Finale episode title
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Racing report
Amazing Race Season 27, Episode 12, "We got a chance, baby!"
Film date: 2015-07-14
The last pit stop was in Macau but it looks like teams are released from the Conrad hotel in Hong Kong after a 14h+ pit stop in the following order:
1. Logan & Chris 03:54 2. Kelsey & Joey 03:55 +0:01 3. Justin & Diana 05:37 +1:42
Route info: "Fly to Long Island, New York"
As usual teams are not free to select their flight for this last leg. The flight they all have to take is:
CX830 HKG-JFK 09:36 - 13:16 (scheduled 09:20 - 13:05)
Once teams land they must travel by taxi to the N.Y. Fire Department training facility at Randals Island (15.9mi). Teams get into taxis in the following order:
1. Justin & Diana
2. Logan & Chris
3. Kelsey & Joey
"Going back to being photographers focus. Focus is the key word", Chris
"We are going to be warriors instead of worriers", And the platitudes keep on coming from Chris
As they arrive at Randals island, Justin ask their taxi to wait. But the driver wants an extra $100 to do so. This is kind of much and they do not know how much money they will need later in the leg so they release their taxi. This will prove to be a pivotal moment in this episode.
"What no tip?", Taxi driver after trying to get a lot of extra money
The other teams manage to get their taxis to wait.
In addition to the clue box the first teams find Phil here. Phil is live narrating their progress.
Teams reach the clue box here in the following order:
1(+0) Justin & Diana
2(+0) Logan & Chris, a few second behind #1
3(+0) Kelsey & Joey, a couple of minutes later
Road block: "Who wants to play with fire?"
In this road block teams must take part in a fire fighting drill. They must start by putting on the heavy fire fighter equipment. Then carry a heavy hose to a truck before climbing up a ladder into a window on the third floor of a building (there are three ladders set up). Once in the building they will be fitted with breathing apparatus and must then search a set of rooms filled with smoke and fires for a victim (a child-sized dummy). Once they find the victim they must bring it outside and deliver it to a waiting ambulance.
"These guys do not joke around", Justin
Once contestants have completed this task they will be faced with their first memory challenge. They are led to a fire truck and behind it they find a row of boots and a stack of helmets. A fire extinguisher holds the following text:QuoteFDNY
INSTRUCTIONS
Arrange the
helmets with the
nine capitals of
the countries
you visited on
the Race, in
order from left
to right, on top
of the boots to
receive your
next clue.
To make the task a bit harder there are two extra helmets as well. The extras are labeled Rotterdam and Rio de Janeiro. The correct order is: Brasília, Buenos aires, Lusaka, Harare, Paris, Amsterdam, Warsaw, New Delhi and Beijing.
Justin is the only once who seem to ace the memory challenge and he leaves just as Joey arrive to the memory challenge. Joey and Chris both make a couple of wrong guesses before they get it. But they do not lose much time.
Teams complete the road block in the following order (* denotes team member doing the roadblock):
1(+0) Justin* & Diana (6-6) 2(+1) Kelsey & Joey* (6-6) 3(-1) Logan & Chris* (6-6)
Route info: "Make your way to the location of the final race of the triple crown and search for your next clue"
All teams seem to know that they need to go to Belmont Park racetrack. Justin & Diana have a problem now as their taxi have left. They ask the two waiting cars if any of them want to take them. But they are both very uninterested. In fact Chris & Logan's driver is so uninterested about going to Belmont that he leaves instead.
Kelsey & Joey is the second team to reach the taxis, but they go back so that Joey can change out of his fire fighting gear. In the meantime Logan & Chris reach the one remaining taxi. They get into Kelsey & Joey's taxi just as Kelsey & Joey come running. There is a bit of shouting like "this is our cab" and Chris folds and exits the car. The fact that the driver said he wouldn't take them may have helped his decision as well. As the fact that Kelsey & Joey have left the meter running. Logan is very upset with Chris about him giving up the taxi. There is actually quite a lot of nagging about this during the rest of the race which I am skipping.
So the situation now is that we have Kelsey & Joey leaving in a taxi while the other two teams have to hop on a bus to go somewhere where they can hail a new taxi.
"Damn we should have kept our cab", Justin
To make matters worse Justin & Diana get into a bus which first makes a lap around the island. So after a while they get back to where they boarded the bus.
At Belmont park teams will find a horse and rider waiting. They are not dressed up in yellow and red but still they have the next clue. Teams reach them in the following order:
1(+1) Kelsey & Joey
2(+1) Logan & Chris
3(-2) Justin & Diana, probably about 45 minutes after #1
Route info: "Fly to the Hamptons in style and search for your next clue". Teams must now jump into one of the waiting helicopters which will take them to the Hapmtons.
Here we have another argument between Logan & Chris. It seems Chris is still wearing his fire-mans pants and boots and he wants to leave them behind. Logan points out that he has to have some sort of shoes. Chris ignores her.
The helicopters land in the same order they took off and the next cue box is hard to miss where it stands nearby.
Teams must now run to Shinnecock east county park. Here they will board a Sea-doo before heading out into the bay. They must then find a marked lobster boat.
"Do you know what a lobster boat looks like?", Diana to Justin
"Nope", At least Justin is honest as thy speed out into the bay
Teams board their lobster boats in the following order:
1(+0) Kelsey & Joey
2(+0) Logan & Chris
3(+0) Justin & Diana
Teams must now pull up seven lobster pots from the sea and replace them with new ones.
"Seems pretty straightforward, pretty easy. So it's pretty depressing", Justin had hoped for a harder task
The task sounds simple but teams soon find out that it is very heavy.
"It was the most physically demanding thing I think we have ever done in our entire life", Kelsey
Once teams have replaced all seven lobster pots they get handed a small box filled with flags. Inside the lid is a note:QuoteRAISE THE FLAG!
Arrange the Flags of the 9
countries you have visited,
in order, from the top down,
to receive your next clue.
* You may not use any
manner of notes.
* You may not use any
items to assist you in this
challenge.
So here we have a second memory challenge. We learn that Kelsey & Joey and Justin & Diana have studied during the race and the flags were one of the things they studied so both teams are pretty confident when they go into this challenge. Logan & Chris are not so confident since they haven't studied the flags.
"I don't know what Africa's flag look like", Logan
Teams also learn that there is an extra flag included.
"I wish there was extra flags so somebody could make a mistake", Justin
"There is, this isn't a flag we went to", Just then Diana find a flag she knows they didn't go to
Justin & Diana is the only team to pass the flag challenge on their first attempt. Kelsey & Joey were also pretty quick but got tripped up by the extra flag. Unfortunately for them Logan & Chris are stumped by this challenge.They do not know the flags so they have to guess, and that takes a long time.
"We didn't study the flags, we're stupid", Chris has reached wisdom
Teams complete the lobster boat challenge in the following order:
1(+0) Kelsey & Joey
2(+1) Justin & Diana
3(-1) Logan & Chris
The boats will now take teams to the beach where they will find some Dune buggies. They must then ride one of these along the beach to their next clue. The boats can't go all the way in to shore so teams have to swim the last bit.
Riding the dune buggy seems fairly straightforward. And you only need to follow the beach for about a mile so it is hard to get lost. So there are no changes in the order as teams speed to the next clue box.
The next clue tells teams they must assemble six Adirondack chairs and arrange them in the correct order according to the pictures on them. The pictures are:
1. The water bike
2. A tango couple
3. A lion
4. A windmill
5. Taj Mahal
6. A green Rolls Royce
None of the teams seem to have any problem with placing them in the correct order. However assembling them is a different matter. They have to use a hammer and nails to put them together. This is a very tedious and detail oriented task. And it turns out that the judge is fairly strict.
"Joey's pretty handy", Kelsey
Justin & Diana arrive at this task while Kelsey & Joey are still working on their chairs. So it gets really exciting for a while.
"We got a chance baby!", Justin gets the title
"This is my forte, I'm a builder", Diana has unexpected strengths
Logan & Chris are last to arrive to this task. In fact they arrive to this task after the other two teams have crossed he finish line.
Justin & Diana are filled with confidence and we get to see Kelsey & Joey struggle a bit. And when the reporters call the judge over he points out that some of their chairs are not aligned well. So they must pull a couple of them apart and do them over.
The episode is cut so it looks like Justin & Diana are getting their chairs checked at the same time as Kelsey & Joey get their rechecked. This is very exciting. Unfortunately this is also very deceptive. The behind the scenes footage shows that Justin & Diana only have assembled three of the six chairs when Kelsey & Joey get their chairs approved.
Teams get their chairs approved in the following order:
1(+0) Kelsey & Joey
2(+0) Justin & Diana, about 20 minutes after #1
3(+0) Logan & Chris
Route info: "At last, the finish line. Run to the nearby Southampton estate and find Phil. Go, Go, Go!". The clue also says "Follow the marked path to the estate".
The marked path starts just a little bit down the beach and is hard to miss. In fact the pit stop is only about 200 meters away Teams check in to the mat in the following order:
1(+0) Kelsey & Joey, win $1,000,000
2(+0) Justin & Diana
3(+0) Logan & Chris
"5 continents, 10 countries, more than 34,000 miles", Phil at the mat
"For the two of us to experience what we have experienced, this is the best thing ever", Joey
lol the julie chen that suddenly appears cracks me up
Wow, Logan & Chris won? I hereby sign my promise to quit watching if this is so.Wat?
Wow, Logan & Chris won? I hereby sign my promise to quit watching if this is so.
The lobster cages are mentioned in MEDIA to be the FINAL Task. Per [redacted]'s post, it seems like it's a Memory Challenge.
The lobster cages are mentioned in MEDIA to be the FINAL Task. Per [redacted]'s post, it seems like it's a Memory Challenge.
Although the task does seem like a memory challenge, I think Justin's post isn't about this roadblock, but that they assumed while in India what the final task will be.
And at this point that my favourites are all out, I hope for Logan to win, because of all the arguing she had with Chris. They'd probably run to first place and keep on arguing while Phil tells them they've won.
HD Cap analysis:
The lobster cages are mentioned in MEDIA to be the FINAL Task. Per [redacted]'s post, it seems like it's a Memory Challenge.
HD Cap analysis:
The lobster cages are mentioned in MEDIA to be the FINAL Task. Per [redacted]'s post, it seems like it's a Memory Challenge.
Nope. Lobster was not THIS Memory Challenge...that belongs to the Beach Chairs. I think the chairs are last not the lobster too.
Interesting! So the media press release about filming lied? :lol:
Interesting! So the media press release about filming lied? :lol:
Link please? :duno:
Is it me or does the picture on Logan & Chris's chair look like the Rolls-Royces in Hong Kong? :x(http://i.imgur.com/A393oJN.png)
It looks MUCH MUCH EARLIER IN THE DAY on [redacted]'s photo :res:
Interesting! So the media press release about filming lied? :lol:
Link please? :duno:
http://forum.realityfanforum.com/index.php/topic,31230.msg1139521.html#msg1139521 (http://forum.realityfanforum.com/index.php/topic,31230.msg1139521.html#msg1139521)
In July of 2015 the production crew of The Amazing Race approached local fishermen at the Commercial Fish Dock in Hampton Bays looking for three lobster boats to include in the filming of the program’s final challenge. Contestants, who had spent the previous 11 episodes, or “Legs,” traveling the globe and completing various physical and mental challenges, were asked to haul lobster pots on lobster boats in Shinnecock Bay. In reality, the local fishermen explained months after filming, lobster fishing is not allowed in Shinnecock Bay and the challenge was staged for the show.
Assemble Chairs.
Place the pics in order? ??? Or ID the country? ???
"We Got A Chance, Baby"--Using a dune buggy, Logan (left) and Chris (right) make their way to the final challenge on THE AMAZING RACE, Friday, Dec. 11 (8:00-9:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network. Photo: Heather Wines/CBS ©2015 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved
"We Got A Chance, Baby"--In this Active Route Marker, Chris (left) and Logan (right) must assemble six adirondack chairs then, using the images on the back of the chairs as reference, place them in the order they were encountered on THE AMAZING RACE, Friday, Dec. 11 (8:00-9:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network. Photo: Heather Wines/CBS ©2015 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved
Only six for the memory task? :res:
Is there any full version of Press Pics?Up on CBS
Seems that Justin & Diana are in the first place at Chair Challenge because the other stations do not have any chair yet.
The tent in the back of J/D's picture, with the red beach umbrella seems to be the one K/J were working on, and the chairs are already set there, so I think K/J win.
Assemble Chairs.
Place the pics in order? ??? Or ID the country? ???
:groan: those are Adirondack chairs..... ubiquitous to the east coast of the US. :funny:
..... BTW, some say that they are the most comfortable chairs ever conceived :snicker:
history of the Adirondack chair (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adirondack_chair)
can we agree on same consensus who the winner will be so that I can decide if I want to watch this finale or not? :lol:
can we agree on same consensus who the winner will be so that I can decide if I want to watch this finale or not? :lol:
can we agree on same consensus who the winner will be so that I can decide if I want to watch this finale or not? :lol:
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can we agree on same consensus who the winner will be so that I can decide if I want to watch this finale or not? :lol:
If that's the case, L/C is definitely behind J/D because in the third photo of Candi Lee, the chairs in that tent have only the frame and are not finished.:funny: yup logan and chris could be just arriving? The Judge (in white with yellow scarf ) seems to be lounging at the end station ..
Based on the video it seems Justin is last? :hearts: :hearts: :hearts:And far behind!
can we agree on same consensus who the winner will be so that I can decide if I want to watch this finale or not? :lol:
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Could this be another memory task (flags) before the final memory task (chairs)?
I'm trying to compare the background of Kelsey and Joey's pictures to that of the others. I think they are farther down the beach. Does that mean they get there first? The color in most of their photos is off too. I think they've been manipulated because it's so different but I can't decide what that means. According to Matt Carter, the paps steal K/J's cab, and green's cab leaves them and that's why L/C come in first. I am anxious for tonight!:hiya, valen and :bigwelcome to RFF!
I don't know what is going on with CBS. They took down the preview video and didn't post a sneak peek even though I saw an extended peek of the boating task on express and here's another one with fire posted by ew.com
Link to watch the video...
http://www.ew.com/article/2015/12/11/amazing-race-finale-sneak-peek?hootPostID=a94a0255e6bbdbfb7071ebd57d6e6810
I think it's virtually pointless now though because the finale is in less than 7 hours :lol:
I'm trying to compare the background of Kelsey and Joey's pictures to that of the others. I think they are farther down the beach. Does that mean they get there first? The color in most of their photos is off too. I think they've been manipulated because it's so different but I can't decide what that means. According to Matt Carter, the paps steal K/J's cab, and green's cab leaves them and that's why L/C come in first. I am anxious for tonight!:hiya, valen and :bigwelcome to RFF!
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can we agree on same consensus who the winner will be so that I can decide if I want to watch this finale or not? :lol:
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You could watch Masterchef Jr. instead :)
can we agree on same consensus who the winner will be so that I can decide if I want to watch this finale or not? :lol:
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You could watch Masterchef Jr. instead :)
This season of MCJ isnt as good as 1-2 tho :/
Kelsey and Joey only won because of a taxi - the worst finale ever.They didnt deserve to win!!!:lol: