If 'Merica's Angels is picked they will find out on March 7 and leave for Europe on April 12.
To vote for 'Merica's Angels, visit the Red Bull: Can you Make it? website.
Prague, Barcelona, Edinburgh, Berlin, Florence and Paris. 165 teams. One goal: crossing Europe. The catch is that there's no money or cell phones- only Red Bull.
Andrea Goettemoeller, Briona Case and Denise Schwartz, students at Ball State University, are members of the team "'Merica's Angels" trying to compete in the “Red Bull: Can You Make It?” competition. All teams are made up of college students across the globe and are chosen based on their audition videos.
If 'Merica Angels are chosen for the competition, they will get the opportunity to travel around Europe for free, starting on April 12.
“Before leaving, you have to give up your money, and are given a map, a case of Red Bull and a go-pro camera to record your experiences," Gottemoeller said.
Once the team starts, they have seven days to cross six checkpoints to get to Paris using only Red Bull as currency.
Each time a team crosses a checkpoint, they are given a mental or physical challenge. If the team completes the challenge, they receive another case of Red Bull.
“When we first looked into the competition, we thought it was a cool idea, but didn’t actually consider doing it,” Goettemoeller said, “Not long after we thought, ‘Hey, when are we ever going to get a chance to go to Europe for free in our lives again?'”
Goettemoeller said everyone in the competition has an adventurous aspect to them.
“You have no idea what you’ll be asked to do.” Goettemoeller said.
Whether it’s having to jump off a bridge, sleeping in a train station or having to choose between food and transportation, competitors definitely have to be able to go with the floow.
In order to compete, the teams have to be in the top 18 teams for a specific region in the U.S. Then, the judges choose the top four teams from the region to compete.
Tiffany Verdon, a marketing major at Ball State and Red Bull representative, got the students involved in the competition.
“To make it to the final round, they have to be in the top 18 when voting stops.” Verdon said, “They are currently in the top 20, but voting continues to get more competitive.”
Voting for the competition is on the event website and ends Feb. 25 at 11 a.m.
Competing in the challenge takes skill. not everyone can convince business owners and managers to trade goods and services for energy drinks.
"It’s a journey of charm, adventure and strategy," said Verdon.
Though the winners of the competition are invited to travel across Europe free for the summer, the real reward, Goettemoeller said, is the experiences and memories gathered along the way.
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