LAST EDITED ON 02-16-09 AT 02:06 PM (EST)

I get the same giddy feeling from my first lvoe list of the season that the racers do from their first roadblock.

I nominate TAR for a special Emmy - best use of cheese on a reality show.

My List:

1)Margie & Luke - Both lovable people, a strong supportive mom and a young man who genuinely wants to prove himself in a world where he has likely always felt different. I hope they last awhile.

2)Mark & Michael - Feisty little guys, would be the smallest Alpha male team ever.

3)Cara & Jamie - Early yet, but I'd say best hope for a all X chromosome win.

4)Lakisha & Jennifer - Not much to go on but I didn't get any bad vibes.

5)Brad & Victoria - Okay for an older team.

6)Christie & Jodi - expected a lot more, only survived due to stupidity of Preston & Jennifer.

7)Amanda & Kris - Pretty team or is that pretty boring team?

8)Mel & Mike - Didn't dislike them as much as I thought I would, but still feels like there must have been a more interesting and competitive team out there for this slot.

9)Linda & Steve - Pure stunt cast and amazed they didn't get eliminated. I'll give Steve credit for showing the most ingenuity at Cheese Hill. I have this awful feeling in my stomach that they may turn out to be a Dandrew - inept team somehow surviving much further than they should.

10)Tammy & Victor - I had a sense of revulsion every time these two were on screen. Max said it best - they have an Ivy League sense of entitlement about them. Useless conniving about the train and Tammy physically shoving the little guy away from the clue box left me with a serious dislike for them.

Philiminated: Preston & Jennifer - being saved from the bickering couple might be worth putting up with Linda & Steve for an extra week or two. Here's an idea Preston, when you're in a foot race for the mat, attempting to carry a full grown woman on your back might just slow you down. Dumbass.

Stats? Thought you'd never ask! kid-stat-flash is back!!
Edited for grammar