The Amazing Race

She Said:

I have watched 3 non-consecutive seasons of The Amazing Race. Every year at the Emmy's I am not shocked that The Amazing Race wins best competitive reality show EACH YEAR. This show is awesome. It's a great game--a competition around the world. As VIEWERS, we learn about cultures, we learn about relationships between the teammates, we might even learn about ourselves and how we communicate with others or how our behaviors may be viewed or judged by others. This show is ultimate entertainment. "I can do that" is OFTEN spouted from viewers of The Race. These stunts, (Road Blocks, Detours) are tasks that are common in this part of the world and the teams need to complete them. They also need to use the modes of travel that the residents of these countries use. Not to mention NO GPS system and Language barriers!!

This show , to me, is the ultimate test of compatibility, endurance and mental & physical strength. Also, there are 11 teams. That is 22 contestants that we get to know and learn and watch them at their truest most completive selves. It's just the best! The last time I watched this show was when the hippies won. I was rooting for the hippies from day ONE. Without them, I may have lost hope as the AMAZING RACE FAMILY, the previous season, was a great CONCEPT, but honestly was not as exciting or competitive as any other seasons.

With the GOTHS, SIBLINGS, BLONDES, and really badly paired couples who REALLY need to break up, this season looks good so far!!! Not to mention the over-bearing father/daughter team or the grandpa/teenager teams. I'm going to have to go with the Brother/Sister team of Azaria and Hendekea. They are intelligent, competitive, and most importantly--focused and not catty.

I'm so excited for next Sunday to relax and spend the last bit of my weekend with Phil Keogan around the world! :)



He Said:

I have also watched the Amazing Race for 3 non-consecutive seasons. This is a fun show to watch because we all THINK we can easily beat the other teams. I remember back in college my buddy and I would often say that we would dominate the field. We were going to make a tape and send it in but we were held back because I was not yet 21. Why did we think we could win? Well...we were both ultra-competitive, intelligent and knew we could push ourselves mentally and physically. My buddy was great with directions(my downfall) and I am a quick learner who would be able to adapt to the different cultures and be able to set up a strategy for us. Anyway, by the time I was 21 it was senior year and we were getting ready for graduation so that dream kind of fell apart. Who knows maybe I will try to get on in the future...

The RACE is usually filled with a very diverse group of contestants and ALWAYS brings out the worst in people. Probably because of the limits they push(mentally and physically). There really aren't too many people who have those two attributes perfectly balanced. This season I too saw something in the brother-sister team that made them obvious favorites. For some reason I root more for others to fail than for people to win. I think it's just the part of me that feels I could win with my team if I got on. This season has been pretty entertaining so far so keep watching and rooting for your team to win or fail!