TAR 12
 

So I started seeing promos last night (in between fire coverage) of the new season - begins November 4th! (Did anyone else know it was coming this soon?)

Here's the website: http://alpha.cbs.com/primetime/amazing_race12/

Teams are:
Kynt & Vyksin (Dating Goths)
Jennifer & Nathan (Dating)
Ronald & Christina (Father/Daughter)
Shana & Jennifer (Friends)
Azaria & Hendekea (Brother/Sister)
Lorena & Jason (Dating)
Nicolas & Donald (Grandson/Grandfather)
Ari & Staella (Best Friends)
Marianna & Julia (Sisters)
Rachel & TK (Dating for almost one year)
Kate & Pat (Married Ministers)

So we have 5 couples, 4 families, and 2 friends teams - interesting.... :)

I had been reading rumors on other websites that "Viva Laughlin" was going to be cancelled. From what I could gather, CBS wants to hold out the new season on "Jericho" so they can do more advertising/promotions.

I am excited that it is coming back so soon. It is a shame that it has to go against Sunday football. At least I rule the remote in our house. :p

I'm surprised there are so many dating couples. They're the ones that usually fight the most, and that gets pretty old for me after a while. I'd rather have one or two more "friends" or "Married" pairs. I like the ones that are parent-child, too.

ZTABullwinkle's right - TAR12 has been moved up because Viva Laughlin was cancelled.

And there was great rejoicing!!!

Look for nittanylion and me in TAR13. :D

We are SO going to rule that thing! :cool:

I'll be rooting you on! :)

Between the goths and the two married members of the cloth (rainbow coloured cloth, that is ;) ), this will definitely make for some good TV viewing!

I'm most excited for the "Dating Goths" -- best team name yet! (well, until MysticCat & I go on as the first "Internet Friends" team -- or maybe "Team GC" or "GC Posting Pals" or something else catchy like that)

I was suprised to see a comercial for TAR a few minutes ago. They should have brought it back already, because Viva Laughin was DOA.

Caught the premiere last night, I am so glad the team that got eliminated did, that guy was just too set on creating drama for drama's sake and was already being snaky in the first leg (stealing the cab). The only thing that would have made me happier would have been if Nate & Jenny's donkey had never moved and they had been eliminated instead -- I can't believe how mean he was already being to her and they JUST started! The goth couple cracked me up and I'll be interested whether they can keep the "look" up what with all the travel and weather and lack of sleep, etc.

Same here. I could already tell his voice was goingto drive me crazy.


LOL, my wife and I said the same thing. When he made the comment about how slow a runner she was, we just looked at each other and asked "then why did you come on the race with her?" Seriously, I mean, the race just started. :rolleyes:

There isn't really a couple I'm rooting for yet; I need to see them a little more.

But YEA! for the race being back!

I don't have a team I'm definitely rooting for yet either, although the dad-daughter team tugged at my heart strings last night (he was so sweet about not wanting to disappoint her). I don't think they're strong enough to make it all the way through, though. I don't think the grandson/grandfather will make it far either. The clergy ladies might be surprise dark horses, they seem to be the smart 'n steady kind of team. We'll be like that too, MC, although we'll be smart, steady and SPEEDY too, I'm sure... ;)

ETA: The blond bombshell team irritated me by insisting on being filmed in their bikinis and being blatant that they planned to tramp their way through the race -- they barely made it through last night so we'll see how well that plan works. And so far no "outrageous" characters like in seasons past that I could detect -- maybe some will emerge in the coming weeks...?

And we'll keep a good sense of humor the whole time. :D

Did we REALLY need another blond bombshell team? I seriously think it's too soon after Dustin and Kandice. At least the Beauty Queens had some likeability to them. BB Part Two? I really hoped that they would have been eliminated last night. However, I'm happy Ari and Staela did. Cha Cha Cha, YOU ARE NOT!

Aside from the whole plethora of dating couples...did anyone notice that a lot of them were from LA/Southern California? Did no one from the rest of the country apply?

I'm rooting for the goths for now. "Two fairies on a ferry!" ...classic!

I'm rooting for the goths as well as the brother/sister team. I hope the brother is single. ;)

I thought it was perfect that the two most annoying teams got the donkeys that didn't want to move. I wanted both of those teams to be eleminated, but I'll take the wannabe Will and Grace for right now.

I know the blonds were disapointed that they weren't no hot guys to flirt with this season. :p

Rumor has it that this season will be two episodes shorter and no non-eleminaton stops.