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Re: TAR 29 Ep 7 LIVE SHOW Updates & Commentary! 5/4/17 *read Post 1*
« Reply #1 on: May 04, 2017, 01:25:41 AM »
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Re: TAR 29 Ep 7 LIVE SHOW Updates & Commentary! 5/4/17 *read Post 1*
« Reply #2 on: May 04, 2017, 08:40:43 PM »
I have arrived! All I have to say for tonight is cin cin!
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Re: TAR 29 Ep 7 LIVE SHOW Updates & Commentary! 5/4/17 *read Post 1*
« Reply #3 on: May 04, 2017, 08:51:38 PM »
Starting Lineup:

    Becca and Floyd

    Matt and Redmond

    Tara and Joey

    Michael and Liz

    Brooke and Scott

    London and Logan

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Re: TAR 29 Ep 7 LIVE SHOW Updates & Commentary! 5/4/17 *read Post 1*
« Reply #4 on: May 04, 2017, 08:54:03 PM »
Here to see a great leg!  :)
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Re: TAR 29 Ep 7 LIVE SHOW Updates & Commentary! 5/4/17 *read Post 1*
« Reply #5 on: May 04, 2017, 08:57:29 PM »
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Re: TAR 29 Ep 7 LIVE SHOW Updates & Commentary! 5/4/17 *read Post 1*
« Reply #6 on: May 04, 2017, 09:01:37 PM »
And we are on the air!

Previously on TAR, seven teams traveled from Norway to Italy, and many made and carried out a U-Turn gang up. Tara & Joey made art while Scott & Brooke made drama. While Becca & Floyd got first, Vance & Ashton could not make up their time and was eliminated from the race.

Six teams remain, who will be eliminated next?
Intro!
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« Reply #7 on: May 04, 2017, 09:06:40 PM »
We commence the leg with Mike & Liz missing home and their families! It's taking a toll on their distance away from who they know.

Becca & Floyd depart first at 3:07 am

ROUTE INFO: Travel by bus to Venice, Italy! Upon arriving, teams must go to Piazza San Marco and find a street sweeper who would hand them their next clue.

Matt & Red and Tara & Joey follow suit.
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Re: TAR 29 Ep 7 LIVE SHOW Updates & Commentary! 5/4/17 *read Post 1*
« Reply #8 on: May 04, 2017, 09:08:46 PM »
Everyone arrives and departs on two separate Mercedes limo buses!
Scott wants to remain mute for Brooke's emotional state.

1st group arrives in Venice and taking a speedboat to the Piazza.
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Re: TAR 29 Ep 7 LIVE SHOW Updates & Commentary! 5/4/17 *read Post 1*
« Reply #9 on: May 04, 2017, 09:11:58 PM »
Teams in the first bus get into the main city's canal system and are now running up to the sweeper! Run Tara & Joey Run!!!

DETOUR: Sing It or Bring It
In Sing It, teams must learn an Italian song and hit all the right melodies to a gondola couple to receive their next clue.
In Bring It, teams must stack a cart with luggage and deliver them to a specified hotel address on foot to get their next clue.
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Re: TAR 29 Ep 7 LIVE SHOW Updates & Commentary! 5/4/17 *read Post 1*
« Reply #10 on: May 04, 2017, 09:14:01 PM »
Scott & Brooke pull a Jessie & Francesca and can't find the clue giver in plain sight. :lol: Commercial break.
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Re: TAR 29 Ep 7 LIVE SHOW Updates & Commentary! 5/4/17 *read Post 1*
« Reply #11 on: May 04, 2017, 09:16:52 PM »
Red & Matt losing 1st due to navigational error... ??? Yeah... especially Brazil, but it was footrace and boat race for the past 2 legs.

LoLo are playing strategy here. They are at the back, so they're playing it smart. :hoot:

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Re: TAR 29 Ep 7 LIVE SHOW Updates & Commentary! 5/4/17 *read Post 1*
« Reply #12 on: May 04, 2017, 09:20:02 PM »
As we come back from the break, the odd couple finally receive their DT clue. And Mike & Liz expected help from LoLo, but they are dead to them now. (It's a race, deal with it.)

Matt & Red and Becca & Floyd get to their options. Team Fun look funtastic in their adorable getups. They are singing "The Blonde Girl in the Gondola" while Matt & Red are transporting luggage with utter confusion and falling catastrophe.
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Re: TAR 29 Ep 7 LIVE SHOW Updates & Commentary! 5/4/17 *read Post 1*
« Reply #13 on: May 04, 2017, 09:21:57 PM »
Imagine the luggage task being a Roadblock! :O

Team Fun are now going to sing!
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Re: TAR 29 Ep 7 LIVE SHOW Updates & Commentary! 5/4/17 *read Post 1*
« Reply #14 on: May 04, 2017, 09:24:12 PM »
Matt & Redmond get to their hotel and deliver all the luggage!

ROUTE INFO: Travel by water taxi to Ca' Zenobio!
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« Reply #15 on: May 04, 2017, 09:25:07 PM »
Oh my gosh, the singing is horrific this time around. :word:
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« Reply #16 on: May 04, 2017, 09:26:53 PM »
ROADBLOCK:
One team member has to choose an actor from the Venetian theatrical performance and create a mask exactly like the one the actor is wearing to receive their next clue.
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« Reply #17 on: May 04, 2017, 09:30:28 PM »
And finally, everyone off the singing Detour! Now each team is on their way to Venobio!
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Re: TAR 29 Ep 7 LIVE SHOW Updates & Commentary! 5/4/17 *read Post 1*
« Reply #18 on: May 04, 2017, 09:31:53 PM »
LoLo finds a vacationing family to take them to Ca Zenobio :lol:
Meanwhile, Brooke wants to jump in the water and quit after not being able to hire a water taxi.

Commercials.
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« Reply #19 on: May 04, 2017, 09:34:28 PM »
LoLo finds a vacationing family to take them to Ca Zenobio :lol:
Meanwhile, Brooke wants to jump in the water and quit after not being able to hire a water taxi.

Commercials.

When was the last time teams went to Venice? I don't remember water taxi drama like this. :lol:


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« Reply #20 on: May 04, 2017, 09:37:07 PM »
I like how equally challenging both detour are.
Sing It requires signing a song in Italian, and both racers have to be synchronized, of course. I like the boat couple's reactions sometimes. :lol: It gives the teams a clue how well they're doing. :hrt:
Bring It may be a physical task, but it does not require a judge's approval, so teams should just have a good sense of direction, aside from physical strength.

A W-turn here would've been fine, but the way this leg started with the bus ride, maybe it's better on a different leg.

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« Reply #21 on: May 04, 2017, 09:38:03 PM »
And we return with Scott & Brooke having a mental breakdown over taxis. Redmond's mask gets disapproved because it wasn't shiny enough. Tara reveals the Roadblock question is: "Whose got masked intentions?"

Redmond finishes the RB!
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Re: TAR 29 Ep 7 LIVE SHOW Updates & Commentary! 5/4/17 *read Post 1*
« Reply #22 on: May 04, 2017, 09:38:18 PM »
Venice's last visit? Long, long ago! Season 4

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« Reply #23 on: May 04, 2017, 09:41:57 PM »
And Matt & Redmond FINALLY get their first 1st, winning a trip for two to Grenada!
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« Reply #24 on: May 04, 2017, 09:43:32 PM »
"I don't feel good about any of this, but I guess I'll do it!" :funny:
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« Reply #25 on: May 04, 2017, 09:45:21 PM »
And now Brooke is exemplifying ladle strainer behavior again, uh oh.
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« Reply #26 on: May 04, 2017, 09:48:28 PM »
Liz is screwed unless Brooke or London mess up their painting and blending process also.

An Becca & Floyd get 2nd!
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« Reply #27 on: May 04, 2017, 09:50:02 PM »
Title quote should be "Nice knowing ya!" ;)

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« Reply #28 on: May 04, 2017, 09:51:50 PM »
The roadblock is challenging! It needs color blending, attention to detail, shininess. Bonus points for the distracting background.

London needs that buffer. It showed how she wanted to help Liz, yet she can't. :( Brooke should be able to do it herself. Gotta agree with Liz.

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« Reply #29 on: May 04, 2017, 09:53:40 PM »
And we return from CBS commercials with Liz wanting to cry then and there.

Tara & Joey are team number 3! "have fun and get it done" Tara says the official title.

Meanwhile, Brooke surprisingly finishes, wtf?
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« Reply #30 on: May 04, 2017, 09:57:08 PM »
London finishes right after and LoLo and Odd Coiple join forces to run to the PS together. Liz & Michael will swim to the Pit stop if they have to.

Meanwhile, the Justice League went over the wrong bridge direction, but catch up in 4th (Lolo) and 5th (Scott & Brooke) on the mat.

Unfortunately, Liz & Michael arrive in last... but it turns out it was a non-elimination leg!!! And they let out their emotions from the beginning of the episode. THEY WILL HAVE TO COMPLETE A SPEED BUMP IN THE NEXT LEG... they are going 200% next leg.

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« Reply #31 on: May 04, 2017, 09:59:32 PM »
This is one of the best designed legs so far! :hoot:

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« Reply #32 on: May 04, 2017, 09:59:50 PM »
Next episode: A confusing self drive reopens old wounds and the U-Turn faces another scrutiny.
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« Reply #33 on: May 04, 2017, 10:00:57 PM »
This is one of the best designed legs so far! :hoot:
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« Reply #34 on: May 04, 2017, 10:03:26 PM »
An exciting U-turn it seems! :hearts: That summons me to the episode speculation thread as usual. :lol:

Self-driving again! :hearts: Liz & Mike gonna get Panama and Norway flashbacks. This strongly shows how self-driving has a good chance of changing the outcomes of TAR27 (the season without self-driving).

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« Reply #35 on: May 04, 2017, 10:03:42 PM »
What a cool and unique city.

Their gondolier singing left a lot to be desired  :funny:

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« Reply #36 on: May 04, 2017, 10:04:23 PM »
My prediction round is dead
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« Reply #37 on: May 04, 2017, 10:05:52 PM »
If Liz & Mike get eliminated next leg, I hope the F3 is Mom&Dad, TheBoys and Fun
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« Reply #38 on: May 04, 2017, 10:12:52 PM »
I think this episode has the most suspenseful ending so far.

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« Reply #39 on: May 04, 2017, 10:17:19 PM »
This should have been the elimination leg imagine one more leg of Ashton & Vanck? :(

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« Reply #40 on: May 05, 2017, 01:39:15 AM »
This should have been the elimination leg imagine one more leg of Ashton & Vanck? :(
I wish it was like
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Norway > 8th place elimination
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Venice > 7th place elimination + u-turn (with out the provided bus ride, but let teams find tickets by themselves)

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« Reply #41 on: May 05, 2017, 05:37:31 AM »
This should have been the elimination leg imagine one more leg of Ashton & Vanck? :(

I wish it was! I missed Vanck and Ashton so much during this leg  :(

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« Reply #42 on: May 05, 2017, 06:04:35 AM »
What's with the massive drop with Liz and Michael?

I fear for their safety next week...

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« Reply #43 on: May 05, 2017, 06:07:13 AM »
What's with the massive drop with Liz and Michael?

I fear for their safety next week...

It wasn't that massive, but 1 mistake in the roadblock can be very costly. With self-driving next leg, I really wonder how they will fare. ???

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« Reply #44 on: May 05, 2017, 07:48:35 AM »
A much better Leg than last Leg, but I agree a U-Turn here would've greatly improved the overall race design.  Even if Leg 6 was still an elimination, without the U-Turn last Leg, we would've had another Leg with Ash & Vanck, and one less Leg with THE MOST BORING TEAM EVER - LoLo.  :groan:

As for that preview - I'm praying for Mike & Liz already.  :'(  Surely teams aren't that stupid to waste the last U-Turn on a weak team?  ....... Then again!  :saywhat:
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« Reply #45 on: May 05, 2017, 08:00:40 AM »
lolo arent boring they were utrp cute and they emerged as cpn superstars this leg <3

plus there's nothing funnier than what is clearly the most physical looking team absolutely doing poorly at almost every task :lol:

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« Reply #46 on: May 05, 2017, 08:14:06 AM »
lolo arent boring they were utrp cute and they emerged as cpn superstars this leg <3

plus there's nothing funnier than what is clearly the most physical looking team absolutely doing poorly at almost every task :lol:

That's the only upside to them, they're doing so badly, that I'm not that annoyed they're still in it, but I really can't have them at all.  :groan:  They're definitely the luckiest team left, they could've been gone multiple times.

Leg 1 - If they were on the 2nd Flight they could've been in the same situation as Kevin & Jenn.
Leg 2 - If Shamir wasn't such a whinger, and Fran & Jess got an earlier flight, again they could've been sent packing.
Leg 3 - If the ferry had left half an hour earlier they'd have been left behind with S&S.
Leg 6 - Only for that blasted U-Turn, they probably would've been eliminated.
Leg 7 - If Liz did the RB properly, they would've come last, and saved from the NEL.

They're just not my thaaang!  :lol: 
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« Reply #47 on: May 05, 2017, 09:54:20 AM »
Rewatched the episode just to make sure I don't miss any details.

I like how equally challenging both detour are.
Sing It requires signing a song in Italian, and both racers have to be synchronized, of course. I like the boat couple's reactions sometimes. :lol: It gives the teams a clue how well they're doing. :hrt:
Bring It may be a physical task, but it does not require a judge's approval, so teams should just have a good sense of direction, aside from physical strength.

A W-turn here would've been fine, but the way this leg started with the bus ride, maybe it's better on a different leg.

The roadblock is challenging! It needs color blending, attention to detail, shininess. Bonus points for the distracting background.

My opinion on the detour and the roadblock remain the same, so I'll just talk about the events throughout the leg.

If there's anything I didn't like this leg, it's the set bus departure. I would've said that it wouldn't matter, but that didn't look like the case. Teams met each other at the roadblock, but 15 minutes can change a lot depending on the situation.

Water taxi drama! I'm glad there was even such a thing. Tara & Joey couldn't find one going to the detour, so they made a smart decision of having the hotel order them a water taxi. Brooke got frustrated; enough said. :lol: LoLo just shared one with a family on vacation. Overall, it was fun watching teams having trouble with water taxis.

Matt & Red ran a really smooth leg. Redmond and his best leg joke. :funny: True enough. What an explanation! Anyway, luck was on their side. They were on the 1st bus. They didn't have a problem going to the detour and then doing the detour. They easily hailed a water taxi on their way to the roadblock, and even though Redmond's mask was not approved on his 1st check, he lacked something that could easily be added. Tasks were no issue, water taxi was no problem, so they were really lucky to be 1st and way ahead of everyone else.

Becca & Floyd probably took a while from the detour itself. If it wasn't for that, they might have been fighting for 1st too. Floyd went through the roadblock smoothly, very.

Tara & Joey had a problem with the water taxi on their way to the detour, so that took them some time. Tara had to start over her mask too, but since Tara & Joey picked the detour that didn't have a judge and were on the 1st bus, they were fine.

Brooke & Scott were fine too. Brooke panicked a bit at the roadblock, and it started out as annoying that she kept asking for help. The lady demonstrating the process was just on the 1st part, so she could've easily caught up after seeing step 1. Good thing for her is that she made a risk that paid off. She wasn't sure about the part that required wiping the black paint off, but she did it, and everything else went smoothly from there. Good thing she didn't get help from anyone and just did it herself. The ladle was definitely much worse since she complained too much for the others to help her. Here, she was ignored, yet she did it properly on the 1st try and finished ahead of 2 racers! Brooke is a mixed bag. I find her slightly annoying yet she makes up for it, sometimes in a way I didn't expect. I like Scott better though with all his reactions and expressions. This episode, it's his reaction on Brooke finishing surprisingly ahead of 2 others. At least he knows how to adapt to his partner's behavior now. He's just calm and collected in order for Brooke to panic less than she did before.

LoLo was being smart not helping the teams near them, because they're at the back of the pack and they need the buffer. I think they care for others, but they have to care for themselves more. At least that's what the edit seems like, not something antagonistic or villainous. Their leg was bumpy on the water taxi part, especially the one en route to the roadblock. It bumped them down by 1 place. Also, I think London just picked the "harder" mask for Brooke to finish ahead of her, or maybe London just slowed down to avoid mistakes. They had a potential for 3rd or 4th for being on the 2nd bus, but 2nd to the last can't be too bad on a NEL.

Liz & Mike may have finished last on the detour, but 2 other teams had a water taxi problem, so they caught up. Liz just missed the wiping of the black paint part of the roadblock. She seemed confident because she knew how to paint, but she just didn't know there was a right way to do it. She didn't follow the steps, and that was enough of a mistake to put her team in last, but it's a NEL!

To be honest, I don't mind this leg being a NEL. I actually want a NEL to be on 1 of the 1st 2 legs. I don't like seeing 4 straight elimination legs from Leg 1 to Leg 4 (lowkey don't like Leg 2 to Leg 5 like TAR28). They've done worse in the classic seasons, so I'm glad they changed their ways. I really enjoy more NEL's at the beginning because not are they less predictable, but they also give more teams some more time to shine. I like seasons like TAR18 wherein 2 ZHPS's are on the 1st half of the season. Then there's TAR Aus 2 wherein the NEL and ZHPS were on F8 and F7 respectively. Plus points to the Salvage Pass being used on Leg 1 to save the 11th team. Maybe it's just me, but I enjoy seeing more teams race further. TAR21 was a bit low on me on its NEL distribution.

Liz & Mike + self-driving & directions = An infinite number of oh-noes. If they both get called back for all-stars as a team and they screw up on a self-driving leg, I would not be surprised at all. Panama and Norway showed enough of their poor communication when it comes to directions. Greece next leg? Ho ho ho. Good luck to them! :ascared I'm gonna make a wild guess that they might not even reach the pit stop and it's late at night by the time Phil eliminates them.

The W-turn next leg seems very interesting. Brooke didn't have an A-list and B-list of people anymore, so that's good. There were 3 teams on the 1st scene. Brooke & Scott and LoLo were the only ones I saw and remember clearly. ??? Tara & Joey look like they were U-turned from that preview, but these previews are tricky especially when it comes to W-turns. Can't wait for the screencap pics on the episode thread. :grins: Will probably do more speculating there.

Overall, this leg was really amazing! Although, I think Tanzania 2 delivered its episode better despite the bunching point at the boat. In this leg, that set bus ride at the start seems to have a very significant effect for the 3 teams in front and 3 teams at the back.

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« Reply #48 on: May 05, 2017, 10:11:32 AM »
To be honest, I don't mind this leg being a NEL. I actually want a NEL to be on 1 of the 1st 2 legs. I don't like seeing 4 straight elimination legs from Leg 1 to Leg 4 (lowkey don't like Leg 2 to Leg 5 like TAR28). They've done worse in the classic seasons, so I'm glad they changed their ways. I really enjoy more NEL's at the beginning because not are they less predictable, but they also give more teams some more time to shine. I like seasons like TAR18 wherein 2 ZHPS's are on the 1st half of the season. Then there's TAR Aus 2 wherein the NEL and ZHPS were on F8 and F7 respectively. Plus points to the Salvage Pass being used on Leg 1 to save the 11th team. Maybe it's just me, but I enjoy seeing more teams race further. TAR21 was a bit low on me on its NEL distribution.
^^^ This!  :conf:  Just This!  :lol:  Oz 2 is prob my all time favourite season, for this EXACT reason.  :hoot:  And UB has always been one of my favourite US Seasons.

Although it would never happen due to budget, and realistically, it probably just wouldn't work that well, I've always wished there'd be a Season where there's no Eliminations, and all 11 teams race to the Finish Line.   :escape  :funny:  It sooooo wouldn't work though.  :(

But anyway getting off topic.....  This Leg was great - Hopefully Leg 6 was just a blip, and the season gets back on form.
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« Reply #49 on: May 05, 2017, 03:27:50 PM »
Design-wise, this was the best leg for me so far.
No mid-leg bunching, no imbalanced tasks, difficult navigation between tasks and many opportunities for teams to screw up and switch placements (as we saw).
All in all, it was really hard to run a perfect leg.

I loved LoLo getting a bigger edit, but Brooke outshines everyone. :lol: GIVE ME THAT FLO REALNESS! And seeing her complain + complain + beg for help + bitch at the judge + finish the task randomly ahead of 2 other teams was the best thing I've seen in a while. :lol:

Also, they seem to have stepped up the editing this season! The last parts of the leg were very suspenseful, and I actually thought LoLo & BrookeScott were gonna check in after MikeLiz.

My prediction round is dead
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What happened?
lolo arent boring they were utrp cute and they emerged as cpn superstars this leg <3

plus there's nothing funnier than what is clearly the most physical looking team absolutely doing poorly at almost every task :lol:
Lol I agree, it's so ironic how they (pretty much) suck.

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« Reply #50 on: May 05, 2017, 03:30:24 PM »
This leg was amazing. Suspense, great tasks and lots of Brooke.  :)

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« Reply #51 on: May 05, 2017, 06:15:04 PM »
lolo arent boring they were utrp cute and they emerged as cpn superstars this leg <3

plus there's nothing funnier than what is clearly the most physical looking team absolutely doing poorly at almost every task :lol:


That's the only upside to them, they're doing so badly, that I'm not that annoyed they're still in it, but I really can't have them at all.  :groan:  They're definitely the luckiest team left, they could've been gone multiple times.

Leg 1 - If they were on the 2nd Flight they could've been in the same situation as Kevin & Jenn.
Leg 2 - If Shamir wasn't such a whinger, and Fran & Jess got an earlier flight, again they could've been sent packing.
Leg 3 - If the ferry had left half an hour earlier they'd have been left behind with S&S.
Leg 6 - Only for that blasted U-Turn, they probably would've been eliminated.
Leg 7 - If Liz did the RB properly, they would've come last, and saved from the NEL.

They're just not my thaaang!  :lol:

I strongly disagree. LoLo are the underdogs of the season but every season has 1 or 2 of those teams and the extra scenes show that they are funny, sweet and get along great. The first two legs of yours is wrong. Leg 1, Liz&Mike, Kevin&Jenn still wouldve gotten more lost. Leg 2 mainly had finishes similar to leg 1. Leg 4, they did get lucky but more so bc they were smart enough to switch at the right time. Leg 6, VanckAshton got lost looking for the detour clue & uturn, and so LoLo finished their detour before V&A finished 1 of them.

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« Reply #52 on: May 06, 2017, 04:19:35 AM »
lolo arent boring they were utrp cute and they emerged as cpn superstars this leg <3

plus there's nothing funnier than what is clearly the most physical looking team absolutely doing poorly at almost every task :lol:


That's the only upside to them, they're doing so badly, that I'm not that annoyed they're still in it, but I really can't have them at all.  :groan:  They're definitely the luckiest team left, they could've been gone multiple times.

Leg 1 - If they were on the 2nd Flight they could've been in the same situation as Kevin & Jenn.
Leg 2 - If Shamir wasn't such a whinger, and Fran & Jess got an earlier flight, again they could've been sent packing.
Leg 3 - If the ferry had left half an hour earlier they'd have been left behind with S&S.
Leg 6 - Only for that blasted U-Turn, they probably would've been eliminated.
Leg 7 - If Liz did the RB properly, they would've come last, and saved from the NEL.

They're just not my thaaang!  :lol:

I strongly disagree. LoLo are the underdogs of the season but every season has 1 or 2 of those teams and the extra scenes show that they are funny, sweet and get along great. The first two legs of yours is wrong. Leg 1, Liz&Mike, Kevin&Jenn still wouldve gotten more lost. Leg 2 mainly had finishes similar to leg 1. Leg 4, they did get lucky but more so bc they were smart enough to switch at the right time. Leg 6, VanckAshton got lost looking for the detour clue & uturn, and so LoLo finished their detour before V&A finished 1 of them.
For leg 6, we do not know who finish the detour first
But you better remember that the rock climb detour is closer to pit-stop

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« Reply #53 on: May 06, 2017, 06:10:50 AM »
I strongly disagree. LoLo are the underdogs of the season but every season has 1 or 2 of those teams and the extra scenes show that they are funny, sweet and get along great. The first two legs of yours is wrong. Leg 1, Liz&Mike, Kevin&Jenn still wouldve gotten more lost. Leg 2 mainly had finishes similar to leg 1. Leg 4, they did get lucky but more so bc they were smart enough to switch at the right time. Leg 6, VanckAshton got lost looking for the detour clue & uturn, and so LoLo finished their detour before V&A finished 1 of them.

In Leg 1, LoLo were on the first flight, and still managed to fall to 8th.  I believe they had seriously bad navigation problems, which production / editors decided not to cover due to Mike Liz / Kevin Jenn.  Had they been on the second flight however, we would've got to see this, and could've resulted in them not finishing the detour either.

Leg 2 had finishes the total opposite of Leg 1  :ascared  The top 2 teams in Leg 2, were near the back in Leg 1, the middle teams all switched placements, and LoLo stayed at the back of the pack.  Like I say, if Fran & Jess had gotten an earlier flight, even the fifth flight, they probably would've survived, and if Shamir had've manned up then LoLo most likely would've been going home.

Vanck & Ashton said they were only 15 minutes behind LoLo when they reached the pitstop, and that was probably due to the time wasted when getting lost.  If they didn't get lost, or U-Turned for that matter, LoLo definitely would've went home.

And just to clarify - Underdog teams are my favourite teams in almost all Seasons, but in this case, I just don't find LoLo that entertaining.  And just because a team is sweet and get along doesn't mean they're good to watch.  They may be great people, but that doesn't justify me wanting them to win. - I'm sure everyone on the race is a great person, but 20 of those great people won't win, and for me, LoLo are in that category.
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« Reply #54 on: May 09, 2017, 01:04:29 AM »
I have to agree - LoLo need to GO!! They are very boring and seldom get involved in any drama. They are always at the back of the pack and usually rely on some other team to get them to the pit-stop. London is still fine (her facial expressions are hilarious!!) but Logan looks so dazed. I wouldn't want Liz and Mike to get out next leg, but I have a bad feeling that a combination of self driving, a speed bump (and presumably a u-turn, a la nicky and kim, Tanner and Josh) might just cause their elimination.
Oh well.
I have a bad feeling that Brooke and Scott are going all the way till the final leg. People who whine a lot usually end up miraculously in like 2nd place on the final leg.

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« Reply #55 on: May 09, 2017, 01:44:44 AM »
i'm kinda lazy to write a long though, so direct and short verdict...

this leg was amazingly amazing. I loved the design, the task, Venice, the water taxi drama and the editing at the last minute... it was a package of awesomeness put into 49 minutes of this leg... good job...

but yeah agree with some that this should have been an EL and U-turn leg but still what a reunion in this leg...
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« Reply #56 on: May 28, 2017, 02:30:12 PM »
I strongly disagree. LoLo are the underdogs of the season but every season has 1 or 2 of those teams and the extra scenes show that they are funny, sweet and get along great. The first two legs of yours is wrong. Leg 1, Liz&Mike, Kevin&Jenn still wouldve gotten more lost. Leg 2 mainly had finishes similar to leg 1. Leg 4, they did get lucky but more so bc they were smart enough to switch at the right time. Leg 6, VanckAshton got lost looking for the detour clue & uturn, and so LoLo finished their detour before V&A finished 1 of them.

In Leg 1, LoLo were on the first flight, and still managed to fall to 8th.  I believe they had seriously bad navigation problems, which production / editors decided not to cover due to Mike Liz / Kevin Jenn.  Had they been on the second flight however, we would've got to see this, and could've resulted in them not finishing the detour either.

Leg 2 had finishes the total opposite of Leg 1  :ascared  The top 2 teams in Leg 2, were near the back in Leg 1, the middle teams all switched placements, and LoLo stayed at the back of the pack.  Like I say, if Fran & Jess had gotten an earlier flight, even the fifth flight, they probably would've survived, and if Shamir had've manned up then LoLo most likely would've been going home.

Vanck & Ashton said they were only 15 minutes behind LoLo when they reached the pitstop, and that was probably due to the time wasted when getting lost.  If they didn't get lost, or U-Turned for that matter, LoLo definitely would've went home.

And just to clarify - Underdog teams are my favourite teams in almost all Seasons, but in this case, I just don't find LoLo that entertaining.  And just because a team is sweet and get along doesn't mean they're good to watch.  They may be great people, but that doesn't justify me wanting them to win. - I'm sure everyone on the race is a great person, but 20 of those great people won't win, and for me, LoLo are in that category.

I just found out that LoLo actually arrived 6th in Leg 1, but Tara & Joey and Vanck & Ashton got time credits, which caused them to fall, so I feel that they still wouldve survived the next leg, so they deserve less crap than they get