Last night on The Amazing Race, we had to say goodbye to Trevor and Chris, Team Well-Strung. [Excuse me while I shed some tears.] I had my eye on them from the moment the preview commercial for this season aired. They quickly became my absolute favorites this season and possibly my all time favorite team. [Uchenna and Joyce who?] How could you not love them? I even watched the show LIVE and if you know me that’s a big deal. [I hate commercials and I literally only watch sporting events, This Is Us, and Chicago P.D. live.]

To quickly recap, Team Big Brother [I knew I disliked them from the beginning for a reason.] u-turned the boys so they had to complete both detour challenges before being able to move on. Trevor and Chris absolutely killed it at both detours, especially the oral test about theories of the Earth being round or flat. Next they had to re-stack beer kegs, pour the perfect glass of beer, and then deliver the keg to a party boat. They seemed to excel rather quickly at both and even made it to the road block where they caught a glimpse of another team. Trevor flew through the ringing phones and solved the quote without even finding all of the words.

I then got a sense of excitement that Trevor and Chris might place in 6th instead of last. My heart was beating out of my chest, but my optimism didn’t last long as Team Big Brother placed in 6th. [How sweet would it have been if the boys placed above the team that u-turned them. And they almost did it too.] Team Well-Strung almost pulled off an incredible comeback, but it was sadly too good to be true as they came across the mat in 7th place.

Trevor and Chris were so dang close to making it to the next leg. If you ask me, it should’ve been a non-elimination leg, but Phil let me down. There is a small part of me (very small) that is ok with where they placed ahead of next week’s partner swap because I simply can’t imagine seeing these two compete with anyone else.

Not only would I have loved to see Team Well-Strung win the entire race, but I also wish that they had more airtime. [I really wanted to see Trevor do the splits!] Of the times they were shown, I think I was laughing 99.9% of the time – Trevor being Martha Stewart, their belly dancing, or Trevor in the stockades. They are hilarious [you need to watch their episode recaps on YouTube] and seem like super sweet guys. They also never quit or gave up when they got lost or found out they were u-turned. They were a fun, smart, competitive, resilient team, and you can’t forget good-looking (especially Trevor’s steel blue eyes); and that’s exactly what this show is about. Wednesday nights for the remainder of this season won’t be the same without Trevor and Chris, but I know there are bigger and better things to come for them in their careers.

Hey guys, if you’re reading this, you gained a huge new fan in me and Well-Strung is incredibly talented. Thank you to The Amazing Race for introducing me. Maybe you should come do a show in Pittsburgh! 😉