Well, we are very glad the boys made it to the final three. Great job, Sam & Dan. They leave Prague and fly to Las Vegas arriving back in the United States for the first time since the first day of the trip around the world. Dan says as they start out that they need to do two things to win – beat the team ahead of them and not yell at each other. Good plan Dan, let’s hope you guys can keep it up.
We get to see Sam with his glasses on at the airport – he looks cute in the glasses. All three teams get on the same flight on British Airways to Vegas meaning they all are essentially starting out on an even playing field so any of the teams can win. They head out in taxis to the Graceland Wedding Chapel.
They all get to the wedding chapel at the same time and get their clues while interrupting a wedding in process. Dan joins in with Elvis singing ‘Amazing Grace’. They get a clue to head out to Mandalay Bay again with all teams in pretty much even placing. But, the boys arrive at Mandalay Bay in third place – not good. They have to rappelle down the side of a 20 story building. Let’s hope one of the boys isn’t afraid of heights.
Sam does the rappelling. He seems a little afraid but does a great job getting down the building faster than the other two, but they are still in third place. They kind of lost their momentum by getting an old, slower taxi driver. They should have picked better on that one….but sometimes you just have to take what you get.
They now head to the Mirage hotel for their next clue. Here they have to join the cast of the Cirque du Soliel show LOVE which is to the Beattles music. They have to launch their partner on a bungee chord to reach a bouquet of flowers. Sam does the throwing and Dan is in the harness – complaining a little bit about the harness hurting his privates. The boys move into second place doing another stellar job on this task.
They now head to the Monte Carlo casino. Although the boys have a tough time trying to figure out what is the most famous casino in the country of Monaco – although they pronounce it incorrectly. They figure out it’s the Monte Carlo first – moving them into first place as the team that has led most of the race heads to the wrong casino.
Here, they have to count a million dollars worth of poker chips. They head to a table with 8,400 chips and count out exactly 1 million dollars. They get a little flustered with each other again, but Sam calms Dan down and takes over the piling of the chips. Dan, you need to calm down. You get a little to over excited. They are wrong on their first count and have to do a recount. The boys are in second place after they get their count right the second time around.
After this, they have to head to see Wayne Newton at the MGM Grand Hotel. Here, Wayne Newton tells them that the finish line is at ‘His House’. But the funny thing is they see Wayne Newton, and don’t know what his name is. A little embarassing. They then head out to Wayne Newton’s home and are in a close second place. If they get their first they will win, but it isn’t looking food for them.
In the end, the brothers come in second place but did an absoutely fabulous job! Congrats to Sam and Dan McMillen, you guys did an amazing job. Also, congrats to Shane and Meghan on winning the million dollars!