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TYLER & JAMES
Models		 Bio:
Tyler & James are best friends who have each had their share of hard knocks. Several years ago, both men found themselves in rehab for addiction problems and were forced to get sober. Tyler & James have since embraced their sobriety and have a new lease on life, working as models in Los Angeles, California.

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Tyler & James Photos		 Records:
-First recovering drug addicts on the Race.
Tyler & James - Amazing Race
Quotes:
-" Dude I'm such a hot giant chick right now." - James
-"I wonder if this is going to make my fingers pickle!?" - Tyler
-"He can't swim but he can eat cow lips!" - Tyler		 Lucky Situations:
-Won 4 legs, the most on the season.
Tyler & James - Amazing Race
Winners!!!
 Unlucky Situations:
-Used the Fast Forward on leg 8 but didn't come in first.
-Wasted 4 hours finding the detour place in leg 6.
Leg
Pit Stop Location
Ending Position
1
Beijing, China
1st Place
2
Terelj, Mongolia
2nd Place
3
Pho Vac, Vietnam
2nd Place
4
Ha Long Bay, Vietnam
3rd Place
5
Chennai, India
6th Place
6
Kuwait City, Kuwait
6th Place
7
Bel Ombre, Mauritius
2nd Place
8
Antananarivo, Madagascar
2nd Place
9
Helsinki, Finland - Kiev, Ukraine
1st Place
10
Ouarzazate, Morocco
1st Place
11
Barcelona, Spain
3rd Place
12
Paris, France - Garrison, New York, USA
Winners!!
Average Placing: 2.5

Preceded By:
BJ & Tyler
Winner
Season 10
Succeeded By:
Eric & Danielle
 Detours Done:
  • Leg 1: Labor - pave a 45 square-foot section of sidewalk in a specific pattern
  • Leg 2: Fill It Up - put 4 water containers on a cart pulled by a hynik, fill them up at a stream, bring them back by their hynik and fill a barrel up to a designated line
  • Leg 3: Fuel - form wet coal into 30 round bricks
  • Leg 4: Under - row to an oyster farm and pull 30 oyster baskets up from under the water
  • Leg 5: Wild Rice - use coloured powder made from rice to colour an intricate floral design
  • Leg 6: Automatic - use a walkie-talkie to make a robotic jockey whip a camel and make it run 140 yards
  • Leg 7: Sea - search an island using a map for a sail and attach it to their boat
  • Leg 8: Won the Fast Forward with Rob & Kimberly (Intersection, each team member had to eat one full serving of cow lips)
  • Leg 9: Swamp That - complete an obstacle course through mud
  • Leg 9: Find the Music - find a copy of the sheet music of Tchaikovsky's Concert Fantasy for Piano and Orchestra then find a pianist to perform it
  • Leg 10: Grind It - use a large crushing wheel to grind olives then pack them into bags
  • Leg 11: Lug It - get into giant costumes and walk over a mile in them to find a female giant
  • Leg 12: Fashion - make a jacket to fit on a mannequin using the tools provided
 Roadblocks:
  • Leg 1: Eat fish eyes - James
  • Leg 2: Shoot a flaming arrow and hit a target - Tyler
  • Leg 3: Sell enough flowers to make 80,000 dong - James
  • Leg 4: Ascend a large rock face to receive the clue then rappel down - Tyler
  • Leg 5: Take a driving test and obtain an Indian driver's license - Tyler
  • Leg 6: Climb a ladder to the top of one of the Kuwait Towers, get a satchel full of puzzle pieces / return to the ground and assemble the puzzle revealing their next destination - Tyler
  • Leg 7: Unaired Roadblock
  • Leg 8: Won the Fast Foward with Rob & Kimberly (Intersection, each team member had to eat one full serving of cow lips)
  • Leg 9: Search the mine for a marked dig site, get a piece of limestone, and use tools to break it open to get the next clue - James
  • Leg 9: Take a Russian tank through a training course - James
  • Leg 10: Race horse chariots and pull two flags that match the colour on their horse - James
  • Leg 11: Prepare and eat camel meat - James
  • Leg 12: Skydive - Tyler
Total:
Tyler: 5
James: 6
LEG 1 RECAP:
-Were on the first flight to Beijing, China.
-Arrived 5th at the Roadblock.
-James performed the Roadblock.
-James finished the Roadblock in 5th place.
-Arrived 4th at the Meridian Gate.
-Pulled the last 7:00am departure time.
-Arrived 4th at the Detour.
-Chose "Labor" as their Detour choice.
-Quickly figured out the pattern and finished the Detour in 1st place.
-Arrived 3rd at the Great Wall but passed Duke & Lauren and Peter & Sarah.
-Finished the Leg in 1st place.		 LEG 2 RECAP:
-Started the Leg in 1st place.
-Were on the 1st bus to the train station.
-Were on the same train as the rest of the teams to Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.
-Taxi got lost on the way to the Chojin Lama Monastery.
-Arrived at the Monastery in last place.
-Were in the last group to watch the ceremony.
-Jeep got a flat tire on the way to Terelj.
-Arrived 8th in Terelj, where they passed 3 teams while riding horses to the Detour.
-Arrived 5th at the Detour.
-Chose "Fill It Up" as their Detour.
-Finished the Detour in 4th place.
-Arrived 2nd at the Roadblock.
-Tyler performed the Roadblock.
-Tyler finished the Roadblock in 2nd place.
-Finished the Leg in 2nd place.		 LEG 3 RECAP:
-Started the Leg in 2nd place.
-Were on the same flight as the other teams to Hanoi, Vietnam.
-Arrived at the Hanoi Hilton but had to wait for it to open. All the teams were caught up.
-Found John McCain's flight suit at the same time as the other teams.
-Arrived 5th at the Roadblock.
-James performed the Roadblock.
-James finished the Roadblock in 4th place.
-Had trouble finding a bus to Vac.
-Were on the third bus to Vac with 5 other teams.
-Arrived 4th at the Detour clue.
-Chose "Fuel" as their Detour but got lost looking for the location.
-Arrived at the Fuel Detour in 4th place.
-Finished the Detour in 3rd place.
-Finished the Leg in 2nd place.
LEG 4 RECAP:
-Started the Leg in 2nd place.
-Arrived 1st at Ly Thai To Garden in Hanoi where they had to listen for their next clue.
-Were on the same bus as the other teams to Ben Xe Bai Chay.
-Arrived 7th at the Roadblock.
-Tyler performed the Roadblock.
-Tyler passed Sarah and finished the Roadblock in 6th place.
-Arrived 5th at the Detour clue.
-Chose "Under" as their Detour.
-Arrived at the "Under" Detour in 2nd place.
-Finished the Detour in 2nd place.
-Their crew on their junk (ship) forgot to raise the anchor which caused them to fall to 3rd place.
-Finished the Leg in 3rd place.		 LEG 5 RECAP:
-Started the Leg in 3rd place.
-Were on the same train as the other teams to Hanoi where they had to buy tickets at a travel agent.
-Were on the 2nd flight to Chennai, India.
-Got lost on the way to the bus stop.
-Were on the 5th bus to Mamallapuram.
-Arrived 6th at the Detour.
-Chose "Wild Rice" as their Detour.
-Finished the Detour in 6th place.
-Were on the 3rd bus to Chennai.
-Arrived 6th at the Roadblock.
-Tyler performed the Roadblock.
-Tyler finished the Roadblock in 6th place.
-Finished the Leg in 6th place.		 LEG 6 RECAP:
-Started the Leg in 6th place.
-Were on the same flight as the other teams to Kuwait City, Kuwait.
-Arrived 2nd at the Roadblock.
-Tyler performed the Roadblock.
-Tyler finished the Roadblock in 2nd place.
-Found the marked bead shop and got the Detour clue in 2nd place.
-Chose "Manual" as their Detour but got really lost on the way.
-Switched their Detour to "Automatic" after getting very lost.
-Arrived at the "Automatic" Detour in 6th place.
-Finished the Detour in 6th place.
-Finished the Leg in 6th place.
LEG 7 RECAP:
-Started the Leg in last place.
-Argued over flight tickets with Lyn & Karlyn at the airport.
-Were on the same flight as the other teams to Mauritius.
-Left the airport in 1st place but got lost.
-Arrived last at Grand Baie where they had to swim to the Isla Mauritia boat to receive their next clue.
-Completed the swim in last place.
-Arrived at the post office and got their Detour clue in 5th place.
-Chose "Salt" as their Detour.
-Switched to "Sea" after they couldn't find the clue in a salt shaker.
-Arrived at the "Sea" Detour in 3rd place.
-Finished the Detour in 3rd place.
-Finished the Leg in 2nd place.		 LEG 8 RECAP:
-Started the Leg in 2nd place.
-Were on the same flight as the other teams to Antananarivo, Madagascar.
-Arrived 1st at the Intersection.
-Teamed up with Rob & Kimberly to do the Fast Forward.
-Arrived at the Fast Forward where each member of their newly joined team had to eat one serving of cow lips.
-Finished the Fast Forward and were directed to the Pit Stop. They were no longer joined together by the Intersection.
-Finished the Leg in 2nd place.		 LEG 9 RECAP:
-Started the Leg in 2nd place.
-Were on the same flight as the other teams to Helsinki, Finland.
-Arrived 1st at the Kappeli Cafe where they had to log on to their email to get a clue from their families.
-Were on the same train as the other teams to Tampere.
-Arrived 2nd at the Detour.
-Chose "Swamp That" as their Detour.
-Finished the Detour in 1st place.
-Were on the 1st train to Turku.
-Arrived 1st at the Roadblock.
-James performed the Roadblock.
-James finished the Roadblock in 1st place.
-Arrived 1st at the Helsinki Olympic Stadium but had trouble looking for the next route marker.
-Arrived 1st at the top of the stadium's tower where they had to rappel down the tower face first.
-Finished the rappel in 1st place.
-Got a clue telling them to "KEEP RACING!!!"
-Were on the first flight to Kiev, Ukraine.
-Arrived 2nd at the Roadblock.
-James performed the Roadblock.
-James finished the Roadblock in 2nd place.
-Arrived 2nd at the Detour.
-Chose "Find the Music" as their Detour.
-Finished the Detour in 1st place.
-Finished the Leg in 1st place.
LEG 10 RECAP:
-Started the Leg in 1st place.
-Were on the same flight as the other teams to Ouarzazate, Morocco.
-Arrived 3rd at the antique shop where they received a pendant for a good luck charm that they had to bring to the Pit Stop.
-Arrived 3rd at Atlas Film Studios but had to wait for it to open.
-Arrived 1st at the Yield and chose not to use it.
-Arrived 1st at the Roadblock.
-James performed the Roadblock.
-James finished the Roadblock in 3rd place.
-Arrived at the Detour clue in 1st place.
-Chose "Throw It" as their Detour.
-Switched to "Grind It" after reading the additional information.
-Arrived at the "Grind It" Detour in 1st place.
-Finished the Detour in 1st place.
-Beat Lyn & Karlyn in a footrace to the Pit Stop.
-Finished the Leg in 1st place.		 LEG 11 RECAP:
-Started the Leg in 1st place.
-Drove to Casablanca, Morocco.
-Arrived 1st at the Roadblock.
-James performed the Roadblock.
-James finished the Roadblock in 1st place.
-Were on the same flight as the other teams to Barcelona, Spain.
-Arrived 1st at the Detour clue.
-Chose "Lug It" as their Detour.
-Had trouble getting a taxi to the Detour and fell to 3rd place.
-Arrived at the "Lug It" Detour in last place.
-Worked with Dustin & Kandice to finish the Detour.
-Finished the Detour in last place.
-Finished the Leg in 3rd place.		 LEG 12 RECAP:
-Started the Leg in last place.
-Arrived last at the Sagrada Familia in Barcelona.
-Found the cluebox in 2nd place.
-Were on the second flight to Paris, France.
-Took a train from Charles de Gaulle Airport to the Eiffel Tower.
-Arrived at the Eiffel Tower in last place.
-Were on the same train as the other teams to Caen.
-Arrived 1st at the Roadblock.
-Tyler performed the Roadblock.
-Tyler finished the Roadblock in 1st place.
-Were on the same train as the other teams to Paris.
-Arrived last at the Detour clue.
-Chose "Fashion" as their Detour.
-Arrived at the "Fashion" Detour in 2nd place.
-Finished the Detour in 1st place.
-Just made it on the first flight to New York City, USA.
-Their taxi driver had an E-Z Pass which allowed them to get through the tolls very quickly.
-Arrived 1st at the Daily News Building.
-Arrived 1st at the Alamo.
-Crossed the Finish Line in 1st place and won the $1,000,000.
-Were allowed to call their families and tell them that they won the Race and the $1,000,000.



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