Ericka Dunlap says counting error might have cost her 'Amazing Race' win
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Husband and wife Brian Kleinschmidt and Ericka Dunlap teamed up for The Amazing Race 15.
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Make no mistake Amazing Race fans: Local team Ericka Dunlap and Brian Kleinschmidt did complete the final $1 million poker-chip count and finish the race fair and square, Dunlap says, even though that part was edited out of the final episode. And someone else’s mistake, she says, could have cost them the win and its $1 million prize.
For those who don’t watch the finale of the CBS reality show on Sunday, the married Nashville couple made it to the final three in the worldwide race to win $1 million. Dunlap quickly scaled the side of a casino in Las Vegas landing the team in first place. Then she, with her husband’s help, had to bungee bounce to the ceiling and grab a bouquet of flowers; the former Miss America had a hard time with that, and their team moved to third.
However, they arrived at the last challenge — counting out $1 million dollars in poker chips — in second place. The episode showed the two other teams quickly advancing to the last phase, leaving Dunlap and Kleinschmidt to figure out where they went wrong.
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