'Amazing Race' diplomacy!

15. Kevin plants potatoes, Babushka-style
Kevin impressed some Russian farmer women during the potato-planting challenge. One babushka in particular took a real shine to him. ''Davai! Davai!'' she screamed. Come on, come on! She was so impressed by Kevin's natural farming prowess that when he was done, she exclaimed, ''I love you!'' (''I think I fell in love with her a little bit,'' Kevin later admitted.) A first-generation Asian American YouTube sensation bonding with an elderly small-town Russian woman over their shared love of agriculture: Hooray for globalization!

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