Beauty queen Tisha Silang and boyfriend Geoff Rodriguez represent the Philippines in "Amazing Race Asia 3"

Erwin Santiago

Friday, September 5, 2008
01:48 PM

After the third-place finish of buddies Marc Nelson and Rovilson Fernandez in the second season of The Amazing Race Asia, the Philippines will be represented in the third season by dating couple Tisha Silang and Geoff Rodriguez.

 

The two are actually familiar faces in local showbiz. Tisha was crowned Bb. Pilipinas-Universe in 1998 but resigned because of her Canadian citizenship. Geoff, on the other hand, was a member of the all-male group Powerboys—along with Jordan Herrera, Frank Garcia, Greg Martin, and Jay Salas—who became famous after appearing in a deodorant commercial.

 

PEP (Philippine Entertainment Portal) had the opportunity to talk to Tisha at the launch of The Amazing Race Asia 3 (TARA 3) sponsored by Caltex last night, September 4, at Fiamma Bar & Resto on Jupiter St., Makati City. Those invited had the privilege to watch the first episode—minus the ending—that will be aired on September 11 in AXN.

 

Tisha, who just arrived from Toronto, Canada early morning on the same day, actually cannot divulge too much information about their participation and experience because of confidentiality clause.

 

"[You will be] sued for five million dollars," warns Tisha if she says too much. "You're not allowed to divulge talaga. I mean, it would ruin it, because the reason why the people watch it is because they wanna see what happened. And like, even us, the contestants, for what we went through, we want everybody to also have the enjoyment of knowing, wondering who got eliminated."

 

What are the details they can't talk about?

 

"Particular things about the show. Anything that hasn't aired yet, hindi puwede. But we were gone for one month, and it's really the toughest race ever. For me ha, I've watched a lot of episodes, pero siguro it's different when you're the one actually doing it. But it caused a lot of tears, a lot of stress, and it's not easy at all," said Tisha cautiously.

 

Although she can't reveal the places and countries they went to, Tisha said that the race ended last June.

 

PARTNERSHIP WITH GEOFF. Tisha and Geoff have been dating for four years now. But how was their partnership throughout the race?

 

"Explosive!" Tisha says with a laugh. "It's just that hindi maiiwasan na minsan mag-aaway kayo. You're under high stress and situations, and we're both so competitive against other people. We are also competitive between the two of us. Siyempre, there are instances... ‘Tsaka kami lang yung couple in a relationship, everybody else is like sister-brother, friends...kami lang yung dating. So when you're dating, it's different."

 

Was there a point when she wanted to break up with him?

 

"Oo! I'm sure...I don't know!" she laughs. "There are times that you're like, 'Ay, ayoko na sa ‘yo, ‘no!' But I mean, it's the situation that you're in. Siguro we won't be as bad as the last fierce couple that was fighting, Henry and Terri [Reed, also from the Philippines]."

 

Who had more temper, she or Geoff?

 

"Si Geoff, I'm sure!" she says quickly. "Probably because he's more competitive than I am. Plus, he's best friend with Marc and Rovilson, so siyempre gusto niya, ‘We're just as good as you guys.' But it helps, it helps me to push also.

 

What were the things that she discovered while they were in the race?

 

"That there are things that I can do that I would have never imagined that I'd ever do," replies Tisha. "And you will see that later. Yung mga napapanood mo sa TV, you're like, ‘There's no way I'd do that.' Pero ‘pag nandun ka na, gagawin mo, e. Kasi you see everybody else doing it, parang you'll think, ‘Why can't I do it if they're doing it?' I can do it, so..."

 

Why did she join Amazing Race Asia?

 

"Well, I was a fan of the show before... But I wanted to join the one in the States, pero kailangan U.S. citizen ka to join. So when they came up with the one in Asia, we sent an audition tape pero for last season. Pero hindi kami natanggap last year.

 

"Sila Marc and Rovilson yung last year, who happen to be our friends also. So, parang last year we were watching with them. And then when it stopped airing, we were like, ‘Ano nang gagawin natin ng Thursday? Wala na tayong gagawin.' So we sent in another audition tape for this year," relates the Fil-Canadian beauty queen.

 

BIG SHOES TO FILL. Tisha and Geoff have some big shoes to fill since Marc and Rovilson lasted until the final episode and ended up third last season. Is there any pressure on their part?

 

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