Posts Tagged ‘amazing race asia’
The Amazing Race Asia 3: Staying the distance
The pace of The Amazing Race Asia 3 has been relentless, and the pressure is on for the remaining teams. I must confess. I am really surprised at how “the heiress” and “the actress” are running The Amazing Race Asia 3 (TARA 3). These two – Tania Khan and Ida [Read More]
The Amazing Race Asia 3 – Race – Episode 4 Recap
New things are always occurring on The Amazing Race Asia and with three consecutive eliminations in this current season, can the next team to come in last expect a reprieve? Setting off from the Forbidden Purple City in Hue, Bernie and Henry are the first team to kick off [Read More]
Amazing Race Asia sees 12% viewership growth in Singapore, Malaysia
MUMBAI: Action oriented broadcaster AXN has announced that despite the viewership base of over 19 million viewers across Asia for the second season of The Amazing Race Asia, the debut of season three saw a 12 per cent growth in Singapore and Malaysia. AXN executive director [Read More]
The Amazing Race Asia 3 – Race – Episode 3 – 25 Hour Rest-less journey
From the Museum of Vietnamese History in Ho Chi Minh, 8 teams remain in the race towards US$100.000. Siblings Bernie and Henry take the lead in this leg, and teams must now travel by bus, to the city of Hue in central Vietnam. The catch is, Hue is over 1,000kn away and the [Read More]
The Amazing Race Asia 3 – Race – Episode 2 – Flying High
After an arduous first leg that saw teams indulge in some bugs and insects, wash a two storey bus and pound some rice, the remaining 9 teams are kicking off their second day. Teams start off from Chang Mai, 12 hours later, with Mai and Oliver taking the lead and leaving at [Read More]
The Amazing Race Asia 3 – Episode 1 : Thailand Kickstarts the Amazing Race Asia 3
Kicking off the race from a brand new location, 10 teams start off in Bangkok, the capital of Thailand, gunning for the top prize of US$100,000. And at the Rama 1 Monument, the 10 teams assembled are the most diverse in the race yet. From Thailand, there are the beauty [Read More]
The Amazing Race Asia 3- Teams – Ida & Tania
Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned, or make that a group of 13 females who were shortchanged. Such was the case that involved Malaysians Ida Nerina, 44, and her best friend Tania Khan, 36, in, of all places, a luxury resort! Throw in a hen’s party, a burnt rug, [Read More]
The Amazing Race Asia 3 – Teams – Sam & Vince
Both started out as teachers but in their spare time, one is a master of words while the other plays with words. Meet Vince Matthew Chung, the former primary school teacher turned full time comedian cum host, and his best bud Samuel Wu, a university lecturer who ranks as [Read More]
The Amazing Race Asia 3 – Teams – Mai & Oliver
Oliver started out as a friend of her brother, and Mai first got to know him when she was dating one of his friends. Fate threw them together, but not in any romantic way, but as best friends. In a way, actress and model Visa Sarasas, or Mai, as she is known to her friends, [Read More]
The Amazing Race Asia 3 – Teams – Henry & Bernie
Fans of Asian reality television might recognize model and host Bernie Chan – she was the face of Project Runway Malaysia last year. But few would recognize her race teammate and elder brother, Henry Chan. It is not because the 43 year old isn’t famous, but rather [Read More]