The Amazing Race 12

CBS ^ | 11-01-07

[silent_jonny]

Same here, lol

[sockmonkey]

This final challenge is worse than the one a few seasons back when teams had to remember all the flags of all the countries they visited.

[Tazlo]

Agreed.

Lots of clue boxes here at the end.

[silent_jonny]

Hippies are stressed, lol

[silent_jonny]

HIPPIES WIN!

[silent_jonny]

Team Hernia finishes second.

Grandpa & grandson finish a distant third.

[silent_jonny]

And the Packers are in the lead again—yes!

[sockmonkey]

Glad TK & Rachel won-since Kynt & Vyxsin were eliminated a few weeks back. They never had a meltdown like the other teams, never had harsh words. A Good Clean Win.

[sweet_diane]

Good show this year! Beautiful scenery. Congrats to 'the hippies'!! Nice couple.

Good to see the Packers are ahead.

[Tazlo]

Nice ending. All three of the final teams showed a lot of class in this last episode. How nice to see teams working together, minimal whining, and the losers congratulating the winners.

I didn’t realize until this last segment all the skills that Don brought to the table. What an inspiration!

Glad that TK and Rachel won, though.

[silent_jonny]

Good to see the Packers are ahead.

Not anymore :-/

[Tazlo]

Silent Johnny — thanks for everything. Ping me for the next one.

Or for The Mole . . .

[RobFromGa]

Great TAR. Thanks Jonny. I would have been happy with any of the top 3. Donald is in great shape for 69, I grew to like the Asian Dad, and TK and Rachel were calm, cool and collected throughout the race. Great season.

I would love to do TAR with my wife.

[EmilyGeiger]

Thanks for the ping. I could watch tonight since Nate and the blond girl were gone. If they had been in the final 3 I wouldn’t have been able to stomach it!

[Veto!]

Many thanks for keeping this thread fresh and funny, silent jonny, I rather liked the Asian dad and daughter team but don’t really care who won. It’s the race that counts.

Do you happen to know how much, if anything, the second and third place teams earn? On Survivor, prize money goes to at least the final two, perhaps the final three. But I have no clue whether Amazing Race compensates runners up.

[silent_jonny]

(((TAR Recap Ping)))

The abridged recap is posted separately below for
everyone’s convenience. Read the full recap at CBS.

[silent_jonny]

NICE GUYS FINISH FIRST:
TK & RACHEL WIN THE RACE

After 10 cities, 4 continents, and almost 30,000 miles, dating couple TK & Rachel became the winners of THE AMAZING RACE in picturesque Anchorage, Alaska, edging out father and daughter Ron & Christina, who came in second place after Christina stumbled at a mind-blowing Road Block puzzle.

As the previous eight Teams stood cheering alongside Phil with the gorgeous green background of Alaskan mountains behind them, dating couple TK & Rachel stepped onto the mat to be named the winners of THE AMAZING RACE 12 and the one million dollar prize. On his partner, TK remarked, "I'm incredibly proud of Rachel. She is petite, but she still went out and beat a hell of a lot of very competitive people. It's just a testament to how tough she actually is."

After a hard fought battle, father and daughter Ron & Christina not only took home a second place finish, but a mended relationship as well. Ron commented, "I feel real grateful that even though I didn't come up with the first place, I come up with first place in my daughter's heart and the fact that I changed for the better." Christina added, "My dad and I have a strong friendship now. You can't buy that. I'm so happy to be here with him."

Arriving in third place with the grandfather by his side, Nick said, "Aside from winning, my main goal was just to come here, be on the mat, and race around the world and have a great time with my grandfather. I got everything I wanted from it and more." Don added, "I always said that I could do this competition, but now I had to a chance to prove it."

One half of the newly crowned winners, Rachel commented on her partner. "My feelings for TK are very real. He's my best friend. He's my rock and he's just my favorite person and I got to do all this with him." On how they ran the Race, TK noted, "Being able to do the entire race, not compromising our relationship in any way and in the process making great friendships just makes winning it that much sweeter. Nice guys can definitely finish first and I think we proved it with this."

[silent_jonny]

Thanks, Veto :)

I looked around, but I couldn't find anything about the money the 2nd and 3rd place finishers receive. I assume that it's like Survivior since both shows give $1 million to the winners.

[silent_jonny]

If they had been in the final 3 I wouldn’t have been able to stomach it!

LOL--and they probably would have won too :o

[VermiciousKnid]

Dear silent_jonny,

Thank you for keeping the TAR thread going. I really enjoy reading it.

Regards,

PS: Agree with just about everyone else that all of the final three were good teams, and I didn’t care which of them won.