Amazing Race: All Stars

[simpsonsfan]

Who's planning on watching it? i am. What team is your favorite? Mine is Rob and Amber. It starts Sunday February 18th @ 8pm.

[Freedom Fighter]

Yeah, I am. That reminds me... I have to start preparing the talkback thread for Sunday. And familiarize myself with the teams who are racing again.

Rob and Amber alone (well, Rob anyway) guarantees this season should be as fun to watch as Season 7 was. Which, coincidentally, was the season they raced. I'm yay-ing for Charla and Mirna, too... Charla's one of my all-time fave racers.

[Burgundy Ranger]

I'll be watching. Don't think Romber should even be in this .... they got into TAR7 via the 'all-star' path in the first place.

But I certainly see why they are. Same with Uchenna and Joyce (the only $1M winners in All-Stars). It's probably more to see how the other teams react to and strategize against them.

I'm also curious to see if there are any more switch-ups in this one. Last race, we got the mid-leg elimination and the Intersection.

What about a "Winner's Choice" elimination? The team that wins a leg gets to choose who goes home from, say, the last three finishers. But, as a point of strategy, if they pick a team that didn't finish last, the other two teams get a modest time bonus (20 minutes or so).

At least we know the episodes for this race will start at 8:00 sharp!

[bigddan11]

Our All-Star teams are:
Kevin & Drew (Season 1- 4th Place)
Oswald & Danny (Season 2- 4th Place)
John Vito & Jill (Season 3- 5th Place)
Uchenna & Joyce (Season 7- Winners)
David & Mary (Season 10- 6th Place)
Charla & Mirna (Season 5- 6th Place)
Rob & Amber (Season 7- 2nd Place)
Teri & Ian (Season 3- 2nd Place)
Eric & Danielle (Season 9- 2nd Place & 7th Place)
Joe & Bill (Season 1- 3rd Place)
Dustin & Kandice (Season 10- 4th Place)

It's no surprise no teams are back from the Family Edition, but I am surprised that no one from seasons 4 and 6 made it into the All-Star version over some of the seasons that have 2 teams.

Also, I wouldn't gurantee that start time with March Madness occurring next month.

[Burgundy Ranger]

Also, I wouldn't gurantee that start time with March Madness occurring next month.Oh yeah, that. (And I work in sports -- running the office pool, no less!)

It would be two Sundays (March 18 and 25) and one of those might be a total pre-emption.

[bigddan11]

Oh yeah, that. (And I work in sports -- running the office pool, no less!)

It would be two Sundays (March 18 and 25) and one of those might be a total pre-emption.

Typically Sunday's don't go past 7 p.m. ET with their games though, but Saturday's do go all day.

[Burgundy Ranger]

Typically Sunday's don't go past 7 p.m. ET with their games though, but Saturday's do go all day.Looking at last year's schedule, the latest game on the first Sunday was 5:00 so that might be a small delay at worst.

EDIT: My bad. It's hard to find schedules that have times once the games have been played. Last year's Sunday Elite 8 games were 2:30 and 5:00. That'll mean two weeks of who-knows-when starts (like football season).

[bigddan11]

Looking at last year's schedule, the latest game on the first Sunday was 5:00 so that might be a small delay at worst.

The second Sunday, though, had two regional finals at 4:45 and 7:10 p.m., meaning a full pre-emption of everything except the 10:00 show.

All the previous years though had the Elite Eight matches at 2 and 5 p.m. though, so it'll be interesting to see what they do this year.

[Freedom Fighter]

Our All-Star teams are:
Kevin & Drew (Season 1- 4th Place)
Oswald & Danny (Season 2- 4th Place)
John Vito & Jill (Season 3- 5th Place)
Uchenna & Joyce (Season 7- Winners)
David & Mary (Season 10- 6th Place)
Charla & Mirna (Season 5- 6th Place)
Rob & Amber (Season 7- 2nd Place)
Teri & Ian (Season 3- 2nd Place)
Eric & Danielle (Season 9- 2nd Place & 7th Place)
Joe & Bill (Season 1- 3rd Place)
Dustin & Kandice (Season 10- 4th Place)Oswald & Danny were very amusing, so it's great to see them again. So there's one former winning team in it... everyone will be gunning to eliminate Uchenna & Joyce, after they take out Rob & Amber, whom everyone will probably be after at the start. Again. David & Mary were sweet, so were Teri & Ian. I still really need to pick up the Season 1 DVD to see the so-called 'despicable' antics of Team Guido (Joe & Bill), but I'm interested to see what they do this time around. And kudos for giving Dustin & Kandice a second opportunity to be the first all-female team to win the Amazing Race.

Frankly, this is like any other season. I don't know who to root for. Only this time, the competitors have all raced before, so it's known what they could/should/might do.

[tigerrunner]

Am I the only person who can't stand Rob and Amber? Hated them on Survivor: All Stars, was digusted they were on Amazing Race 7, and I'm mad they're returning to ANOTHER All Stars. With any luck they'll be picked off quickly, but I doubt it.