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After 16 seasons, will an all-female team finally win the race?

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Hooky:

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--- Quote ---Totally agree. To date, no all-female team were ever eliminated on the first leg which tells us a F/F team are strong enough to last at least one leg.
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Sadly, an all-female team coming in last place on the first leg has already happened (Deidre/Hilary & Gina/Sylvia during TAR2 and TAR3, respectively).  Still, thirteen out of fifteen seasons sans a F/F team finishing last does say something (even if many of them were either close or were booted in the second leg).

FTR, there were twice as many all-male teams eliminated first since Day One.  Although one couldn't really count TAR10 as it was a non-traditional Philimination; however, Derek/Drew were almost booted first in their season, so again, you never know what could happen.  Any given day the best team could bow out rapidly while someone else could make a run.

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Well, Maria & Tiffany were also last in the first leg... :hides:

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Theoretically they were not last as Eric & Lisa were eliminated before them

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Yes, but not a traditional elimination point by any means. I don't think you can count it for that reason. Plus, I doubt Eric & Lisa would have been less competent than Maria & Tiffany at guiding the tourists to the Pit Stop.

Jobby:
Why do all the all-female team winning threads have to become a Dustin and Kandice discussion? :res:

Dustin and Kandice were the only team who came close to it... but alot of times all-female teams could have a good run but ran out of luck. So it doesn't mean Dustin and Kandice did well and they are seen as the "strongest all-female team".

Who knows Momily could have gone on to win if they didn't take the 24 hrs Detour penalty.
Who knows Mary and Peach could have gone on to win if they didn't get eliminated in HK (they were doing really well before that)
Who knows Heather and Eve might win if they didn't get eliminated due to a stupid 30min penalty
Who knows Tian and Jaree might go on and win if they beat Reichen and Chip (gender discrimination RB)
Who knows Linda and Karen might win if they actually beat C/C at the Roadblock (gender discrimination RB)
Who knows Charla and Mirna might win if they didn't take the slower flight in Tanzania (yes, no? don't know if the info's correct)
Who knows Lena and Kristy might go on and win if they didn't get Haybaled out.
Who knows Debbie and Bianca might win if they didn't drive 2 hours in the wrong direction.
Who knows Godlewski might win if they didn't bicker so much, lol.
Who knows Dustin and Kandice might win if they didn't have their bad karma for Yielding the Bamas. (LOL)
Lyn and Karlyn hardly had any chances of winning even if they are on the same flight with Roberly and Tyler and James, the finale was crazy running through many blocks... and the Bamas can't beat the other 2 more physical teams.
Who knows Dustin and Kandice and Charla and Mirna can't even beat Danielle at a RB.. if not one of the 2 teams might go on and win.
Who knows Kelly and Christy might go on and win if they beat Andrew and Dan in India.
Who knows Cara and Jaime or Kisha and Jen might win if one didn't stop for the toilet or if Jaime didn't get so much back taxi karma. Heck, even Christie and Jodi had the potential to win.
Maria and Tiff, IMO.. had hardly any chances to win. They were weak and... i had no idea why they were the only female team representative on TAR 15.

My point here is that TAR must have given a lot of thought to the all-female teams they cast on the show because almost every season, we really have an all-female team who look like they can do really well but ran out of luck/made too big a mistake and resulted in their elimination. Some of them which i listed above, have showed their potential that they can actually win... But... sigh.

I'm still looking forward to the day. TARA took 1 season... TAR is taking around... 17, if an all-female team doesn't win this season. The only team i'm pinning my hopes on for season 16 is Carol and Brandy.. although the Black Sisters looked like they have got some potential as well.

redskevin88:

--- Quote from: J-Squeeze on February 23, 2010, 06:44:09 PM ---Yes, but not a traditional elimination point by any means. I don't think you can count it for that reason. Plus, I doubt Eric & Lisa would have been less competent than Maria & Tiffany at guiding the tourists to the Pit Stop.

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They may not also be able to do the first roadblock anyhow


--- Quote ---Eric and Lisa have been married for over 18 years.  Both are vegans who have a passionate and fiery approach to their personal and professional lives and are extremely dedicated to helping others.
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Jobby:

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--- Quote from: DavidMV on February 10, 2010, 08:19:35 AM ---I just believe that tasks this time will not be male orented again. I just hope they can just arrange tasks that can be performed by men and by women.

It wold be great to see a Detour involving women oriented tasks and see male teams struggled there...

I just feel that getting Maria & Tiffany-ed is not fair. Not because it was them, but just it is not fair.

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I think if Maria did more than give love taps to the golf balls and the strength tester, she and Tiffany may well have edged out Brian and Ericka in that leg.

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Agreed. And if they had really been properly prepared for the race (and had properly applied without pressure from producers who wanted them more than they wanted to be on the show themselves), this minor strength task wouldn't have been an issue. I don't think the tasks need to be less difficult. Surely there are plenty of women in America capable of doing much better than Maria & Tiffany. All that needs to be reformed is the casting process. Instead of getting the physically weak "celebrities," try getting average American women who are in shape and are actually a threat to the other teams.

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Imagine how a team full of Rebeccas (From series 6) would do.

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OMG, I'LL ROOT FOR THAT TEAM ANYTIME.

Hooky:

--- Quote from: Joab on February 25, 2010, 12:40:57 AM ---Maria and Tiff, IMO.. had hardly any chances to win. They were weak and... i had no idea why they were the only female team representative on TAR 15.

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Because the race course that season was almost entirely centered exclusively around their skills. They were intended to win. I don't care if you say the route is planned before the teams are cast. It's still possible to make the race and then cast a team with all the right advantages afterward. The order it's done in doesn't really matter.

Oh, and by the way: This season the course seems very obviously Jet & Cord-centered. Hopefully that changes, or the entertainment of animal tasks in general will wear down pretty quickly.

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