What a difference a day — or in TV time, a week — makes. In last week's episode of The Amazing Race (the Emmy Award-winning reality TV show) on CBS, California florist Rachel Rosales, 23, and her teammate, TK Erwin, 22, were on the brink of elimination in the race around the world.

This week's episode, however, showed TV viewers Rosales and Erwin in it for the long haul, as they catapulted from a fourth-place finish to a comfortable second-place finish to secure their position as one of the final three teams competing for the $1 million prize.

Rosales, co-owner of Costa Mesa Florist and her boyfriend, Erwin, a substitute teacher, both of Huntington Beach, Calif., surprised their competitors with their strong racing on the 10th leg of the journey. The duo passed two other teams even after hitting a setback where they were required to complete an additional cultural task (called a "speed bump") on this leg as a result of their last-place finish in the previous episode.
 
On Sunday, Jan. 20, The Amazing Race 12 will crown its new winning team. Will it be Rosales and Erwin? Stay tuned for the results in next week's E-Brief.

--Cassandra P. Foster
cfoster@safnow.org

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