Takes Five; Monroe Gierl; On Hawaii Tv Show, Teen Got Dose of Reality
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel › February 13, 2005
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By his own admission Monroe Gierl is a big-time reality television fan. After watching the first two seasons of "Endurance: Hawaii," an NBC Saturday morning program, Gierl submitted an audition tape and was one of 20 teenagers selected from thousands of applicants from around the country. Beginning last June, he spent a month in Hawaii enduring a series of physical and mental challenges. He and his yellow-team partner, Bryannah Bascon of Stoughton, Mass., were among the final three teams when he was eliminated in the program that aired Feb. 5. The 16-year-old sophomore at Nicolet High School spoke with reporter Marie Rohde about his brush with fame.
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Takes Five; Monroe Gierl; On Hawaii Tv Show, Teen Got Dose of Reality
A. I just sent in a casting tape. Basically, that's all I had to do. I just talked about myself. I tried to make myself stand out. I knew that there wo...
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