beards are the new black

Yeah so you cannot judge based on first impressions.  Well maybe you can cuz the Afghan-imals are still really really really annoying.  Regardless here is a revised ranking (of whom I am rooting for) after week two:



Rowan and Shane (the theatre guys - the requisite gays) - Gone - thank goodness - boy were they a mess!  Poor shoe shine guy in Chile...


9. Leo and Jamal (the Afghan-imals - the requisite annoying team) - Ugh


8. Tim and Marie (the fitness trainer and her sports marketing ex boyfriend - the requisite super-competitive, hot-headed, bickering couple) -  I under-estimated how annoying and evil she was.


7. Nicky and Kim (the baseball wives - the requisite athlete spouses) - I still cannot tell them apart from each other.  And they need to hug each other a lot...


6. Travis and Nicole (the married ER docs - the other requisite black team or the requisite competent, smart, level-headed couple) - I over-estimated how cool, calm and collected she is.


5. Ally and Ashley (the LA Kings Ice Crew girls - the requisite high-maintenance blonde bimbos) - I still cannot tell them apart from each other.  They would be wise to get divorces from their race "husbands" - the Afghanimals. 


4. Jason and Amy (the snowplow company owner and girlfriend - the requisite boring dating couple) - Still totally forgettable and boring.  But at least they are not irksome - yet.


3. Chester and Ephraim (the ex-football players - the requisite black team) - They plow through the challenges like the Hulk, or two Hulks. They won the leg and a trip to Turks and Caicos (which I didn't know was a thing til now).


2. Tim and Danny (the oil field workers - the requisite working class guys) - Boring but still blue collar, so still good with me.


1. Brandon and Adam (the beard lovers/requisite counter-culture weirdos) - Beards are the new black.