A Race finale, yes…
A grand Amazing Race finale? Not so much. Yes, the most deserving team won. I guess. But otherwise the final leg wasn’t much to write home about. Or even come home for, really. After a season of really interesting and different locations, filled with harder tasks and more actual racing, the final leg was kind of meh on both of those parts.
We had skydiving for one while the other team member did a controlled dive in the plane - wish we could have gotten a better sense of that (oh, and shut up, Rob, you went on a race around the world. You can skydive anywhere, anytime, sheesh) and, in Paris, we had a run up the Eiffel Tower, then teams either carrying art through the streets or making a jacket. All three teams took the fashion option. The Moddicts breezed through that one (pretty funny actually) with Kim and Rob finishing last. Then it was back to the airport again for flights out to New York.
A lot of flying and taxi driving…not all that exciting really. This time, however, the *lyns picked the wrong airport to fly out of and ended up screwed out of a good seat on a plane to the U.S….and at that point, they were out of the race.
Once in New York….nothing much really happened. On the past two seasons, there has been a nail-biting, last minute task (arrange the flags last year, put the map together the season before that) which has added a good element of suspense.
This time? Find a building, get your clue. Find a sculpture, get your clue. Take a taxi to the final Amazng Bath Mat and Phil. And yes, Romberly and the Moddicts were neck and neck during this leg, which involved running on foot for 30 blocks (from buildng to sculpture) but in the end? It came down to which taxi driver had the EZ Pass.
At the finish, it was just a run for the mat, and Tyler and James got there first. A good team, as I’ve stated before, and definitely deserving. Rob and Kimberly got there about 20 minutes later (according to what Rob said at a fan party last night) and Lyn and Karlyn were a few hours behind them, having finallly gotten their flight into the US.
I wish I could make it sound more exciting. It…wasn’t. Good, yes. And the hour went by fast. But edge of your seat? Not really. A final task at the final location would have made a big difference and taken the edge off all the airport/taxi time that dominated this final leg.
All in all, it was a great season and I did really enjoy many aspects. It was nice seeing all the racers again at the finish line (and yes, Peter was with Sarah, but not “with” Sarah, if you know what I mean.) And was anyone really excited thinking that the Moddicts families where actually there, but it ended up being a phone call “ad” for Sprint? Yeah, kinda weird. (But not as weird as James’ dad’s scary eyebrows!) I was hoping they had all three final teams families there. Would have loved to see the *lyns reunited with their kids. Would have made up for a lot of the meh feeling of that leg.
They also showed a brief commecial for next season, which will be an All Star version. They didn’t announce the teams yet (though there are spoilers all over the dang place for those who want to know…) but they did announce it will start airing in February! So not that long to wait.
Bye, Phil! See you, your eyebrow and amazing pants soon!
I will definitely be tuning in next time! More MAC all around! 
What did you all think of the finale?
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You summed up the finale perfect. I was let down when there was no final task at the end. Overall I thought it was one of the best races. I’m looking forward to All Star version in February!
I agree it was pretty boring. I was glad the models won.
It was kind of boring to me as well.
I totally agree. I kept waiting for something well exciting to happen. But it didn’t. It seemed like the producers forgot about having them do something at the last stop so decided not to have them do much of anything. Though I did laugh when Romberly’s taxi driver didn’t have the EZ pass.
Will have to do a google and see who’s all on the all star version. CTV here didn’t show the commericial for the new season unless i missed it.
I thought the EZpass moment was hialrious!
I missed it because we were trimming the tree so thanks for the recap.
I’m with everyone else… it wasn’t the most exciting ending to a great season. I am, however, glad the models won. I wanted to scream when Romberly managed to plead their way on to that NYC flight. Ugh!
Looking forward to the All-Star season and your MACs.
Donna, James’s dad’s eyebrows were, uh, eye-opening. It looked like he spent some time sculpting them.
I used to be a third grade teaching assistant, and two years ago there was a girl in the other third grade class whose grandparents were contestants on “The Amazing Race.” That was the first time I really tuned in, and it was fun to see how the student’s grandparents did on the show.
Diana - that’s so cool! Do you remember which team it was? How fun!
Yes, they are the grandparents who were in the same season with the two models who won (female and male; male’s name was Freddy, I think). The last three teams in the race were them, this other couple (I think the guy’s name was Jon), and this duo where the guy was always nagging the girl, if I remember correctly. Sorry but I don’t remember many of their names.
I found a link to the grandparents:
http://www.cbs.com/primetime/amazing_race6/teams/don/bio.shtml
I was rooting for them.
Hey Donna you nailed it totally what a bore. I wish that during the race there weren’t so many airport equalizers.I sure would have liked to see James’ Mother to see where the heck he got his looks,lol.