Post #154755 by joefla70 on Mon, Apr 25, 2005 7:45 AM

I watch the show because my wife does, and I like it for the most part. What I like most about it is that there is no voting to determine the team that gets eliminated... the team that is elimintated is the team that finishes last. (This is the part of Survivor that I hate.. because after the merge, they'll just vote off the stronger players... so you're left with the survival of the mediocre.)

Anyway, having said that, the one thing that frustrates me to no end about The Amazing Race is when the 1st team starts out the day with a several hour lead -- only to get to an airport, train or bus station, etc. and have to wait 6 hours until the plane/train/bus departs -- and then everyone in the race catches up!!! What is the point of gaining a lead in the race when the show is going to make the start times in such a way that the lead dissappears at the start of every show! The only thing I can figure is that they don't want a good team to gain such a lead that they can't be overcome... and they want everyone to be working on the same tasks/obstacles at the same time so that each show has a theme. Otherwise, I guess the leading team could be already on to the next city doing an new task while the last team is still in the previous city doing the previous task. But it is still infuriating to watch that happen, and I often get up and leave the room and do something else when that happens.