Blonde friends from LA.

I hope they're not trying to be the next Dustin & Kandice. No one can take the BQs' place in my heart.

One is a bitch, and the other is bitchy...what's not to love. Yuck. They remind me of Heave.

From her CBS bio:



What the hell is a TV host of an online cooking show?? That makes no sense.

Anyway, after a little digging around, I found this link that has all of 2 videos of her cooking "series."

I do kinda like the pictures.

In other news, Ryan Seacrest is NOT gay!

Does this mean we can call them The Bitches, as they're self-identifying as such? I just hope, as in ANTM parlance, that they're Fun Bitches, but I'm just getting a stupid vibe from them.

A stupid vibe from them would be one thing, but I'm getting a totally conceited vibe from them based on their CBS profile and the YouTube preview. I definitely think they're going to be another Heave, which gets them an instant HATE from me.

I have the sad feeling that all the hard work the Queens have done to get rid of any stereotypes will be undone by these two. (And as a straight chick, I don't find them as attractive.)

I thought they were pretty until i opened the larger picture of them.

I get the feeling these two will reference the BQ's then show that they are poor poor copies.

This team may be Heather/Eve II. Maybe there will be a donkey cart in their future.

I still think Heather was nice and that Eve was bitchy. Maybe that'll be the case here. After all, only one of them was proclaiming bitch status and loaning the adjective out to others.

CBS will problaby try to make them the next Dustin & Kandice, but I'm alreadying comparing them to Heather & Eve, as well. And I despised Heave (favorite moment of S3, was watching Phil tell them they eliminated themselves, by being dumbasses and not following the clue.) So, this is not a good start for Shana & Jennifer.

Ann Coulter looks great!

Heh, definitely a resemblance. And just in time for Halloween too.

These two are so Heaveifying, we might as well send the donkey carts out for them now. I'm sure they'll use their [Jenna Maroney] SEX-u-ality [/Maroney] all the way to their probable tenth-place finish.

Eh, until I see further evidence I'm willing to ignore the "flirt our way to the finish line" remark. TPTB manage to get an all female team to say that every single season. I don't think flirting has ever helped a team out much anyhow.

I hope the Goth team knows how to flirt like champs, because that might be the only way they can get past customs.

Shana is carefree and loveable. She acts! She cooks! She presents! She dances! She sings! She's passionate about things! She loves to travel the open road, with the wind flowing through her luxurious blonde hair! She's loyal! Passionate! Competetive! She's both clever and pretty! She's "dating" Ryan Seacrest!

Jennifer is tidy.

It's always nice to see a team cast because the producers really really love one person and have to have her on the show, and also another person is there.

LOL. Heh. If I ever apply, I'm sure I'm going to be the chopped liver part of the team, with someone FAR more interesting at my side, so let's not be quick to judge. *wink*

You know Phil is going to start with the "first all-female team to win" spiel if they come in, like, above 5th place in the first leg.

Like that's gonna happen! ;-)

In a "Meet the Teams" video that is posted in the "Sprucing Up The Place" thread, they will refer to themselves as...The Farrahs, in tribute of Farrah Fawcett.

The laughs just keep on coming with those two. I mean...REALLY?!

They won't last three episodes.

Mind you, I'm the guy who said the same thing about the awesomeness that was Dustin & Kandice, so I might be wrong.... but I don't think so.

Oh how I hope...I saw them on the show promo last night and right now nothing short of a Heave donkey cart faceplant or Colin "My ox is broken" meltdown will satisfy me when it comes to these two. They can flirt their way right off my screen. And the show hasn't even started yet.

I saw that video and totally see it in Shana. Jennifer, not so much.

I think I am going to puke. Not only are 6 1/2 teams from southern California, we have another set of blondes, one of whom is dating Seacrest? I was so looking forward to this season, too. When they talked about flirting their way through the race I wanted to slap one of them really hard. However, if either one hooks up with the cheating on his girlfriend guy, I'll have to laugh because the only thing I hate more than two-model teams who look identical is couples who go on the show to work out their problems.

...Do I sound bitter? I've just been waiting for this for so long, and I'm so disappointed already...

Well, we've got our stereotypical blonde team for the season. And they started crying after the first day. And not even halfway through the leg! I miss Dustin & Kandice.

Did I hear them right in saying that they are going to flirt their way around the world? Do they honestly think that NO ONE ELSE has thought of this before? Ladies, flirting is not a strategy any more than reading a map is a strategy. Get a new bit.

Just ask Danielle and Dani how far flirting around the world gets you. At least D&D were humble enough to admit after the first episode that it got them nowhere.

The flirting bit bugs, but they had a nice comeback after all those setbacks. I miss Dustin & Kandice, too, but I was reminded of their first-leg recovery in TAR10 when Shana & Jennifer did the same thing tonight. And they finished in sixth on the first leg, just like Dustin & Kandice did in All-Stars!

I think the crying was mostly over disappointment in themselves for doing badly enough to get on the last ferry, so I don't totally blame them. For now, I like them, but we'll see if they make me change my mind.

I normally had them in my hate column, but now I'm slowly more on a simple annoying train. They aren't offensive (see: Jennifer/Nathan), but the flirting line was silly as always, and crying on the first leg, is never good. Yeah, they started out badly at first, but you can't get upset that quick. Suck it up, blondes.

Their comments about wanting the million to go on a shopping spree: I'm not sure if I'm annoyed by that, or kind of impressed, that they have to guts to just flatout say "Oh, we're going to spend that money, bitches!" That defintely different from the normal "The money would change our lives" storyline.

Did anyone else hear Dustin and Kandice slap their foreheads when Shana and Jennifer were doing their intro. flirt and use their bodies to win the race. do you know how real women use their bodies to win the Amazing Race? They use it to kick some butt.

After everything D&K did to help eliminate the stereotypes these look to put them right back in it.

I did. Especially when I saw their matching pink caps. Stop ripping off the BQs! If they ever explicitly say that they want to be the next Dustin and Kandice, I will throw something at my TV.

They actually did say that they wanted to be the next Dustin/Kandice, or something to that effect, in one of their pre show interviews.

Hmph. They're not worthy enough to tie the BQs shoelaces

Interesting note that the Queens are blogging on the CBS site this season. Here's hoping they start with "Ladies, you are not US. Please stop imitating US. Thanks."

Well, I wouldn't have put it quite that way myself, since I was never a big fan of the BQs (they were all right. . .neither liked nor disliked them, really), but I do think there are certain similarities. The BQs were able at times to use being blonde and pretty to their advantage. It is possible these two could do the same thing.

I'm assuming that what they want to emulate about the BQs is their good Race performance, so I don't exactly fault them for that.

I don't understand why one of them was sobbing at the bathmat. Phil had to reassure them that they were safe and she let out this yooge sigh of relief. Didn't they pass about 4 other teams with their donkey? I remember them starting out in 10th and then they ran with their donkey and kept zipping by everyone. Shouldn't they have known that there were probably at least 4 other teams behind them? I guess it's possible that they could have gotten lost on the drive to the pitstop, but given that they didn't lose any place in the standings, it doesn't seem likely.

Exactly, blackwing - maybe channelling a little Kami and Karli?

Oh Goth, yes!

In their interview, one Bimbette says something like, "We're going to use our bodies and do whatever we have to..." and the other Bimbette's head whips round with a "Whaaa?!??" look on her face....

Skinny, siliconed, spray-tanned = creepy.

Honest to god, I can't even tell them apart.

So far they haven't given me any reason to even want to try.

BQs they're not.

That said, although they came off as unlikeable in their introductory segement, they didn't really do anything that made me dislike them in this episode, although I wasn't too impressed with the crying. In truth, I barely noticed them in this episode at all.

I'm willing to give them the benefit of the doubt based purely on their interaction with their donkey. They seemed genuinely sweet just then, and that scores points with me. The BQ outfits however? Those need to go.

One of them (Jennifer, I think? Can't really tell them apart, don't really care to tell them apart) has a horrendous nose job. She should try to get her money back from that, before trying to get the million bucks on TAR.

Don't diss the flirt strategy quite yet. Shana and Jennifer's ass (the donkey, that is) plowed by many teams. Maybe they have a way with asses (the donkey, again). Plus, they were in last place at the bikes and finished in 6th, so, good show.

Other than the tired flirting strategy meme, they really did not do anything to annoy me last night. In fact, they seemed a little humbled at the mat.

One of them helped grandpa with his stuck foot in the grass. I hope they win so we can find out what they'll buy on their shopping trip.

Man, Shana definitely fits the type of Seacrest's girlfriend. I definitely understand why this team was cast, other than the fact they're a gigantic reality show cliche.

What constitutes the "Seacrest girlfriend" type? I wouldn't have guessed Seacrest HAD a "girlfriend type" at all.

Amen.

A, I find these two vastly unattractive. B, I can't tell them apart. C, the minute they brought word "flirt" into the equation, I immediately wanted Dustin and Kandice back for a third time.

These two are nothing more than a big old pile of "ugh" for me.

They weren't all that objectionable, really. Which means that there was nothing particularly outstanding either, but they didn't annoy as much as I thought they would.

They certainly recall Heather & Eve, though not in the way you might expect. Shana is definitely the stronger, "can-do" person of the team, and Jennifer's crying at moments of stress could become grating unless she can grit her teeth and carry on. Strong Heave vibes there.

They're OK. At this point. These things are often fleeting.

Shana has a fuller face than Jennifer. She was the one riding beneath the high-wire bike, while Jennifer was the one pedaling.

Word to everyone who thinks they wouldn't be able to hold a candle to D&K, despite the identical blue jackets and pink hats(which for a second made me think that the BQs HAD returned mid-game for a third try). They look old enough to be the BQs' moms though.

And which one was Seacrest's girlfriend again? Not that I can tell them apart, though I know that one is fairly taller than the other. Someone mentioned in the episode thread about them being terrible LA stereotypes and I couldn't agree more. Still, it was cool to watch them pass so many teams with the donkey and Cuckold Jennifer exclaiming, 'You're kidding me, right?', literally spitting the words into their faces as they passed her. And why did one of them feel the need to molest the poor clue-giver? What was all that about?

PS. On a shallow note, did anybody else notice the HOTNESS of the guy who gave them directions to the church?