Ryan Carrillo, Kari Gibson, Aj Gibson
ABC’s Expedition Impossible might not have turned out to be the ratings juggernaut that is The Amazing Race, but when it comes to gay competitors with guts as well as heart, Ei concedes nothing to Tar.
Credit for that goes to 36-year-old Ryan Carrillo and 30-year-old A.J. Gibson, former boyfriends who, along with Aj’s sister, 26-year-old Kari Gibson, came “oh so close” to wining the first season of Expedition Impossible. Alas, the team took a wrong turn at the very end and wound finishing third, disappointing themselves, but not their fans, friends and families who marveled at the Fab 3's toughness as they fought their way through injuries and illness, not to mention the mountains and deserts of Morocco.
AfterElton.com caught up with the Fab 3 (the name they gave themselves) to talk about their close call, representing the gay community, and much more.
ABC’s Expedition Impossible might not have turned out to be the ratings juggernaut that is The Amazing Race, but when it comes to gay competitors with guts as well as heart, Ei concedes nothing to Tar.
Credit for that goes to 36-year-old Ryan Carrillo and 30-year-old A.J. Gibson, former boyfriends who, along with Aj’s sister, 26-year-old Kari Gibson, came “oh so close” to wining the first season of Expedition Impossible. Alas, the team took a wrong turn at the very end and wound finishing third, disappointing themselves, but not their fans, friends and families who marveled at the Fab 3's toughness as they fought their way through injuries and illness, not to mention the mountains and deserts of Morocco.
AfterElton.com caught up with the Fab 3 (the name they gave themselves) to talk about their close call, representing the gay community, and much more.
- 8/26/2011
- by Michael Jensen
- The Backlot
The Bataan Death March … With Chocolate
Another Television Critics Association Summer Tour is over and this was probably the most memorable one I’ve ever done, for a whole host of reasons.
Another critic once described the press tour (which usually lasts for two solid weeks with no breaks at all) as the Bataan Death March With Cocktails. Since I’m not much of a drinker that isn’t true for me. Instead, for me it’s a death march with chocolate since the cable and broadcast networks were constantly tempting us with all kinds of chocolates, from marshmallows covered with dark chocolate to chocolate covered strawberries to all kinds of fancy fou-fou chocolate desserts.
ABC even sent a box of amazing chocolate chip cookies to my room where they begged me to eat them! Talk about evil.
As I said, this TCA was very memorable. The day I arrived in Los Angeles,...
Another Television Critics Association Summer Tour is over and this was probably the most memorable one I’ve ever done, for a whole host of reasons.
Another critic once described the press tour (which usually lasts for two solid weeks with no breaks at all) as the Bataan Death March With Cocktails. Since I’m not much of a drinker that isn’t true for me. Instead, for me it’s a death march with chocolate since the cable and broadcast networks were constantly tempting us with all kinds of chocolates, from marshmallows covered with dark chocolate to chocolate covered strawberries to all kinds of fancy fou-fou chocolate desserts.
ABC even sent a box of amazing chocolate chip cookies to my room where they begged me to eat them! Talk about evil.
As I said, this TCA was very memorable. The day I arrived in Los Angeles,...
- 8/10/2011
- by Michael Jensen
- The Backlot
It can be difficult at times to be a reality TV show fan. The shows usually have total jerks on them, the people that you are rooting for always get eliminated first and you have to listen to at least half the contestants explain that they aren’t there to make friends.
But sometimes, the gods of reality TV smile down and last night on the premiere episode of Expedition Impossible was one of those nights. The awful girls who seemed like terrible sports and horrible teammates were the first ones to get eliminated, which is always a relief. Team Fab 3, who I am guessing several people here are rooting for, did a great job, coming in second place after the first leg and showing their strength in both the physical and the mental challenges.
Plus, there were a bunch of compelling teams that look like they will be interesting...
But sometimes, the gods of reality TV smile down and last night on the premiere episode of Expedition Impossible was one of those nights. The awful girls who seemed like terrible sports and horrible teammates were the first ones to get eliminated, which is always a relief. Team Fab 3, who I am guessing several people here are rooting for, did a great job, coming in second place after the first leg and showing their strength in both the physical and the mental challenges.
Plus, there were a bunch of compelling teams that look like they will be interesting...
- 6/24/2011
- by Kelley Mathys
- The Backlot
Expedition Impossible is right around the corner, and I have a lot of preview material to get your ready. If you're a fan of other competition reality shows, but don't think there is enough chance that the contestants might - fall to their death, succumb to heat stroke, or break a bone - then here is the show for you.
The show takes 13 teams of, more or less, ordinary individuals, and throws them to the mercy of the elements, unique and sometimes terrifying challenges, and the last team to finish each week ends their journey.
Kicking off with a mere climb up a giant sand dune, and a trek on camels, the teams are then left scratching their heads in the middle of the dessert with the unhelpful instruction that they have to find some water. As the heat rages down on them, the strength of will and teamwork of...
The show takes 13 teams of, more or less, ordinary individuals, and throws them to the mercy of the elements, unique and sometimes terrifying challenges, and the last team to finish each week ends their journey.
Kicking off with a mere climb up a giant sand dune, and a trek on camels, the teams are then left scratching their heads in the middle of the dessert with the unhelpful instruction that they have to find some water. As the heat rages down on them, the strength of will and teamwork of...
- 6/17/2011
- by Marc Eastman
- AreYouScreening.com
Where once summer TV was made up almost exclusively of stale reruns – and perhaps a couple of new second-rate game shows that no one really cared about – there’s been a paradigm shift over the last decade or so in which the once-unadventurous cable networks started indulging in this little thing called original programming.
What’s more, many of them are now choosing to debut a slew of their original series during the warmer months to avoid competition from the “Big Four”, which can only equal happiness for a legion of loyal couch potatoes. I mean hell, who needs the outdoors anyway, right?
Here are twelve new and returning shows to keep you cool this summer. Before all you True Blood and Torchwood fanatics go bonkers on me, this list is highlighting shows AfterElton.com doesn’t already cover extensively. Hey, it might be summer, but you can still broaden your horizons some!
What’s more, many of them are now choosing to debut a slew of their original series during the warmer months to avoid competition from the “Big Four”, which can only equal happiness for a legion of loyal couch potatoes. I mean hell, who needs the outdoors anyway, right?
Here are twelve new and returning shows to keep you cool this summer. Before all you True Blood and Torchwood fanatics go bonkers on me, this list is highlighting shows AfterElton.com doesn’t already cover extensively. Hey, it might be summer, but you can still broaden your horizons some!
- 6/6/2011
- by Chris Eggertsen
- The Backlot
The folks over at ABC must be pretty happy about the success of NBC's The Voice despite the long-standing dominance of American Idol when it comes to competitive singing reality shows.
Why? Because on June 21st ABC kicks off Expedition Impossible, which on the surface at least, looks like a cross between CBS' The Amazing Race and Discovery's Out of the Wild. And as any competitive reality fan knows, The Amazing Race is the 900 pound gorilla when it comes to this kind of reality programming. But if there is room for both The Voice and Idol, maybe Expedition Impossible can score in the ratings as well.
An ABC press release describes the show this way:
ABC's exciting new summer series, "Expedition Impossible," announces the show's 13 teams of three who will find themselves racing in a fun expedition across vast deserts, over snow capped mountains and through raging rivers in the beautifully exotic,...
Why? Because on June 21st ABC kicks off Expedition Impossible, which on the surface at least, looks like a cross between CBS' The Amazing Race and Discovery's Out of the Wild. And as any competitive reality fan knows, The Amazing Race is the 900 pound gorilla when it comes to this kind of reality programming. But if there is room for both The Voice and Idol, maybe Expedition Impossible can score in the ratings as well.
An ABC press release describes the show this way:
ABC's exciting new summer series, "Expedition Impossible," announces the show's 13 teams of three who will find themselves racing in a fun expedition across vast deserts, over snow capped mountains and through raging rivers in the beautifully exotic,...
- 5/12/2011
- by Michael Jensen
- The Backlot
Now that Mark Burnett is stealing some thunder away from American Idol with The Voice, is he now hoping to suck a little steam out of The Amazing Race?
You be the judge: Burnett is the man behind a new summer reality show for ABC dubbed Expedition Impossible, which features 13 teams of three players who will travel across deserts, mountains and rivers in the “exotic, fabled Kingdom of Morocco.” Fun? Each week a new stage of the expedition will be revealed to the competitors, who must find a way to work together to complete the trip. After 10 legs of competition,...
You be the judge: Burnett is the man behind a new summer reality show for ABC dubbed Expedition Impossible, which features 13 teams of three players who will travel across deserts, mountains and rivers in the “exotic, fabled Kingdom of Morocco.” Fun? Each week a new stage of the expedition will be revealed to the competitors, who must find a way to work together to complete the trip. After 10 legs of competition,...
- 5/9/2011
- by Lynette Rice
- EW - Inside TV
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