The amazing Race Asia 3 – The hardest race ever!

Media News

Mumbai, January 23, 2008

The region’s most massive multi-continental race has gone round the world and back again – for you! Asia’s most amazing adventure and reality show is calling for racers – in the highly-awaited third season of AXN’s biggest Original Production, The Amazing Race Asia 3. And if you think that Season 2 was a tough race, be prepared for a harder race yet in Season 3!

The Amazing Race Asia, the Asian version of the Emmy Award-winning The Amazing Race, will once again send teams of two through the planet’s most exciting locales and experiences and straight to starlet status. A host of exciting pit-stop prizes and of course, the grand prize of US$100,000 awaits the first couple that crosses the finishing line.

Who among us can aspire to this winner’s status? Answer: anyone at all!

In this sensational reality contest where anything can happen, Malaysian team Zabrina and Joe Jer made history in the first Amazing Race Asia by being the first ever female team in the worldwide Amazing Race franchise to win the grand prize.

Not forgetting the apparently overweight brothers Mardy & Marsio from the same season, who prevailed over much trimmer, tauter, younger teams to endure till almost the final leg of the race, and Season 2’s answer to them: Terri and Henry, the oldest and possibly most argumentative team, who have continued to beat out a whole host of determined youngsters in the game. And disability has not deterred the Singapore team in The Amazing Race Asia 2 from competing - Colin and hearing-impaired Adrian are still standing strong as one of this season’s few remaining teams despite being the only one which has to contend with disability.

Says Ricky Ow, General Manager of SPE Networks – Asia, “The cast of Season 2 has clearly shown that this is not a race for the faint-hearted. The drama you see on TV are all real - the crying, shouting, fighting, and panic attacks – nothing is scripted or planned. These are real people showing real emotions, whether they are experienced showbiz people or not, nothing prepared them for such intensity in front of the camera.”

He continues, “But what they gain out of the whole experience is something that money cannot buy. The adrenaline rush, the chance to travel around the world, doing things they never thought they would ever attempt, conquering their lifelong fears… this Race has it all. We are looking for people with the drive, determination and curiosity to explore this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. And to make it even more exciting, we are making the new Race the hardest one yet, so only the team with the most perseverance will triumph.”

So what are you waiting for? Here is your chance to get out of the rat race into a real amazing race. Register for The Amazing Race Asia 3 NOW!

Registration is from 23 January to 25 February 2008. All interested participants are to submit their applications in teams of two, and must be living and/or working in Asia (excluding Australia, New Zealand, and the Middle East). All contestants are required to be aged 21 and above, must speak English, as well as possess both a valid international driving licence and an international passport.

How to register?

Entry forms can be downloaded from www.axn-asia.com from 23 January 2008, 6.00pm Singapore time, and need to be sent in together with a 3-minute video to the address stated on the website. All information on the race can be found on www.axn-asia.com, and enquiries can be addressed to Amazing_Race_Asia@axn-asia.com.

All applications must be submitted by 25 February 2008, 6.00pm Singapore time. There will be strictly no extension after that date, so hurry and sign up now for the most thrilling adventure of your lifetime!

For further information please contact:

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Shahnaz Hussain

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