Tuesday, May 08, 2007

The Amazing Race - All Stars

Eric & Danielle won, beating out the two teams vying to be the first all-female team to win the million dollar prize.

This was a good season, except for the fact that one of the teams was the reviled Rob & Amber, who fortunately got eliminated, suddenly, halfway through. The show got exponentially better after they left. The hate they generated was sucking out all the fun from the show. They're just so sneaky, rude, obnoxious, vile and arrogant, you can't but wish them to get the boot.

Eric & Danielle weren't my favorite team, that honor goes to Joyce & Uchenna and Oswald & Danny. The former, however, already won the race once, and the latter were gay, so I would have loved for them to win. Unfortunately, they got eliminated at the end of the second to last leg of the race, which, incidentally, was the blandest and dumbest of them all, relegating the teams to a small island, with tasks that wouldn't let them get spaced out in time or space, and forced to be driven around by the military personnel from the island. Ridiculous and totally lacking any drama.

Of the final three teams, Eric & Danielle were my second choice for winning, after Charla & Mirna, who, given their physical limitations, overcame many odds to get where they got. You go Charla!! Too bad they didn't win.

As for Dustin & Candice, I was really hoping they wouldn't win. They weren't as obnoxious as the first time they raced, but their cockiness, arrogance, and willingness to play dirty just rubbed me the wrong way. It's always nicer to see a team win who didn't screw anyone over and just carried itself with dignity.

The season as a whole was good, and I'm looking forward to the next one. I'm posting a picture of the winning team because any excuse is valid to post a picture of Eric, possibly the sexiest contestant ever!!

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