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Phil Keoghan promised "off-the-hook competitiveness" this season on The Amazing Race, and the finale will deliver even more so. "I do think we have four very strong and determined teams left," he tells TVGuide.com. "This will be a very exciting final leg!" On Sunday's two-hour finale (8/7c, CBS), the final four teams — ER doctors Travis and Nicole, exes Tim and Marie, dating couple Jason and Amy, and cousins/Afghanimals Leo and Jamal — race through ...
Phil Keoghan promised "off-the-hook competitiveness" this season on The Amazing Race, and the finale will deliver even more so. "I do think we have four very strong and determined teams left," he tells TVGuide.com. "This will be a very exciting final leg!" On Sunday's two-hour finale (8/7c, CBS), the final four teams — ER doctors Travis and Nicole, exes Tim and Marie, dating couple Jason and Amy, and cousins/Afghanimals Leo and Jamal — race through Tokyo, where one team will be eliminated. The final three teams will then head to Alaska to duke it out for the $1 million.
Get the scoop on what else to expect Sunday — and Keoghan's thoughts on some of the season's biggest moments — below.
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You said you predicted the top 10. Did you predict any of the final four teams pre-season?Phil Keoghan: It is always hard to predict who will be in the finale. That's what makes the show work so well — it's so unpredictable. There are so many factors that go into making it this far: flight schedules, taxis, physical strength, mental strength, luck, the list goes on. I do think we have four very strong and determined teams left. This will be a very exciting final leg!What do you think are the strengths and weaknesses of each team?Amazing Race's Nicky and Kim: We didn't stand a chance after we got U-Turned
A lot of fans couldn't believe that Amy basically did the angklung Roadblock for Nicole. Do you think that was a good move on Amy's part?Keoghan: I think that is just Amy's personality. Hard to say if it was a good move or not, but by this point in the Race, the million dollars is within reach, and you would think teams would concentrate more on themselves. Do you think Nicole was hypocritical for trying to copy Leo's angklung and then begging Amy to help her after repeatedly saying she and Travis want to run an honest Race for their kids?Keoghan: I think at this point racers will do whatever they can to stay on the course. It's so easy to look in from the outside and make judgments about people's choices, but racing under pressure clouded with jet lag is really tough.Quite a few teams made bad decisions this season — changing Detours only to go back, not reading clues, Chester and Ephraim's double connection that went awry. Will any team make a big blunder in the finale?Keoghan: The Amazing Race is not filmed in a studio — we are exposed to real world challenges. ... Sometimes you cannot control things like flight schedules and taxi drivers, but the number one thing I say — check my Twitter, it's up there almost every week this season: Read your clue! This is in people's control, and sometimes teams get caught up in the moment and it can cost them dearly. We'll have to see how the final four do this weekend. We have the best of the best left, but in a race around the world anything can happen. What was it like eliminating a team in an airport for the first time?Keoghan: It is always hard to eliminate a team, but eliminating Chester and Ephraim in the airport was heartbreaking. They had a lot of potential and I think could have gone a lot farther. They were great to have on theRace.Do you think fans will be happy with the winner?Keoghan: We have four strong teams left. I think whatever team crosses the finish line first deserves it. In the end, Race fans like that we run a fair race and know that the winner has earned their success.The Amazing Race airs Sundays at 8/7c on CBS. Watch a sneak peek of the finale below.(Full disclosure: TVGuide.com is owned by CBS.)