Topic: TAR 27 Ep 5 LIVE SHOW Updates & Commentary!

[Vitoko]

Trackstar waiting for someone to finish.

Cindy&Rick found the skull
so does Logan&Chris
Cindy&Rick get aproached by a lion

Tiffany&Krista arrived in 5th place.

Cindy&Rick and Logan&Chris run pass Jazmine&Danielle
Trackstars found the skull
Everybody balancing baskets.
Foot race. I think.
Logan keeps dropping his basket.


Logan&Chris arrived in 6th place.
Chris talks about how they need to calm down to stay in the race. It's their weakness

Rick drops his basket
One of the trackstar drops her basket

Cindy&Rick arrived in 7th place.

Jazmine&Danielle eliminated in 8th place.
They are bummed down because they are atletes and competitive.
They were happy to race with each other.

End of the episode.

[Theo]

finally an episode that I truly enjoy

[Vitoko]

Logan is the Woman.

Oops! My bad!
Sorry everyone!

[cbacbacba1]

Tiffany & Krista randomly getting 5th place, despite arriving last at the virtual pit-stop 
But now their u-turn power is gone 

Jazmine & Danielle did lose because of themselves
(1) They should have u-turned Tiffany & Krista to ensure they are not last in the 1st pit-stop
(2) They went to the Pit-stop instead of the lion task
(3) They did not read the clue correctly and did not pick up the clue for the lion task
(4) They could not balance fruit 

[Vitoko]

Next week on The Amazing Race.

Tanner's worst nightmare comes true when he has to bungee jump
Krista&Tiffany rapping
Logan: "we had a good lead" she is crying.

And that's it.
Thank for reading everybody.
Sorry for making any mistakes and changing some of the names.

[cbacbacba1]

I am surprised that Bungee is actually the roadblock of Leg 6 
I cannot really think of a reason for Tanner electing to do a Height challenge 

So Bungee > RB
Rap or Aircraft > Detour ?

[elthemagnifico]

Amazing leg (finally) <3333333333

Aside from short intro....

( flashback or switchback ?) RB was amazing...

Detour was linear but really cool...

So many mistakes and breakdown from teams

Walk with lion  <333

Enough teams editing

Balance the fruit to pit stop

LOL why towards to leg 5 to make a amazing leg??

[gamerfan09]

It was a fun leg.... but there's no denying that it was linear =/

[Vitoko]

It was a fun leg.... but there's no denying that it was linear =/

Is frustrating. They had to wait for someone to finish multiple times during the leg.
They had to wait in line at the free fall, then later at the crocs and then only two teams could do the lion walk at the same time.

[RaceUntilWeDie]

Honestly, I had low expectations for the episodes mainly because I knew the tasks were gonna be so linear/straightforward. But it turned out to be a fun and suspenseful episode

I knew Jazmine & Danielle were gonna be eliminated thanks to spoilers, but the whole episode I was wondering how the heck that would happen.

The fruit task is easily the best of the season so far... what a great way to add some suspense! I feel like TAR should do more of those. Stick a task literally right before the Pit Stop. This way they won't have to waste time making clues or waste money on an extra location.

I think the fact that Justin & Diana and Tanner & Josh ended up parting ways saved the episode from airtime dedicated to the rivalry. So good job Tanner & Josh for falling behind

I got excited when Justin said "We're in trouble." Sorry guys. It was just nice to see you guys had some flaws.

x100 at Denise & James Earl winning the leg.

[RachelLeVega]

Now that both Express Passes are rid and have cleared most evil, the race can continue in full "swing", so to say. In a leg full of danger with carnivorous animals, a snappy Logan, and an elimination to top it all off, the episode provided a close insight of a typical and rather harmonious African safari in the TAR universe..... Who am I kidding?! The editing made this episode look bad. And the amount of navigation and task drama in this leg deserved better. One thing that I am not kidding, OJ is making me type smarter, or am I?

LEG 5 (Zimbabwe) EPISODE REVIEW
Drink: Freshly squeezed non-alcoholic orange juice
We get no time to even blink and teams are shown starting off where they stood as of last episode. Finally, the EP's are extinct for now. And we immediately see other teams piling in to the orphanage to get their next clue by Phil. Tiffany & Krista even frantically tried to U-Turn the leg winners. What a scramble!

ROADBLOCK: (Who wants to take it back to Batoka "George"?)
I enjoyed watching this season 1 Switchback, and seeing the gorge in high-definition this time satisfyingly spot out all the details and river color in brighter hues. But - wouldn't this count as a trip back into Zambia again or have we thought this all wrong since season 1?
ROADBLOCK SCORE: 9/10 (in terms of first Detour task history), in this new era case 8.7/10.

DETOUR: (Encaged & Feed or Paddle & Retrieve)
Though this task did provide lots of drama from the laughable rivaling teams, Tiffany & Krista and Logan & Chris the tasks were as linear as well... a line. I didn't love the tasks, but I have to respect them. By the end of tonight, my final say is that this was a relatively boring Detour choice, except for the crocodiles.
DETOUR SCORE: 7.8/10

And then we have the Pit Stop, but not before we see avalanches of fruit falling everywhere along the trail. Crazy as it is, I loved the turtle-paced foot race to the Pit Stop. It's a refreshing spin, but here is the main thing these newer seasons need to keep the race alive and spectacular: MORE SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC! I can't stress this enough.

OVERALL: 7.9/10

My overall ranking would have been so much higher, even close to a 10 if the editing had been mastered to draw suspense in this race cast scenario between two teams rivaling each other to the three-way stroll to the Pit Stop. The editing currently is just flat and doesn't add anything interesting.

More orange juice for me.

Just a heads up for next week regarding updating:
I will be attending a wedding ceremony & reception for a friend scheduled on Friday. Unfortunately, this will mean I will have to miss the Paris, France leg on live TV. The review for that episode will most likely not be posted on the live updating thread for episode 6 until Saturday. Luckily, I will be having champagne to keep up with the TAR27 drinks theme I'm "secretly" doing here.

[freds]

I Watch this leg and the previous of the next. I lived near Paris and the last picture of the preview is about transportation problem. When Alen will post the pics of the preview, i will wrote about that. I just write for the moment that a route info is not in Paris (the plane task) and transportation could have a good part for the race.

[Belle Book]

Tiffany & Krista randomly getting 5th place, despite arriving last at the virtual pit-stop 
But now their u-turn power is gone 

Jazmine & Danielle did lose because of themselves
(1) They should have u-turned Tiffany & Krista to ensure they are not last in the 1st pit-stop
(2) They went to the Pit-stop instead of the lion task
(3) They did not read the clue correctly and did not pick up the clue for the lion task
(4) They could not balance fruit 

As far as U-Turning Tiffany & Krista, hindsight is always 20/20.  And they weren't the only ones having problems balancing fruit.  The key errors were going to the Pit Stop instead of the lion task and failing to read their clue correctly and thus not picking up the clue for the lion task.  Read the clue!

[Dånooky]

I thought ChacAttack was going home, they keep making small mistakes and falling behind. However Jaz and Dani completely deserved their elimination for failing to read their clues and for making the exact same mistake they witnessed other teams making on the same leg. Denise & James caught a lucky break and finally made a new entry in the winners' circle, however I don't feel like they'll win any more legs. Green Team and Texas are definitely on league way over the rest of the teams and based on their performances so far, the only team that could compete with them might be Kelsey & Joey. Hopefully one of the slower teams picks up the pace, otherwise it will be a two-team race until the end.

[Jobby]

Denise and Earl James getting the EP. Omg, secretly happy HAHA.
omg no more team intros again -_-

DENISE AND JAMES EARL FIRST <3333333333 OMG
Jazmine and Danielle, like OMG? OMG? OMG?

-_- This team just got a whole lot of bad luck (not reading clue, then thinking that they didn't need to do anything at the lion encounter) and everything. #READYOURCLUE
Bye bye Jazmine and Danielle.

This is clearly the best leg so far. I have no complaints. <3

[Jobby]

I have little problem with it being linear because you sort of only have yourselves to blame if you fall behind... or the waiting time at each task.... but I think the tasks made up for it. For these tasks, I think I appreciated the waiting time lol

At least the linear legs are not as bad as those first 4-5 legs on TAR 24. *rolleyes*

[bottle]

I loved this leg and linearity of it and tasks 

[Andre]

This is arguably the best leg of the season so far! Loving everything despite its predictability and straightforward task! Anyway do you guys think that Jazmine and Danielle were not "that" close with Cindy and Rick on the race to the pit stop?

[WinTar]

This has been the best leg of the season so far, but it doesn't mean it's amazing. Just goes to show how much this season isn't that good right now.

[Glamazon Racer]

Horrible leg but Denise & James Earl winning <3 and TIFFANY & KRISTA WITH THE BEST U-TURN EVER <3333333333333333333

[Andre]

and somehow I just hate Chris's attitude. He is just so pessimistic. The distance between the 5th place and last place was so thin, but he wanted to switch over to another detour because they must wait for only a few minutes? It was a suicide! Luckily they sticked with it and survive...

[naejae91]

I love the Kevin & Drew "Swing, you fat bastard, swing!!!" flashback.


I wish the Victoria fall and the village last leg can insert more TAR1 flashback.

[Nyoman_SB1]

Just watched the episode. Definitely my fav episode so far this season 
Denise & James Earl winning 
people complained on Facebook page because of "Walk with lions"  , i don't know what you guys think 

[TARUSAFan]

Definitely loved the episode. The editing gave us every bit of all the teams. Finally, an episode without stressing much on the rivalry of Tanner & Josh and Justin & Diana. The tasks were awesome but linear. I just did not like the waiting time though for the Freefall Roadblock, the Croc cage diving Detour and the Lion Encounter. For the Roadblock. I'll give it a 10/10. It was definitely a flashback of "Swing you fat bastard! Swing!" moment from Season 1. For the Detour, I'll give it a 7.5/10, although it gave us some tension and drama. It felt kinda boring. Loved the Lion Encounter task. I found the fruit-balancing task to Pit Stop awesome, definitely the slowest footrace to Pit Stop. Overall, this was a great leg,      the only let down here for me, are the 2 Detour choices.  It could have been better if the Detour tasks were White-water rafting along the Zambezi River or the Switchback of Detour in Season 1 Leg 2 where they had to photograph certain wild animals.

Finally Denise & James Earl won  . Hopefully Tiffany & Krista will join them in the winners circle. Feel bad for Jazmine & Danielle, they could have gone further. It was their fault that contributed to their elimination, they did not read their clues, Twice! It could have been a foot "fruit" race battle between Logan & Chris and Cindy & Rick if Jazmine & Danielle did not commit errors. Love the enthusiasm of Tiffany & Krista and thanking the Zimbabwean women at the Pit Stop. It is clear that they are having a great time on the Race despite the stresses and coming in last in Leg 4.

[RaceUntilWeDie]

Did anyone else find it funny when Logan & Chris were following Cindy & Rick... they really showed their paparazzi side