The Amazing Race Asia heats up with every fan cheering for their favourites to win tomorrow.
Watching the penultimate leg of The Amazing Race Asia was bittersweet: sweet that Malaysian mums Tania and Ida (the heiress and the actress) were the first team to reach the pit stop and thus make it to the finale, and bitter because my personal favourites, Singaporean slackers AD and Fuzzie, floundered and literally gave up at the very last minute.
And, as if to add insult to injury, the obnoxious Filipinos (whom I hate more than cod liver oil – and that’s saying a lot) made it to the finale, too. Where is the justice?
Oh well, no point crying over spilt milk. Let’s just see what we can expect in the finale. After racing in 10 cities in six countries (Bangkok and Chiang Mai in Thailand; Ho Chi Minh city and Hue in Vietnam; Taipei, Taiwan; Hong Kong and Macau in China; Cochin and Pune in India; and Muscat in Oman) the three teams (Ida and Tania, Geoff and Tish and Sam and Vince) will battle it out in the final leg of the race which will end in Bangkok.
Let’s review the performances of all three and place our bets on who we think will win the race, starting with our very own anak Malaysia, Ida and Tania.
The city girls started the race shakily. They came in fifth and sixth in the first two legs of the race and though they did not seem hopeless or helpless, it was unclear whether or not they had it in them to make it much further.
It’s hard to pin point what their weaknesses are because, to be frank, they seem to have more strengths than weaknesses.
They are smart and make good decisions. They get along well with each other and the other contestants so there are no arguments to slow them down. They get into their tasks pretty easily and get them done fast too.
They also have quite a good sense of direction as they hardly ever get lost. They also have awfully good luck: the two legs they ended up last were predetermined non-elimination legs!
What could slow them down? Well, they don’t seem to be as competitive as some of the others ... there isn’t that urgency to get ahead of everyone else or to out manoeuvre the other teams.
Hopefully, in the last leg they will be more wily (not nasty or underhanded, though) and get the better of their rivals.
Moving on to team two: Geoff and Tish. What can I say? These two were dislikable from the get go. What’s so dislikable about them?
Geoff is obnoxious and Tish not only puts up with him but joins in. He is disparaging and rude to the taxi drivers and the various locals who hand them their clues (like last week, after counting the limes Geoff was sarcastic when the man in the souk was slow in handing him their next clue) and is even nasty to his girlfriend Tish.
Their strengths? Unfortunately, they are a pretty strong team. They’ve been consistent throughout the race: they’ve made it first twice and they’ve never been last.
Their weaknesses? Their constant bickering slows them down and well, they aren’t always the sharpest tools in the box – fancy thinking that Gandhi was born in 1977. Geez.
Finally, we have Sam and Vince. These two have also fared pretty well in the race so far. Even though they don’t really stand out, they’ve come in first twice and they’ve been second three times! They are quick and work well together.
However, Sam may be the weak link as he has the potential to give up when faced with uncomfortable situations: he was reluctant to get a tattoo and he gave up in last week’s roadblock. It was hard, no doubt, but what if he is faced with an equally tough task in the final. Is he going to give up again?
Also, they tend to form alliances (why they teamed up with the Filipinos is beyond me) and then not follow through. If you believe in karma, they may just get deep-sixed!
We can speculate and we can hope, but the only way you are going to find out who won is to tune in to the finale of The Amazing Race Asia 3 tomorrow on AXN (Astro channel 701) at 9pm.
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