Wow. It's the 30th season of this show? It's hard to believe, isn't it? It looks like we have a very strong cast this season -- almost all of the teams seem to be very competitive. I guess we'll see what happens!
Will there be a blog pool this season? Why, yes! I'm glad you asked! SueGee has offered to run it. We're going to skip the first team out. After all, we hardly get to know them. I will be posting a separate blog pool sign up post later tonight after the show airs here. Please do not ask to join here on this blog party post! Your request might be missed! Watch for the actual blog pool sign up post.
As the show airs here on the East Coast, I'll be live-blogging the events to the best of my ability. It's often rough at the beginning as I'm try to get used to the new teams. So, bear with me.
Amazing Race fans ready? Let's GO!
Phil promises us the most competitive teams ever as the teams head to the starting point at Washington Square Park in NYC. (Had I known, I would have headed there for photos!) We're getting team intros now.
They have to all go in the fountain to get the clue to where they're going. It's Iceland!
It's gorgeous in Iceland. The teams have to pick up an Icelandic flag from a zip line. So far, all the teams seem to be likable. That, of course, may change. Some of the teams are having problems finding where they need to go.
Uh-oh, the Goat Yoga Girls are bickering a bit. More than a bit. Not good, even if they are lost. Other teams had problems finding the zip line place, but no quarreling!
Roadblock! The teams have to traverse in a dune buggy looking for letters and the correct order to spell the location of their next clue.
Whoa! Cody and Jess are now in the lead! The Yale Debaters are in second place.
At the location, Jody are serenaded and asked questions to which they must find an answer. They each have to drink a shot of "The Black Death" -- a potent drink indeed.
Jess and Cody are now headed to the Pit Stop. The Skiing Women are right on their tails. Now Jess and Cody are lost. Cody won't stop to ask for directions. The Ski Women asked before they headed out.
Hmm.
Pit Stop:
1. The Ski Women -- won a trip to Greece.
2. Cody and Jessica
3. Yalies
4. Trevor and Chris (Daytona Dudes)
Uh-oh. The Goat Yoga Girls were inadvertently assisted by the NBA Guys at the Roadblock. Now the NBA Guys are in last place.
5. Joey Chestnut and partner
6. Who are they???
7. ?
8. NBA but not allowed to help -- one called out to the other. Penalty.
8. Twins
9. NBA
10. Goat Yoga Girls
11. Ring Girls
It all came down to the last few seconds as the NBA waited out their penalty and both women teams raced in. The Ring Girls have been Philiminated.
80 comments:
Hi folks!
So excited to see Jody!!!! Go!
And Joey Chestnut!!
Hi to Jackie & Vincent and all that enter!
Let's get this race on the road!! It has been way too long since the last one..
I've watched the CBS intro to the teams and will reserve comments until I have seen them all in action.
Squeegee
YES! It's finally here! Me, too, Joe! Thank you, Jackie, appreciate you letting us come here. And, of course, I forgot to get in to the pool. Oh well, now I can root for Jody. LOL
I'm guessing Joey Chestnut would be my local team since he is from San Jose..
Look at all those people! Wow.
Oddly, I think Cody was more right than wrong in the house. He just didn't know how to act on that!
SO HAPPY THEY ARE (WERE) STILL TOGETHER!!!
Holy cow! The hot dog eating champion!
Everyone did something amazing...er...except Jody! LOL.
Well, if they have any sort of eating challenge we know who will win that
The pool won't be opening for joining until after tonight's show. Look for the sign up post late this evening! We skip the first team out.
Wow, that is VERY impressive! Team Yale
Hello everyone =)
Race, Race,... The amazing RACE is finally here. Let's gooooooooo.
Penny, the blog pool post will be posted later, according to the intro Blog post. You have not missed your chance to Lose yet. lol
Good, I didn't miss the pool. LOL
I love string quartets.
I'm going to run a HEATED pool LOL
Team Ocean Rescue must rescue sea creatures. I like that.
I would hate those dangling challenges. EEK!
Hi everyone and Happy New Year. Going to be an interesting Race even though I could do without Cody and Jessica. Everyone seems very ready to race.
OMG, the yoga girls are so NOT zen. Fighting on the 1st day!
The first leg really should be non-elimination. Would give us more time to get to know the teams before we lost one.
Dang, arguing already. Not good.
How did those two girls get paired up? They don't seem to like each other at all... ????
Forgot to say hi to everyone who came in after me. HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE!!!
Joe, they'll probably be the first to be eliminated. Wow. No zen lost there. LOL
Ocean Rescue could refer to human rescue not animals. Did they say?
OMGosh! That was SO random! How'd he do that????
Jessica totally misidentified Cody. LOL
How could that challenge be so easy? Find someone on the street and just ask them.
You could be right, Joe.
If Jody win the first leg, we may not see the Jody haters all season. LOL
OMG! Cod Liver Oil is horrible! Yuk!
No, Joe you will still see us, because we love the Amazing Race :)
Yes, the ocean rescue people rescue people.
Sigh. Let's not even go there with the Jess/Cody friction. I had enough of that last summer.
Well, Joe, Team Ocean Rescue are lifeguards. So it is people. LOL.
LOL, Jackie. Amazing race is totally different environment. It's like Caleb on Survivor. He was hard to take on BB but was actually funny on Survivor.
These women are tough.
Iceland is very pretty, one of those places I would love to visit some day.
Hi all! Peeking in....
The letters have numbers on them????
I'm sorry, but Jody are cute. And Cody always was more charming out of the house. His interviews with Julie were hysterical.
Jody is so different out of the house. Like that much better.
Yes, Joe; and they need to be put in the right order according to Icelandic alphabet.
OK, that was the funniest thing ever. He did hers but not his??!?!?!?!?!?
Obviously it’s not the same as hers....
That was so nice of him, he's got the umlaut over the O in the wrong place.
He accidentally got the "O"s right on hers, but they're still swapped on his.
I might be missing this -- are the numbers on the pieces they have or just at the location where they picked them up? I thought it was the latter. It would be too easy if they're on the pieces and the o's wouldn't get mixed up.
Does anyone want to bet that the BB "celebrities" are less celebrated than the Amazing Race celebrities? LOL
Jackie.. Goat Yoga Girls. LOL Sorry, I have not even looked at the teams and show starts here in 10 minutes so no idea what you are talking about but that sounds funny. =)
Yeah, he's got the o's swapped.
I agree, Jackie. I'm confused about the "numbers"
I want to see Joey Chestnut eat 70 hot dogs!!
Is Phil like totally flirting with Miss Iceland or what?
The numbers were on the signs with the letters, so if you just said to yourself “o” is 4 and 9 without taking notice of the accent...
I appreciate the chivalry of the BB players, but they really need to stop helping people when they are at the back.
Oh no, these poor guys.
I agree David...this show can be very confusing unless watching it at the same time. I have two more hours to wait here!
Squeegee
OK, SERIOIUSLY!!! THEY GET A 30 MINUTE PENALTY FOR HELPING EACH OTHER BUT IT'S OKAY FOR THE GIRLS TO GET HELP FROM HIM?!?!?!?
Jackie, I agree with you. I wish they would not eliminate anyone on the first leg. Darn.
Ack, I missed the party. Great start to the race.
That's sad. Darn
Awww...they were much nicer than the Yoga girls.
Hi Monty!
Jackie, thank you so much for hosting us. I hope you are feeling better. Hi Vincent, I haven't forgotten you. See everyone next week. Have a wonderful week!
Penalties for helping other teams? That sure would have helped last season to get rid of that couple who won? or came in second. They should have been eliminated multiple times.
Thanks Jackie =)
Everyone have a great week.
And Happy New Year !!!!
Joe, they got a penalty because his teammate yelled for him to pay attention to something. It's not allowed. They can help other teams, but teammates cannot help each other.
Don't forget to come back later and sign up for the pool!!
Happy New Year Jackie and all. See you next week!!
Thanks, SueGee. Hi Monty!!
Thank you for coming! Watch out for the blog pool sign up post later!
Thank you!!
Nickel, I understand that, I just think it's stupid. He didn't go over and help, he just shouted advice. Teams do similar (non-spelling) things all the time. "Watch the O's and the P's isn't exactly giving away the answer." How is that different than yelling at your teammate to "stay calm and keep looking" during a haystack challenge or something like that.
Darn it! I missed it! :(
I wanna be in the pool for JODY!
Me, too, Petals. Pool page should be out really soon. They wanted to wait until the first episode!
Joe, Joe, Joe - I love that you like Jody. They really are a cute couple and I believe they are real (not like Natalie/James, Liztin, Maven).
Watched TAR on my DVR last night. First impressions is that it is a tough group that will be very competitive, and those goat yoga ladies won't be long if they are bickering on leg one! Jody is easier to take on a show like TAR. And what a finish! Down to the wire!! Those NBA guys need to step up their game a bit too!
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