Melody & Sharon

Melody Chen and Sharon Wong are a team of Best Friends on The Amazing Race Asia 1.

The Singaporean Best Friends generally finished within the middle of the pack on the first two legs but gained a bit of momentum with two top three finishes on legs 3 & 4, the former being due to Sharon's determination in a difficult roadblock despite being the last team doing it. However, they fell to the back of the pack in Leg 5 when they along with several other teams overthought an obvious clue when they got off the ferry in Devonport. They arrived at the Pit Stop last, but were saved when Sahil & Prashant received a time penalty for hitch-hiking. They remained within equal distance with the other teams throughout leg 6, but had setbacks being last to complete the detour and in the quad bike course after Sharon's quad bike stopped working which lead to them being the last team to the Roadblock as the other teams' will to complete the bungee jump despite some having fears of heights set them in last place right before the Pit Stop. This as well as a controversial rule when Andy & Laura's time penalty was issued, lead to their elimination in 7th place.

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Melody[]

Age: 28
Occupation: In Entertainment industry
Hometown: Singapore

Sharon[]

Age: 31
Occupation: Headhunter
Hometown: Singapore

Meeting again after being in school together was the magic touch for Melody and Sharon, who discovered that despite their differences, they had a connection. These two good friends are now almost inseparable, so taking on The Amazing Race Asia was a natural thing to do.

Melody and Sharon (from Singapore) were schoolmates, once, when they were in tertiary education. They didn't stay in touch, though.

Some eight years later, they bumped into each other and discovered that they had a connection, even though they are quite different. These two are proof positive that difference can be overcome.

"Our relationship is very simple - we're good friends," says Melody.

Unlike some of the other teams on the show, these two ladies are really quite different, and even though they are so different, they still manage to be single-minded, at least on the subject of The Amazing Race Asia.

They talk passionately about the need for focus, about their determination, and how their shared faith (both of them are Christians) is keeping them strong.

This is all quite unusual, since their personalities are quite distinct.

Melody describes herself as exuberant and excited, and finds that Sharon helps to tame that wildness. By nature, Melody is an extrovert with definite outdoorsy tendencies. She loves sports, but at the same time she's quite easy-going and is happy to go with the flow.

She can be quite passionate at times, a trait that she harnesses for her work as an actress and host. She is a familiar face to most Singaporeans, having appeared on local television, as well as having acted in a local movie.

Sharon is quite different - much more corporate in her outlook and is used to working in an office environment. She works in human resource, and jokingly refers to herself as an office slave.

Sharon is used to a much more structured environment, where order rules, and where structure is paramount. She's particularly used to having things go a certain way, which means that the two of them had to learn quite a bit about each other along the way - and will certainly have to learn much more in order to make this work.

They agree on a few things, particularly that their aim in The Amazing Race Asia is to do the best that they possibly can while staying focused and dynamic and while trying to have some good clean fun. This amazing duo will bring quite a lot to the game, because each of them has a different set of strengths.

"We represent a lot of different sides, and together we have quite a lot of good qualities," says Melody.

"As a team we are focused and mindful of the rules, and we are here to have some fun," says Sharon.

The two women admit that they have no clear idea of what their weaknesses might be, only that they might come up in the course of the game.

But there is no doubt at all what their strength is.

"Our biggest strength is our belief that we can do this, and that we have God behind us," says Sharon, and the conviction in her voice is quite clear.

The Amazing Race Asia 1[]

Race History[]

Melody & Sharon's Race History
Episode	Leg	Destination(s)	Detour Choice (underlined)	Roadblock Performer	Placement	Notes
1	1	Malaysia	Paint / Pot	No Roadblock	6 of 10
2	2	Malaysia → Indonesia	Push / Sell	Melody	5 of 10
3	3	Indonesia	Wet / Dry	Sharon	3 of 9
4	4	Indonesia → Australia	Elevation / Crustacean	Melody	2 of 8
5	5	Australia → New Zealand	Rugby / Rigging	Sharon	7 of 8
6	6	New Zealand	Ledge / Luge	Melody	7 of 7
				Average	5.00
Legend: The team finished in first place The team finished in last place and was eliminated from the race The team finished in last place in a non-elimination leg The team that won The Amazing Race The team that crossed the Finish Line second The team that crossed the Finish Line third ► The team used the Fast Forward pass > The team used the Yield < Recipient of the Yield