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

The episode is titled; “I’m Like an Angry Cow”

In this episode the remaining five teams left from their pit stop at Humayun’s Tomb in Old Delhi. Their first clue set them off to Almaty, Kazakhstan and then once their, to find a chicken factory. Their is mad rush for flights but everything is under control when all teams make the 7 A.M. opening time for the leg’s first task which is a Roadblock.

Just before this Roadblock, there was the Second of only two Fast Forward’s given. In this Fast Forward, the teams attempting it had to travel to a restaurant and eat a local delicacy, which was fat from the rear end of a sheep. Nick & Starr and Terence & Sarah both attempted the challegenge but as Terence was a vegetarian, he was unable to complete the task and hence, Terence & Sarah quit the challenge and Nick & Starr won the Fast Forward. They thus went directly to the Pit Stop claiming first place.

At the Roadblock, teams had to go inside the chicken factory and travel through 30,000 chickens to find one out of 7 golden eggs to receive their next clue.
Toni, Tina, Andrew and Sarah completed the task for their respective teams.

Upon completing the Roadblock, the teams traveled by giant crane to the Koktobe Arch where they received their clue from a trained Falcon.

They were then sent to their detour. where the two options were “Act Like Fools” or “Play Like Mad”. All the teams chose “Act Like Fools”. In this detour, one member had to dress up as the head of a cow and the other as the rear. They had to walk through the streets to a marked milk stall. Then they had to drink milk to recieve their next clue at the bottom of their glasses. They were then sent to a meat shop where they recieved their final clue which directed them to the Pit Stop.

Note: Dan & Andrew take a taxi to the Pit Stop when the clue said to travel by foot. They are sent back to the meat shop where they then have to travel by foot.

Ultimately it is Terence & Sarah who are the last to reach the Pit Stop. They are then eliminated. After failing the Fast Forward, they lagged behind the whole leg and never caught up. Goodbye to them.

Final Order;

The teams finished in the following order:

#1. Nick and Starr (Fast Forward, Prize: One 180 Horsepower Wave Runner Each)
#2. Toni and Dallas
#3. Ken and Tina
#4. Andrew and Dan
#5. Terence and Sarah [Eliminated]

Do you think Terence & Sarah deserved to get eliminated?
Are Andrew and Dan worthy of being in the top 4?
Can Nick & Starr keep up their winning momentum?
Are Toni & Dallas the darkhorse team?

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 episode is titled; “My Nose Is On Fire.”

The six remaining teams take off from their pit stop at the Baha’i House and recieve a clue instructing them to go to Deshbandhu Apartments. Once their, they encountered a Roadblock. This was a very colourful one nut frustrated some teams really badly, and even those members who were not doing the Roadblock. The quetion of this Roadblock was “Who’s ready for a colourful experience?” One member of each team had to take part in the ritual called the Holi festival. They had to travel through a bunch of people shooting and throwing various colours at them while attempting to find The Amazing Race clue from a bunch of Try Again clues!
Starr, Dallas, Kelly, Terence, Dan and Ken completed the Roadblock for their respective teams.

Note: During this Roadblock, Kelly almost broke down. She was covered in colors and had to go back and forth 5 times. She did not know what to do at first. She and Christy were having a real tough time.

Once finishing the Roadblock, teams then had to travel into Old Delhi and find the Charity Birds Hospital and search through cages of birds for their next clue. All teams found it easily.
Once finding the clue, teams were presented with a detour.

Note: At the hospital, Ken & Tina were given their Speed Bump which is a task that only they had to perform. They had to perform it because they were spared elimination in the last leg. They had to serve holy water to the Sikhs before receiving their next clue.

The detour was a choice between two tasks, Bleary Eyed or Teary Eyed. In Bleary Eyed, teams had to travel to a marked post at a street corner and then help the Department of Power by taking down a list of numbers on tags attached to power lines and then deliver them to a man who would give them a clue if their list was correct. They then had to travel to a nearby shop and plug in a Ganesha to receive their next clue. The task was not physically demanding, but the numbers the teams were searching for were small, so they could easily be distracted by other numbers on area signs. In Teary Eyed, teams had to travel to a spice market and pick up two 40 pound bags of chilies from a stall. They then had to deliver them on foot a quarter of a mile and use a mortar and pestle to make chili powder.
Teary Eyed was completed by Terence and Sarah while all the other teams did Bleary Eyed.

Andrew & Dan and Kelly & Christy really struggled with this task. They were looking at the wrong numbers throughout and that allowed Ken & Tina to overtake them with ease. On their way to the Pit Stop, Ken & Tina, stopped to help Andrew & Dan and that helped them get ahead of Kelly & Christy who were the last team.

At the Pit Stop, Nick & Starr, once again came in first place! In the end, Andrew & Dan beat out Kelly & Christy who were eliminated.

The positions at the end of this leg were;

1. Nick and Starr (Prize: Five Night Trip for Two to Hawaii, Courtesy Travelocity)
2. Toni and Dallas
3. Terence and Sarah
4. Ken and Tina
5. Andrew and Dan
6. Kelly and Christy (ELIMINATED)

Quotes;

Terence: Who’s my girl?
Sarah: You are. No. I am. I am

So, did Kelly & Christy deserve to get eliminated? Was it finally their turn to be eliminated?
Do you think Ken & Tina have it in them to make the final 3?
How strong are Toni & Dallas looking at the moment?

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 episode is titled - “Please Hold While I Singe My Skull.”

Teams were given $110 for this leg of the race. Terence and Sarah received a thirty minute penalty for being pulled over for speeding at the start of this leg. Although they checked into the Pit Stop in third place at the end of the last episode, they departed in fifth at the start of this one

Six teams remain at the start of this leg. From the Pit Stop at Bayon Temple in Siem Reap, Cambodia, the six teams are instructed to fly 2,000 miles to New Delhi, India. Once they land they are instructed to find their way to Moonlight Motors. All the teams find themseleves on the same flight to India but while making their way to Moonlight Motors, some teams get lost and lose a huge amount of time. Ken & Tina are one of the teams who get really lost. Terence & Sarah as well.

At Moonlight Motors, teams face a Roadblock and were given the clue “Who’s got an artistic flair?” to determine who should complete the Roadblock.
In this Roadblock, called “Go Green,” one member of each team had to cover portions of an auto rickshaw with newspaper and then spray-paint the uncovered portions green.
Starr, Andrew, Toni, Ken, Sarah and Kelly successfuly completed this task for their respective teams
Terence kept on shouting at Sarah during this Roadblock as did Tina to Ken. This made both these teams lag behind.

After the Roadblock, teams had to make their way to The Ambassador Hotel, where a doorman gave them a clue in the garden. This clue led them to their Detour.

The teams were given a Detour choice of either Launder Money or Launder Clothes. In Launder Money, the teams traveled to Prakash Banquet Hall and then were required to create a wedding necklace with 780 Rs of Indian rupees, using a total of ten notes. In Launder Clothes, teams traveled to a local laundry shop and then used a charcoal-heated iron to press 20 pieces of clothing.

Launder Clothes was successfully completed by Nick & Starr, Toni & Dallas, Andrew & Dan and Kelly & Christy. 
On arriving, Kelly & Christy were annoyed that they got beat by Nick & Starr and that they had gloves. Nick & Starr were smart to take out their gloves. Andrew & Dan really had a tough time completing this task. Toni & Dallas went quietly along with this task. 
Launder Money was successfully completed by Ken & Tina and Terence & Sarah.

After completing the Detour, teams were given their final clue for this leg. It instructed them to make their way to the Pit-Stop. Nick & Starr finished the detour quickly and raced to the Pit Stop in first place.
Ken & Tina who continued to have navigational problems throughout the leg, came in last, but were not eliminated.

The teams finished in the following order:

#1. Nick and Starr (Prize: One Electric Car Each)
#2. Kelly and Christy
#3. Toni and Dallas
#4. Terence and Sarah
#5. Andrew and Dan
#6. Ken and Tina (Must complete Speed Bump at some point during next leg).

Quotes;

Dan: [Kelly and Christy] have gotten the luckiest breaks I’ve ever seen on this race. Being, you know, semi-attractive females—that’s helped them a lot so far.
Andrew: “Semi-attractive.” (chuckles) That was good
Dallas: (to the greeter at the Pit Stop) You have fire on your head. That’s insane

So do you think Ken & Tina will be able to overcome their Speed Bunp and not come in last?
Do you think it is time Kely & Christy get eliminated?
How much longer do the Frat Boys have on the race?

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 episode is titled - “Do It Like A Mad Man.” I shall post the final results of this leg at the end of my post.

This time, at their Pit Stop at Summer Hill in New Zealand, the seven remaining teams recieved a clue instructing them to fly over 5.600 miles to Siem Reap, Cambodia. The teams all scramble for flights. All teams except Andrew and Dan and Aja and Ty make it to the flights. Until Andrew and Dan go to the Emirates counter and finally at the last moment get the flight. So all teams except Aja and Ty make it together. They arrive late and have to scramble to make up lost ground.

In Siem Reap, the teams travel to a roadside pumping station where they are instructed to use a hand pump to fill a truck with 25 litres of fuel to recieve their next clue. Most teams finish it with ease except for the Frat Boys, Andrew and Dan.

Andrew: There you go!
Dan: You gotta do it like a madman.
This is where we get the episode title from. This time it is not from the Divorcess!

So after filling the trucks up, they are driven in their trucks to Siem Reap Harbour and then they make their way to motorized boats to the waterfront community of Kho Andeth. Terence and Sarah are forced to paddle their way and lose their first place after their boat breaks down.

At Kho Andeth, the teams face a Detour involving two tasks. The choices were Village Life or Village Work. In Village Life, the teams had to travel by boat to pick up three items - a set of fake chattering teeth from a dentist, a doll from a tailor and a basketball from a basketball court. Before getting the basketball, each team member had to score one basket. Then they had to deliver all the items to a man waiting on a dock. Ken & Tina, Terence & Sarah and Kelly & Christy successfully finished this Detour task.

In Village Work, teams had to travel to fishing grounds and then search for two traps filled with fish among a number of traps. They had to deliver them to the dock and transfer them to baskets before recieving their next clue. Nick & Starr, Toni & Dallas, Andrew & Dan and Aja & Ty successfully completed this detour.

The teams then travel to Angkor Wat for a roadblock testing sense of direction. The clue was “Who has a better sense of direction?”
In this Roadblock, one member of each team had to explore the temple of Angkor Wat for the Chamber of Echoes. They then had to stand in a particular sport and pound their chests to make an echoing noise before they could pick up their next clue from the chamber.
Nick, Tina, Dallas, Terence, Christy, Andrew and Ty completed the task for their respective teams.

The next clue sent them to their Pit Stop which was Babylon Temple where they had to search the grounds for the Pit Stop!

All throughout the race, Aja and Ty were behind the pack and were unable to catch up.

The teams finished in this order;

1. Nick and Starr (Prize: Five-night trip for two to St. John, Courtesy Travelocity)
2. Toni and Dallas
3. Terence and Sarah
4. Ken and Tina
5. Kelly and Christy
6. Andrew and Dan
7. Aja and Ty (Eliminated)

Toni and Dallas and Terrence and Sarah finished in an approximate tie and were checked in consecutively. Terence and Sahrah however, received a thirty minute penalty for being pulled over for speeding. It did not affect their overall placement on this leg, but will be applied to the next leg.

Some quotes;

Nick: “It just felt great. It brought me back to that first leg when we came in first place.”
Nick: “To be honest, I thought I was doing some kind of war cry or Tarzan thing.”

So what did you people think of this episode?
Did Aja and Ty deserve to be eliminated?
What do you think is going to happen next?

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

Here is my review of episode 4 - “I Wonder If They Like Blondes In New Zealand?”

At the Pit Stop in La Paz, Bolivia frustrations continued to build up between Nick and Starr and Kelly and Christy.

The clue given to them at the start instructed them to fly more than 6,900 miles to Auckland, New Zealand and there they had to find their way at night to the Gulf Harbor to untie a knot which would reveal their clue.

The first of only two fast forwards was given then and there. Ken and Tina and Andrew and Dan both went to it but it was Ken and Tina who got their first. They bypassed all tasks and went straight to the pit stop.

Then the rest of the teams made their way to Mount Eden where there was a Roadblock which only one member may complete. This one was “Who has an eye for detail?” No one really took time here except I think two teams had to do it again but not really any loss of time. Terence, Andrew, Christy, Starr, Aja, Brooke and Toni did this task.

After this they all had to travel to the City Life Hotel and they had to go to the roog and using binoculaurs they had to search for a Travelocity Gnomes (These have appeared in many seasons). Once they found it and retrieved it, the Gnome instructed them to go to Kiwi 360*. At this point, Marissa and Brooke were way behind with Aja and Ty in front of them. Terence and Sarah lead the pack.

Once they arrived at Kiwi 360* there was a detour, which is a choice between two tasks. In this detour teams had to choose between Matter of Time and Matter of Skill.
In Matter of Time teams were required to travel to a kiwi orchard and crush kiwis using their feet to make twelve quarts of juice. Each member then had to drink a glass of it.
In Matter of Skill, teams traveled to Bio Cart Heaven and then assembled two BioCarts, which they were required to complete three laps on.

Terence and Sarah, Kelly and Chirsty and Marissa and Brooke successfully completed Matter of Time.
Nick and Starr, Andrew and Dan and Aja and Ty tried Matter of Time but gave up and went for Matter of Skill which they successfully completed.
Toni and Dallas went straight for Matter of Skill and completed it.

During the Matter of Skill task, Starr fell off her BioCart and injured her hand. It looked really bad but you couldn’t really tell if she had broken it or not. Nevertheless she went on and completed the laps.

After these tasks were completed, teams were given their final clue which instructed them to go the Pit Stop where Phil and Phil’s Dad were waiting.

All six teams went to the Pit Stop and in the end Aja and Ty and Marissa and Brooke fought it out doing different tasks. In the end though, Aja and Ty beat out Marissa and Brooke who got eliminated.

This is how the teams finished this leg of the Race;

#1. Ken and Tina (Fast Forward: Seven Night trip for two to Rio De Janeiro.)
#2. Terence and Sarah
#3. Kely and Christy
#4. Toni and Dallas
#5. Nick and Starr
#6. Andrew and Dan
#7. Aja and Ty
#8. Marissa and Brooke (Eliminated)

Some quotes;

Starr: “The arm is hurting really bad, but we’re still team 5. We’re still here.
Terence: (regarding the kiwi bucket at the Matter of Time detour task) The bucket was lined with a layer of jagged rocks and then on top of it were these incredibly hard stubborn kiwis.
Marissa: Brooke and I will be best friends forever.

So what did you think of this episode?
Did you want Marissa and Brooke to stay in The Amazing Race?

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

All the remaining teams are instructed to fly from Fortelaze, Brazil to La Paz, Bolivia. What happened during the pit stop was even better. Christy accused Starr of pushing her “sports bra” off the ledge. Now come on? Seriously, how is this in any way going to get Nick and Starr ahead of Kelly and Christy? So the rivalry between these two teams has certainly heated up. After getting their first clue, the teams fly 1,200 miles and find themselves in La Paz, Bolivia, which is 12,000 feet above sea level. Mark & Bill start to find it hard to breathe the air.

The teams camp besides a local statue while waiting for a newspaper shop to open. They flip through the pages of the newspaper to find a clue that instructs them to travel to the Narvaez Hat Shop in Plaza Mario and then purchase a traditional cholita hat to obtain their next clue. This clue turns out to be a detour.

This detour was a choice between Musical March or Bumpy Ride. In Musical March, teams had to make their way on foot to two plazas several blocks apart and collect musicians to form a band, then deliver those musicians to a band-leader. In Bumpy Ride, teams were required to travel on foot to a market and then select a pair of a locally crafted bicycles and ride them throughout the area’s bumpy streets with the assistance of a map.
Andrew & Dan and Marissa & Brooke successfully completed the Musical March detour.
Mark & Bill, Ken & Tina, Terence & Sarah, Kelly & Christy, Aja & Ty and Toni & Dallas completed their Bumpy Ride successfully.
After the detour, the first U-Turn of the race was upcoming.
At the detour, Nick & Starr while passing Aja & Ty, said that they would not yield them but asked them to yield Marissa & Brooke. They did not though. No one utilized the U-Turn.

NOTE: The detour clearly said to walk to your choice of task by foot. Mark & Bill fail to read this and take a taxi to their detour choice.

After completing the detour, the teams travel by taxi eight miles to Los Titanes del Ring. Over there the teams encountered a Roadblock. In this Roadblock, one member of each team was to be up against a female wrestler. Each member had to complete six different tasks after learning them.
Ken, Mark, Marissa, Toni, Sarah, Dan, Nick, Aja and Kelly successfully completed this task for their respective teams.
After finishing this task, teams were given a clue instructing them to make their way to the Pit Stop! Their Pit Stop was Mirador, El Monticulo.

All teams made their way to the Pit Stop. Ken & Tina left first towards the Pit Stop.
Upon reaching the Pit Stop, Mark & Bill received a 30 minute penalty for not reading their clue correctly and traveling by taxi and not on foot to their Detour.

So eventually, in the end because of Mark & Bill’s penalty, Marissa & Brooke who thought they were definitely eliminated reached the Pit Stop just before the penalty ended and so Mark & Bill were eliminated.

The teams finished in the following order;

#1. Ken and Tina (Prize: Seven-Night trip for two to Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, Courtesy Travelocity)
#2. Toni and Dallas
#3. Terence and Sarah
#4. Marisa and Brooke
#5. Aja and Ty
#6. Nick and Starr
#7. Andrew and Dan
#8. Kelly and Christy
#9. Mark and Bill (Eighth to Arrive, 30-Minute Penalty; ELIMINATED)

So what do you guys think?
Do you hate Ken & Tina like the rest of us?
Do you also hate Kelly & Christy? I hate them and I like Nick & Starr
Who do you think will be eliminated next?
Do Marissa & Brooke have it in them to go any farther?
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

Tina, Tina, Tina,

You can believe what you want but there is NO WAY they changed the plane on your request.  LOL!  Bottom line is that either the plane they were going to use was having issues and the needed to change planes or something else came up and they decided to switch.  I can honestly say it was not BECAUSE OF YOU!

…but believe what you want.

As we get into week 2 I am enjoying the personalities on this season of the race.  From the Southern Belles southern charm and giggling when the guy mooned them in the dune buggy to when Nick (who I think is up for the best Reality TV Villian after this week) would basically ask others for help then if they could not just walk away from them.  (WOW….some nerve!)

The biggest thing that is bugging me is my girls are not playing very smart.  When will the racers learn to READ THE CLUE!  Ironically, Kelly and Christy did just that yet still were able to mess up two times to finish in 8th place.  With game play like that, they will not last long.  (keep digging….we have to find a container!)

Another thing I love about teams is when they have a tough time figuring out they made a mistake.  When Sarah and Terence finished Ship It first and went the wrong way to find the taxi cabs. (ironically they were just up a hill by a sign that said “Taxi Parking”)  You need to react quicker.  Once a team passes you in a different taxi, they need to figure out they missed something.  I thought it was very nice of Dallas and Toni to stop and help them out.  Hope that works out for them again soon.

I am impressed with Tina and Ken.  They are playing  a very strong game.  2nd the first week and this week coming in 1st and winnning two off road vehicles.  Fun stuff!  The advertisement for next week shows Ken getting his wrestling moves on.  Should be a fun show.

However, for Stephanie and Anthony the dating couple, the just did not find their mojo and came in to the matt in last place.  I know Anthony struggled with the Spanish words but so did a lot of people.  He needed to “Just Do It” and rattle them all off.  Guess that was his downfall in the end.

So what did you think?  Who do you like?  Who is running the best race?  Who will drop back and who will move up in the race around the world?  Your guess is as good as mine…comment below and let the world know what you think.

Peace,  Phil Keoghan - Amazing Race Blogger