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Puzzled
Member
08-27-2001
| Sunday, December 07, 2008 - 6:14 pm
Maybe Toni and Dallas were caught up in the red tape of getting passports re-issued. I guess we'll find out in the post race interviews.
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Twinkie
Member
09-24-2002
| Sunday, December 07, 2008 - 6:15 pm
Ah, thanks Sea. I just read up. That really sucks! I wanted to see Starr and Dallas together at the end.
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Csnog
Member
07-18-2002
| Sunday, December 07, 2008 - 6:15 pm
Shadows are long when the frats arrived so I would think they were about 2 or 3 hours behind.
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Angelicfairies2
Member
07-19-2004
| Sunday, December 07, 2008 - 6:16 pm
Nick/Star the most DESERVING winners EVER! Was just telling my bestfriend that I don't recall ever seeing them argue or anything. Their parents must be so proud.
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Mamabatsy
Member
08-05-2005
| Sunday, December 07, 2008 - 6:16 pm
Thanks for all the spoiling. See you next season.
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Sunday, December 07, 2008 - 6:27 pm
Angelic, yeah there were a few interviews, so we knew that Dallas didn't just turn around and let a cab leave with his pack, but that he didn't find out it was gone until two taxi rides later. So they got money from people and took the metro to the pony lady, hoping it would just be a 30 minute penalty because they didn't take a cab, but she waved them away so they WALKED for two hours back to the clue box to get a cab, but Phil informed them they were too late. The cab driver turned in the pack and they got it back at the American consulate the next day but too late. However, it is interesting that they must have had a very short pitstop or something since we know from live sightings that they finished up in the evening so the fact that they started leaving at midnight sounds like they really wanted them all on that particular flight. They've been on trips/dating but mentioned her being in NY (I thought she was in Texas and only Nick was in NY so Starr must have been celebrating with Nick in NY) and California, but then the last I heard Tina and Ken weren't saying if they were back together and one was in Florida and one in San Diego so I guess they wanted the "ring ceremony" to be a big deal on the finale.
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Sunday, December 07, 2008 - 6:30 pm
12/07/2008 Moscow, Russia - Portland, OR, USA Finale
team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | avg | Road Blocks | FF | SB | E | Nick/Starr | 1 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1.45 | N 5 S 3 | Leg 8 | | WON | Ken/Tina | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6+ | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2.63 | K 4 T 4 | Leg 4 | leg 7 | E11 | Andrew/Dan | 7 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4# | 2 | 3 | 5.09 | A 6 D 3 | | leg 10 | E10 | Toni/Dallas | 6 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | | 3.1 | T 4 D 5 | | | E9 | Terence/Sarah | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3* | 4 | 3 | 5 | | | | 3.25 | T 3 S 4 | | | E8 | Kelly/Christy | 5 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 6 | | | | | 5.01 | K 3 C 3 | | | E7 | Aja/Ty | 8 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 7 | | | | | | | 6.80 | A 2 T 2 | | | E5 | Marisa/Brooke | 10 | 9 | 4 | 8 | | | | | | | | 7.75 | M 2 B 1 | | | E4 | Mark/Bill | 4 | 2 | 9 | | | | | | | | | 5.0 | M 1 B 1 | | | E3 | Anthony/Stephanie | 9 | 10 | | | | | | | | | | 9.5 | A 1 | | | E2 | Anita/Arthur | 11 | | | | | | | | | | | 11.0 | N/A | | | E1 | * Because they were stopped for speeding, Terence/Sarah will be penalized 30 minutes at the beginning of the next leg. This did cause them to start in fourth, but all teams made the same flight to Delhi. + Ken and Tina were last to arrive at the Pit Stop, but it is a non-elimination round. In the next leg they will encounter a Speed Bump that only they need to complete. # Dan and Andrew were last to arrive at the Pit Stop, but it is a non-elimination round. In the next leg they will encounter a Speed Bump that only they need to complete.
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Watching2
Member
07-07-2001
| Sunday, December 07, 2008 - 6:32 pm
Well, I guess now we'll get to see if Tina and Ken are actually together still. I so wish Dallas and Toni could be there. It would be great if we ended up with a TAR wedding!! 
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Sunday, December 07, 2008 - 6:49 pm
Raen!! Thanks so much for the spoilage and I hope the pizza was wonderful!
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Antkaki
Member
07-20-2005
| Sunday, December 07, 2008 - 7:45 pm
well i am glad that nick and starr won over ken and tina who for me complained way too much...almost whiny to a point, but that's just me...was hoping the frats would come up from behind and win, but am glad the right ones won!! now for the end of survivor ! i hate the end of shows like this...until they start again!! lol 
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Oregonguy
Member
02-12-2006
| Sunday, December 07, 2008 - 7:50 pm
Thanks for all who have spoiled all this year
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Panda
Member
07-15-2005
| Sunday, December 07, 2008 - 8:29 pm
I saw a whole thing on Voodoo Donuts on Travel Channel and too bad they didn't have to go inside or eat some doughnuts! The owners are ordained to marry people too and they have crazy flavored doughnuts including a jelly filled voodoo doll...lol I think both 1st and 2nd place teams were great racers and good competition! I didn't like Tina most of the way but they did pretty good. Congrats to the winners - to me, Nick really knows his sis and held it together so they can focus on the win.
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Csnog
Member
07-18-2002
| Sunday, December 07, 2008 - 8:58 pm
Did anyone else notice the cost of airfare from Moscow to Portland? Was that in dollars?
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Twinkie
Member
09-24-2002
| Sunday, December 07, 2008 - 9:13 pm
Sure looked like dollars. Over 4,000 of them.
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Braveheart61901
Member
08-11-2006
| Sunday, December 07, 2008 - 9:25 pm
Raen, Thanks for the excellent spoiling. I watched the show but it moved so fast that I missed a lot. You caught what I missed or was unclear about.
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Sunday, December 07, 2008 - 9:34 pm
Now that I'm really watching it.. Wow that Nick didn't go for the bar, just grabbed that little clue and that Tina didn't just take off her ball cap so she could wear the hard hat.. she lost a bunvh of time and clearly, had she fallen, the hard hat would be useless. Not that it was the place they lost, since they both got to do the ziplines before N/S but still it rattled Tina.
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Oregonguy
Member
02-12-2006
| Sunday, December 07, 2008 - 10:43 pm
useless facts since the finish was in my neck of the woods. from pdx airport to newberg would probably take them about a hour drive. now you never know with editing but when tina was up on the beam scared to jump, they showed dandrew at exit 294 of I-5 which would put them at least a half hour away if not more. so if that is true they were done from the get go and picked a horrible cab driver. then from newberg to the bridge of the gods is about 1 1/2 to 1 3/4 hour drive. that task with the clues in the 150 boxes would have been extremely stressful. from bridge of the gods to downtown portland about 45min to 1hr. so i'm guessing just on drive time alone was about 3 1/2 hrs. downtown portland is a nightmare to get around with all these 1 way streets and horrible parking. the drive from the donut shop to pittock mansion would be maybe a few miles up the road but thru downtown traffic. it looked like the tickets from moscow to portland were a little over $2,000 per person. my friend at work went to the ukraine last summer so i'm going to see what his fares were, obviously taking into account the last minute fares from moscow. tina should have taken her damn hat off! she seemed to worry more about that than the helmet. also she wouldnt let poor ken look at the clues until she had a chance to eyeball them. too controlling. i always like starr but was lukewarm towards nick (he seemed kind of smarmy) but the deserved to win and i'm glad they did.
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Kitt
Member
09-06-2000
| Sunday, December 07, 2008 - 11:14 pm
Good exciting finale with a great result! Nick really made that team, as he supported Starr so well when she got stressed. Thanks for the inside info OG. With all those long taxi rides it's surprising they were so close. And trying to get a taxi at the end, arggg! It would have been a horrible ending if Nick and Starr had lost because they couldn't get a cab. Only possible better ending would be if Dallas and Toni had been in the final three instead of Dan and Andrew. D&A had grown on me a bit, but on past performance they were very lucky to make it to the final three. Good season 
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Monday, December 08, 2008 - 12:38 am
Just saw a bit of TAR trivia in today's Parade magazine..
quote:Q: After seven years on The Amazing Race, how many passports has host Phil Keoghan filled up? A: "I fill up a passport every two years, logging 100,000 miles a year for Race plus 400,000 miles for personal trips," says Keoghan, 41, whose season finale airs tonight. He's traveled to more than 100 countries and has a shoebox with dozens of passports.
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Texannie
Member
07-16-2001
| Monday, December 08, 2008 - 4:27 am
i wonder why they didn't have their own cars? why do sometimes they have to rent cars and other times take taxis?
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Thesnark
Member
09-27-2008
| Monday, December 08, 2008 - 5:21 am
Not sure why, but I would rather see them drive for themselves than have their fate decided by a cab driver. The zip line off the bridge would have been so cool to do. Thanks oregonguy for all the info
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Csnog
Member
07-18-2002
| Monday, December 08, 2008 - 5:47 am
The Early Show started to promote them at 7:50, interview took place at 8:10. No check presented and no Phil!
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Marameko
Member
07-15-2002
| Monday, December 08, 2008 - 6:29 am
Ah so I was not the only 1 who missed Dallas and Toni. So glad the bickering lady did not win. The frat boys were goof balls.
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Csnog
Member
07-18-2002
| Monday, December 08, 2008 - 7:09 am
9:40 on Regis and Kelly. Dallas and Toni gave a wave from the side stage as Star and he are still together.
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Costacat
Member
07-15-2000
| Monday, December 08, 2008 - 8:05 am
Glad Nick and Star won. Disgusted that Ken had to take away from the winners to do the ring thing with Tina (really? you had to do it THEN? you couldn't let the winners have their time?). Glad the "frat boys" came in third. I think the order was good (except I'd have preferred F2 to include Dallas and Toni!). I thought Ken/Tina was whiny most of the time, too (especially when they weren't winning). And the frat boys were just useless. With Nick and Starr, I only remember her breaking down once, and mostly they seemed to really support each other.
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