'Amazing Race' tryouts coming to Moses Lake
'Amazing Race' tryouts coming to Moses Lake
Approximately 400 expected for May 24 casting call
MOSES LAKE — For 150 people in Grant County, next Wednesday could be the beginning of something "Amazing."
Arriving in teams of two, as many as 400 people are expected to flock to the Grant County Fairgrounds May 24 for the chance to travel around the world as a contestant of television's "The Amazing Race."
Casting for CBS' hit reality television show will be held in Moses Lake next Wednesday, part of a four-day tryout in the Inland Northwest being organized by Spokane's KREM 2. Organizers will pick 75 two-member teams from the crowd at random, who in just two minutes in front of the camera, will have to make their pitch for why they should be a part of the adventure-filled reality show. Their recorded segments will be sent to CBS, which will dwindle down contestants for further interviews.
"I would love it if someone made it from this area, it would be so great," said Laura Papetti with KREM 2, who is organizing local tryouts for CBS.
Gates for the tryout open at 10 a.m., and close when casting begins at 11 a.m. at the Fairgrounds on Airway Drive. Each team member trying out is asked to bring a completed application and valid identification. Applications for the casting call are available at "The Amazing Race" link at www.krem.com.
Grant County Fairgrounds Fair and Facility Manager Al Holman said the tryout would be the first time the fairgrounds has ever hosted a television casting call, but said the fairgrounds will definitely consider holding more in the future. Calling the event "unique and fun," Holman said it would be great if someone local were to make it on the show.
Teams on the program participate in competitions in strange and exotic lands around the world, always anticipating their next challenge. Eliminated one by one, the last team surviving walks away with $1 million. There is no guarantee potential contestants will move forward in the contestant selection process, but reality show junkies will be seeking a spot on the show's "amazing" 11th season.
Those not selected to tryout Wednesday are welcome to travel to other Inland Northwest casting calls next week. The casting call will be similar to ones throughout the nation, including three others in the Inland Northwest. Tryouts are also being held in Spokane, Coeur d'Alene and Kellogg, Idaho, May 23-26.
Papetti said the station has already heard a great deal of support for the show, and for tryouts at each of the four locations.
"We're really excited and we think there's going to be quite a crowd," she said.
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