In 2007 we closely followed Alex Boylan, winner of The Amazing Race 2, as he traveled around the world without any money. Alex was followed by one cameraman Zsolt Luka who filmed, edited and produced the entire show from the road. Alex relied entirely on local guides and inhabitants for basic needs. His trip Around The World For Free took him through 16 Countries over 159 Days and he clocked more than 45000 Miles.
Here are a few extracts from season 1 of the show featuring your local fring blogger and two other well known South African Bloggers, CharlVN and Jayx.
So what are you waiting for, tune in to CBS and get ready for season2. Remember you control the show, so get involved, talk, chat and interact with the guys as they travel Around The World For Free.
fringsters listen up: as you may have seen over the last few months I have posted a few times about the TV reality series Around The World For Free in which your local fring blogger (me) featured in Episode 6. I am now very excited to report that fring.com together with Sony Entertainment Television is giving fringsters in the following countries South Africa, Nigeria, Kenya, Uganda, Ghana, Tanzania, Namibia, Botswana, Zambia, Mozambique, Lesotho and Zimbabwe the opportunity to walk away with a few great prizes.
Note: When composing the email, please put your Name and Surname in the Subject line of the email and in the body of the email please cut and paste the text below and then just add the relevant details. Country: fring user ID: Add some text about the picture. The image below taken at Dune7 in Namibia, gives you an idea of the kind of content we are looking for.
There is no limit to the amount of times you can enter, the more the merrier.
fringsters remember to watch Around The World For Free on Sony Entertainment Television channel 113 DSTV.
The winner will be revealed here on November 1st.
Bloggers listen up!
You too have an opportunity to win! Spread the word about this competition via your blogs and stand in line to win 1 of these sexy Sony Cybershot camera’s. All you need to do is blog about this competition and then spread the word via Twitter. Your post should include all relevant details about the competition, including sponsors names, date, time and channel of the TV series, terms and link back to this post and Sony Entertainment Television website.
Terms:
The decision of fring in choosing winners will be final. All winners must be at least [eighteen] years of age. It is the responsibility of the winners to pay applicable taxes due on prizes and to complete any related forms. By participating, participant consents that its name, fring user ID, country, and submission may be used on the Internet. Prizes that are unclaimed within three months after the end of the contest shall be forfeited. Contest is void where prohibited. These rules are subject to change or modification, and contest may be discontinued, at any time.
Breaking news: I have just be informed that the ever popular reality internet and TV series we have been following here on the South Africa fring blog for the past 2 years will be broadcast in South Africa.
Around The World For Free which started airing in May’09 on WNG America has now been purchased by the hard working boys and girls of Sony Entertainment Television and will come to our screens on 22 July.
Join Alex Boylan and cameraman Zsolt Luka as they cross the globe for free in this 11hour TV series which can be seen on DSTV channel 113 starting Wednesday 22 July at 19h00.
More exciting news about the show will be coming to this blog soon.
Starting in New York City on September 18th 2007, Alex Boylan and Zsolt Luka started on the journey of a lifetime.
“Covering 159 days, 16 countries, 4 continents, and 45,000 miles, Around the World For Free follows Alex’s trek from New York City to the untouched lands of Dominica. From a deportation in India right into a war zone in Kenya, from the scorching deserts of Chile to the destitute poverty of Cambodia and beyond.”
During this amazing journey Alex and Zsolt made hundreds of new friends, saw amazing places and got to play with some exciting new technology.
After a stop over in South Africa the guys implemented the then newly launched fringME! widget onto their website. A Nokia N95 was provided by fring and away they went. Although life on the road was fast and furious and mobile internet connections somewhat slow and sometimes outright junk, the guys did not despair and made the regular effort to keep trying despite some difficulties they ran into, this early stage beta testing helped fring pave the way for revolutions in future technologies and for this the fring team would like to thank them.
Around the World for free has now been compiled into an 11hour TV series and is currently airing on WGN America. We just received an exclusive fringy extract from episode 6 entitled ‘South African Kaleidoscope’ The full version of episode 6 will air on Monday evening 18/5/2009 at 9EST/9PST on WGN America.
The guys have also recently taken social media to the next level by implemented a live twitter feed during the show. During each episode of Around the world for free, followers of the twitter group can now interact with both Alex and Zsolt and get exclusive behind the scenes info during the show.
Starting in New York City on September 18th 2007, Alex Boylan and Zsolt Luka started on the journey of a lifetime.
Its been a long ride covering more than 40 000 miles and after just over 160 day they have successfully managed to circle the globe for free using nothing but the hospitality shown by fans from around the world. The guys today arrived safely back in New York City, bringing to an end the 6 month trip around the world.
During this amazing journey Alex and Zsolt made hundreds of new friends, saw amazing places and learned some exciting new things.
The guys even went so far as to test out some great new mobile technology. After a stop over in South Africa the guys implemented the newly launched fringME! widget onto their website. A Nokia N95 was sponsored by fring and away they went. Although life on the road was fast and furious and mobile internet connections somewhat slow and sometimes outright junk. The guys did not despair and made the regular effort to keep trying despite the sometimes poor experience, this early stage beta testing helped fring pave the way for revolutions in future technologies and for this the fring team would like to thank them.
A few days ago we told you about the ground breaking Internet based reality series “Around the world for free” which is also broadcast weekly via CBS.
Some of our users like myvideo.co.za jumped on board and got a great interview, many others did not, o well as the saying goes, “you snooze you loose”.
So this week the show got a unique twist with the addition of a great new feature. The addition of a fringME! widget has taken this show to a new level, and already on the first day since the launch the widget has delivered results.
But what makes the fringME! widget so special?
The fringME! widget will allow users to find Alex Boylan (better know for his winning role in CBS’s “the amazing race - series 2) via GPS on Google Earth maps and chat live to him wherever he is in the world. This has never before been done on any reality TV or Internet series.
When told about fring Alex was like… what the fring?
He was very keen to give it a try and set it up on the site, however his handset was not fring supported and so fring decided to come on board and made a Nokia N95 available for Alex for the duration of the show.
So if adventure reality shows are your thing and you would love to change the outcome of this show, track Alex and Zsolt live as they cross Africa and the world and when they enter your neck of the woods, change their path by messaging them and telling them where to go and what to do. Remember what you tell them can affect the outcome. Lets not message them unnecessarily.
What you waiting for, go change the outcome of this great new show today!
fring™, a free mobile internet service & community , that enables its users to talk, chat & interact with other fringsters™ and their online communities, from their mobile phones.
So what are you waiting for, tune in to CBS and get ready for season2. Remember you control the show, so get involved, talk, chat and interact with the guys as they travel Around The World For Free.
