BWW Recap: LIVE East Coast AMAZING RACE Finale Recap

Tonight's the night, folks! Hours of lost sleep, too many close calls to count, and it all comes down to this: THE AMAZING RACE Season Finale, where one team will take home the million dollar prize - as well as some of the biggest bragging rights ever. Justin and Diana have fallen from grace as they begin the final legs in in the back of the pack, behind Logan and Chris and Kelsey and Joey. Will The Reporters finally see their coveted first place win and take it all, or will the Green Team come back from the bottom and reclaim their spot at the top?

Personally, I'm hoping for the first of those two options. But to be fair, this season has been pretty entertaining (although also pretty predictable at points - thanks a lot, Green Team), and no matter who wins, it's sure to be a close call, as all three remaining teams are strong - and desperately want to win.

?Who do you want to take home the million dollar prize? Do you think The Paparazzi will ever stop fighting? Join me right here and on Twitter @CourtHenley tonight at 8:00 PM as I live recap the East Coast premiere of the season finale of THE AMAZING RACE!

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8:05: And they're off to my home state: New York! Woohoo! What a way to end a season!

8:12: A firefighting challenge. Interesting. This looks way more intense than the easy little kid-friendly firefighting demos I got to play around in at street fairs when I was little!

Ha! Chris is lucky that dummy wasn't a real child.

8:14: And now it's time for the infamous last leg map challenges: arranging all the capitals of all the places you went to in correct order.

Darn Green Team, finishing it up really quickly.

But, the exciting part - teams must now head to Belmont, which is only minutes away from where this Long Islander was born and bred (and is currently sitting)!

8:17: Holy heaven, Chris and Logan vs. Kelsey and Joey SHOWDOWN! Good for that cab driver for sticking with his original team. Sure, it's because Kelsey and Joey owed him money, but still!

Now we get to listen to Chris and Logan fight, though, for the rest of the time, so really, was it worth it, Kelsey and Joey?

8:22: The Green Team and The Paparazzi are both now left cabless, leaving The Reporters as the only team currently en route to Belmont Racetrack.

And as soon as they get to Belmont, teams are off to the Hamptons via helicopter. What an awesome ride. They saved themselves a good two hour drive with that helicopter!

8:29: Teams must now drive a water ski out to a lobster boat, where they must help a local fisherman pull up seven lobster cages and replace them with new ones.

8:37: Seriously, I would be horrible at these flag-to-country problems. Seems that Chris and Logan are just as bad as I would be.

Kelsey and Joey and Justin and Diana are all making their way back to sure. Fortunately, Kelsey and Joey are in the lead, but I worry that Justin and Diana can catch up.

8:41: Another memory challenge! Teams must now assemble six Adirondack chairs, each which has a different painting on the back. Then, they must arrange them in the order in which they visited the countries.

No pressure, though.

8:45: Of course Diana has experience building things like this. Here's hoping that Joey's grill building skills will help him pull ahead in this one!

8:49: Not going to lie, Kelsey and Joey's chairs looked fine to me the first time, so this challenge is ridiculously hard!

8:51: Kelsey and Joey got the final clue! Justin and Diana must redo one of their chairs!

THEY'VE GOT IT! They finally snagged their first place win! Kelsey and Joey are the winners of this season's AMAZING RACE!

That's gotta be the best feeling in the world, to hear Phil say those words. That's awesome. I love that.

8:53: Justin and Diana come in second place, and of course, Justin is complaining.

Now, to an extent, I get it, but honestly, there's nothing wrong with second place, especially considering everything that they've won along the way.

8:54: Team Complaints - sorry, I mean The Paparazzi - came in third place, and judging by their comments, I'm going to agree with Chris and Logan when they say that they need therapy.

And just like that, ladies and gents, the season has come to an end.

Are you happy that Kelsey and Joey won? Who was your favorite team of the entire season? Let us know in the comments below or on Twitter @CourtHenley!

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