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Cathie
Member
08-16-2000
| Tuesday, April 01, 2008 - 12:19 am
I am so happy the Moutras are in the finals. They have really done well in every episode and have a wonderful attitude. I'm also glad the final competition wasn't a thumb war (although I think the Frieses would have blown that by arguing about whether he counted to three or four)... 
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Lotsofkids
Member
08-11-2007
| Tuesday, April 01, 2008 - 8:15 am
I missed the very first episode of this, but have watched ever since, but did the fries say on show #1 why they got married and their parents didn't know and weren't there? it was very awkward between him and her father.. something's very fishy there.
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Smokey
Member
07-08-2003
| Tuesday, April 01, 2008 - 2:28 pm
I saw it from the beginning, but not sure I remember correctly. I think (and I could be wrong) that they just jumped right into their relationship and decided they wanted to get married and just did it, without consulting anyone else about it.
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Yesitsme
Member
08-24-2004
| Wednesday, April 02, 2008 - 4:54 pm
Yes, that's right Smokey. The Freis said that they have only known each other for 9 months total...and that they did go and get married at Ciry Hall without telling their families. They also talked in this show about having a reception, which sounded like that was in the future and hadn't taken place yet. You know, their marriage may not last...but they sure look alike, so they have a chance!
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Smokey
Member
07-08-2003
| Sunday, April 06, 2008 - 9:32 pm
I am SO happy that the Moutras won! Great ending to a really cute show. I hated how the Freis acted. Wow, bitter much? I saw the ad asking for applications from more newlyweds so apparently this show will be back. Good, I really enjoyed it!
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Lilfair
Member
07-09-2003
| Monday, April 07, 2008 - 6:00 am
I loved this show....it was mostly pure and sweet. I would have been happy with either of the 2 winning. The Moutras's not using their 2 envelopes really was a classy thing to do unless they thought they weren't reading people right and decided not too chance using the envelopes wrong. Did they show who voted for who???? I missed that part, I think.
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Smokey
Member
07-08-2003
| Monday, April 07, 2008 - 7:05 am
Lilfair--They just hinted as to who voted for who and showed maybe a couple people leaning strongly but never a definite vote count. I was reading a few things online this morning and saw a link that said the Freises were now divorced, but the link I went to didn't have anything concrete. I saw it by googling Dawn Freis.
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Bombaycat
Member
07-21-2007
| Monday, April 07, 2008 - 7:10 am
Lilfair - they only showed a few of the votes, not all. I'm so happy the Moutras won. They were my favorite couple from day one. I didn't realize how young they were until last night when he said something about being 23. Wow, $465,000. Sure hope the invest wisely and continue with their "frugal" thinking. If they do, that money could last a lifetime. I always thought the Freis felt they were "entitled" to win everything. Their immaturity (especially her's) really shown thru last night. I'm not sure this marriage is going to make it long-term. Love this show and hope to see it again, as long as it doesn't go the way of every other reality show I have liked. They become predictable, scripted and at the mercy of the producer's desires.
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Lilfair
Member
07-09-2003
| Monday, April 07, 2008 - 7:35 am
Bombaycat, I agree that a lot of my fave reality shows are the first seasons. First because I think they cast the shows better first time around and second the contestants have usually watched the first season and begin to "act" certain ways. I think no matter what reality show, the likability outcome depends mostly on who is cast and not nesasarily the game they play. I was shocked at how young Mt M was too.
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Brenda1966
Member
07-03-2002
| Monday, April 07, 2008 - 9:31 am
Woohoo! so happy with the outcome. And also so surprised at how young the Moutras are! Contrast their behavior with the Fries and it just makes the Fries look even more immature. I would have liked to see how the voting went. I feared that many of the couples would split their vote, in essence cancelling each other out and deciding to _not_ decide.
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Texannie
Member
07-16-2001
| Monday, April 07, 2008 - 1:13 pm
WTG Moutra's!!!! bitter much Freis?? there wasn't an article about their win in today's paper, but here is one from the 2nd... For the final episode, the Moutras, who were married in March 2007, and the other finalists, Heather and Lance Holmes of Middletown, Ohio, in keeping reality-show tradition are joined by the six couples eliminated earlier in the series for the final vote. "We didn't expect that," Crystal Moutra, 22, said. "A whole lot of emotions came out (during the reunion episode)." The Moutras, who work at a family-owned day-care center and live with his parents and several other family members, said the show has been consistent with their memories of the shoot last year. "It was so long ago that sometimes when we see it, it refreshes our memory. 'I might say, 'I don't remember saying that.' " Johnnie Moutra said. "But it's been pretty close." "There were things that we didn't get to see when we were separated (for segments of the show)," Crystal Moutra said. "So it's like a new show to us, too." This is the Moutra family's second brush with TV notoriety; in 2004, before Johnnie and Crystal met, the Moutra family hosted ABC talk show host Jimmy Kimmel during the week leading to Super Bowl XXXVIII. And, given their love of the camera, the couple is looking for other TV opportunities. "Whatever comes our way, we'll talk about it," he said. "I've always wanted to be on TV. Whatever comes up, we'll go for it, as long as it isn't something that tries to break us up like all those negative shows." In the meantime, the couple is awaiting the birth of their first child, a boy who is due to arrive April 27, and fending off questions from relatives about details of the final episode. "It was definitely positive," Crystal Moutra said. david.barron@chron.com
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