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Victor Jih and Tammy Jih: The Amazing Race 14

posted by Bietz on January 26th, 2009

tar1.jpgLOS ANGELES, Cali. — Congratulations to Victor and Tammy (Victor’s sister) for being chosen as contestants on The Amazing Race 14! Root for them beginning Sunday, February 15 on ABC. Victor has a Fan Page setup over on Facebook. Make sure you join!

Victor, of course, is the owner and chief executive of Victory Briefs. He was the champion of the 1989 California Invitational (Berkeley), coached the 1994 TOC champion, is the present director of debate at Brentwood School, and serves as chair of the West Los Angeles NFL District. Tammy was the champion of the 1999 Stanford Invitational.

More information follows after the jump.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Most contestants on “The Amazing Race” must tackle language barriers during their trek around the world. As the reality series’ first-ever deaf contestant, Luke Adams had double the trouble. The 22-year-old recent college grad and his mother Margie are among the 11 two-person teams racing for the $1 million prize in the upcoming 14th season.

“I thought it would be easy because my mother and I have always communicated really well,” the longtime “Amazing Race” fan, who doesn’t speak or read lips, said through an interpreter. “In the airports, my mom had to do all of the work because she had to do all of the talking. It was kind of hard for me to depend on her to do all of that.”

“In the beginning, I think Luke didn’t have a whole lot of trust that I was going to communicate all of the information that I was receiving to him properly,” said Margie. “I would ask a question or for directions, and it would take five minutes to get the answer, then I’d give him a 30-second reply. He’d say, ‘No, you didn’t tell me everything.’”

Other teams this season include pairs of stuntmen, Southwest Airlines flight attendants, former National Football League cheerleaders and University of Louisville college athletes. Brother-and-sister team Victor Jih, 35, and Tammy Jih, 26, both graduated from Stanford University and Harvard Law School and now work as corporate litigators in California.

“Having seven years of higher education under our belts, we thought it would give us a big advantage because we’re good at learning,” said Tammy. “We went into this race knowing that everything we would face would be difficult and new and things that we’re not familiar with, but we were really comfortable in the fact that we’re good learners.”

Beginning at the Los Alamitos Joint Forces Training Base near Long Beach, Calif., the Emmy-winning CBS reality competition (premiering Feb. 15 at 8 p.m. EST) will follow the teams for 12 episodes as they travel over 40,000 miles in 22 days to nine countries, including — for the first time — Romania as well as Switzerland, India and Russia.

“We shot in the city of Krasnoyarsk and the city of Novosibirsk,” said “Amazing Race” executive producer Bertram van Munster. “The teams get from one city to another via the Trans-Siberian Railroad. Of course, it started off nice, but we got into this Siberian snowstorm with below-zero temperatures, which we weren’t used to. It was pretty exciting.”

At 68, Mel White is the season’s oldest contestant. The gay-rights activist and former speechwriter for Pat Robertson and Billy Graham is teamed up with his 38-year-old son Mike White, the actor-screenwriter who penned such films as “School of Rock” and “Nacho Libre.” Despite the frantic pace of the race, Mike insists he didn’t bicker much with his dad.

“Compared to some of the other teams, I think we got along like a Hallmark card,” he said.

FROM The Amazing Race Website:

Biography

Tammy Jih (26); Victor Jih (35)
Hometown: San Francisco, Calif./Los Angeles, Calif.
Occupation: Lawyers
Relationship: Siblings/Lawyers

If they can manage to work together, this smart and sassy brother/sister duo – both with Harvard Law degrees – might have just what it takes to outsmart the competition and cross the finish line first.

Tammy is a litigator who believes that her ability to keep a cool head under pressure, especially with little or no sleep, will lead to success on the Race. Her biggest pet peeve with her brother is that he’s a bit of a control freak. This was never more evident than when they recently traveled with friends to China and Victor mapped out the entire trip down to the minute.

Victor is a partner at his law firm and works as a corporate litigator. He is running the Race to see if he and his sister can co-exist in a hyper-competitive situation without driving each other crazy. Victor thinks that his teammate can be immature and selfish and he’s hoping the Race will remedy that.

Victor is confident in his decision making and believes his sister should do what he says as he knows best. Tammy would like to prove to Victor that she’s not a baby anymore and that it’s time he view her as an equal. Victor is modeling his game play after the cut-throat style of Rob and Amber while Tammy prefers Season 12 winners TK and Rachel’s laid back approach.

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31 Responses to “Victor Jih and Tammy Jih: The Amazing Race 14”

  1. Christian
    Posted from: 75.73.68.139

    January 26th, 2009 13:29
    1

    Wow…congrats, Victor! Good luck! And I’m going to assume that they just did some creative editing and re-combining of clips from your interview and that you do in fact know that Africa’s not a country :-)

  2. Weaver
    Posted from: 207.38.220.36

    January 26th, 2009 14:05
    2

    This is beyond awesome.

  3. menick
    Posted from: 69.74.169.2

    January 26th, 2009 14:20
    3

    This is the coolest thing ever!

  4. Chris Castillo
    Posted from: 69.151.153.32

    January 26th, 2009 15:32
    4

    go victor!

  5. Anthony Yim
    Posted from: 166.102.136.7

    January 26th, 2009 15:52
    5

    Good Luck Victor

  6. jeff zhao
    Posted from: 70.247.59.252

    January 26th, 2009 17:01
    6

    Wow. I… just… wow. There is so much potential for epic TV footage here

  7. Jon Cruz
    Posted from: 98.14.255.196

    January 26th, 2009 17:34
    7

    Victor Jih…you’re my hero.

  8. Adam Nelson
    Posted from: 207.47.45.109

    January 26th, 2009 17:52
    8

    Wow! Best of luck Victor!

  9. maeshal
    Posted from: 170.140.111.105

    January 26th, 2009 19:01
    9

    africa….the country?

  10. saboor
    Posted from: 24.90.20.221

    January 26th, 2009 20:22
    10

    Good luck Victor, this is so cool

  11. Josh Prenner
    Posted from: 24.44.63.150

    January 26th, 2009 21:03
    11

    this is so awesome, congrats and good luck.

  12. sam james
    Posted from: 72.68.76.132

    January 26th, 2009 22:44
    12

    thats really cool, I may actually have to watch it this year, despite my usual frustration with reality TV. VICTORy (someone was bound to make that pun sometime, I might as well bite the bullet)

  13. gary
    Posted from: 70.138.99.19

    January 26th, 2009 23:33
    13

    this is sooooo cute

  14. Tim
    Posted from: 76.212.1.30

    January 27th, 2009 01:00
    14

    I saw a commercial two weeks ago for this that i swore looked like Victor… turns out it was

  15. Joe Vaughan
    Posted from: 69.48.155.2

    January 27th, 2009 06:09
    15

    I always knew Victor would be a reality TV star. These other duos are going to have to watch out. I certainly would be afraid for myself if I had to pit myself against Victor. so neat

  16. Victor Jih On The Amazing Race — PFDebate Blog
    Posted from: 67.207.136.196

    January 27th, 2009 06:57
    16

    [...] Jih, Victory Briefs owner & CEO, will be competing on The Amazing Race. Victory Briefs Daily has [...]

  17. michael mangus
    Posted from: 67.186.56.66

    January 27th, 2009 10:04
    17

    “VICTORy (someone was bound to make that pun sometime, I might as well bite the bullet)”

    /points to website

  18. njbubb
    Posted from: 165.189.32.4

    January 27th, 2009 13:05
    18

    CBS discovers an uptapped TV demographic: debaters.

  19. diane
    Posted from: 71.140.169.30

    January 27th, 2009 13:33
    19

    does anyone know whether cbs plans to post this season online? not that i ever have better things to do on sunday nights than watch victor traverse the globe…

  20. tee hee
    Posted from: 66.65.37.94

    January 27th, 2009 14:55
    20

    Africa is not a country! congrats and good luck.

  21. Jon Cruz
    Posted from: 98.14.255.196

    January 28th, 2009 06:28
    21

    Joe Gazzola and I still can’t get over this. We’re ready to be Victor’s most loyal viewers!

    And honestly, Victor, I have to disagree with you: this isn’t completely unexpected!

    And last note: I love the debate shout out!

  22. Jane Boyd
    Posted from: 71.170.211.132

    January 28th, 2009 11:30
    22

    I think Victor might need to listen to his sister… he might figure out that she is more of an adult than he thinks. I have a brother who is 10 years older than me and he STILL thinks he knows more than me… right!

    Go Tammy and Victor!

  23. Weaver
    Posted from: 207.38.220.36

    January 28th, 2009 19:38
    23

    I think Cruz needs to host “Amazing Race” nights every Sunday at 8:00pm EST, at his place. Also I think there should be live discussion threads on this website discussing the most recent developments.

    Come on kids, let’s dive in!

  24. Jon Cruz
    Posted from: 98.14.255.196

    January 28th, 2009 20:06
    24

    Both are in the works. :o)

    Sadly, the debut during Harvard, though I’ll of course be watching it, and coordinating commentary. But subsequent shows will rate truly Cruztastic screenings.

  25. bietz
    Posted from: 96.229.143.242

    January 28th, 2009 20:06
    25

    East coasters… NO SPOILERS!

  26. Jon Cruz
    Posted from: 98.14.255.196

    January 28th, 2009 20:13
    26

    Oooo! Tough call, but fair point. Maybe I can lag post my commentary after a West Coast commentary?

  27. Weaver
    Posted from: 207.38.220.36

    January 29th, 2009 22:38
    27

    I can just see everyone at Harvard huddled around the TV in the hotel lobby taking notes

  28. Chris Castillo
    Posted from: 69.151.153.32

    January 30th, 2009 16:39
    28

    On a related note Wes Craven will be on next seasons “the bachelor”.

  29. DMeyers
    Posted from: 68.104.1.44

    January 30th, 2009 18:22
    29

    Good god. That is something i would pay to see.

  30. somegirlinfrance
    Posted from: 82.244.48.250

    January 31st, 2009 11:31
    30

    Unfortunately, Wes jumped the gun, and his bachelorhood is *somewhat* compromised.

  31. Rebar Niemi
    Posted from: 67.102.173.71

    February 3rd, 2009 14:54
    31

    HE’S NOT MARRIED YET DAMMIT.

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