5 Takes

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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 three seasons shown on the Travel Channel in the United States: Season One: Europe in 2005, Season Two: The Pacific Rim, and Season Three: USA. 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.

1 Season One - 5 Takes: Europe
2 Season Two - 5 Takes: Pacific Rim
3 Season Three - 5 Takes: USA
4 External links

[edit] Season 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, 2005 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

[edit] Season Two - 5 Takes: Pacific Rim

The Cast of Five Takes: Pacific Rim: Gabe, Tony, Renee, Tiffany, and Josh (Pictured from L - R)

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 (III), 26, Washington D.C.

[edit] Season Three - 5 Takes: USA

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

Cities visited were Las Vegas, Anchorage, Washington DC, Orlando / Miami, Memphis, New York City, Austin, and Los Angeles or San Francisco (Online Vote: You Decide)

The TJ's chosen for 5 Takes: USA were