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The Amazing Race Season 12 Episode 1

Donkeys Have Souls, Too

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AIRED: 11/4/07

The teams take off from the starting line at the Playboy Mansion in Beverly Hills, California and are instructed to fly to Shannon, Ireland. A flight delay leaves teams that thought they were ahead scrambling to catch up. The teams travel to the world's smallest church and then sign up for one of the three ferries departing the next morning. They're then directed to drive 42 miles to Cleggan farm where they must ride a tandem bike to a clue. One member of each team then completes a task that involves more biking -- highwire bicycling while their teammate rides below. Many teams are then frustrated by a task that requires them to fill a basket with fifteen pieces of peat and then transport it using a donkey. Controlling the donkeys proves more difficult for some teams than others and once again some leading teams take a plunge. Ultimately, one team is unable to recover from poor performance on this task and is eliminated from the race.moreless

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the right team was philiminated..

7.5

By DavidPickles, Mar 30, 2013

certainly is bitch in this show !

interesting group of people on this season... is it bad i'm already routing for team goth?

ari and the start where almost like romber all mouth and then they met a

i got half of my wish for new contestants 'lesbians' but the second half is still missing 'hot ones'

nothing against them but old lesbians are kinda odd but they seem ok so far..

tk and rachel seem to be channelling seasons 10 was it ? team hippy ttow !!

seems like team 'naughty grandad n pilot son' got lucky when he fell after signing up for the charter..

wow some of the hand writing was shocking...

nathan seems a bit of frat boy and his 'gf' wow she has some issues...

the bro/sis team with the funny names kinda creep me out with those foreheads..

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Enjoyable all around

8.2

By j19000, Dec 12, 2007

The 12th season of TAR has finally arrived with 11 teams of 2 with a pre-existing relationship set out on a race around the world for $1 million.

This season features the first Goth team.

The beginning was a little screwed up In my opinion but once the teams got to Ireland. Tension as well as excitment came across quickly. This first leg also tells us that there may only be two non-elimination rounds or even none at all. If there are none, I'll be annoyed. For the first time in TAR history, the first leg has a Roadblock with no Detour. I didn't mind that new decision but I prefer it the old way. The couples competing are nice, well most of them. The Roadblock was cool, but I can honestly say that walking donkeys to a certain destination is harder than we think it is. For example, the one couple (Nathan and I can't remember his partners name) got stuck through the final challenge due to donkey misbehaviour. Funny but alwful hard.

Then teams dash to the Pit Stop with the Goths finishing in second place, as well as Kate & Pat who managed to get into 8th place. I thought they'd be like 10th. But yeah, there was some hard working from these teams, overall, I was let down with some the rules as well as the leg in general but It does get my vote! :) Enjoy episode 2...moreless
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ROTFLOL!

9.4

By JPPT1974, Nov 14, 2007

Really glad to see the show back in action. Despite it being delayed by the football game and after it was missed at least by fans due to other shows, including the awful Viva La Laughin. Glad that it is back on. And that it shows teams going from California to the Ireland. As we seem a lot of interesting groups. From a Goth couple to a married female preist and secretary. Glad that there is an Asian group on there being half-Asian myself. But also it shows them pulling donkeys. As it is easier said than done you can tell. Donkeys maybe have a soul. But they sure are really stubborn as heck!moreless
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12 New Teams fly to ireland to begin leg 1 of the amazing race.

8.0

By the1stavatar, Nov 10, 2007

This episode was not bad. If you compare it to other season premieres, it was not the best, but I'd say it was still a good season premiere. The new teams are very good. (Though, the lesbian, old, priests kind creep me out.) I like that for once, the teams did not go to south america on the first leg. That was a very smart move considering that we've seen that too many times for the past few seasons. Overall, I'd say the amazing race has still got it. I would just like to know though who picks these teams, because they deffinitly added some "interesting" people this time.moreless
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donkeys...

8.6

By Fwirrel, Nov 08, 2007

Ok, so I'm not an avid Amazing Race watcher, but this episode was pretty good, funny, and entertaining. The teams all started off and eventually made it through the Irish countryside where they had to bike and then fill up a basket on a donkey and move the donkey. It was halarious watching the teams with the donkeys. Some of them had no clue. Some of them had very bad luck. It was very entertaining. I felt a little bad for the donkies though...Anyways, a team got eliminated (I don't remember who) they were just very angry because the donkey caused them to loose. Overall, good episode.moreless
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TRIVIA (12)
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- The Amazing Race 12 features the first ever team of goths.
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- This is the first season featuring an all-female team that are both lesbians.
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- Ronald and Christina are the second Asian team in the history of the show, the first being Erwin and Godwin from the tenth season.
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- Vyxsin is the first racer to run the race with pink hair.
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- Nicolas and Donald are the only all-male team to run this race.
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- Ari and Staella were seen making their way to the Pit Stop, but were not seen finishing their donkey task.
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- Roadblock: In this leg's Roadblock, one team member had to ride a bike across a high-wire, while their partner hung on to a pole, dangling beneath. This Roadblock was completed by Azaria, Vyxsin, T.K., Jason, Nicolas, Jennifer, Ronald, Kate, Marianna, Nathan, and Staella.
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- This is the first season premiere to feature only a Roadblock and no Detour.
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- Two new twists have been added to the Race: the U-Turn and the Speed Bump. The U-Turn forces a team to complete both Detour tasks. The Speed bump took place of the non-elimination penalty which is to complete an extra task during the next leg.
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- Lorena & Jason, Shana & Jennifer, Kate & Pat, Nathan & Jennifer, and Marianna & Julia all made the first British Airways flight to Shannon, Ireland. All other teams made an Aer Lingus flight scheduled to arrive 45 minutes later. Due to a flight delay, however, the Aer Lingus flight actually arrived seven minutes earlier than the British Airways flight.
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- Azaria and Hendekea's win marks the first time, after eleven seasons, that an African-American team has won the first leg of the race.
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- The teams finished in the following order:
  
  #1. Azaria and Hendekea (Prize: Trip for two to a resort in Alberta, Canada, Courtesy Travelocity)
  #2. Kynt and Vyxsin
  #3. TK and Rachel
  #4. Lorena and Jason
  #5. Nicolas and Donald
  #6. Shana and Jennifer
  #7. Ronald and Christina
  #8. Kate and Pat
  #9. Marianna and Julia
  #10. Nathan and Jennifer
  #11. Ari and Staella (ELIMINATED)
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- Kate: (as she and Pat are being prepared for the high-wire bike Roadblock) Pat, are you ready?
  Pat: (nervously) I'm already holding on for dear life.
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- Nathan: We have the most stubborn donkey in the world.
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- Azaria: (referring to Hendekea) You look at her tiny face and you don't see the tiger within.
  Hendekea: Raaar!
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- Phil: Next week on The Amazing Race --- Ron and Christina realize they have a lot to figure out between them. (after a clip of Ronald and Christina) And grandpa goes Tarzan!
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- Ari: Get that donkey! It looks lonely!
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- Shana: Jen and I fully plan to flirt our way through this competition.
  Jennifer: We're gonna use our body as much as we need to. We're gonna wink a little.
  Shana: Anyone standing in our way of a million dollar shopping spree, will be knocked out!
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- Nicolas: (referring to Donald) He's definitely not your average grandfather. He swears a lot and talks about girls inappropriately, but that's why I love him!
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- Kate: The Amazing Race is a love letter to the planet.
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- Kynt: Vyxsin and I are like real life cartoon characters. For us, every day is Halloween.
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- Julia: Marianna and I have the heart and soul of a soldier.
  Marianna: We'll use every advantage of having the good looks of a woman and, at the same time, the competitiveness and aggressiveness of a man.
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- Rachel: Go ahead. They're following us.
  TK: (looking in the rear view mirror) No, they're not.
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- Staella: There's so much more that we could have done and seen and ugh, this just sucks.
  Ari: Karma came back and bit us in the ass.
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- Ronald: Who is your daddy?! Who is your daddy?!
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- Nathan: Oh my gosh!
  Christina: No, no, no, you can't yell at it.
  Jennifer: We're going to lose because of this donkey.
  Jennifer: (in interview segment) We tried everything possible to move this donkey.
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- Christina: I was really surprised how Ari and Staella were treating the donkey. Donkeys have souls, too.
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- Jason: Donkeys, highwires, it doesn't get any better than that.
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- Ronald: (singing) Oh, Danny Boy, I'm in Ireland.
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- Ari: (to his donkey) You listen here. You make me lose this, I'm going to cut you up and eat you.
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- TK: (riding the high-wire bike) I'm not scared of a lot, man, but this is terrifying.
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- Lorena: (in interview segment) As far as my emotions, they're very uncontrollable. That's my weakness.
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- Vyxsin: Two fairies on a ferry.
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- Kynt: Good job, Vyxsin. Little pink kitten. (in interview segment) When it comes to tenacity...
  Vyxsin: we are like little pink gothic Energizer Bunnies.
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- Ari: We got that taxi. I'm not sure it belonged to us, but I'm pretty sure it did. (laughs)
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- Hendekea: Azaria and I are overachievers. We don't like to lose.
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- Vyxsin: Next stop, LA exit, then Ireland.
  Vyxsin: (regarding the team right in front of them) Where are they going?
  Kynt: Go to the right, Go to the right.
  Vyxsin: Oh my goth, where are we going?
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- Lorena: We're from L.A., people! We're from L.A.! (in interview segment) Jason's definitely more calm than I am.
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- TK: Cars are already split and we're going in two different directions.
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- Kynt: What are we waiting for? We've got the clue, we've got the money, let's drive.
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- Ari: Karma's a bitch, but I'm a bigger bitch.
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- Jason: I don't know if marriage is the route for me to go. I always have a foot out the door.
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- Kynt: Goth is a celebration of beauty, art, with a little darker edge.
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- International Airdates: Sweden: May 30, 2010 on TV6
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- As of this episode, Hayma Screech Washington's executive producer credit is now shown in the credits shown immediately before the final commercial break.
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- The original broadcast of this episode started 27 minutes in some markets due to an overrun of New England Patriots and Indianapolis Colts NFL football game.
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- Kynt: Good job, Vyxsin. Little pink kitten. (in interview segment) When it comes to tenacity...
  Vyxsin: we are like little pink gothic Energizer Bunnies.
  
  This is in reference to the commercial campaign for Energizer batteries that features a pink Energizer Bunny as a mascot that "keeps going and going and going..."
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- Hendekea: (to her donkey) Thank you, Eeyore.
  
  A reference to the mopey donkey, Eeyore, from A.A. Milne's Winnie the Pooh series. Eeyore has proven a surprisingly popular character throughout all incarnations of Pooh and is currently featured as one of the characters in Playhouse Disney's popular new series My Friends Tigger & Pooh.
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