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ROB & AMBER RETURN TO GLORY; JOHN VITO & JILL EXIT EARLY
The All-Star Season of THE AMAZING RACE kicked off in spectacular fashion as coalminer and wife David & Mary outright lie to rival beauty queens Dustin & Kandice, Drew took a nasty tumble, and Teams drove through the Ecuadorian countryside. Newlyweds Rob & Amber set the pace throughout the leg to claim a victory while bad directions caused the elimination of former dating couple John Vito & Jill.
READY, SET, GO!
In sun soaked Miami, Florida, the tropical gateway to America, speedboats transported the eleven All-Star Teams along the beautiful shores of the Atlantic Ocean to the starting line where Phil stood waiting. After giving the Teams his obligatory speech, Phil raised his arm, issued his famous words, "The world is waiting for you," and signaled the beginning of the race.
After opening the clue sending them to Quito, Ecuador, best friends and Miami residents Oswald & Danny took the lead out the parking lot as former dating couple John Vito & Jill and newlyweds Rob & Amber wisely followed the pair who naturally knew the quickest route to the airport. With old instincts and feeling stirring from the drive, Jill commented, "John Vito and I really loved each other and I think we still have that caring for each other that we had during season three and I hope it works to our advantage this time."
Pulling into the parking lot near the airport, newlyweds Rob & Amber grabbed the second shuttle behind former couple John Vito & Jill and even held it for best friends Oswald & Danny as payment for leading them all the way there. Later, Rob remarked, "It was the first kind gesture I have made, so I want it noted. It killed me to do it, too."
DECISIONS, DECISIONS
As the shuttles neared the terminals, the Teams had a very important decision to make as they could book tickets on one of two flights out of Miami: Copa Airlines, departing at 3:30pm or American Airlines departing at 3:50. Teams needed to figure out that while the American flight left later, it would land two hours before the Copa flight.
With a crucial decision to be made, John Vito & Jill, Rob & Amber, and Danny & Oswald all made the shrewd choice of asking their shuttle driver which airline's terminal would be the first stop. Upon learning American Airlines was closer, the three Teams exited their respective shuttles at the terminal and, after confirming that the American flight landed sooner, booked tickets on the flight with high fives all around.
In another shuttle, Mary convinced her coalminer husband David to go to the Copa terminal since the flight left earlier. Their bad decision was compounded when they booked the flight at the Copa counter only asking about the arrival times afterwards. With their fate sealed on the second flight, the stunned David & Mary looked on in disbelief.
However, the plucky pair seized an opportunity to turn lemons into lemonade when their rivals from Season 10, Dustin & Kandice, strolled up to the counter and they told the beauty queens that the Copa flight landed earlier. Mary remarked, "We don't want to help them. We want them out." David added, "This is an entirely different ballgame. This is the best of the best. You gotta do what you gotta do." To make matters worse for the beauty queens, David & Mary helped out married parents Teri & Ian by telling them that the American flight was faster allowing them to snag the last seats just behind cousins Charla & Mirna.
With the American flight full, beauty queens Dustin & Kandice settled for tickets on the Copa flight with life partners Joe & Bill, married couple Uchenna & Joyce, dating couple Eric & Danielle, friends Kevin & Drew, and coal miner and wife David & Mary. |
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