Ernie Halvorsen and Cindy Chiang were crowned The Amazing Race's nineteenth-season champions during Sunday night's finale broadcast of the CBS reality competition.
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After becoming the team to make it to The Amazing Race 14's final Roadblock in first place and nearly completing it before either of the competition's other remaining teams even arrived, things were looking pretty good for the "Mother and Son" of Margie Adams and Luke Adams.
The "Sibling Lawyers" team of Tammy Jih and Victor Jih were revealed to be The Amazing Race's fourteenth-season winners during last night's finale broadcast of the CBS reality series.
The "Sisters" team of Jennifer Hoffman and LaKisha Hoffman became the eighth team eliminated from The Amazing Race 14 during last night's broadcast on CBS.
The "Brothers/Stuntmen" team of Mark and Michael Munoz became the seventh team eliminated from The Amazing Race 14 during last night's broadcast on CBS.
The "Brothers/Stuntmen" team of Mark and Michael Munoz were the last team to arrive at The Amazing Race 14's seventh Pit Stop. However instead of being eliminated, the team discovered that the leg was the race's second (and final) non-elimination leg.
In a season of The Amazing Race where bad cab drivers seem to be the reason behind almost every elimination so far, at least Mike and Mel White's story gets some points for originality.
The "Father and Son" team of Mel White, a 68-year-old writer/clergyman from Lynchberg, VA, and Mike White, a 28-year-old writer, producer and actor from Santa Monica, CA, became the sixth team eliminated from The Amazing Race 14 during last night's broadcast on CBS.
"Flight Attendants" Christie Volkmer and Jodi Wincheski had more than enough experience dealing with problems at airports, but they apparently still have a lot to learn about dealing with bad cab drivers.