Tammy & Victor

Tamara (Tien-Jan) "Tammy" Jih and Victor Jih are a team of Siblings/Lawyers and the Official Winners of The Amazing Race 14.

With Tammy nearly a decade younger than Victor, the two initially struggled with decision-making as Victor insisted on calling the shots. This led to near elimination for the siblings during the third leg in Romania when Victor led them the wrong way before Tammy finally spoke up, with the two resolving to improve on their lines of communication as a result. The siblings also formed a partnership with Jaime & Cara and Margie & Luke, though Tammy & Victor were less committed to this alliance than the others and went off on their own whenever they could, developing a reputation for being conniving and untrustworthy with both their allies and the other teams. Despite this, Tammy & Victor's alliance was able to overcome all their competitors, making it to the final three together. Although they initially fell behind Margie & Luke in the final leg, Tammy & Victor were able to pass the latter team at the final Roadblock on their way to victory, becoming the first Asian-American winners.

Profile[]

Retrieved from CBS.com

Tammy Jih (26); Victor Jih (35)
Hometown: San Francisco, Calif./Los Angeles, Calif.
Occupation: Lawyers
Relationship: Siblings/Lawyers

If they can manage to work together, this smart and sassy brother/sister duo – both with Harvard Law degrees – might have just what it takes to outsmart the competition and cross the finish line first.

Tammy is a litigator who believes that her ability to keep a cool head under pressure, especially with little or no sleep, will lead to success on the Race. Her biggest pet peeve with her brother is that he's a bit of a control freak. This was never more evident than when they recently traveled with friends to China and Victor mapped out the entire trip down to the minute.

Victor is a partner at his law firm and works as a corporate litigator. He is running the Race to see if he and his sister can co-exist in a hyper-competitive situation without driving each other crazy. Victor thinks that his teammate can be immature and selfish and he's hoping the Race will remedy that.

Victor is confident in his decision making and believes his sister should do what he says as he knows best. Tammy would like to prove to Victor that she's not a baby anymore and that it's time he view her as an equal. Victor is modeling his game play after the cut-throat style of Rob and Amber while Tammy prefers Season 12 winners TK and Rachel's laid back approach.

Both have traveled extensively and are supremely confident in their ability to win the million dollar prize.^[1]

The Amazing Race 14[]

Race History[]

Tammy & Victor's Race History
Episode	Leg	Destination(s)	Detour Choice (underlined)	Roadblock Performer	Placement	Notes
1	1	United States → Switzerland	No Detour	Victor	2 of 11
2	2	Switzerland → Germany → Austria	Balancing Dolly / Austrian Folly	Tammy	1 of 10
3	3	Austria → Romania	Gypsy Moves / Vampire Remains	Tammy	8 of 9
4	4	Romania → Russia	Stack / Construct	Victor	3 of 8
5	5	Russia	Russian Bride / Russian Snowplow	Tammy	2 of 7
6	6	Russia → India	Movers / Shakers	Victor	1 of 7
7	7	India → Thailand	100 Barrels / 2 Miles	No Roadblock	1 of 6
8	8	Thailand	Broken Teeth / Broken Record	Victor	3 of 5
9	9	Thailand → China	Choreography / Calligraphy	Tammy	2 of 5
10	10	China	Sync / Swim	Tammy	3 of 4
11	11	China	Beijing Opera / Chinese Waiter	Victor	1 of 4⊂
12	12	China → United States	Unknown	Victor	1 of 3	^[1]
				Average	2.33
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 U-Turn ⊃ Recipient of the U-Turn
Notes: 1: Leg 11 had a Detour, however all teams were shown performing the same task, and was aired as a miscellaneous task.

Post-Race[]

Tammy has since married and had a child.^[2]

Trivia[]

Franchise Records[]

The biggest age gap between siblings in a standard format, 9 years (tied with Vanessa & Celina and Alon & Oren).
Tammy & Victor are the first Asian-American team to win the Race.
Most legs won by an Asian-American team, with 5 legs.

US Records[]

Highest-racing average for a sibling team, at 2.33.

External links[]

Interviews[]

Pre Race[]

Kashmir Hill at Above the Law (01/28/2009): "Interview with soon-to-be Reality TV Stars, Victor and Tammy Jih"

Post Race[]

Staff at People (05/11/2009): "The Amazing Race Winners on Spending $1 Million Prize"
Joyce Eng at TV Guide (05/11/2009): "Amazing Race's Tammy and Victor: The Win Is for the Nerds — and Mom"
Oscar Dahl at BuddyTV (05/11/2009): "Exclusive Interview: Tammy and Victor, Winners of 'The Amazing Race 14'"
In Touch Weekly (05/2009): "Tammy and Victor win The Amazing Race"
Staff at Reality TV World (5/12/2009): "Exclusive: Victor and Tammy Jih talk about 'The Amazing Race' win"