5 Takes

5 Takes is a series on the Travel Channel. The series documents bloggers and vloggers traveling to various locations of the world while interacting online with viewers. Viewers often suggest locations the hosts, referred to as "TJs" ("travel journalists"), should visit.

So far there have been four seasons shown on the Travel Channel in the US.
*Season 1: Europe in 2005.
*Season 2: Pacific Rim in early 2006.
*Season 3: U.S.A in late 2006.
*Season 4: Latin America in 2007.

When the original episodes of "5 Takes" air in the United States, all of the footage and travel is said to have taken place in the 10 days preceding the debut.

eason One- 5 Takes: Europe

The series officially debuted on the Travel Channel on July 23, 2005. Its season finale was on September 10, 2005. It took the first group of TJs to Europe. A highlight of this season included two of the TJs, (often referred to as Travel Journalists in the first season) Ronnie and Derek, traveling unexpectedly to London after the tragic July 7 bombings, which took place while the show was being filmed in Europe. The other cities that the TJs visited, in order of travel, were: Barcelona, Paris (and London), Amsterdam, Prague, Venice, Athens, and Berlin.

The TJs who appeared in the first season were:
*Faythallegra Coleman
*Derek Dodge
*Brad Hasse
*Alexis Madden
*Ronnie Miller

eason Two- 5 Takes: Pacific Rim

Season two was a much more ambitious project, since the TJs and crew had to travel over much greater distances to more cities and encountered a much greater diversity of cultures and countries than Season One. 5 Takes: Pacific Rim debuted on the Travel Channel on March 19, 2006 and ran until the season finale on June 18, 2006.

The trip took the TJs to a number of cities throughout the Pacific Rim. The cities visited were: Sydney, Cairns, Perth, Darwin, and Melbourne, all in Australia; Auckland, Wellington and Queenstown, all in New Zealand; Singapore; Taipei, Taiwan; Hong Kong and Bangkok, Thailand.

The TJs chosen for 5 Takes: Pacific Rim were:
*Tiffany Burnett, 24, Cathedral City, California
*Josh Gibson, 25, Los Angeles
*Renee O'Connor, 23, Brooklyn, New York
*Gabe Schirm, 24, of Fort Collins, Colorado
*Tony Martin, 26, Washington D.C.

eason Three- 5 Takes: U.S.A

This season is different than the other by the fact that the TJ's are foreigners visiting the United States.

Cities visited were: Las Vegas, Anchorage, Alaska, Washington, D.C., Orlando/Miami, Florida, Memphis, Tennessee, New York City, Austin, Texas and San Francisco (which was chosen by an online vote).

The TJ's chosen for 5 Takes: USA were:
*Bevis Song, 21, Taipei, Taiwan
*Jaime Tan, 28, Singapore
*Lena Toepan, 26, Jakarta, Indonesia
*Timothy Wade Bloxsome, 24, Melbourne, Australia
*Hugo Zacarias Prado Yonzon IV, 32, Tagaytay, Philippines

eason Four- 5 Takes: Latin America

This season premiered on June 2, 2007 with the TJs in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Other locations visited this season were Manaus, Rio de Janeiro, Chile, Peru, Colombia, Costa Rica and Mexico.

The TJs who appear in this season are:
*Michael Blair
*Erika Graffio
*Mary Sturges
*Tom Parker [http://travel.discovery.com/tv/5-takes/latin-america/tom/main.html]
*Vinnie Costa [http://www.vinniecosta.com]

External links

* [http://5takes.travelandlivingasia.com 5 Takes: USA Official Site]
* [http://www.myspace.com/5takes 5 Takes: Official Myspace Page]