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Eruption, Maggie Wilson in new 'Amazing Race Asia'

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<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/news-special1/entertainment/7/28/amazing-race-072816.jpg"/></figure></div><p>MANILA - Former &quot;It&#x27;s Showtime&quot; host Eric &quot;Eruption&quot; Tai and his wife, Rona Samson, will be competing for the grand prize in the newest season of the &quot;Amazing Race Asia.&quot;</p><p>AXN on Thursday introduced the pairs who will be part of the fifth edition of the hit reality competition, including those from the Philippines.</p><p>Apart from Tai and Samson, former beauty queens Parul Shah and Maggie Wilson Consunji will also represent the Philippines on the show.</p><p>The Philippines won the fourth season of &quot;The Amazing Race Asia&quot; with the team of Richard Hardin and Richard Herrera.</p><p>&quot;It was an unexpected and amazing news that completely threw us over the moon,&quot; wrote Tai on Instagram shortly after the announcement. &quot;Aside from our personal and relationship goals, our motivation is far more bigger than ourselves.&quot;</p><p>&quot;We want to show that we all have inner strength that is far more stronger than our physical appearance and capabilities. We hope that thru the Amazing Race Asia, we will be able to share our light to inspire others, to encourage each and everyone to go for what your heart desires and not to give in to the negative voices that may continue to put you down on a daily basis.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameBorder="0" height="350" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/_jnlZTG9Ats" width="510"></iframe></figure><p>&quot;Take a plunge on a bathing suit if your heart so wishes and soak in all the beauty that Heavenly Father has blessed us with regardless of what anyone might say. Live it, embrace it, love it!&quot; he concluded.</p><p>Wilson, for her part, posted a photo on her own Instagram page with her partner, Shah. &quot;We are scared but also super excited for what&#x27;s to come! We cannot wait for you to see us race and represent Team Philippines!&quot;</p><blockquote class="instagram-media" data-instgrm-version="7" style="background:#FFF;border:0;border-radius:3px;box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15);margin:1px;max-width:658px;padding:0;width:calc(100% - 2px)"><div style="padding:8px"><div style="background:#F8F8F8;line-height:0;margin-top:40px;padding:50.0% 0;text-align:center;width:100%"><div style="background:url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAACwAAAAsCAMAAAApWqozAAAABGdBTUEAALGPC/xhBQAAAAFzUkdCAK7OHOkAAAAMUExURczMzPf399fX1+bm5mzY9AMAAADiSURBVDjLvZXbEsMgCES5/P8/t9FuRVCRmU73JWlzosgSIIZURCjo/ad+EQJJB4Hv8BFt+IDpQoCx1wjOSBFhh2XssxEIYn3ulI/6MNReE07UIWJEv8UEOWDS88LY97kqyTliJKKtuYBbruAyVh5wOHiXmpi5we58Ek028czwyuQdLKPG1Bkb4NnM+VeAnfHqn1k4+GPT6uGQcvu2h2OVuIf/gWUFyy8OWEpdyZSa3aVCqpVoVvzZZ2VTnn2wU8qzVjDDetO90GSy9mVLqtgYSy231MxrY6I2gGqjrTY0L8fxCxfCBbhWrsYYAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC);display:block;height:44px;margin:0 auto -44px;position:relative;top:-22px;width:44px"> </div></div><p style="color:#c9c8cd;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:17px;margin-bottom:0;margin-top:8px;overflow:hidden;padding:8px 0 7px;text-align:center;text-overflow:ellipsis;white-space:nowrap"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/BIZsSjChV0k/" style="color:#c9c8cd;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;line-height:17px;text-decoration:none" target="_blank">A photo posted by Maggie Wilson (@wilsonmaggie)</a> on <time dateTime="2016-07-28T10:15:25+00:00" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:17px">Jul 28, 2016 at 3:15am PDT</time></p></div></blockquote><script async="" defer="" src="~//platform.instagram.com/en_US/embeds.js" type="text/javascript"></script><div><strong>The other teams are:</strong></div><p>Rach and Vicky: Travel Hosts, Indonesia<br/>Louisa and Treasuri: Childhood Friends, Indonesia<br/>Yvonne and Chloe: Beauty Queens, Malaysia<br/>Alex and Will: Brothers, Malaysia<br/>Brandon and Alphaeus: Old School Mates, Malaysia<br/>JK and Mike: Radio DJs, Singapore<br/>Rei and Kenji: Siblings, Singapore<br/>Tom and Anita: Dating, Thailand<br/>Lisa and Nicole: Life Partners, Vietnam</p><p>The fifth season of the &quot;Amazing Race Asia&quot; will begin airing in August.</p>

Former 'It's Showtime' host Eric 'Eruption' Tai and his wife, Rona Samson, will be competing for the grand prize in the newest season of the 'Amazing Race Asia.'