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** The entire Top 4 from Season 14. Tammy & Victor, Jaime & Cara, Margie & Luke, and Kisha & Jen were all so polarizing, they had the fans split into four groups, not so much rooting for one team as they were rooting against the other three.

*** Jaime & Cara even cited themselves as such in the pre-race interviews for Unfinished Business, saying that they were a team people loved or hated, there was no middle ground with them.

** Flight Time & Big Easy (Seasons 15 and 18), like BJ & Tyler, were a popular team with a small group of detractors, those who either thought they were trying, specifically and too hard, to be a fan favorite team, or else felt that "professional athletes" (as much as Harlem Globetrotters can be considered professional athletes) had no place on the Race. Made even worse when they came back for Unfinished Business, as they proceeded to consistently follow and leech information off of all the other teams. Though this strategy did not bother their fans, their detractors took issue with them "not running the race for themselves". Then they U-Turned the Cowboys, which pushed them into full on Base Breakers.

** Midway through Season 19, Andy & Tommy started talking about their Christianity while at a Buddhist temple, and were, to say, a bit narrow-minded in their commentary (as opposed to fellow Christian Jennifer, who said the temple, while not her religion, deserved the same amount of respect). This incident, along with being another [[Stunt Casting]] team (completely embodying what fans hated about Seasons 15 and 16), ''and'' the most blatant [[Expy|Expies]] of BJ & Tyler yet, caused a bit of a rift. And that's not even touching on the explosion caused by their elimination by cabbie collusion, with their fans upset that they were beaten by two teams who never figured out how to get to the Pit Stop on their own, and their detractors [[Call It Karma|calling it Karmic retribution]] for being so cocky when most of their wins had come more from other teams' mistakes and legs being specifically designed towards their strengths rather than their own racing skills.

** Brendon & Rachel, Season 20. While they had some fans migrate over from their stint(s) on ''[[Big Brother]]'', their presence was immediately dreaded by Race fans, and for good reason, too, as Rachel immediately turned into a whiny [[Attention Whore]]. That being said, seeing Rachel getting bullied by Art & JJ throughout the Race took a lot of the hatred off of her and put it squarely on the shoulders of Art & JJ. That and Rachel's constant meltdowns eventually ended up becoming some of the most-entertaining parts of that season's hated final four.

* [[Attention Whore]]: Rachel Reilly (Season 20), is the only woman outside of Flo (Season 3) who seems to cry at the drop of a hat, but unlike Flo, who seemed to be just mentally and physically exhausted, Rachel just seems to cry for the sake of getting attention.

** Ask the fans to rank the seasons. Though there seem to be a few seasons that will hit the bottom of most people's lists (the oft forgotten Season 4, the Family Edition, and the [[Stunt Casting]] riddled Seasons 15 and 16), every single Season will hit the top of someone's list. Especially since most fans tend to favor one group of races over all the others:

** Seasons 1-4 have a freshness that the other seasons don't, as the lack of an established [[Metagame]] meant there was a lot more unpredictability than in later seasons, and teams would take bigger gambles without knowing whether they would pay off. Also, the lack of metagame meant there were dozens of racing styles employed by the teams, as opposed to the few that are employed in later seasons. There was more emphasis on teams exploring the game, with teams talking about their moves and strategies and how it affected their placement in the game, and heavy emphasis was put on how the teams interacted with each other. The clues, specifically figuring them out, were often more important than the actual tasks the teams had to do, with the emphasis being on the locations visited instead of what teams had to do at that location. Also, there were Fast Forwards on every leg (theoretically) giving every team one free pass per season, with the strategy of when to use it being a big deal.

** Nat & Kat, Season 17.

* [[Internet Backdraft]]: Jet & Cord fans still hadn't dropped the whole "Dan & Jordan cutting in line" complaining a year later when the Cowboys returned for Unfinished Business.

** Bill & Joe (1) broke every unwritten rule set up by the other teams on the first season and did everything they could to win, even going so far as to try to prevent three teams from making their flight by blocking security. At the same time, they established the basis for what would become the Race's [[Metagame]], and were by far the most memorable team from Season 1.

** Wil (2) spent the majority of the Race arguing with his separated wife Tara and irritating everyone else he came into contact with. He was also the single biggest driving force behind that season, even over fan favorites Danny & Oswald, and actually became something of a [[Jerkass Woobie]] when it became clear that Tara [[Not So Different|was no better than him (and even *worse* in some aspects)]].

== Foreign Versions ==

* [[Base Breaker]]: Marc & Rovilson (Asia Season 2) are possibly the biggest examples of this in any foreign version. They were similar to BJ & Tyler (US Season 9) in that they were either fun and lovable or annoying and needed to stop mugging for the camera. On top of that, with a total of eight first place finishes including seven consecutive wins, some people also began to dislike them for making the season so predictable. Their third place finish was either a depressing end to one of the best teams or a satisfying finale in which one of the most annoying teams got what they deserved.

* [[Elimination Houdini]]: Terri & Henry, Asia Season 2. They were consistently second-to-last place on several legs. Also, they were spared by two consecutive non-elimination legs despite the huge time deficit between the other racers.

** Tania & Ida, Asia Season 3. They were also spared by two consecutive non-elimination legs. The only difference is that they were able get through the final three.