by taradmin on January 24, 2010
The Amazing Race is back for another race around the world. I am personally going to do my best to keep this blog going this season. I have always seem to let this blog slip however, this year I think that I will make this show the one I watch and blog about.
Here is a YouTube video I found that introduces you to the new racers. Please note that Jeff and Jordan from Big Brother 11 are a part of the race so for all my Big Brother Blog fans….this should tide ya over until July and BB12! 
by Mandee on October 4, 2009
If you were on The Amazing Race which one of the two choices at the Detour would you have chosen and why?
Child Play = Transport a concert animal around a local park while collecting 5 balloons from vendors & deliver to play area for next clue.
Word Play = From a hotel observation deck , scan crowded intersection below, spot 6 letters moving around, then they may go ask locals to help figure out Doc Lap , word of independence
by Mandee on October 4, 2009
A Fall Sunday night, means another leg of The Amazing Race! In a first, the pit stop moved while the teams were aboard it, Bassac 3 Riverboat. I didn’t hear how much money they got for this leg of the race but here is the order and times each team left the pit stop.
1 Gary & Matt 545am
2 Sam & Dan 555am
3 Globe 556am
4 Lance & Keri 557am
5 Zev & Justin 604am
6 Meg & Cheyne 610am
7 Maria & Tiffany 611am
8 Mika & Canaan 614am
9 Marcy & Ron 615am
10 Brian & Erika 629am
The teams had to travel to Ho Chi Minh City and search for golden dragon water puppet theater. Once there they had to grab the clue from mouth. Which was not easy,you have to be quick! The clue was a bullet w/ stamp inside and nothing else. The teams needed to figure out they were looking for building on stamp Ho Chi Mihn city post office, for next clue. Almost everyone figured out quickly the clue but not Lance & Keri. They didn’t even see the stamp inside the bullet & even when they did, they were still confused.
Once the teams made it the post office clue, it was time for a Detour (a choice of 2 tasks) In this detour they could choose Child Play – @ a local park, the teams had to transport a concert animal around the park while collecting 5 balloons from vendors. Once all balloons had been collected them teams had to deliver them to play area for next clue. The other choice, which only Marcy & Ron chose was Word Play – From a hotel observation deck ,they had to scan crowded intersection below. Once they spotted the 6 letters moving around below, they could then go ask locals to help figure out the word. Doc Lap , word of indepence, was what they needed to figure out.
The standing after the detour were:
1 – Trotters
2 – Meg & Cheyne
3 – Matt & Gary
4 – Sam & Dan
5 - Brian & Erika
6 – poker
7 – Zev & Justin
8 – Lance & Keri
9 – Mika & Can
10 – Marcy & Ron
From the detour they headed off to the Road Block at Dien Co 008 @ intersection Durong Vinh Vien & Durong Ly Thurong Kiet. In this Road Block (a task only 1 team member can complete) they had to take apart 2 VCRs and put the parts in the correct piles. Flight – Cheyne – Matt - Brian – Sam – Tiffany – Justin – Canaan – Lance (who used mostly his hands) – Ron represented for their teams.
After the road block the standings were:
1Trotter
2 Cheyne
3 Matt
4 Sam
5 Brian
6 Tiffany
7 Canaan
8 Lance
9 Justin
10 Ron
The Pit Stop for this leg of the race was the Reunification Palace,were end of Vietitnam war happen after a tank crashed down gate. First place came down to a foot race between the Globetrotters and Meg & Cheyne, with Big & Flight just beating them. And the choosing the word play in the detour landed Marcy & Ron in last place.
Pit Stop Standings:
1 – TROTTER – TRIP TO Aruba
2 – Meg & Cheyne
3 – Gary & Matt
4 – Bri & Erika – team Zebra
5 – Sam & Dan
6 – poker
7 – mika & Canaan
8 – Zev & Justin
9 – Lance & Keri
10 – Marcy & Ron – Eliminated
What did you think of this leg of the race?
by taradmin on September 29, 2009
by Mandee on September 29, 2009
Now that we have met the teams I think it is time for us to come up with some nicknames for the teams! I am thinking we already have the Globetrotters & the Poker girls … how about the other teams? Lets hear your ideas and maybe I will use them in my upcoming blogs!
by Mandee on September 28, 2009
Last night we had the 2 hour premiere of The Amazing Race on CBS and it didn’t let me down! The twist of one team being eliminated right away was wonderful, although I wish it would have been a few other teams than the yoga couple Eric & Lisa. Like Lance and Keri, who are living up to my expectation. But I was very proud of the way they handled it, I know I would have been pissed!
They really threw the teams right into the race with sending them to Tokyo. Not only a language difference but leading (and not losing any) a group of 20 thru the crowded streets of Tokyo. Not an easy task at all and had many teams lost and confused. Mika & Canaan and Maria & Tiffany both lost people. When Maria & Tiffany couldn’t find their missing people they got a 2 hour penalty.
So what did you all think of the teams, did they differ from what you thought? My thoughts on them are pretty much the same, Lance & Keri fighting, Ericka yelling & crying, Megan & Cheyne kicking butt. However, Garrett & Jessica sure let me down. I knew they were going to fight but I didn’t think they would have been out so early. I am really loving Zev and Justin! Not only are they both super funny, they are also really nice guys. Justin carried one of their people in Tokyo and Zev gave away his jacket in Vietnam. Zev “duck whisper with god like powers” was one of my favorite lines all night. I am also enjoying the humor the Globetrotters are bringing to this season.
One of the best moments that happen last night was one a guy recognized the poker girls, Maria & Tiffany as professional poker players. The girls had told everyone that they worked with homeless teens in LA. After they were outed the other teams were not happy and their opinion of the girls changed. I am glad it happen so quickly and they were not able to get away with it for long. But I am ok with the brother Sam & Dan not giving up the fact they are gay. It is funny to see the girls think they can use their womanly ways to manipulate them.
If the rest of the season is going to be this good as the first one, then this going to be such a good season and I don’t think it is going to let us down! We would love to hear your thoughts about the first episode, so leave us a comment below!
by Mandee on September 28, 2009
Have you been over to CBS.com to check out all the videos The Amazing Race is providing for us this season? If not, you sooooo should! One of my favorites was Elimination Station: First Team Out There we get a look at the 2nd team eliminated from the rece, Garrett and Jessica. Also that Garrett had brought a engagment ring on the race and proposed to Jessica. And now so after a 7 year on and off again relationship they are to be married.
What Do You Think Of That?
by Mandee on September 28, 2009
As part of the premier, we got 2 hours tonight, the second destination was Vietnam. After leaving the pit stop several of the teams went to a local hotel and booked flights from there. But Brian/Erika , Gary/Matt, Cheyne/ Meg, and the poker girls went the to airport,were a guy outed the girls real jobs. No one was very happy to find out they had been lying about helping homeless teens. The second flight ended up landing only a half hour later. Once they got there they discovered the streets were completely flood to add to their troubles.
From the airport they had to take a taxi to the bus station. Bus 1 had the Maria & Tiffany, Sam & Dan ,Globetrotters, Mika & Cannan, and Marcy & Ron. The 2nd bus was not scheduled to leave for another hour after the first bus. All the teams on that bus put in $100 to buy up the rest of the seats so they could leave early. But it didn’t really pay off, once they got to task & it was closed and would open at 7am. With all teams caught up they had some dinner, hung out and got to know each other.
The next morning the race was back on! The teams had to go to mud pits by boats using a map. Once there they had to dig mud out of the river bed & fertilize a near by fruit tree covering root system to marked red line. The poker gals had to complete their speed bump first before starting the mud pits. They find a marked soup stand, collect ingredients to make the soup to the dock master liking. They mange to get it quickly, as Maria had it many times before. Everyone got really muddy & it was pretty funny. Megan & Cheyne were done 1st. Garrett & Jessica 2nd -Brian & Ericka 3rd – Gary & Matt 4th- globetrotters 5th - Sam & Dan 6th – Marcy & Ron 7th – lance & Keri 8th – zev & Justin,who jumped over boat & fell in water, lost clue had to go back, it was on side of boat 9th – Mika & Canaan 10th -Maria & Tiffany 11th which was last.
Next up they had to return the boats and then by foot head off to Dai Be Field for the next clue. Which this time is a road block: a task only 1 member of the team can complete. In this road block they had to help rid the rice patties of damage insects w/ ducks. The team member, using flags had to get 150 ducks over a bridge & back in their pen under 10 mins. If they do not get it in the time limit, they give up spot & let next team try. Sam, Matt, Gary, Zev and Tiffany all had a really easy time completing the task. But Jessica, Megan, and Ericka all had a really hard time & had to try more than once. Sam and Ben were the first to complete the road block and head to the pit stop for this leg of the race: Bassac 3 Riverboat .
Pit stop Order:
1. Gary & Matt – won kayaks
2. Sam & Dan
3. Globetrotters
4. Lance & Keri
5. Zev & Justin
6. Megan & Cheyne
7. Maria & Tiffany
8. Mika & Canaan
9. Marcy & Ron
10. Brian & Ericka
Last: Garrett & Jessica – 2nd eliminated from race.
What Did You Think Of This Leg Of The Race?
by Mandee on September 27, 2009
After a late start, about 15 minutes, we were on our way to a amazing trip around the world once again. (This is your reminder now, if you have to rec set it for an extra hour, football always seems to run long & no matter how much I complain they wont skip Andy Rooney lol.) The starting line this year was the LA river in the middle of the city. After we meet each of the teams we see our host, Phil, looking great as ever in dark pants & a light blue button up shirt. Phil tells the teams that for the first time ever there is a challenge right off the bat & one team wont make it pass the challenge.
The first challenge is a long chain link fence with tons of licence plates, the first 11 teams to find the plates with the correct design (that was on the top of their clue but wasnt told to them) will receive a ticket to one of two flights to Tokyo. Maria & Tiffanny were the 1st team to find a plate, followed by Marcy/Ron, Meghan/Cheyne, Globetrotters, Gary/Matt, Zev/Justin, Sam/Dan, Mika/Canaan, Garrett/Jessica, Brian/Ericka, Lance/Keri in that order. That left our yoga team of Eric & Lisa the first team to be elimated of season 15. They were bummed but seemed to handle it very well. Lance & Keri the second to last team were already fighting, as I had expected.
The rest of the teams headed to the airport and were off to Tokyo to compete in a Japanese game show, Sushi Roulette. The host spun the wheel & the teams had to eat what was in front of them. What the teams wanted to stop in front of them was a wasabi bomb. The team member had to completely eat the roll in under 2 minutes. Then they were able to leave and start the second half of the task: bringing 20 audience members that matched the color of their flag to the first pitstop of the season – Konno Hacnimangu Shrine.
The 1st two that got the bombs were Ron for his team and Cheyne for his. Ron struggled a bit but both managed to get it down. Justin and Garrett got them down for their teams while Maria was not able to finish her’s in time and had to eat a 2nd one on her next turn. Big, Lance, Justin,and Cannan all complete theirs while Brian was unable to eat of of his under 2 minutes, almost puking even. Dan was up next and ate it down in 2 bites, he said he eats sushi everyday. That just left Brain & Ericka, he finally got it down & they were able to start the second half of the task and were headed to the pit stop. And they got there pretty quick, quicker than almost all the teams !Who seem to have a lot of trouble with all the people on the streets and the language difference. And one of poor Zev & Justin’s people had a broken shoe, so Justin carried her to the pit stop.
First Pit Stop Order:
1 -Meg & Chyene -for being 1st they won a trip to both Aspen & Veil
2- Zev & Justin
3 -Lance & Keri
4- Ron & Marcy
5 -Big & Flight (Globetrotters aka Herb & Nat)
6- Brian & Ericka
7- Gary & Matt
8 – Garrett & Jessica
9- Sam & Dan
10 – Mika & Cannan -were missing 1 person found her & he carried her to finish so still the 10th team.
Last – Maria & Tiffany- (aka Poker girls) lost 2 people accrued 2 hour penalty. But lucky for them is was a non-elimination leg, however they would have speed bump on the next leg (task only they have to complete).
What did you think of the this leg of the race?
by Mandee on September 24, 2009
One teams dream of a million dollars will vanish before the race even really gets started and will be left standing in the LA River! For the 1st time ever there will be a challenge right off the bat. The last team to complete the challenge will be not be getting into a marked car or heading to the airport to be on the 1st plane to Tokyo. The race will be over for them! Who do you think it might be?
