TPIR Recap - 05/25/2016 (Primetime - The Amazing Race Special)

[TPIRFan2000]

For tonight's show, an audience member and a pair of past housemates from The Amazing Race will be called on down.

Episode #36SP

Taped: March 23, 2016
Models: Phil Keoghan, James O’Halloran, Rachel Reynolds
Mic handoff: Rachel Reynolds

 

 

First four (or technically, 12): Katherine Dakota & Flight Time and Big Easy, Robert Espola & Erin and Joslyn, Chris Thume & Tiffany and Krista, Monifa Simms & Bopper and Mark

IUFB: Burberry accessories (2 canvas backpacks with leather trim, 2 leather passport covers)

Katherine & Flight Time/Big Easy	Robert & Erin/Joslyn	Chris & Tiffany/Krista	Monifa & Bopper/Mark
$825	$875	$900	$1,000

ARP: $2,540

Monifa & Bopper/Mark will play Cliff Hangers for a trip to Port Elizabeth, South Africa! (RT to Washington, DC to Port Elizabeth via South African Airways, 6n, Shamwari Game Reserve – all meals, RT airport transportation, 2 safaris per day incl.)

ARP: $11,810

SMALL PRIZE	GUESS	ARP	DIFFERENCE	TOTAL STEPS
Contigo travel mug	$20	$21	$1	1
Portable fabric steamer	$37	$35	$2	3
Andis 1875 fold-and-go ionic hair dryer	$52	$45	$7	10

WIN

 

5. Cory Mischak & Tyler and Korey
IUFB: 3 Garmin smartwatches (built-in GPS)

Katherine & Flight Time/Big Easy	Robert & Erin/Joslyn	Chris & Tiffany/Krista	CORY & TYLER/KOREY
$750	$950	$550	$450

ARP: $890

 

Katherine & Flight Time and Big Easy will play Any Number for:

·         16GB Microsoft Surface tablet (10.1” HD display) and 2 Monster Products headphones (swiveling ear cups, plush cushions)

·         Nissan Juke (1.6 L engine, CVT, FWD, armrest, interior accent lighting)

ARP of car: $2_,___

NUMBER PICKED	FILLS IN
3	PIGGY BANK: $_.3_
2	PIGGY BANK: $_.32
0	TABLET & HEADPHONES: $__0
1	CAR: $21,___
5	CAR: $21,__5
9	CAR: $21,9_5
7	TABLET & HEADPHONES: $_70
8	TABLET & HEADPHONES: $870

ARP of car: $21,695

Tonight’s piggy bank: $4.32

PARTIAL WIN

 

6. Samantha Williamson & Leo and Jamal
IUFB: 13.5” laptop (touchscreen display, 8GB of RAM, 256GB solid state drive – 1 stylus pen incl., brand not incl.)

SAMANTHA & LEO/JAMAL	Robert & Erin/Joslyn	Chris & Tiffany/Krista	Cory & Tyler/Korey
$1,300	$1,400	$2,000	$1,500

ARP: $2,099

 

Chris (from Canada) & Tiffany and Krista will play a repainted It’s in the Bag for up to $16,000!

The grocery products:

·         Speed Stick antiperspirant deodorant, 1.8 oz.

·         Brisk lemon-flavored iced tea, 2 L

·         Jiffy corn muffin mix, 8.5 oz.

·         Holloway House Quick Shine floor finish, 27 fl oz.

·         Mucinex cold and sinus relief, 6 fl oz.

·         Panda Express orange sauce, 20.75 oz.

BAG	$0.79	$14.99	$8.99	$1.99	$4.49	LEFT OVER
PICK	MUFFIN MIX	COLD RELIEF	FLOOR FINISH	ICED TEA	DEODORANT	SAUCE
CORRECT SOLUTION	MUFFIN MIX	COLD RELIEF	FLOOR FINISH	ICED TEA	SAUCE	DEODORANT
CASH	$1,000	$2,000	$4,000	$8,000	$16,000
KEEP GOING?	YES	YES	YES	NO

BAILOUT ($8,000)

 

SCSD1

CONTESTANT	WINNINGS	FIRST SPIN	SECOND SPIN	TOTAL
Katherine & Flight Time/Big Easy	$1,760	$0.15	$0.80	$0.95
Chris & Tiffany/Krista	$10,099	$0.60	$0.65	ELIMINATED
Monifa & Bopper/Mark	$14,451	$0.40	$0.75	ELIMINATED

 

7. Quentin DeNicki & Brook and Claire
IUFB: Cuisinart espresso machine (frothing wand, 22 oz. milk container – 1 grinder and 3 two-port storage jars incl.)

Samantha & Leo/Jamal	Robert & Erin/Joslyn	QUENTIN & BROOK/CLAIRE	Cory & Tyler/Korey
$1,050	$451	$499	$800

ARP: $1,499

 

Samantha & Leo and Jamal will play Switch? for:

·         Trip to Shanghai, China (RT, 6n, superior room at Merry Hotel Shanghai – daily breakfast incl.)

·         Trip to Cusco, Peru (RT, 3n at deluxe room in boutique hotel in Machu Picchu and another 3n in deluxe room at luxurious riverfront hotel in Sacred Valley, from Aranwa Hotels, Resorts, & Spas – daily breakfast & 1 spa treatment each incl.)

PRIZE	CHINA	PERU
PRICE SHOWN	$9,144	$11,160
SWITCH?	SWITCH
ARP	$11,160	$9,144

WIN

 

8. Kimberly Clayton & Nat and Kat

IUFB: 70” Vizio ultra HD full array LED smart TV (120 Hz refresh rate)

KIMBERLY & NAT/KAT	Robert & Erin/Joslyn	Quentin & Brook/Claire	Cory & Tyler/Korey
$1,200	$900	$1,000	$1

CLANGERS!

ARP: $1,200

 

Kimberly & Nat and Kat get their $500 bonus, and they will play The Amazing Rat Race for:

·         Sony 20.2MP camera (shoots 4K – accessories incl.) from B&H Photo

·         4-person trip to Maui, HI (RT first-class via Hawaiian Airlines, 6n, deluxe ocean view room at Hyatt Regency Maui Resort & Spa)

·         BMW 320i Sedan (2 L engine, 8-speed AT with adaptive transmission control, RWD)

SMALL PRIZE/GROCERY PRODUCT	GUESS	ARP	DIF	RAT PICKED
Bolthouse Farms mango juice, 15.2 oz.	$3.25	$3.49	$0.24	BLUE
Rock molcajete	$50	$50	$0	GREEN
Zojurishi 3-cup rice cooker	$125	$175	$50	YELLOW

 

1st	YELLOW
2nd	GREEN
3rd	BLUE
4th	ORANGE
5th	PINK

WIN

According to tpirsummaries.8m.com, this is the first time all 3 prizes in Rat Race were won since January 19, 2011. Anyways, me and Prizes attempted to look for the ARP of all 3 prizes. The trip is completely unknown – a regular trip there costs $9,345 per 5/9/2016’s Range Game – but this trip had 4 guests and a first-class flight. After looking through bhphotovideo.com, we can determine the camera and accessories to cost $1,258.40 in total, and according to Edmunds.com, the BMW costs $34,145.

 

9. Samantha Williamson & Kelsey and Joey
IUFB: 2 16GB iPhone 6Ses (2 waterproof Mophie battery cases and 1-year calling plan with 12GB of data and unlimited talk/text per month incl.)

SAMANTHA & KELSEY/JOEY	Robert & Erin/Joslyn	Quentin & Brook/Claire	Cory & Tyler/Korey
$1,650	$2,100	$2,000	$1

ARP: $2,998

 

Robert (a Marine) & Erin and Joslyn escape the clubhouse, and they will play Squeeze Play for:

·         Honda CB300F motorcycle (286cc liquid-cooled engine, 6-speed transmission 78 mpg)

·         Sea-Doo Spark 2 Up watercraft (Rotax 900 ACE engine, intelligent throttle control system – trailer incl.)

WRONG PRICE	$140,283
DIGIT SQUEEZED OUT	0 ($14,283)
ARP	$10,283

LOSS

 

SCSD2

CONTESTANT	WINNINGS	FIRST SPIN	SECOND SPIN	TOTAL
Robert & Erin/Joslyn	$2,998	$0.30	$0.40	$0.70
Samantha & Leo/Jamal	$21,803	$0.60	$0.80	ELIMINATED
Kimberly & Nat/Kat	$37,103 + trip	$0.30	$0.75	ELIMINATED

 

Showcase 1 (FRATS - presented by The Amazing Race’s Ashley and Ally)

·         Trip to Sicily, Italy (RT to Palermo to Sicilian countryside, 6n, deluxe room at Hotel Foresteria Baglio della Luna – daily breakfast, dinner, RT airport transportation incl.)

·         10-day tour of Alaska from YMT Vacations (coach to Fairbanks, stops in Fairbanks, Seward, Anchorage, and more – nightly hotel accommodations, 2 lunches, various tours incl. – coach back to LA from Anchorage)

·         Trip to Seychelles (RT, 6n, deluxe room at Acajou Beach Resort – daily breakfast incl.)

Robert passes to Katherine, who bids $18,500.

 

Showcase 2 (Your Next Clue – presented by The Amazing Race host Phil Keoghan)

·         Trip to Queenstown, New Zealand (RT to Auckland via Air New Zealand Limited to Queenstown, 6n, 1-bedroom lake-view apartment at Oaks Club Resort – 1 full-day cycling trip incl.)

·         Kymco Mongoose 270 ATV (270cc liquid-cooled engine, CVT with FNR gearbox)

·         Mazda MX-5 Miata Sport (2 L engine, 6-speed MT, RWD)

Robert bids $30,000.

 

SHOWCASE	SC1 (TRIPS)	SC2 (TRIP/CONVERTIBLE)
BID	$18,500	$30,000
ARP	$27,485	$36,901
DIFFERENCE	$8,985	$6,901

Robert has won $39,899 in prizes – an equal amount will be donated to Operation Gratitude (Erin & Joslyn’s charity)!

 

Pricing games won: 3 out of 6 (+2 partial wins)

Total winnings: $125,115 + trip to Hawaii

 

Special thanks to Prizes for assisting me in finding the ARPs of the prizes in (The Amazing) Rat Race, and to Scorpz for statistics on Rat Race.

[Cephas]

Rat Race was most amazing tonight. It was cool enough to see a rare three-rat race, but to see Kimberly win the trifecta was extraordinary! I enjoyed how they went big with the trip and the BMW here.

I'm torn about It's in the Bag's color changes. Yes, the pastels were outdated-looking, but that is quite a contrast of colors. I thought the first four bags were rather easy, but the last bag could have reasonably gone either way.

[JayC]

Pretty good show tonight, although I thought Phil Keoghan was the least interesting of the three hosts. There were also certain spots of the show that felt rushed, like they couldn't wait to go from showing the prize to the description and then from the description to the bidding/gameplay.

Something I meant to bring up before-- I didn't really like that there was no break between the first Showcase Showdown and the 4th IUFB/pricing game. It made the announcement of the winner feel rushed and unimportant.

Squeeze Play was very difficult. I didn't think at all the motorcycle and the watercraft together would be only $10,000+. I thought for sure making the price $14,000+ was correct.

I know the Amazing Race involves traveling around the world, but there was definitely a trip overload tonight.

I'm torn about It's in the Bag's color changes. Yes, the pastels were outdated-looking, but that is quite a contrast of colors. I thought the first four bags were rather easy, but the last bag could have reasonably gone either way.

I thought the new colors made the set look a little bland personally.

[PriceFanArmadillo]

I'm torn about It's in the Bag's color changes. Yes, the pastels were outdated-looking, but that is quite a contrast of colors. I thought the first four bags were rather easy, but the last bag could have reasonably gone either way.

Really?  Speed Stick is cheap, even before factoring in that that wasn't a full-size stick.  If anything, it would have been in the $1.99 bag, but even that seems high for what is essentially half a stick of deodorant.

Heck, there was a greater chance of the deodorant being in the 79-cent bag than the $4.49 bag.  There was no chance anything but the sauce was in the last bag.

[namnhu12]

Where do I begin? By the way, for those of you who don't know me, I am namnhu12, aka Nam Nhu.  I am in the Red Georgia t-shirt on the right side of the audience. 

Let me start by backing up to being in line on March 23rd.  The minute we walked onto the grounds at CBS, we immediately began to fill out our forms.  For the primetime specials, you also filled out a form for the producers of Survivor/Big Brother/The Amazing Race.  You have to ask questions about the other show, such as who is your favorite team.  Keep in mind, I did not know which teams were going to be there...

Fast forward to 1230 pm.  We enter the studio and see all the awesome decorations from the Amazing Race.  Also, the Goodson asterisks are huge in person.... Mike and George helped warm up the audience and instructed the contestants to run toward the upper left corner to meet you favorite team and come on down together.  The come on downs in real time lasted about 5 minutes.

There were longer breaks into between all games (even Cliff Hangers, Rat Race).  During that time Drew entertained the crowd a little bit and then leave the stage.  The teams left after their pricing game and walk out of the studio.

It took over 5 minutes for the young lady to make her decision in Switch?  Also, in IUFB #5 they edited out all 4 over bids.  Everybody chanted $1 after the 2nd overbid....

By far, the longest stopdown was during Rat Race.  The orange rat started to race even before Phil pressed the go button.  It was at least 45 minutes as we had to reset the game, get new rats, and have S&P have a looked before the race.  Also, they had to reshoot Phil starting the race.  For the commercials that aired for the special, the promotional shots and Phil's introduction were done during stopdowns.

Sybil, the lady that was onstage with the showcase winner was a contestant on The Price Is Right.  She played One Away and won Dodge Dakota in March 2004. 

That is all I have right now. If you have any other questions, please contact me.

[Wayoshi]

I understand Drew was excited about the trifecta, but BLUE BLUE BLUE was only a camera at stake while she had the Beamer by a mile for a few seconds of semi-awkward silence. Not the best hosting there.

Also, in IUFB #5 they edited out all 4 over bids.

A 70" TV at $1200 was a mistake in the first place.

[ThatDonGuy]

How rare is it for the show to include a trip (besides an around the world trip) where the flight isn't nonstop?  The trip to South Africa went from Los Angeles via Washington.  I am assuming it's one or both of (a) Los Angeles to South Africa is just too far of a trip for even a 747 to make it nonstop, and (b) South African Airways itself doesn't fly to Los Angeles (you can get flights from LA to Johannesburg on the SAA website, but there's always a flight change, and the first leg is another airline - I see JetBlue, Virgin America, and United flights).

And I usually make a joke about this, but apparently the TAR contestants give up their last names when they appear on the show...
Actually, CBS did mention their last names  (and TAR seasons):
Leo Temory and Jamal Zadaran, Season 23 and 24
Tyler Oakley and Korey Kuhl, Season 28
Erin Robinson and Joslyn Davis, Season 28
Joey Buttitta and Kelsey Gerckens, Season 27 winners
Natalie "Nat" Strand and Katherine "Kat" Chang, Season 17 winners
William "Bopper" Minton and Mark Jackson, Season 20
Tiffany Chantell Torres and Krista DeBono, Season 27
Brook Roberts and Claire Champlin, Season 17
Nathaniel "Big Easy" Lofton and Herbert "Flight Time" Lang, Seasons 15, 18, and 24

[whinbaby]

I have the price of the trip to Maui:

Hawaiian Airlines first class airfare	$5,711 ($1,427.75 per person)
6 nights at Hyatt Regency Maui Resort & Spa	$7,845
TOTAL PRICE OF TRIP	$13,556

[jaydlewis]

I have the price of the trip to Maui:

Hawaiian Airlines first class airfare - $5,711 ($1,427.75 per person)

Based on...what? I just looked at their site & a "base" ticket if I leave today is $1,300. Leaving tomorrow is only $700.

If I'm going first class, and leaving on Monday, it's only $936.09. The farther out you book your ticket, the cheaper it will be.

[wrikent3500]

When I saw the guy from Canada,i thought (are they letting The Amazing Race-Canada players play too).
Am I the only one thinking (Where's Golden Road...Bonkers....Race Game...Clock Game )
Otherwise great show

[BillyGr]

Really?  Speed Stick is cheap, even before factoring in that that wasn't a full-size stick.  If anything, it would have been in the $1.99 bag, but even that seems high for what is essentially half a stick of deodorant.

Heck, there was a greater chance of the deodorant being in the 79-cent bag than the $4.49 bag.  There was no chance anything but the sauce was in the last bag.

Very true - that size (1.8 oz. as listed) is often found in $1 stores and in other stores on sale for $0.99.  Not sure what the Suggested Price would be but possibly up to the $1.99 bag.  Now, if they had chosen the Speed Stick GEAR, that could have been in the $4.49 bag (or even higher) but since they didn't...

[thepriceis_J]

Am I the only one thinking (Where's Golden Road...Bonkers....Race Game...Clock Game )

You weren't, but besides Golden Road, it'd be best not to play the other games. All three can run around or suggest things on stage and while the Amazing Race teams could at least try to suggest help to the contestant they were playing with, those timed games would render them ultimately useless as they stood by and watched the contestant play.

A very aggressive lineup, which is what I was hoping for. I know we've had lineups just as long or longer in daytime, but I do enjoy the more rarer game combinations.

Rat Race was simply amazing. Great way for the game to make its primetime debut.

I thought on the whole I really enjoyed these shows. They weren't MDS, but they did feel special with all the nice touches they could throw in with the extra time granted by virtue of being in primetime. I hope they did well enough that in the future CBS would consider these in spots where they don't really have much to air.