I suppose that certain factors on "The Amazing Race" are out of the control of the producers. If your teams are in China and you're determined to get them to Malaysian Borneo, if there are only two evening flights, there are only two evening flights. And if there's a three-hour gap between the arrival of the two flights, then there's a three-hour gap between the arrival of the two flights. And if there are only six tickets available on the first flight or perhaps only three tickets available on the second, then that's just what it is. But if you then design a Leg in which the Roadblock is a straight-forward one-at-a-time task and the Detour includes at least one option that requires basically no effort at all, you've constructed a Leg in which six teams have almost limitless margins-for-error and the other three teams have no margin-for-error at all...
- 3/10/2014
- by Daniel Fienberg
- Hitfix
At ABC‘s upfront, there were a few things that the network wanted to make sure you knew. 1) They are really impressed with the idea that people are going to watch Rebel Wilson do just about anything, and 2) There isn’t anything they’re happier about than bringing you more episodes of television created by Shonda Rhimes.
On these notes, the network would love for you to know that more Grey’s Anatomy and Scandal are coming your way. These, ABC would like to impress upon you (as advertisers) are really good shows. Because… hellllooo… so many people watch them that we’re bringing them back. But wait, don’t think that you’re as excited as you can get yet, because if those are your favorite shows, then we have a new one for you to fall in love with, Betrayal.
Also on the agenda, and actually looking like they might be interesting,...
On these notes, the network would love for you to know that more Grey’s Anatomy and Scandal are coming your way. These, ABC would like to impress upon you (as advertisers) are really good shows. Because… hellllooo… so many people watch them that we’re bringing them back. But wait, don’t think that you’re as excited as you can get yet, because if those are your favorite shows, then we have a new one for you to fall in love with, Betrayal.
Also on the agenda, and actually looking like they might be interesting,...
- 5/16/2013
- by Marc Eastman
- AreYouScreening.com
The TV networks officially announced their new programming slates for 2012-2013 at Upfronts in New York City this week. By the time they rolled their first look footage for advertisers and critics, the new series already had dedicated Twitter accounts set up, ready to interact with the shows' first fans.
Social media has become such a huge part of the TV landscape that any network not securing a simple, memorable handle for their new shows is way behind. (Also, any network that lets a show title like "How to Live With Your Parents (For the Rest of Your Life)" get approved is obviously not in the business of listening to their social media team. Good luck with that one, ABC!)
Check out the first looks at new shows from:
NBC | ABC | Fox | CBS | The CW
On an Upfronts call with journalists, ABC entertainment president Paul Lee stressed how important Twitter...
Social media has become such a huge part of the TV landscape that any network not securing a simple, memorable handle for their new shows is way behind. (Also, any network that lets a show title like "How to Live With Your Parents (For the Rest of Your Life)" get approved is obviously not in the business of listening to their social media team. Good luck with that one, ABC!)
Check out the first looks at new shows from:
NBC | ABC | Fox | CBS | The CW
On an Upfronts call with journalists, ABC entertainment president Paul Lee stressed how important Twitter...
- 5/18/2012
- by Maggie Furlong
- Aol TV.
Previously on The Amazing Race, we met all the teams, including Ron & Bill representing Team Gay for the season, were introduced to an old Speed Bump dressed up as a new “Hazard” and saw one team's Race saved by social media. After wandering the streets of Taipei for hours, grandparents Bill & Cathi arrived at the Pit Stop last but in a surprise twist were not Philiminated. In another surprise twist we learned that for the first time ever the last two teams to arrive at the next Pit Stop would be Philiminated.
Ernie & Cindy, the first team to arrive at the Pit Stop, left at 9:28 Pm and Bill & Cathi were last out at 3:57 Am, six and a half hours later. Teams raced to the airport to catch a flight to Indonesia. The first flight out wasn't until well on the next morning, so pretty much nothing from Leg 1 ended up mattering.
Ernie & Cindy, the first team to arrive at the Pit Stop, left at 9:28 Pm and Bill & Cathi were last out at 3:57 Am, six and a half hours later. Teams raced to the airport to catch a flight to Indonesia. The first flight out wasn't until well on the next morning, so pretty much nothing from Leg 1 ended up mattering.
- 10/3/2011
- by John
- The Backlot
In all honesty, I wasn't looking forward to this week's episode of The Amazing Race. The show was coming off a premiere that embraced a lot of what has made the last few seasons less enjoyable and if things hadn't improved in the 19th season premiere, this season was already shot, right?
Right?
"The Sprint of Our Life" was a noticeable rebound over "Kindness of Strangers". It may not have been a truly perfect episode of The Amazing Race, but there was enough of a balance between the dizzying twists, intriguing team dynamics, and good ol' fashioned competition that made it a fun watch, at least for me.
The main thing I was excited to see was that the challenges had improved. (That's not saying much considering that the premiere had a challenge where teams used the phone.) The spelunking could have been better had the teams been forced to...
Right?
"The Sprint of Our Life" was a noticeable rebound over "Kindness of Strangers". It may not have been a truly perfect episode of The Amazing Race, but there was enough of a balance between the dizzying twists, intriguing team dynamics, and good ol' fashioned competition that made it a fun watch, at least for me.
The main thing I was excited to see was that the challenges had improved. (That's not saying much considering that the premiere had a challenge where teams used the phone.) The spelunking could have been better had the teams been forced to...
- 10/3/2011
- by Shilo Adams
- TVovermind.com
If there's one rule every reality TV competitor lives by, it's this: Don't be the first one eliminated. The Amazing Race said goodbye to two of its teams in the first elImination of the season. Yes, it was a double elimination, a first for the show. Hey, they had to make up for giving everyone a free pass last week. So did Survivor super-couple Ethan Zohn and Jenna Morasca survive the first cut? Sadly, Ethan and Jenna could not "outwit, outlast and outplay" Tar. Joining them on the long flight home from Indonesia were Ron and Bill, the domestic partners/flight attendants. It seemed like luck wasn't on Ethan and Jenna's side this time...
- 10/3/2011
- E! Online
And they are off! The 19th season of The Amazing Race sent eleven teams of two out on a racearoundtheworld for One! Million! Dollars! I had my vodka chilled and ready to go for my own personal Tar Drinking Game. You do a shot every time someone calls their teammate “babe,” you do a shot every time someone says they can't do a task, and every time someone says they're quitting the Race you do a double shot. When Brent and Caite were Racing a few seasons back I almost died of alcohol poisoning.
Each of the teams has a pre-existing relationship, and the teams this season are:
Ernie & Cindy, engaged
Jeremy & Sandy, dating
Justin & Jennifer, siblings
Ethan & Jenna, dating couple and this season's stunt casting, as both are winners of Survivor
Amani & Marcus, married
Laurence & Zac, father/son adventurers
Andy & Tommy, pro snowboarders
Ron & Bill, domestic partners, flight attendants...
Each of the teams has a pre-existing relationship, and the teams this season are:
Ernie & Cindy, engaged
Jeremy & Sandy, dating
Justin & Jennifer, siblings
Ethan & Jenna, dating couple and this season's stunt casting, as both are winners of Survivor
Amani & Marcus, married
Laurence & Zac, father/son adventurers
Andy & Tommy, pro snowboarders
Ron & Bill, domestic partners, flight attendants...
- 9/26/2011
- by John
- The Backlot
The Amazing Race kicked off its brand new season tonight with another 11 teams gathering at the pitstart in Southern California in the hopes of making it through 12 gruelling legs and claiming the $$1 million prize. This season's racers are: former Olympic snowboarders Andy and Tommy, former Survivor winners Ethan and Jenna (who want to keep their winning past a secret but are rumbled by some of the other teams), newly-engaged Ernie and Cindy, father-and-son adventurers Lawrence and Zack, siblings Jennifer and Justin, married grandparents Bill and Cathi, twin sisters Liz and Marie, domestic partners Bill and Ron, dating couple Jeremy and Sandy, married couple Amani and Marcus, and former Showgirls Kahlani and Lisa. The first challenge in question is a word puzzle which involves piecing together six letters displayed on a board with three letters found on one of the (more)...
- 9/26/2011
- by By Lara Martin
- Digital Spy
Last season on The Amazing Race, the wheels started to come off the bus more noticeably. Although the show won its 8th Emmy earlier this month, the Unfinished Business season as a whole was pretty underwhelming, with relatively easy challenges, alliance domination like no other season, and a winner that never rose above the pack during any particular part of the show, minus the finale.
Which is why I'm so disappointed in "Kindness of Stranger", the show's 19th season premiere. It seems that instead of tightening up the proceedings, casting strong, capable teams, and getting back to what made the show so great in the first place, the powers that be decided to go in the opposite direction and made the show that much more maddening.
The challenges during the premiere were a little silly and seemed too easy to be getting the response they got from the teams. I...
Which is why I'm so disappointed in "Kindness of Stranger", the show's 19th season premiere. It seems that instead of tightening up the proceedings, casting strong, capable teams, and getting back to what made the show so great in the first place, the powers that be decided to go in the opposite direction and made the show that much more maddening.
The challenges during the premiere were a little silly and seemed too easy to be getting the response they got from the teams. I...
- 9/26/2011
- by Shilo Adams
- TVovermind.com
"The Amazing Race" premieres, kicking off in Los Angeles with their 11 teams of two. Are you excited for the 19th season?
Thoughts during intros:
It's great to see Ethan Zohn of "Survivor" looking so great after his battle with cancer. Love that there is a pair from Stone Mountain, Ga. Isn't that where Kenneth the Page is from on "30 Rock"?The twins need to dial down on the use of "literally." I'm a big Colts fan, so it's great to see Marcus Pollard on the show.
The First Challenge
The winners of the first leg once again win the Express Pass, which they can use up to the end of the eighth leg to skip any challenge. The first challenge is a tricky word puzzle that will reveal their first location (Taipei, Taiwan). The team that's last receives a Hazard penalty, which they have to complete sometime during the first leg.
Thoughts during intros:
It's great to see Ethan Zohn of "Survivor" looking so great after his battle with cancer. Love that there is a pair from Stone Mountain, Ga. Isn't that where Kenneth the Page is from on "30 Rock"?The twins need to dial down on the use of "literally." I'm a big Colts fan, so it's great to see Marcus Pollard on the show.
The First Challenge
The winners of the first leg once again win the Express Pass, which they can use up to the end of the eighth leg to skip any challenge. The first challenge is a tricky word puzzle that will reveal their first location (Taipei, Taiwan). The team that's last receives a Hazard penalty, which they have to complete sometime during the first leg.
- 9/26/2011
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Zap2It - From Inside the Box
Given how much time on The Amazing Race is either spent on airplanes, waiting for airplanes, racing to airplanes or making airplane reservations, it's tempting to think that any contestant with a little extra knowledge about air travel might have an advantage. That theory will be put to test Sunday night as Season 19 (you read that right) of The Amazing Race kicks off on CBS.
Flight attendants Ron Zeitz and Bill Smith will be the racers with the extra airplane knowledge, having 35 years of flying experience between them while working for American Airlines. Zeitz, 43, and Smith. 48, are also partners of nearly thirteen years. And ten of those years have been spent watching every season of The Amazing Race, usually thinking they could run the race as well as any of the actual competitors.
AfterElton.com caught up with the couple to discuss how their expectations of the Race were challenged by reality,...
Flight attendants Ron Zeitz and Bill Smith will be the racers with the extra airplane knowledge, having 35 years of flying experience between them while working for American Airlines. Zeitz, 43, and Smith. 48, are also partners of nearly thirteen years. And ten of those years have been spent watching every season of The Amazing Race, usually thinking they could run the race as well as any of the actual competitors.
AfterElton.com caught up with the couple to discuss how their expectations of the Race were challenged by reality,...
- 9/23/2011
- by Michael Jensen
- The Backlot
Season 19 of The Amazing Race begins on CBS on Sunday, September 25th at 8 :00 Pm Et, and there will be new twists and turns this time around:
This season, the multi-Emmy Award-winning series sends 11 new Teams on a Race around the globe, making first time visits to exotic locations such as Indonesia, Malawi, Belgium and Denmark. Along the way, Teams will travel through four continents and 20 cities and cover nearly 40,000 miles. Teams will be tested early and often and met with a new penalty called the “Hazard,” which will impact one Team’s future on the Race right from the starting line. The global journey sets off from the foothills of Southern California where the Teams’ problem solving abilities will be put to the test as they search for clues to their first destination, Taipei, Taiwan. Teams fortunate enough to survive the first leg will find themselves amidst an 8th Century Buddhist temple in Indonesia,...
This season, the multi-Emmy Award-winning series sends 11 new Teams on a Race around the globe, making first time visits to exotic locations such as Indonesia, Malawi, Belgium and Denmark. Along the way, Teams will travel through four continents and 20 cities and cover nearly 40,000 miles. Teams will be tested early and often and met with a new penalty called the “Hazard,” which will impact one Team’s future on the Race right from the starting line. The global journey sets off from the foothills of Southern California where the Teams’ problem solving abilities will be put to the test as they search for clues to their first destination, Taipei, Taiwan. Teams fortunate enough to survive the first leg will find themselves amidst an 8th Century Buddhist temple in Indonesia,...
- 8/31/2011
- by snicks
- The Backlot
Last season may have featured familiar faces on The Amazing Race but season 19's contestants bring something else to the competition. "I'm not sure we've ever had a season like this where there are so many proven athletes," host Phil Keoghan tells People of the teams, which include Olympians, a former NFL player, ocean lifeguards and even Survivor champs. But even if these seasoned players are used to competition, they've never had to face the challenges of a race around the world. "There is also a lot of effort put forth to make athletes' lives easier so they can perform,...
- 8/31/2011
- by Patrick Gomez
- PEOPLE.com
The cast has been revealed for the 19th season of "The Amazing Race." There are also a few new twists - a new penalty called the "Hazard" and the first ever double elimination.
The teams are as follows:
Ernie Halvorsen
Age: 29
Hometown: Chicago
Current occupation: Project manager
Cindy Chiang
Age: 30
Hometown: Chicago
Current occupation: Brand manager
Connection to Teammate: Engaged
Justin Young
Age: 31
Hometown: Stone Mountain, Ga.
Current occupation: Doctor
Jennifer Young
Age: 26
Hometown: Stone Mountain, Ga.
Current occupation: Special education teacher
Connection to Teammate: Siblings
Liz Canavan
Age: 24
Hometown: Deerfield, Ill.
Current occupation: Marketing Assistant
Marie Canavan
Age: 24
Hometown: Deerfield, Ill.
Current occupation: Soul searching
Connection to Teammate: Twins
Ron Zeitz
Age: 44
Hometown: Laguna Niguel, Calif.
Current occupation: Flight attendant
Bill Smith
Age: 49
Hometown: Laguna Niguel, Calif.
Current occupation: Flight attendant
Connection to Teammate: Domestic Partners
Ethan Zohn
Age: 37
Hometown: New York, N.Y.
Current occupation: Change maker
Jenna Morasca
Age: 30
Hometown: New York,...
The teams are as follows:
Ernie Halvorsen
Age: 29
Hometown: Chicago
Current occupation: Project manager
Cindy Chiang
Age: 30
Hometown: Chicago
Current occupation: Brand manager
Connection to Teammate: Engaged
Justin Young
Age: 31
Hometown: Stone Mountain, Ga.
Current occupation: Doctor
Jennifer Young
Age: 26
Hometown: Stone Mountain, Ga.
Current occupation: Special education teacher
Connection to Teammate: Siblings
Liz Canavan
Age: 24
Hometown: Deerfield, Ill.
Current occupation: Marketing Assistant
Marie Canavan
Age: 24
Hometown: Deerfield, Ill.
Current occupation: Soul searching
Connection to Teammate: Twins
Ron Zeitz
Age: 44
Hometown: Laguna Niguel, Calif.
Current occupation: Flight attendant
Bill Smith
Age: 49
Hometown: Laguna Niguel, Calif.
Current occupation: Flight attendant
Connection to Teammate: Domestic Partners
Ethan Zohn
Age: 37
Hometown: New York, N.Y.
Current occupation: Change maker
Jenna Morasca
Age: 30
Hometown: New York,...
- 8/31/2011
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Zap2It - From Inside the Box
For the first time in the history of The Amazing Race, a pair of Survivor winners will compete during the same season - as one team!
CBS announced this week that married couple Ethan Zohn (Survivor: Africa) and Jenna Morasca (Survivor: The Amazon) will compete against 10 other duos when this reality competition returns on September 25. Said the former, who battled Hodgkin’s lymphoma just a few months ago, to EW:
“Last year I was attached to a pump in complete isolation in a f-cking hospital room, and now I’m out traveling the world with the woman I love. Whatever happens, it’s gonna be okay. But if she screws up, I’m gonna kill her.”
The cast will be rounded out by Zac Sunderland (the youngest person to sail around the world solo), former NFL tight end Marcus Pollard and others. Details follow.
Ernie Halvorsen and Cindy Chiang, Engaged...
CBS announced this week that married couple Ethan Zohn (Survivor: Africa) and Jenna Morasca (Survivor: The Amazon) will compete against 10 other duos when this reality competition returns on September 25. Said the former, who battled Hodgkin’s lymphoma just a few months ago, to EW:
“Last year I was attached to a pump in complete isolation in a f-cking hospital room, and now I’m out traveling the world with the woman I love. Whatever happens, it’s gonna be okay. But if she screws up, I’m gonna kill her.”
The cast will be rounded out by Zac Sunderland (the youngest person to sail around the world solo), former NFL tight end Marcus Pollard and others. Details follow.
Ernie Halvorsen and Cindy Chiang, Engaged...
- 8/31/2011
- by matt@mediavine.com (Matt Richenthal)
- TVfanatic
Last season on The Amazing Race, we watched 11 teams that had previously competed on the show come back for another chance to see the world and win a million dollars in the process. This upcoming season, on the other hand? We won't know every team going in, but it looks like we'll be familiar with more people than one might think, especially following an all-star season.
Entertainment Weekly is reporting that Survivor winners Ethan Zohn (Survivor: Africa) and Jenna Morasca (Survivor: The Amazon) will be one of the 11 teams competing on the 19th season of the Emmy winning reality series. The two, who are currently dating, wouldn't be the first CBS Reality Royal Couple to make the trek around the world, as Boston Rob and Amber competed on seasons 7 and 11 and Big Brother's Jeff and Jordan appeared on season 16.
They're not the only "names" on this season of The Amazing Race,...
Entertainment Weekly is reporting that Survivor winners Ethan Zohn (Survivor: Africa) and Jenna Morasca (Survivor: The Amazon) will be one of the 11 teams competing on the 19th season of the Emmy winning reality series. The two, who are currently dating, wouldn't be the first CBS Reality Royal Couple to make the trek around the world, as Boston Rob and Amber competed on seasons 7 and 11 and Big Brother's Jeff and Jordan appeared on season 16.
They're not the only "names" on this season of The Amazing Race,...
- 8/31/2011
- by Shilo Adams
- TVovermind.com
The Amazing Race has not been shy about having former CBS reality stars on the show. Boston Rob Mariano and Amber Brkich of Survivor fame played twice, while Big Brother’s Jeff Schroeder and Jordan Lloyd, as well as Alison Irwin (and her non-Big Brother boyfriend Donny) all have appeared on the program. But now, for the first time, two winners will team up to compete as Survivor: Africa champ Ethan Zohn and Survivor: The Amazon victor Jenna Morasca head up the cast for the show’s 19th installment (premiering Sept. 25 on CBS), which will also feature some new twists to the game.
- 8/31/2011
- by Dalton Ross
- EW - Inside TV
The Critic's Choice Awards were announced this morning, and with a few exceptions ("Glee" "The Office") and omissions ("Cougar Town" "Late Night with Jimmy Fallon"), the critics got most of it right (Courteney Cox and Busy Phillips were nominated, fortunately, and I have to assume that "Breaking Bad" was not eligible this year, otherwise heads will be broken).
Of course, the critics also cheated a little by handing out ten nominations in each the Best Comedy and Best Drama categories, which diminishes the prestige of a nominee by giving practically everyone a gold star (after all, "Fringe" was nominated). But any awards ceremony that sees fit to honor the likes of Connie Britton, Kyle Chandler, and Ron Effing Swanson gets a thumbs up and a knowing wink from me.
Here is the complete list of nominees from this, the inaugural Critic's Choice Awards:
Best Drama Series
Boardwalk Empire - HBO...
Of course, the critics also cheated a little by handing out ten nominations in each the Best Comedy and Best Drama categories, which diminishes the prestige of a nominee by giving practically everyone a gold star (after all, "Fringe" was nominated). But any awards ceremony that sees fit to honor the likes of Connie Britton, Kyle Chandler, and Ron Effing Swanson gets a thumbs up and a knowing wink from me.
Here is the complete list of nominees from this, the inaugural Critic's Choice Awards:
Best Drama Series
Boardwalk Empire - HBO...
- 6/6/2011
- by Dustin Rowles
This episode begins at the base of the Matterhorn, a mildly phallic looking mountain in Switzerland that was also recreated as an amusement park ride in Disneyland. Five teams remain in the scramble around the world for a second chance at a million dollars. So far, the teams have endured wading around in frigid mud pits and cow manure, but the viewers have endured something even more appalling: Kent and Vyxsin’s constant high-pitched histrionics and toddler-like tantrums. It almost makes us want Ron back.
As snow swirls around them, the teams head to a heli-pad to be airlifted to the detour challenge. Zev and Justin are the first team to take off, with Jen and Kisha close behind.
The squabbling Goths, as usual, intend to go through the entire leg with a good attitude. In fact, they even put on extra glitter to match the snow. The extra shine isn’t enough,...
As snow swirls around them, the teams head to a heli-pad to be airlifted to the detour challenge. Zev and Justin are the first team to take off, with Jen and Kisha close behind.
The squabbling Goths, as usual, intend to go through the entire leg with a good attitude. In fact, they even put on extra glitter to match the snow. The extra shine isn’t enough,...
- 5/3/2011
- by Grace Chu
- The Backlot
When Ron Hsu, 61, and his daughter Christina, 29, first competed on The Amazing Race, they came in second place despite major communication issues. While they didn't make it to the final Pit Stop on Unfinished Business, the father-daughter team approached their "second-in-a-lifetime opportunity" with an emphasis on the journey rather than the finish line. After their elimination on Sunday's episode, Ron and Christina spoke with People about the detour that did them in, enjoying the local cuisine, and what it was like for Ron to walk Christina down the aisle to her most important Pit Stop yet - the wedding altar!
- 4/14/2011
- by Patrick Gomez
- PEOPLE.com
Last week on The Amazing Race, Margie and Luke were eliminated and were forced to walk the trail of Luke’s copious tears into the sunset. Seven teams remain. Welcome back to Kolkata, a city of 15 million people and 15 million decibels, which left Zev semi-paralyzed in the bustling streets, covering his ears in pain. Meanwhile, Gary and Mallory, who won the last leg of the race, were treated to an authentic Indian meal, featuring the very authentic Indian tea brand Snapple.
Next, the teams were told to depart Kolkata for their next destination: Varanasi, a holy city on the banks of the Ganges. The Cowboys wandered up to a ticket counter and asked for the earliest flight to Varanasi; they ended up on a flight that landed an hour behind the six other pairs. “When I look into a man’s eyes as he’s telling me something, I believe him,...
Next, the teams were told to depart Kolkata for their next destination: Varanasi, a holy city on the banks of the Ganges. The Cowboys wandered up to a ticket counter and asked for the earliest flight to Varanasi; they ended up on a flight that landed an hour behind the six other pairs. “When I look into a man’s eyes as he’s telling me something, I believe him,...
- 4/12/2011
- by Grace Chu
- The Backlot
Ron and Christina had a great second go in The Amazing Race: Unfinished Business. Their relationship seemed to have improved, even just a little bit, and Ron got to eat a lot of snacks in different countries. Their team came up short in Varanasi, India, and BuddyTV got the scoop on racing again, who they want to win, and of course, the food.
What was it like returning to The Amazing Race with other teams who had competed before? Did you change your strategy going in this time around?...
What was it like returning to The Amazing Race with other teams who had competed before? Did you change your strategy going in this time around?...
- 4/12/2011
- by editor@buddytv.com
- buddytv.com
A spiritual quest for sadhus (or holy men) on The Amazing Race: Unfinished Business led Ron Hsu astray as he erroneously wandered the Ganges River waterfront for hours. "It took over an hour and a half to realize that mistake," he tells TVGuide.com. "I still felt we had a glimmer of hope because the cowboys were on a later flight. I thought, 'The cowboys could mess up like they did in Australia and other teams might mess up too.'" Alas, no one else made any mistakes, and Ron and daughter Christina got the boot. Find out how Ron got so lost, why they took the water taxi and why he was so hungry in China. Plus: Would Christina ever run the Race with her new husband and Season 12 alum Azaria Azene?
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- 4/11/2011
- by Joyce Eng
- TVGuide - Breaking News
I began the current season of The Amazing Race: Unfinished Business as a somewhat casual observer, not so invested in any one all-star team that I felt ready to declare my undying allegiance. But seven episodes in, I’m finding myself gripping the sides of my couch hoping that father-daughter duo Gary and Mallory aren’t the last ones to see Phil Keoghan’s sombre mug at the weekly Pit Stop.
Part of my allegiance has to do with Mallory’s unwavering enthusiasm and priceless facial expressions. During Sunday night’s “Feed the Fire” detour — in which teams had to create 50 manure discs,...
Part of my allegiance has to do with Mallory’s unwavering enthusiasm and priceless facial expressions. During Sunday night’s “Feed the Fire” detour — in which teams had to create 50 manure discs,...
- 4/11/2011
- by Michael Slezak
- TVLine.com
The Amazing Race: Unfinished Business returns from its one-week hiatus as the remaining seven teams depart Kolkata for the Indian city of Varanasi - a holy place situated on the banks of the River Ganges - where they have to locate a tonga stand containing their next clue. Fresh from their night of luxury thanks to a first-place pitstop finish, Gary & Mallory leave first, desperate to be the first parent/child team to win. The cowboys think they have worked out the kinks in their gameplan and are getting stronger, while Zev admits that he's ready to leave India because he doesn't like being surrounded by so many people. "Kolkata is called Kal-crowded," he tells Justin. Gary & Mallory, Ron & Christina, Zev & Justin, Kisha & Jen and the Globetrotters all secure a 10.45am Kingfisher flight at the airport ticket desk, while the Goths book the (more)...
- 4/11/2011
- by By Lara Martin
- Digital Spy
Something really smelled foul on this week’s episode of The Amazing Race: Unfinished Business and it wasn’t all of the buffalo manure that the teams encountered in the Detour. Kent hit some new lows this week and is officially the villain of the remaining six teams on the race.
When the teams returning to run The Amazing Race a second time were announced, Kent and Vyxsin’s inclusion was always a curious one. Because of their Goth lifestyle, they’re certainly intriguing, but they lack the endearing qualities that make Jet and Cord, Flight Time and Big Easy and Gary and Mallory such fan favorites. Heck, even Ron’s bumbling became lovable by the end of this episode.
But, Kent and Vyxsin were not alone as a curious inclusion. Kisha and Jen and Ron and Christina also fit the bill of teams whose inclusion didn’t seem warranted.
When the teams returning to run The Amazing Race a second time were announced, Kent and Vyxsin’s inclusion was always a curious one. Because of their Goth lifestyle, they’re certainly intriguing, but they lack the endearing qualities that make Jet and Cord, Flight Time and Big Easy and Gary and Mallory such fan favorites. Heck, even Ron’s bumbling became lovable by the end of this episode.
But, Kent and Vyxsin were not alone as a curious inclusion. Kisha and Jen and Ron and Christina also fit the bill of teams whose inclusion didn’t seem warranted.
- 4/11/2011
- by tiaradio@hotmail.com (Luke Dwyer)
- TVfanatic
After a week hiatus, "The Amazing Race" returned on April 10 with the contestants continuing their journey in India. They had to depart for the Tonga Stand in Varanasi as the first challenge. Jet and Cord arrived the last because they took a flight that arrived an hour after everyone else, but they managed to complete all the tasks before Ron and Christina.
For the Road Block, the teams had to find six men to collect a piece of paper from each to create the phrase "Once your over the hill you pick up speed." Ron and Christina were already left behind in this task because Ron spent too much time in the wrong area.
The clue sent the teams to Tulsi Ghat for a Detour where they had to choose between "feed the fire" or "feed the buffalo". For Feed the Fire, the teams had to make manure patties and slap them on a wall,...
For the Road Block, the teams had to find six men to collect a piece of paper from each to create the phrase "Once your over the hill you pick up speed." Ron and Christina were already left behind in this task because Ron spent too much time in the wrong area.
The clue sent the teams to Tulsi Ghat for a Detour where they had to choose between "feed the fire" or "feed the buffalo". For Feed the Fire, the teams had to make manure patties and slap them on a wall,...
- 4/11/2011
- by AceShowbiz.com
- Aceshowbiz
Here is Sean Furfaro's recap of The Amazing Race, Episode 7
The Amazing Race returned on Sunday night after a week away due to the Academy of Country Music Awards, which were held in Las Vegas last week. Ironically, I was in Las Vegas at the same time (not attending the awards), although I did Just miss Carrie Underwood at the Wynn on Sunday night. I appreciated the coincidence that the week that the show wasn’t on, was the one week that I was away on vacation, so the recap I wouldn’t have been able to write, didn’t have to be written.
One fun thing that did happen on this trip actually did involve The Amazing Race, however. Remember back in Season 15, when on the final leg of the Race, the teams were in Las Vegas and had to count two million dollars in poker chips? Well, that...
The Amazing Race returned on Sunday night after a week away due to the Academy of Country Music Awards, which were held in Las Vegas last week. Ironically, I was in Las Vegas at the same time (not attending the awards), although I did Just miss Carrie Underwood at the Wynn on Sunday night. I appreciated the coincidence that the week that the show wasn’t on, was the one week that I was away on vacation, so the recap I wouldn’t have been able to write, didn’t have to be written.
One fun thing that did happen on this trip actually did involve The Amazing Race, however. Remember back in Season 15, when on the final leg of the Race, the teams were in Las Vegas and had to count two million dollars in poker chips? Well, that...
- 4/11/2011
- by Sean
Last time on The Amazing Race, Margie and Luke suffered a pretty devastating defeat. Luke drank about a hundred gallons of tea before receiving their product placement clue, and couldn't make up the time from there. This week, they're still in India, and if anything, The Amazing Race always reaffirms that I don't think I would enjoy visiting India. Ron doesn't enjoy India, but Ron doesn't enjoy anything.
Gary and Mallory got to try the new Amazing Race Snapple flavors first for their win in the last leg, and they get to depart for the Tonga Stand in Varanasi first. Which is better? Kent and Vyxsin were eliminated the last time they were in India, so they're hoping to make it farther this time. I love when the teams tell the people at the airport or travel agency that they're in a race, as though racing around the world is...
Gary and Mallory got to try the new Amazing Race Snapple flavors first for their win in the last leg, and they get to depart for the Tonga Stand in Varanasi first. Which is better? Kent and Vyxsin were eliminated the last time they were in India, so they're hoping to make it farther this time. I love when the teams tell the people at the airport or travel agency that they're in a race, as though racing around the world is...
- 4/10/2011
- by editor@buddytv.com
- buddytv.com
The episode opened with the teams still in China and the next clue informed them they are staying there, much to the chagrin of several of the contestants. Their next challenge was to go to Jin Fu Yi Zhan Tea Shop to sip some tea. Cut to several less than fascinating scenes of the players lounging around sipping tea. The excitement was so palpable that I nodded off and woke up to the sight of the teams painting pink elephants that looked suspiciously like the Goths in Kolkata, India. Uh oh. Time to rewind the DVR.
Back to China, my friends! Little did the teams know that one of the teas in the “challenge,” the papaya-mango tea, would become the focal point in the next challenge and the bane of their existence. After the tea sipping sequence, the teams were told to fly to Kolkata, India, the city formerly known as Calcutta,...
Back to China, my friends! Little did the teams know that one of the teas in the “challenge,” the papaya-mango tea, would become the focal point in the next challenge and the bane of their existence. After the tea sipping sequence, the teams were told to fly to Kolkata, India, the city formerly known as Calcutta,...
- 3/29/2011
- by Grace Chu
- The Backlot
If you don’t like this season of The Amazing Race, we can’t be friends.
We’re just six episodes, only four official legs, in to the 18th season of The Amazing Race and I’m already satisfied. Every leg has been competitive. This leg was no exception. All of the teams are funny, interesting to watch and good competitors. I’m not even rooting for Ron and Christina’s demise anymore, as I once was.
As an avid watcher of reality shows I can say that an All-Star-esque season always seems to work. Survivor is three-for-three in different iterations of the idea (four-for-four if you want to count this season). The Amazing Race hit a home run with its first run at an All-Star season and this version has been better.
The reason it has been better is that the producers and leg designers (or whomever is in...
We’re just six episodes, only four official legs, in to the 18th season of The Amazing Race and I’m already satisfied. Every leg has been competitive. This leg was no exception. All of the teams are funny, interesting to watch and good competitors. I’m not even rooting for Ron and Christina’s demise anymore, as I once was.
As an avid watcher of reality shows I can say that an All-Star-esque season always seems to work. Survivor is three-for-three in different iterations of the idea (four-for-four if you want to count this season). The Amazing Race hit a home run with its first run at an All-Star season and this version has been better.
The reason it has been better is that the producers and leg designers (or whomever is in...
- 3/28/2011
- by tiaradio@hotmail.com (Luke Dwyer)
- TVfanatic
Call me a sentimental fool. Call me a mama’s boy. Call me somebody who takes my reality television a little too seriously. You’d be right on all counts. But call me the only person who got a little choked up at the end of Sunday night’s edition of The Amazing Race: Unfinished Business, and I’d call you crazy misinformed.
Things kicked off with one last task in Kunming, China, where contestants had to taste a mango-papaya tea before hopping on a plane and heading to Kolkata, India. Mallory hooted and danced after sipping her beverage, then...
Things kicked off with one last task in Kunming, China, where contestants had to taste a mango-papaya tea before hopping on a plane and heading to Kolkata, India. Mallory hooted and danced after sipping her beverage, then...
- 3/28/2011
- by Michael Slezak
- TVLine.com
Filed under: Recaps
['The Amazing Race: Unfinished Business' - 'I Feel Like a Monkey in a Circus Parade (Kolkata, India)']
Perhaps Ron and Christina felt comfortable in China, but no team ever feels familiar with the hustle and bustle of Kolkata, India. The entire city is always a sensory overload, as well as a population overload, when the teams from 'The Amazing Race' run through it.
The chaos of traffic and people make midtown Manhattan at rush hour look almost rural. If China was a culture shock for the teams, India was going to be a culture explosion. How did the teams fare? Read on.
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['The Amazing Race: Unfinished Business' - 'I Feel Like a Monkey in a Circus Parade (Kolkata, India)']
Perhaps Ron and Christina felt comfortable in China, but no team ever feels familiar with the hustle and bustle of Kolkata, India. The entire city is always a sensory overload, as well as a population overload, when the teams from 'The Amazing Race' run through it.
The chaos of traffic and people make midtown Manhattan at rush hour look almost rural. If China was a culture shock for the teams, India was going to be a culture explosion. How did the teams fare? Read on.
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- 3/28/2011
- by Jackie Schnoop
- Aol TV.
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Here is Sean Furfaro's recap of The Amazing Race - Episode 6.
The preview for this week’s episode of The Amazing Race teased a major meltdown by Luke at one of the tasks for this leg of the Race. Could I actually be that lucky? To have the ultimate Mama’s Boy eliminated on the same day as the North Carolina Tar Heels were bounced from the Ncaa Tournament? Let’s find out.
My Random Thoughts:
- In my first recap of the season, I said that I would be doing a season-long “Goth Count”, to see how often Kent and Vyxsin said the word “Goth.” Well, we’re six episodes into this season, and we still haven’t heard it yet, so I’m tossing it aside. Kent, I know you’re reading, and I tip my hat to you: your efforts to make...
Here is Sean Furfaro's recap of The Amazing Race - Episode 6.
The preview for this week’s episode of The Amazing Race teased a major meltdown by Luke at one of the tasks for this leg of the Race. Could I actually be that lucky? To have the ultimate Mama’s Boy eliminated on the same day as the North Carolina Tar Heels were bounced from the Ncaa Tournament? Let’s find out.
My Random Thoughts:
- In my first recap of the season, I said that I would be doing a season-long “Goth Count”, to see how often Kent and Vyxsin said the word “Goth.” Well, we’re six episodes into this season, and we still haven’t heard it yet, so I’m tossing it aside. Kent, I know you’re reading, and I tip my hat to you: your efforts to make...
- 3/28/2011
- by Sean
"The Amazing Race: Unfinished Business" sent home Margie and Luke on Sunday, March 27. The duo were the last to arrive at the pit stop in India after they got troubles finding the same tea they tasted earlier at Zhan Tea Shop in China.
After joining a traditional tea tasting, the teams headed off to Kolkata and got their next clue at Town Hall. Their first task was to identify the tea that they tasted earlier (the flavor of which is papaya and mango). Ron found the tea he wanted easily by sniffing them, moving on with Christina to the Tiwari Tea Stall to get the next clue.
In the meantime, Luke almost gave up the tea test after sipping some cups and still could not find the right one. Margie asked him to finish it, convincing him that he would regret it if he did not finish the task. After trying it again several times,...
After joining a traditional tea tasting, the teams headed off to Kolkata and got their next clue at Town Hall. Their first task was to identify the tea that they tasted earlier (the flavor of which is papaya and mango). Ron found the tea he wanted easily by sniffing them, moving on with Christina to the Tiwari Tea Stall to get the next clue.
In the meantime, Luke almost gave up the tea test after sipping some cups and still could not find the right one. Margie asked him to finish it, convincing him that he would regret it if he did not finish the task. After trying it again several times,...
- 3/28/2011
- by AceShowbiz.com
- Aceshowbiz
Unlike the globe that it’s trotting, the current season of The Amazing Race: Unfinished Business has been disappointingly flat over the course of its initial five episodes. Sure, Mallory’s scream-and-grunt approach to the game never ceases to make me chuckle, and I’ll also admit I’m glad that the cowboys righted their ship and would up checking in first to this week’s pit stop. But for some reason, Tar‘s typical clutch-the-couch-cushion thrill has been muted for me during this all-star edition.
On Sunday night’s episode, I had a hard time getting past the fact...
On Sunday night’s episode, I had a hard time getting past the fact...
- 3/21/2011
- by Michael Slezak
- TVLine.com
Chubbs: It’s all in the hips. It’s all in the hips. It’s all in the hips. It’s all in the hips.
Happy Gilmore: Get off me!
One of the best quotes from one of the best movies, Happy Gilmore, is a perfect summation of what was biggest factor in the finish of this week’s episode of The Amazing Race: Unfinished Business. Christina noted it herself as well, indicating that the racers, who got the hips correct the first time, finished the task first. Those who didn’t, such as herself, came dangerously close to elimination.
Now in the 18th season of The Amazing Race, I continued to be shocked by team’s complete lack of attention to detail. To that end, give credit to Jet who was calm throughout the Roadblock and took the time to check the picture multiple times to make sure...
Happy Gilmore: Get off me!
One of the best quotes from one of the best movies, Happy Gilmore, is a perfect summation of what was biggest factor in the finish of this week’s episode of The Amazing Race: Unfinished Business. Christina noted it herself as well, indicating that the racers, who got the hips correct the first time, finished the task first. Those who didn’t, such as herself, came dangerously close to elimination.
Now in the 18th season of The Amazing Race, I continued to be shocked by team’s complete lack of attention to detail. To that end, give credit to Jet who was calm throughout the Roadblock and took the time to check the picture multiple times to make sure...
- 3/21/2011
- by tiaradio@hotmail.com (Luke Dwyer)
- TVfanatic
Here is Sean Furfaro's recap of The Amazing Race, Episode 5
Last week’s episode of The Amazing Race ended with seven teams continuing on in the Race after the Pit Stop, Zev and Justin still working on the final task, while Kent and Vyxsin tried to convince a speeding bus to turn around so they could look for their fannypack, which they left behind.
A lot of people have commented that they don’t like the “double legs” that we’ve been seeing so far this season. I actually like them, and think it’s a nice change to see the teams have to keep going without being able to rest. These teams have all done the Race before, and I’m all for making it as hard as possible for them this time around. However, if we end up seeing a double leg turn into a Non-Elimination leg, that will piss me off.
Last week’s episode of The Amazing Race ended with seven teams continuing on in the Race after the Pit Stop, Zev and Justin still working on the final task, while Kent and Vyxsin tried to convince a speeding bus to turn around so they could look for their fannypack, which they left behind.
A lot of people have commented that they don’t like the “double legs” that we’ve been seeing so far this season. I actually like them, and think it’s a nice change to see the teams have to keep going without being able to rest. These teams have all done the Race before, and I’m all for making it as hard as possible for them this time around. However, if we end up seeing a double leg turn into a Non-Elimination leg, that will piss me off.
- 3/21/2011
- by Sean
I pity the poor editor in charge of trying to inject a little suspense into Sunday night’s installment of The Amazing Race: Unfinished Business. I mean, with Goth/Sims people Kent and Vyxsin misreading their compass, driving wildly off course, and missing a mandatory flight from Japan to China, they were at a five-and-a-half-hour deficit before a single task had been completed. “It really is a million-dollar question,” said Zev, wondering where his competitors had gone. “Either they’re on a kabuki show or super, super lost.” Kent and Vyxsin eventually made up a ton of ground — I’m...
- 3/14/2011
- by Michael Slezak
- TVLine.com
Now this is what I’m talking about.
In the 18th edition of The Amazing Race we’re finally being treated to a race that has been difficult throughout and seems to be getting harder. Historically, the whole of the race has always been challenging, but occasionally had some legs that the best teams would just breeze through. Not this season. Not for The Amazing Race: Unfinished Business.
At first glance, this week’s leg wasn’t all that difficult. The travel between Tokyo and Lijiang, China was interesting, but mostly because Vyxsin had her first of many emotional break downs to come. The Roadblock was difficult solely for Zev and Vyxsin with the latter once again breaking down. The Detour didn’t seem to be hard for anyone, particularly if they chose the candy option.
But, that’s the best part of this episode: the leg’s not over!
In the 18th edition of The Amazing Race we’re finally being treated to a race that has been difficult throughout and seems to be getting harder. Historically, the whole of the race has always been challenging, but occasionally had some legs that the best teams would just breeze through. Not this season. Not for The Amazing Race: Unfinished Business.
At first glance, this week’s leg wasn’t all that difficult. The travel between Tokyo and Lijiang, China was interesting, but mostly because Vyxsin had her first of many emotional break downs to come. The Roadblock was difficult solely for Zev and Vyxsin with the latter once again breaking down. The Detour didn’t seem to be hard for anyone, particularly if they chose the candy option.
But, that’s the best part of this episode: the leg’s not over!
- 3/14/2011
- by tiaradio@hotmail.com (Luke Dwyer)
- TVfanatic
Last week, Mel and Mike were eliminated in Tokyo. This week, teams will travel to Jade Dragon Mountain (that's a real place!) in China. Ze and Justin leave first, followed by Gary and Mallory and Ron and Christina. Ron and Christina speak Chinese, and have already been to Lijiang, China.
Kent and Vyxsin want to have a Pma (Positive Mental Attitude) but have trouble finding, then unlocking their car. Their Pma is destroyed before they even reach the airport. Jaime and Cara do not remember China fondly, and Margie and Luke remember their troubles with Kisha and Jen. All the teams show up at Narita Airport, except for Kent and Vyxsin. Vyxsin has basically lost her mind. It's trouble in Italy all over again. But according to Kent, The Amazing Race is also about miracles.
Kent and Vyxsin want to have a Pma (Positive Mental Attitude) but have trouble finding, then unlocking their car. Their Pma is destroyed before they even reach the airport. Jaime and Cara do not remember China fondly, and Margie and Luke remember their troubles with Kisha and Jen. All the teams show up at Narita Airport, except for Kent and Vyxsin. Vyxsin has basically lost her mind. It's trouble in Italy all over again. But according to Kent, The Amazing Race is also about miracles.
- 3/13/2011
- by editor@buddytv.com
- buddytv.com
This week's episode of The Amazing Race began as the teams disembarked from a train to Sydney to take a flight to Tokyo. There were two choices: take a direct flight to Tokyo arriving at 6:15 or take a flight with a connection in Hong Kong arriving 15 minutes earlier. Although the connecting flight was riskier, five teams (including Mel and Mike) decided to take the flight through Hong Kong. Realizing that they comprised one of the least athletic teams in the race, Mel and Mike decided to take the risk of the connecting flight to shave 15 minutes off. After all: No risk, no reward.
But then sometimes you take a risk, and you still get bupkis. The connecting flight had engine problems and was delayed 90 minutes in Hong Kong. Said Mike, “It was a dog fight for last.”
The teams picked up miniature Japanese cars, which the Globetrotters could barely fit into,...
But then sometimes you take a risk, and you still get bupkis. The connecting flight had engine problems and was delayed 90 minutes in Hong Kong. Said Mike, “It was a dog fight for last.”
The teams picked up miniature Japanese cars, which the Globetrotters could barely fit into,...
- 3/8/2011
- by Grace Chu
- The Backlot
My dad will never give up and that’s why sometimes you have to give up for him.
Boooo, Mike, boooo!
Ok, I get it. Mel is 70 years old and probably should not be wallowing around in the mud in 30 degree weather for hours on end wearing a diaper. Mike quitting for his father this week was a totally different scenario. One I can not approve of.
Had Mel been the one to give up because of his age, everyone would have understood. It certainly was crazy for a 70 year old man to be rummaging around in mud at night. But, he didn’t! Mike gave up first and then pressured his father in to quitting when he didn’t want to. Mel even had a great quote about it:
Better to die here with you than home in bed.
Amen, Mel, we love that spirit. Sadly, your son, 30 years your junior,...
Boooo, Mike, boooo!
Ok, I get it. Mel is 70 years old and probably should not be wallowing around in the mud in 30 degree weather for hours on end wearing a diaper. Mike quitting for his father this week was a totally different scenario. One I can not approve of.
Had Mel been the one to give up because of his age, everyone would have understood. It certainly was crazy for a 70 year old man to be rummaging around in mud at night. But, he didn’t! Mike gave up first and then pressured his father in to quitting when he didn’t want to. Mel even had a great quote about it:
Better to die here with you than home in bed.
Amen, Mel, we love that spirit. Sadly, your son, 30 years your junior,...
- 3/7/2011
- by tiaradio@hotmail.com (Luke Dwyer)
- TVfanatic
After two pretty solid episodes to open the season, The Amazing Race amped things up during Sunday night’s episode, an hour that featured time penalties, flight delays, and a medical emergency that knocked a team out earlier than their time to go.
One of the main things I noticed about the show was that people’s roles are getting more defined as we go along. I came into this season only being familiar with a few teams, so the first couple of episodes did nothing to really give me teams to root for and teams to root against. But man did that ever change after tonight. First off, how awful are the Globetrotters? I mean, seriously. It’s not enough that they didn’t have a map during the Bottom Feeder Caravan, choosing again to piggyback off the work of other people, but they disingenuously “paid back” Zev & Justin...
One of the main things I noticed about the show was that people’s roles are getting more defined as we go along. I came into this season only being familiar with a few teams, so the first couple of episodes did nothing to really give me teams to root for and teams to root against. But man did that ever change after tonight. First off, how awful are the Globetrotters? I mean, seriously. It’s not enough that they didn’t have a map during the Bottom Feeder Caravan, choosing again to piggyback off the work of other people, but they disingenuously “paid back” Zev & Justin...
- 3/7/2011
- by Shilo Adams
- TVovermind.com
Here is Sean Furfaro 's recap of The Amazing Race, Episode 3.
In last week’s Amazing Race recap, I commented on the ridiculous kangaroo outfits the teams had to wear, and said “I'm sure that Kisha & Jen, Luke & Margie, and Jaime & Cara all had no problem with them, because at least they weren't running around St. Petersburg in their underwear in the winter like last time.”
Remember when Tar went through that phase, where seemingly every other challenge had teams stripping down to their skivvies for Detours and Roadblocks? From winter jogging, to playing giant golf in the wind, to the incredibly awkward “SaunaBuss” (remember That one?), to the Estonian mud volleyball…it seemed like Bertram van Munster just wanted the teams stripping down all season long?
On a side note, that mud volleyball challenge in Estonia will forever remain one of my favourites of all time. Remember how Sam...
In last week’s Amazing Race recap, I commented on the ridiculous kangaroo outfits the teams had to wear, and said “I'm sure that Kisha & Jen, Luke & Margie, and Jaime & Cara all had no problem with them, because at least they weren't running around St. Petersburg in their underwear in the winter like last time.”
Remember when Tar went through that phase, where seemingly every other challenge had teams stripping down to their skivvies for Detours and Roadblocks? From winter jogging, to playing giant golf in the wind, to the incredibly awkward “SaunaBuss” (remember That one?), to the Estonian mud volleyball…it seemed like Bertram van Munster just wanted the teams stripping down all season long?
On a side note, that mud volleyball challenge in Estonia will forever remain one of my favourites of all time. Remember how Sam...
- 3/7/2011
- by Sean
The episode started off with the Cowboys still struggling with the word puzzle. While everyone had sailed off after reciting the pass phrase, "I am between the devil and the deep blue sea," Jet and Cord were still between furrowed brows and frustrated drawls of "Son of a buck!"
All of the other teams had sailed through the bay and had already received the next clue, which instructed them to head back to Sydney and look for "To Sail To Stop," a sculpture of an anchor next to Sydney's Town Hall. The first six teams to find it would be placed on an earlier charter flight to a small mining town a few hundred miles from Sydney. The remaining teams would be placed on a later flight.
Some of the teams climbed into cabs back to Sydney to look for "To Sail to Stop." Kisha and Jen's cabbie drove...
All of the other teams had sailed through the bay and had already received the next clue, which instructed them to head back to Sydney and look for "To Sail To Stop," a sculpture of an anchor next to Sydney's Town Hall. The first six teams to find it would be placed on an earlier charter flight to a small mining town a few hundred miles from Sydney. The remaining teams would be placed on a later flight.
Some of the teams climbed into cabs back to Sydney to look for "To Sail to Stop." Kisha and Jen's cabbie drove...
- 3/1/2011
- by Grace Chu
- The Backlot
It can’t be easy being the first evictee from a reality show, but to have to do it while wearing giant kangaroo costumes seems like a double indignity. Alas, last night’s installment of The Amazing Race: Unfinished Business gave us this exact scenario, when a pair of exhausted marsupials hopped up to the finish line only to get the ultimate bad news from a somber Phil Keoghan.
Things started off right where we left off last week: With 10 teams hitting the first pit stop and discovering that there’d be no rest, the race continued onward with a four-word clue,...
Things started off right where we left off last week: With 10 teams hitting the first pit stop and discovering that there’d be no rest, the race continued onward with a four-word clue,...
- 2/28/2011
- by Michael Slezak
- TVLine.com
What do you get when you combine kangaroo outfits, moon shoes, paint spitting, green bunnies, fancy dancing, steakhouses, cranky dads, injured dads, magpies, ground mosaics, and an awful sense of direction?
Why, you have a pretty solid second episode of The Amazing Race: Unfinished Business. Duh.
Tonight was the second half of the first leg of the race and it was surprisingly entertaining. Any two part episode, whether it be reality or drama, tends to have parts that drag and while this wasn't the most exciting episode in the history of the show, I was into it from start to finish.
The main thing to take from "I Never Looked So Foolish In My Entire Life" is that the race can change over the most minute thing (sort of the theme for this season, really); in this case, it was finding an anchor beside town hall in Sydney with the...
Why, you have a pretty solid second episode of The Amazing Race: Unfinished Business. Duh.
Tonight was the second half of the first leg of the race and it was surprisingly entertaining. Any two part episode, whether it be reality or drama, tends to have parts that drag and while this wasn't the most exciting episode in the history of the show, I was into it from start to finish.
The main thing to take from "I Never Looked So Foolish In My Entire Life" is that the race can change over the most minute thing (sort of the theme for this season, really); in this case, it was finding an anchor beside town hall in Sydney with the...
- 2/28/2011
- by Shilo Adams
- TVovermind.com
Ok, everyone, we can all take a big sigh of relief; Jet and Cord survived the first leg. Everyone ready? One, two, three…
Ahhhhh!
Heading in to this week’s episode of The Amazing Race: Unfinished Business, the finale of a very long first leg, Jet and Cord were waaaaaay behind 10th place Kent and Vxysin. The dating Goths themselves were told by Phil that they were waaaaay behind ninth place Mike and Mike. Safe to say, things did not look good for everyone’s favorite cowboys advancing to the second leg.
Despite the huge deficit, we received great news that after meeting Phil at the faux Pit Stop, the teams had to race to become one of six teams on the first flight or five teams on the second flight which departed 30 minutes later. Hurray! There’s no way Jet and Cord can’t catch up to at least four teams,...
Ahhhhh!
Heading in to this week’s episode of The Amazing Race: Unfinished Business, the finale of a very long first leg, Jet and Cord were waaaaaay behind 10th place Kent and Vxysin. The dating Goths themselves were told by Phil that they were waaaaay behind ninth place Mike and Mike. Safe to say, things did not look good for everyone’s favorite cowboys advancing to the second leg.
Despite the huge deficit, we received great news that after meeting Phil at the faux Pit Stop, the teams had to race to become one of six teams on the first flight or five teams on the second flight which departed 30 minutes later. Hurray! There’s no way Jet and Cord can’t catch up to at least four teams,...
- 2/28/2011
- by tiaradio@hotmail.com (Luke Dwyer)
- TVfanatic
Here is Sean Furfaro's recap of The Amazing Race, Episode 2.
Last week’ s season premiere of The Amazing Race ended with the teams still racing, and no one being eliminated at the Pit Stop mat with Outback Phil. This week, all 11 teams continued on their trek through Australia. Would the Cow-bros be able to overcome the huge gap that was created last week? Who is on the verge of passing out? And why are the teams dressed like Kangaroos?
My Random Thoughts:
- First of all, I need to point out that I have an issue with this season being called "Unfinished Business." Yes, I understand that all of the teams are back for a second shot at the million dollars, but only one of these 11 teams are going to "finish" their "business" by winning the race. Know what I mean?
- I fully expected that at some point in the race,...
Last week’ s season premiere of The Amazing Race ended with the teams still racing, and no one being eliminated at the Pit Stop mat with Outback Phil. This week, all 11 teams continued on their trek through Australia. Would the Cow-bros be able to overcome the huge gap that was created last week? Who is on the verge of passing out? And why are the teams dressed like Kangaroos?
My Random Thoughts:
- First of all, I need to point out that I have an issue with this season being called "Unfinished Business." Yes, I understand that all of the teams are back for a second shot at the million dollars, but only one of these 11 teams are going to "finish" their "business" by winning the race. Know what I mean?
- I fully expected that at some point in the race,...
- 2/28/2011
- by Sean
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