Michel, thanks for starting this thread again. It will be fun to see how the racers are edited this time around and to see what themes emerge (just no.more.angels!) Mavs, I liked reading your comments on all the teams. I’ve only seen seasons 1, 7, 8, 9, 10 and part of 6, so I just watched the videos on the CBS web site to get a feeling for the teams. (Much more interesting than venturing out -- twelve hours of snow and sleet and the town still hasn't plowed/sanded my street!)

Kevin and Drew were a lot of fun the first time around. They’re six years older and didn’t do anything to prepare for the race. Their video didn’t impress me and I didn’t get the feeling they were racing to win.

Oswald and Danny came off a little cocky, joked about how much preparation they did and got in a nice little dig at Rob and Amber. They were characters and I think I’m going to enjoy watching them race.

John Vito and Jill were very intense, but kind of boring.

Uchenna and Joyce didn’t impress me as racers during TAR 7, but that could’ve been because I was so focused on Rob and Amber. It seems like they’ve moved on in their life, and I don’t know if they have the same passion that they had last time.

David and Mary talked mostly about their new celebrity status and how they want to be friends with everybody. We’ll be able to see in the first show if they‘re in this for the long haul or not. Since Mary did a lot of preparation for the first race I expected to hear that they learned from their mistakes and planned differently but I didn’t. I think we’ll see more of the same from them and an early exit without the protection of the backpack alliance.

Charla and Mirna I didn’t know what to expect from this team because they’ve been the brunt of a lot of jokes on these boards, but I was pleasantly surprised. They are committed to each other and spoke about the strength of family. Charla's strategy of wearing “heelies” (sneakers with a wheel in the heel) was pretty funny. We’ll see if it is effective!

Rob and Amber I still love Boston Rob but Amber came off as way over-confident. Rob was his charming self, but she especially acted like she was better than the other racers. I didn’t really like her in this clip and her “we have more experience in high stress situations” attitude. They could be in for a rude surprise.

Teri and Ian I was so bored by their video that I stopped watching it!

Eric and Danielle I was really impressed with Eric, shock of all shocks. He was much more mature than his season 9 version and very articulate (although I always thought he was the leader with some smarts when racing with Jeremy). He made Danielle work out on a treadmill because he knows how much speed helped him last time. He’s bitter that they lost to the Hippies and he really wants to win. They are a funny team, she’s been working on her master’s degree and he hangs out on the beach not doing much of anything.

Joe and Bill are also six years older than the last time they raced and they’re the oldest racers. They seem like a good team and are well traveled. I could see them lasting to mid-race, but then being overtaken by the younger and stronger teams. Will they be the villains again?!

Dustin and Kandice are my sentimental prerace favs. It would be great to see a female team win. They were the editors’ darlings last time so I’ll be very interested to see how they’re portrayed in the first episode. They’re on a roll from last season and want to learn from their mistakes and not make assumptions like they did last time.

Looking forward to Sunday night!