Life Partners Joe Baldassare and Bill Bartek, whom viewers have come to know as ?Team Guido,? may have been the 6th team to be eliminated from The Amazing Race: All Stars, but the couple has no problem returning to their old life in Southern California. Joe expressed his gratitude for being part of the competition not just once, but twice. He also said that he and Joe are pretty satisfied about their involvement in various works of charity.

Fans of The Amazing Race first saw Joe and Bill during the show's first season. Joe, a Minerals Trading Company owner from Niguel, California, and Bill, a realtor also from Niguel, California, were able to beat many of their competitors during their first attempt to win the Race. They are, undoubtedly, one of the sneakiest and most sly couples, having hatched numerous strategies in order to get ahead of the rest. Ultimately, Joe and Bill came out in third place, and having come so close to winning the $ 1 million cash prize, Joe and Bill greatly hoped that the show would ask them to participate again should there be an all-star season.

Fortunately for Joe and Bill, all their waiting paid off and when the shows? producers called them and extended them an invite, Joe and Bill jumped at another chance to capture the prize money, believing that the money would guarantee them a free ride for the rest of their lives. Still, winning a large amount of money from a reality television series must not be meant for Joe and Bill, as they eliminated after the eighth leg of the race. Although they arrived 5th (despite being detained at the Kilimanjaro airport for a significant amount of time), the couple incurred a 30-minute penalty for not arriving first at the pit stop. Because Eric & Danielle arrived before the penalty was up, Joe and Bill were forced to accept defeat.