PhilKeoghan

The teams are responsible for purchasing tickets for their crew and if they don't have enough tickets for themselves, and their crew, then they can't go!

Yes, I'm always wanting some teams to do better than others. Sometimes just because I know that if they won, winning would have a really dramatic impact on their lives. It breaks my heart sometimes to have to eliminate a team and then there are other times I'm not that unhappy about it at all.

People often ask me what I'm doing when I'm at the pit stop. Apart from briefing the greeter about how the show works and shooting the intro's I need to do at the pit stop, 99% of my time is spent holding my phone and furiously writing down story notes about what's happening with the teams. The information is coming from all those in production who learn anything new about what's going on. If we didn't have the ability to text on the show and sometimes make phone calls, it would be almost impossible for us to make the show. There are time where we are in such remote locations that I don't get information beforehand and in those cases, I have to debrief the teams on the mat to get to the bottom of what's happened. In addition, some production people have to physically bring me the information to me at the mat so I can administer the penalty. Of course, this is not my first choice, I would much rather know ahead of time.

I'm going to say that overall for many reasons, that Italy has it all in terms of a vacation destination. Culture, food, warm people, relaxed atmosphere, incredible history, magnificent mountains, warm inviting beaches, spectacular cities, did I say food? Well let me say that again and add red wine...and olive oil.

Trust me, if there is anything interesting that a team is doing, we want to share it with the audience.