The Official Amazing Race 12 Thread!

[Laddy]

So am I! This might beat my three favorite seasons, 3, 5, and 7!

[Rodney]

Eh. TAR3 would be among my favorites had the Flobatross not won, and Teri & Ian or Ken & Gerard had won. But since my fellow people of color won TAR5 and TAR7, I was content with those endings!

TAR12? Anyone but Nathan & Jennifer winning will make it one of the best for me. That's my mantra, and I'm sticking to that. I'd even survive Lorena & Jason since they're not vicious to each other.

[Laddy]

I agree, Nate/Jen should not win. Hey, I loved Flo/Zach, for reasons unknown I was drawn to them!

[Rodney]

I didn't care for Zach much, either, because he gave off this smugness I found unattractive. But he still had the patience of a saint to deal with Flo.

And I know it's kinda weird, but I actually got back to liking Ronald this week since he wasn't being mean to Christina.

[Laddy]

Rodney, just curious, if you could be in charge of All-Stars, who would you put in? I would put in...

Nancy/Emily
Oswald/Danny
Teri/Ian
Flo/Zach
Jon/Al
Charla/Mirna
Kris/Jon
Uchenna/Joyce
Meredith/Gretchen
BJ/Tyler
Erwin/Godwin
(MEGA CHEATING!!!)>>>>>>>>> Kynt/Vyxsin<<<<<<<<<<<

EDIT: Same here, at least he sings. I heard that Azaria and Christina were seen kissing at a football game. Although the source is pretty reliable (TAR Wiki) we shouldn't rush to conlusions.

[Rodney]

Wow, that's such a good list. I agree with it. But I'd go with:

Nancy & Emily
Frank & Margarita
Oswald & Danny (unpopular, I know, but I hated all of TAR2's F3)
Teri & Ian
Kelly & Jon
Charla & Mirna
Kris & Jon
Uchenna & Joyce
Any Two Godlewskis, but preferably Sharon & Michelle
Fran & Barry
Erwin & Godwin
Dustin & Kandice

So basically, twelve teams instead the eleven they used.

[Laddy]

That's also a fine list! Frank/Margarita would've rocked.....again. Kelly/Jon would probably kick ass. Fran/Barry are cool. Charla/Mirna and Dustin/Kandace aka "The Best All-Female Teams Of All Time" would probably end up with one of them winning.

EDIT: Eric/Danielle shouldn't have even gone to the F6, they had no particular skills, and nobody liked them, it shows on the show. They just had a good cab. Ugh, why did you do this, CBS? Why the shomance team?

All-Hated Teams

Tara/Wil
Chris/Alex
Colin/Christie
Freddy/Kendra
Jonathan/Victoria
Rob/Amber
Ray/Deana
Marion/DJ Paolo
Danielle/Eric
Lake/Michelle
Rob/Kim

[Rodney]

While I'd have wanted Frank & Margarita to return, they're no longer together and didn't want to race again with each other.

I wouldn't have minded Eric returning had it been with Jeremy instead of Danielle, the Least Deserving "All-Star" Ever. They actually won simply from good luck at the final challenge more than anything else, and surprisingly, Phil himself has acknowledged as much. Dustin & Kandice and Charla & Mirna both deserved to win more than they did.

[Laddy]

Agreed. Eric/Jeremy...sure! Why not? But oh my GOD! They even broke up afterwards! What does that tell you?

[Rodney]

Agreed. Eric/Jeremy...sure! Why not? But oh my GOD! They even broke up afterwards! What does that tell you?

They even broke up the moment they returned from taping. Eric went back to the single life and Danielle went back to . . . her old boyfriend. I didn't think a winning team could ever top the odiousness that was Freddy & Kendra, but they did in spades.

But the only team that will come close this season is Nathan & Jennifer. Once they said in a pre-race interview that they most wanted to emulate Eric & Danielle, they were dead to me.

Everyone else winning? FINE BY ME!

[Laddy]

I agree. Anybody who imitates Eric/Danielle is axed from my list.

[Rodney]

I saw the most hated list above. Here's mine.

Joe & Bill (in TAR1, but they were actually fine in All-Stars)
Chris & Alex
Flo & Zach
Steve & Josh
Steve & Dave
Reichen & Chip
Brandon & Nicole
Colin & Christie
Jonathan & Victoria
Freddy & Kendra
Ray & Deana
Rob & Amber
Alex, Nick, and Tommy Linz (Megan was okay, though)
Joseph & Monica
Eric & Jeremy
Tyler & James
Eric & Danielle

[Laddy]

Brandon/Nicole were self-righteous little smurfers!

Anyway, since us poor Americans can't get AXN through normal means, we have to watch TARA2 on Youtube. Oh well, I'll start a thread on it later, as for now, indulge.

[Rodney]

I've already had the pleasure of watching Asia's second season premiere, and it's been quite worth watching. I like pretty much all the teams on it who aren't . . .

Rovilson & Marc
Edwin & Monica

Though I still need some more time with . . .

Brett & Kinaryosih
Daichi & Sawaka

[Laddy]

I like Marc/Rovilson they seem to finally be entertaining Alpha Males for once. I like all teams that aren't EMo.