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SEXY NEW HOST PROPELS GAY TRAVEL SERIES
INTO HOT SECOND SEASON

FORMER BOY-BAND PIN UP AND GAY SOAP OPERA STAR PICKED AS PART OF OUT MAGAZINE’S INFLUENTIAL OUT 100 LIST OF 2005

TORONTO (Canada) - November 22, 2005 - Bump! The world's most watched gay and lesbian travel series premieres its second season of 26 episodes on December 20th on OUTtv (Tuesdays at 9pm ET / 6PM PT and Fridays at 8:30ET) in Canada and in spring 2006 on here! TV (U.S.A), EGO (Israel) and PinkTV (France and Belgium).

Host Shannon McDonough is back for season two and joining her is hot Vancouverite and rising out gay personality Charlie David who is currently co-starring in four different TV series including here! TV's popular gay gothic soap opera "Dante's Cove", Bravo's "Godiva" and Life Network's "Crash Test Mommy". Charlie has just been included in OUT Magazine's annual OUT 100 List of the year's most interesting, influential and newsworthy LGBT people - a list that includes Melissa Etheridge, Marc Jacobs and other gay celebrities. Charlie and Shannon have circumvented the globe in season two, hopping around the world from Paris to P-Town.

In each episode, Bump! the world's first gay and lesbian travel series, presents a new gay-friendly destination in a stylish and upbeat format. Viewers are taken on a personal tour of each locale, including interviews with local celebrities, personalities and gay icons. Bump! also delves into the always-intriguing (and often risqué) social scene of the destination. From circuit parties to coffeehouses, from beaches to bathhouses; the show explores where and how people connect for fun and love. Each episode gives a travelogue of the location, covering attractions, neighbourhoods and events, all from a gay perspective. The first season traveled to such cities as London, Houston and Palm Springs. Season two of Bump! will include many 'up and coming' gay destinations.

The show's website www.bumptv.com launches December 1st and will include behind-the-scenes postcards from Shannon and Charlie. The site will be a gay travelers' companion to all of the Bump episodes, and will include information on unique things to see, places to eat, shop and have fun, as well as links to gay friendly accommodations.

Air Canada, one of the world's top airlines, has also signed on as a major sponsor and official carrier of Bump! Air Canada was voted the #1 airline in North America in a recent Skytrax survey of more than 12 million air travellers worldwide.

Bump! was created, developed and produced by Bumper to Bumper (II) Media, a joint venture between Pink Triangle Press www.xtra.ca and Peace Point Entertainment Group. www.peacepoint.tv

OUTtv formerly known as PrideVision TV, launched in September 2001 in Canada and is the world's first Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender (GLBT) television network to broadcast 24/7. www.outtv.ca

here! America's first gay television network, was established in 2002 and is currently available to more than 42 million households, offers a wide variety of groundbreaking original movies and series plus the world's largest gay and lesbian film library. www.heretv.com

PinkTV is the first 'gay and gay friendly' channel in France and Belgium and went to air in 2004. www.pinktv.fr

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For more media information, including screeners, photos and interviews, please contact:
Daniel Paquette
Daniel Paquette Public Relations
416 413-7714
dp@dppr.ca

 

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