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Exclusive Interview with Tammy and Victor Jih of The Amazing Race

Posted on 05/11/2009 by Gina in The Amazing Race and Cast Interviews

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Tammy and Victor Jih of The Amazing Race

 

by Gina Scarpa

 

On last night’s season finale of The Amazing Race, Tammy and Victor pulled off the near impossible.  Not only did they cross the finish line first and become the winners of The Amazing Race, their entire alliance made it to the final leg and finished the race as well.  Tammy and Victor started the race as a force to be reckoned with but a meltdown in Romania almost cost them the race.  They regrouped, got focused, and never looked back.  Today, the winners of The Amazing Race spoke to RealityWanted in an exclusive interview about life during the race and what the future has in store for them.

 

Q. Gina, RealityWanted: I know you’ve had to keep the fact that you won a secret for quite some time.  What have things been like since the finale aired last night?
A. Tammy: It’s been a whirlwind.  I haven’t had a chance to process it all.  We were so lucky that our mom and dad were able to fly out from Taiwan to New York last night.  They had no idea that we had won.  It was so incredible to share that experience with them. 

A. Victor: It allows us to feel special and like rock stars for a little while!

 

Q. Gina, RealityWanted: Whose idea was it to try out for the race?
A. Victor: Definitely Tammy’s idea.  I’ve been the longer fan.  I’ve watched since season 1 and even endured season 8, the family edition.  I’ve always thought, “Wouldn’t it be great to be on the show?” but it took Tammy to actually say, "Let’s do it". 

 

Q. Gina, RealityWanted: I liked you guys from the very first episode and then, you struggled in Romania, and I started to get nervous.  Tell me about that leg of the race, now that you have some perspective on it.
A. Victor: I still have difficulties watching that episode.  I’ve watched it once and cannot watch it again.  Episode 3 should be called “Everything Bad That Could Happen To Victor”.
A. Tammy: And Tammy.  I had to wear white spandex!
A. Victor: In hindsight, I feel like we needed Romania to do well on the race.  I felt like it was my responsibility to make sure that we do well.  I realized that, in order to win The Amazing Race, you need two people.  Going into Romania, we would fight.  We could never agree on tactics.  I think that we both compromised a little bit out of Romania. 
A. Tammy: It paid off on a personal level as well. 

 

Q. Gina, RealityWanted: What was your strategy going into the race, when it came to working with other teams?  We saw you working closely with teams at times and then breaking off on your own when necessary.
A. Victor: It was interesting watching that and seeing what other teams would say.  We shared a personal sized pizza with Margie and Luke and Jamie and Cara on the first leg of the race.  We talked about alliances and talked about how great it would be if we were the final three teams in the race.  Jaime said, though, that we should mutually want each other to be in the final round but race for ourselves.  We had an alliance from day one. 

 

Q. Gina, RealityWanted: How surprised were you that you were actually able to pull things off and get your alliance, in tact, to the final leg of the race?
A. Tammy: I was totally surprised!  When we were all waiting for our flights from China to Hawaii, we were just marveling at how incredible it was that we were the final three teams. 

 

Q. Gina, RealityWanted: Do the two of you have plans to keep traveling?
A. Victor: Oh definitely!  Tammy’s already claimed the Galapagos trip.  She made it clear that she’d rather go with her boyfriend than me.  We’ve always loved traveling before.  What the race has done is made me realize that it’s fun to travel in places that I otherwise wouldn’t want to go.
A. Tammy: We traveled in our comfort zone and we stayed in hotels that catered to Westerners.  After doing the race, I realize how incredible it would be to an adventure traveler!

 

 

(Image courtesy of CBS)

 

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