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Last night on The Amazing Race, the ten remaining teams started on their second leg headed for Germany. Stuntmen Mark and Michael were the only team to not call ahead and secure their place on the first plane headed out, dropping them from third to ninth place. The flight attendants joined Mark and Michael on the last plane. All other teams arrived in Germany, with brother and sister team, Tammy and Victor, taking an early lead.

During the first roadblock, teams had to ride a cable car to a peak in the Alps. Once there, one person would parasail back down if the wind was right. If not, they had the option of choosing a sixty minute hike back down the mountain. All players chose to walk back down the mountain rather than waiting until the wind was blowing in their favor, with the exception of Mel, Mike’s dad. Mel had hurt himself in the first leg of the race and wasn’t comfortable with trecking back down the mountain. Lucky for him, after waiting it out for awhile, he recieved the go ahead to parasail. Not so lucky was Linda, who got lost along the hike, putting her and Steve way behind on this leg of the race.

During the detour teams had to choose between throwing pie in each other’s faces looking for a cherry pie or a two mile obstacle course on Segway transporters. All teams chose the pie throwing, with the exception of Mike and Mel, Mark and Michael and Cara and Jamie.

Arriving first at the pit stop with a huge lead were Victor and Tammy. Arriving next were Mike and Mel, followed by Kris and Amanda, Luke and Margie, Brad and Victoria, Cara and Jamie, Kisha and Jen, Michael and Mark, and Christie and Jodi. Last to arrive and eliminated from the race were Steve and Linda.

Season fourteen of The Amazing Race premieres this Sunday with a whole new group of racers hoping to win the one million dollar prize. Amazing Race contestants this year include a deaf man, flight attendants, a few lawyers, a Hollywood writer and a couple of stuntmen who are rumored to be extremely funny and entertaining, said Phil Keoghan, host of the hit reality show. (Today on The Bonnie Hunt Show, Keoghan said to be sure and go to the bathroom before watching these guys as they would make you “pee in your pants”—from laughing)

The Amazing Race teams this season are:

Brothers/stuntmen–Mark Munoz and Michael Monez

Brother/sister/both lawyers–Tammy Jih and Victor Jih

Dating–Amanda Blackledge and Kris Klicka

Sisters–Lakisha Hoffman and Jennifer Hoffman. These two are collegiate athletes and hope to be the first female team to win The Amazing Race.

Father/son team—Mel White and Mike White. Mike is the Hollywood writer, while his Dad is a gay rights activist. These two have an interesting family backstory as Mel told his family he was gay when Mike was only 11 years old.

Married couple–Linda Cole and Steve Cole

Dating–Jennifer Hopka and Preston Mccammy

Mother/son—Margie Adams and Luke Adams–Luke has been deaf since the age of two. This team can communicate silently, which will most likely be a strong advantage at times in the race.

Married-Brad Hunt and Victoria Hunt

Friends–Cara Rosenthal and Jaime Edmonson–former NFL cheerleaders.

Friends–Christie Volkmer and Jodi Wincheski

Check out this preview video from CBS, which features a few of this season’s teams:

The fourteenth edition of the The Amazing Race begins with the eleven teams departing from the Joint Forces Training Base in Los Alamitos, California, and flying to Switzerland, where they must bungee jump off the Verzasca Dam. Later, each AR team receives a clue by transporting 200 pounds of cheese down a steep hill using wooden cheese racks. The episode is titled, ” Don’t Let a Cheese Hit Me” and airs Sunday February 15, 2009 at 8pm/EST on CBS.

On the next episode of The Amazing Race, A strict Indian shopkeeper leaves a team teary eyed with a crushing Detour, while another racer conducts an overly-thorough, squirm-inducing search for a clue in a bird’s home, on THE AMAZING RACE 13, Sunday, Nov. 9

Ken and Tina were the last to arrive on the last episode of The Amazing Race, but they are not out of the race just yet. Here’s an interview with Ken talking about his NFL football career: Enjoy!

The Amazing Race contestants headed for India in this leg of the race. Terrence and Sarah started their leg with a thirty minute penalty they received during last week’s episode for a speeding ticket. The thirty minutes was no problem though as all teams caught up at the airport. Teams departed in the following order:

First: Nick & Starr - 11:22PM
Second: Toni & Dallas - 11:34PM
Third: Ken & Tina - 11:53PM
Fourth: Kelly & Christy - 11:59PM
Fifth: Terence & Sarah - 12:05AM
Sixth: Andrew & Dan - 12:29AM

After arriving in India, teams headed for the roadblock, where one member had to paint an autorickshaw green. Ken and Tina were the last team to arrive at the road block after having trouble with their cab driver and directions. Dan and Andrew were the first to complete the roadblock. Andrew actually was the one who pushed them into first place but of course, Dan gladly took all the glory. Ken made up quite a bit of time and moved into fourth placing after the roadblock.

The detour is a choice of launder clothes or launder money. All teams chose launder clothes, except for Ken and Tina and Terrence and Sarah. Dan and Andrew had extreme trouble ironing the clothes they were assigned to iron though.

The first team to arrive at the pit stop was Nick and Starr. The next teams to arrive were Kelly and Christy, Dallas and Toni, Terrence and Sarah, followed by Andrew and Dan. Ken and Tina were the last team to arrive, however, this was a non-elimination leg of the race and they are still in it for the moment.