WWE Releases Information on Tough Enough 3

WWE sent out a press release about the season premiere of Tough Enough 3. You can read the full release here. Or, for almost the same information - and more - you can read my EXCLUSIVE interview with John "Big" Gaburick.

The one piece of information the press release contained that the interview (available right here) did not was a list of the 21 semi-finalists. These 21 will be whittled down to the final 13:

Amy, 25 yrs old, Minneapolis, MN
Chad, 24 yrs old, Wausau, WI
Eric, 23 yrs old, Northampton, PA
Greg, 25 yrs old, Arden, NC
James, 20 yrs old, Naples, FL
Jamie, 21 yrs old, Beaverton, OR
Jill, 20 yrs old, Stoneham, MA
John, 23 yrs old, Davis, CA
Jonah, 23 yrs old, Natick, MA
Julia, 22 yrs old, Framingham, MA
Justin, 24 yrs old, Tampa, FL Kelly, 22 yrs old, Lynchburg, VA
Lisa, 25 yrs old, Livermore, CA
Matt, 23 yrs old, Kalamazoo, MI
Melina, 23 yrs old, Hesperia, CA
Nick, 20 yrs old, Peabody, MA
Rebekah, 23 yrs old, Lynchburg, VA
Rob, 23 yrs old, Wynnewood ,PA
Sarah, 23 yrs old, Markham, Ontario Canada
Scott, 21 yrs old, Harrisonburg, VA
Voula, 26 yrs old, Toronto, Canada

Note that there IS a "Lisa" in the cast. Lisa is rumored to be the name of the woman who was rumored to have had a psychotic episode. As you recall, Big refused to comment on the situation in the interview (available right here), but I tend to think his comments may have answered the question of whether or not it happened.

I have heard some more information on the subject from another source close to the show. While this person informed me that the basic gist of the rumor was true, there were quite a few inaccuracies to the story. The source refused to comment on the record further.

So between Big's 'no comment' and the information from my other source, I can now go on record and say that I believe the rumor to be true. I cannot say how much of the actual incident will be shown on MTV, I would imagine that we would see her on the telecast. As I said, it would be extremely difficult to edit her out of the show completely. It will be interesting to see how they handle her exit from the show.

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