CBS video: Brad & Victoria
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Midwestern married couple Brad and Victoria comes into "The Amazing Race 14" having overcome adversities that would be ripe for any daytime soap opera.
Of course, a soap opera is exactly what came to my mind when this casting was first revealed. CBS already had a fictionalized midwestern married couple several years ago named Brad & Victoria on sudser "The Young and the Restless."
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While marital infidelity plagued the fictionalized B&V, different sorts of problems hit the real life spouses before their life teamup. Brad had to overcome drug and alcohol issues while Victoria worked to overcome childhood medical problems and a more recent foot surgery. Both came out of previous marriages to ultimately find happiness with each other.
Their life experience and ability to overcome adversity should help the TAR14 Brad and Victoria over the course of the race. It's difficult to imagine the race throwing out challenges that would intimidate this pair.
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Of course, there is a downside to the life experience coin. Being spouses around 50 years of age each may not help simply from a physical standpoint against the numerous teams still in their 20s. Their life experience also did not include extensive travel experience to countries outside of the familiar.
It's difficult to imagine Brad and Victoria making a sustained stand on "The Amazing Race 14" but the married couple could have an outside shot if the breaks come their way.
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