Amazing Race Leg 1 Recap and Contest!

// February 14th, 2010 // fun

It’s back! The Amazing Race!

And what a crazy start. The Cowboys finished third! I mean, they were so far out of the race for most of the episode, they barely got any airtime until the last 10 minutes and BAM, they finish third! What drama!

Seriously, did we break a record for the number of penalties on a leg? Or at least, on leg 1? Two? Already?

I was certain Coach Steve and Allie would get a third penalty for PAINTING SOMEONE’S HOUSE WHO DIDN’T ASK FOR IT! OMG, too funny right?

I also am fairly certain I wont be able to tell the two brothers apart for the entire race…which is which and which is gay…I really don’t believe anyone else will either. Maybe it’s just me, but they look and sound A LOT alike.

Something to note…slowly the Amazing Race has become a competition between teams with a “slight” celebrity presence. My friend Bryan has tried out twice for the show, I have once, and he wanted to do it again.

But what chance do you have?

This race we have a Miss America contestant, a former NFL coach, two Big Brother contestants, one of which won a season, and a guy who looks a LOT like John Gosselin from John & Kate Plus 8. Seems like it’s pretty tough to make the “regular” roles.

Loved the way the race started with public transportation. Lots of action and scrambling.

How annoying would it be to get on that first flight and then have dang airplane mechanical problems! Argh!

Okay, enough talk about the race, it’s on to A Mike Life’s little contest, because I really need to start thinking about who I’m picking…seems like a tough task this year…not too many standouts.

THE CONTEST

The rules about the contest can be read by clicking right here.  However, I am changing up one thing:

- The tiebreaker will NOT be the finish city…too many people can find that out by searching the internet right now. We’ll instead count the number of Top 3 finishes for your entire race to break the tie. If there is STILL a tie, then two gift cards split!

Now, time to make your picks before next week’s episode.

Post the THREE teams you think will make it to the end in the comments below.

Good luck!

12 Responses to “Amazing Race Leg 1 Recap and Contest!”

  1. Kathy says:
    February 15, 2010 at 7:47 am

    Louie/Michael
    Jordan/Jeff
    Joe/Heidi

  2. Jina says:
    February 15, 2010 at 11:06 am

    Monique & Shawne
    Jet & Cord (why not)
    Brent & Caite (it’s going to bug me to root for her)

    Definitely not my 3 favorite teams, but just a guess as I too think there aren’t the stand-out teams like last season.

  3. Ryann says:
    February 15, 2010 at 3:56 pm

    I am begging for an extension on my entry into this competition! :) I will send you my 3 teams as soon as I watch the first episode but before I watch the 2nd. Is that okay??? Stupid, middle of nowhere town! :)

  4. Tracy says:
    February 15, 2010 at 9:24 pm

    Whoops – missed the part where we get to watch the first episode, then pick….

    Here they are officially: Jordan & Jeff, Jet & Cord, Dan & Jordan

    I agree, this is a tough year to pick – but I picked these before watching and I got a 1st & 3rd place team, but I also picked a time penalty team.

    Go Jeff & Jordan – they were so cute on Big Brother!

  5. nicky says:
    February 16, 2010 at 11:53 am

    thoughts first- i think so many of the teams this year are so blah! and the one that i liked the best (personality wise) got kicked off first. bummer! i think the brother who pulled himself across after falling was amazing, esp after adrian fell twice and had to get dragged back. and esp dealing with his super dramatic “i love you bro!” brother. i think their voices are way different mikey! btw- jeff needs his mouth washed out with soap. if he calls another person the B word i think he deserves a penalty. :)
    here’s my teams!
    steve/allie
    dan/jordan
    brent/caite

  6. Tyler says:
    February 17, 2010 at 10:11 am

    Brent & Caite
    Jet & Cord
    Jordan & Jeff

  7. Josie says:
    February 17, 2010 at 7:52 pm

    Oops! Forgot to do this!

    Monique and Shawne (because they’re one of the only teams that don’t annoy me this race)
    Brent and Caite (she has extra incentive to prove herself, you know?)
    Steve and Allison (just ’cause)

  8. Melissa Jill :) says:
    February 20, 2010 at 1:12 am

    Thanks for the heads up on Twitter Mike! I was bummed I missed out last season :) .

    Brent & Caite
    Jordan & Jeff
    Dan & Jordan

  9. Dave says:
    February 20, 2010 at 6:31 am

    Models- Brett / Caite
    Cowboys – Jet / Cord
    Big Bros – Jeff / Jordan

  10. adrian says:
    February 21, 2010 at 2:02 pm

    Brent & Caite
    Jody & Shannon
    Monique & Shawne

  11. Mike says:
    February 21, 2010 at 6:43 pm

    Brent/Caite
    Jordan/Jeff
    Dan/Jordan

  12. Ryann says:
    February 23, 2010 at 7:26 pm

    Jeff & Jordan
    Brent & Caite
    Steve & Allie

    And I promise I haven’t watched the second episode! :)

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