Amazing Race started with 11 teams from Gloucester, Massachusetts which is the oldest seaport in America. Their first pit stop is in London where the first team to arrive will be given the Express Pass by Phil Keoghan. The Express Pass is a new element in the game. What is the purpose of the pass? It allows the team that has it to skip a task by handing over the pass before or during the next task to receive the next clue. Per Phil, it could mean staying in the game or going home!!
The first flight out of Logan airport had room only for 3 teams, and was scheduled to land 30 minutes earlier than the second flight. Best friends, Ron Kellum, 45, Director/ Choreographer from Los Angeles and Tony Stovall, 42, from Tucson, Arizona a Doctoral student at the University of Arizona led the way ripping open their clue instructing them to fly to London, England, then drive to Stonehenge. The duo were closely followed by newly dating, Fort Lauderdale, Floridians Chad Waltrip, 26, operations manager and Stephanie Smith,23, hairstylist.
In London, dating partners from Marina del Ray, California Jill Haney, 27, hairstylist and Thomas Wolfard, 30, took the lead out of Heathrow airport followed by Ron and Tony! Each team had to drive a car to Eastnor Castle. This is where it becomes interesting. Do you know how to drive a stickshift car??? No. Well, some of these folks have but they are kind of rusty with the clutch! Nevertheless, here they were in London, Georgians Andie Dekroon,43, stay at home mom with newly found daughter Jenna Sykes, 21, student at the University of Georgia in the middle of the street with their car on a complete stop!!! Cars were honking around them! It is a good thing they did not get in an accident!! A word of advice: Learn how to drive a stick shift before going to another part of the world!
The task was to find Eastnor Castle and climb the castle to retrieve the medieval flag. The castle was guarded by peasants who doused them with dirty water to impede their climb! Once they retrieve the flag, they had to ride an ancient saucer boat to cross the moat to a knight in shining armor!! This is were it became soooo funny!!!! The boat was small and it needs balancing by the two people on it!! Some people took a long time to get the technic and they ended up capsizing the boat!!!! It was soooo hilarious!!! Ha! Ha! Ha! We were really laughing!!!! And some people are big than others, so go figure who succeeded without any problems!!!! Shame on you!!!! Laughing at them for not getting it with the second, third or fourth tries!! Come to think of it, that is really funny! See what I mean!!! The one team that really had a big problem big time was the father son team, Michael Wu, 58, Software Consultant and Content Creator and Kevin Wu, 20, student/ Internet Entertainer from Sugar Land, Texas. They finally were able to balance themselves and cross the moat with the small tortoise shell boat after at least a hundred tries ( I do not know how many tries they had!)! Wonders never cease!!!! Alleluia!!!!!
Once they cross the moat, the team had to use a medieval weapon known as a ballista where one of the teammate had to fire watermelon at a knight standing 50 feet away. Once the armored knight gets knocked down, the team can get the next clue from the jester. This is where the mishap occurred!! Home shopping hosts ClaireChamplin, 30, from Reno, Nevada and Brook Roberts, 27, from San Diego, California were set up to launch the watermelon on the giant slingshot. Claire was on deck with Brook watching when BAM! the watermelon came back to Claire and hit her straight on her face! Ouch!!!! That was totally unexpected and it must have hurt her!!! So did she quit? No, she was told that the task had to be finished!!!! Oh, oh, how about her hurt face??? Oh, well, that is a show and it must go on!!!! What???? I could not believe it!!! What a brave soul!!! Can you believe that in spite of calamity, the partners finished in 4th place!!! Good for you guys!!!!
Jill and Thomas finished first and was rewarded with the Express Pass. Ron and Tony who were the first ones to board the plane to London arrived last in the pit stop and thus was eliminated!!! What happened??? Who knows and who cares????
Well, folks, did we get psyche out to follow the Amazing Race??? Did we get a burst of adrenaline with the tasks like the contestants??? You bet!!! This is one reality show that really have a lot of action, and the team that will remain standing is because of their own stamina and endurance.... no voting from the outside world and their peers!!!!
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