Models and recovering drug addicts Tyler, left, and James crossed the finish line first last night to take the $1-million prize in the 10th edition of The Amazing Race. (Robert Voets, CBS)

The models were model racers.

Male models and recovering addicts Tyler and James emerged victorious as The Amazing Race wrapped up its 10th season last night on CTV and CBS.

"James and I just went through so many countries that it seems like a blur, a time warp," Tyler said after crossing the finish line at St. Basil's Academy in upstate New York. "And we actually finished at the top.

"Ever since I've been sober I feel like that's how my life has been, like, 'Is this really happening?' It's too good to be true almost, like, 'When am I going to wake up?'

"We won the game of life and now we won The Amazing Race, too. It's awesome."

Bickering dating couple Rob and Kimberly finished second, while Team Alabama -- Lyn and Karlyn -- finished third, thanks to a gamble in Paris that didn't pay off.

The teams started out last night in Barcelona and made their way to Paris. But there was some significant tension between nice-guys Tyler and James when they missed out on the first available flight to France.

How's this for an argument:

"I'm pissed off, dude."

"Don't get f---ing pissed off with me."

"Whatever, dude."

Whatever, indeed.

After one person per team sky-dived into Normandy -- Kimberly went instead of Rob and he wouldn't quit whining about it -- the teams travelled by train back to Paris. Then the teams had to make jackets before heading to the final destination, New York.

Lyn and Karlyn gambled by going to a smaller airport first to try to outflank the other teams, but it didn't pay off. The smaller airport didn't have flights to New York, and when it was all said and done, the other two teams got on the first available flight, while Team Alabama did not.

Game over for the single moms, who nonetheless formed the first all-female team ever to make it to the final three.

Tyler and James established their winning margin when their cab driver in New York had an E-Z pass card to get through a toll, while Rob and Kimberly's cabbie had to queue up to pay cash. There must be a lesson in there somewhere.

The next cycle of The Amazing Race will be an all-star edition. Hey, wasn't all this reality-TV stuff supposed to be about not needing stars?

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Late last night we fielded some e-mails from puzzled readers/viewers who were wondering about our column yesterday, which said the final three teams would be in Alaska before ending up in Flushing Meadows, N.Y. The responsibility for what we write always is our own, but just so you don't think we made that up during a drug-induced hallucination, it came from an episode description that was available on CTV's website. Might CBS have provided detailed but ultimately incorrect information to CTV to throw all us clever Canadians off the track? Maybe this is a consipiracy that goes all the way back to JFK! Regardless, this is offered as an explanation rather than an excuse, and as stated earlier, the responsibility is ours.