Introduction by Jessica Zadie
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I feel like i start the episode like 75% of the time. And sometimes last minute, I'll point to Sadie and be like, you started. Oh, yeah. But I did do that this time. So here we are. Hello. Here we are. Jessica Zadie.
Race to Rio: Departure from Switzerland
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Yeah, it's, yeah, it basically two episodes, but it's only one. This season only 11 episodes, one but this last one's a double. And so we have four teams, and they are leaving Switzerland.
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The Globetrotters were the first to depart at 7.12 a.m. m And the clue says fly to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Once teams land, they will board this tram and take a five-minute ride up the hill to find a set of world-famous steps called Escudaria Celeron.
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Here they will search for a tile resembling a route marker to receive their next clue. And the they were talking how this was the leg that they were eliminated last time they were racing.
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And right before the final three. I didn't know they made it that far. I didn't think they had made that far on their season. But and then Keisha and Jen departed 715. Gary Mallory 718 and Zevin Justin at 731. Keisha Jen.
Zurich Airport: Boring or Not?
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um Yeah. So they go to like the Zurich airport to ah get on the flight to go to Brazil. I was hoping that they would show like a shot of the inside of the Zurich airport because we spent a lot of time there. We did. And we probably would recognized it. And it's a very boring airport.
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It was. Got like one cafe. Because the place that they showed where they were, it was kind of like the train station. Yeah, it was like the downstairs. Yeah, like security and the checking in and like all the desks and everything. And we didn't see that part of the airport. no because No, because 2022, we flew to Europe. We were flying to London, but we got diverted to Zerk.
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for bad weather and we were there for 11 hours i think and it only has like 10 gates or something like that and yeah two stores and one cafe and it was long 11 hours it was very boring like at least i don't know some of the bigger airports like you could shop or i don't think it even had like a bookstore It had a store with candy and snacks and stuff like that and had a few shelves of books, but not even like a full bookstore. Yeah.
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So hopefully they weren't there for very long. um it They actually might have been, though, because they got there at like 8 o'clock in the morning and then it didn't seem like the flight left and until...
Flight Timing and Strategy to Brazil
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Later in the evening. Because then it arrived at 7.30 in the morning. The next day. don't know. Didn't really tell us when they were leaving. But yeah. There was. Teams looking for flights. um Keisha and Jen. And Gary Mallory. Went to. It's like a travel agency. At the airport. Yeah.
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And. The travel agent told them. That there were. Flights. Arriving at 5.40 p.m. The next day. The next day. And then. flight time in big easy and zev and justin went to like a ticket counter yeah and they told them there was a flight that lands at 7 30 a.m which is yeah way before yeah and so they flight time in big easy and zev and justin got the 7 30 a.m tickets and then flight uh the globe trotters they went over to the ticket
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counter or no the travel agency where the other teams were and they were like oh did you guys get anything and they're like yeah something at 540 or whatever what'd you guys get and they're like oh we're still looking still looking we don't know yet but apparently to like Mallory and Keisha and Jen it was very obvious that they were lying but they went to the ticket counter too and they found the same flight so they're all on the same flight yes and it lands in Brazil And this is our fourth time to Brazil.
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Have we been to Rio before? We have, right? yeah Yeah. So Rio is in southeastern Brazil. It's one of the most visually stunning cities in the world.
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It has lush mountains all along the Atlantic Ocean. And has granite peaks that rise straight out of the ocean, creating the instantly recognizable landscape.
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It was founded in 1565 by the Portuguese. it's a major port It was a major port for exporting gold and sugar. it was the capital Brazil from 1763 1960.
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um In 1808 the Portuguese royal family fled to Rio making it one of the only European capitals ever located outside of Europe. Didn't know that? um And then Brasilia is now the capital of Brazil after 1960.
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and There's about 7 million people within the city and 13 million people in the metro area.
Cultural Vibrancy of Rio de Janeiro
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And it has a vibrant mix of African, indigenous, and Portuguese influences.
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It's known, it's famous for its music, street life, and beach culture, and passionate sports fans, especially soccer. It's home to the world famous carnival. um And daily life in Rio revolves around the beach, outdoor fitness, socializing, and open air spaces.
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One of Brazil's most important um economies is tourism, oil and energy, and media and entertainment. They hosted the 2016 Summer Olympics and FIFA World Cup matches.
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Isn't it a ah Brazilian soccer player that's kind of in the middle of that the whole Chapel Roan debacle? I haven't heard anything about that. What? How have I heard about something like this and you haven't? Yeah.
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I mean, this is going to be a very like moment in time if you're listening to this podcast, not in March of 2026, but... It's like a soccer player ah yeah a soccer player got on social media and was like, Chapel Road was so rude to my stepdaughter and she sent a security guard to like make her go away. and And made her really sad and she should like love her fans because they got her to where she ah is. Whatever.
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And then Chapel Rhone got on Instagram and was like, I didn't even know they were there. i didn't send a security guard. But people are like, we don't believe you because you're not really that nice to people. I didn't know it had to do with the soccer player. I just I knew all that okay was happening. Like people are like, Chapel Rhone, like she's like so mean. And um like we have to apologize for liking her music and being fans of her. And she doesn't even like want to be famous and yeah stuff like that.
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But i think I think the reason that it got so big is because he is a Brazilian, like a famous Brazilian soccer player who has a lot of fans that kind of like really ganged up on her online.
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and know. Some of those soccer players have like more social media following than like anyone else in the world. Yeah. I share a birthday with Cristiano Ronaldo. Oh, wow. In case you want to know.
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That's awesome. Yeah. um So Christ the Redeemer is there. um
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it has oh it has a rainforest inside the city limits. um
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Like many large cities, Rio faces income inequality, crime in certain areas, and urban infrastructure challenges. However, it remains one of the most culturally rich and visually breathtaking cities in the world.
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it just seems like there's a lot of people. And I know that there's a lot of people in a lot of cities around the world that I've been to and want to go to. But. Yeah. If I was going to travel to South America, I'd want to go to like Chile or Argentina first. I want to go to. Yeah. Argentina and Peru.
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hmm. But I'm sure it's great.
Arrival in Rio and Tram Race
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Yeah. It would be very cool experience to go to, like, beach. Carnival. Wow. Copacabana. Yeah.
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Which we will see here in a bit. Mm-hmm. So... Yeah, they all land and they get in their cabs and they go to this place that has the tram.
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And Flight Time and Big Easy's cab driver is really slow, so they don't make it on this first tram. And they like literally barely missed it. They see them out in the distance. Yeah. They're like, please let us get on that one. Please let us get on that one. We'll pay you. And the other teams are like, no, don't go back for them. No. Yeah. So everybody's yelling and the drivers are like workers are playing like, oh my gosh, you guys. So they, the next one is not for 30 minutes. Yeah.
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And so everyone on the first tram, they get dropped off at the stairs. And so it's, yeah, this very colorful set of stairs that has a lot of colorful tiles all over it. Yeah. Making this design.
Samba Roadblock Challenge
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Hand-painted tiles. And they have to look for one that's blue with the Route Info logo on it. And zeb or Justin finds it first.
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And the clue says, make your way to Largo de South Francisco, Da pranya and search for your next clue near Rua Skadura Cabral.
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Good job. So those three teams find that that clue and they get in cabs and they go to that area. Flight time and biggies, you get on the tram and they find the clue not too far behind them.
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Zev and Justin arrive to that area first and there's a clue there that's a roadblock and says, who's not afraid of shaking in their boots? So at this point, it seems like it's a race rule that they both have to have five roadblocks going into the final leg. So whoever has... Because i think in like other races, it just has to be nobody can do more than six. so But this one, because we'll see later, they have to be even going into the final leg. So Zev has to do this one, unfortunately.
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Yes, for him. And he is ah not very. Oh, I have to tell you what they're doing. They must dress in wild carnival costumes and learn to dance the samba.
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They will lead a personal samba troupe on a parade through the streets. If the judge finds their samba in rhythm with the music, she'll give them the next clue.
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and zev does not have much rhythm and he starts first and he like has to go change and they're like wearing this like headdress and like a little loincloth type outfit and then gary and mallory arrive and mallory's gonna do the roadblock and gary's like this one was made for you yeah she's like they said that she's been dancing since she was three so she ends up like doing it really easy and passing it off first yeah so it doesn't seem like it's that hard of a dance it's kind of like just following the rhythm but you have to keep up with the rhythm yeah it's like kind of like and there's a little jump at the end yeah it's like one and two and three and it's like fast and kind of like you know like samba like your hips and stuff like that but so yeah zev and it's like yeah it's like he's
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a newborn animal who's never like walked before it's like did he do worse than dan trying to march in russia it's pretty i don't know was gonna say pretty even very both very very uncoordinated men um and so yeah mallory figures it out pretty quickly passes it off after first try and that clue says make your way by taxi to the copacabana beach and search for this salon to receive your next clue.
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So then Keisha and Jen arrive and Keisha is going to do the roadblock. Meanwhile, Zev has tried a couple of times and has not passed it off. Gary and Mallory already get to the salon. It doesn't seem like it's very far.
Detour: Waxing and Detours
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it says, consider this the ultimate rip and read all team members, male and female, and dirt, a Brazilian waxing session for 15 minutes to receive the next clue.
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And it's not like a Brazilian wax. No, it's like a wax in Brazil. Yes. Because they do like the armpits, arms, legs, chest, like basically whatever they can get done in 15 minutes.
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Mallory says, think of Zev. I've never seen a hairier person than Zev and Justin. Yes. And it does. that Yes. She also says, it's really weird getting wax next to my dad. Yeah. A life experience I never thought I would have.
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That would be, can you imagine dad getting his hair waxed? But he's not nearly as hairy as Zev and Justin were. No. And Gary wasn't really either. Yeah. I just remember, like, I would sit in church. I don't know why it was specifically church. I would sit in church and I would, like, pull dad's arm hairs, like, all the time. And he hated it. So he's got, like, I just know that pulling his hair makes, he's got sensitive arms. He doesn't like it. Yeah.
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um So, yeah, Keisha and Jen arrive. Keisha does the roadblock and she learns it pretty quickly as well and passes it the first time. So, Zev, I'm actually surprised that he didn't get more frustrated than he did. he remained pretty calm. Yeah, he got pretty frustrated really quickly.
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um and Gary and Mallory finished their They're waxing. And they get the clue. says it's a detour and the choices are on the rocks or on the beach.
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So for on the rocks, they have to go to a local bar where they learn to make up the most popular brink in brink drinknk the most popular drink in Brazil called the kurona i think some kaperina
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It's made of lime juice, sugar, and a liqueur made from sugar cane. They must make 100 acceptable drinks. And then on the beach, they go to Copacabana Beach and pick an umbrella decked out with bikini tops and a portable changing room.
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They must convince people to buy enough bikini tops to earn 100 Reyes, which is about $60, but they have the people that buy the bikini tops have to try them on. Mm-hmm.
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And I would not choose that one. No, i think because 100 is like a doable number. If you just get 100 100 drinks. Yeah.
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If you just get in the rhythm. Yeah. Yeah. m Yes. And it's just kind of like get in, get out. Like trying to sell something to somebody is hard.
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um So Gary and Mallory do choose On the Rocks. And then Big Easy is going to do the roadblock. And he seems like he would do well. Like, he got dressed up in his, like, samba costume. And I'm like, he's going to do good.
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Well, like, kind of, like, dance and stuff. up Yeah. Like, it's kind of, like, what they do. Yeah. Their job, guess. Yes. Their job. So, yeah. He gets it. And... so um yeah he gets it and um He learns it pretty quickly. So he's like doing his first parade and Zev is doing like his, i don't know, fifth or sixth or something.
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And you can tell this time Zev is trying so hard. Yeah, he's like staring at the people, like concentrating really hard. And he actually does pass this time.
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And Big Easy doesn't. The last little jump kick thing, he was a little off and so he had to do it again, but he passes the second time. So. They all head towards the beach and um like Keisha and Jen are getting waxed.
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Flight time is easy. They arrive right after and they get waxed. It looks like Zev and Justin's driver doesn't really know where he's going to get to that salon. Yeah. So they left before the Globetrotters but the Globetrotters passed them.
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And they are like, ah oh Gary and Mallory are working on their cocktails and their first like Five or six are thrown out because they didn't do them in the right order. so you have to do five lime wedges, two scoops of sugar.
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then the ice. Well, you have to like muddle it. Then grind Then ice. Then the shake it. Liquor. And then shake it. Yeah. Yeah. And it has to be very specific in that order. In that order and like the right amount of everything.
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So they get in the groove, though, and they catch on. And Keisha and Jen finish, and they choose on the rocks, and Flight Time and Big Easy also choose on the rocks. Yes. And Zev and Justin arrive to the salon, and Justin says, these challenges were not made for us, buddy. And that is very true. Yes. Because Justin is hairier than Zev. Yeah.
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He's got a very hairy chest, like, all the way down to... And his arms and his legs. Both of their legs were so hairy. It does look very painful. They were, like... it looks... it it's like going back and forth and like when they're like making the drinks on the beach, it's got like this like, um like the steel drum music playing and it's got the beach and the ocean in the background and it looks peaceful and fun. And then we cut into the salon and they're like screaming. yeah And then we come back to the making the drinks and it's like, dodoo do dodoo and then screaming.
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Like they're like yelling at the ladies, like, Just it already. When are you going to do it? Aren't you going to tell me when you're going to pull? going to punch you in the face. And the funniest thing was that they like start doing Justin's chest. Yeah. And they do like his pecs and then they run out of time. So he's got like these two like bare patches.
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yeah because... They have to do it only for 15 minutes, so just whatever they can get done in 15 minutes. But yeah, so he has like two bare patches on his pecs, then he has like a line of hair down the middle of his chest. Yeah, like right. like yeah and And it's very thick. yeah And their skin is so red as they're leaving, but...
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ah They choose on the beach, which i found odd. Yeah. But they said they thought that that one would be the fastest. And so they like are they get their stuff and they're walking around on the beach. And like there's a lot of people that are like, we're already wearing bikinis. We're not going to buy a new one. Yeah. Or they'll be like, will you buy a bikini? And they're like, yeah. And they're like, but you have to try it on and model it for us. And they're like, no. Yeah. um And so they're like, we need to find somebody who's drunk.
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Yeah. But they don't find that. So we've had back to the on the rocks. Gary and Mallory finish first. m And the clue says to make your way to the pit stop, which is the beach below the real museum of contemporary art.
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Last team check-in will be eliminated. Yes. Which we are, we knew. And Zev and Justin end up switching detours. Yep. So Gary and Mallory are team number one and they win an 11-night Mediterranean
Finalists of the Amazing Race
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cruise.
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Yeah. They're the first team to qualify for the final leg of the Amazing Race. And then Keisha and Jen finish the detour. at that point, Flytime and Big Easy have about 76 of their 100 drinks mixed.
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And Zev and Justin arrive. And Globetrotters are kind of like dancing and singing and having a good time with it. And Zev and Justin are like, not having a good time at this point. They are annoying us. They're, they, they just know that it's the end for them and they're sad, but they want to finish and watching flight time and big easy, like be carefree and happy is like annoying them.
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But yeah. Keisha and Jen are team number two. Flight Time and Big Easy are team three. And they are our final three teams heading into the race for $1 million. dollars Zev and Justin know they're going to be last.
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And they go to the pit stop. Yeah, like um they are eliminated and they did really good this season. They had probably the most number ones. Yeah, they won more legs than anybody. So they won four prizes. So if you can't make it to the finals, then that's still at least a little bit of a consolation. Yeah, they won cars.
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Yeah. That's good. Yeah. um At their post-interview thing, Zev says, he was the race and I was amazing. Yeah.
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And Justin's like, yep, that's about right. I would agree with that. So, yeah, we ah they did really good this season, better than last season, but we kind of didn't really see how far they could go last season because they were kicked out because they lost passports, which sucks. Yeah.
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And now we are starting the second half of the episode, the final leg.
Final Leg in Miami: Challenges and Roadblocks
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it just goes right into it. Gary and Mallory depart at 8.54 a.m. And it says fly to your final city of Miami, Florida and go to the Rickenbacker Marina.
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Which we've been to Miami before we were there in season seven when Joyce and Yuchenna were desperate to beg for money to pay off their cab driver to get across the finish line.
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Yeah. And Boston, Rob, and Amber almost beat them. So second time to Florida, Miami, Florida. um It is in southeastern, oh on the Atlantic coast between the Everglades and Biscayne Bay.
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um It has hot, humid summers, warm, dry winters, and occasional hurricanes, June through November. That's a long hurricane season. Yeah. Founded in 1896, one of the only major U.S. cities founded by a woman, who was Julia Tuttle.
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And she was... 1896 is kind of late. I was going to say, it's not very old. Yeah. She was an American businesswoman and landowner known as the Mother of Miami,
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Her vision and negotiations with negotiations with railroad magnate Henry Flagler led to the establishment of Miami, making it the only major U.S. city found by a woman.
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um It experienced massive growth after the Cuban immigration following the Cuban Revolution, um major tourist station destination in the 1920s, and is considered a gateway between the U.S. and Latin America. About 450,000 people in the city and 6 million people in the greater Miami area.
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Over 70% is Hispanic. A lot of Cuban, but Venezuelan, Colombian, and Haitian communities. um
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There's a lot of Latin influence in their food, music, and lifestyle, nightlife, art, and fashion scene. and There's a neighborhood called Little Havana, which is like a Cuban cultural hub. And
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Port of Miami is one of the busiest cruise ports in the world. I've been on a couple of cruises out of there and it for sure is. There's like 15 ships that go out of there a day. Really? At least.
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It has a very distinct feel compared to most U.S. cities. It's beach-centered lifestyle, late-night culture, and flashy luxury aesthetic. um
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It's the warmest major U.S. city in the winter. the skyline is one of the fastest growing United States. um Miami Beach is not actually part of mainland Miami.
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um There's a high cost of living, traffic con conditiontion congestion, climate risks, and in income inequality issues.
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Well, yeah. I've never been to Miami. I've been to Florida, but not Miami.
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I, yeah, I've been on a couple of cruises out of Miami. Miami. I went to a business conference a couple, like a year and a half ago, but it was in Fort Lauderdale. But we went to a restaurant in Miami because they were like right next to each other. it was It's like a Greek restaurant and it was so fun. They had like people dancing on tables. Oh, wow.
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It was wild. It was loud. But it was fun. ah Yeah, me and Jeff went on our honeymoon, like on a cruise and stayed in Miami the night before the cruise. And we got married in January and we were like out on the beach in like our t-shirts and flip flops in January. Yeah. Yeah.
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So fun. If you want to be in a warm place, that is the place to be. Well, so yeah. So Gary and Mallory departed at 8.54. Keisha and Jen at 9.05. Globetrotters at 9.29. And they have $354 for this lake.
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seats.
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And the flight that they're on arrives in Miami at 6.30 p.m.? Or a.m.? It arrives at...
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Leaves at 6.30 a.m. Okay. I was going to say, it because if it arrives at 6.30 p.m., it would have been dark because they filmed it in the winter and they, like, did a lot and it was daytime the whole time.
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So that wouldn't have been right. So, okay. So they arrive at 6.30 a.m. Flight time and Big Easy, they, like, check their bags and they're like, we're just going to leave them. We're going to leave them at the airport. Yeah.
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I would do that. Yeah. Maybe. Maybe. It seemed like Jen and Mallory were the only ones that had bags at that, like when they arrived at the airport.
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Yeah. I mean, I would not want any weight weighing me down if I could do it. If it was the finals, I would be like, I'm leaving it. I'll get it later or not. wow so running out of the airport,
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And getting into taxis honestly was like the biggest factor in how this race turned out. Yes.
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And Gary and Mallory end up getting in a taxi like a few minutes after the other two teams. And they get in the taxi and the driver's not in there.
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He's just, like, walking around, and their driver does not really know where he's going, and it doesn't really seem like he speaks English very well. Yeah, and when they're looking for taxis to get in like, there it looks like it's, like, a taxi line outside of an airport. Yeah. Which is normal. Mm-hmm. And... um They're like ask this like, Mallory asks this lady, please let us go. Please let it we we're in a race. And then she's like asking like the taxi attendant, does he speak English? and
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she'll get that. I don't think. No. He doesn't drive very fast and he doesn't seem like he really knows where he's going. And they ask him a million times, please, can you call someone? Can you call someone? Can you call someone? And he like, he just doesn't. He's like trying to look it up on his phone. I don't know why he didn't just like hand the phone to them or call. I don't know. It was so frustrating for them. I'm sure it was frustrating to watch because.
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I think that after five minutes of being in that taxi, I would have been like, right okay, we'll find another taxi. Yes. Like, thank you for, thank you. Nothing. No thanks.
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Yeah, I agree. um Yeah, so the other two teams arrive at the marina and it's another roadblock. So whoever did not do the one um in Brazil has to do this one.
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Right? No.
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We're on a whole different leg. I know, but. This our first roadblock. I i know, but. Oh, okay. It doesn't specify that. It's just like.
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Whoever. Okay. Because they say like, oh you do that one.
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Okay. That makes sense. It just seems like all the other people that didn't do the roadblock did it but on this one. Yeah. um don't know. But it says, who's confident about handling a boat?
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They have to climb onto a forklift and learn a complex series of hand levers that control the lifting apparatus. And they most carefully transport a boat um to, like, from the water. Well, it's not on the water. But from near the water to the storage rack to dry dock.
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And they have to avoid catastrophe. um So Keisha and Flytime are going to do it. And then, yeah, Gary and Mallory are just behind. And i think Flytime and Keisha both finish before Gary even, or Mallory and Gary even get there.
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Yes, they do. They get there. They finish it and get the clue that says, um
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take charge. Oh, wait, no. It head to Key Largo and find Jules Undersea Lodge to find your next clue. And both the botho teams head that way. And Gary and Mallory, finally, their are car pulls over for directions. Looks like they pull over at, like, a rest stop. Mm-hmm.
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And he does it pretty quickly. um So, flight time in Big Easy and Keisha and Jen arrive to this undersea lodge. first or at about the same time and as they're getting out flight time says to the driver we'll pay you money you go get gas and then come back and get us Yeah. Which i thought was like really smart. Yeah. Like get ahead of it. Because then oh it's like inevitable. Like every final leg or any like close taxi race, somebody has to stop and get gas. Yeah. and so there is another roadblock here.
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Yes. Which was surprising because usually it's a detour. Yeah. But it's not. It's a roadblock. So this is the one where the person that did not do the first roadblock has to do the second one. Yeah.
00:32:16
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So I didn't get like what the question was. i didn't either. But they have to do like take take charge of a personal submarine thing known as a bob dive, travel through a school of mermaids, and as they search among dozens of floating treasure chests, when they find the treasure chest with a clue inside, they can return to the surface.
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And there's also a band playing under the water. And a bunch of mermaids swimming around. And it looks like kind of like an underground motorcycle. Underwater.
00:32:51
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Underwater motorcycle. And with a scuba... Helmet, yeah. on top. Yeah, they like, it's kind of like a horse helmet. Like, yeah they have a little, they straddle the seat and then there's like a um thumb lever, like, well, like a hand lever. Yeah. So Big Easy does this one and Jen does this one.
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And Big Easy does find the clue first in the treasure chest. And it says, off the coast of Big Pine Key, there's a camp that's by the sea. To find the mile marker near where you should be, please subtract four from three, thirty-three.
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And I just wanted to point out because if you remember back in season 14, Jen and Keisha's original season, they really struggled with a swimming task. Yes. And so especially Jen. So when she had to do this roadblock, I was like, oh no.
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But she said she took lessons. Yeah. She took swimming lessons to come back on the season, which was really smart. So smart. And so they both head out.
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Gary Mallory show up and Mallory does this roadblock. Keisha and Jen get to the next clue first and that says walk across the ocean to Horseshoe Island.
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If you can find the tallest tree, you'll find your next clue. So it's kind of just this sandbar off of the off of the just like a shallow yeah like waist deep water from the mainland to the island.
00:34:41
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And it doesn't take him too long to find the clue out there. And that one says, now return to the mainland and take a thrilling high speed boat ride to Marathon Marina. Once there, teams will travel on foot to Galway Bay mobilele park Mobile Home Park to get your next clue.
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And so they leave viland the island. The Globetrotters are right behind them They get in that speedboat and head across the ocean and arrive to this Mobile home park.
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What was, like, was it raining? Or, like, why were they getting so wet? think was just so windy and the water splashing up from... But it looked miserable. It did not look fun ride. No. It looked cold and windy. Yeah.
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um Mallory gets the clue, um the underwater clue. and they get back in. They still have the same driver. And he doesn't know where this is. and Gary's like, he's lived here his whole life. And he doesn't know where how to find this.
00:35:41
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Which I'm sure that they're, like, really frustrated at this point. But how do you know he's lived there his whole life? Yeah. And also, like, do you know where every single thing is in the city that you live in? Yeah.
00:35:54
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Miami's big city and they're like outside of Miami really. Yeah. But ah yeah at this point actually Gary's been like very very nice and calm throughout this whole cab driver issue.
00:36:07
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But they stuck with him way too long. Yeah. I mean at this point. Any point you could have gotten a new taxi. I mean at this point I don't think they could because they're kind out in the middle of nowhere. But way before this they should have switched taxi drivers like way way before this. Yeah.
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So they get to the clue out in the ocean on the island as well and they're just like right behind, like not too far behind them. So the Kishin Jin arrived to that trailer park first and the clue says,
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Choose a small trailer, wheel it onto... Do you have this written down? I don't have it all. Choose a small trailer, wheel it onto the trailer lot, and hook it up to the utilities. Using a picture brochure as a reference, set up the ultimate Florida trailer hood to be an exact match of the picture.
00:36:56
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So this is like a long and very particular task, but it doesn't have anything to do with anything that they've done. I didn't like this. I don't like that. i I thought that like at least the things that they were putting out on the trailer would like have something to do with things that they've been or things that they've seen or places they've been.
00:37:18
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yeah But it was not. It was just... yeah Everything was inside the trailer. It was like a a piece of turf, a table, a canopy, a fence, some flowers.
00:37:30
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And I was like, what the heck? This has nothing to do with like a final... memorization task, which for like a an unfinished business for teams that have already done this, that should have been more of ah like that type of task. I agree.
00:37:48
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And there's this lady, her hair. I don't know what was going with her hair. Her name was Miss Rose. She was the one that had to pass off their setup. But they got like, it looked like they got like 90% of the way through and then the wind picked up.
00:38:04
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Big time. And it just like kept blowing the canopy and like blowing the fence over and... They, like, had to start over on a lot of things and, like, really slowed them down. And they tried to pass it off a few times and didn't pass. And she even says, like, despite the wind, I think they were going to, like, let it slide a little bit if something was, like, tipped over. Yeah. But they were, like, Keisha and Jen tried to pass it off. They were missing something on their table.
00:38:28
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it was like a Coke can. Yeah. So it was very particular. And the Globetrotters ask for a check and they don't pass.
Windy Trailer Setup Challenge
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Gary and Mallory arrive and they get their trailer set up. And like into its spot. And so that's kind of like encouraging for them to see that the other two teams are still there. Yeah, like actually see them. Pretty far along on their setup.
00:38:50
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And Keisha and Jen ask for a check off and they don't get it again. And Keisha realizes that there's something missing, something red missing on the table. And they go inside the trailer and find it like in a cupboard. And they pass it off.
00:39:04
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They get the clue and says, travel by taxi to the parking lot before old Seven Mile Bridge. When you reach the dead end, run the boardwalk to the finish line. Go, go, go. Yes.
00:39:15
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That's so exciting. Yeah. um The flight time and Big like they try to get passed off again and they don't. So they realize that they're missing something too. So they walk over to Jen and Keisha's and look at theirs and they see that there's like stuff set up on the table. So they're like, okay, that's that's what we're missing. So they go and fix theirs and they leave. But Jen and um I wrote Jen and taxi get to the bridge.
00:39:43
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Jen and Keisha get to the bridge and there's like these little tricycles on the other side. And I think they have the choice of running if they want to. Yeah, but it's seven miles. seven miles.
00:39:55
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So these bikes do not look comfortable. No. The bridge is seven miles and the wind is blowing against them like the whole time. Really, really hard. It's like the camera on them when it's showing them from the side, it looks like they're barely moving. Yeah. They're going so yeah hard against the wind. So honestly, I was like, I feel like just like walking would have been faster and than trying to ride those bikes.
00:40:20
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Yeah. But I don't know. Probably not. So they're heading, they're driving down the bridge on these bikes and they're So at least that task was hard. Yeah.
00:40:32
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Flytime and Big Easy are so close that they can see them like yeah on the bridge. So they're like trying to pick it up and, you know, do it and um like beat them. And I'm like, yeah, maybe if they get to like a foot race, this one would be a hard foot race because they're all very athletic. Yeah. Yeah.
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And so I don't know who would win in the foot race, but they don't ever get to a foot race. At one point, Big Easy says, they're too far ahead of us. It's over with. Yeah. I think it was flight time that said that, but. i Just enjoy it, you know.
00:41:02
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Yeah. And yeah so team number one, Keisha and Jen run up on the mat and Phil says, five continents, 23 cities, 40,000
Keisha and Jen: Victory Celebration
00:41:12
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miles. Keisha and Jen, you're the official winners of the amazing race and you've won the million dollars. Yeah. Yeah.
00:41:17
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And I loved it when they were like, they knew they were going to win and they like got off the bikes and Jen's like, we did it, Keisha, we did it. And I was like, oh my gosh, it almost made me cry. I know. I get emotional. I was just watching it. Every time. Before, just a couple hours ago. and So they're the second all-female team to win. Yeah, two in a row. Two in a row, yeah. And the first set of sisters. Yeah.
00:41:41
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And they said, we didn't win a leg this whole race, but this is the one that counted. And they said that they... We're raised by a single mother and they just owe so much to her. So they're going to use their money to help her. She has like a business that she wants to start and they just owe so much to her and they just are so happy to help her. And then Fly Time and Big Easy show up, team number two And they're like, we got beat out by a couple of girls, but that's okay. and They just had a good time the whole time and enjoyed it and yeah made it entertaining for everyone. And
00:42:17
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And we don't even really see Gary and Mallory much. We do see them like pass off. Mm-hmm. But not do the bike. But not the bike part. And they just, like, run up to the mat and they are team number three. That'd be a long seven-mile bike ride when you're, like, not. When you know you're not going to win. Yeah. You're like, oh, my gosh, the seven miles is never going to end. Can we just take a taxi? Because if we, you know, we can get a penalty. It doesn't matter. wonder if that would ever, like, getting a penalty on the finish line.
00:42:48
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Yeah, they're like, what's the penalty? of Like, I'm not going to go to the next leg, what are you going to do to me? It didn't look like cars could go on that bridge, though. It was, like, narrow and only looked like it could was, like, walking. And had, like, bumper things. And, yeah, like, Gary and Mallory also had a very special relationship, and um they worked so well together this whole season. Yeah. and They wanted to be the first parent-child team to win.
00:43:15
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but they were not they were not but these last three teams i loved all three last three teams like i would have been so happy with any of them so at any point during this leg when they were like they're first the other ones are first no they passed them it's like it was really close the whole time at least between the two teams yeah and but i was like gonna be happy with anybody who won But I love that the sisters won, the girls one Yeah.
00:43:41
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And. I wonder what would have happened if Gary Mallory had a better taxi. Because I feel like Gary got, like, did that roadblock really, really fast. Mm-hmm.
00:43:53
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And even though they were a little bit further behind, I think that helped them catch up. Yeah. And they seemed to do the trailer task better. Obviously, we, like, didn't see, like,
00:44:05
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how far behind they were but it would have been it would have been even more intense and like more interesting to see yeah so happened if they had a better taxi like the um
00:44:18
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miami airport like i'm sure they would have had to go through like outside the airport and through a busy area before before they even got to like the outskirts of where they were going They really should have switched yeah drivers.
00:44:32
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That's so crazy that they didn't even try that. That's just like one more thing to write down on our list of things. Like, mean, because you said that 70% is Hispanic. And like, I'm sure most of the people that speak Spanish in that area also speak English.
00:44:49
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But like, if you're going to a city where ah there might be a language where you like, make sure that somebody can speak English. And before you get in the car, make sure they absolutely know where they're going or have a GPS. And it's like, and most taxis probably do now.
00:45:06
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Coming straight out of the flight and are on the final leg and you're wanting to like rush and rush and rush. It's like, you want to just like get in the cab as fast as you can and go. but would be even better if you, like, took one more minute to just, like, literally probably one minute. Yeah.
00:45:26
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To be like, can you speak English? And you don't want to, like, not give people โ like, they're โ i know Do their job if you don't speak English, but it's a million dollars. Yeah. and so ah or I don't want to or sound like Jamie when I'm talking about... like but Or be like, this is where I'm going. Do you know how to get there exactly really quickly? And they're like, well... i'm like Okay, bye. If there's any hemming and hawing and like any sort of second guessing, I'd be like, sorry.
00:45:55
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Move on to the next person. Because it looked like there was a line of people. It's not like they weren't going to get oh yeah a person in there. a cab, but anyway.
00:46:06
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Okay. Well, me and Sadie were talking um and maybe I even said this like recorded, but I realized that I didn't really like talk about oh yeah um like how well the teams did when they got eliminated because i we have already talked about what they're up to after the race, so I just kind of like didn't even look.
00:46:28
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So um I'm just going to go through
00:46:33
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all of the teams. Amanda and Chris were eliminated first. They got 12. their average was... Well, because the first leg was ah continue racing leg.
00:46:49
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So they did run two legs. Oh, yeah. And they got second in the first leg and then were eliminated. So their average was 6.5. Okay. Then
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is hard to โ let's see.
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I need to go like, the race โ the season home page. Okay.
00:47:10
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So many ads.
00:47:12
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No, I don't want to sign in. I just want...
00:47:16
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Before I look at this, actually, I want to see if i remember the order. Do you have it up? Or you just put your computer away? No, but I can pull it up. We always test my knowledge on,
00:47:27
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ah like, the countries we went to. How many total? Ten? Eight. Eight. Okay.
00:47:35
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Japan. That wasn't... Oh, no. Australia. Mm-hmm. New Zealand. No, not New Zealand. Okay. Australia. Then Japan. Mm-hmm. Then China. Mm-hmm. India. Mm-hmm.
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India. um
00:47:50
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Did we do another Asian country? No. Then Liechtenstein? Not yet? No. Hmm.
00:47:59
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I'm drawing a blank on that one. Austria. Okay. Austria, then Liechtenstein? Yeah. Then Switzerland? Yes. Then US? s
00:48:09
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So Brazil, yeah then US. s So eight plus the final. Yeah. Okay.
00:48:13
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I was thinking we did Liechtenstein before Austria.
00:48:17
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Okay. Mel and Mike were eliminated next. That seems like so long ago. I know. I thought they had made that, though. thought they did, too. But I think there was
00:48:27
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the... Because they ran, like, three legs, I guess. Yeah. So their average was 8.33. Then...
00:48:34
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Then then do you remember? Do I remember? Yeah. No. Then Jamie and Cara...
00:48:42
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i mean, I guess if I go by countries, I could kind of figure it out. Yeah, you probably could.
00:48:47
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Jamie and Cara. Actually, no, I don't. I almost like don't even remember who all the teams were. I know. Seeing everybody on the. Like. it oh also, and this season has taken us a long time.
00:49:01
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Yeah. It's like taking us a really long time obviously, because we're Should have released these last couple episodes a week and a half ago. And we're just doing it now. And just been really hard yeah to get it released. like there fewer teams.
00:49:18
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Yeah.
00:49:22
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i feel like
00:49:25
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like there was like fewer teams But there wasn't. It was normal. I don't know. It just seemed like Mel and Mike lasted longer. And um Jamie and Cara lasted longer. And Margie and Luke were next to be eliminated. They were eighth place. It felt like they lasted longer. Yeah.
00:49:42
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Maybe we just had so much time with them because they're on two seasons. week Maybe. yeah Like, what why is that? Why does it feel like they were on our screens longer? Margie and Luke had an average of 5.33. Yeah.
00:49:54
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So they did well, but then were eliminated in eighth place. Then next was Ron and Christina. They were dulu deliberated, eliminated in India.
00:50:06
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Their average was 6.0. six point zero
00:50:11
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They took seventh place overall. Next was Jet and Kord.
00:50:17
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They took sixth place overall. Yeah, it's crazy. it was like ron and Christina were eliminated in India. we went to Austria and then Luchtenstein where a Jet and Cord were eliminated. Yeah.
00:50:30
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It does seem weird. Yeah, there was a couple of
00:50:34
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extended legs, only one non-elimination. Yeah, one non-elimination. there were Gary Mallory had the non-elimination. Yeah. Judd Cord's average was 4.56.
00:50:44
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Then have Kenton Vixen, who I'm surprised they lasted as long as they did. Mm-hmm.
00:50:51
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Oh, haha, there's a whole list right here. That's much easier. Okay, Ken and Vixen, their average was 6. Then Zev and Justin eliminated in 4th place. Their average was 3.46. Gary and Mallory, Flight Time of biggazis three point seven five and
00:51:13
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so the worst overall placement was mel and mike
00:51:18
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But they did not take last place. No. So it doesn't really matter the average. Some of the interesting things about this season. It's the first time to Lichtenstein.
00:51:29
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The first season to feature an automatic U-turn. That was like the very first leg. Like as the penalty for coming in last on that first task. The first season to feature two no rest legs. So that was leg one and four.
00:51:46
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First season to have the first episode end with a cliffhanger. They They had the most parent-child teams in a single season. There was four. So Margie and Luke, Gary and Mallory, Ron and Christina, and Mel and Mike. melan mike
00:52:00
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The first season to have only one traditional non-elimination leg. First season to only have one speed bump.
00:52:08
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And the first time, all female teams won back-to-back. Nice. In the U.S. version, so that was, like, all franchise. In the U.S., the first season to be broadcast in high def, the first season to have African-American teams finish first and second, first season not to have fast-forward since they introduced the fast-forward,
00:52:34
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The fewest romantic couples. um Only two teams were a romantic couple.
00:52:41
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Oh, that one is tied with Amazing Race All-Stars. So season 11. There was also two on that one. First season with no elimination in the first leg.
00:52:52
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Nice. And then for this season, the first four teams eliminated were all from season 14. Keisha and Jen were the only surviving team from season 14.
00:53:03
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And they won the whole thing. Interesting. So season 14 had the most repeat players. Mm-hmm. Yeah.
00:53:10
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And one, all the teams that made it to the final leg in their original season were eliminated consecutively, legs five through nine. I think we kind of talked about that. Yeah.
00:53:22
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Anything else?
Season Reflection and Opinions
00:53:23
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I think that's it. lots of firsts and interesting facts about this season. Yeah. It was a really good season. Yeah, I was going to say overall, I did like it. I thought we went to some really interesting places. i liked a lot of the tasks they did, not the final one. That almost ruined the whole season. Right. I was literally just going to say that. like That was weird that they did that.
00:53:46
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The last leg was a good leg because they were all so close the whole time. Yeah. And they had more than like just a roadblock and detour and done. They had a couple roadblocks and then that thing and few other things. yeah But yeah.
00:54:00
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Why did they do that? I don't know. Maybe. I don't know. You would think that they would want to make it harder yeah for the teams that are coming back and have already raced. Like, none of the teams that were in the final made it to the final of their season. But still.
00:54:19
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Yeah. Yeah. So, yeah, a really great season and um some fan favorite, lots of fan favorite teams.
00:54:29
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Yeah. Some that we'll see again. Yes, because we have another all-star season. in like I think it's like season 24 or 5 or something. Something like that. so Coming up in a few seasons. I'm trying to even think of season without spoiling it, but that's really hard.
00:54:51
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Because when i click on season 19, it always shows the
00:54:56
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Okay. Some of these people do look. Yeah, I think I have seen this one. What are some like names or people you recognize? Bill and Kathy. Amani and Marcus. Ernie and Cindy.
00:55:09
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Liz and Marie.
00:55:11
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I used, yeah, Bill and Kathy look very familiar to me. So I'm pretty sure I have seen this one. So I don't really remember it, but kind of.
00:55:21
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So came i don't even know. When are we putting out season 19?
00:55:27
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What month is it right now? March? I mean, I guess. April, May. May seems like it would be really hard. Yeah, i have a big thing coming up in May and I will be pretty much in bed half of the month. So we might have to do June.
00:55:42
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Is that right? April, May, June. Yeah, June.
00:55:46
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Or maybe like the end of April. Or yeah, like have them all recorded in a month and we can still publish them in May. We'll see. We'll see what we can do. We'll let you guys know.
00:55:58
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Because I'm also going out of the country for 12 days in April. Oh, yeah. so that means we'd have to record a whole season in like two weeks, two and a half weeks. Oh, yeah.
00:56:08
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So it'll be a surprise. It'll be as surprised as we are. Yeah. Yeah. I actually thought about reaching out because I think that Jen is still active on Facebook. Her Instagram is private, but it would be fun to talk to them if they would do an interview with us. Yeah. Just like the first sister team to win. and Yeah. I'm glad they won.
00:56:33
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Me too. We like them. Yeah. I like them even better this season than oh yeah last one too. And I didn't even not like them on their first season. Yeah. They just.
00:56:44
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They did so good this season. Yeah. They were just like so. I think somebody even said at some point they're like they were the most consistent. I think flighttime flight time said that on on the mat. i came They might not have won a leg, but they were never in the back. So.
00:56:59
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Yes, I agree. Yeah. Good job. Keisha and Jen. yeah All right. Well, thank you for being with us on this extended season 18. We'll see you sometime in the future for season 19. And thanks for listening.