I always enjoy reading your stuff Michel.

I tend to let what I WANT to happen to colour my perspective of the editting analysis, but I wanted to throw out a few thoughts anyways.

Erwin and Godwin - I've been pulling for these guys from the start, but they certainly are getting a "tourist" edit. I can see merit in their strategy (if it is a strategy) - just don't get isolated and lost, always keep a weaker team with you so that if worse comes to worse you can beat them in a sprint to the mat. Strategy or not, I think we should be hearing more from them if that's what they have in mind. Instead, they just seem to be 2 nice guys sleep walking thru this race.

Lyn and Karlyn - I'm afraid I don't see anything that they bring to the table. I think I've heard more complaining from them than any other team. Not a good sign.

Rob and Kimberly - Maybe it's just me, but they seem to be a the cookie cutter dating team that squable constantly. Maybe they are PLAYERS, but I have to confess, when they are on screen - I'm not listening.

Peter and Sarah - I think their story arc is DONE. Their Tri-athlete story was a tease to draw us to them. But this story quickly fell away to instead focus on Sarah finding that her Hero Peter isn't worthy of her adulation. Maybe no one could stand up to Hero worship - but I think the editors have been trying to show us that Peter is unworthy of Sarah. And showing us Peters interest in the Models seem to make him seem particularly shallow. Seeing the Models shut down Peters overtures of building an alliance could well be the final chapter of their story.

Tyler and James - I think we are getting WAY to much "former addict" backstory for them to be winners. I know people can change, but I really don't think the producers would want to be hyping giving 2 former drug users $500,000 each for fear of a backlash if Tyler or James ends up on the cover of STAR Magazine getting busted while out on a drug binge. I just don't thik if they won we would see EVERY episode talking about their past drug use.

I think the winning team will either be Dustin & Kandice or Mary & David.

Between the Two, just looking at them, I'd be more likely to think Dustin and Kandice would win. Why? Because they seem some much more athletic than Mary. AND, I certainly perked up when Phil suggested Dustin and Kandice might be the 1st all girl team to win. How Ironic would that be? The Beauty contestants typically seem to just be eye candy in the different shows - How out of left field would it be if one actually won?

But, we've been given a number of quotes from Mary about I didn't leave my kids for nothing. I'm gonna win this race! And then last night we had David talking about getting out of the coal mines if they win. I didn't put much stock in Mary's quotes, until they were joined by David's. I don't think they've said a negative thing about the other teams. And other teams HAVE been talking about them - although often times not positively. We've seen Mary struggle thru with the twisted ankle. And I think we've seen an awful lot from them that we didn't need to.

Phil said from the start something to the effect of expect the unexpected. Little would be more unexpected than a win by Mary and David.

But as I said, I'm not the best when it comes to edit analysis so take this for what it's worth.