Another Emmy last week...Not sure what for, exactly, but I do like this show...

Official site on CBS: Amazing Race 15

They win best reality competition show every year. It has become a joke.

I'll be watching also. I refuse to root for the poker girls.

weeeeeee, excited!

Just starting watching. I havent watched it in like 5 years but need something to do Sunday nights.

My mom's review:

"The two poker women look and act like whores."

those chicks are idiots

I didn't like Tiffany Michelle before and this episode didn't help at all. Wow she was a bitch but Maria seems pretty nice. I think I'll be rooting for the Globetrotters.

Just finished watching it. I don't think they came off that bitchy, I think people were just pissed that they lied right off the bat. It's a game people get over it.

This is such a great reality show. There were points in the show (especially with the license plate thing at the beginning) where my heart actually started beating fast and I was talking to the TV lol.

I think there are a lot more likeable teams this season. I'm rooting for the team that has the guy with aspergers syndrome.

I went to high school with the guy who was eliminated at the end of the episode. He was a senior when I was a freshman. I know this because I got in a fight with his little brother and he came in and threw me against a wall and broke up the fight. lol small world.

Sushi roulette with wasabi bombs!!! Japanese game show madness!!!

I'm rooting for Team Montana, although Team Asburger is pretty funny. The Team Jew is pretty cool, too. that Christian chick (Mika?) is moking hot.

If I have to hear Tiffany Michelle say how she is a "very successful professional poker player" one more time, I may have to kill a kitten.

I will be rooting for the Globetrotters too, and I thought that quircky eccentric guy who took off his shoes in Vietnam was pretty funny too.

The thing I hate about the producers of this show is that they try to over-do the relationship part. I understand that they try to get some sort of attachment to the so called "character", but I just think its over done. It seems they portray half the relationships as borderline, and the race is what will bring them together. I just think they try to hard to get this point across, because it almost seems scripted.

Eliminating a team in the first like 5min with a license plate game... that sucks!

I was kind of hoping they'd cut them a break and let them skip the first leg of the race and fly to vietnam instead of japan. lol.

I don't think I will watch this show because of Tiffany Michelle. I really don't know why she holds herself in such high regard.

And to consider herself as "a very successful poker player" and "actress" is reeeeaaaaaally far-fetched. I wish someone would kick her ass.

There's just no way I could do a wasabi bomb.

The globetrotters made me chuckle for the first time while watching this show.

The producers love the hot chicks with gay boyfriends angle.

Japanese women can be exceptionally good looking.

Yes, but the sailor suits certainly help, too :-)

and of course they have to throw out poker lingo whenever possible too

"The bluff we're running is that we work for a homeless shelter"

Such a good bluff, in fact, that they were "1 outed" (haha) by some n00btard in line at the airport and now at least three other teams know and a couple of others suspect. They remind me of a quote:

"It is better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to open one's mouth and remove all doubt" - Abe Lincoln

globetrotters all the way-- seem like a couple of class acts. I saw them cheering on some of their competition. hope they do well

the line -- "it was like godzilla walking down the street" was priceless

Just watched the season premiere. Looks good as always.

Sucks for the team eliminated at the starting line, but they didn't seem like they would be all that interesting to watch. And I was glad to see Garrett/Jessica eliminated (should've been Maria/Tiffany but being a 2 hour episode, I knew they'd be saved. They weren't going to eliminate 2 teams on the first night). He reminded me of that guy last season (Terrence?) who acted like a spazzy gay guy and berated his GF the entire race.

I don't like Lance, he's an obnoxious goon, and I can't stand Tiffany Michelle either. She's pretty damn full of herself for a chick who at best is barely above average attractive-wise and looks old for her age. And if she were truly a "very successful pro poker player", odds are someone out of 11 teams would've actually recognized her. She ran like a golden luckbox in 1 main event, otherwise we wouldn't even know who she is. You want to put poker players on the Amazing Race, let Mike Matasow and Gavin Smith do it. It would be hilarious to watch Mikey run around Tokyo with his fanny pack on.

But other than those 2, I agree with Tanner, and I think this season will be enjoyable to watch because there are many likable teams. I like Team Ass-Burger, the father-son team is ok, and the gay brothers seem cool.

Hard to pick a favorite yet. The competition seems pretty wide open. I'm rooting for Meghan/Cheyne (it does bother me he spells his name that way though). She's super cute and he does not seem to be the super-tool I thought he'd be. Also rooting for the Globetrotters.

The older couple seems nice but boring, same with the inter-racial couple. And that Mika chick is hot too, but her and country music boyfriend don't seem all that bright. I think they will struggle a bit.

i think that's how they're proving to the world(and maybe themselves) that they're "successful" poker players by using poker parlance in a different setting. clever. i can't wait for one of them to say "amazing raceaments"

She called herself rich and couldn't say no and not blow her cover when someone recognize her lol what a tool.

Finally watched it last night.

It was funny because earlier in the night I was switching between the Tigers/Twins game and the WSOP on ESPN and they were showing all the girls left and I made mention that at least none of them acted like that bitch Tiffany. My wife said that I should watch the Amazing Race because there were two poker bitches on it. Lo and behold, there is Tiffany. Ugh. I wasn't aware when watching it that it was a 2 hour so I was pretty excited to see her come in last on the first leg only to have Phil blindside me with a non elimination round.

I hate the idea of kicking someone off in the first 5 minutes. I think it is a lame attempt at drama and completely unfair to all the contestants. Sure it's 5 minutes of excitement but its a 11 week show. Unnecessary in my opinion.

My favorite teams are assburgers, montana's, and the globetrotters.

I can deal with the blonde guy and girl and the two gay guys.

Hate the poker brats, the "lawyer", the Christians, and the weird older lady gets on my nerves.

Another thing that a friend pointed out. Why the need to introduce yourself as Christians? Seems that is common on all reality shows. I think if I ever get on I am going to make a point to say I am not Christian but I will be praying to God for the next 11 weeks that he will let me win this race. I did enjoy during the duck thing where the Christian guy was yelling at his Christian girlfriend and he said that he was going to "rip her head off." Awww, how sweet. Dude needs to get laid.

CHRISTIANS ARE PEOPLE TOO, SBRIAND! WE HAVE EMOTIONS!

Hey hey hey, don't rip my head off man. God dislikes dismemberment!

They added an extra team this season so they could kick someone off at the beginning, and so it wouldn't screw up the schedule. I would have been pissed though if I made it through all the interviews and production, then out in 5 minutes.

As for the Christians, I don't think that the two were introducing themselves to everyone in the race as "the christians." That is a production thing, and they will edit everything together to make the best storyline. So that isn't necessarily their fault, it is how CBS wanted them to be portrayed.

Well I believe in God and was baptized and all that but not only do I not tell everyone I see I wouldn't even bring it up if I got on a show like this. It's just an observation though about reality shows in general that a friend mentioned and I don't necessarily disagree with it. But these two are clearly the type that wanted to tell that part of their story as their intro was based on that alone and that she brought up the whole against her religion to have sex before marriage part and what a trooper he was by not trying to get in her pants.

Yeah I agree that there are a lot of Christians on reality shows, and they are sometimes annoying.

But again, them being Christians is what got them on the show. If they weren't going to discuss it in their interviews CBS wouldn't have put them on the show.

It's really the same with a bunch of different things. Like gays. Are they really letting the two brothers on the show because they are funny, good looking, interesting guys... or are they letting them on the show because they are funny, good looking, interesting and GAY, and they can make their whole story about how gay they are.

Same thing with the old couple, the team with the guy with Aspergers, poker players, Harlem Globetrotter. It is very seldom that a team gets picked because their personality, they all get picked because they have an interesting story that CBS wants to reveal, along with showing the race.

You have to admit... she's the hottest chick on the show. He IS a trooper.

Nope.

I will have to say I would not admit it. I didn't find her attractive in anyway. All I remember is the slut eye makeup which is a big turn off for me. He was pretty cute though.

You do know the blond guy is gay right?

keep watching

Crap, I missed the opener? Don't they advertise this damn show anymore?

Since when does God dislike a little bloddshed, regardless of the method, in His name?




:-O

I had her 2nd behind Meghan but still hot.

Pretty boring episode. Also, my wife said that she liked Tiffany, so I might not be able to watch it with her again.

Agree.

That New York/New Jersey accent has to be the most annoying accent in the world. I cringe everytime I hear the lawyer guy and his wife talk.

I'm waiting to see some really tough challenges. Getting the ducks over the hill has been the hardest thing so far.

Agreed, not too much of an episode. Glad to see my fav 2 teams finish 1-2.

Team Jungle Fever made a nice move.

Everyone but the older couple picked the physical challenge so I figured the mental one might save some time. Guess not, unless they really took forever with it.

And I'm so sick of Lance and Keri already. This guy's a lawyer, seriously? Annoying to watch and annoying to listen to. It's like a 1987 version of John Travolta and Fran Drescher.

That episode annoyed me.

I am tired of the the angry roids guy and the naggy wife model this show uses often. This time around I really hate it because the womans voice is so damn annoying. He is just a douchebag. Lions or not, they are both stupid and if that continues they can be as strong and fast as they think they are, they will lose.

Taking the giraffe was stupid. Luckily it didn't hurt them.

WTF was up with the one team doing odd dances in front of the dragons instead of just trying to grab the damn clue?

I hate Tiffany Michelle but her partner is a way bigger bitch. Tiffany did EVERYTHING for her team last night. I loved when the asian chick slammed the door to the taxi on Tiffany. She didn't even care. Tiffany needs to man up at some point and pint out that she can't do everything.

Was happy to see the old team get booted. She was annoying. She did and said some really odd things last night. It's like she had watched the show before and thought that she was required to try and start a fight with her partner but sadly he was never saying or doing anything bad towards her but she acted like he was. It was odd to watch. Them not asking people immediately about the scrambled word was pretty stupid on their part as well.

Yeah, that old couple really bugged me. Her calm demeanor would drive me insane. I think the old guy wanted to kill her at one point. Basically it proved that slow and steady usually results in losing the race.

Are Tiffany and Maria the only one's without backpacks? I always see them pulling their luggage around. What idiots.

And agreed on the old chick. She would come out of nowhere and say something bitchy to him.

Another pretty boring episode with lame challenges.

I did like the Lawyer guy's shitty karate kick at the end though lol.

So far Maria Ho has looked miserable in each episode.

Pretty upsetting that those guys are gone instead of the poker hoes

yeah wtf. How many times are they going to hit a one outer?

Well... my favorite team is gone. I'm probably rooting for the mixed race couple now.

Really? They are both such...assholes. I figured you would be rooting for the Christians.


I was pissed last night. What a crappy way to go out. I really really liked them, one of my favorite teams of all time. It was good to get two decent human beings on the show who weren't yelling at each other and being disrespectful to the places and people they met.

Luckily I have two teams left, Father/Son and the Globetrotters.

Really? I haven't seen one thing they've done that was mean or hurtful to anyone... unless you mean douchebags, instead of assholes, since you dont' like all the jungle fever/zebra talk. I like the father/son AND the globetrotters, but something is missing from both groups. I enjoy watching the mixed race couple, because they seem genuinely in love and they really like each other. That is fun to watch. My 2nd favorite team left is Globes, followed by father/son.

I have to sit back and think but there were instances in the first or second ep that irked me. He was acting a bit to douchey for me and she was acting like a bitch but I can't remember off hand the specific instance but it was enough to make me not like them. They are no Roid Rage and NJ bitch though. Those two need to fall off a tall building next week.

Real shitty to see Zev and Justin go out like that. And they won the damn leg of the race. (Do the gay brothers get the win and prize from Travelocity? Phil never mentioned it.) Very smart of them to keep the same cabbie the whole leg. It helped that he knew English but also because he had an actual car. It seemed to cost other teams time when they switched to those buggy-style cabs.

Fucking Tiffany and Maria dodge their 2nd bullet of the race. How much better can they run?

Not one of my favorite teams, but I agree with the bolded.

I've been rooting for Meghan and Shane (along with the Globetrotters), but they seem to have no romantic chemistry whatsoever. They get along fine, they just look like BFF's or brother/sister. Of course this may help them if they don't bring personal stuff into the race, they just play the game instead of bickering.

Meghan's rack looked great during the monkey challenge.

I think he was freaking out and said a couple dumb things when she was trying to complete the duck challenge.


And agreed on Roid Rage. I dislike them more than Tiffany.

Are they the blonde team? I like them ok. Better than the other boy/girl team. They are both fairly stupid in general.