“The Amazing Race” starts again March 1, and many fans are aghast that “Survivor All Stars” participants Rob and Amber will be participating. Sure, it’s stunt casting, but Rob and Amber have proved to be a watchable pair of reality veterans. As “TAR” contestants go, they can’t be any worse than “Big Brother” veteran Alison, one half of a whiny, annoying couple who appeared on an earlier edition of “The Amazing Race.”
Let’s hope that the next “TAR” is not filled with the kind of boneheaded “model/actor/whatevers” that packed the most recent race. I couldn’t have been less thrilled that Freddy and Kendra, aspiring models with the personalities of wilted lettuce, won the race. All the “normal” people were eliminated early, and the show got less and less interesting as it was dominated by would-be models, actors and people with too much plastic surgery. Let’s hope the next race has more people such as previous “TAR” winners Chip and Kim, a married couple who really struggled during the race but showed class and grace along the way.
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Edited by Cara DiPasquale ([email protected]) and Michael Morgan ([email protected])