Thursday, December 9, 2010

Richard Herrera and Richard Hardin of Team Philippines Win Amazing Race Asia 4


Pals Richard Hardin, a 34-year-old basketball player and Richard Herrera, a 31-year-old model from the Philippines finished first in the recently concluded Amazing Race Asia Season 4 and bring home a total of US$100,000.00 cash prize.

The two Rich duo defeated the Rebel Pals from Singapore and Father and Daughter team from Indonesia at the final leg of the Asian franchise of the popular reality show.

However, another team from the Philippines - the Party girls Jess and Lani, finished at fourth place this season.


Here’s what the final three teams have to go through in the final leg of the race (courtesy of Wikipedia):

In the last leg’s Detour, teams must choose between Stay Up and Add Up. In Stay Up, teams must successfully ride a wave for an accumulated time of two minutes at the Wave House in Sentosa Island. In Add Up, teams must head to the Gmax Reverse Bungee and add up three numbers called out by the host and get the sum correctly to receive their next clue. In this leg’s Roadblock, one team member must make a tightrope walk from tower 1 to tower 2 of the Marina Bay Sands Resort to get their clue. They must then make their way back to tower 1 to finish the task.

Additional Tasks

* At the Cavenagh Bridge, teams must locate the lion dancers to receive their next clue.

* At the Red House Seafood Restaurant, teams must extract 1 kilogram of chili crab to receive their next clue.

* Teams must search one of four Caltex stations and find a vintage car. If the vintage car is no longer in the Caltex Station, the team must proceed to a different Caltex station.

* At the St. James Power Station, teams have two minutes to unlock their handcuffs and perform an escape illusion to receive their next clue.

* At the Marina Bay Sands Resort, teams must ride a marked elevator to the Sky Park Swimming Pool where teams will be tested with their memory on the race. Once they’ve retrieved seven rings, they can receive their next clue.

Richard and Richard became the first Philippine team to become the winner in the four season of Amazing Race Asia. Philippines representatives from the previous season were Marc Nelson and Rovilson Fernandez finished only third in Season 2 while Geoff Rodriguez and Tisha Silang placed second in Season 3.


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