Amazing Race: All Stars

[Jughead P. Jones]

I might actually be the only one who actually appreciated Rob and Amber's gameplay on TAR7. When they avoided elimination by convincing two other teams to quit the roadblock that they did, they basically guaranteed themselves a spot in the race, because their time penalty expired before theirs did. It was a risky move, but when it actually worked, I was thinking to myself "Damn...that was a smart play!" I'm actually kind of interested to see what other tricks they have up their sleeves, no question about it...but I agree that they shouldn't win...they have too much money already.

I'm so bummed that John Vito/Jill got Phil-iminated! Yes, they made a stupid error in judgment, but so did three other teams. I would have liked to have seen them last longer than a couple of other teams (cough cough Teri/Ian...cough...hack...Guidos), but that's the way the cookie crumbles. I like how it was particularly edited, because I was left wondering who would meet their end until 5 minutes before the show ended!

GO OSWALD AND DANNY!!!

YAY CHARLA AND MIRNA!!!

[Stan4dSteph]

Best quote of the night was from Danny: "Of course we know Rob and Amber... because, you know, we live on this planet."

[Alex]

I felt bad at that moment because I have no idea who Rob and Amber are (in fact, I have no idea who any of the contestants not in the last season are).

With the way it kepting being emphasized that the American flight was scheduled to arrive in Quinto first I was really expecting that the flight would be delayed such that the Copa flight ended up getting there first (has that ever happened on the show where a flight ends up being significantly delayed or cancelled?).

[Strangler Lewis]

Flights get delayed all the time on the show. But wasn't it Rob and Amber's season where the plane actually backed up to the gate so that the team that eventually won could get on? If I recall, they didn't show the team actually working the situation to a successful result. It left the impression that CBS flashed some cash and explained that their finale would be a dud otherwise.

[Ghoulish Delight]

Originally Posted by Alex Stroup

I felt bad at that moment because I have no idea who Rob and Amber are (in fact, I have no idea who any of the contestants not in the last season are).

Short history of Rob and Amber:

Rob (aka Boston Rob) was on Survivor 4. He acted like a jerk and seemed like an idiot. But it quickly became apparent that he was completely in control of the first half of the game. Unfortunately for him, they pulled a tribe switch which left him in the minority and he got booted (but not before he let some people know about some planned backstabbings that completely changed the game).

Flash forward to Survivor 8, All Stars. Rob came back. He hooked up with Amber (from Survivor 2) early on. The two of them went on to the final two and Amber won. They were all over each other during the show, and Rob ended up proposing live right before Amber was announced as the winner.

They were so popular that they were invited as contestants on Amazing Race 7 where they came in 2nd. People seem to either love 'em or hate 'em.