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Your Favorite and Worst TAR Teams

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Hooky:
Favorite Teams (this list is not completely accurate):

10: Ronald & Christina (Season 12): Leg 2 wasn't very good for them, but I liked watching them succeed later in the Race. They evolved their relationship and improved and that is how the Race should be run (not like TK & Rachel). The team that should have won that season.
9: Lorena & Jason (Season 12): I don't know why, but I liked them. They didn't bicker much and were really strong. I didn't realize how much I liked them until they were eliminated. They were eliminated on the horrible no-bunching leg of their season.
8: Vipul & Arti (Season 10): They got along really well, and never got angry with each other. They were the Kris & Jon of that season, and would have been a fan favorite if they had lasted longer.
7: Oswald & Danny (Season 2/All-Stars): Their accents and the things they said were funny. They were always interesting and should have been in the final 3 in All-Stars (I didn't see Season 2).
6: Brian & Greg (Season 7): They were funny, and almost every leg they would start with something funny to say on the mat. They were also eliminated on the horrible no-bunching leg - ugh!
5: Azaria & Hendekea (Season 12): The strongest team in Season 12. They didn't always get along, but they were good sports and were fun to watch. Their elimination was another bad luck elimination of a team I like.
4: Uchenna & Joyce (Season 7/All-Stars): They learned to work together as a couple in Season 7, and gained popularity with the head shave. And they continued this in All-Stars. I liked this team and they shouldn't have taken that risk on leg 9 of All-Stars.
3: BJ & Tyler (Season 9): I know they hogged the cameras, but they were fun to watch every leg. You never knew what weird things they would do next. They were entertainment that made up for the lack of unpredictability in Season 9.
2: Lena & Kristy (Season 6): They were a tougher team than many may realize - arriving first at multiple locations in their short race. I loved watching the first really strong female team race, and their very early bad luck exit at the hay bales was undeserved. Season 6 would have been better if they had lasted.
1: Dustin & Kandice (Season 10/All-Stars): They were almost unrealistically tough for a female team and they always got along really well. They made themselves likeable every leg, even when they were randomly attacked by Lyn & Karlyn and Charla & Mirna - the two worst teams ever.

Honorable Mentions (in no particular order): John Vito & Jill, Erwin & Godwin, David & Lori, Kynt & Vyxsin, Peter & Sarah, Debbie & Bianca, Hayden & Aaron, Meredith & Gretchen, Kris & Jon, Dennis & Erika, Bob & Joyce, Linda & Karen, Kami & Karli, Steve & Dave,  Fran & Barry, Wanda & Desiree, Duke & Lauren

Some of my honorable mentions tied with those in the top 10 - I just couldn't choose between them all.

apskip:
Buddy TV has just presented its "10 Most Morable Couples from the Amazing Race". Here are their choices with my comments:

1. Rob and Amber - they certainly are snarky and hyper-competitive

2. Jonathan and Victoria - nobody has come close to breaking Jonathan's record as the greatest villain in AR history

3. Uchenna and Joyce - I love this team, but they do not deserve to be this high on this list; I would have placed Colin and Christie, who are not on the Buddy List, #3 on the apskip list because they are mesmerizing as exemplified by the ascender and "my ox is broken" and Tanzanian taxicar driver incidents. I know that many viewers hate them

4. BJ and Tyler - I like this team but there is no way they should be on the list at all; they were too bland; I would put Joe and Bill here for their AR1 (not AR11) appearance. Nobody is more snarky and diabolical than Joe and Bill in that race

5. Kynt and Vyxsin - they should be a little lower on the list, maybe #10, but definitely on it as the team taking costumes to new levels in Amazing Races; I would substitute the Gaghan Family. Carissa and Billy and Tammy and Bill are such nice people on-screen (and in person) that your heart is out for them.

6. Charla and Mirna - I dislike Mirna intensely. They are the team that AR fans love to hate. They should be where they are as a result of the inconsistency of their race statements with their professed values

7. Chip and Reichen - I would substitute Jon and Al as the most lovable team ever and with bad luck to contrast with Chip and Reichen's churlishness and incredible good luck

8. Dustin and Kandace - my favorite team ever after Colin and Christie. These two are awesome. Except for some bad luck in overshooting the entrance to a business in Morocco, I believe they would have won AR10 and they were very close to winning AR11

9. David and Mary - nice people, mediocre racers, and they do not belong on this list; I would substitute Flo and Zach, Flo for being the bitchiest racer ever and Zach for being the strongest(that includes over Bolo and Lori) and most patient racer ever.

10. Cho Brothers - this is a mediocre team who wanted to make friends rather than win; they do not belong on this list. I would substitute Kynt and Vyxsin here


So I have removed from the BuddyTV list Uchenna and Joyce. BJ and Tyler, Chip and Reichen, David and Mary and the Cho Brothers. I have substituted Colin and Christie, Joe and Bill, the Gaghan Family, John and Al, and Flo and Zach

My list looks like this:
1. Rob and Amber
2. Jonathan and Victoria
3. Colin and Christie
4. Joe and Bill
5. the Gaghan Family
6. Charla and Mirna
7. Jon and Al
8. Dustin and Kandace
9. Flo and Zach
10. Kynt and Vyxsin


What do you think?

Hooky:
Kynt & Vyxsin weren't memorable to me - I judge based on what the teams actually do, not what they look like.

David & Mary certainly don't belong on the list - it really disgusts me that the media favors teams that most of us don't actually care much about. Those teams were used mostly for advertising their respective seasons, which is why the media still loves Kynt & Vyxsin.

My list is this:
1. Rob & Amber
2. Jonathan & Victoria
3. Colin & Christie
4. Charla & Mirna
5. BJ & Tyler
6. Flo & Zach
7. Tara & Wil
8. Dustin & Kandice
9. Nathan & Jennifer
10. Adam & Rebecca

TARAsia Fan:
I'm gonna have to disagree with you, Hooky. Kynt and Vxysin did leave quite an impression doing as well as they did.

I don't think "most" of us did not care about Dave & Mary. They resonated with a lot of people.

apskip:
Score one more who did not resonate with David and Mary. They are extremely medicore racers with good personalities. They do not belong on a "most  memorable couple" list. I don't think they are in the top 50.

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