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"Was it sliding gnomes across ice or just plain old navigation that proved to be Kerri and Stacy&amp;#039;s downfall on The Amazing Race? Either way, the Mississippi cousins were the last ones to reach the pitstop on Sunday&amp;#039;s episode and had to say goodbye to the competition. Digital Spy spoke to Kerri and Stacy to find out what went wrong for them and who they want to win now...  You were a bit tearful when you were eliminated - how did you feel? Stacy: &amp;quot;We were really heartbroken, because we set off to go across the world and to really win this Race, and in our minds we saw ourselves crossing the finish line. And all of that ended at that mat last night. Really, Kerri and I - we were a team of two, but we were really running that Race for our families and to represent our state, and we just at that moment felt like we let them down, because we knew we had so much support behind us.&amp;quot; Kerri: &amp;quot;We&amp;#039;ve been together all our lives and we&amp;#039;re used to our family cheering us on. And it just really stung to know that this is it. Even on a lighter note, I was kind of disappointed that it ended there because I wanted to see more of the world - I wanted to go and see different places.&amp;quot; But you seemed quite proud - did you feel proud of yourselves? Stacy: &amp;quot;We did. We felt really proud because in everything we went for in this Race, Kerri and I were extremely efficient and I felt like in all of the challenges we performed each and every one successfully. We really did well on the Race.&amp;quot; Kerri: &amp;quot;In a number of challenges we might have come in behind other teams and we beat them out of the challenges, so that was very gratifying to us. And as far as what we could work on before the Race, as far as gelling and being in sync with each other and practising on our strengths in training, we were really, really good at that, and I felt like we had that under our belts, so I was proud for that too, because we spent a lot of time preparing for the Race as well.&amp;quot; You left the ice rink before Nary and Jamie - did you think you were safe? Kerri: &amp;quot;We did think we were safe... for a moment! Up until someone told us to go to the Castle, which was the wrong pitstop. And then I think that was the point where it was like, &amp;#039;Oh my God, there&amp;#039;s a problem&amp;#039;. Houston, we have a problem! Bavaria, we have a problem! It was just really hard because people were giving us bad directions and there is a language barrier. I don&amp;#039;t think we realised up until we got to the pitstop that the pitstop was even a farm. No-one had articulated that to us - we weren&amp;#039;t able to understand what we were looking for. I think if we could have at least known that much we could have gotten there easier.&amp;quot; Do you know how close it was between you and Nary and Jamie? Stacy: &amp;quot;I think we were somewhat close to them. I don&amp;#039;t think we were far behind them. If I could guesstimate, we may have left the rink within five minutes of them, so making it to the mat to the pitstop behind them had to be somewhere within five to ten minutes.&amp;quot; Kerri: &amp;quot;And there&amp;#039;s a lot in the Race that goes on as far as stopping to get gas and so on. There was another time in Paraguay where Stacy and I left something before Nary and Jamie and then they beat us to the next challenge. So there&amp;#039;s a lot to be said for the outside occurrences in travel that can be really time consuming!&amp;quot;  So what do you think your downfall was? The language barrier? Your navigation? Stacy: &amp;quot;Our downfall was definitely the navigation.We just had plain old bad directions, and you know once you&amp;#039;re given that and you only have maybe five minutes to work with, then you&amp;#039;re out of it. It really hurt us that day. That was the one time that we had bad directions and that we struggled. People sending us to the wrong place, period. I wish it would have been a non-elim leg! I wish we could have been saved. It never would have happened again, I promise!&amp;quot; On a lighter note, what was your favourite moment from the Race? Stacy: &amp;quot;One of our favorite moments that I know sticks out in Kerri&amp;#039;s mind - I know she&amp;#039;s going to say changing that flat tire! Right before we left for the Race, my uncle, Kerri&amp;#039;s dad, has a tractor. And he was so avid about, &amp;#039;No, before you leave you have to change this tire on this tractor&amp;#039;. And he really beat that into us and made us change this tire on this big tractor and what do you know! First leg on the way to the airport we get a flat tire. And I mean, Kerri and I changed the heck out of that tire!&amp;quot; Kerri: &amp;quot;We worked together and we were really fast and efficient at getting that job done. And that wasn&amp;#039;t even a challenge on the Race! It wasn&amp;#039;t a standard challenge, but it was a challenge for us. It was just something, and you think, &amp;#039;This is not going to happen to us&amp;#039; but it really did.&amp;quot; So aside from learning how to change a tire, what other tips would you give people going on the Race? Stacy: &amp;quot;I would definitely say work on your time management, because in between challenges it&amp;#039;s up to you to be rested, to be fed, to have a good perspective for the next day. I think one of the keys to mastering the race is mastering time management - sleeping when you can, eating when you can, and keeping energy. That travelling can fatigue you so much and if you can master your time management - your rest, your eating - you&amp;#039;ll be more able to adapt to what&amp;#039;s waiting for you next.&amp;quot; And you mostly seemed to avoid arguing, too! Stacy: &amp;quot;Yes! Kerri and I, we&amp;#039;re first cousins, we&amp;#039;ve been together since birth - well, I&amp;#039;m two months ahead of her, but you know! I mean, we&amp;#039;ve had our share of arguments in the 30 years we&amp;#039;ve been alive but when it comes to getting the job done, arguing doesn&amp;#039;t even come to our mind. It&amp;#039;s about getting the job done.&amp;quot; Kerri: &amp;quot;And we prepared before. We really spent a lot of time talking and pow-wowing together with our family, coming up with strategies. Our uncle pulled us aside and he said, &amp;#039;You know what? Make sure when y&amp;#039;all get on the show, you&amp;#039;ve got to stay focused and don&amp;#039;t get on there arguing and bickering&amp;#039;. And even though he didn&amp;#039;t have to tell us that, it was one of those things that can really get you off your game, so we made sure to focus on staying with a fresh mind, not letting petty stupid stuff between us get in our way, because I&amp;#039;ve seen that to be the demise of a lot of other teams. We were aware of that beforehand so we were able to focus on not doing it. We are human and people do have disagreements but I think we were really focused on the challenge at hand and not our petty disagreements.&amp;quot; Were there any teams you particularly bonded with? Who do you want to win? Stacy: &amp;quot;We&amp;#039;re definitely rooting for our country cousins Kentucky to do well in the Race! We absolutely love and adore Mark and Bopper and we love and adore Jamie and Nary and &amp;#039;Brenchel&amp;#039;! They&amp;#039;re really nice people but you know, we&amp;#039;re really going to stick by our country roots and root for our country cousins from this point on.&amp;quot; The Amazing Race airs Sundays at 8/7c on CBS. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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