Meghan Rickey and Cheyne Whitney win 'The Amazing Race' 15th Season

Dating Couple" Meghan Rickey and Cheyne Whitney won The Amazing Race's fifteenth season during last night's finale broadcast of the CBS reality competition series.

"This is absolutely a dream come true," Meghan said after the couple's victory.

"I couldn't have imagined a better race. I've learned so much about Cheyne. He's just such a good friend and such a good person. I know that he's always going to be there for me throughout my entire life."

Meghan, a 23-year-old account executive from San Diego, CA, and Cheyne, a 23-year-old student also from San Diego, were the first team to cross the fifteenth-season's finish line in Las Vegas and claimed the $1 million grand prize.

"The whole experience in itself was life changing," said Cheyne. "And the money isn't even as important as what we got to do together."

"Brothers" Daniel and Samuel McMillen finished second.

"We're completely happy to be here," said Dan. "We wanted to share our story. We wanted to not let our family down just by being who we were, but we just wanted to come out and do this race and finish this race."

"We bicker, we pick at each other. But we know it's not going to matter," added Sam. "At the end of the day we're still brothers, we still love each other."

"Married Couple" Ericka Dunlap and Brian Kleinschmidt finished third.

"I think my family's going to see some things in Brian that they never had an opportunity to see before and I hope they fully accept him for who he is," said Ericka. "This was just a part of our journey. I'm just really grateful that I had him to do it with and I'm really glad that I have him in my life to learn from."

The Amazing Race's finale broadcast began at the previous Pit Stop at Strelecky Ostrov in Prague.

Since Meghan and Cheyne were the first team to arrive at the Pit Stop, they were the first team to depart at 11:10AM. They opened their next clue, which instructed them to fly nearly 6,000 miles to Las Vegas, their final destination on the race.

They found a travel agent and booked a British Airways flight leaving Prague for Vegas at 6:40PM.

"I'm sure we're all going to be on the same flight together," said Meghan, adding the flight would arrive stateside at 2PM the next day.

Meghan and Cheyne were followed by Sam and Dan (12:08PM) and Brian and Ericka (3:15PM) -- and Meghan's assumption was correct as all three teams had the same flight.

The three teams then arrived in Vegas and hailed taxis to take them to the Graceland Wedding Chapel.

Once there an Elvis impersonator handed them their next clue, which instructed them to travel to the Mandalay Bay casino. Brian and Ericka's cab driver took a shortcut and got them to Mandalay Bay first and they were met by a Roadblock.

In this Roadblock, one member from each team would have to rappel down the side of the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino. Once they got to the bottom they would receive their next clue. Ericka decided to do the Roadblock, followed by Cheyne and Sam.

"Our taxi driver sucked," said Dan as he waited at the bottom of the building.

Ericka was the first one down. She and Brian opened their next clue, which told them to travel to The Mirage casino.

"I think the karma is finally going to pay off," said Brian as they hopped into their cab. "We're definitely feeling good, but we're not getting cocky. Anything can happen."

Cheyne then reached the bottom and left for The Mirage with Meghan, followed by Sam and Dan.

"Dang it, I hate being in third place right now," said Sam.

Brian and Ericka were the first to arrive at The Mirage, where they were met by a task in which they would have to join the cast of the Circque du Soleil show Love.

Using bungee cords, one team member had to launch their partner high enough in the air to retrieve a bouquet of flowers. Once they grabbed the entire bouquet, they would hand it over to the flower child -- who would hand them their next clue.

Ericka was attached to the bungee cords, followed by Meghan and Dan. Despite arriving in first, Brian and Ericka quickly lost their lead when she had a hard time getting high enough to retrieve the bouquet.

"It was frustrating because I knew she was trying her hardest," said Brian. "She was just an inch away."

Ericka thought she needed to switch with Brian since he's taller, and he finally seemed to understand once Meghan grabbed the bouquet.

"You want to switch or not?" he asked meekly.

"Yeah, I want to switch!" she replied. "Get me down I want to switch!"

Opening their next clue, Meghan and Cheyne learned they were looking for "the most famous casino in the country of Monaco" and needed to figure out they were looking for the Monte Carlo casino. Unfortunately, the cab driver they asked told them he believed the The Venetian casino was the clue answer.

Back at the Love show, Dan was the next to grab the bouquet -- causing Ericka and Brian to switch roles again and Ericka to launch into an extended meltdown.

Dan and Sam had their cab driver simply follow Meghan and Cheyne, meaning both were now en route to the wrong destination. However on the way to The Venetian, Sam and Dan called the Mandalay Bay to ask what "the most famous casino in the country of Monaco" was and learned the correct Monte Carlo answer.

"They're turning that way," Meghan noticed. "Let's ask Cheyne. I'm scared."

They asked some people on the street and still couldn't get the right answer. Meanwhile, Ericka finally grabbed the bouquet and they received their next clue. Brian thought he knew the Monte Carlo was the answer and Ericka assured him he was right.

Sam and Dan were the first to reach the Monte Carlo and learned that for their final task, they'd have to count $1 million worth of poker chips from a table containing 84,000 chips of different denominations. When they thought they were finished, a dealer would check their amount before handing them a special chip and their next clue. Sam and Dan took a strategy of collecting only red $1,000 chips.

Meghan and Cheyne finally learned they were looking for the Monte Carlo, however on their way there they got stuck in traffic.

"I think we just lost some time," said Meghan.

Brian and Ericka were the next to arrive at the Monte Carlo and also started with the $1,000 chips. Meghan and Cheyne eventually arrived and began with the $1,000 chips as well, putting them in stacks of 25.

Despite the different start times, all three teams appeared to finish counting their chips within moments of each other and their assigned dealers started checking their totals. Meghan and Cheyne learned they were correct with their first count attempt, however neither Sam and Dan or Brian and Ericka were as lucky.

Opening their next clue, Meghan and Cheyne learned they needed to travel to the "High Roller's Suite" at the MGM Grand Hotel, where singer Wayne Newton would tell them the finish line's location.

Meanwhile, Sam and Dan and Brian and Ericka both re-checked their counts, and while the brothers got it right Brian and Ericka still didn't.

"How does this happen every single time?" a depressed Ericka asked.

Meghan and Cheyne arrived at the suite and were met by Wayne, who sent them to the finish line -- which was at his house. Sam and Dan also met Wayne and he gave them the finish line's destination too -- even though they didn't know his name.

While Meghan and Cheyne were the first at Wayne's ranch, they had a hard time finding the entrance. However it didn't matter, as they were still the first across the finish line.

"This has been such a learning experience," said Meghan. "Every step of the way has been so neat."

"She was one of the strongest competitors in the whole race -- even compared to the guys," said Cheyne about Meghan. "She raced with the best of them."

The Amazing Race's fifteenth season covered eight countries and more than 25,000 miles in 21 days.

Adrian and Collin Wins Amazing Race Asia 2

To paraphrase host Allan Wu’s words: “After 10 Countries, 15 cities, 51,000 miles and 13 legs”, it has finally ended! I’m talking about the Amazing Race Asia whose second edition culminated in a fitting finale today. The last three teams left standing in the 13th and final leg were Marc & Rovilson, Adrian & Collin and Pamela & Vanessa. The final leg started in South Africa, and the three teams made their way through an historic museum, round about the Cape of Good Hope, kicked some football, and after a detour later, found to their delight that they’re going to proceed to Singapore for the final leg.

Adrian and Collin Wins Amazing Race Asia 2

Marc & Rovilson were leading but a mistake saw them fall into second place behind Colin & Adrian. Pamela and Vanessa were behind throughout but were slowly closing on the leaders. The time gap was covered up when all three teams reached Singapore aboard the same flight. But whilst Marc & Rovilson and Adrian & Colin managed to get taxis quickly, the girls were not so lucky and again fell behind. But Colin & Adrian made the mistake of letting their taxi go at the clue box near Raffles statue and hence fell behind into third place. A final roadblock awaited the teams at the Sentosa Island wherein they had to arrange the flags of the 10 countries that they had travelled through, in the correct chronological order. Rovilson took to the task first and Pamela was a little behind. Despite their best efforts - and to the chagrin of their teammates - they couldn’t get the sequence correct. Adrian & Collin caught up with them and even managed to finish the roadblock quickly! They made their way to the final pitstop with the girls in hot pursuit. But their dogged determination and the headstart meant that Adrian & Collin were crowned winners of the Amazing Race Asia 2!!! Pamela & Vanessa came 2nd whilst Marc & Rovilson ended up 3rd.

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Rachel Rosales and TK Erwin win The Amazing Race 12

"Newly Dating Couple" Rachel Rosales and TK Erwin were revealed to be The Amazing Race's twelfth-season winners during last night's finale broadcast of the CBS reality series.

"I can't even believe it... I'm really speechless," TK told host Phil Keoghan after he crossed the Finish Line with Rachel. "None of this even seems real. It's kind of freaking me out."

Rachel, a 23-year-old florist and business owner, and TK, a 22-year-old substitute teacher -- both of whom reside in Huntington Beach, CA -- were the first team to reach the race's Finish Line in Anchorage, AK and claim the $1 million grand prize.

"This whole things was such a crazy roller coaster with so many ups and downs," said TK. "To do it with Rachel, I think our relationship has only grown through this whole thing. And for that, that's more important than any of this for me."

"Father/Daughter" team Ronald and Christina Hsu finished second.

"He knows this is a dream for me to be on this amazing adventure," said Christina, a 26-year-old political analyst from Washington DC, about her father. "To run it with him, there's no one else in this whole entire world I would run this race with except for my dad. I'm just so happy to be here with him right now."

"I feel real grateful that even though I didn't come up with first place," added Ron, a 58-year-old vice-president of sales from Tacoma, WA. "I come up with the first place in my daughter's heart. The fact that I changed for the better... I had the elation of bonding with Christina for the entire race, and that was just joy that I cannot express. I am a new man!"

"Grandfather/Grandson" Donald Jerousek and Nicolas Fulks were the third and final team to reach the Finish Line, with Phil informing Don -- a retired 68-year-old from Elkhorn, WI -- that he was officially the oldest person to ever make it to the Finish Line in The Amazing Race history.

"I always said that I could do this competition, but now I had a chance to prove it," said Don. "The thing that made me the happiest was that I could go all the way to every leg."

"Aside from winning, my main goal was to just come here and be on the mat and race around the world and have a great time with my grandfather," said Nick, a 23-year-old pilot who is originally from Chicago, IL. "I got everything I wanted from it and more."

The Amazing Race Seaon 12 - TK and Rachel Winner

The Amazing Race 12's eleventh and final episode began with the three remaining teams leaving Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall Plaza in Taipei, Taiwan, which served as the tenth leg's Pit Stop.

Ron and Christina -- the first team to reach the race's tenth Pit Stop -- were the first team to depart at 9:47AM. After opening their clue, Ron and Christina learned they needed to fly more than 4,500 miles to Anchorage, AK, and make their way to 6th Avenue Outfitters -- an outdoor adventures store -- to pick up some gear and their next clue.

TK and Rachel were the second team to depart the Pit Stop, leaving at 10:30AM, and were followed by Nick and Don at 10:37AM. All of the teams booked the same flight to Anchorage via China Air, but Ron and Christina were determined to keep their lead and found the outfitter's address on the Internet in the airport's lounge.

The flight landed in Anchorage and all the teams ran through the terminal to get a taxi, with Ron and Christina in the lead, TK and Rachel behind them and Nick and Don bringing up the rear. They reached the outfitters in that order and received their next clue, which told them they needed to travel to Ship Creek Boat Launch to find their next clue.

"Do you know where it is?" asked TK.

"I think so," answered the driver.

Ron and Christina arrived at the boat launch and were met by the final leg's Detour task, where they had to choose between "Cut the Cod" or "Grab the Crab." In "Cut the Cod," teams had to cut through several 50 pound cod and search for a miniature clue hidden inside one of the fish. In "Grab the Crab," teams had to jump into the hull of a boat that contained over 500 live crabs, in which they had to find one crab that was marked by race colors.

Ron and Christina chose "Cut the Cod" and were surprised at the size of the fish, which Ron described as "monsters." TK and Rachel's cab driver dropped them of five minutes away from the actual location, as Christina quickly found the clue inside the cod.

Despite the tiny print on the clue, Christina was still able to read it and learned teams had to now travel over 60 miles by taxi to a boat landing, where they'd take a high-speed boat to 20-Mile Glacier.

However what wasn't in the clue was that once there, they'd have to climb the face of the glacier to locate their next clue on the top of it. On their way to the boat landing, Ron and Christina's cab passed TK and Rachel and Nick and Don heading in the other direction.

Nick and Don arrived at the Detour and chose "Grab the Crab" before realizing they forgot their bag of gear back at the outfitters.

"Crap!" Don opined before getting in a cab and heading back.

"You didn't read [the clue]. If you would have read it, it would have said, 'Get your gear,'" said Don to Nick in the cab, blaming their misfortune on him. "So we would have asked for gear. It sounds simple to me."

"Your hindsight is always 20/20..." answered Nick before being cut off.

"No, no! You read the clue, you didn't understand, so we're f**ked," said Don. "That's the way I see it."

Back at the Detour, Nick and Don's loss was TK and Rachel's gain as they found themselves in second place and chose "Grab the Crab." However they began to regret their decision as Nick and Don retrieved their bag of gear and sped back.

"I'm feeling like we might have to switch soon here," Rachel told TK as they each searched separate crap containers.

"You need to make a decision quick," said TK.

"I think we should stop," she replied and they decided to switch Detour tasks.

However just as they were about to switch tasks, TK grabbed a final crab which happened to contain the race color stripes band they needed. TK and Rachel left for the glacier right as Nick and Don arrived and began cutting cod. They appeared to find the clue fairly quickly, and left for the glacier.

"We're in last place right now," said Nick in the cab. "But we gutted the fish pretty fast. TK and Rachel are probably three or four minutes ahead of us."

"We don't like being third out of three," added Don.

TK and Rachel also raced towards the glacier in a cab.

"Chris and Ron, they're just about 20 to 25 minutes in-front of us," said TK. "We need to make up that time."

Ron and Christina arrived at the glacier and road on the high-speed boat out to the glacier (wearing life jackets of course).

"We're pumped!' said Ron.

TK and Rachel weren't as pumped, as their cab driver didn't know exactly where the glacier was.

"It was easier to communicate with taxi drivers..." said TK.

"... in India," finished Rachel.

However they still arrived at the boat landing just ahead of Nick and Don, allowing them to head-out for the glacier in second. Ron and Christina arrived at the glacier in first, and were instructed that they needed to climb its face to retrieve their next clue.

"Both of us have to do that?" asked Ron, revealing a fear of heights.

After a quick crash course, Ron and Christina began scaling the glacier's face, with Ron moving like a madman and reaching the top fairly quickly while Christina struggled to get her initial footing. Christina finally began to ascend the glacier's face just as TK and Rachel arrived.

Once Christina got to the top, she and Ron opened their next clue and learned they needed to take a helicopter ride through the Alaskan wilderness to Merrill Field. After that, they'd have to take a taxi to Goose Lake Park, where their next clue awaited.

"Oh boy a helicopter ride!" said Ron, giddy like a little kid. "Man, what an exhilarating day!"

TK reached the top of the glacier quickly thanks to his long limbs, and Rachel wasn't too far behind. They hopped in the chopper and were off. Don did a good job scaling the glacier considering his age, and Nick was right behind him.

Ron and Christina landed at the clearing, grabbed a tax and left for the park. Once there, they discovered the twelfth season's final Roadblock, which asked, "Who wants to relive your experience on the race?"

In this Roadblock, one member from each team would face a field of objects they previously encountered on the course. Each team would receive 15 recognizable items from different legs of the race, 10 of which met two specific requirements and had to be put on a stage.

First, each of the 10 items had to be from a different leg of the race. Second, three of the 10 items had to be animals or animal byproducts; one had to be a U-Turn sign; two had to be objects either at or brought to a Pit Stop; and two had to be items of transportation with wheels -- one of which was used at a Detour, one of which resembled the shape of a stick.

The trick of it -- according to Phil -- was that while there was several ways to fulfill either of the two requirements, only one correct group of 10 items fulfilled both. Christina decided to undertake the task since she has a better memory than Ron.

"I don't get it," said a confused Christina.

TK and Rachel arrived at the Roadblock, and Rachel decided to try the task. Nick and Don then arrived, and Nick was implored to do it by Don.

"There'd be no sense in me doing it," Nick told Ron on the sidelines.

Christina thought she had it, but her clue box wouldn't open and home viewers were alerted that only one of her 10 answers was incorrect. Rachel thought she was done but had three incorrect. Christina went from one wrong answer to three as she tried to correct her lone mistake while Rachel used calmness as her strategy. It paid-off, as her clue box opened and she excitedly ran back to TK.

TK and Rachel opened their next clue, which told them they needed to travel by taxi to a statue of explorer James Cook. Christina solved the Roadblock riddle second, and asked the cab driver to move quickly since it was "worth $1 million." After initially telling TK and Rachel he knew where to go, their cab driver informed them he needed to turn around.

"This is intense man..." said TK with his head in his hands, felling helpless in the back of the cab.

However they were still the first team to reach the clue box, and opening their next clue, they learned they needed to travel on foot into downtown Anchorage and find the salmon hooker statue, where their next clue awaited. Ron and Christina grabbed the clue next and headed for the statue.

TK and Rachel asked locals along the way and were the first to the clue box, which instructed them to take a taxi to Girdwood Airport and "run to the Finish Line." Ron and Christina also reached the clue box and embarked for the airport.

"I learned a lot on how to be a better person," said Ron, reflecting on his race.

But it would be TK and Rachel who were the first to the Finish Line, where Phil and the previously eliminated teams were waiting.

"My feelings for TK are very real. He's my best friend, he's my rock and he's just my favorite person," said Rachel. "And I got to do this with him!"