The Amazing Race 5

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I never really got into the whole “reality TV” craze over the past few years. For example, I’ve never watched an episode of Survivor, or any of the marrying-people-off shows. However, my sister Julie forced me to watch an episode of The Amazing Race a couple of years ago when I was visiting, and it was actually kind of fun to watch. So I watched it last season (#4) and now I’m watching it this season.

For those unfamiliar with the concept, it starts with 11 teams who participate in an around-the-world race. Each team consists of two people with some sort of relationship: friends, dating, married, parent-child, twins, etc. Each week (with a couple of exceptions) the last team to arrive at the “pit stop” gets eliminated from the race. There are also various challenges along the way.

The only team that I actively disliked got eliminated this week (week 2), so I guess I’ll have to find someone else to root against. I haven’t really decided who I’m rooting for, yet. Right now I lean toward the team of Jim & Marsha, a father/daughter team.