Apres tous les flops qu'on a eu récemment avec les nouvelles émissions on va enfin avoir un nouveau gros succes :
http://www.realitytvworld.com/news/rob- ... w-5374.php
Although it doesn't appear to have a broadcast network yet, Rob Mariano has pulled the wraps off the "huge" new reality project he first began teasing in March. Mariano has announced he will serve as the host of Tontine, a new reality competition show that will award one contestant with "the biggest cash prize in the history of reality television -- $10 million."
Tontine will follow 15 contestants, each of which is given "a special key" that unlocks a portion of the $10 million grand prize. Over the course of 100 days, the cast will be put through a series of mental and physical challenges with the possession of the keys constantly up for grabs. The series will conclude when only one contestant remains with all 15 keys in his or her possession, allowing them to unlock the $10 million prize.
"I can't tell you everything, but I can tell you certain things about it," Mariano told the Buck County Courier Times during a May interview that proceeded today's formal Tontine announcement. "It's a competition reality show that will last over 100 days on all seven continents of the world," Mariano boasted to the Times. "[It's going to be] bigger than Survivor, bigger than The Amazing Race."
The show's format is based on its namesake -- "tontine" -- an annuity scheme in which a group of individuals share a common fund, with the money being awarded to the person who survives the longest, or in this case makes it to the end of the competition.
Casting for Tontine will begin Saturday, June 30 in Dallas and continue throughout the summer with stops in Nashville, New York, Boston, St. Louis, Minneapolis, San Diego and Los Angeles. The casting calls will be lead by Mariano and Tad Frank, a casting director whose previous credits include Survivor, The Amazing Race and The Bachelor.
"We are looking for some really great game players who are also risk takers," said Frank.
Mariano, a 31-year-old Canton, MA-native, burst onto the reality television scene in 2002 when he appeared as a castaway on CBS' Survivor: Marquesas, eventually finishing tenth but still becoming a favorite of viewers who came to know him as "Boston Rob." He returned for CBS' Survivor: All-Stars in Spring 2004, where he finished as the runner-up but met his eventual wife, All-Stars winner Amber Brkich. Since then the couple appeared as a team on The Amazing Race's seventh season -- where they finished second -- as well as this past spring's The Amazing Race: All Stars, when they were the fourth team eliminated.
"My own personal experiences will provide insight for [Tontine] competitors to go for the win, no matter what it takes," said Mariano.
Following their The Amazing Race: All-Stars elimination in mid-March, Mariano told Reality TV World that he was in "negotiations" for "a new project... which you will be hearing about soon."
"It will definitely be huge," Mariano -- who cited "contract negotiations and what not" for his inability to offer more specifics -- said about the show at the time.
According to its casting information, Tontine is scheduled to begin filming in September 2007 and premiere in Spring 2008.
http://www.jointhetontine.com/ --Message edité par Pacm le 2007-06-20 10:12:02--
TONTINE
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Rob Mariano punches potential Tontine contestant in the head
Rob Mariano hasn’t officially begun to host Tontine yet, and already he’s making hosting history: He punched a potential contestant in the head. Twice.
The drama was caught on tape and took place at a casting call for the new show, which promises a $10 million prize that will be funded by the contestants’ life savings. It’s not clear exactly what happened, especially because the audio is bad, but it’s clear the guy pissed Rob off.
At the San Diego auditions, someone stands between Boston Rob and a man, who Rob tells to “walk away” several times. Then the man shoves Rob, who immediately punches the guy in the head, followed by another punch to the head and a shove. The YouTube video’s title says Rob “Decks [a] Heckler,” and explains that the guy is “in his face.”
Ryan Seacrest, Phil Keoghan, Jeff Probst, and Julie Chen, you’d better guard your jobs, because you certainly didn’t think to be the first host to deck one of your contestants. And potential Tontine players, you have been warned. Here’s the video:
Boston Rob Decks Heckler [YouTube]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5HjLJ-qUNvU
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http://www.realityblurred.com/realitytv ... unches_man
Rob Mariano punches potential Tontine contestant in the head
Rob Mariano hasn’t officially begun to host Tontine yet, and already he’s making hosting history: He punched a potential contestant in the head. Twice.
The drama was caught on tape and took place at a casting call for the new show, which promises a $10 million prize that will be funded by the contestants’ life savings. It’s not clear exactly what happened, especially because the audio is bad, but it’s clear the guy pissed Rob off.
At the San Diego auditions, someone stands between Boston Rob and a man, who Rob tells to “walk away” several times. Then the man shoves Rob, who immediately punches the guy in the head, followed by another punch to the head and a shove. The YouTube video’s title says Rob “Decks [a] Heckler,” and explains that the guy is “in his face.”
Ryan Seacrest, Phil Keoghan, Jeff Probst, and Julie Chen, you’d better guard your jobs, because you certainly didn’t think to be the first host to deck one of your contestants. And potential Tontine players, you have been warned. Here’s the video:
Boston Rob Decks Heckler [YouTube]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5HjLJ-qUNvU