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Upcoming SyndieBAM contestant article
Posted: Thu Apr 23, 2009 6:50 am
by MarleysGh0st
Tracy Zothner, from Apex, NC, enters the Hot Seat on Tuesday.
http://www.theapexherald.com/pages/full ... lead&open=&
Zothner and her husband, Eric, were once the owners of the Apex Brewing Company, which stocked the shelves of local bars and markets for almost a year. Problems with the distributor caused the business to close, but Tracy said that with enough “Millionaire” money, they could re-open it.
Times are tough for a lot of people and at the time that Zothner taped her show, she had been out of a job for almost a year. She came to the “Millionaire” hot seat, hoping to alleviate some of the financial stress, pay some bills and fund her kid’s college education.
The "suffering from the bad economy" hook.
When the cost of traveling for a “Millionaire” audition became too expensive, Zothner and her family held a car wash to raise money for the trip. They raised $50 – not as much as they’d hoped – but enough to help out a little!
Fund raising for audition expenses? That's a new one.
Re: Upcoming SyndieBAM contestant article
Posted: Mon Apr 27, 2009 7:32 am
by MarleysGh0st
Here's another article about Tracy's upcoming appearance.
http://www.newsobserver.com/105/story/1499920.html
She says she took the test twice but didn't make it through to the contestant pool until after a Charlotte tryout. "I told them, 'Look, I've tried out twice. My son gets excited and then I get a 'no' postcard. I'd like to get a 'yes' postcard.'"
Uhhhh,
twice? And did talking about your son's disappointment really make a difference?
This article also mentions her car wash fundraiser, but implies it was for her travel expenses to her taping, not to her audition.
Re: Upcoming SyndieBAM contestant article
Posted: Mon Apr 27, 2009 9:05 am
by SportsFan68
MarleysGh0st wrote:. . .
She came to the “Millionaire” hot seat, hoping to alleviate some of the financial stress, pay some bills and fund her kid’s college education.
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Sounds to me like she expects to win at least $250K. I wish her luck.
Re: Upcoming SyndieBAM contestant article
Posted: Mon Apr 27, 2009 9:08 am
by MarleysGh0st
SportsFan68 wrote:Sounds to me like she expects to win at least $250K. I wish her luck.
She might be hoping to win big, but what she said was:
"My goal was $25,000, but I wanted to have fun, no matter what."
Re: Upcoming SyndieBAM contestant article
Posted: Mon Apr 27, 2009 9:18 am
by gsabc
MarleysGh0st wrote:SportsFan68 wrote:Sounds to me like she expects to win at least $250K. I wish her luck.
She might be hoping to win big, but what she said was:
"My goal was $25,000, but I wanted to have fun, no matter what."
Nuts to that! I want fun AND a million bucks. As the commercial says, "You - You can have it all."