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BEST:

TAR12. Unpredictable the whole way through, except for the final leg. Great cast, great route, great locations, great tasks, and some awesome twists I never saw coming, like the U-Turn, the Speed Bump, and Lorena & Jason and Azaria & Hendekea getting eliminated well before their time (though I liked both teams a lot). Best first elimination ever with Ari & Staella's donkey troubles. Also, a pretty decent elimination order save for maybe Kate & Pat and Marianna & Julia going out so early (I'd have swapped Nathan & Jennifer for one of them, to be honest -- Nathan & Jennifer </3). And, of course, the first-ever parent/child team dominating! By far, my favorite season so far. Would've been even greater had Ronald & Christina won, though.
TAR5. Another season with a great task, great locations, and a great cast, but the boot order could've used some tweaking (I'd have swapped Brandon & Nicole and Colin & Christie with Linda & Karen and Charla & Mirna, and maybe Kami & Karli with Jim & Marsha). Loved the winners, Chip & Kim, and Colin & Christie made pretty good villains. Loved this season. Had Colin & Christie not dominated so much, I'd put it above TAR12, probably.
TAR11. The locations were decent, and the cast selected was pretty good, except had Kelly & Jon come back as originally asked instead of John Vito & Jill, Lyn & Karlyn returned instead of David & Mary, and Eric come back (and maybe won, though I still probably wouldn't have been happy) with Jeremy, not Danielle, it would've been a much better cast. Loved Dustin & Kandice's domination simply because it was the very first time an all-female team had dominated the race (alpha-male teams and couples dominating the race is BORING!). Also, Oswald & Danny's famous Cha Cha Chase with Phil. Had Dustin & Kandice, Charla & Mirna, or Oswald & Danny won, it'd be my first or second-favorite season.
TAR3. I'll admit this. It was a pretty damn good season. Great route, locations, and cast, indeed. And while the elimination order was pretty solid . . . I personally would've swapped Gina & Sylvia with either Dennis & Andrew or Michael & Kathy and Firecop with the Wonder Twins in the boot order, and it would've been better. This is only fourth for me, though, because Flo won. Teri & Ian winning would've been spectacular.

Honorable mention goes to TAR7, and even then, only for Uchenna & Joyce winning over Rob & Amber.

WORST:

TAR4. Started good for me, as the first five eliminations of Debra & Stave, Amanda & Chris, Russell & Cindy, Steve & Josh, and Steve & Dave were awesome to behold and were of teams I either hated, disliked, or felt way too "meh" about. Monica & Sheree, Tian & Jaree, Millie & Chuck, and Jon & Al, my four favorite teams of the season, going out back-to-back, and then Kelly & Jon losing to Reichen & Chip by such a small margin, turned it into one of my least favorite seasons.
TAR8. Boring tasks, boring locations, rarely leaving the U.S., and the alphas winning. The Gaghans, Paolos, Godlewskis, and Weavers were all redeeming parts of the season, but the Linzes winning more than nullified anything good about the season.
TAR9. Frats and Hippies dominating. Enough said. . . . Well, not quite. Happy Fran & Barry and Ray & Yolanda each got wins under their belts, but all the more likable, more interesting teams went out, leaving two incredibly bland, uninteresting ones to take the top two spots.
TAR10. Not only for the Druggies winning, but for the editors making it way too obvious from the beginning of the season that they would (by giving them a longer pre-race introduction than any of the other teams). Most of the interesting teams going home early was also a minus. (Vipul & Arti and Duke & Lauren being swapped for Rob & Kimberly and Tyler & James would've been even better.) Dustin & Kandice and Lyn & Karlyn doing so well that season was a welcome surprise, though.

Dishonorable mention goes to TAR13 for its initial potential, but later being singlehandedly ruined by Nick & Starr's boring, anticlimatic domination. And Kelly & Christy and Terence & Sarah going out back-to-back really didn't help matters at all.