CBS has not officially announced the contestants who will be on the new "The Amazing Race 6," which could debut as early as next month. But TV Guide already listed the 11 two-person teams who will race from country to country for a million bucks.
One of the teams is sisters Lena and Kristy Jensen, of Pleasant Grove and Salt Lake City, respectively.
In the Sept. 26 edition, TV Guide described the 26-year-old Kristy as a "devout mother-model-student" and her "carefree" 23-year-old sister, Lena, as a former "striptease aerobics instructor."
In fact, the weekly magazine played up Kristy's religious affiliation as if that would add to the tension between the two.
Kristy, a single mom with an 8-year-old daughter, does modeling most of the time and also is an account executive for Utah-based The Entity, an advertising agency. She's also attending the University of Utah.
Lena spends most of her time traveling and has lived in Japan and Las Vegas. She's currently working as a waitress and also does some modeling.
The sixth incarnation of the show, which already has been filmed, was originally scheduled to premiere Sept. 25, just four days after the last "The Amazing Race" ended. But it was inexplicably pushed back, and no new air date has been set. The rumor mill points to a possible November start date. It was too late to pull the TV Guide article when CBS decided at the last minute to postpone the premiere.
In TV Guide, the knockout blonde duo (hiring good-looking contestants is the show's modus operandi) was described by former "Amazing Racer" Bill Bartek as "Team Eye Candy" that is a "little too girlie" to win.
Let's hope these Utahns prove Bartek wrong.
A 'Farscape' for Fans
For me, watching "Farscape: The Peacekeeper Wars," the new Sci-Fi Channel miniseries and follow-up to the cult science fiction series, was a four-hour experiment. I wanted to see if I could grasp what was going on considering I have never seen the TV series.
Of course, the experiment failed.
The miniseries ties up loose ends to the four-year series about an astronaut who is accidentally warped to a new part of space populated by weird creatures that look suspiciously like Muppets (this is a Jim Hensen Productions series).
But I spent most of the time trying to figure out what was going on, who was good and who was evil, and whether what was happening was good for the hero's cause or not.
This four hours is definitely for the "Farscape" fan. It debuts Sunday at 7 p.m. and concludes Monday at the same time.
That's not to say that this two-night miniseries is a waste for the nonfan. There are plenty of quirky jokes, a lively feel to the action and slightly above average special effects.
Despite its share of standard laser shootouts in corridors and space explosions, this is the finale Farscape fans have been looking for since the show went off the air last year. You can thank feverish support from fans who conducted letter-writing and Internet campaigns for getting this miniseries made. For that, they deserve a worthy conclusion.
