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Roblover
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05-17-2011

Sunday, December 11, 2011 - 7:48 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Roblover a private message Print Post    
Thank you, Tishala for excellent spoiling. I liked all the final teams, but after Cindy did such a great job with the map challenge, I was really cheering for them to win. I liked it that they actually prepared for the challenges they would face on AR before going on the show. I have always wondered why more teams didn't do that. Phil was looking a little sad at Cindy when she said her parents wanted her to be perfect.

Now I am experiencing AR withdrawal.

Whoami
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08-02-2001

Sunday, December 11, 2011 - 7:58 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Whoami a private message Print Post    
Gotta love Amani. She was so supportive of Marcus during his extreme frustration, especially through the flight simulator. And her speech at the end was great, about how to set examples for her kids and stuff. Great head on those shoulders!

Sean
Member

02-26-2011

Sunday, December 11, 2011 - 8:12 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Sean a private message Print Post    
Here is my Recap for the Season Finale:

Amazing Race Recap: "Racing To The Finish Line In Atlanta"

http://sfurfaro.blogspot.com/2011/12/amazing-race-recap-racing-to-finish.html

Juju2bigdog
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10-27-2000

Sunday, December 11, 2011 - 8:35 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Juju2bigdog a private message Print Post    
I was wondering why Marcus and Amani did not switch positions as pilot and co-pilot. She was so smart at so many of the tasks, and he was failing so badly on this one. I really do think she could have done it easier. I mean, quarterbacks have to be pretty smart, don't they?

Jimmer
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08-30-2000

Sunday, December 11, 2011 - 9:18 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jimmer a private message Print Post    
Other sad news. I'm sure most people here remember Nancy and Emily from the first season.

Amazing Race’s Nancy Hoyt has died
Reality Blurred by Andy Dehnart

Nancy Hoyt, who formed part of the first parent-child team on The Amazing Race’s first season with her daughter Emily, has died. She was 56.

She died Thursday from ALS (Lou Gehrig’s disease) ...

more at the link

http://www.realityblurred.com/realitytv/archives/the_amazing_race/
2011_Dec_10_nancy-hoyt-dead


Kappy
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06-28-2002

Sunday, December 11, 2011 - 10:12 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Kappy a private message Print Post    
Aw dang.

Tntitanfan
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08-03-2001

Sunday, December 11, 2011 - 10:29 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Tntitanfan a private message Print Post    
I don't remember the lady, but I certainly send synpathetic vibes for her famly - for some reason the holiday season is particularly hard to lose a loved one -

Seamonkey
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09-07-2000

Sunday, December 11, 2011 - 10:56 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Seamonkey a private message Print Post    
12/11/2011 Leg 12 - Finale: Panama City, Panama -Atlanta, Georgia USA

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1 Hazard - As last to find first clue at beginning of leg 1, Kaylani and Lisa must complete a Hazard Task before the end of the leg. To add to the excitement Kaylani drops her passport in a gas station near the starting point but it is gone when they go back. Luck of the showgirls.. someone who realized Amazing Race was going through tweeted someone and took the passport to LAX where they paged Kaylani, so the team made the second flight out. The Hazard task required them to go to a certain building and one of them (Kaylani) had to bungee jump in a mall.

2 EXPRESS PASS allows a team to skip or abandon any task at any one time through the 8th leg of the race. Ernie and Cindy won the EP in Taipei at the end of Leg 1.

3 Non Elimination Leg.

Leg 1 was an NEL, thus saving Bill and Cathi, who came in last.

Leg 4 was an NEL, thus saving Liz and Marie, who came in last.

Leg 6 was an NEL, thus saving Marcus and Amani, who came in last.

4 SPEED BUMP - A task that must be performed only by the last place team on the next leg after they come in last during a NEL.

Bill and Cindi were last in NEL in the first leg, so had to perform a Speed Bump in Leg 2. AND the next leg will be a double elimination leg.. so Bill and Cathi will have to be at least in 9th place next round to stay in the race.

Liz and Marie were last to the pit stop in Leg 4 and thus had to complete a Speed Bump task in Leg 5. Their task was to clean up after and wash an elephant.

Marcus and Amani were last to the pit stop in Leg 6 and had to complete a Speed Bump task in Leg 7. This task consisted of solving a slide puzzle to create a picture of the new flag of Malawi.

5 DOUBLE ELIMINATION ROUND. Two teams will be eliminated. Round 2.


6 Round two. At the end of the detour tasks, teams were told to take the money they earned and donate it at an orphanage, where they would get a token and proceed to the pit stop. However, there was a sign on the table telling them to ALSO donate ALL money they had. This sign was missed by most teams, who then had to go back on foot to the orphanage, donate and return to the pitstop.. and this changed the order and caused one team (Ethan and Jenna) down to last two, and thus eliminated. Kaylani and Lisa did notice the sign, so, while being one of the last two teams to the pitstop, they lived to run another leg.

7 Laurence and Zac were team # 1 but incurred a 15 minute penalty for using four buckets to draw water, instead of the two buckets specified in the clue. This dropped them to second place behind Andy and Tommy.

8 Justin and Jennifer were team #1,but forgot to pay their truck driver, so Andy and Tommy took over first place while they had to return to pay the driver. They just made it back to be team #2.

Bill and Cindy also failed to pay their driver, so it seemed that they might have been ahead of the second arrival of Justin and Jennifer and the first arrival of Jeremy and Sandy.

Thus Bill and Cindy dropped from third to sixth (just beating out Marcus and Amani) and Jeremy and Sandy went from fourth to third.

Legs 7 and 8 included the opportunity for two teams to U-Turn another team.

In Leg 7, Laurance and Zac chose to U-Turn Marcus and Amani, but Marcus and Amani were ahead of them, so there was no effect on them.

In Leg 8, Ernie and Cindy U-Turned Bill and Cathi, which meant Bill and Cathi had to complete both options of the Roadblock.

Bill and Cathi chose to U-Turn Laurance and Zac.

9 To Be Continued.

At the Pit Stop for Leg 9, Marcus and Amani arrived first, were awarded a trip to Panama and then told by Phil to take this clue and continue on. We didn't get the rest of that leg until the next week's show. It was not an elimination round but was also not NEL, so Bill and Cathi
avoided a Speed Bump task.

Seamonkey
Moderator

09-07-2000

Sunday, December 11, 2011 - 10:59 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Seamonkey a private message Print Post    
Great final.. I don't have a GPS but have rented cars with them a couple of times and the dreaded "recalculating".. arrgh. You'd think the cabbie would know that location, but evidently not.

They all ran a smart final leg. But no, I won't fly with Marcus either.

Seamonkey
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09-07-2000

Sunday, December 11, 2011 - 11:26 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Seamonkey a private message Print Post    
So should Cindy be saying, "no worries, we don't need to beat them?" That IS what they want to do.

Juju, once a team chooses one of them to do a Roadblock, they are stuck with that choice, so Amani could not have traded seats with Marcus.

So sad about Emily, but isn't it great that she did TAR 10 years ago and had that among her memories. Still 56 is so young and ALS is a terrible way to go.

Seamonkey
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09-07-2000

Sunday, December 11, 2011 - 11:28 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Seamonkey a private message Print Post    
Jimmer, I gather you considered the results to night to be the first sad news?

Tishala
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08-01-2000

Monday, December 12, 2011 - 12:20 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Tishala a private message Print Post    
My apologies for consistently misspelling Amani's name tonight. I feel really dumb now.

Spear
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08-06-2001

Monday, December 12, 2011 - 12:46 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Spear a private message Print Post    
The flight simulator wasn't a Roadblock (the typewriter task was). I assume they would have been allowed to switch seats.

Seamonkey
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09-07-2000

Monday, December 12, 2011 - 1:21 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Seamonkey a private message Print Post    
That's interesting.. it did make them choose one person to be pilot and one to be co-pilot but maybe they could have changed places.. that would be a good question to ask them!

But indeed, the word roadblock was only uttered in terms of the typewriter task. I sit corrected (since I'm not standing).

Seamonkey
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09-07-2000

Monday, December 12, 2011 - 1:29 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Seamonkey a private message Print Post    
Tisha, at least you were consistent!

I also thought Amani was so sweet tonight.. not that she isn't usually, but just especially tonight.

Tntitanfan
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08-03-2001

Monday, December 12, 2011 - 6:14 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Tntitanfan a private message Print Post    
I spent FIVE years in Atlanta - four years of college at Emory University and another working at a savings and loan company, and I had not heard of either the Dump or the Swan House!

Chicagolooper
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05-09-2004

Monday, December 12, 2011 - 6:26 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Chicagolooper a private message Print Post    
Great finale. I especially liked that the tasks were straightforward and skill based. (Though it did make me feel old to remember that the "l" key on the typewriter was how we used to type the number one. Where is my old typewriter anyway?)

I agree with others who have commented that it was refreshing not to see the fighting and carping between teams this season - they were nice.

And we see where had the boys made it through last week, they may have had a genuine shot at winning. (duh.)

All in all, very happy with the season and interesting to see fellow Chicago residents winning the prize. Now to anticipate the next season of Amazing Race.

Jimmer
Moderator

08-30-2000

Monday, December 12, 2011 - 7:01 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jimmer a private message Print Post    
Jimmer, I gather you considered the results to night to be the first sad news?

LOL - Not exactly, though I would have preferred one of the other teams winning. Cindy was a bit full of herself and derogatory to Ernie. However, I meant "other" in the sense that my post about Nancy was a little off-topic.

I remember that their friendly nickname here was "Momily". We watched the first season again on DVD not that long ago so I remember it well. It was a very different style of play from more recent seasons. You can tell it's a first season with everyone just getting a feel for how to run a race like this. It seemed more real and less staged. Plus it was before 9/11.

Roxip
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01-29-2004

Monday, December 12, 2011 - 9:17 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Roxip a private message Print Post    
Least popular winners ever IMO. Cindy "it would be like losing to a "C" student." GRRRR!

Hermione69
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07-23-2002

Monday, December 12, 2011 - 9:52 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Hermione69 a private message Print Post    
My first thought was, "Oh, Lexi_girl is NOT going to be happy!"

Lexie_girl
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07-30-2004

Monday, December 12, 2011 - 10:08 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Lexie_girl a private message Print Post    
Hermi... I'm NOT !!!!! I liked everyone on this race except Laurence and Cindy. It was painful to watch her cross the finish line first.

Wilsonatmd
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01-23-2001

Monday, December 12, 2011 - 10:54 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wilsonatmd a private message Print Post    
I'm wondering how much the margin of victory was- it seemed like there was never a doubt E/C were going to win...

Kitt
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09-06-2000

Monday, December 12, 2011 - 11:08 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Kitt a private message Print Post    
I don't think there was any doubt either... maybe half an hour to an hour between the first couples, but hours to Amani and Marcus. The taxi driver said there was about 15mins between the first two teams, and that was one cycle of the simulator, it took Marcus 12 cycles to land, so even if they got it down to 10 minutes that's still about two hours.

I liked Cindy, and I thought she and Ernie had a good relationship. A lot of people are brought up with high expectations on them and it's hard to shift, best you can do is be aware of it and have a sense of humour about it, as Cindy seems to have, and be lucky enough to get a partner who understands. We can't all be perfect.

Karuuna
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08-30-2000

Monday, December 12, 2011 - 11:12 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Karuuna a private message Print Post    
It was very anti-climatic. Once I could see that Marcus and Amani were stuck on the first task, I fast-forwarded thru most of the show.

Scooterrific
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07-08-2005

Monday, December 12, 2011 - 11:14 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Scooterrific a private message Print Post    
me too karuuna!!! Of course I was trying to watch it this morning before work, while preparing dinner, making Rae's lunch and doing laundry.