Clockwise from left: Elise LeBlanc and Milos Savic. Photo by Mountain Escape Photography; Elise watches in anticipation as Milos takes the hotseat; Milo dancing on set with Ellen DeGeneres. Photo by: Mike Rozman/Warner Brothers/NBC; Milos Savic (in green) and Clint Miller competing in “Dirty Laundry". Photo by: Mike Rozman/Warner Brothers/NBC.
THE GAME SHOW BUG Local Couple Appears on Ellen’s Game of Games STORY BY MICHAEL SEGUIN
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TWENTY-FIVE-YEAR-OLD wedding videographer Elise LeBlanc and 26-year-old track athlete Milos Savic met the same way most couples meet: by accident. “My buddy had shot a commercial for this clothing brand, Titika Active Couture,” Milos states. “In it, there was a shot of a girl running in slow-motion. I actually paused the video. I said, ‘Who is that?’ He told me she was from Windsor. I didn’t believe him. I thought she was some model from Los Angeles or something.” Unbeknownst to Milos, Elise was already enrolled in the same Film and Photography program at the University of Windsor as he was. “I had switched programs, so I was a little behind,” Elise recalls. “I had to take a first year Documentary film course in my final year. Milos happened to be in his Master’s already, so he was my Teaching Assistant.” “It was crazy. I saw this girl on video and then a week later, she comes walking into my classroom,” Milos states. Elise denies walking into the room in slow-motion, but Milos contests this. “After class I asked her if she was the girl I saw in that Titika commercial,” Milos reports. “And the rest is history. After the class ended, we exchanged phone numbers and here we are.” Milos and Elise’s relationship has been one defined by adventure. Together, the two have backpacked around Europe and even spent a month trekking around the United States while living out of Elise’s car. However, they embarked on their greatest adventure yet over a year ago when the two made their first appearance on the small screen. “For my birthday last year, I ended up getting tickets to Ellen DeGeneres through her show’s lottery system,” Elise explains. “Through sheer luck, we ended up winning front row seats for my birthday. I was so excited!” Elise attended the taping with her mother, Debbie Leblanc, and her best friend, Kiara Knowler.
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