Amazing Race's Phil Keoghan: We Now Have probably the most Competitive Cast Yet

Phil Keoghan It has been ten years since Phil Keoghan first trigger around the Amazing Race - try not to show him pictures from in those days. "I had been speaking to [executive producer] Jonathan Littman and that he stated, 'Man, Phil, I discovered some photographs people from ten years ago where i was in the finishing line in NY City - i was children!' I had been like, 'Do I wish to see individuals?'" Keoghan informs TVGuide.com. "However I really can't believe it has been that lengthy. The correct answer is remarkable to consider."Fall Preview: Get scoop on all of your favorite coming back showsTen years later, Race continues to be on the top around the globe - claiming back the truth-competition program Emmy having seen its seven-year streak clicked by Top Chef this past year - and it is still boosting the overall game every season. The 19th installment, premiering Sunday (8/7c, CBS), includes a new element, the Hazard, the industry penalty provided to the final team that completes the beginning-line task, its first-ever double elimination, four new nations plus some pretty much-known names: Survivor champs and couple Ethan Zohn and Jenna Morasca Zac Sunderland, the youngest person to sail all over the world Olympic snowboarders Andy Finch and Tommy Czeschin and former National football league player Marcus Pollard.See what Keoghan -whose film The Ride, which assists ms non profit organizations, will air on Showtime later this season -states concerning the new twists, set up show is stunt-casting and what assisted them prevail again in the Emmys. Champion around the Emmy! Have you think you can win it again?Keoghan: Thanks! I didn't. It's pretty remarkable. I figured that to alter the Academy's mind again will be a very hard factor to complete, and that we certainly centered on doing might ensuring we've got their attention again, however i really didn't think we'd win. The episode which was sent through in Varanasi would be a special and different episode that people felt could earn their respect, and that i guess it labored.Last season seemed to be the first in HD. Do you consider that led whatsoever?Keoghan: I actually do. I believe that HD has absolutely enhanced the merchandise and that i think that performed a job, simply because out of the blue what we are doing has been shared on another level. ... An enormous area of the show happens to be revealing where we, are and today using the format and also the HD, it's added a dimension towards the Race that people just did not have for a long time, and i believe you'll notice that much more this year.This year you've four groups of well-known people, at the minimum in their own individual fields. Some fans think there is an excessive amount of stunt-casting previously couple of years. Do you experience feeling this way or should it not appear a person's prestige is that if they would like to be around the Race?Keoghan: I do not think it's different than whenever we had Take advantage of and Amber [Mariano] or perhaps a team from Your Government or even the Globetrotters or champion bull riders using the cowboys. It's nearly finding interesting people, and i believe because the show's gone on, more interesting individuals have arrived at to us. In the finish during the day, it has less related to that somebody is really a celebrity of computer has with the truth that as we find somebody we believe is interesting. If [someone's] more interesting than the usual celebrity, then we are likely to select the more interesting character. ... I believe it is good we now have this type of competitive group this time around. It is a method of trying different things - these four teams are those who are proven within their fields. You will notice immediately the so-known as regular people you will find remarkable themselves. They go like a challenge, like when they know somebody has accomplished something and received prestige for your, then they are certainly to crush them.Satisfy the Amazing Race 19 castIs it more pressure around the Average Joes or even the four teams?Keoghan: Oh, the 4, absolutely! But simultaneously, people in the beginning line aren't always likely to know who Marcus is. So now you ask ,, could he disclose to individuals he performed within the National football league or could he attempt to slip individually distinct and hope the interest would go to Ethan, who many people will certainly say, "Oh, this is the guy from Survivor," or [to] Jenna from Survivor. Towards the audience, they are fully aware who each one of these teams are simply because they get brought to them, but towards the relaxation from the teams, maybe they do not recognize Andy or Tommy.Their hippie look is completely likely to mess up many people too since they didn't seem like that in the Olympic games or throughout their careers. Do you consider more well-known Racers should listen to it this way as well as lie regarding their job such as the poker women did in Season 15?Keoghan: Yeah, I believe it's less about laying and much more about being quiet. The teams will not take their hands up and say, "I've a comment everyone: We are Olympians. We are very competitive. We are incredibly agile and also have great eye-hands coordination and that we wanted to provide you with a heads-up because we believe it's healthy for you to understand we now have these great abilities entering the Race. Thanks.Inch [Laughs] They are likely to pretend like they are a few cruise-y men living in the commune somewhere. Why did everyone add the Hazard?Keoghan: It had been a method to test individuals mental strength from the gate. The way they cope with this penalty along with a surprise challenge from the beginning line? It had been just like a warm-up. It is something that's introduced in the beginning, but it features a moving effect moving forward with the relaxation from the Race. On the other hand of things, the Express Pass has returned. That's been something individuals have desired to fight for. It has been an excellent addition. You would like people racing from the beginning.It is only experienced effect yesteryear two seasons, however i think it's funny the two teams which have won the Express Pass both arrived third and were un-tied with a bad cabbie.Keoghan: [Laughs] Yeah, if there's one consistent factor around the Amazing Race, it is the unpredictability from the cab motorists. The occasions I worry probably the most concerning the teams are when they are in somebody else's vehicle so when they are driving. I do not be worried about other things on the program because we test every challenge again and again again because we are paranoid about creating sure it is a safe, fair race. Other shows can control challenges inside a studio or on the set, but we are operating within the real life. You will find there's couple of conditions this year. The elements performed a significant impact on where we went afterwards. We needed to change course half way through, to ensure that would be a challenge.Additionally you had the first-ever double elimination.Keoghan: That isn't something which the [teams] know straightaway either. We simply let them know concerning the new challenge and also the Hazard. And, yes, as luck may have it, from the gate, some real-world influences play into that first episode in our Race in Taiwan. Among individuals golden moments that happened added another layer to exactly what was setup. Fate plays a crucial role. It features a domino impact on the teams and [was] something which was completely from our control making us scramble.Take a look at our fall preview for art galleries, scoop, premiere calendars and much more!You visit four new nations, Belgium, Denmark, Malawi and Indonesia. This is a pretty large number for just one season.Keoghan: Yeah, this can be a lot for all of us. Indonesia is really a large one. It's this kind of exotic, stunning place - more volcanoes there than any other vacation spot on the planet. We have an incredible, wealthy history. Whenever we are able to showcase somewhere new is essential for all of us. ... And that we take great pride in getting indigenous challenges. Because you will find certain jobs and methods for existence in Indonesia, you want to integrate them into our challenges. There is a reason individuals are fishing the way in which they are fishing.You will find missing sexual all over again within the first episode. The other drama are we able to expect? Anything like chocolate gnome-gate?Keoghan: [Laughs] Oh, nothing beats that. But things get very heated the ones make presumptions. I believe you will find there's great cast this season. ... You are likely to observe how impossible it's to evaluate who's better - such as the flight family and friends. They are not always the fittest people, and surely they have got understanding of having through international airports and just how travel works. I believe we now have probably the most competitive cast yet.