Amazing Race 22: Finale Recap "Belfast, Beacon of Hope" Ep 11 &12

Get Ready, Get Set, …Go…This is the Amazing Race 22 featuring 11 teams with pre-existing relationships who race around the world and compete for a chance to win one million dollars.

The cast includes the following teams:

Team                               Relationship
                           
Idries & Jamil                Twin Doctors                
Max & Katie                  Newlyweds          
Mona & Beth                 Roller Derby Moms              
Bates & Anthony           Hockey Brothers          
Chuck & Wynona          Married               
David & Connor             Father/Son Cancer Survivors          
Caroline & Jennifer        Friends/Country Singers                  
Joey & Meghan             Friends/YouTube Hosts          
Pamela & Winnie          Best Friends                   
Jessica & John              Dating                  
Matthew & Daniel          Best Friends/Firefighters

*Eliminated

This week Max and Katie were the first to arrive, so they will be the first to depart. The Battaglia brothers are the 2nd team to depart.

Leg 11 (Edinburgh, Scotland → Belfast, Northern Ireland )

Everyone catches up at the ferry terminal.
They have to take a ferry to Belfast, Northern Ireland.

They will get their clue at Peatlands park.
The country singers and soccer moms make a wrong turn and are way behind the other teams.

ROADBLOCK: Go bog snorkeling in a wet suit in cold weather, in the mud.

At this point the Battaglia brothers are in the lead with Katie and Max right behind them. The country singers are having the hardest time with this challenge.

Next task: ‘Find the thing with the ring’.

DETOUR A: Tray it - Serve a 5 course meal from the final Titanic meal menu.
(Max and Katie and Battaglia Brothers). Max and Katie are in the lead and the soccer moms start to catch up but can’t figure out the menu. Bates is about to lose it and starts to blame all their bad luck on Anthony. 'madone'

DETOUR B: Spray it - Create a graffiti mural at a sports center. (Caroline and Jennifer).

Max and Katie are in the lead. Ulster Hall is the Pit Stop for this leg of the race and the last team to check in will be eliminated.

Max and Katie are team number one by a hair.
Bates and Anthony are team number two.

The soccer moms are team number three and they will continue with the race in the final three.

Caroline and Jennifer are team number four and have been eliminated from the race.

Leg 12 (Belfast, Northern Ireland → Washington, D.C, USA )

Max and Katie will depart first. They are on their way to London.
They all catch up at the ferry which is an 8 commute.

They get a pint of beer and head to Washington DC.
They all catch up at the airport.

They have to go to the Lincoln Memorial where Martin L King gave his ‘I Have A Dream’ speech.
Next they to go to the Tidal Basin and find a marked car to get their next clue.

Max and Katie are in the lead.

ROADBLOCK: Involves finding a particular spy out of many and obtaining a briefcase. It looks like a scene out of the Matrix.

(Side note: Guess who one of the spies were??? It was none other than Michael Bell, the artist, who we have written about in our blogs! Check out this link at the 7 second mark Michael Bell the spy

Bates and Anthony get their clue and have a slight lead.

Nationals Park, Washington, D.C.
Clue: Involves ascending the stadium and zip across the stadium while throwing a ball to the team member in the field.

Bates and Anthony are currently in the lead followed by Max and Katie with the soccer moms right behind them.

Final challenge – one team member must search globes and find the ones with the countries that they went to and then the other team member must put them in the order that they arrived in.

They now have to race to Mt. Vernon, the home of the first president.

Bates and Anthony, grandsons of Sam Battaglia the mobster,  win the race and one million dollars : TEAM NUMBER ONE!!!  Tutto e’ bene quel che finisce bene.

Max and Katie are team number two.

Mona and Beth are team number three.

Written By: Cousin Vinny

Amazing Race 22: Recap "Working Our Barrels Off" Ep 10

Get Ready, Get Set, …Go…This is the Amazing Race 22 featuring 11 teams with pre-existing relationships who race around the world and compete for a chance to win one million dollars.

The cast includes the following teams:

Team                               Relationship
                           
Idries & Jamil                Twin Doctors                
Max & Katie                  Newlyweds          
Mona & Beth                 Roller Derby Moms              
Bates & Anthony           Hockey Brothers          
Chuck & Wynona          Married               
David & Connor             Father/Son Cancer Survivors        
Caroline & Jennifer        Friends/Country Singers                
Joey & Meghan             Friends/YouTube Hosts          
Pamela & Winnie          Best Friends                   
Jessica & John             Dating                  
Matthew & Daniel         Best Friends/Firefighters

*Eliminated

This week Max and Katie were the first to arrive, so they will be the first to depart. The Battaglia brothers are the 4th to depart.

The airport seems to be closed until 5am, so the teams may all catch up at the airport. One flight will arrive at 1:00 and the other will arrive at 4:00.  The brothers and the country singers find an earlier flight than the other teams have booked.

Leg 10 (Berlin, Germany → Edinburgh, Scotland)

So far Team Battaglia and Team Country Singers are in the lead, with Max and Katie.

ROADBLOCK: Play the bagpipes for 2 minutes to get the next clue. The teams are coached by Scottish bagpipe players. Bates does this challenge.

Max and Katie are in the lead. Bates says he’s half Scottish – please … Grandpa Sam is turning over in his grave right now. First his oldest grandson is wearing a skirt and now he’s saying that he’s half Scottish!

Caroline is having a hard time with the bagpipes and the last two teams are catching up. Bates and Anthony are in the lead at this point.

Meghan and Joey are in last place, but Mona and Beth have to do a speed bump.

DETOUR A: Tasty Puddin -  Prepare a meal called haggis, the national dish in Scotland

Team Katie and Max
Team Jennifer and Caroline

DETOUR B: Whiskey Rollin -Transport 8 barrels of Scotch whiskey to the Whiskey Festival

Team Battaglia

SPEED BUMP: In the speed bump, soccer moms must get a strike in a 10 pin bowling alley (skittles)

DOUBLE U-TURN

Team Battaglia U-Turn Meghan and Joey
Max and Katie U-Turn Mona and Beth

NOW
Max and Katie are team number one.
Bates and Anthony are team number two.

Caroline and Jennifer are team number three.

The last two teams are now battling it out for 4th place. They both do Tasty Puddin.

Now they have to do Whiskey Rollin.

Mona and Beth are team number 4 and they are still in the race.

Joey and Meghan are the last team to arrive and they have been eliminated from the race.

Next Week: Look for Caroline and Jennifer to be in trouble. Final four 2 hour episode.

 Written By: Cousin Vinny

Amazing Race 22: Recap The Ultimate Fun House, Ep 9

Get Ready, Get Set, …Go…This is the Amazing Race 22 featuring 11 teams with pre-existing relationships who race around the world and compete for a chance to win one million dollars.

The cast includes the following teams:

Team                               Relationship
                             
Idries & Jamil                Twin Doctors                
Max & Katie                  Newlyweds          
Mona & Beth                 Roller Derby Moms              
Bates & Anthony           Hockey Brothers          
Chuck & Wynona          Married              
David & Connor             Father/Son Cancer Survivors          
Caroline & Jennifer        Friends/Country Singers                
Joey & Meghan             Friends/YouTube Hosts        
Pamela & Winnie           Best Friends                   
Jessica & John               Dating                  
Matthew & Daniel           Best Friends/Firefighters

*Eliminated

This week Anthony and Bates were the first to arrive, so they will be the first to depart.

Teams must now make their way to Dresden, Germany.

All teams catch up at the train station that will take them to Germany.

Teams must answer 3 questions in an automated car to get their next clue.

Teams must now drive to Berlin to get their next clue – Max and Katie are in the lead. Bates and Anthony are in 4th place.

Bates lost his backpack and the country singers offer him their underwear. Fortunately, he did not lose his passport.

The country singers are supposed to follow the brothers, but they get lost.

Teams must now find the tallest building (Park Inn Hotel) and then jump down (37 Stories). Max and Katie are still in the lead.

Detour: Train Trials or Font Follies.  Build a train track or carry giant letters. Each detour terminates at a museum.

Caroline and Jennifer catch up with Bates and Anthony and the four are headed to Font Follies. Joey and Meghan are the only team to do Train Trials.  Anthony’s letter breaks and he has to get another one. Instead of getting another letter the brothers switch detours.

Mona and Beth are in 2nd place at this point. And Meghan and Joey have made 7 attempts to get their train running.

Roadblock: Identify a quote by JFK and go through a maze to find the next clue. Max and Katie are way ahead of the other teams.

Max and Katie are team number one.

Mona and Beth seem to be lost in traffic, while Joey and Meghan are on their way to the pitstop.  Bates and Anthony have made 9 attempts to construct their train tracks and are currently in last place.

Joey and Meghan are team number two.

Caroline and Jennifer are team number three.

Bates and Anthony and the Roller Derby moms are neck in neck.

Bates and Anthony are team number four.

Mona and Beth are team number five – but this is a non-elimination leg.
Mona and Beth will encounter a ‘speed bump’ next week.

Next week:  Look for Joey and Meghan to be eliminated.

The teams go to Scotland and there will be a double u-turn in “Working Our Barrels Off”.

Written By: Cousin Vinny

Amazing Race 22: Recap "My Cheese Is Out Of Control" Ep 8

Get Ready, Get Set, …Go…This is the Amazing Race 22 featuring 11 teams with pre-existing relationships who race around the world and compete for a chance to win one million dollars.

The cast includes the following teams:

Team                               Relationship
                           
Idries & Jamil                Twin Doctors                
Max & Katie                  Newlyweds          
Mona & Beth                 Roller Derby Moms              
Bates & Anthony           Hockey Brothers          
Chuck & Wynona          Married               
David & Connor             Father/Son Cancer Survivors        
Caroline & Jennifer        Friends/Country Singers                
Joey & Meghan             Friends/YouTube Hosts        
Pamela & Winnie          Best Friends                   
Jessica & John              Dating                  
Matthew & Daniel          Best Friends/Firefighters

*Eliminated

Note: Last week, The Amazing Race did not air due to 48th Annual Academy Of Country Music Awards.

This week Anthony and Bates were the first to arrive, so they will be the first to depart. The Hockey Players and grandsons of Chicago crime boss, Salvatore "Teets" Battaglia, have done well throughout the race! Let's see if they can keep it up!

Leg 8 (Maun, Botswana → Switzerland)

Zurich, Switzerland a conductor will hand them their next clue.
From Zurich they have to go to Grindelwald.

The hockey brothers are traveling with the country singers.

Teams must now travel with a rescue dog by train. In Aletschgletscher: TASK - Deliver a St. Bernard dog to a mountain rescue team. When they deliver the rescue dog toward the top of the mountain, they have to continue up the mountain by elevator to retrieve the next clue. Anthony helps the country singers with their dog.

“Who Wants To Enjoy The Sights”.  In this Roadblock the teams to climb out of an observation window and travel across a mountain 6,000 feet up to get a gnome that has their next clue.

Bates is first person out the observatory and the drop is straight down.
Katie follows behind him. The gnomes are wedged in the mountain.

Bates and Anthony are done first, but must now go to a train station and wait for a train where other teams may catch up.

Now, in what may be called a switchback, teams have to use a snow sled, climb a mountain to pick up a 50 pound cheese. Bates & Anthony have been ahead since the beginning of this leg. Bates & Anthony get their cheese and go down the hill.

Caroline & Jennifer have difficulties transporting the cheese.

Joey & Meghan arrive, with Chuck & Wynona just behind them. These teams have been the last two teams and have struggled throughout this leg.

Bates & Anthony arrive at Bodmi Snowboard School, it is the Pit Stop for this leg of the race. They are team number one! Once again the Battaglia brothers lead in the Amazing Race!

Mona & Beth are team number two.
Max & Katie are team number three.
Caroline & Jennifer are team number four.

Chuck & Wynona arrive in fifth place. They incur a 30 minute penalty because they did not carry the cheese down according to the clue. Joey and Meghan get to the Pit Stop, and are the last team to arrive.
Since Chuck & Wynona have incurred a penalty, Joey and Meghan are still in the race and are team number five.

Due to the penalty, Chuck & Wynona are officially the last team to arrive and are eliminated from the race.

Written By: Cousin Vinny

Amazing Race 22: Preview "My Cheese Is Out Of Control" Ep 8

Get Ready, Get Set, …Go…This is the Amazing Race 22 featuring 11 teams with pre-existing relationships who race around the world and compete for a chance to win one million dollars.

The cast includes the following teams:

Team                               Relationship
                           
Idries & Jamil                Twin Doctors              
Max & Katie                  Newlyweds        
Mona & Beth                 Roller Derby Moms              
Bates & Anthony           Hockey Brothers        
Chuck & Wynona          Married            
David & Connor              Father/Son Cancer Survivors        
Caroline & Jennifer         Friends/Country Singers                
Joey & Meghan              Friends/YouTube Hosts        
Pamela & Winnie           Best Friends                   
Jessica & John               Dating                  
Matthew & Daniel           Best Friends/Firefighters

*Eliminated

The Amazing Race did not air Sunday due to 48th Annual Academy Of Country Music Awards.

What we can expect to see next week?

Anthony and Bates were the first to arrive, so they will be the first to depart.

The race will take place in Switzerland, in the snow.  Bates and Anthony are trained to maneuver on ice, but how will they do in the snow?

This leg of the race will be reminiscent of Amazing Race 14, Leg 1: Don’t Let A Cheese Hit Me.
In that episode, 11 teams were in Switzerland, where they bungee jumped off the Verzasca Dam. Then, each team received a clue by to transport 200 pounds of cheese down a steep hill using wooden cheese racks.

This leg may be a switchback. Here s a preview of next week's show:

TEAMS RACE THROUGH SWITZERLAND WHERE THEY GRAPPLE WITH GIANT WHEELS OF CHEESE IN A CLASSIC ALPINE SWITCHBACK, ON “THE AMAZING RACE,” SUNDAY, APRIL 14:

          “My Cheese is Out of Control” – Teams race through Switzerland where they grapple with giant wheels of cheese in a return to a classic Race challenge “Switchback,” and Racers are on the edge when they dangle thousands of feet in the air traversing the north face of Eiger mountain, on THE AMAZING RACE, Sunday, April 14 (8:00-9:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network.  Emmy Award nominee Phil Keoghan (@philkeoghan) is the host.

THE AMAZING RACE
Air Date: Sunday, April 14, 2013
Time Slot: 8:00 PM-9:00 PM EST on CBS
Episode Title: (#2208) "My Cheese is Out of Control"

[NOTE: The preceding article is a press release issued by the aforementioned network and/or company. Any errors, typos, etc. are attributed to the original author. The release is reproduced solely for the dissemination of the enclosed information.]

Spoiler Alert …. Stop reading here if you don’t want to know who may get eliminated next week …

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The next team to get eliminated is rumored to be Joey and Meghan.

Written By: Cousin Vinny

Amazing Race 22: Recap "Be Safe And Don't Hit A Cow" Ep 7

Get Ready, Get Set, …Go…This is the Amazing Race 22 featuring 11 teams with pre-existing relationships who race around the world and compete for a chance to win one million dollars.

The cast includes the following teams:

Team                               Relationship
                           
Idries & Jamil                 Twin Doctors                
Max & Katie                  Newlyweds          
Mona & Beth                 Roller Derby Moms              
Bates & Anthony           Hockey Brothers          
Chuck & Wynona          Married              
David & Connor              Father/Son Cancer Survivors        
Caroline & Jennifer         Friends/Country Singers                
Joey & Meghan              Friends/YouTube Hosts        
Pamela & Winnie           Best Friends                   
Jessica & John               Dating                  
Matthew & Daniel           Best Friends/Firefighters

*Eliminated

Lets look for Joey/Meghan or Pam/Winnie to be eliminated.

LEG 7 (Maun, Botswana )

Starting with 7 teams:
Bates and Anthony depart first and must go to the Boro Village for the next clue. Winnie and Pam think that they are so smart that the show should be just about them. Caroline and Jennifer are the fourth to depart and they are allies of Bates and Anthony. Max and Katie are the last to depart and will have to do a speed bump for coming in last, last week.

Meghan and Joey apparently can’t drive anywhere without GPS.

Caroline and Jennifer get a speeding ticket.

FAST FORWARD: Water ski in crocodile-infested waters.
The grandsons of Sam Battaglia, decide to take the Fast Forward. Hockey brothers Bates and Anthony must water ski in crocodile infested waters. They compare themselves to Italian sausage for crocodiles. They do the task and get to go directly to the Pit Stop.

Caroline and Jennifer go to the police station to pay the speeding ticket.

Max and Katie get stopped for speeding and now they have to pay a ticket, which delays them even more.

ROADBLOCK: sail a Mokoro, a canoe that is particular to Botswana, down the Thamalakane River and trade two goats for the next clue.

Teams must make their way by water taxi to the next clue.

In the speed bump, Max and Katie have to wear grass skirts and do a seductive dance.

Thanks to the Fast Forward, Bates and Anthony are team number one.

Chuck & Wynona, Mona & Beth, Caroline & Jennifer and Pam & Winnie are at the next Detour. Max and Katie and Joey and Meghan are way behind.

DETOUR:  “Brains” or “Brawn”. In Brains they have to find animal cutouts that they have memorized and must place in the correct order in which they were seen and in Brawn they have stack wood in a wagon and use donkeys that are lead by a carrot to carry the wood.

Mona and Beth are team number two.

Caroline and Jennifer are team number 3.
Chuck and Wyonna are team number 4.
Joey and Meghan are team number 5.
Max and Katie are team number 6.

Pam and Winnie switch challenges and arrive last.  They are eliminated from the race.  Now if the show were all about them, as they said it should be at the beginning of the episode, the show would be over.

Written By: Cousin Vinny

Amazing Race 22: Recap "Your Tan Is Totally Cool" Ep 5

Get Ready, Get Set, …Go…This is the Amazing Race 22 featuring 11 teams with pre-existing relationships who race around the world and compete for a chance to win one million dollars.

The cast includes the following teams:

Team                               Relationship
                           
Idries & Jamil                Twin Doctors                
Max & Katie                  Newlyweds          
Mona & Beth                 Roller Derby Moms              
Bates & Anthony           Hockey Brothers          
Chuck & Wynona          Married              
David & Connor             Father/Son Cancer Survivors        
Caroline & Jennifer        Friends/Country Singers                
Joey & Meghan             Friends/YouTube Hosts        
Pamela & Winnie          Best Friends                  
Jessica & John              Dating                  
Matthew & Daniel          Best Friends/Firefighters

*Eliminated

Spoiler Alert: To find out where the Battaglia brothers place at the end of the race solve this puzzle:
 2^nd place           

Dave and Connor depart first. Dave needs to have surgery and this team is reconciled to the fact that this will be their last leg.

Max and Katie announce that they will definitely U Turn a team.

Anthony and Bates are the 7th team to depart and if they don’t make up some time, they could be U Turned.

Ngurah Rai International Airport (DPS) to Noi Bai International Airport (HAN) Racers are on their way to Vietnam.

Trang Tien Plaza, Hanoi .

It looks like there will be an equalizer here.  All teams have to wait for the next clue in the morning.

Dave and Conner are eliminated from the race due to Dave’s injury.

Anthony and Bates are thrilled that Jessica and John have been eliminated and think that their alliance will now fall apart.

ROADBLOCK: Scan piles of photos and find one that says, 'Glory to the younger generation', which is written in Vietnamese.

Winnie and Pam are the first to get through the roadblock.
Anthony and Bates are the fifth to get through the roadblock. Anthony does this roadblock.

Now they have to do a bamboo dance.
Bates and Anthony move to 4th place.

The detour:  involves playing human chess.
The detour:  find ingredients and make a Vietnamese soup called Pho Ga.

Bates and Anthony are currently in 2nd place and running…

Pam and Winnie are way ahead and are in the lead.

Double U-Turn…

Pam and Winnie U-Turn Meghan and Joey. Now Joey and Meghan have to complete the detour that they chose not to do in order to check in. Meghan and Joey U-Turn Chuck and Wyonna.

Pam and Winnie are team number one.

The Battaglia brothers find that they have not been U-Turned.

Max and Katie are Team number two.
Mona and Beth are team number three.
Bates and Anthony are team number four.

Joey and Meghan are starting the second detour.
Wyonna and Chuck have not finished the first detour and do not know that they have been U-Turned.

Caroline and Jennifer are team number five.

Chuck and Wyonna find that they have been U-Turned and think that Joey and Meghan have U-Turned them.

Joey and Meghan come in as team number six.

Chuck and Wyonna are the last team to arrive – but since Dave and Connor have withdrawn from the race this is a non-elimination leg and they are still playing.

Next Week: Botswana jungle, eating scorpions ?  Lets look for Joey/Meghan or Pam/Winnie to be eliminated.

 Written By: Cousin Vinny

Amazing Race 22: Recap “I Love Monkeys!,” Ep 4

Get Ready, Get Set, …Go…This is the Amazing Race 22 featuring 11 teams with pre-existing relationships who race around the world and compete for a chance to win one million dollars.

The cast includes the following teams:

Team                               Relationship
                             
Idries & Jamil                 Twin Doctors                 
Max & Katie                  Newlyweds           
Mona & Beth                 Roller Derby Moms                
Bates & Anthony           Hockey Brothers           
Chuck & Wynona          Married               
David & Connor             Father/Son Cancer Survivors          
Caroline & Jennifer         Friends/Country Singers                  
Joey & Meghan             Friends/YouTube Hosts          
Pamela & Winnie           Best Friends                  
Jessica & John              Dating                  
Matthew & Daniel          Best Friends/Firefighters

*Eliminated


In Episode 4: This is the longest leg in Amazing Race history.

This leg is a continuation from last week. Bates and Anthony are the 3rd team to depart. They are on their way to Bali.

Bates and Anthony are on the second flight scheduled to arrive 3 ½ hours later than the first flight.

They are headed to the Monkey Forest. They have to place coconuts in the open and have the monkeys open the coconut. The clue is in the coconut.
Roadblock: Sandy bottom or fruity top
In Sandy Bottom: Transport sand from a river to a brickmaker.
In Fruity Top: Assemble a 'Gebogan', which is a religious tribute.
Bates and Anthony are the last team to get to the detour. They will have to make up a lot of time. The brothers do the Fruity Top.

Dave and Connor are team number two at this point and deserve a lot of credit.  They are racing with an injury. Bates and Anthony are in last place and are doing Fruity Top.

Roadblock: Racers must pick a surfboard, which represents a location from a previous pitstop, and carry it down the cliff to the beach. This will be a memory challenge.

Dave and Connor are team number one and win $5000.00 each.  Pam and Winnie are team number two. Max and Katie are team number three.

Bates And Anthony are making up time.  Jessica and John are arguing and losing time.  This is the team that is gunning for the hockey brothers. Now Wynonna and Chuck are going after the Battaglia brothers. The alliance of the Battaglia brothers, Caroline and Jennifer, are having a melt down.

Caroline and Jennifer are team number four.

Bates and Anthony are in 8th place at this time and gaining time.

Bates picks up the right surf board and puts it back.

Joey and Meghan are team number five.

Mona and Beth are team number six.

Bates and Anthony are team number seven.

Chuck and Wynonna are team number eight.

John is in denial that he may have lost.

Jessica and John are the last team to arrive and have been eliminated with an express pass that they never used. They will go down as one of the dumbest teams in Amazing Race History. This is the team that was going to bring down the Battaglia brothers.

Next week: Dave and Connor are still running and there is a double U-Turn ahead. Stay Tuned!

Written By: Cousin Vinny

Amazing Race 22: Recap “Like James Bond Again,” Ep 3

Get Ready, Get Set, …Go…This is the Amazing Race 22 featuring 11 teams with pre-existing relationships who race around the world and compete for a chance to win one million dollars.

The cast includes the following teams:

Team                               Relationship

                             

Idries & Jamil                     Twin Doctors               

Max & Katie                      Newlyweds           

Mona & Beth                     Roller Derby Moms                

Bates & Anthony               Hockey Brothers           

Chuck & Wynona              Married               

David & Connor                 Father/Son Cancer Survivors          

Caroline & Jennifer            Friends/Country Singers                  

Joey & Meghan                 Friends/YouTube Hosts          

Pamela & Winnie              Best Friends                   

Jessica & John                  Dating                  

Matthew & Daniel             Best Friends/Firefighters

*Eliminated                       Race to be Continued

Recap Prior Episodes:

Episode 1: Teams fly from Los Angeles to Bora Bora.  Jessica and John, win an express pass and an opportunity to give an express pass to another team.

Anthony and Bates Battaglia are the grandsons of Sam Battaglia, a former member of the Chicago mob – and hockey players.

The first roadblock involves skydiving. Anthony sky dives while Bates rides in the water taxi. The next roadblock involves searching for the next clue through hundreds of sand castles. The Battaglia brothers arrive in 6th place and leave in 2nd place and go on to the next destination. The teams must now assemble a Polynesian Outrigger and sail to the pit stop. Bates and Anthony arrive as Team number 2.

Episode 2: Jessica and John depart first to look for a wedding chapel to receive the blessing of the priest. The quote of the episode is made by this couple.

Bates and Anthony do not seem to be forming bonds with any of the other teams. Hopefully this won’t put a target on their back.

In Detour A racers, (Hockey brothers Bates and Anthony) must retrieve two red pearls from an underwater pearl farm before receiving the next clue.  In Detour B the racers have to dive and locate a treasure trunk where they have to set up an underwater picnic.

Teams must now take a water craft to the island of Motu Tapu to get their next clue. Joey & Meghan finish first. Bates and Anthony are surprised on how quickly Joey finished the last task and are giving them the evil eye.

Road Block: teams must balance on traditional Polynesian sparring stilts and kick a coconut across a beach in order to receive the next clue. Anthony does this challenge and thinks that his balancing skills will help his crew into the lead position.

Connor and Anthony finish the challenge at the same time and David hurts his foot.  This makes Bates and Anthony Team number one and capo di tutti capi. Connor and David are Team number two. The twins have to be rescued from the water.
 
Idries & Jamil are the last team to arrive and they have been eliminated.

Asked of Anthony Bates :
What country and place would you most like to visit and why?
Italy, because it is so beautiful and my grandparents are from there.
The grandfather would be Sam Battaglia, the former mob boss of Chicago.

Anthony Battaglia takes another opportunity to show us his missing teeth. Ironically, his grandfather’s nickname, ‘Teets’, supposedly comes from the fact that Sam Battaglia, a former member of the Chicago mob, allegedly threatened to knock out people’s ‘teets’.

In Episode 3:  

Dave starts out with a severely pulled muscle and is advised to see a specialist.  Both David and Connor are cancer survivors.

Bates and Anthony depart first, and have to travel to Christchurch, NZ, by way of Paptete, Tahiti.  John tries to ruffle the Battaglia Brothers by saying that they may be on an earlier flight than the brothers are. Jessica and John are now enemies of the Hockey players.  Jessica and John have kept their word and have given the express pass to David and Connor, knowing that they won’t be able to use it. Dave cannot put pressure on his foot and must walk on crutches at all times.

Jessica and John are plotting with others against the Battaglia Brothers.  The original alliance is going to try and get the brothers eliminated.

In Detour Jet, racers are jet boating on the Rakaia River.
Caroline and Jennifer seem to feel comfortable with Anthony and Bates and they have formed an alliance. Dave and Connor are currently in the lead. Bates and Anthony are currently in 8th place.

The Hockey players make their way to the detour of their choice "Rev It Up" or "Reel It In" – They either have to run a course in under 83 seconds or catch a fish. The hockey brothers do Rev It Up, but Connor and Dave cannot because Dave cannot drive a clutch with a huge boot which has been fitted for his injury.  Dave and Connor use the express pass. John and Jessica are in 2nd place at this point. Bates and Anthony are in 5th place, Caroline and Jennifer in 7th place. Bates and Anthony have to be aware of the other racers – soldiers of John and Jessica who are gunning for them, and while Caroline and Jennifer have the hockey players’ backs they aren’t enough muscle to defeat Jessica and John and their underlings.

In the next Road Block, Racers must participate in a Shemozzle Race which requires one team member to dress as a Kiwi sheperd and run through a wild obstacle course which includes molasses and feathers and then collect eggs. Once they deliver all their unbroken eggs to the finish line, they will receive the next clue: Anthony Battaglia does this road block. Dave and Connor are in 1st place at this point. Bates and Anthony are in 8th place.

At the Pit Stop, Team number 1 is Dave and Connor and they win a trip to Thailand.While checking in at the Pit Stop in Christchurch, New Zealand, they find that the race is still going.  No Eliminations.  Race TBC.

The question is, will Dave and Connor continue the race…

What would a good old fashioned race be without racing odds?

You don’t have to be a loan shark like Sam Battaglia, a numbers guy or a mark to make a friendly bet.

This is how I’m calling it for the 4th leg of the Race - the continuation of the Third Leg:

Max & Katie                  Newlyweds                                  10-1
Mona & Beth                 Roller Derby Moms                        4-1
Bates & Anthony           Hockey Brothers                            5-1
Chuck & Wynona          Married                                        12-1
David & Connor             Father/Son Cancer Survivors          20-1
Caroline & Jennifer        Friends/Country Singers                  9-1
Joey & Meghan             Friends/YouTube Hosts                 12-1
Pamela & Winnie          Best Friends                                 25-1  
Jessica & John              Dating                                           5-1

Written By: Cousin Vinny

Amazing Race 22: Recap "Loose Lips Sink Ships" Ep 2

Get Ready, Get Set, …Go…This is the Amazing Race 22 featuring 11 teams with pre-existing relationships who race around the world and compete for a chance to win one million dollars.

The cast includes the following teams:

                         

        Team - Relationship                     

 Idries & Jamil - Twin Doctors                 

Max & Katie - Newlyweds           

      Mona & Beth - Roller Derby Moms                

Bates & Anthony - Hockey Brothers

Chuck & Wynona - Married               

David & Connor - Father/Son Cancer Survivors          

Caroline & Jennifer - Friends/Country Singers                  

Joey & Meghan - Friends/YouTube Hosts          

Pamela & Winnie - Best Friends                   

Jessica & John - Dating                  

Matthew & Daniel - Best Friends/Firefighters

*Eliminated      

   

Recap to date:

In the first leg of the race, teams fly from Los Angeles, CA, to Bora Bora. The winners of the first leg of the race, Jessica and John, win an express pass and an opportunity to give an express pass to another team.

Anthony Battaglia shows us his missing teeth – apparently lost in a hockey game.  Ironically, his grandfather’s nickname,  ‘Teets’, supposedly comes from the fact that Sam Battaglia, a former member of the Chicago mob, allegedly threatened to knock out people’s ‘teets’.

In Episode One: The first roadblock involves skydiving. Anthony takes a whack at sky diving while Bates rides with the skipper in the water taxi.

The next roadblock involves searching for the next clue through hundreds of sand castles. The Battaglia brothers arrive in 6th place and leave in 2nd place and are on the lam to the next destination.

The teams must now assemble a Polynesian Outrigger and sail to the pit stop.

Bates and Anthony are Team number 2, and like their grandfather will try and claw their way to the top.

Question to Anthony Battaglia –

What is the accomplishment you are most proud of?

‘I’ve played in 600 pro hockey games and won a championship this past season with the New Jersey Outlaws.’  The New Jersey Outlaws???  Really ???  I guess that’s better than the Chicago outlaws that Sam Battaglia played with.

This week: the racers are still in Bora Bora and are rumored to go to New Zealand.

Jessica and John depart first and travel by water taxi to look for a wedding chapel to receive the blessing of the priest. The quote of the episode is made by this couple.

Bates and Anthony do not seem to be forming bonds with any of the other teams. As the second to depart, they have a bit of a lead. Not wanting to be the babbo in this race, they pull out all the stops to try and gain the lead.  Hopefully this won’t put a target on their back.

David & Connor are the first to arrive at the chapel.  They neglect to bring their swimming gear and go from first to last place. In Detour A racers, (Hockey brothers Bates and Anthony) must retrieve two red pearls from an underwater pearl farm before receiving the next clue.  In Detour B the racers have to dive and snorkel and locate a treasure trunk where they have to set up an underwater picnic. 

The twins (Idries & Jamil ) are having major issues with the diving. They seem to have a fear of water. Hello ??? have you ever watched this show before???  Pam and Winnie are also having water issues.

Teams must now take a water craft where they have to use a map to head to the island of Motu Tapu to get their next clue. Joey & Meghan finish first and Connor & David are making up a lot of time. Bates and Anthony are surprised on how quickly Joey finished the last task and are giving them the evil eye.

In the next detour, a Road Block, teams must balance on traditional Polynesian sparring stilts and kick a coconut across a beach in order to receive the next clue. Anthony does this challenge and thinks that his balancing skills will help his crew into the lead position. Can he take over this territory?

Connor and Anthony finish the challenge at the same time and David hurts his foot.  This makes Bates and Anthony Team number one and capo di tutti capi. Connor and David are Team number two. Jessica and John are Team number three and may not give the promised express pass to Connor and David. It actually would make sense to give it to them, knowing that if they used it they probably still wouldn’t win. However, their strategy is to hold on to the pass and perhaps make a pact with another team.

Joey & Meghan are Team number four, Chuck and Wynonna are Team number five. The twins have to be rescued from the water. 

Mona and Beth are Team number six. Caroline and Jennifer are Team number seven. Max and Katie are Team number eight. Pam and Winnie are Team number nine.

Idries & Jamil are the last team to arrive and they have been eliminated.

Next week: Dave has torn his muscle and the racers head to New Zealand.

 Written By: Cousin Vinny

The Amazing Race 22: Recap Business in the Front/Party in the Back, Ep 1

Get Ready, Get Set, …Go…

This is the Amazing Race 22 featuring 11 teams with pre-existing relationships who race around the world and compete for a chance to win one million dollars.

This season’s cast includes the following teams and their relationships"

      

Idries & Jamil - The Twin Doctors                 

Max & Katie - The Newlyweds           

Mona & Beth - The Roller Derby Moms                

Bates & Anthony - The Hockey Brothers           

Chuck & Wynona - The Married Couple            

David & Connor - The Father/Son Cancer Survivors          

Caroline & Jennifer - The Friends/Country Singers                  

Joey & Meghan - The Friends/YouTube Hosts          

Pamela & Winnie - The Best Friends                  

Jessica & John - The Dating Couple                  

Matthew & Daniel - The Best Friends/Firefighters        

In the first leg of the race, the teams fly from Los Angeles, CA (Griffith Observatory) to Bora Bora (French Polynesia). The teams watch a video clue that will lead them to their next destination. The winners of the first leg of the race win an express pass and an opportunity to give an express pass to another team. The Express Pass, provides the team who earns it, the opportunity to skip a task – a crucial time saver.

Anthony Battaglia shows us his missing teeth – apparently lost in a hockey game.  Ironically, his grandfather’s nickname ‘Teets’, allegedly was given to Sam Battaglia, because he allegedly threatened to knock out people’s ‘teets’.

There are two available flights to Bora Bora and Team Battaglia is on the second flight, which will cost them, in terms of time.

The first roadblock involves skydiving. A Roadblock is a task that only one team member may perform. There is a certain limit on the number of roadblocks that any one person can perform throughout the race.

One member must skydive from a helicopter while the other takes a water taxi to the landing destination in order to receive the next clue.

The brothers muscle in and get their name on the helicopter list for the second crew that arrives. Anthony takes a whack at sky diving while Bates rides with the skipper in the water taxi.

At this point in the race, Jessica and John, the Dating Team, are in first place.

The next roadblock involves searching for a next clue located in one of hundreds of sand castles. Apparently it is very hot and working on the beach seems to be a daunting task. The Battaglia brothers arrive to this task in 6th place and leave in 2nd place and are on the lam moving on to the next destination. They definitely seem to be stand up guys.

The teams must now assemble a Polynesian Outrigger and sail to the pit stop.

Jessica and John are team number one, and win the express pass and the second express pass for another team of their choosing.

Bates and Anthony are Team number 2:
I bet that they have agita after this.

David and Connor are Team number 3:
If Jessica and John stick to their word, this team should get the 2nd express pass.

Pamela and Winnie are Team number 4.
Mona and Beth are Team number 5.
Joey and Meghan are Team number 6.

Chuck and Wyonna are Team number 7:
Wyonna is the late John Wayne’s grand-daughter.

Idries & Jamil is Team number 8.

The following three teams quit their task and two of them will take the penalty:

Max & Katie – team number 9

Caroline & Jennifer:
Caroline is Daniel Boone’s descendent – team number 10

Matthew & Daniel – have been eliminated from the race having ‘technically’ arrived in last place.

Next Week: Episode 2: Loose Lips Sink Ships (or you better follow the Omerta Code of Silence) You know what I mean - you big jamook.

Stay tuned to see if Jessica and John keep their promise to David and Connor or will they be double crossers?

Connor has an accident – can he continue with the race or is he a gonna swim with the fishes?

Watch the Amazing Race next Sunday on CBS, 8/7c.

Written By: Cousin Vinny