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Season 14 of the Emmy-winning The Amazing Race is set to premiere on CBS on Sunday, February 15, 2009. TAR 14 will occupy its familiar Sunday 8:00pm Eastern/7:00pm Central time slot.  This marks the first time that two editions of The Amazing Race have aired in the same television season since the 2006-2007 season. The airing of The Amazing Race 14 was announced as part of CBS’s mid-season schedule. Two editions weren’t available to air during the 2007-2008 season.  The Amazing Race 12 was originally scheduled to air in February of 2008 was moved up to November of 2007 to replace the drama Viva Laughlin, which was cancelled after one episode. Since TAR 12 aired earlier than scheduled, there was not enough time to cast and shoot TAR 13 for a Spring 2008 airing, resulting in the long lapse between TAR 12 & TAR 13. Â
Don’t miss The Amazing Race’s Phil Keoghan tonight on the new Million Dollar Password. Phil will be one of the celebrity clue-givers, along with Julie Chen. Million Dollar Password is hosted by Regis Philbin. It will be seen on CBS at 8:00pm Eastern/Pacific, 7:00pm Central/Mountain. Remember, it’s possible that the broadcast could be delayed in the Eastern and Central time zones if the earlier NFL games run long.
In a predictable outcome, Nick & Starr stepped on the mat first and became the winners of the $1 million prize on The Amazing Race 13.  The first clue of this final leg sent the teams to Portland, Oregon ~ the final destination city. All three teams got on the same flight, going through Frankfurt, Germany. That was the last time the three teams were together. A poor choice in taxi drivers kept Andrew & Dan from being true competitors during this leg of the race.  Arriving in Portland, teams took taxis to the Detour, in which teams had a choice of tasks related to Oregon’s most dangerous profession, logging. The Detour choices were High & Dry or Low & Wet. All teams chose High & Dry, in which each team mate had to climb a tree 30 feet in the air, walk across a suspended log, jump from the log to a trapeze and retrieve one half of a clue from the trapeze before being lowered to the ground. Once both team mates had half of the clue, they would be directed to their next location.  Nick & Starr completed the task with no problems. Ken finished easily, but Tina’s fear of heights, together with the fact that her safety helmet kept sliding off and strangling her, made it a slow go for her.  The next destination was the Bridge of the Gods, where teams had to traverse a 2000 foot zip line from the bridge to the ground. Once on the ground, their next clue was for their final challenge, which tested their memories of the previous ten legs. Each team had a clue board with 10 spots. Each spot represented one leg of the race. The spots were numbered 1 through 10 and at each spot contained a symbol for Route Info, Detour, Road Block or Pit Stop. Teams had to search through 150 clue boxes to find pictures that corresponded to the symbol for that leg of the race.  Ken & Tina got to the challenge first, followed closely by Nick & Starr. After several missed attempts, Nick & Starr finished the challenge first. The next clue sent the teams into downtown Portland, to find the Portland building and a nearby green dinosaur to find their next clue. Nick & Starr found this rather easily, Ken & Tina had trouble.  From the dinosaur, teams were to travel on foot to a set of food carts and find the vendor of food representing the country of their last Pit Stop, which was Russia. Nick & Starr got there first, and Starr immediately saw a flag that she thought was where they were to go. Nick told her it was an Italian flag and they needed to keep searching. They found the vendor and received a clue that told them to find the “Magic in the Holeâ€.  Asking people on the street if they knew of the magic in the hole, someone finally directed Nick & Starr to the Voodoo Donut Shop. When Ken & Tina asked some of the same people, a woman directed them to the same shop, but told them to go a different, shorter route than Nick & Starr took. Nick & Starr still arrived at the donut shop first, and got the next clue that directed them to the final mat.  Both teams had difficulty finding a taxi, but eventually did. In the end, Nick & Starr beat Ken & Tina to the mat, winning the $1 million. At the mat, after Phil officially announced that Ken & Tina were team #2, Ken brought out their wedding rings and recommitted to Tina in front of everyone.  Andrew & Dan finally arrived in third place. Dan admitted that the other two teams were much superior than they were, and Andrew stated that they were totally shocked to have made it as far as they did.
The siblings are the team to beat. I’m not a big fan of Starr, but I like Nick. Starr really rubbed me the wrong way a couple of weeks ago when she said that she wasn’t used to not getting her way. That showed me just how high maintenance that girl is. I’m hoping that her relationship with Dallas doesn’t continue after the Race. Dallas deserves better.
All that being said, Nick & Starr deserve to win. They’ve run the race as a united team, rarely fighting amongst themselves ~ that we’ve seen anyway ~ and usually getting along with the other teams – except for Kelly & Christy of course.   For the most part, they’ve remained cool and collected, thanks to Nick’s level-headedness.
While I generally like to see the underdogs win, I’m rooting for this brother and sister team to go all the way.
I never thought the bumbling frat boys would have made it this far. They have been very, very lucky. Watching them in the first couple of legs, I was sure they’d be eliminated.  It’s not a great testament to the educational forces of Arizona State either. These boys have had trouble understanding simple clues and using common sense. They have been a great source of comic relief throughout the race however.
They are really going to have to step up their game if they even want a chance to make a respectable showing in the final leg. They’d better hope that the final challenge does not include dancing.
They’ll come in third, unless something major happens to the other two teams.
Ken & Tina, the separated couple, came in 3rd on the last leg of The Amazing Race and secured a spot for themselves in the final leg. Â They have had their share of ups and downs on this race ~ some of them related to the Race and some of them related to their personal lives.
Tina has snipped at Ken pretty much the entire race.  I’ve noticed that Ken is tuning her out more and more.  While they both still claim they want to work on their relationship, I tend to wonder. My personal feeling is that unless they win the $1 million, they won’t be together.  Even then, if they do win, they won’t stay together long.
They have to concentrate on their game and not worry about the other teams.  If they can do that, they’ll do ok.  I don’t see them winning though.  I think they might come in second. Â
Which team do you think will win The Amazing Race 13? Do you think it will be siblings Nick & Starr? Frat boys Andrew & Dan? Estranged couple Tina & Ken? I think it will probably be Nick & Starr, unless something drastic happens.
Last night’s episode of The Amazing Race was a sad one. An unprecedented mistake by Toni & Dallas enables frat boys Andrew & Dan to grab a spot in the final three teams racing for the $1 million. Mom & son were my choice to go all the way, and I think they would have if Dallas hadn’t lost the passports and money. They could have overcome the lack of money, but with no passports, they were screwed.
Toni & Dallas left the Pit Stop first and traveled by taxi to a nuclear submarine. There, teams had to search the sub for an actor who appeared in the movie “The Hunt for Red Octoberâ€. The teams of Toni & Dallas, Nick & Starr, and Ken & Tina all searched the sub at the same time, asking various sailors for the clue before they found the right person.Â
The next clue sent teams to the Graveyard of Fallen Monuments, an outdoor museum of statues. Andrew & Dan thought they had an advantage in getting a taxi driver who spoke English, but any advantage dissolved when the driver took them to the wrong park.
At the Graveyard of Fallen Monuments, the clue was for a Road Block. One team member had to search for statues of Lenin & Stalin, then travel to a bookstore and give the clerk the combined number. If correct, the clerk would hand them a book with their next clue. Team members would then have to turn to the correct page in the book, the page number being the combined number of statues, to find the clue.Â
There were 6 statues of Lenin and 2 statues of Stalin, combined, the correct number was 62. Page 62 in the book gave them an address to the author’s house, where their teammate and the next clue would be waiting.
If teams gave the bookstore clerk the wrong number, they would have to wait 10 minutes before they could make another attempt at the correct number.
To help in solving the Road Block, teams were given the Cyrillic spellings of Lenin & Stalin.
Nick & Starr were first at the Road Block, with Nick searching for the statues. Toni & Dallas were second, with Dallas doing the road block. We see Toni make a point of giving Dallas the bag with the money and the passports, so this was a clue of what was to come. Kenny & Tina arrived third, with Tina looking for Lenin & Stalin.
Nick made quick work of his search; Dallas struggled, not knowing Lenin & Stalin. Andrew got help from a local who helped him find the statues.
Nick got the number 62 right on his first attempt, and was given the book to find his next clue. Dallas first guessed 36, thinking he had 3 Lenin’s and 6 Stalin’s. Waiting 10 minutes to guess again, he guessed 46, which was again wrong. Tina arrived, guessing 61, and having to wait. During the wait, she and Dallas compared notes. Dallas then guessed 63, still wrong. Tina then guessed 62, and got the book.  She then told Dallas to guess 62.
Once at the apartment building, Tina told Ken and Toni that she had helped Dallas. When Dallas arrived at the apartment building and left the cab, he realized as soon as the cab drove off that he didn’t have the money bag.
He told his mom what he had done as Dan stood in the background with a look of hop on his face. The frat boys were catching another break. Toni asked Dan for some money so they could get a taxi, but Andrew had all their money.
The next clue directed teams to travel by taxi to Sokol’niky children’s park and find a woman with Shetland pony to receive their next clue. Starr didn’t know what a Shetland pony was, evidently, as she was wondering in the taxi if it was some kind of ponytail hairstyle.
Toni & Dallas got some money from some locals, but elected to take the Metro rather than a taxi since it was cheaper, not realizing their clue specifically said to take a taxi.
At the park, Nick & Starr and Ken & Tina found the woman, and got the clue which was for a Detour. The woman wouldn’t give Toni & Dallas their clue since they had not arrived by taxi. They wound up having to ask for more money and go back to where they had started to get a taxi. Andrew & Dan had to do their Speed Bump before they could get the clue for the Detour.
The Speed Bump required the uncoordinated duo to learn and perform a traditional Russian dance before they got their clue. After two attempts, the Russian instructor deemed that they were good enough, so they continued on.
The Detour choices were Ride The Rails or Ride The Lines. In Ride The Rails, teams had to take a Metro to Ulitsa station and find a marked snack shop. There they were to get a traditional pastry and find the clue on the wrapper that would send them to another Metro, to the statue of the inventor of the Cyrillic alphabet. Nearby they would find a babushka who would give them a postcard of their next destination in exchange for the pastry.
In Ride The Lines, teams had to take a trolley bus to Krasndsel’skaya, and find key maker who would give them a key to a storage locker. Then they had to get another trolley bus, go to the station and find the locker that matched their key. Inside the locker would be the postcard of their next destination.
Nick & Starr chose Ride The Rails, since Nick was a New Yorker and was used to the subways. Ken & Tina chose Ride The Lines, however, initially they got on a regular bus instead of a trolley bus. Once they realized their mistake, they went back to the Detour start and found the trolley bus. Andrew & Dan also chose Ride The Lines.
Nick & Starr, Ken & Tina and Andrew & Dan all got their postcards, which told them to search the grounds of the destination pictured to find their next clue.
Nick & Starr found the clue box with the final clue sending them to the Pit Stop. They were first, winning a trip for 2 to Anguilla Island and a spot in the final three.
Andrew & Dan also found the clue, but Kenny & Tina were having trouble. Seeing Andrew & Dan, and also Phil and the mat, they ran straight for the Pit Stop.
Andrew & Dan were second, securing their spot in the finals. Phil informed Kenny & Tina that although they arrived third, they did not find the final clue, and had to go back and get it before checking in.
After searching and searching, they finally found the clue box, granting them the third spot in the finals.
Phil met Toni & Dallas on the streets of Moscow and informed them that they had been eliminated. Toni said that this was the best experience of her life and was glad that Dallas was her son. Dallas felt bad for letting his mom down, but Toni told him it wasn’t his fault.
Teams, in order of arrival:
Amazing Race episode 10 is this Sunday, November 30. Teams are still in Moscow. From the looks of the preview, it appears that the language barrier is still causing problems between the teams and the locals.  Andrew and Dan have to perform a Speed Bump, a task that only they have to perform since they came in last during the previous leg, which was non-elimination. It appears that they have to learn a dance or something like it, which could prove to be just as funny as watching Dan trying to learn the military march in the last leg. That boy does not have any coordination.  One team loses all their money and their passports and is unable to continue on in the race. Which team do you think this happens to? My first thought would be the frat boys, as they’ve bumbled and stumbled their way through this race. It’s a miracle that they’re still in it at this point. However, my gut feeling is that it’s not them. I’m just not sure who it does happen to though. I just hope it’s not Toni & Dallas. I’m really pulling for them to win. Watch the Amazing Race Episode 10 Preview
The four remaining teams flew from Kazakhstan to Moscow, where they were to travel to a monastery and light a candle to receive their next clue.
All four teams were able to get on the same flight to Moscow. Because Andrew & Dan had left their shoes at the children’s theater in the last leg, they were left wearing slippers that they’d gotten at the hotel. They were able to buy shoes at the airport, but they used up most of their money to do so. During the wait at the airport, the romance between Dallas and Starr heated up, under the watchful eyes of Nick and Toni.
Once the teams arrived in Moscow, the language barrier proved to be quite a hindrance for several teams. The taxi drivers for Andrew & Dan and Ken & Tina stopped to ask for directions to the monastery.
At the monastery, the women had to don head scarves in order to enter. After lighting candles, teams received their next clue, which they read once back on the street. This clue sent them to Kolosak Camp, a military camp.
On the way to Kolosak, the taxi carrying Nick & Starr got lost and Starr was getting very frustrated. At the military camp, the clue was for a Detour ~ Boots or Borscht.  In Boots, teams were to join a training squad, learn a parade march, and then march with the squad one lap around the training field. In Borscht, teams were to serve Borscht to 75 soldiers. For both Detours, teams had to dress in proper military attire, including wrapping their feet in a specified way.
Toni & Dallas arrived at the Detour first.  After donning the military attire, they chose Boots. They were followed by Tina & Ken, who chose the same route.  Both teams successfully finished the Detour and received their clue, directing them to a bakery.
Andrew & Dan also chose Boots, but had trouble learning the proper feet-wrapping techniques.  They decided to change Detours and moved to the Borscht area, after removing their uniforms. After donning aprons and chef’s hats, Andrew reread the clue, seeing that they needed to wear the uniforms for both Detours. Once they noticed that, and returned to don the uniforms again, they opted to try Boots.
In the meantime, Nick & Starr had arrived, chosen Boots and completed the Detour.
Watching Dan try to master the march was like watching the Lollipop Guild in the Wizard of Oz. I was laughing so hard. He has no coordination at all. Finally, the boys gave up on Boots, went for Borscht, and successfully completed the Detour.
The next clue sent teams to a bakery for the Road Block. At this Road Block, one team member had to carry 50 50-pound sacks of flour from a delivery truck into the bakery and stack them properly for their next clue. The Road Block was completed by Dallas, Ken, Nick and Dan.
After completing the Road Block, their next clue sent teams to the Pit Stop at a Moscow park. Language was still a barrier for most of the teams, and it took a long time for the taxis to travel along the crowded streets.
One by one, the teams arrived at the mat to be checked in by Phil. Toni & Dallas were first, for the first time, and won a trip for two to the Dominican Republic. Nick & Starr were third, which I think was the first time they didn’t finish in the top two. Andrew & Dan didn’t have enough taxi fare and had to bargain with their driver before they were able to leave to go to the mat.
When they finally checked in, Phil told them they were last. As I predicted, this was a non-elimination leg, so they were spared yet again. They will have to face a Speed Bump in the next leg however.
Teams, in order of arrival:
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