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Amazing Race Canada Season 4, Episode 1, "Who's ready to let it all hang out?"
Film date: 2016-04-28 - 2016-04-29
This race starts on a frozen lake just outside Yellowknife. 10 teams are traveling there on ATVs. The teams are:
* Frankie & Amy, Mother and daughter from Aldergrove, B.C.
* Anne & Tanja, Best friends from Toronto
* Jilian & Emmett, exes form New Glasgow and Gore, Nova Scotia. Met on Big Brother Canada
* Rita & Yvette, twin sister from Edmonton
* Anthony & Brandon, best friends from Windsor, Ontario
* Julie & Lowell, married from Lethbridge, Alberta. Lowel is nearly completely blind.
* Kelly & Kate, best friends from Toronto
* Joel & Ashley, father and daughter from Enoch cree nation, Alberta
* Stéphane & Antoine, father and son from Montreal
* Steph & Kristen, dating from Toronto
At the starting line Jon tells teams that the price will be a trip around the world, their pick of any of the sponsor cars they will be driving during the race (one each) and $250,000.
It seems like there is quite a run from the starting line to where the packs and the first clue await. In the aerial shots you also see the line of camera and sound people standing next to the packs, waiting
for the racers.
--- Quote ---ROUTE INFO
Make your way to the
Legislative Assembly of
the Northwest Territories
and correctly translate a
Weledeh phrase that will
send you on your way
with your next clue.
NOTE: The teams that
finish the fastest can
gain an advantage.
--- End quote ---
The Legislative Assembly is just a few hundred meters away and the phrase which needs to be translated can be found on a wooden board outside. It reads: "hotìa dechįnta k´èahdè".
In the surrounding forest there are hundreds of signs hanging which each show a word and its english translation. Teams must use these to figure out that the sign reads "travel safely across the land". Once they say this to a first nations language expert they will get their next clue. The expert will also accept "safely across the land travel" which is the literal translation.
"This is a lot harder than I thought it was going to be", Amy
Teams translate the message in the following order:
1. Jilian & Emmett
2. Anne & Tanya
3. Joel & Ashley
4. Stéphane & Antoine
5. Julie & Lowell
?. Steph & Kristen
?. Rita & Yvette
?. Frankie & Amy
?. Kelly & Kate
?. Anthony & Brandon
--- Quote ---ROUTE INFO
Drive your new 2016
Chevy Silverado to the
Yellowknife Airport and
travel to Jasper, Alberta!
Once there, make your
way to the Jasper train
station and search for
your next clue.
BMO is here to help.
You have $450 on your
CashBack MasterCard
for this leg of the Race.
--- End quote ---
On the airport they will get tickets on one of two flights. Only the first four teams get tickets on the first flight.
The first flight is:
7F958 YZF - YEG 18:28 - 20:38 ((scheduled 18:30 - 20:25)
and carries:
Stéphane & Antoine
Joel & Ashley
Anne & Tanya
Jilian & Emmett
The second flight is:
5T439 YZF - YEG 21:25 - 22:56 (scheduled 21:15 - 22:56)
and carries:
Julie & Lowell
Steph & Kristen
Rita & Yvette
Frankie & Amy
Kelly & Kate
Anthony & Brandon
Team fly to Edmonton an here they board buses which will bring them to Jasper (394km 3h47min). The episode glosses over this fact but teams must have spent the night somewhere because they are released in Jasper the following morning.
At the train station team find sponsor cars and their next clue.
Road block: "Who's ready to let it all hang out?"
In this road block teams must drive themselves to the Jasper Skytram (7.6km 11min). A cable car going up the mountain. Teams will board the skytram in groups of three (in order of arrival). At the halfway point the tram will stop. The racers performing the road block will now climb up on the roof on their cabin and then down a ladder on the side. They must then traverse a set of monkey bars under the cabin to a ladder on the other side.
This is s spectacular task, teams are high up in the air and they must perform a frightening and difficult physical task.
The racers are secured by a bungee cord so if they fall they get to bounce a bit before they are hoisted back into the cable car cabin. If they fall they will have to go to the back of the line and try again. However on their second attempt they will have an additional harness which will bear most of their weight, so the task will be much easier.
The non-participating team member will look on from the other cable car. This requires the cars to travel up and down first. All in all it seems to take about an hour for each set of three teams to make an attempt. Which means that teams failing the task or arriving late will have to wait a long time.
"Better that we not get lost than we get lost, Anne
Teams arrive at the skytram in the following order:
1. Stéphane & Antoine
2. Joel & Ashley
3. Jilian & Emmett
4. Frankie & Amy
5. Kelly & Kate
6. Steph & Kristen
7. Rita & Yvette
8. Julie & Lowell
9. Anthony & Brandon
10. Anne & Tanya, got lost on the way
"I'm so scared of what I'm about to do", Stéphane is very afraid of heights
"I feel like I'm jumping to my death", Ashley is not entirely comfortable either
"We're small but we're mighty", Kate
The different attempts are:
Tram #1
Stéphane, fall after getting half the way
Ashley, fall immediately
Emmett, complete the task
Tram #2
Amy, fall after getting half the way
Kelly, falls almost immediately
Steph, makes it all the way over but falls as she is transitioning to
the rope ladder. However she get stuck in the ladder and
ends up hanging by her feet. She manages to pull herself up and complete the task.
Tram #3
Yvette, almost made it
Lowell, almost made it
Brandon, falls almost immediately
Tram #4
Stéphane (attempt #2), completes the task
Ashley (attempt #2), completes the task
Amy (attempt #2), task closed before she could make her attempt
Once they get back down Kelly & Kate decide to take the penalty and skip this road block. They can keep racing but will have to wait 4 hours when they reach the pit stop before they can check in.
Anthony & Brandon also decide to take the penalty.
Unfortunately, as the fourth batch of teams is doing their attempts, the weather turns bad so it is no longer safe to do this task. Teams will have to wait the length of time it would have taken them to complete the challenge.
Teams complete this road block in the following order (* denotes team member doing the roadblock):
1(+2)Jilian & Emmett* (0-1) 2(+4)Steph* & Kristen (1-0) 3(+2)Kelly* & Kate (1-0)Gave up and took the penalty 4(+5)Anthony & Brandon* (0-1)Gave up and took the penalty 5(-4)Stéphane* & Antoine(1-0) 6(-4)Joel & Ashley* (0-1) 7(-3)Frankie & Amy* (0-1) 8(-1)Rita & Yvette* (0-1) 9(-1)Julie & Lowell* (0-1)10(+0)Anne* & Tanya (1-0)
The next route info tells teams to drive to the Athabasca River. Here teams must suit up and paddle down the ice cold river to find their next clue.
On the river we get to see Jillian get upset with Emmett. Many hard words are flying, and this happens a lot through the episode. I'm not going to dwell any more on this.
The clue box by the river is hard to miss and contains another road block clue. Teams reach this in the following order:
1(+0) Jilian & Emmett
2(+0) Steph & Kristen
3(+0) Kelly & Kate
4(+0) Anthony & Brandon
5(+0) Stéphane & Antoine
6(+0) Joel & Ashley
7(+1) Rita & Yvette
8(+1) Julie & Lowell, close after #7
9(-2) Frankie & Amy, close after #7
10(+0) Anne & Tanya
--- Quote ---ROAD BLOCK
Who's ready to search
high and low?
Note: The team member
who DID NOT participate in
the previous road block
MUST do this road block.
--- End quote ---
Teams must first drive to two valley creek canyon. Then the performing team member must hike up to a rappelling station. Here they must rappel down 80ft into the canyon below. They must then make their way along the canyon to the river valley where they will receive an avalanche beacon which will lead them to one of three caches of clues.
Before they can drive away teams must paddle a bit further down the river. This is hard for Kelly & Kate since they just left their raft in the water and the current grabbed it and carried it away. They have to run along the shore and wade through water before they magically end up on a raft again.
Anthony & Brandon arrive at the Canyon as Kate is doing the task. Brandon tells Kelly they also took the penalty and both teams realize that whoever comes first of them is safe, and the other will probably get eliminated. The race is on.
Julie & Lowell, Rita & Yvette and Frankie & Amy drive together in a convoy towards the canyon. Or at least that is what they hope. It turns out that they are not so after consulting a local they reverse course and eventually they find it. By that time Anne & Tanya have caught up to them.
"I have no idea what I'm doing", Julie has trouble finding the next clue with the beacon
Teams complete this road block in the following order (* denotes team member doing the roadblock):
1(+0)Jilian* & Emmett (1-1) 2(+0)Steph & Kristen* (1-1) 3(+0)Kelly & Kate* (1-1) 4(+0)Anthony* & Brandon (1-1)About a minute after Kelly & Kate ?(+?)Stéphane & Antoine*(1-1) ?(+?)Joel* & Ashley (1-1) 7(+0)Rita* & Yvette (1-1) 8(+2)Anne & Tanya* (1-1) 9(+0)Frankie* & Amy (1-1)10(-2)Julie* & Lowell (1-1)
This clue tells teams to make their way to the island in Pyramid lake and search for the pit stop.
The island is small so the pit stop is kind of hard to miss.
Anthony & Brandon feel sure that they can beat Kelly & Kate in a footrace. But they arrive too late for that to be a factor. Both teams have a 4 hour penalty to serve, but the girls are happy since they know that the boys are behind them so they are not going home. For the boys this is the start of an agonizing wait, will the remaining teams arrive within 4 hours or not.
The convoy with Rita & Yvette, Anne & Tanya and Frankie & Amy manage to get lost again. But this time Frankie & Amy decides to break away from the others. They have a map and think they know how to read it.
Teams reach the pit stop in the following order:
1(+0) Jilian & Emmett, win a trip to London
2(+0) Steph & Kristen
-(+0) Kelly & Kate, have to wait their 4 hour penalty before they can check in
-(+0) Anthony & Brandon, have to wait their 4 hour penal before they can check in
3(+?) Stéphane & Antoine
4(+?) Joel & Ashley
5(+5) Julie & Lowell, win a footrace against #6
6(+3) Frankie & Amy, Anthony & Brandon now have about 1 hour left on their penalty
7(+0) Rita & Yvette
8(+0) Anne & Tanya
9(-6) Kelly & Kate
10(-6) Anthony & Brandon, are eliminated
"I expected the race to be difficult, but it totally surprised us", Brandon
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Amazing Race Canada Season 4, Episode 2, "Deal Guys? Deal! Deal!"
Film date: 2016-04-30
The last pit stop was on the island in Pyramid lake near Jasper. Teams are released later that night from somewhere in Jasper 6km away.
"We are starting to understand that this race is going to be a lot more physically demanding than we thought", Kristen
Teams are released in the following order:
1.Jilian & Emmett 00:562.Steph & Kristen 01:45+0:493.Stéphane & Antoine04:32+3:364.Joel & Ashley 04:35+3:395.Julie & Lowell 06:11+5:156.Frankie & Amy 06:13+5:177.Rita & Yvette 06:27+5:318.Anne & Tanya 06:29+5:339.Kelly & Kate 06:56+6:00
--- Quote ---ROUTE INFO
Make your way to Calgary,
Alberta!
Once there, search outside
City Hall for Calgary's
Mayor, Naheed Nenshi,
who will give you your next
clue.
BMO is here to help. For
this leg of the Race you
have $150 on your
Cashback Mastercard.
NOTE: In this leg of the
Race there are two Express
Passes up for grabs!
--- End quote ---
Teams must now sign up for one of three buses which will drive them to Calgary. Each bus can hold 3 teams. The sign-up sheet seems to be located by the Jasper Park information center.
Bus #1
Jilian & Emmett
Steph & Kristen
Stéphane & Antoine
Bus #2
Joel & Ashley
Julie & Lowell
Frankie & Amy
Bus #3
Anne & Tanya
Rita & Yvette
Kelly & Kate
The bus ride takes about 5 hours and teams are dropped off in front of the City Hall. Teams seem to be released one by one from the buses so there is only one team at a time by the mayor. They reach him in the following order:
1(+0) Jilian & Emmett
2(+0) Steph & Kristen
3(+0) Stéphane & Antoine
4(+0) Joel & Ashley
5(+0) Julie & Lowell
6(+0) Frankie & Amy
7(+0) Anne & Tanya
8(+0) Rita & Yvette
9(+0) Kelly & Kate
The mayor repeats the city tag line to each team and the hands over a postcard. This postcard is their next clue and shows a statue consisting of a wire-frame head. The statue is called Wonderland and is well known so lots of locals know where it is, which is just a couple of blocks away.
Teams reach the clue box by the statue (450m) in the following order:
1(+2) Stéphane & Antoine
2(+0) Steph & Kristen
3(-2) Jilian & Emmett
4(+0) Joel & Ashley
5(+0) Julie & Lowell
6(+0) Frankie & Amy
7(+0) Anne & Tanya
8(+0) Rita & Yvette
9(+0) Kelly & Kate
--- Quote ---ROAD BLOCK
Who feels like they are in
control?
--- End quote ---
In this road block contestants must rappel 58 stories down from the Calgary tower. Once back on the ground the tower mascot will give them their next clue.
There seems to be room for three teams to do this road block at any one time. Contestants are also accompanied by a safety tech who is rappelling next to them.
"You do this for fun?", A scared Emmett asks the safety tech
The safety tech is really handy to have when Kristen's lines jams.
Rita & Yvette are a bit too stressed and look for the marked entrance at the building where they got the road block clue. It takes a while before they spot the real Calgary tower nearby.
"On a scale 1-10 how excited I'm to do this I'm like a 100", Frankie is excited
Teams complete this road block in the following order (* denotes team member doing the roadblock):
1(+2)Jilian & Emmett* (1-2)2(+0)Steph & Kristen* (1-2)3(-2)Stéphane & Antoine*(1-2)4(+0)Joel* & Ashley (2-1)5(+1)Frankie* & Amy (2-1)6(-1)Julie & Lowell* (1-2)7(+0)Anne* & Tanya (2-1)8(+1)Kelly* & Kate (2-1)9(-1)Rita & Yvette* (1-2)
--- Quote ---ROUTE INFO
Make your way to the
Beatnik Bus by following
it on social media.
Once there, find the
musician who will hand
you your next clue after
his performance.
--- End quote ---
Teams must now find the Beatnik bus. This bus rotates between different stops and only stays for 10 minutes at each stop. Teams must use social media to find where it is. It seems to stop at three different places today: Century Gardens, Harley Hotchkiss Gardens and Mc Dougall Centre.
The first two teams, Jillian & Emmett and Steph & Kristen, arrive together to where the Beatnik bus is parked. Only to see it pull away. I get a feeling this was planned, no other teams arrive with so "perfect" timing.
While searching for the bus Rita & Yvette find a random local carrying a guitar. After some mutual confusion they realize that this guy does not have their next clue.
Teams get their clue from the musician in the following order:
1(+1) Steph & Kristen
2(-1) Jilian & Emmett, seconds after #1
3(+0) Stéphane & Antoine
4(+0) Joel & Ashley
5(+0) Frankie & Amy
6(+0) Julie & Lowell
7(+0) Anne & Tanya
8(+0) Kelly & Kate
9(+0) Rita & Yvette
The clue envelope here contains a detour and an express pass clue.
--- Quote ---EXPRESS PASS
Make your way to
Canada Boy Vinyl and
sleeve vinyl records until
you uncover two
Express Passes!
--- End quote ---
At Canada Boy vinyl teams will find 13 crates of vinyl records which need to be put into sleeves. Hidden between two records in these crates are two express passes. One for the teams which finds it and one which have to be given away to another team before the end of the fourth leg.
Steph & Kristen immediately decide to go for the express pass, and so does Jilian & Emmett. Both teams promise to give the other express pass to the other team.
"Deal Guys? Deal! Deal!", Kristen gets the title
Both teams jump into taxis. While en route Jilian & Emmett note the detour clue. They decide to abandon the express pass and go directly to the detour.
"It's more important for us to get the detour done and finish the leg ahead of everybody else", Emmett
Steph & Kristen is the only team actually searching for the express passes. After having been searching for more than an hour they are starting their 7th crate and still haven't found it. They are considering quitting but decide to do one more crate. And of course they find the express passes in the next crate. They can now rejoin the other racers at the detour.
All other teams go directly for the detour:
--- Quote ---DETOUR
Detour: "Sim" or "Swim"
Sim: Take the controls of
a 4D crane simulator
and beat the cock in a
training exercise to
receive your next clue.
Swim: Help restock
Albertan lakes ad rivers
by filling two cages with
12 month old rainbow
trout to receive your next
clue.
NOTE: There are limited
stations at both detours.
--- End quote ---
In sim teams must locate the Southern Alberta institute of technology. Here they must use a crane simulator to move a weight through an obstacle course. They must each move the weight through the course and the combined time must be under 6 minutes. Teams will not receive any instructions on how to use the controls.
In Swim teams must make their way to the Sam Livingston Fish Hatchery. Here they must enter a pond and use mobile fencing to corral the trout into a small area. Then they must scoop up all the trout and deposit them into two cages.
"This is going to require a lot of patience, something which we both don't have a lot of", Antoine
"They are floppy suckers", Frankie realize the fish want to escape
Steph & Kristen go for the crane but quickly decide to switch.
"We will switch because we're awful", Kristen
They get happy when they got to the swim detour because there are multiple other teams there doing the task.
"We have a chance to push through and not be last", Kristen
Many teams at the swim detour have problems with straggling fish. That is fishes who have escaped the nets and are still swimming around.
"This is frustrating[/]", Antoine
Some teams have themselves to blame for their problems. For example Julie & Lowell have corralled all the fish in the same area as the cages, which means that they have a lot of fish hiding under the cages. And Kelly & Kate have corralled their fish in the opposite end of the pond from where their cages are. They do not think of moving the cages but instead walk back and forth, which is tiring and slow in the waist deep water.
Rita & Yvette are last to get the detour clue, and they switch detours. So they are very happy to see that Kelly & Kate are still collecting fish when they turn up.
Teams complete the detour in the following order:
1(+1) Jilian & Emmett, fish
2(+1) Stéphane & Antoine, fish
3(+2) Frankie & Amy, fish
4(+0) Joel & Ashley, crane
5(+2) Anne & Tanya, fish
6(-5) Steph & Kristen, started crane but switched to swim (also got the express passes)
7(-1) Julie & Lowell, fish
8(+0) Kelly & Kate, started crane but switched to swim
9(+0) Rita & Yvette, started crane but switched to swim
--- Quote ---ROUTE INFO
Make your way to Studio
Bell, home of the National
Music Centre, and search
inside for Jon and your next
Pit Stop.
Warning! The last team to
check in may be eliminated!
--- End quote ---
This is a brand new music centre. In fact so new that it will open during the summer (when this season airs).
Rita & Yvette leave the detour in last place, just two minutes after Kelly & Kate. But Rita & Yvette have a better taxi driver so he catches up and passes the other taxi just as they arrive. Then there is a footrace.
Teams find Jon here in the following order:
1(+0) Jilian & Emmett, win a trip to Paris, France
2(+0) Stéphane & Antoine
3(+0) Frankie & Amy
4(+0) Joel & Ashley
5(+0) Anne & Tanya
6(+0) Steph & Kristen
7(+0) Julie & Lowell
8(+1) Rita & Yvette, seconds before #9
9(-1) Kelly & Kate, are saved by a non-elimination
Jilian & Emmett realize they have to do some sucking up to Steph & Kristen after having abandoned the express pass searching. Steph & Kristen on the other hand reflects that they do not feel obliged to give Jillian & Emmett the second express pass.
Next week teams travel to the Mekong delta in Vietnam.
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Amazing Race Canada Season 4, Episode 3, "Toads! Are you kidding me?"
Film date: 2016-05-03 - 2016-05-05
The last pit stop was in Studio Bell in Calgary. Teams seem to be released from a different location in Calgary two days later.
Teams are released in the following order:
1.Jilian & Emmett 01:492.Stéphane & Antoine03:07+1:183.Frankie & Amy 03:39+1:504.Joel & Ashley 03:53+2:045.Anne & Tanya 04:45+2:566.Steph & Kristen 05:05+3:167.Julie & Lowell 06:17+4:288.Rita & Yvette 06:38+4:499.Kelly & Kate 06:43+4:54
--- Quote ---ROUTE INFO
Fly to the Mekong Delta in
Vietnam!
Once there, make your way
to the village of Cái Bè and
search the Cái Bè Tourist
Dock for your next clue.
BMO is here to help, and
you have $360 US Dollars
for this leg of the Race.
--- End quote ---
Here we get a short introduction to Vietnam narrated by Jon. Among other things he points out the connection to Canada, which is that Canada has welcomed 60.000 boat refugees from Vietnam.
Steph & Kristen have decided to keep their express passes secret. The idea is to avoid putting a big target on their backs. So when they run into the other teams at the airport they say they tried to get the express passes, but failed.
"It took forever to not get the express pass", Kristen
We are not shown any airport drama and all teams are on the same set of flights so it feels as if this was prearranged. Teams fly from Calgary via Vancouver and Hong Kong to Ho Chi Minh City. They departed Calgary in the morning on the 3rd of May and arrive in Vietnam after midnight on the 5th (either at 00:05 or 00:50).
Once teams land they jump into taxis and make for the Cái Bè tourist dock (111km 2h16min).
"It's our first time in Thailand", Emmett seems to be suffering from too much jet lag
At the dock teams sign up for water taxis which start will departing
at 6am the following morning. One team per water taxi. Teams sign up
in the following order:
1. Stéphane & Antoine
2. Steph & Kristen
3. Kelly & Kate
4. Anne & Tanya
5. Jilian & Emmett
6. Frankie & Amy
7. Rita & Yvette
8. Julie & Lowell
9. Joel & Ashley
The following morning teams are given their next clue in the order they signed up. We are not told how much time separates the teams.
--- Quote ---ROUTE INFO
Time for a supply run!
Pick up the supplies on the
list the dock master gives
you and deliver them to Mr.
Tam at the Tân Ohong
Island Ferry Dock to receive
your next clue.
--- End quote ---
Teams are the give a shopping list which reads:
--- Quote ---PHUÓC ThÀNH TÀI
1 Rông đât
Hoăc 1 Kỳ lân xanh
HUONG NÍNH
6 Hú chao môn id
GHE TG-4791
1 Gió trái cây
GHE TG-12354
4 Bao gao 10Kg
--- End quote ---
The list shows places (capital letters) and what need to be fetched from that place. The items are:
1 ceramic statue
6 jars of fermented Tofu
1 fruit basket
1 10kg bag of rice
The places starting with GHE are actually registration numbers of boats which teams must locate.
"We love shopping", Kelly & Kate think this challenge is perfect for them
"We have no idea what these words even mean on this shopping list", Steph & Kristen do not feel up to this task
A lot seem to depend on how well the boat drivers know the different places on the shopping list.
Teams complete this task in the following order:
1(+2) Kelly & Kate
2(-1) Stéphane & Antoine
3(+2) Jilian & Emmett
4(+3) Rita & Yvette
5(+4) Joel & Ashley
6(-2) Anne & Tanya
7(-5) Steph & Kristen
8(+0) Julie & Lowell
9(-3) Frankie & Amy
--- Quote ---ROUTE INFO
Take the ferry to Cái Bè
and search for your next
clue at the Bẽn phà Cái Bè
qua Tân Phong.
--- End quote ---
Mr. Tam who gives them this clue is standing right next to the ferry dock, so it is easy to find. However some teams do not read their clue carefully enough and jump into their water taxis. These are: Jilian & Emmett, Rita & Yvette, Joel & Ashley and Anne & Tanya
Steph & Kristen also jump into their water taxi but then Kristen realize they have to take the ferry so they turn back and take the ferry.
"I misread that big time", Steph takes the blame, but Kristen is not upset
The next clue is right where the ferry lands and teams find it in the
following order:
1(+0) Kelly & Kate
2(+0) Stéphane & Antoine
3(+0) Jilian & Emmett
4(+0) Rita & Yvette
5(+0) Joel & Ashley
6(+0) Anne & Tanya
7(+0) Steph & Kristen
8(+0) Julie & Lowell
9(+0) Frankie & Amy
--- Quote ---ROAD BLOCK
Who has all their ducks in a
row?
--- End quote ---
Contestants are given a pole with a flag at the top and must use this to guide exactly 20 ducks into a pen. All the pens are next to each other in the middle of a larger enclosure which holds 300 ducks.
Kate admits of being afraid of feathered animals, but she thinks she will do fine, specially since she doesn't need to actually touch the ducks.
This task is harder than it seems. Lots of contestants have trouble with ducks escaping when they open the gate to herd more ducks into their pen.
"The heat is unlike any heat I have ever experienced in my life", Rita
"Unfortunately the ducks are very smart and very sneaky", Kate about the escaping ducks
"I love animals, this is definitely going to be very easy", Stéphane thinks this is going to be a walk in the park
"This is not easy, and I love ducks", Ashley
Stéphane has a not so successful tactic at this road block. He helps other teams in the vain hope that they will help him. Unfortunately none do.
"Don't waste your time opening other people's pens", Antoine is frustrated by his dads tactics
It is really hot and Stéphane looks like he is about to collapse. After a while he has a moment of success and manages to get 18 ducks into his pen. But as he is chasing the last ones nine of them escape. He is getting more and more fatigued and after 2+ hours, when they are the last team left, he decides to give up and take the penalty.
Steph is smart and realize that the key to beating this challenge is to work together with somebody else. She teams up with Amy and together they make short work of the task.
Teams complete this road block in the following order (* denotes team member doing the roadblock):
1(+4)Joel & Ashley* (2-2)2(-1)Kelly & Kate* (2-2)3(+0)Jilian* & Emmett (2-2)4(+1)Anne & Tanya* (2-2)5(-1)Rita* & Yvette (2-2)6(+1)Steph* & Kristen (2-2)7(+2)Frankie & Amy* (2-2)8(+0)Julie* & Lowell (2-2)9(-7)Stéphane* & Antoine(2-2)Gave up and took the penalty
The next clue directs teams to carry two ducks to the chaotic Cái Bè land market and deliver their ducks to a specific duck vendor.
"I hope he doesn't make you for supper", Ashley talks to her duck
Teams deliver their ducks in the same order they completed the detour.
Kelly & Kate find they speed bump net to the duck vendor. They must transport 20 toads to a pen on the other side of the market. They end up hand-carrying them so they need to make 5 runs.
"Toads! Are you kidding me?", Kate gets the title
The speed bump seems to be pretty quick and only one other team pass them while they are performing it.
--- Quote ---DETOUR
Detour: "Vibrate" or
"Hydrate"
Vibrate: Join a troupe of
Vietnamese Drum
Dancers and perform
one of their traditional
dances to receive your
next clue.
Hydrate: Transport 60
coconuts up river in a
Sampan and serve
coconut water to a local
construction crew to
receive your next clue.
NOTE: There are limited
stations at both detours.
--- End quote ---
Vibrate takes place in the Chùa Phuóc ân temple. Teams must dress up for this detour option.
Ashley feel confident going into the detour since she is a dancer.
"It's a little more complicated than anticipated", Yvette realize the dance is hard
"Learning steps is not my strong point", Kristen
Steph & Kristen initially select dance, they look once at the demonstration before they decide to switch. Anne & Tanya see that and switch as well
"Oh my god", Frankie after having seen the dance
"What, did you think this was gonna be easy?", Amy knew what to expect
The dance is complicated but the judges turn out not be too strict and teams get accepted even though they make some minor errors.
Stéphane & Antoine arrive at the dance detour just as Rita & Yvette leave.
In coconuts teams must first load a sampan with 60 coconuts. Then paddle it upstream to a marked dock whee they must unload the coconuts and carry them a short distance.
Jillian & Emmett have serious troubles with the concept of teamwork, 'nuff said.
"Italian vikings, here we go", Anne & Tanya start paddling with their coconuts
Julie & Lowell have trouble finding the start of the coconut detour. Julie spots Steph & Kristen paddling a sampan with coconuts and asks where they should go and Steph points them in the right direction.
Tanya is on the verge of collapsing as they are carrying the coconuts so she has to sit down and call for the medic.
"I'm scared, my vision is blurred and I can not feel my legs and my feet", Tanya
As the medic is helping Tanya Anne keeps transporting the coconuts. After a while Tanya is declared fit to continue the race so she resumes transporting the coconuts.
Teams complete the detour in the following order:
1(+0) Joel & Ashley, dance on their first shown attempt
2(+1) Jilian & Emmett, coconuts
3(-1) Kelly & Kate, dance on their first attempt
4(+2) Steph & Kristen, started dance but switched to coconuts
5(+0) Rita & Yvette, dance on their second attempt
6(+1) Frankie & Amy, dance on their first attempt
7(+1) Julie & Lowell, coconuts
8(-4) Anne & Tanya, started dance but switched to coconuts
9(+0) Stéphane & Antoine, started dance but switched to coconuts
Teams must now make their way by water taxi to the Mekong Lodge where the pit stop awaits. The clue does not say they need to take a water taxi so for some teams it take while before they realize they have to travel by water. Jillian & Emmett, Kelly & Kate and Steph & Kristen all run into each other and end up sharing a water taxi.
Teams reach Jon and check in in the following order:
Joel & Ashley, get a 30 minute penalty for not taking the ferry
1(+0) Joel & Ashley, win a trip to Tokyo
2(+2) Steph & Kristen
Jilian & Emmett, get a 30 minute penalty for not taking the ferry
3(+0) Kelly & Kate, seconds after #2
4(-2) Jilian & Emmett
Rita & Yvette, get a 30 minute penalty for not taking the ferry
5(+1) Frankie & Amy
6(-1) Rita & Yvette
Anne & Tanya, get a 30 minute penalty for not taking the ferry
7(+0) Julie & Lowell
Stéphane & Antoine, still have their 4 hour penalty from skipping the detour
8(+0) Anne & Tanya
9(+0) Stéphane & Antoine, are eliminated
As they run to the pit stop Julie is a bit too rushed and manages to steer Lowell into one of the stems of the wines covering the walkway. When Jon later asks if he is okay his response is "Merely a flesh wound".
"I don't know if he knows how amazing he is, I'm just very proud of him", Antoine about his dad
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Racing report
Amazing Race Canada Season 4, Episode 4, "Shine your light"
Film date: 2016-05-07
The last pit stop was at the Mekong Lodge close to Cái Bè. And this is where teams are released after a pit stop of about 48h.
Teams are released in the following order:
1.Joel & Ashley 11:412.Steph & Kristen 11:44+0:033.Kelly & Kate 11:45+0:044.Jilian & Emmett 12:14+0:335.Frankie & Amy 12:29+0:486.Rita & Yvette 12:52+1:117.Julie & Lowell 13:15+1:348.Anne & Tanya 13:44+2:03
--- Quote ---ROUTE INFO
Make your way by bus to
Hô Chi Minh City!
Once there, find Bà Thiên
Hâu Temple in Cho Lón
and search for your next
clue.
BMO is here to help. You
have 1.5 million Vietnam
Dong on your Cashback
MasterCard for this leg of
the Race.
--- End quote ---
Teams must now travel by water taxi to Cái Bè and then by public bus to Hô Chi Minh City.
"We feel like home being in the city because we love shopping", Kate
"We may bicker but it helps to push each other to win", Jillian
We get an interview with Steph & Kristen about that they must give away the second express pass this leg. They are considering giving it to Frankie & Amy or Anne & Tanya.
"We just feel a connection with them, and we know that when it comes down to it we can beat them in a footrace", Kristen
Teams start by taking local bus #3. This seems to leave fairly often so teams are spread onto a few different buses.
Bus #1 carries:
Joel & Ashley
Steph & Kristen
Kelly & Kate
Bus #2 carries:
Jilian & Emmett
Bus #3 carries:
Frankie & Amy (just missed #2)
Bus #4 carries:
Rita & Yvette
Bus #5 carries:
Julie & Lowell
Bus #6 carries:
Anne & Tanya
"I hope that doesn't give us bad karma", Jillian when they are happy that Frankie & Amy missed their bus
Once teams arrive in Hô Chi Minh City they jump into taxis and make their way to the Bà Thiên Hâu Temple. This temple turns out to be dedicated to the protector of travelers. Teams must now take part in a ceremony where they must release birds. This is said to release negative energies and bring good luck.
This task is pretty simple. Pick a cage, bring it out in the courtyard and open it. Wait for the birds to leave.
--- Quote ---ROUTE INFO
Make your way to the
corner of Lý Chính Thăng
and Nguyên Thông and
search for your next clue.
--- End quote ---
Teams arrive at the clue box in this corner in the following order:
1(+1) Steph & Kristen
2(+1) Kelly & Kate
3(-2) Joel & Ashley, just after #2
4(+0) Jilian & Emmett, before the first team is done
5(+1) Rita & Yvette, after the first three teams have left
6(-1) Frankie & Amy
7(+0) Julie & Lowell, before team #5 is done
8(+0) Anne & Tanya, after all others have left
--- Quote ---ROAD BLOCK
Who feels like a tool?
--- End quote ---
In this road block contestants must enter a nearby mechanics shop (just across the road) and assemble a scooter. Teams are given a set of tools, an instruction booklet in Vietnamese and a set of parts (all of which must be used).
"For my 18th birthday my dad got me a toolkit and said 'since there's not gonna be a man around you gotta learn how to use these'", Kristen
"I always feel like a tool because I'm a mechanic", Joel feel that this task is made for him
"This is totally not my thing", Kelly is not comfortable with this task
"Yeah, this is my thing", Emmett is also used to assembling bikes
Teams complete this road block in the following order (* denotes team member doing the roadblock):
1(+2)Joel* & Ashley (3-2)2(-1)Steph & Kristen* (2-3)3(+1)Jilian & Emmett* (2-3)4(-2)Kelly* & Kate (3-2)5(+1)Frankie* & Amy (3-2)6(-1)Rita & Yvette* (2-3)7(+0)Julie* & Lowell (3-2)8(+0)Anne* & Tanya (3-2)
After the road block we get to see Rita & Yvette getting escorted by their taxi driver across the street. Crossing the street in Vietnam is an experience out of the ordinary due to the enormous amount of scooters occupying the road.
--- Quote ---ROUTE INFO
Bon Appétit!
Make your way to Quán A
Sòi Quân 1 and enjoy a
plate of local delicacies to
receive your next clue.
--- End quote ---
"I'm hoping Cheesecake but I don't think that's gonna happen", Joel
The plate of delicacies turns out to consist of fried crickets, centipedes, worms and a bat. Each team get one plate and once they have finished it they get a dessert. A pair of big fat juicy living Coconut worms. They must eat one each to receive their next clue.
"Oh god, I can't eat that. I hate bugs so much", Ashley after she sees the plate of local delicacies
"Let's get this over and done with so I can move on with my life", Ashley
Ashley reacts strongly when the "dessert" (live worms) is presented but she eats it rather quickly.
"When I look into the bats eyes it gets way worse", Steph
"It's really good, I'm sorry about the face", Steph apologizes to the locals after her meal
"Oh, it's bugs", Kelly & Kate are not scared of this task
"I'm a vegetarian animal lover", Amy do not feel she can do this
"At least they are not alive", Julie when they get the main course
Teams complete the meal in the following order:
1(+0) Joel & Ashley, before the next team even arrives
2(+1) Jilian & Emmett
3(-1) Steph & Kristen
4(+0) Kelly & Kate
5(+1) Rita & Yvette
6(-1) Frankie & Amy
7(+0) Julie & Lowell
8(+0) Anne & Tanya
--- Quote ---DETOUR
Detour: "Flip Flop" or "V-
Pop"
Flip Flop: Perform a bottle-
tossing routine of flair
bartending fast enough to
impress the bar manager to
receive your next clue.
...
--- End quote ---
The FLip Flop option takes part at the Glow rooftop bar. Teams must master a flair-bartending routine. Both team members must perform the routine simultaneously, but they do not need to be in sync.
V-Pop takes place at Kingdom Karaoke. Teams must use a phonetic guide to memorize and properly pronounce the words of a popular Vietnamese pop song (Shine Your Light). Once they have managed to perform it in front of an audience they will get their next clue. They only need to get the words and pronunciations right, it does not matter if they are out of tune.
"Oh my god, am I really a good singer?", Jillian turns out to better than Emmett
Jillian & Emmett are first at the karaoke detour. They make one failed attempt and then go back to study. After a while Emmett say that he will not be able to learn this and that he is afraid that other teams will pass them. So they switch to the bartending task. Once they see the bartending demonstration Jillian wants to switch back, but Emmett vetoes this.
"We sing in church you know. Singing Karaoke, how hard can it be?", Rita & Yvette are abut to find out
"This smiling little sunshine face turns into cranky Frankie", Frankie found the song frustrating
Jillian & Emmett are really getting stressed at the bartending task when the other teams who were there manage to complete the task. They may even think they are last, and then Anne & Tanya arrive and they know they are fighting to avoid elimination. Anne & Tanya get a boost of energy when they see that one other team is here since they have not seen anybody else during the entire day.
"Come on love we can do this, we ate a whole bunch of bugs", Anne wants to remain in the race
Team complete the detour in the following order:
1(+3) Kelly & Kate, sing on their 1st attempt
2(+1) Steph & Kristen, bar on their 25th attempt
3(+2) Rita & Yvette, sing on their 2nd attempt
4(+2) Frankie & Amy, sing on their 2nd attempt
5(-4) Joel & Ashley, bar on their 59th attempt
6(+1) Julie & Lowell, sing on their 1st attempt
7(-5) Jilian & Emmett, started to sing but switched to bar, which they completed on they 63rd attempt
8(+0) Anne & Tanya, bar on their 30th attempt
The next route info tells teams to search for Jon on the pedestrian boulevard in front of the city hall.
The episode is edited to make it seem as if Anne & Tanya complete the detour just after Jillian & Emmett. But looking at the attempt counts it seems they made at least 14 more attempts before they got it. The editing also tries to make it look like it is a close finish, but it really is not.
Teams reach Jon in the following order:
1(+0) Kelly & Kate, win a trip to Los Angeles
2(+0) Steph & Kristen
3(+0) Rita & Yvette
4(+0) Frankie & Amy
5(+0) Joel & Ashley, lost a footrace against Frankie & Amy
6(+0) Julie & Lowell
7(+0) Jilian & Emmett
8(+0) Anne & Tanya, are eliminated
At the mat Jon asks Steph & Kristen who they want to give the second express pass to. They say Frankie & Amy so they will be brought back when the latter check in.
Unfortunately for Steph & Kristen, Joel & Ashley are also on the mat with Frankie & Amy when they give over the second express pass. So the secret is out.
"In this race expect the unexpected. Steph & Kristen are a threat", Ashley
"The whole point of this is for us to show our kids, try and try and try again and never give up", Anne
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