Hey,
Sorry guys for missing out on this weeks epsiode recap. Tomorrow I will post a double header with recaps from last weeks and this weeks episode.
Tomorrow, most probably is going to be a non-elimination leg. It is going to be an interesting one and I do hope that they stay in India for at least one more episode.
Sahil
The seven teams fresh from last weeks non-elimination leg, set of from Novosibirsk, Siberia, and heading off to Jaipur, India, the “Pink City.” Luke was happy with how well Margie was doing their team’s communication. Jaime and Cara’s differences were becoming more and more glaring between them. Mel was aware that the race would be tough on a man his age. Mark and Michael were wary about the fact that all three women’s teams were still in the race. Kisha and Jen felt like they were getting along better. And Christie and Jodi were worried about the Speed Bump ahead. All seven teams connected in Moscow and New Delhi before flying to Jaipur.
The teams reached Jaipur and Mel & Mike and Christie & Jodi had cab problems while Jamie & Cara, Margie & Luke and Mark & Micheal were saddened by what was around them. At the base of the big tree in Dula Village, the teams had to dial one of seven numbers to get their next lcue. The clue was the voice of an Indian man telling them, to go to Amber Fort.
There they reached a Roadblock. The Roadblock saw one member of each team choosing a camel and loading enough food and water in a basket (for the food) and a bucket (for the water) to satisfy it. The food would have to cross the line of a stake to satisfy a herder, and the water would have to rise enough to reach the hole of a camel trough to satisfy him. Victor, Mel, Kisha, Margie, Jaime, Mark, and Jodi all took the task for their teams. Only Victor and Mel figured out on their own to use the baskets to carry the food, helping them to finish much faster than the other racers doing the Roadblock, who continued using the buckets until they saw Mel using the basket. Upon completing the Roadblock, teams set off for a puppet store in the Johari Bazaar.
After the Roadblock came the Speed Bump which was a task that had to be completed only by Christie & Jodi. The Speed Bump involved using coloured paints at a temple to decorate an elephant for an upcoming festival.
The other teams meanwhile had to comeplete a Detour. The Detour was a choice between Movers and Shakers. Movers involved riding a cycle to transport nine large barrels one-and-a-half miles to a gate and searching through them for a small, metal elephant they could exchange for their next clue. Shakers involved putting on costumes and dancing in the streets for rupees with a dance troupe. Once they had one-hundred rupees, they could turn it in to a band leader, who’d give them their next clue. Mark & Michael chose and completed Movers. Tammy & Victor, Mel & Mike, Kisha & Jen, Margie & Luke, Jaime & Cara, and Christie & Jodi all chose and completed Shakers, with Jaime & Cara running into trouble at the end of the task when their cab driver drove away with their backpacks. He turned out to have just parked far away from where they’d done the task.
Finally, after all of this, came the Pit Stop. Tammy & Victor got to first place! They each won a Kayak as their prize. Mel & Micheal came in second thanks to Mel finishing the Roadblock surprisingly early. Mark & Micheal and Christie & Jodi were left to fight it out for the last spot. Unfortunately Chrsitie & Jodi lost out by a few minutes to Mark & Micheal and were eliminated this week.. becoming the fifth team to get eliminated.
The teams finished in the following order:
#1. Tammy and Victor (Prize: One Ocean Kayak Each)
#2. Mel and Mike
#3. Kisha and Jen
#4. Margie and Luke
#5. Jaime and Cara
#6. Mark and Michael
#7. Christie and Jodi (ELIMINATED)
Kisha & Jen, Margie & Luke and Jaime & Cara arrived in a virtual dead heat and all three teams stood on the mat together. Mark & Michael arrived just ahead of Christie & Jodi and could see them climbing to the top of the fort while being checked in.
Mel: Today, when he said “You really smoked ‘em, dad,” that was better than a million dollars. And I love this kid anyway, but when I make him proud, that’s the prize for me in this race
Jaime: I have hay all down my chest and my boobies. I used my boobies to transport the hay.
Mike: My Dad just smoked the Roadblock.
Mel: (coughing) I got “hay fever.”
What did you guys think about the Indian leg of The Amazing Race?
Who do you think is going to win the season?
Who is the next team to get eliminated?
Post all your comments and questions in the comments section.
I am Sahil Bhalla. Adios!
The fourth elimination was last week. This week the teams continued their joruney through SIberia, heading from Krasnoyarsk to Novosibirsk. They traveled via the Trans-Siberian Railway (which is from Russia to China) and got off the middle of nowhere… a journey of approximately 400 miles. Christie and Jodi were still on a high from winning the previous leg. Kisha and Jen were sure of their speed and their ability to beat any team in a footrace. The other teams departed from the Pit Stop, but for the first time ever, their departures weren’t shown. On the train, some of the teams like Mike & Micheal realized how strong Luke & Margie are as they U-Turned power players Amanda & Kris. On another front, Tammy and Victor were aware that alliances and allegiances had to go out the window at some point or other.
They then had to take a taxi to Pundt Tehnicheskogo Osmotra for their next clue. Upon arriving, the teams faced a Detour. The Detour was a choice between Russian Bride or Russian Snowplow. Russian Bride saw the teams driving themselves to an apartment building, where a bride was waiting for them, and driving her across town to a church, where her waiting groom was. Russian Snowplow saw the teams driving themselves to a parking lot near a stadium and each member plowing the full length of a marked area — in both directions. Mel and Mike, Kisha and Jen, and Christie and Jodi all chose and completed Russian Bride. Margie and Luke, Tammy and Victor, Jaime and Cara, and Mark and Michael all chose and completed Russian Snowplow. While trying to make their way to their Detour, Margie and Luke and Jaime and Cara stopped at a gas station to ask for directions from someone who didn’t know where to go. Tammy and Victor, on the other hand, asked a cab driver if he knew where to go, and since they now had an advantage, they made the choice to ditch Jaime and Cara and Margie and Luke. This angered both teams, who thought they were all allies. It finally dawned on them that Tammy and Victor (especially Victor) liked using other teams for their own needs and then tossing them aside when they didn’t need them anymore. They were no longer sure if they wanted to keep working with them, thinking they were sneaky. On another front, all of the other teams needed help in getting to their separate destinations and had to ask for directions several times. Christie and Jodi got help from a local who took them to the completely wrong church. Other teams had trouble in the form of members who were unable to drive stick-shift cars, such as Jen.
After completing the detour, teams had to drive themselves to the Bibliotekah, where they were tasked with the Roadblock. This Roadblock, saw one member of each team stripping down to their skivvies and after taking a ten-minute warmup period, they had to run 1.4 miles from the Bibliotekah to a ballet theater, where their team mate was waiting. The ballet theater was the Pit Stop for this leg of the race. Luke, Tammy, Cara, Mike, Mark, Jen, and Christie all took the task for their teams.
Margie & Luke finished first with Tammy & Victor second. Jamie & Cara finished at their highest position which was third. The last leg’s top two finishers had to settle for 6th and 7th. Kisha and Jen finished 6th leaving last leg’s winners to finish 7th. But… they were not eliminated. This was the first of three non-elimination legs. The bad news for them is that suometime during the next leg, they have to complete a Speed Bump. It is a special task that only they have to complete and they must complete it before they can continue racing.
The teams finished in the following order:
#1. Margie and Luke (Prize: Five Night Trip for Two from Travelocity to St. Lucia)
#2. Tammy and Victor
#3. Jaime and Cara
#4. Mel and Mike
#5. Mark and Michael
#6. Kisha and Jen
#7. Christie and Jodi (Must complete Speed Bump at some point during next leg)
Margie: Luke is, uh, running a little marathon in his underwear. It is freezing and icy. We probably would have had to forfeit the race if I had been chosen to do this one. Russia’s not ready for that.
Mark: Two Russian marathon runners, they were surprised this little guy could really fly like that. Come on, guys, let’s go. They had a pretty good time like keeping up with me.
Jen: People were whistlin’ at me and I didn’t find it embarrassing– not one little bit. I looked hot in my underwear. I can’t lie. Do I not look hot in my underwear?
So I hope you enjoyed this episode as much as I did. Season 14 is really rocking.
If you have any questions, comments or anything, then please do post them in the comments sections.
Thanks and Goodbye,
Sahil
Leg 3: The 9 remaining teams left from the Pit Stop at Schloss Hellbrun in Salzburg, Austria and recieve a clue instructing them to travel by train to Munich and then fly 700 miles to Bucharest, Romania. Tammy & Victor scored the early flight at 3:20 PM. There lead though evaporated as their flight was forced to return and so they caught the last flight. Flight problems were also there for Brad & Victoria who missed their connecting flight as their flight into Munich was delayed. Hence, the only flight to Romania that they could take was the one next morning at 9:15 AM. This put them seriously behind the rest.
Upon arriving in Bucharest, teams go to Sala Gymnastica, where one member of each team had to perform three different feats of gymnastics practiced by three different disciplines. Mike, Amanda, Kisha, Margie, Mark, Jodi, Cara, Tammy, and Victoria all took the task for their teams.
After this, all teams were equalized when they all boarded a train to Brasov, Transylvania. Only Brad & Victoria were left behind. Once at Brasov, they were faced with a Detour. It was a choice between Gypsy Moves and Vimpire Remains. Gypsy Moves saw the teams loading a gypsy family’s belongs onto a horse-drawn cart and navigating it to their new encampment. They’d get their next clue after unloading the cart. Vampire Remains saw the teams dragging a vampire’s coffin through some woods after following a marked path to them, unlocking a series of small chains to open it, revealing several small, wooden frames, and impaling them on a stake until they’d found a hidden race flag. Once they’d found it, they could get their next clue.
Mel and Mike, Amanda and Kris, Kisha and Jen, and Mark and Michael all chose and completed Gypsy Moves, while Margie and Luke, Christie and Jodi, Jaime and Cara, Tammy and Victor, and Brad and Victoria all chose and completed Vampire Remains.
Taxi problems plagued Jamie & Cars and Margie & Luke. Also, Amanda & Chris nearly screwed themsleves as Kris lost their fanny pack containing their money and passports at the gypsy village, they found it though in the cart where they loaded their chosen family’s belongings. Also, Tammy & Victor followed a completely different path once at the site of the coffins and wound up making their way up a mountain and through the woods. They were being led by Victor and got lost until Tammy interviened and convinced VIctor to go back down. Once they got the coffin, they lost one of the keys. This lost them even more time.
After the Detour, the teams travel to their Pit Stop Vila Panoramic.
In the end though, Mel & Mike reached the Pit Stop first. Tammy & Victor were saved by Brad & Victoria’s bad flight luck.
The teams finished in the following order:
#1. Mel and Mike (Prize: Trip to two to Costa Rica, Courtesy Travelocity)
#2. Amanda and Kris
#3. Kisha and Jen
#4. Margie and Luke
#5. Mark and Michael
#6. Christie and Jodi
#7. Jaime and Cara
#8. Tammy and Victor
#9. Brad and Victoria (ELIMINATED)
Mark & Michael and Christie & Jodi arrived in a virtual dead heat and stood on the mat together. Brad and Victoria ended up on a flight that arrived many hours after all of the other teams. They arrived at the Pit Stop well after dark, but were surprisingly spared a clue telling them to skip the leg’s remaining tasks and proceed directly to the Pit Stop.
Leg 4: The eight remaining teams, set off from Bran, Romania, and headed off to Krasnoyarsk, Siberia. Amanda and Kris were sure their youth would help them win the race. Mark and Michael learned from their mistake on the second leg and borrowed a cell phone from their driver to reserve seats on the earliest plane… but they ended up calling Jaime and Cara, who pretended to be ticket agents to throw them off, instead. Christie and Jodi stopped by an Internet cafe to look up and book flights before heading to the airport. After all the flight arrangements were made, the teams would be connecting through four different cities — Munich, Germany (Tammy and Victor, Margie and Luke, and Jaime and Cara), Frankfurt, Germany (Mel and Mike and Amanda and Kris), Sofia, Bulgaria (Kisha and Jen and Mark and Michael), and Istanbul, Turkey (Christie and Jodi). However, they’d all meet up in Moscow before connecting to Siberia. Unfortunately, flight problems in the form of tight, missed connections stopped five teams from connecting there — Tammy and Victor, Margie and Luke, and Jaime and Cara, Mel and Mike, and Amanda and Kris. Christie and Jodi, Kisha and Jen, and Mark and Michael were all left to push their way into the top three.
Once in Krasnoyarsk, the teams first stop was on the back of a ten-ruble note. They had to go to the Soviet Era Krasnoyarsk Hydroelectric Dam. Once theur arrived there, they recieved a clue telling them to head to the Church of Saint Innokenty. There they recieved a Detour. It was a choice between Stack and Construct.
Stack saw teams stacking up a pile of firewood to the satisfaction of a local expert. Construct saw teams heading to a woodshed and using provided materials to build a set of “traditional wood shutters,” followed by taking them to a house, distinguished by a “Repairs Needed” sign, and properly installing them. Christie and Jodi, Kisha and Jen, Tammy and Victor, Margie and Luke, Jaime and Cara, and Amanda and Kris all chose and completed Stack, with Jaime and Cara having the biggest struggle with it (at least of those who finished it). Mel and Mike, Mark and Michael, and Amanda and Kris all chose and completed Construct (and took a really long time to do it, as they continuously missed the house they were seeking), but only after they’d all tried and failed to complete Stack.
After the Detour, the teams had to trevel on foot to the museum of the novel The Last Bow. Waiting there was the first of only two U-Turns on the race. This season, however, there was a twist. The teams ran into a Blind U-Turn. Fearing Amanda and Kris’s physical strength (especially Kris’s) and their ability to win a footrace, Margie and Luke U-Turned them, which forced them to go back and complete Stack after completing Construct.
The teams then made their way to a nearby amusement park called the Bobrovy Log Park, where they were tasked with the Roadblock. It saw one member of each team completing a one-man bobsled ride in four minutes or less. Along the way, they’d have to find various Siberian letters along the way and unscramble them to form the name of a Russian playwright, Chekhov. Christie, Kisha, Victor, Luke, Jaime, Mel, Michael, and Kris all took the task for their teams. Kisha and Michael each had to do the bobsled portion twice when they didn’t find all of the letters on their first runs. But Luke struggled more than any other racer at that task, as he was the only one (other than Jaime) who’d never heard any Russian words before, and thus didn’t know which letter combination to use.
After this was The Pit Stop. It was the first indoor Pit Stop after a long time on the Race. It was at the Krasnoyarsk Theater of Musical Comedy. And in a stunning turn of events, Christie and Jodi finished first! Kisha and Jen almost finished first, but the directions on the clue said to go in through the main entrance of the theater, and they just missed it, going in through a different one. So they wound up finishing in second place instead. Tammy and Victor rebounded from their previous near-elimination, landing in third place. Despite Luke’s struggle at the Roadblock, Margie and Luke stayed in the race, finishing in fourth place. Jaime and Cara finished in fifth place in spite of their troubles at the Stack Detour. Things were then left down to the three teams who’d fallen behind looking for the ending point of the Construct Detour, with Mel and Mike taking sixth place due to Mel finishing the Roadblock quickly. Mark and Michael ran into some trouble when they lost the rest of their money paying off their cab driver… and still not having enough, to boot! They got their driver to agree to just take what he got, though, so they managed to get out of that jam unscathed, finishing in seventh place. And as a result of the U-Turn, Amanda and Kris finished last, a long way behind the other teams, and became the fourth team eliminated.
The teams finished in the following order:
#1. Christie and Jodi
#2. Kisha and Jen
#3. Tammy and Victor
#4. Margie and Luke
#5. Jaime and Cara
#6. Mel and Mike
#7. Mark and Michael
#8. Amanda and Kris [ELIMINATED]
I hope you enjoyed these two episdoes. I am so looking forward to the next episode.
Here is till tomorrow, Sahil.
Hello guys.
Sorry I am so late with all the updates but after this week I will not be anymore.
So Season 14 started with eleven new teams racing for one-million dollars.
Leg 1: They start out in California but immediately fly out to Milan or Zurich and then on to Locarno, Switzerland.
Their first roadblock task requires “nerves of steel” - a 70 story bungee jump. This is the second highest bungee jump in the world. They then have to go to Interlaken where they join the local workforce. They have to transport 200 pounds of cheese from an againg shed to the bottom of a hill. Most teams have difficulty here. After this is the pit stop. They travel to the town of Stechelberg and have to listen to a group of yodelers to lead them to the Pit Stop. Christie & Jodie and Preston & Jenifer have a close foot race to the Pit Stop.
To everyones surprise, Margie & Luke came in first. (Prize: Seven-Night Trip for Two to Mexico, Courtesy Travelocity)
Preston and Jenifer barely lost out on the foot race and were eliminated.
The teams finished in the following order:
#1. Margie and Luke (Prize: Seven-Night Trip for Two to Mexico, Courtesy Travelocity)
#2. Tammy and Victor
#3. Mark and Michael
#4. Mel and Mike
#5. Amanda and Kris
#6. Brad and Victoria
#7. Jaime and Cara
#8. Kisha and Jen
#9. Steve and Linda
#10. Christie and Jodi
#11. Preston and Jennifer (ELIMINATED)
NOTE: Beginning with this season, a new opening theme is used. This theme features the same basic tune, but has more of a “rock” sound to it. This is the first such change to the audio in the opening sequence since the elimination of host Phil Keoghan’s opening narration after the first season. Additionally, new graphics are used in both the show opening and throughout the broadcast, along with a new font being used for the chyrons displaying information such as the contestant names and relationship status. Finally, Google Maps is now used for the map screens indicating departure points, routes and destinations.
Leg 2: This time also, the first clue instructed them to fly out of Switzerland and to Munich, Germany. Teams raced to get tickets for the earliest flight and only two teams missed out on it. Mark & Micheal and Christie & Jodie missed out on it. They had to then drive to the top of the Alps where they hit a Roadblock. This Roadblock saw one member of each team choosing an instructor and paragliding off the side of the mountain. If the winds were tough or blowing in the wrong direction, then they could walk a sixty-minute walk all the way down. Tammy, Mel, Kris, Margie, Victoria, Cara, Jen, Mark, Christie, and Linda all took the task for their teams. Because the winds were way too tough, Tammy, Kris, Margie, Victoria, Cara, Jen, Mark, Christie, and Linda all opted to run. But Linda got lost on the trail down the mountain and had to get a ride from a local to get back to Steve. Only Mel did the paragliding, since he waited things out until the wind changed to a safe direction. Mel couldn’t walk down as he had hurt his groin. This was a good decision though by Mel, as team Mel & Mike surged into second place after this roadblock.
The teams then drove 25 miles to Austria where it was time for a detour. It saw the teams choosing between Bouncing Dolly or Austrian Folly. Bouncing Dolly saw the teams riding a Segway along an obstacle course, from the starting line to the finish line. Austrian Folly saw the teams throwing cakes at each others’ faces until they found one with a cherry filling. Mel and Mike, Jaime and Cara, Kisha and Jen, and Mark and Michael all chose and completed Bouncing Dolly, while Tammy and Victor, Amanda and Kris, Margie and Luke, Brad and Victoria, Christie and Jodi, and Steve and Linda all chose and completed Austrian Folly.
The next task involved going on foot to find some woodcutters, who’d cut them a slice of wood. On that slice of wood, they’d find a clue telling them to head to the Pit Stop, which would take them from Germany to Salzburg, Austria. The Pit Stop is Schloss Hellbrunn (Hellbrunn Castle) in Salzburg, Austria. And at the Pit Stop, the first team to arrive was Tammy and Victor. Navigation woes plagued almost all of the other teams on their way to the Pit Stop, though. It was one of the things, coupled with Linda getting lost in the Alps, that resulted in Steve and Linda finishing last and becoming the second team eliminated from the race, at which time a tearful farewell ensued.
The teams finished in the following order:
#1. Tammy and Victor (Prize: One Hybrid Go-Cart Each)
#2. Mel and Mike
#3. Amanda and Kris
#4. Margie and Luke
#5. Brad and Victoria
#6. Jaime and Cara
#7. Kisha and Jen
#8. Mark and Michael
#9. Christie and Jodi
#10. Steve and Linda (ELIMINATED)
An on-screen graphic indicated that when Jaime and Cara arrived, 14 hours had passed since the start of the leg.
So the first few epsiodes were real exciting and pretty close. Christie & Jodi barely survived elimination again.
The recap for the next 2 episodes will be coming tomorrow. I hope you enjoyed reading the summaries. I hope you enjoy the rest of The Amazing Race Season 14.
Adios,
Sahil
The Amazing Race Season 14: Cast Details
Amanda Blackledge (23); Kris Klicka (24)
Hometown: San Diego, Calif.
Occupation: Amanda (Student); Kris (Sales Representative)
Relationship: Dating
This young couple who met more than three years ago hopes to spend the rest of their lives together, but before taking their relationship to the next level they are looking forward to sharing this experience together. Their favorite shared memory is falling in love with each other over bonfires at the beach accompanied by wine and s’mores. They plan on creating many more memories together on the Race and are hoping to fall in love all over again.
Brad Hunt (52); Victoria Hunt (47)
Hometown: Columbus, Ohio
Occupation: Brad (Distribution Dispatcher); Victoria (Tax Manager)
Relationship: Married
Married for nine years, Brad and Victoria may not always see eye-to-eye, but they do make a dynamic team. They both have children from previous marriages, this is Victoria’s third and Brad’s second. Both endearingly concede that they are “stuck with each other.” Victoria was born with hip dysplasia and spent much of her childhood in hospitals, body casts and crutches. Following a recent major foot surgery, she was told that she could never run again. She is now out to prove that anything is possible.
Cara Rosenthal (26); Jaime Edmondson (29)
Hometown: Boca Raton, Fla./Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.
Occupation: Cara (Law Student); Jaime (Former Police Officer)
Relationship: Former NFL Cheerleaders
Cara and Jaime met four years ago while trying out for the Miami Dolphins cheerleading squad. The two made an instant connection and have been friends ever since. Cara is planning to attend law school and Jaime is a former police officer.
Christie Volkmer (37); Jodi Wincheski (40)
Hometown: Choctaw, Okla./ Houston, Texas
Occupation: Flight Attendants
Relationship: Flight Attendants
These two savvy flight attendants met while working on a Southwest Airlines flight six years ago where they made an instant connection. Both admit to being extremely competitive and determined to win.
Jennifer Hopka (26); Preston McCamy (28)
Hometown: Columbia, S.C.
Occupation: Jennifer (Student); Preston (Software Engineer)
Relationship: Dating
Jennifer and Preston have been dating for nearly two years. In some ways, they have similar personalities but, for the most part, they couldn’t be more different. Preston is a laid back guy that is used to sticking to a routine, while Jennifer hates planning and enjoys spontaneity. One of the qualities they share is that they are both very strong minded individuals and, as a team, they hope to bring out the best in each other and solidify their relationship.
LaKisha Hoffman (28); Jennifer Hoffman (24)
Hometown: Bronx, N.Y. / Louisville, Ky.
Occupation: LaKisha (Program Coordinator); Jennifer (Marketing Assistant)
Relationship: Sisters
These two former Division 1 College athletes look forward to becoming the first ever all female Team to win the Race. Besides athleticism, these sisters have little in common. Both attended the University of Louisville where LaKisha played basketball and Jennifer played volleyball. Both sisters are extremely competitive and athletic, but aside from their physical prowess, the similarities between the two are hard to find.
Linda Cole (52); Steve Cole (43)
Hometown: Martinsville, Va.
Occupation: Linda (Customer Service Supervisor); Steve (Carpenter)
Relationship: Married
This husband and wife team met when Steven went with a date to Linda’s house for a party. Linda asked her brother to keep his date occupied while she asked Steven out. They have been together ever since and married for 17 years. They both have children from previous marriages, but treat all of them as their very own.
Margie Adams (50); Luke Adams (22)
Hometown: Denver, Colo.
Occupation: Margaret (Clinical Research Associate); Luke (College Graduate)
Relationship: Mother/Son
This mother/son team is determined to show the world that nothing can stop them from living out their dreams. They enjoy hiking and traveling together and share a strong bond. Luke has been deaf since birth and Margie became his link to the hearing world. He uses American Sign Language to communicate. Luke and his mother have developed their own short hand sign language and the ability to almost read each other’s mind – an ability that will undoubtedly come in handy on the road. One of the most moving moments they shared was when Luke surprised his mother by delivering a valedictorian speech at his graduation ceremony from Colorado School for the Deaf and Blind.
Mark Munoz (48); Michael Munoz (51)
Hometown: Los Angeles, Calif./Maui, Hawaii
Occupation: Mark (Stuntman/Jockey); Michael (Stuntman/Actor)
Relationship: Brothers/Stuntmen
This Team of brothers has been competing – against everyone else and each other – their entire life. Standing at 4’ 9” these married fathers are ready to prove they have what it takes to win one-million dollars. They chose similar paths in their lives and, after years of surfing big waves and racing horses around a track, they’re eager to run the Race of a lifetime with one another for a shot at a million dollars.
Mel White (68); Mike White (38)
Hometown: Lynchburg, Va / Santa Monica, Calif..
Occupation: Mel (Writer, Clergyman); Mike (Writer, Producer, Actor);
Relationship: Father/Son
Mike and Mel had a pretty typical family life until Mike was 11 years old, which is when Mel told the family that he was gay. Mel and Mike’s mother remained married until Mike and his sister, Erinn, went to college. Mel is now married to his life partner of 27 years, Gary Nixon. Mike works as a writer, director and actor in Los Angeles. His writing credits include the feature films “Nacho Libre” and “School of Rock,” in which he also starred opposite Jack Black and Sarah Silverman, as well as the television series “Pasadena.” Mike and Mel are eager to spend some quality time racing around the globe. Mike describes himself as entertaining, thoughtful and “ridiculously pale.” These two might not be the most physical team on the Race, but they’ll surely compensate with their wit and communication skills.
Tammy Jih (26); Victor Jih (35)
Hometown: San Francisco, Calif./Los Angeles, Calif.
Occupation: Lawyers
Relationship: Siblings/Lawyers
If they can manage to work together, this smart and sassy brother/sister duo – both with Harvard Law degrees – might have just what it takes to outsmart the competition and cross the finish line first. Both have traveled extensively and are supremely confident in their ability to win the million dollar.
I guess that is all the teams on The 14th Season of The Amazing Race. Some interesting people there. I am not giving away my choice of team right now. You people can discuss your favorite teams in the comments section.
So, who do you think is going to win the 14th Season of The Amazing Race? Who is your favorite team? Which team do you like dislike the most? Who is going to be the dark horse of this season?
These questions are awaiting their answers but until then all of you can try and guess what they can be!
Here is to hoping for a great 14th Season!
Sahil
The Amazing Race aired the first episode of it’s 14th season this past weekend. On Sunday, 15th of February, the Amazing Race embarked on it’s 14th Season with a whole new look and approach.
I am going to be posting a three part post in the coming 2 days.
I will post a detailed list of all the people on this seasons Amazing Race.
I will post what is different in this Season as in the episode look wise.
I will post a recap of the first episode as well.
So do please look out for these posts.
I hope you enjoy the 14th Season of The Amazing Race.
Aloha,
Sahil
The final three teams, Nick & Starr Spangler, Andrew Lappitt & Dan Honig amd Ken & Tina Greene set off from their Pit Stop at VDNKh Park, Moscow, Russia and receive a clue instructing them to fly to their final destination city: Portland, Oregon. All the 3 final teams take the same flight, connecting via Frankfurt to Portland. Once their, the teams travel to a local adventure park.
Note: Andrew & Dan though face taxi problems which eventually put them out of the race.
At the adventure park, teams find a detour.
In this detour, Teams racing in this leg faced Detour choices involving tasks designed to improve the balance and reduce the fear of people working in logging– Portland, Oregon’s most dangerous business. The choices were High and Dry & Low and Wet. In High and Dry, racers had to climb thirty feet up a tree and then traverse a forty foot log. They then had to leap in order to retrieve one half of the next clue. In Low and Wet, they had to walk 850 feet across a floating log bridge to a clue waiting for them on shore. All 3 teams successfully completed High and Dry.
After this, the teams travel by taxi to The Bridge Of Gods where they take a 2,000 foot zip-line ride to an island. Once their they are faced with a complicated task which is a game board testing the memory of the events throughout the race. The race contained ten game pieces, each representing one leg of the race and behind each symbol was either Route Info, Roadblock, Detour or Pit Stop. Teams had to search through 150 clue boxes for pictures for the corresponding leg. Each time they placed a correct picture, a green light would come up and then they could move on to the next one. Upon completing this task, teams found a clue directing them to travel to Portland Building and search for a green dinosaur.
After that the next clue, sent them to search for a Russian food cart and then finally a donut shop. Once they found the donut ship, they got their final clue which directed them to go the pit stop. All the way till now, Ken & Tina and Nick & Starr have been neck to neck with Andrew & Dan a little too far behind.
The Pit Stop was at a local mansion. Both Nick & Starr and Ken & Tina make their way to the Pit Stop by taxi and the taxi race is on.
The team which got their first? Nick & Starr! YAY! They beat Ken & Tina! Andrew & Dan at least get to the Pit Stop. So credit to them.
Some quotes:
Phil: 23 days, 5 continents and almost 40,000 miles– Nick and Starr, you are the official winners of The Amazing Race. Congratulations. You have won the one million dollars
Nick: I’m proud of my sister. As a person, as a competitor and as a racer. She’s been unbelievable on this race. And more than the million dollars, more than being the winners of The Amazing Race, I love the experience that I’ve gone through with my sister and I’ve loved seeing her succeed so greatly
Phil: You didn’t win The Amazing Race, but I’m hoping you did reconnect.
Ken: You know, we’ve been through a lot of– of ups and downs through the course of this race and, uh, she’s the best
Dan: It’s appropriate that we ended the race with how we started– an incredible amount of mistakes.
Some facts:
Nick and Starr have the highest sibling finish, with the exception of the Linz family in The Family Edition. Moreover, Starr is the youngest racer in regular seasons to win.
Nick and Starr are the third team to win both the first and final leg of the season. The first team was Rob and Brennan from the race’s first season and the second was Tyler and James of the tenth season.
With their victory in this leg, Nick and Starr beat the record for the most legs won in a single race, with a total of seven. This surpasses Colin and Christie from the fifth season, who won six.
When all the eliminated teams are standing at the finish line, Toni and Dallas are missing from from the group. Dallas having lost the passports in the previous leg, the two remained in Russia until they received their passports, which were eventually returned to them. It had been known through media reports since before the premiere of this season of The Amazing Race that one team would make a mistake that prevented them from joining the other eliminated teams at the finish line.
I am so glad Nick & Starr won the race and not Ken & Tina. Pretty close finish I must say.
Who do you think should have won The Amazing Race?
Who had you predicted at the start to win The Amazing Race?
Do you think Andrew & Dan deserved to finish as team number 3?
What do you think of the season overall?
Thanks for a great time people. I really enjoyed writing for this blog. I really enjoyed this season of The Amazing Race.
Here is to the next season of The Amazing Race! It all starts in February, 2009!
If you have any answers or want to ask me a question then you can do so via the comments section.
Signing off, Sahil Bhalla - Amazing Race Blogger
The four remaining teams set off from their Pit Stop in a public park in Moscow, Russia. They recieve a clue instructing them to travel to a retired Russian nuclear submarine and find an actor that appeared in the film, “The Hunt For Red October”. After finding the actor, the clue they recieve from him instructs them to travel to the Park Iskusstve also known as Graveyard of Fallen Monuments. Here they find a Roadblock.
The Roadblock tests the powers of observation. Nick, Dallas, Tina & Andrew successfully complete the task for their respective teams.
NOTE: Upon completing the Roadblock, Dallas accidently left the bag containing his and Toni’s money and passports in a taxi. He was unable to retrieve it. They then turn to begging for the rest of the leg as they have no money left.
Upon comepleting the Roadblock, teams then have to travel to Sokol’niky Park where they have to find a lady with a Shetland Pony. Then they will recieve their next clue.
Dan & Andrew, before starting the detour had to complete a Speed Bump. A task which only they had to do because they were spared elimination in the last leg. They had to perform a dance routine with a group of traditional Russian dancers. They completed it pretty fast and then started their detour.
They then hit upon the Detour. This is a choice between two tasks, each with its own Pros and Cons. Teams were given a choice between Ride The Rails or Ride The Lines. In Ride The Rails, teams had to travel on foot to the Sokol’niky Metro Park and then catch a train. They had to find a marked snack shop and retrieve a pastry, the wrapping of which contained their next clue. They then had to once again ride the rails and find a Babushka, exchanging the pastry for a clue to their final destination.
In Ride the Lines, teams had to hop a trolley bus and then locate a key maker, who handed them a key to a locker. They then had to catch another trolley to the location with the lockers and use the key to open the proper locker and retrieve the clue to the final destination.
Nick & Starr successfully completed Ride the Rails. Ken & Tina and Andrew & Dan successfully completed Ride the Lines. Toni & Dallas also opted for this task, but were eliminated in the field before they could complete it.
Then clue to the final destination was the Pit Stop.
Teams Finished In The Following Order:
1. Nick & Starr
2. Dan & Andrew
3. Ken & Tina
4. Toni & Dallas [They were eliminated]
NOTE: Dan and Andrew are the third team in The Amazing Race history to make it to the final three without winning a leg. The other two are Lyn & Karlyn from Season 10 and Eric & Danielle from season 11.
NOTE: Nick and Starr tie the record for most legs won in a single race with six. Only Colin and Christie from Season 5 have matched this feat.
Quotes:
Starr: When Nick and I started this race, our only goal was to not get eliminated the first leg. Now that we’re finally racing for the million dollars, it’s just absolutely surreal.
Dallas: I lost the bag with all the money. So now we don’t have a passport or any money.
NOTE: This was not specifically mentioned in this episode, the lack of passports with Toni & Dallas will prevent them from being present to greet the final three teams at the finish line of the race.
Don’t you just feel bad for Toni & Dallas? I certainly do. What a horrible way to be eliminated.
Dan & Andrew.. only the third team to make it to the final three without winning a leg. How good will they be in the final three?
Ken & Tina… Will their relationship problems make them lose out on valuable time and eventually lose out in the race for $1 Million?
Nick & Starr… They are looking stronger than ever. What do you say?
Next week is the Final Three! YAY!
If you have any answers or want to ask me a question then you can do so via the comments section.
Signing off, Sahil Bhalla - Amazing Race Blogger
The 4 teams left are;
1. Nick & Starr
2. Toni & Dallas
3. Ken & Tina
4. Andrew & Dan
1. Nick & Starr - Very competitive team. They have won many legs and are on course for winning the race. They are in first gear and it seems nothing can stop them. They have had the luck of good taxi cab drivers so far. When in need, they work with other teams to get ahead and eat fat from the rear of a sheep as well. They will not help other teams when it doesn’t benefit them and they try and stay out of the way of everyone else. Go team Nick & Starr!
NOTE: Have they hit a roadblock in their march towards a million dollars finally? According to scenes from tonight’s episode, Nick & Starr finally have bad luck when they get a bad taxi cab drivers. Will this put them in last place?
2. Toni & Dallas - The dark horses for sure. They have stayed under the radar for quite some time and I don’t think they have ever won a leg. As of late, they have been consitently coming in the front of the pack and were never in danger of being eliminated. They are a strong team. Their releationship is getting stronger and I think they are a definitely going to make it to the final three.
3. Ken & Tina - A team nobody likes. They started out strong, won some legs, fell to the middle of the pack, made some mistakes, then almost got eliminated, came back from the dead and now have a 1 in 4 chance of winning 1 Million Dollars. Thanks to some stupid teams like Andrew & Dan and Kelly & Christy, they were able to come back from the dead and avoid elimination. They make mistakes every leg and should have been gone by now. The fact is, they are still there!
Do you think they can make it to the final three?
4. Andrew & Dan - Everyone would have thought they would have been out by now. They are a real dumb team but I don’t know how they are getting their way through. Quite amazing. They manage to work everything out by the end and they always avoid elimination. They also, always have problems at various tasks or finding their way to a task. Ken & Tine, a few legs ago, really saved them from eliminated by helping them at the detour. Andrew & Dan, now owe Ken & Tina a favour and I really would like to know when they repay it.
Are they going to be in the final three? Probably. At the expense of Ken & Tina me thinks.
My final three;
1. Nick & Starr - I don’t know how they will come back from being in last sometime during the next leg but they will.
2. Toni & Dallas - Dark horses and always at the front of the pack. My first choice for a team in the final three.
3. Andrew & Dan - They manage to do it every time and they will do it once more to make it into the final three.
Sorry Ken & Tina but it is time you go!
Does anybody think next week will be a pre-determined non-eliminated leg?
If you have any answers or want to ask me a question then you can do so via the comments section.
Signing off, Sahil Bhalla - Amazing Race Blogger
Currently in 1st Place:
Margie and Luke
Mother and Son
1st TEAM ELIMINATED:
Jennifer and Preston
Dating