Hey all,

I'd been avoiding posting in this thread again because I was exposed to Jen/Nate wins spoiler and didn't want to taint the analysis of everyone else. Thank God that info was wrong! I was really tempted to post against them but held back. Unlike Survivor Editing analysis, the Amazing Race winner edits haven't been so cut and dry. But I think the death knell for a Nate/Jen victory was given two weeks ago when they replayed the "push" in the car in dramatic black and white no less! Oh well onto the finale at hand...

So if Nate/Jen is to Amanda, which group is Todd?

Going back to my guess at the theme of the season "self-destruction" I think it explained the Race's last three boots and glancing at the previews which two teams do we seeing having problems already, TK/Rachel and Don/Nic. That leaves the redeeming Ron/Christina as our winners and this makes sense looking at their opponents edits. TK/Rachel have been kept in the background most of the race and while they have been easy going they have had their share of problems locating sites and their competitiveness has been challenged quite a few times. Don/Nic by contrast have gotten good exposure with a lot more glaring warts, you'd think Don would have gotten a more triumphant tone if he was the oldest winner on the race despite his generally cantankerous attitude.

To respond to CTgirl, I think the editing has done a great job of highlighting the last two dueling teams but it's clear who will win. It'd be interesting if anyone would like to revisit that airport fight between them in episode 2, I thought the editing heavily favored Ron/Christina as they got the most time to explain the situation.