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4. Pam & Winnie: Best friends and (until recently) background racers, Pam & Winnie have exploited the weak field of competitors to rise to the top. I dubbed them Team Chameleon early on because of the ability to NOT stand-out or have a discernible Race identity and that hasn’t changed much. The glimmers of personality haven’t exactly been endearing or more accurately, just annoying. The taste of success on the Race has led them to quickly adopt arrogance that rarely goes unchecked by the Amazing Race gods (see: John & Jessica). These ladies are sitting comfortably atop Mt. Pit Stop heading into the next leg but they are definitely one of those teams that can unravel quickly.

5. Joey & Meghan: Team YouTube has the mark of a defunct alliance left on them that the other teams are unwilling to ignore. The bad taste that John & Jessica left in the mouth of the other racers is now stuck on Joey & Meghan. I don’t quite understand why this team is the object of their scorn but they are. Despite that they overcame the U-Turn, primarily because the fortuitousness of it being a Double U-Turn, so they could share the misfortune with Chuck & Wynona. These friends should be able to scrap out another leg or so but if the anti-John contingent continues, then they could be victims of the next batch of U-Turns.

6. Caroline & Jen: If John Wayne and Daniel Boone had any awareness of reality shows (or even TV in the case of the latter) as a measure of success, then they would be weeping into their ten-gallon hats for how their descendents are decidedly unsuccessful. The one-time country singers are patently overmatched by the demands of the Race. By pathetically floating from challenge to challenge, these girls have yet to demonstrate any Race aptitude that makes them stand out, aside from crying a lot when they get stumped. Thus, we see their consistent back-of-the-pack placements. Pretty may get you to the end of the Bachelor but not the Amazing Race.

7. Chuck & Wynona: Sweet Holy Mullets, how many narrow escapes can this team rack up? By the grace of God (or rather, the dark cloud of misfortune that looms over David & Connor), Chuck & Wynona are still in the Race. Five episodes in and Wynona has only performed one Roadblock and that was on the first leg when she was told she had to. So it is easy to point your finger and correctly identify the weakest person left on any team. Sadly, Wynona is fully aware of this fact but doesn’t have the fire to try to prove the perception wrong. She just accepts it and wears self-pity proudly. I will be surprised if they are around after this week.

In a few short hours, we will see if Race prognostication abilities are "Amazing" or "Duh-mazing." I am going with the latter. See you tomorrow for the latest recap.

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