Marrion: Just to give you a little background. It is a show that starts out with eleven teams for two. Each team has a relationship ie. dating, married, brother/sister, best friends etc. It is a race around the world. The teams are given a small amount of spending money for cabs, buses etc that they must delegate as they see fit. Airline expenses are covered. They are given instructions to go to different places and along the way they must perform tasks with a local flavor ie. finding Evita Peron's cemetery, traveling by zip line across scenic canyons, etc etc. The last team each week to check in at the final "pit stop" of the race is eliminated. The first team to return home wins one million dollars. It is a lot of fun and if you love to travel, it is a great way to find new places to add to your "I have to go there" list. :)

I am so sorry that the father/daughter team was eliminated. One mistake on the airline booking did them in. He had real courage to continue after his knee injury on the opening leg. I only wish it had been the pizza brothers that went down instead of them.

UTHorns81: I agree with you wholeheartedly. My favorite moment of the show this week came from Charla's cousin Mierna who was more concerned about fixing her hair to see Phil at the pit stop than driving her car down the road.

We want to see the cousins gone ASAP! I am liking the bowling moms more and more--although they are kind of low profile, they seem very good-natured and fun-loving. They aren't glamorous, but they aren't whiners or blamers, either. I'm rooting for them at this point.

Has anyone else noticed that they no longer seem to be giving away the vacation prizes for the couple that comes in first on each leg? That would seem to decrease the incentive to come in first on any given week.

They gave a prize out to the first person at the end of the first leg of the race. During the first season, they did not give much out at all...a few digital cameras and one trip I think. Hopefully the incentive to increase their lead will be enough to get them to the finish line first. I like the internet dating couple too. They do not complain and seem to have a great relationship.

I'm rooting for the midget.

"My favorite moment of the show this week came from Charla's cousin Mierna who was more concerned about fixing her hair to see Phil at the pit stop than driving her car down the road."

I agree - that cracked me up! :) I also liked when Phil pointed out to the twins that they didn't need to swim to the pit stop - everyone else just walked across.

I had forgotten about the twins "swimming" to the check point. I bet that made Phil's day. The kids that were with him to greet the racers sure seemed to be enjoying it.:)

They gave out the vacation on the first leg and last year they really only gave out the vacations towards the end of the show. It was like the last 4 episodes, everyone in 1st place got a trip. I'd want to be in first place no matter what but that would be inticing to me!

Is it possible to have Mierna win and not her cousin? Does anyone else find Charla to be very, very annoying? The pizza brothers have to go, they are jerks. I haven't taken a liking to anyone yet so I am not routing for anyone team in particular.

I love the little person, Charla and her cousin. I think they have guts. They know that they have to really stand up for themselves and be pushy to get ahead because they are going to lose in a foot race every time. Those pizza brothers are so annoying. I was thrilled when he had to eat all that chocolate and watch the other teams run out the door ahead of them. Rofl.

I too like the little person, but not her cousin. I think the cousin is too much of a drama queen.

I was sad to see the father/daughter team get eliminated, but I was amazed at how close they came to not being eliminated - they made up some serious time on that leg. And I think that the dad had some great things to say about his daughter.

I think the pizza brothers are in trouble next week. The cousins look like they're going to be around for some time. What they lack in speed they make up for in guile, guts, and smarts.

Pizza boys must go, it is so tacky that they drove by the cousins and yelled the "B" word! Cousins really seem to be having a good time.
Hubby and I think we could do it! Could anyone else? How do you get time off work?

I think my husband and I would do well in the race. Getting the time off work would definitely be an issue though.

Have they ever shown anyone on the Amazing Race with a camera to take pictures? I haven't. If you can't take a camera, there's no way I could do it.

Donna

I was sorry to see the dad and daughter team leave too. It took a lot of guts to keep going when he got his leg torn up on Santa Monica Pier and I loved his comment that he wasn't stopping, "I'm a marine!" Loved seeing the pizza guys stuck at the chocolate factory while everyone else took a couple of chocolates and immediately found the white one. Disappointed in the bowling moms for trying to sabotage the dad and daughter team with the currency exchange misinformation.

We applied for AR5 but we weren't picked. :( We were going to have "Met on the internet" for our description and then they picked some OTHER couple who met on the internet! Sheesh! It seems that a lot of couples are not picked from the people who send in applications but are "recruited" at specially arranged events. There is a lot of discussion about this on the Television without Pity site. We still think it would be really fun and that we could do it without attacking each other.

I love Amazing Race, it's so cool and fun to watch. I really dislike the pizza brothers. They are such jerks. How immature was it to yell the "B" word to the cousins? Whatever. I was so glad he was stuck munching on chocolate! The cousins are funny and it amazes me what the little cousin will say to people to get help. I also really enjoy the bowling moms.

dwoodliff - I'm with you. If I couldn't take a camera, I'd never be able to play in the game! All those beautiful places and no Kodak memories?!?!

Does anyone know how to apply to the show to be a contestant? I have looked numerous times on cbs and can't seem to find any info on becoming a contestant.