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TAR 17 EP 1 "They Don't Call it the Amazing Race for Nothin'!" (Premiere)
georgiapeach:
Another set of teams set off on a race around the world! thanks to walkingpneumonia for organizational help
Title: credit to theschnauzers
Thanks to woden for the excellent summary - copied here:
TEAM SPOILER SUMMARY
Andie DeKroon/Jenna Sykes (Catholic Birth Mom and Daughter): Dark hair, wearing red/maroon/black (Source); last spotted at Logan Airport in Boston (5/26)
Ron Kellum/Tony (Friends): African-American M/M, one thin, one heavy-set, dressed in orange (Source); last spotted in customs at LHR entering England (5/27)
Rachel Johnston/Katie Seamon (Friends/Volleyball Players): Blonde, wearing bright green; last POSSIBLE sighting on arrival in Stockholm airport (6/1)
Connor Diemand-Yamuan/Jonathon Schwartz (Princeton Grads): Wearing green, dark hair, in 20s-30s (Source); last sighting in Stockholm airport (6/1)
Michael/Kevin Wu (Father/Son): Asian team wearing blue (Source); last sighting on flight to St. Petersburg (6/5)
Gary/Mallory Ervin (Father/Daughter): Gary (52) in yellow (gray hair), Mallory (24) in yellow with black jacket (Source 1), (Source 2); last sighting on flight to St Petersburg (6/5)
Stephanie Smith/Chad Waltrip (Dating): Stephanie (22) blonde hair, wearing black and Chad (25) dark hair, wearing blue/turquoise bandana (Source); last POSSIBLE sighting in Muscat airport (6/8)
Nick/Vicki (Dating): Dark hair, wearing grey/black with lots of tattoos/piercings; last spotted in customs at LHR entering England (5/27), POSSIBLE sighting in Hong Kong (6/12) (Source)
Brook Roberts/Claire Champlin (Friends): One with dark hair (Claire), one blonde (Brook) (Source); likely spotted in Dongducheon, South Korea (6/14)
Jill/Thomas (Dating): M (dark hair) in white, F (blonde) in purple, likely spotted in Dongducheon, South Korea (6/14)
Nat/Kat (Doctors): One in blue (blonde hair), one in black (possibly Asian, dark hair), likely spotted in Dongducheon, South Korea (6/14)
ROUTE SUMMARY
EP01: Gloucester/Boston, MA (USA) to England
Film Date: MAY 26-MAY 27
Air Date: SEPT 26
Leg Route/Tasks:
START: Teams ride lobster boats from State Fish Pier across Gloucester Inner Harbor to starting line at Eastern Point Yacht Club
EVIDENCE: Report and photos (Source)
ROUTE INFO: Drive yourselves (in Smart Cars) to Logan International Airport (Crews following in SUVs)
EVIDENCE: Report of teams asking for directions on East Main Street (Source 1), (Source 2)
ROUTE INFO: Fly to London, England
First 3 teams on AA108 (DEP 7:06pm/ARR 7:00am) (Source):
Stephanie/Chad Dating (initially wearing blue and black and changed into black at Boston airport)
Ron/Tony: One thin, one heavy-set, dressed in orange
Jill/Thomas: M (dark hair) in white, F (blonde) in purple (may be wearing lime green pants?)
Other 8 teams on VS12 (DEP 8:02pm/ARR 7:26am) (Source):
Michael/Kevin: Asian father/son team in blue
Connor/Jonathon: Wearing green (dark hair, in 20s-30s)
Gary/Mallory: Gary in yellow (gray hair), Mallory blonde in yellow with black jacket
Nat/Kat: One in blue (blonde hair), one in black jacket/blue shirt (possibly Asian, dark hair)
Nick/Vicki: Dark hair, wearing grey/black with lots of tattoos, piercings (may be wearing lime green pants?)
Brook/Claire: One with dark hair, one blonde
Rachel/Katie: Blonde, wearing bright green
Andie/Jenna: Dark hair, wearing red/maroon/black (changed into pink and blue at Boston airport)
EVIDENCE: Teams spotted at airport (Source 1), (Source 2), Ron/Tony and M/F team with tattoos/piercings spotted in customs at LHR (Source)
ROUTE INFO: Drive yourselves to Stonehenge (near Amesbury/Salisbury, England)
EVIDENCE: Reports (Source), report from Australian blogger (Source), teams photographed at site (Source)
ROUTE INFO: Drive to Eastnor Castle
EVIDENCE: Promo (Source)
ROUTE INFO: Swimming task to retrieve or raise flag (possible drop into water from zipline??)
EVIDENCE: CBS promo (Source)
ROADBLOCK: Hit knight with launched watermelon (possibly with Knights of Middle England ((Source))
PERFORMED BY: Claire
EVIDENCE: CBS Twitter promo (Source), first promo (Source)
PIT STOP: First place team given Express Pass (Source)
Safe from Elimination at End of Leg:
Brook/Claire: Spotted in Hong Kong, likely spotted in Dongducheon, South Korea (Source 1), (Source 2), (Source 3)
Nat/Kat Spotted in Hong Kong, likely spotted in Dongducheon, South Korea (Source 1), (Source 2)
Jill/Thomas POSSIBLY spotted in Hong Kong, likely spotted in Dongducheon, South Korea (Source 1), (Source 2) (Source 3)
Michael/Kevin: Photographed in LHR leaving England on 5/28 (Source), spotted on flight to St. Petersburg (Source)
Gary/Mallory: Seen on flight to St. Petersburg (Source)
Rachel/Katie: Photographed in LHR leaving England on 5/28, possibly photographed in ARN on 6/1 (Source)
At least one M/F couple: Seen on flight to St. Petersburg (Source)
Connor/Jonathon: Photographed in ARN in Stockholm on June 1 (Source)
Possibly Eliminated:
Andie/Jenna: No sightings since Logan Airport in Boston (5/26), possibly made it to Ghana re: tweet (Source)
Ron/Tony: No sightings since LHR customs (5/27)
Stephanie/Chad: No confirmed sightings since Logan (5/26), POSSIBLE sighting in Muscat (MCT) (6/8)
EXPRESS PASS:
thumbnail--click-click
per Media reports:
"The team to finish first on the initial leg receives a surprise reward that gives them a possible game-changing advantage."
First spoiled HERE
georgiapeach:
VIDEOS:
Promo 1
screencaps here: http://forum.realityfanforum.com/index.php/topic,21994.msg559575.html#msg559575
Promo 2:
screencaps here: http://forum.realityfanforum.com/index.php/topic,21994.msg560340.html#msg560340
Promo 3
PROMO 4
screencaps here: http://forum.realityfanforum.com/index.php/topic,23310.msg563258.html#msg563258
Right in the Kisser, watermelon smash:
screencaps here: http://forum.realityfanforum.com/index.php/topic,21994.msg561792.html#msg561792
Express Pass!!
Promo 5
Promo 6
Promo 7 More on the Express Pass!
Promo 8 ignore the "tomorrow" :lol:
Promo 9! Saving the best for last?? >>contains future locations
georgiapeach:
**saved**
redskevin88:
Watch the CBS Twitter video carefully, Brooke says the title!! :yess: :yess:
Belle Book:
--- Quote from: redskooky on September 12, 2010, 02:18:43 AM ---Watch the CBS Twitter video carefully, Brooke says the title!! :yess: :yess:
--- End quote ---
If we didn't already know Brooke & Claire would survive this leg, Brooke's saying the title would be an indication that she & Claire survived.
Belle Book
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