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Starshine40
Member
07-30-2002
| Wednesday, May 04, 2005 - 5:16 pm
The 2 girls who came in first in the first leg won $20,000. Ray & Deanna came in first and won 2 cars. Ron & Kelly won the traveling gnome by picking the RANDOM correct gnome and won the $20,000 Travelocity prize. Any team could have won if they had the correct gnome. Rob & Amber came in first THREE times and won 2 trips and an entertainment system. Unfortunately, Uchenna & Joyce did not win anything on the leg they came in first which was also when she had her head shaved. Except for U & J it doesn't sound unfair to me.
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Maris
Member
03-28-2002
| Wednesday, May 04, 2005 - 5:24 pm
This is what I think. Rob and Amber who are no strangers to working out a good deal, were probably approached by CBS to do the Amazing race. CBS was doing the wedding and wanted to get mileage and publicity and what better way than to have Romber infront of the cameras for weeks before the wedding. Rob and Amber, who by this time have a pretty good agent and attorney, probably said yeah we will do Amazing race and worked out a nice contract. i.e., anytime the two of them came in first in the leg of a race they would get a bonus in the form of a prize worth X amount of dollars. Ron and Kelly as far as I recall were last on that leg, and were last from early on. The gnome they found was the most difficult one to find hidden in some rocks. It isnt that much of a stretch to figure out that they would be the last to find that gnome which was hidden in the hardest place to find. Is it that much of a big deal to me? nope but I still think Uch and Joyce should have won something.
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Kep421
Member
08-11-2001
| Wednesday, May 04, 2005 - 5:31 pm
Maris... Phil said in an interview that Rob/Amber approached him about being on AR. He said at the time he didn't know who they were, but told them where to apply. I read elsewhere that Rob/Amber aggressively sought a spot on AR, and ultimately won it. I don't doubt a very sweet deal was worked out in any event... Even tho Rob was the one who contacted AR, I'm sure by the end of the negotiations Rob had convinced CBS that AR would not be able to go on without him...
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Rvon
Member
12-11-2003
| Wednesday, May 04, 2005 - 5:35 pm
I also heard that Rob and Amber pestered CBS to let them be on AR.
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Maris
Member
03-28-2002
| Wednesday, May 04, 2005 - 5:37 pm
even with that, I really think Rob and Amber cut some sort of deal in terms of rewards.
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Chy
Member
07-19-2003
| Wednesday, May 04, 2005 - 5:41 pm
I read on some site that the producer was presured by L.M. to let R/A on the show. (R/A obviously really wanted to be in on this.) TPTB of TAR did not like the idea in the beginning but started loving them as the Race went on. I think it was from the Emmy one.
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Babyjaxmom
Member
10-20-2002
| Wednesday, May 04, 2005 - 5:42 pm
I know I just read the other day that all first-place prizes are selected randomly beforehand. Rob and Amber have won more prizes because they have come in first place more often. That said, I did think it was terribly unfair that Joyce and Uchenna didn't win a prize when she shaved her head. She certainly deserved one! Maybe the producers didn't think anyone would really go through with it. As annoying as Gretchen could be, I do have to give them massive props for staying in the race and accomplishing as much as they did. I was actually a little teary when they got Philiminated. It was far past time for them to go, however. Obviously Kelly's mom never warned her about sharing makeup. Disgusting!!!!! Why not just ask to borrow her toothbrush while you're at it, Kelly? Ack!!!
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Chy
Member
07-19-2003
| Wednesday, May 04, 2005 - 5:46 pm
Producerchic said: My memories are a little fuzzy, but last year (or maybe it was season 5), weren't there prizes for all 1st place finishers? IIRC, there was prizes for 1st team arrived each leg in at least on time or something. Does any one remember anything about that?
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Vsmart
Member
02-10-2003
| Wednesday, May 04, 2005 - 7:13 pm
Perhaps prizes were originally planned but some sponsors dropped out.
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Tabbyking
Member
03-11-2002
| Wednesday, May 04, 2005 - 11:07 pm
still not seeing any blond in ron's hair. maybe some copper colored streaks? my hair is blond. i must look platinum to some of you, although i always considered my hair to be medium blond prizes were probably decided way in advance and for what legs...but i do wish j/u had won the week she shaved her hair for the fast forward. her dark blond hair LOL
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Seamonkey
Member
09-07-2000
| Thursday, May 05, 2005 - 1:05 am
Ray and Deana never won a leg.. they got the two cars for winning the fast forward.. which means Joyce and Uchenna should be royally pissed that they got nothing but a two minute lead and NO hair, with no prize..
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Seamonkey
Member
09-07-2000
| Thursday, May 05, 2005 - 1:17 am
Rob and Amber have come in first place four times and won three prizes. The placement info I posted last night came directly from the CBS site. They don't list the prizes, however, on that chart.
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Seamonkey
Member
09-07-2000
| Thursday, May 05, 2005 - 1:19 am
Rob and Amber say they mentioned wanting to be on the race and CBS called them. But heck, I would think they all "pester" to be on.. and we know darned well that some of the teams in the past, and undoubtedly this time as well, are recruited through agents, or applied for other shows and then "got" this one. There is no pure season where all teams consisted of naive teams off the street, as far as I know.
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Seamonkey
Member
09-07-2000
| Thursday, May 05, 2005 - 1:21 am
Star, I'd think it wasn't "fair" that Lynn and Alex won a leg and got no prize, just as much as Joyce and Uchenna, no?
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Seamonkey
Member
09-07-2000
| Thursday, May 05, 2005 - 1:24 am
I don't think there was a prize for every leg last year either and I thought it was terribly unfair. And one of the earlier years some prizes were just a camera, rather than a trip.
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Seamonkey
Member
09-07-2000
| Thursday, May 05, 2005 - 1:27 am
LOL.. that's what I get for posting so late.. I"m just posting to an empty room I haven't even SEEN the show yet, just have read Raen's excellent spoiling and lots of interesting posts, of course. And, grr, I forgot to set my dvr to catch Meredith and Gretchen on the early show. Besides being confronted with Rob and Amber footage and responding, what else did they talk about? I hear they looked good (that's good!) but just wanted more color commentary!
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Texannie
Member
07-16-2001
| Thursday, May 05, 2005 - 4:27 am
In an attempt to either fuel the flames or douse the fire, I was trying to find out in past season how often the 1st place winners didn't win a prize, but couldn't find the prize list just the winners.......anyone know how we can either further this conspiracy theory or put it to rest??
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Justalittlebean
Member
08-15-2003
| Thursday, May 05, 2005 - 5:05 am
Rob and Amber came in first on 3/8 -trip to Bahamas, 3/22 - trip to London, 4/5 - trip to Montecarlo, and 5/3 - entertainment system. They have won prizes everytime.
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Julieboo
Member
02-05-2002
| Thursday, May 05, 2005 - 6:13 am
Seamonkey: They showed about 4 or 5 clips of Rob saying mean stuff about Meredith; like that Mer probably threw Gretchen down the hole to gain sympathy; that no way was he going to give M/G any $$$ cuz they(M/G) were the biggest con artists of all, etc. Gretchen said M woulda punched Rob in the mouth if he said that to Meredith's face. They asked where they went wrong-the boats or the hotel (I think those were the choices). They said the boats just physically wiped them out-took about an hour to do that task. They were asked about the nonstop flight vs. the earlier connecting flights. They knew about them but did not want to risk it. They said they had the time of their life and they wouldn't have missed a minute of it. That is all I can remember. They were very sweet with each other and they did look good. They did not say anything mean about any other racer-not even Rob-just that M woulda punched him if Rob said that stuff to his face....
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Auntiemike
Member
09-17-2001
| Thursday, May 05, 2005 - 6:56 am
Meredith did call Rob a con man....
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Roxip
Member
01-29-2004
| Thursday, May 05, 2005 - 7:12 am
Excuse me, but doesn't winning the FF and getting to the pit stop first mean that you have won the leg?
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Native_texan
Member
08-24-2004
| Thursday, May 05, 2005 - 8:04 am
I have done some searching to find out if Ray/Deana did or did not ever win a leg and I believe I have discovered why there has been confusion. Ep. 5 was a 2-hour show which featured 2 legs of the race. In the first hour, R/D won the FF as well as that leg of the race. They received the cars for the FF but did not receive anything for coming in first. However, in the second hour of the show, which was the next leg of the race, they were eliminated. Was that clear as mud?
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Texannie
Member
07-16-2001
| Thursday, May 05, 2005 - 8:49 am
so, not all first place finishers win a prize.
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Julieboo
Member
02-05-2002
| Thursday, May 05, 2005 - 8:51 am
Nope--only Rob & Amber!! 
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Lexie_girl
Member
07-30-2004
| Thursday, May 05, 2005 - 9:06 am
That's because ROMBER rocks!!! 
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