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Amazing Race 12 TK
& RACHEL WIN 
The
producers of the Emmy winning reality TV series, The Amazing Race, began
the 12th season early. The premiere, originally set for January was moved up
to the delight of fans. Hosted
again by Phil
Keoghan, The Amazing Race kicked off with a Season
Premiere on Sunday, November 4 at 8 PM (ET/PT)... What
that will do to your holiday party schedule is unfair, so set your DVR to catch
the action. That way you can still get to enjoy a bit of non-TV reality time with
family and friends. Just watch the teams battle to get to the finish first when
you get back home. Hopefully the producers will figure out a way to fit TAR
in on time after football and 60 Minutes so everyone can see who came in first!
Try setting the recording to include Cold Case as well so you won't get the end
cut out. CBS
released a press release dealing with the delayed start time problem, "This
Fall, when an NFL game runs beyond 7PM, ET, thus causing a delay on the Network,
viewers who subscribe to CBS' new viewer-centric marketing initiative, "CBS
Eye-Lert," will receive updates via email and text messages if the start
time of their program will be delayed. For more information visit link: http://www.cbs.com/eye-lerts/
." It
isn't the perfect answer, but airing after a football game means waiting for the
final score before moving to the next program. In
the 2007 season
all star race, we got to see the best teams, the All Stars, from past seasons.
This time there are all new teams. There is a very heavy California presence.
All but four teams are from in or around LA. The group as a whole is younger than
in other seasons even though the average age is a bit older. The
mix started with a 23 year old pilot and his 68 year old retired grandfather;
a 26 year old policy analyst and her 58 year old VP dad; a married couple, Kate
49 and Pat 65 - both ladies have grown kids from previous relationships and are
Episcopal ministers; a brother and sister team; two very pretty sisters from Miami
in their mid-twenties; a pair of dating Goths from Louisville, KY; and plenty
of other young dating couples and friends. It will be interesting to see how the
stress of the race works in this mixed company. The
destinations this season included Ireland;
Netherlands;
Bukini Faso, Africa; Italy;
Lithuania; Croatia; India; Japan;
Taiwan and Alaska. The teams will log in over 50,000 miles, with challenges and
disappointments mixed in with The Amazing Race tourist destinations. Non-elimination
rounds that gave some teams a break in past seasons have been dropped, so there
will be a team cut every week. From
Taiwan to Alaska, the final three teams headed out on the last leg of the race.
Mistake number one - Nike & Don leave their gear behind and have to retrace
their steps to pick it up before they can start the first challenge. Ron &
Christina get through the first messy chore with plenty of time to spare. Rachel
& TK, in good spirits are convinced that they'll pick up time during the challenges...
Nike & Donald make up the time they wasted getting the gear back and are still
in the race. Next...
ice climbing up the face of a glacier gives Chris a hard time. They almost lose
their lead as she flounders on the ice, but they pull through and get the first
helicopter to the Roadblock. Everyone comes together at the Roadblock and the
puzzle stumps them all... Rachel gets the right combination followed by Chris...
and then there was a traffic jam. Both teams pull up and run to the finish - greeted
by a cheering group of all TAR contestants who've been eliminated... TK
& RACHEL WIN!!! This
is one season that kept the scenic nonstop action in high gear and the three finalist
teams are definitely not the ones that were expected when the race began. Next
week we get to see which team is the winner of TAR & the million dollars ...
Amazing
Race 12 Teams:
Nicolas
& Donald - Grandson/Grandfather - Chicago, IL & Elkhorn, WI Rachel
& TK - Dating for almost one year - Huntington Beach, CA Ronald
& Christina - Father/Daughter - Tacoma, WA & Washington, DC Eliminated:
Ari
& Staella - Best Friends - Long Beach,
CA & Fountain Valley, CA
Kate
& Pat - Married Ministers - Thousand
Oaks, CA
Marianna
& Julia - Sisters - Miami, FL
Lorena
& Jason - Dating - Sherman
Oaks, CA
Kynt
& Vyxsin - Dating Goths - Louisville,
KY
Shana
& Jennifer - Friends - Los Angeles, CA
Azaria
& Hendekea - Brother/Sister
- New Orleans, LA & Torrance, CA
Jennifer
& Nathan - Dating - Huntington Beach
& Fountain Valley, CA
Stay
tuned...
The
Amazing Race 12 - Official CBS site featuring team information, episode
recaps, newsletter, video clips, pictures.
The
Amazing Race Spoilers - If you want to see where they go before the shows
air, check out this dedicated fan forum. Amazing
Race Season 11 - All Stars - Catch up on last season with featured video
interviews, contestant bio's and Phil Keoghan's personal photos from the road...
Reality
TV- Amazing Race - Active fan message board with a spoiler and non spoiler
section. Amazing
Race - Fans of Reality TV - Popular fan forum with highlights, opinions
and of course spoilers. Independant
Traveler - Check out this site dedicated to last seasons destinations
and contestants in words & pictures.
The
deadline for applications for this season was in January 2007, so get ready for
another globe trotting, challenge filled season and check out the link on the
CBS Amazing Race site for new applications if you think you can compete in a televised,
fast paced, global, run for the money adventure... also
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