RACE ASIA - AXN (rerun)

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