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Deshon is named 'Desperate' champ Posted: Friday, Sep 23, 2005 - 08:37:35 am PDT By R.J. COHN Staff writer
NEW YORK -- Look out, Hollywood. Sandpoint's Donna Deshon is heading your way, straight for a walk down Wisteria Lane with actress Teri Hatcher and her buddies from ABC's primetime soap, "Desperate Housewives."Deshon -- one of three finalists in a 'Desperate Housewives" trivia showdown on Thursday's "Good Morning, America" -- cleaned house by winning the Jeopardy-style competition. Now the Syringa Heights mother of three -- who topped her two competitors by a score of 40 - 30 - 0 -- is being whisked off to California and onto the set of "Desperate Housewives" for a possible walk-on role in a future episode.
She nailed the next four questions with the quickness of a cougar, ringing her buzzer before GMA weatherman Tony Perkins was half-way through reading them, delighting Sandpoint viewers who turned on the TV sets to watch Deshon match wits with her Michigan and Wisconsin counterparts. "Go, Donna!" yelled an employee in the Bonner County Daily Bee newsroom. "Do it!" hollered another. "Take 'em down!" With one final question left, Deshon was leading her closest competitor by 10 points. Hatcher -- who plays the accident-prone Susan Mayer on the Emmy Award-winning TV show -- stepped up to the podium, and smiled her best drop-dead smile. Then she asked the contestants to write the last names of the show's five female characters. Worth 50 points, whoever could put it down on their little chalkboards in 20 seconds would be crowned the "Desperate Housewives" champ and jet off to Hollywood to hang out with Hatcher, Marcia Cross, Felicity Huffman, Eva Longoria, Nicollette Sheridan, Brenda Strong and the rest of the merry cast. "She knows this cold!" shrieked a Bee reporter. "Look at Donna writing away. She's got it!" But Donna didn't get it. Neither did the others. Everyone came up with just four names instead of delivering five. But she wound up with the highest score. A room full of colored balloons descended like gumdrops on Deshon, crowning Sandpoint's Kinderhaven Angel volunteer -- who laughed it up with anchor Diane Sawyer and the GMA crew -- as TV cameras zeroed in on her hugging her husband and daughters rushing onto the set. It's now off to Hollywood for Deshon, where she'll rub elbows with the show's stars. And maybe -- just maybe -- bring a little bit of North Idaho culture into the lives of "Desperate Houswives." POST YOUR OPINION
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