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apskip:
My first reaction to this thread was "Why does Ken want to have another list?" However, I got past that with the above commentary on the top and bottom ten. I don't need to list that many, as I am concentrating only on the Best of the Best and the Worst of the Worst:

Best of the Best
1. Al and Jon - the Clowns were scintillating throughout. Their narrow defeat at the yacht club in Australia was one of the most disappointing ever.

2. Dustin and Kandace - I am in there with Michael. This was a thoroughly intelligent, fit and entertaining team. One problem with sign reading did them in or they could well have been the AR10 champions. Finishing second in AR11 All-Stars must have been a terrible blow to them, but they took it as champions as verified by the 3 of us at RFF who met them at the TARCON 11 party.

3. Colin and Christie - I know that many consider them an over-the-top edgy team but I like their drive to excellence throughout. It took a freak weather pattern combined with a freak airline ticket availability situation to dethrone them. They definitely deserved to win AR5. Adam Troy-Castro in "My Ox is Broken" rates them as "the single most formidable team in the show's entire history(through AR9)" and I extend that through to the present. His use of the ascender to scale that cliff off El Nido island was the single most impressive feat in any amazing race.

4. Wil and Tara - this is probably even a more controversial choice but I liked their bickering. It was entertaining. Watching Chris and Alex run down Tara at the Finish Line was not. They finished about 10 seconds behind in the closest Amazing Race finish ever.

5. Zach and anybody-but-Flo - You never got the chance to see this team in action, but if Zach could win with Flo can you imagine what he would do with a reasonable partner. Probably about the same domination as we saw in AR5 by Colin and Christie.

6. the Gaghan Family - I was so upset when they were eliminated in Costa Rica after the red bean finding task. Suffice is to say that Bill and Tammy are some of the finest parents I have ever met and Carissa and Billy are model children. They deserved a better result, but sometimes the twist of fate hits and you're out.

7. Rob and Amber - I detest this couple but you have to give Rob the credit that he's due as the highest percentage of leg victories in the history of the Race until Eric took it away from him and Amber the credit for talking Rob out of some bad ideas.

Worst of the Worst:
1. Charla and Mirna have earned the top spot. They are so hypocritcal it's unbelieveable. They got the off-the-plane advantage almost every leg due to Charla's shortness, but the whining from these two when they consistently failed to turn that into winning legs was ridiculous.

2. Aaron and Arianne - these two were totally tiresome. Aaron was such a sleaze. I cheered their early exit from AR3.

3. Eric and Danielle - his belittleing of her was rampant on AR11 and continues to this day. It's disgusting. She may not have been Jeremy, but she managed to win him half a million bucks more than jeremy did.

4. Lyn and Karlin - how could I forget this duo, probably the nastiest of all time?

5. the "Hometown Advantge" - watch Frank and Margarita go down in Queens, Wil probably sorry that he claimed that great knowledge of San Francisco would result in a victory(it did help but not enough to overcome his bad decision on how to procure a cab at Oakland International Airport), Colin and Christie unable to catch up (although they gave it a monumental effort) in Texas, and the Schroeders going down to defeat in New Orleans.

georgiapeach:
What great lists!!

You guys have all my top choices on worst and best teams!

I'll just say that I initially admired Colin's intensity...but the infamous Taxicab incident in Africa made him into an instant Ugly American and made all of us American's look bad and made the Race look bad...and for that he takes my #1 least favorite spot...even beating out Jonathan.  :ascared

On the other hand, all the Christie dislike here quotes the "just run them over" tuk-tuk comment...

I believe that comment was later shown to be the worst example of manipulative editing. They were in their tuk-tuk, and a film crew was hanging out the back of another one from just in front of them filming them. They were blocked in and couldn't pass and were being slowed down significantly...and the just run them over comment was directed at the film crew  :lol: and not to the poor bystanders. Or so I heard. I'll never find it again, but there is actually a photo of this blocking out there somewhere.

Of course, she said plenty more things to be criticised for, but I will give her a buy on that one.


And sending  the Bowling Moms Love!  :hrt: :hrt:

TARAsia Fan:
Even apskip gets into the mix!  :jumpy: :jumpy: :jumpy: :yess: :yess: :yess:

Great lists! I love them.  :tup: :tup: :tup:

And the fact that there's no right or wrong answers, just your personal favs and worsts makes it even better. Feel free to expand on honorable or dishonorable mentions if you wish.

sunnyca:
Great topic and comments! Was getting caught up on the older seasons, but so far my favorite team still has to be:
BJ & Tyler! a team that many seem to love to hate - but I really enjoyed watching them every moment they were on screen - great racers, fun, enthusiastic, friendly, treated the locals and the other teams well (nonwithstanding their lame attempt at "rifting" MoJo. They have to be about the luckiest racers too, along with Chip and Kim.
Dustin and Kandice: OK, I'll get into the line way back there! Loved them for their upbeat attitude, personality and always looking great even covered in grime or being dragged along by a horse!  Best racers to not win twice.   :hearts:
Fran and Barry/Meredith and Gretchen (tie) : Bit surprised they haven't been mentioned yet - just loved both these teams for their never-say-die racing, perseverance, humor, good cheer, humility, and - may i say - just wish i was half as fit at half their age! Does Gretchen have the most episode titles ever - she's so quotable  - so funny!  :funny:
Colin and Christie: IMHO the best racers ever. I plan to reanalyze every move these guys made over and over when I apply for the race!  OK Colin has a temper, and his brainfart in Tanzania was painful, but boy, the way he zipped up that rope - and up that snowy slope in Sunshine  - was truly amazing. They always seemed to think several steps ahead - until they got Yielded. Wish they'd been in TAR11- would have loved to see how they did when Christie did more Roadblocks.
Tyler and James: Strong, very competent, friendly, considerate to each other and everybody else, generally made the best Detour choices, obsessed with the BQs (they weren't the only ones!).  Some bloggers called them colorless but I didn't think so at all. 
Frank and Margarita:  I really liked them - athletic and fit, often funny, very genuine, real triers. They were well balanced in temperament and strengths, and the evolution of their relationship during was absorbing and real.
Monica and Joseph: Sheer entertainment. Ultra-competitive team  -their feuds were one of the highlights of the season. Seemed to have a knack for getting lost just before the pitstop - possibly the best team to never win a leg?
Others I liked were Eric and Jeremy, Azaria and Hendekea, Uchenna and Joyce, Jon and Al, Oswald and Danny and most of the teams from seasons 10 and 9.
I also want to give a shoutout to individual racers that I really liked, but not so much their partners (sometimes just overshadowed): Kelly (TAR4), Millie (TAR4), Tian (TAR4) (hmmm.. i see a pattern here), Zach, Charla, Yolanda, Chip (TAR5), Christina.

Belle Book:
Here are my least favorite teams:

10.  Ray & Deana -- this team certainly annoyed me during their time on the race.  However, I wasn't as annoyed with them as I was with a lot of the others.

9.  Ari & Staella -- I would've really hated this team had they stuck around longer (like I did with Nathan & Jennifer from the same season).  However, they didn't, so they aren't high on my least favorite teams list.

7.  Teri & Ian (Season 3, less All-Stars):  I started out disliking this team a lot because of Ian.  He was the ultimate Ugly American during much of the race.  But starting in Vietnam, I began to see a different side to him and I liked it.  They're still on my list, but not too high.

7.  Flo & Zach -- I didn't put this team high on my list because of Zach.  He was a true gentleman.  Flo, however, allowed the pressures of the race to get the best of her and I hated it when she did.

6.  Colin & Christie -- as this team got further into the race, they annoyed me more and more -- or at least, Colin did.  However, I loved Colin's comment about his ox "My ox is broken!"

5.  Alison & Donny -- I never saw Alison on Big Brother 4, but I heard plenty about her.  On her short time in the race, I saw that others' dislike of her was justified.  I was glad to see her go so soon in the Race!

4.  The Weaver Family -- this team really annoyed me with their holier-than-thou attitude, their standoffish attitude and their willingness to be mean to others.  I was glad when they finished third and the Linz Family won!

3.  Tara & Wil -- you may not remember this team, but I do!  This was the prototype of the kind of team I despise most -- argumentative and fighting with each other all the time!  Until Jonathan & Victoria came along, this was my least favorite team!  How quickly things change.

2.  Nathan & Jennifer -- ugh!  I rarely liked this team -- ever!  Although they didn't make me want to put an imaginary gun to my head too often, they often drove me up the wall!  Although the donkey made me laugh with his hee-hawing, which made me think he was laughing at them.  Maybe he was.

1.  Jonathan the Jerk and Victoria -- the lowest of the low.  I hated this team from the first leg and just about every leg I hated them more.  They drove me to put an imaginary gun to my head every single leg of the Race -- almost.  I was cheering when they were eliminated!

My favorites will be coming later.

Belle Book

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