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Amazing Race Canada Season 4, Episode 5, "Little blind tugboat that could"
Film date: 2016-05-09 - 2016-05-10
The last pit stop was on the pedestrian boulevard in front of the city hall in Ho Chi Mih City. Teams are released from a sidewalk at a different place in the city. They are released in the following order:
1.Kelly & Kate 10:282.Steph & Kristen 10:38+0:103.Rita & Yvette 11:17+0:494.Frankie & Amy 11:56+1:285.Joel & Ashley 11:57+1:296.Julie & Lowell 12:18+1:507.Jilian & Emmett 12:56+2:28
All teams are motivated for this leg. Steph & Kristen want to get first as a change (after 3 second places). Frankie & Amy are stoked about the express pass they got from Steph & Kristen in the previous leg and Jillian & Emmett want to get back into first where they think they belong.
--- Quote ---ROUTE INFO
Fly to Haida Gwaii, British
Columbia!
Once there, find your next
clue in the new 2017
Chevrolet Volt.
BMO is here to help. You
have $550 on your
Cashback MasterCard for
this leg of the Race.
--- End quote ---
We are not shown any airport drama so we can assume that the flights were pre-arranged. Teams first flew to Taipei on the 9th and from there they probably flew:
BR10 TPE - YVR 02:03 - 21:46-1 (scheduled 23:55 - 19:40)
AC8504 YVR - YZP 13:08 - 15:10 (scheduled 13:10 - 15:07)
We next see teams exiting the small plane in Sandspit, grab their bags from the cart outside and run for the cars. They must then drive to the ferry (14.5km 16min) which will take them to Skidegate. Once off the ferry they must drive themselves to the Haida heritage center and museum (950m) where they will find their next clue.
All teams catch the same ferry. The ferry ride is extremely scenic and they even come across a bunch of whales.
Teams arrive at the Heritage center in the following order:
1. Jilian & Emmett
2. Steph & Kristen
3. Joel & Ashley
4. Julie & Lowell
5. Kelly & Kate
6. Rita & Yvette
7. Frankie & Amy
Road block: "Who wants the inside story?"
In this road block racers will need to find the carving shed where they can listen to 6 Haida storytellers. Each will tell the story of one of the six totem poles standing outside the center. Each story ends with the name of the carver. The racers must then go outside and identify each of the poles using the carvers name to the judge.
The stories are basically descriptions of the totem poles so they are fairly easy to recognize. The hard part is memorizing all the names. It seems the racers are forbidden to write anything down.
The six carvers they are asking for are: Ron Wilson, Tim Boyko, Jim Hart, Guujaaw, Garner Moody and Norman Price.
"Being here makes me feel super proud to be a Canadian and call this home", Kristen
Rita & Julie immediately decide to work together. Towards the end Jillian also joins them and they all try to solve the task.
"Julie used to have an amazing memory, but then we had two kids and her memory kid of went south", Lowell
"I think Amy's gonna do good. She's got the brains in this operation, that's for sure", Frankie
As Amy got her next clue and is running towards Frankie Jillian asks if she can help them (Jillian, Rita and Julie). But she pretends not to hear.
Later when Julie gets the clue she stops to help Jillian and Rita. She and Lowell home the others will remember this and help them in the future.
Jillian has a really hard time and has to shout a question to Julia and Rita who are waiting for her to get it.
Teams complete this road block in the following order (* denotes team member doing the roadblock):
1(+1)Steph & Kristen* (2-4)2(+1)Joel & Ashley* (3-3)3(+2)Kelly & Kate* (3-3)4(+3)Frankie & Amy* (3-3)5(-1)Julie* & Lowell (4-2)6(+0)Rita* & Yvette (3-3)7(-6)Jilian* & Emmett (3-3)
The next clue is a route info which tells teams to drive themselves to the Spirit Lake trail (3min 2.0km). A bit up along the trail they will find tables with two piles of puzzle pieces. They must use these pieces to recreate two works of contemporary Haida art.
Teams arrive at the puzzles in the following order:
1(+0) Steph & Kristen
2(+0) Joel & Ashley
3(+0) Kelly & Kate
4(+0) Frankie & Amy
5(+2) Jilian & Emmett
6(-1) Julie & Lowell
7(-1) Rita & Yvette
These are not your ordinary puzzle pieces which lock into each other. Rather these are long curved pieces in different colors. They only fit together in one way. There is nowhere for teams to see what the final images are supposed to look like.
Jillian & Emmett are extremely stressed when they arrive and they immediately start shouting questions to the nearest team, which happens to be Frankie & Amy.
"What do you have to do Amy?", Emmett
"That's super annoying, do it yourself[/]", Amy mutters to herself
The puzzles are hard so every team have time to arrive here before the first team completes the puzzle.
"I'm stuck at this point", Joel
"I think we need a strategy, we are just trying to put random things together right now", Kelly
Teams complete the puzzles in the following order:
1(+0) Steph & Kristen
2(+3) Jilian & Emmett
3(-1) Joel & Ashley
4(+3) Rita & Yvette
5(+1) Julie & Lowell
6(-2) Frankie & Amy
7(-4) Kelly & Kate, seems to be quite a while after the others
The next clue is a route info directing teams to take a sea plane to Prince Rupert, BC. They must first drive to Queen Charlotte city (10min 8.8km) where they can board the plane which will fly them to Prince Rupert. Once they are back on land they may pick up a Camaro (lots of added engine noise in the rest of the episode). Finally they must search the town for the statue of its founding father.
Once Jillian & Emmett are done with the puzzle they stop and help Julie & Lowell. They do this since Julie helped Jillian in the previous road block, and they have to pass their station anyway. But as soon as Joel & Ashley are done Jillian & Emmett take off. They desperately want to catch a seaplane before Joel & Ashley (there is probably a minimum time between departures).
As they run to the car Jillian drop their clue on the ground. When they reach the car they realize the clue is missing. While Jillian is searching Emmett distracts Joel with questions. The plan is for Jillian & Emmett to get to the planes before Joel & Ashley, and they succeed with that.
The flight to Prince Rupert is like everything else gorgeous.
"This is probably one of the most romantic things we've done", Steph
Teams reach the clue box by the statue in the following order:
1(+0) Steph & Kristen
2(+0) Jilian & Emmett
3(+0) Joel & Ashley
4(+2) Frankie & Amy
5(-1) Rita & Yvette
6(-1) Julie & Lowell
7(+0) Kelly & Kate
--- Quote ---ROAD BLOCK
Who's ready to Log On?
Note: The team member
who DID NOT participate in
the previous road block
MUST do this road block.
--- End quote ---
Teams must find the Cow Bay marina and take one of the water taxis that depart every 20 minutes. This will take them to the actual road block location, a log boom out in the bay. The task is for each player to use a small tug boat, called a dowser, to push three marked bundles of logs from one end of a lane to the other.
We also learn that there is a limited number of lanes and if a line does form teams will be allowed 20 minute shifts on the boats.
Julie & Lowell are not happy when they read this clue. Julie did the previous task and that means that Lowell must do this. He has very limited vision so this task will be hard for him.
The water taxis separates some teams and joins others.
Water taxi #1 carries:
Steph & Kristen
Water taxi #2 carries:
Jilian & Emmett
Water taxi #3 carries:
Joel & Ashley
Water taxi #3 carries:
Frankie & Amy
Rita & Yvette
Water taxi #4 carries:
Julie & Lowell, they missed #3 with seconds
They also meet team #1 who arrive with the boat after having done the task
Water taxi #5 carries:
Kelly & Kate
"This is sketchy", Steph realize that the tug boat swings a lot from the sides when you drive it
"She drives a boat almost as well as she dances, which is not good", Kristen about Stephs driving
"Emmett is pretty awesome at almost everything, except being a boyfriend", Jillian thinks Emmett's i driving the boat well
"We are so hungry for this win", Kristen wants to be first
"The tug boat looks really rocky so I hope she doesn't start harfing", Amy hopes her mom does ok
"He doesn't usually get to operate machinery like this", Julie about her almost bind husband (who is also very happy)
The first bundle of logs which Frankie delivers turns out to not be marked, so it does not count. This makes her angry so she starts killing the task. Instead of fetching the bundles one by one she gets all three in one go.
"The little blind tug boat that could", Julie gets the title when Lowell delivers his first bunch
"Kelly is very scared of operating motor vehicles", Kate
Teams complete this road block in the following order (* denotes team member doing the roadblock):
1(+0)Steph* & Kristen (3-4)2(+0)Jilian & Emmett* (3-5)3(+1)Frankie* & Amy (4-3)4(-1)Joel* & Ashley (4-3)5(+0)Rita & Yvette* (3-4)6(+0)Julie & Lowell* (4-3)7(+0)Kelly* & Kate (4-3)
Teams must now make their way to the finishing village of Port Edward where they must find the old North Pacific Cannery (24min 22.5km) where Jon and the pit stop awaits.
The first step of the journey is to take the water taxi back to shore. As before this leaves once every 20 minutes.
Water taxi #1 carries:
Steph & Kristen
Water taxi #2 carries:
Jilian & Emmett
This is actually the taxi which carried Frankie & Amy and Rita & Yvette
to the log boom.
Water taxi #3 carries:
Frankie & Amy
Joel & Ashley
Water taxi #4 carries:
Rita & Yvette
This is the taxi which brought Kelly & Kate to the log boom
Water taxi #5 carries:
Julie & Lowell
Water taxi #6 carries:
Kelly & Kate
The editors try to trick us into thinking that it is a tight race between the first two teams. But Steph & Kristen have a 20 minute head start due to the water taxis so it is not close in reality. The editors then try the same trick with the last two teams, with the same result.
"We are following Joel & Ashley, we want to beat them to the mat", Frankie as they drive towards the pit stop
"Careful now, don't kill each other", John when two teams have footrace to the mat
Teams reach Jon in the following order:
1(+0) Steph & Kristen, win a trip to New York
2(+0) Jilian & Emmett
3(+0) Frankie & Amy, won a footrace against #4
4(+0) Joel & Ashley
5(+0) Rita & Yvette
6(+0) Julie & Lowell
7(+0) Kelly & Kate, are eliminated
"It sucks, we want o be in that #1 spot", Emmett is not happy about their placement
"This race has really opened our eyes to what the world has to offer, most importantly what Canada has to offer", Kate
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Amazing Race Canada Season 4, Episode 6, "Am I actually operating the plane?"
Film date: 2016-05-12? - 2016-05-13
The last pit stop was at the North Pacific Cannery in Prince Rupert, BC. Teams are released from a different location. It is unclear exactly which day they start racing but it must have been the 12th or possibly the 11th.
1.Steph & Kristen 14:092.Jilian & Emmett 14:28+0:193.Frankie & Amy 15:01+0:524.Joel & Ashley 15:03+0:545.Rita & Yvette 15:10+1:016.Julie & Lowell 15:29+1:19
We learn that Steph & Kristen worry that people will find out they have an express pass. Meanwhile Frankie & Amy want to use theirs to get first in this leg.
--- Quote ---ROUTE INFO
Fly to Hamilton, Ontario!
Once there, make your way
to the BMO main branch in
downtown Hamilton and
search inside for your next
clue.
BMO is here to help. You
have $400 on your
Cashback MasterCard for
this leg of the Race.
--- End quote ---
There is no airport drama shown and all teams are on the same flights from Prince Rupert via Vancouver and on to Toronto. Teams then travel by taxi from Toronto to Hamilton.
In Toronto there is an entirely expected mad dash for the taxis.
"It's the first time we've seen the front of Steph & Kristen's faces, usually it's the backs of their heads and butts", Julie is happy to be in the first taxi
Teams reach the BMO branch in Hamilton in the following order:
1. Julie & Lowell
2. Steph & Kristen
3. Frankie & Amy
4. Jilian & Emmett
5. Rita & Yvette
6. Joel & Ashley
Here each team receives a tablet with a special message. This turns out to be a video message from home. All the messages ends with their loved ones telling the racers to make their way to the Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum and find their next clue.
Teams jump back into their taxis and make for the museum. Teams reach the clue box here in the same order the visited the bank.
--- Quote ---ROAD BLOCK
Who's the best backseat
driver?
--- End quote ---
Once teams have decided who is going to do this they can open the clue and read:
--- Quote ---ROAD BLOCK
Take the controls of a World
War II era military plane and
execute a perfectly timed
360-degree turn to receive
your next clue.
--- End quote ---
The plane is a DeHaviland Chipmunk from 1952. The pilot will fly to a safe altitude and then give the racers control of the plane. They must then execute the turn without changing altitude more then 200 feet up or down. players will receive instructions on how to fly the plane before departure.
There seems to be three planes available at the museum (16min 20km) and once a racer has made two attempts it seems they must land and sign up for a new flight.
"Am I actually operating the plane?", Steph thought this was going to be a simulator thing (and gets the title)
"Is it safe to let random people drive these things?", Steph again, she sounds a bit worried
Julie is unfortunate and has to ask for a barf bag.
Frankie & Amy want to get first in a leg so they decide to use their express pass. The other teams see them arrive and then leave so they figure they used an express pass. Much speculation where they could have obtained this ensues. Kristen is very uncomfortable with this situation. She does not want the other teams to know they have an express pass, but she does not want to lie either.
Joel & Ashley is the only other team which knows that Steph & Kristen has an express pass. Kirsten has a chat with them and the end result is that Ashley promises to not say anything and Kristen promises they will not U-turn them.
Teams complete this road block in the following order (* denotes team member doing the roadblock):
1(+2)Frankie & Amy* (4-4)Used their express pass2(-1)Steph* & Kristen (4-4)On her 2nd attempt3(-2)Julie* & Lowell (5-3)On her 2nd attempt4(+0)Jilian* & Emmett (4-5)On her 1st attempt5(+0)Rita* & Yvette (4-4)On her 2nd attempt6(+0)Joel & Ashley* (4-4)On her 2nd attempt
--- Quote ---ROUTE INFO
Make your way to the
Hamilton Bayfront Boat
Launch and search for
your next clue.
--- End quote ---
In the Bayfront park (20min 21km) teams will have to try three different action sports. First they must ride a mountain bike along a course then paddle a kayak across the harbor and finally both team members must climb up a climbing wall and ring the bell at the top.
Steph is not comfortable climbing and does not want to release her grip to ring the bell so she uses her head instead.
"He's rocking it", Julie about Lowell when he's rock climbing. i.e. she has the same kind of humor as he has
Joel & Ashley are unlucky and their driver drives them to the wrong location, The Royal Hamilton Yacht Club, fortunately this is rather close to the real location. Then once they get to the rock climbing we learn that Ashley is very afraid of heights.
"I'm scared already", Ashley after her first step up on the wall
Teams complete these tasks in he following order
1(+0) Frankie & Amy, without seeing anybody else
2(+0) Steph & Kristen
3(+1) Jilian & Emmett
4(-1) Julie & Lowell
5(+0) Rita & Yvette
6(+0) Joel & Ashley
--- Quote ---DETOUR
Detour: "Dry Dock" or "Art
Rock"
Dry Dock: Join the shipyard
crew at Heddle Marine
Service and weld two steel
plates together to receive
your next clue.
Art Rock: Recreate a work
of art to be used by
Collective Arts Brewery to
the high standards of the
original artist to receive your
next clue.
NOTE: There are limited
stations at both detours.
--- End quote ---
In dry dock each team member must use welding to create an airtight seal.
In art rock teams must recreate a work of art. They get a bunch of stencils and must figure out which of them to use and in which order to use them to recreate a given piece of artwork.
"Kris is a professional. She's a lesbian, since fourteen", Steph when Kris gets her seal approved
Frankie & Amy have trouble with the welding. The more they try the worse their seals are getting.
"The longer we're working on this, the worse it's getting. This is where we should have used out express pass", Frankie
After having failed 8 times they finally decide to switch. When they arrive at the art detour Rita & Yvette and Joel & Ashley are still there. This inspires Frankie & Amy and they think they have a chance to stay in the race.
Teams complete the detour in the following order:
1(+1) Steph & Kristen, weld on their 3rd attempt
2(+1) Jilian & Emmett, weld on their 6th attempt
3(+1) Julie & Lowell, art (just as Joel & Ashley arrive)
4(+1) Rita & Yvette, art
5(-4) Frankie & Amy, started welding but switched to paint after failing the welding 8 times
6(+0) Joel & Ashley, art
--- Quote ---ROUTE INFO
Make your way to
Dundurn Castle and
search the grounds for
Jon at your next Pit Stop.
Warning! The last team
to check in may be
eliminated.
--- End quote ---
"We deserve this beer more than ever", Frankie & Amy brought a couple of beers from the art detour
Teams must now jump into taxis and make their way to the pit stop. They reach Jon in the following order:
1(+0) Steph & Kristen, win a trip to Dehli, India
2(+0) Jilian & Emmett
3(+0) Julie & Lowell
4(+0) Rita & Yvette
5(+0) Frankie & Amy
6(+0) Joel & Ashley, are saved by a keep on racing
On the mat Jon tells teams they are still racing and give them their next clue.
"Oh my god, I can't believe we have to keep racing right now. I had a nice buzz going on", Frankie
--- Quote ---ROUTE INFO
Make your way by train to
the Limestone City,
Kingston, Ontario!
Once there, go to the
Springer Market Square and
search for your next clue.
For this leg of the Race you
have $580 on your BMO
Cashback MasterCard.
Caution, Double U-Turn
Ahead!
--- End quote ---
Teams must now travel by a local train from Aldershot to Toronto and then catch another train to Kingston.
Steph & Kristen leave just after 14:00. Jillian & Emmett just miss that train and catch the next train which is probably about 30 minutes later. Julie & Lowell also manage to catch this train. Later Frankie & Amy make the same train as Rita & Yvette.
Meanwhile on the first train Steph & Kristen borrow a phone and check the trains schedules. They find that there is one leaving Toronto at 15:30. The next train leaves at 17:40, and that is the last train for the day.
Given the fact that it seems to take 1 hour and 10 minutes to Toronto it seems Steph & Kristen is the oony team which can make the 15:30 train. The train to Kingston takes just over 2 hours. However I would say that the odds for an hours of operation in KIngston are extremely high.
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Amazing Race Canada Season 4, Episode 7, "I could be prime minister"
Film date: 2016-05-13 - 2016-05-14
The last lag ended with a keep on racing pit stop at Dundurn Castle, Hamilton ON. The episode went on a bit after this and showed teams trying to get to Kingston via train.
Teams reached the mat in the following order:
1.Steph & Kristen 2.Jilian & Emmett 3.Julie & Lowell 4.Rita & Yvette 5.Frankie & Amy 6.Joel & Ashley 15:37
This episode starts with the last team, Joel & Ashley, on the mat receiving their next clue.
--- Quote ---ROUTE INFO
Make your way by train to
the Limestone City,
Kingston, Ontario!
Once there, go to the
Springer Market Square and
search for your next clue.
For this leg of the Race you
have $580 on your BMO
Cashback MasterCard.
Caution, Double U-Turn
Ahead!
--- End quote ---
Teams first travel by Go train to Toronto and there they change to a different train which takes them to Kingston. There are only two more trains to Kingston today.
Train #1 departs 13:30 and carries:
Steph & Kristen
Train #2 departs 17:40 and carries:
Jilian & Emmett
Julie & Lowell
Rita & Yvette
Frankie & Amy
In Toronto Jillian & Emmett grill Frankie & Amy about where they got the express pass. Frankie & Amy try to not say anything but give enough hints that the other figure out that Steph & Kristen have the other express pass. Strangely enough we never get to see anybody confront Steph & Kristen about this.
Poor Joel & Ashley miss the 17:40 train so they have to take the 06:40 train the next morning instead.
Meanwhile Steph & Kristen are happy to arrive in Kingston hours before any other team. That is until they get to Springer market and find a sign:
--- Quote --- YOUR
NEXT CLUE
TOMORROW
MORNING
AT 9:30 AM
--- End quote ---
Joel & Ashley seem to arrive at the market right around 9:30 when the clues become available.
--- Quote ---ROUTE INFO
Make your way to Clarence
Street and unlock your all-
new 2016 Chevrolet Cruze
using the myChevrolet App
to find your next clue inside.
--- End quote ---
When teams arrive at Clarence street they find a number of cars (at least 16) and seven clear locked plastic cases which each contain a tablet. Each team must now claim a case (by putting a name tag on it) and then try the different four-digit codes on the license plates until they find which one opens their case. They can then retrieve the tablet and open the car with the app.
Teams get to their tablets in the following order:
1. Rita & Yvette
2. Frankie & Amy
3. Joel & Ashley
4. Jilian & Emmett
5. Steph & Kristen
6. Julie & Lowell
Inside each car is a clue
--- Quote ---DETOUR
Detour: "On the Field" or
"Offshore"
On the field: Suit up
against the Queen's
University Women's Soccer
Champions. Then pass an
accuracy drill before trying
to score a goal in a real
game.
Offshore: Rig a sailboat to
make it seaworthy, then
take a sailing lesson to
reach your clue floating on
the water.
--- End quote ---
In the soccer challenge teams will have to get into a giant plastic bubble, which covers the top half of their body, and roll once before passing a ball between them a few times and finally score a goal. All this has to be done in under 25 seconds. The goalkeeper is also in a bubble and will charge the team member preparing to shoot. It seems as if the goalie waits longer before charging for each failed attempt a team makes.
In the sailing task teams must first rig their boat according to an example. Once approved they must sail their boat to a buoy where their next clue awaits. Sailing to the buoy seems fairly easy, but grabbing the clue is not You need to get close enough with a slow enough speed.
Steph & Kristen discuss whether to use the express pass or not. It turns out this is the last leg where it can be used.
"This is complicated", Frankie about the rigging
"You got smoked", Jillian to Emmett when after the goalkeeper got him
"He definitely got easier on you", Emmett to Kristen after the latter also got hit
"Oh my god, we're gonna die", Ashley when she spot the soccer challenge
Joel & Ashley arrive to the soccer challenge after Steph & Kristen have left. Julie & Lowell arrive as Jillian & Emmett leave.
Lowell has a really hard time with the soccer. The big bubbles they have to encase themselves in limits the players visit so Lowell can hardly see anything. He has to peer through the top or bottom, and that is very time consuming.
Rita & Yvette need a lesson in the fine art of docking the boat. But after a few tries they also succeed.
"The fact that we have to go on the water in something we rigged freaks me out", Ashley
Eventually Julie & Lowell switch to the sailing detour. And that seems to go fairly well. Their only mishap is that as Julie is trying to grab the clue Lowell gets hit in the head by the boom. It does not really hurt him since he is wearing a helmet but hes does get pushed overboard.
"Whoa, what's happening", Julie does not see that her team mate just fell into the water
The situation is never critical and Lowell can climb back into the boat without help.
Teams complete the detour in the following order:
1(+4) Steph & Kristen, soccer on their 5th attempt
Jilian & Emmett, soccer on their 9th attempt
Joel & Ashley, soccer
2(+0) Frankie & Amy, yacht
3(+1) Jilian & Emmett, thatch
4(-3) Rita & Yvette, watch
5(-2) Joel & Ashley
6(+0) Julie & Lowell, started soccer but witched to yacht after 5 failed attempts
The next clue is a route info: "Drive yourselves to the penitentiary and search the front entrance for your next clue." Here teams find the U-turn board. Steph & Kristen reach it first and are determined to use it. The question is which team to U-turn. They discuss this and end up U-turning Jillian & Emmett.
Jillian & Emmett is the second team to reach the U-turn board and they U-turn Joel & Ashley because this is a team they know is behind them.
The clue here tells teams to search through the cells of the penitentiary for their next clue. The clues are placed in the middle of the floor in some cells.
Rita & Yvette are smart and search from the top down, and they seem to find the clue very fast.
Julie & Lowell struggle with this task as well since Lowell is blind in low-light situations.
"Today is a very visual day", Lowell
Teams find their next clue in the following order:
1(+0) Steph & Kristen
2(+1) Jilian & Emmett
3(-1) Frankie & Amy
4(+0) Rita & Yvette
5(+0) Joel & Ashley
6(+0) Julie & Lowell
--- Quote ---ROUTE INFO
Drive yourselves to
Bellevue House, Sir John A.
MacDonald's Kingston
home, and search for your
next clue.
--- End quote ---
Teams reach the Bellevue house in the following order:
1(+0) Steph & Kristen
2(+0) Jilian & Emmett, after #1 has left
3(+1) Rita & Yvette
4(-1) Frankie & Amy
5(+0) Joel & Ashley
6(+0) Julie & Lowell, as #5 leave the task
--- Quote ---ROAD BLOCK
Who wants to be first?
--- End quote ---
In this road block contestants must dress up as Sir John A. MacDonald. They must then memorize a speech and deliver it to an audience dressed in period clothing.
Steph & Kristen think about using the express pass but decide to try the task first.
"We're not sure if this is our last road block or if there's going to be another challenge ahead", Steph
"Larders? What are larders?", Emmett has trouble parsing the speech
Ashley feel this road block was made for her as she has been an actress since she was 5. And indeed she does seem to do very well.
Teams complete this road block in the following order (* denotes team member doing the roadblock):
1(+0)Steph & Kristen* (4-5)On her 2nd attempt2(+1)Rita & Yvette* (4-5)On her 2nd attempt3(+1)Frankie & Amy* (4-5)After at least 3 attempts4(+1)Joel & Ashley* (4-5)On her 1st attempt5(-3)Jilian & Emmett* (4-5)After at least 7 attempts6(+0)Julie & Lowell* (5-4)On his 1st attempt
"You know I could be prime minister", Kristen after the task (and she gets the title)
Th next clue is a route info: "Drive yourselves to the Kingston Mills lock station and search for Jon and your next pit stop".
The episode is cut to make it look like a tight race between the last three teams. In reality it is only tight between #4 and #5, and we get a footrace between them.
Teams reach Jon at the pt stop in the following order:
1(+0) Steph & Kristen, win a trip to Rome
2(+0) Rita & Yvette
3(+1) Joel & Ashley
4(+1) Jilian & Emmett
5(-1) Frankie & Amy, lost a footrace against #4
6(+0) Julie & Lowell, are eliminated
At the mat Steph & Kristen have to hand over their express pass since it had to be used by the 7th leg.
"We didn't use it, but it really felt good to always have it in our back pocket", Steph
"The Amazing race has been an amazing experience that we will never forget", Lowell
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Amazing Race Canada Season 4, Episode 8, "I just wanna win"
Film date: 2016-05-16 - 2016-05-17
The last pit stop was at the Kingston Mills lock station outside Kingston, ON. Teams are released from city hall in downtown Kingston in the following order:
1.Steph & Kristen 09:092.Rita & Yvette 10:35+1:263.Joel & Ashley 10:45+1:364.Jilian & Emmett 10:58+1:495.Frankie & Amy 10:59+1:50
The first clue tells teams to fly to Havana, Cuba, and that they get $450 for this leg of the race. Teams travel by train to the Toronto airport and from there they fly to Havana. All teams are on the same
flight:
AC1752 YYZ-HAV 18:55 - 22:12 (scheduled 18:55 - 22:20)
This flight arrives late in the night and we can kind of figure that it seems to be dark outside when teams jump into the taxis. But the following shots have teams traveling in the morning. So they must have spent the night somewhere and are then released the following morning.
Teams must now make their way to Castillo real de la Fuerza. This old fort is now a large museum. Here teams must find the replica (as a small scale model) of a famous Canadian ship, the Blue Nose. Their next cue can be found in a box next to the ship.
Teams find the clue by the ship model in the following order:
1. Jilian & Emmett
2. Steph & Kristen, just after #1
3. Joel & Ashley
4. Frankie & Amy
5. Rita & Yvette, just after #3
--- Quote ---DETOUR
Detour: "Sugar" or "Shake"
Sugar: Extract sugarcane
juice to restock a popular
bar in old Havana, then
serve drinks in Parque
Humboldt to receive your
next clue.
Shake: Watch the locals
performs Cuba's famous
casino-style salsa.
...
--- End quote ---
The sugar detour takes place in the Havana club rum museum. Here teams must manually push sugarcane through a grinder until they have extracted 15 liters of sugarcane juice. Once complete they must each carry two trays with four drinks each to Parque Humboldt, which seems to be just around the corner. Once they have delivered the drinks they can go back to Havana club and get their next clue.
In shake teams must make their way to Parque Humboldt and learn a dance known as Casino Salsa. This is an intricate dance for up to 4 couples.
"I am overwhelmed", Frankie when trying to learn the dance
"We're gonna do all of that?", Joel after having seen the dance once
"The thing that is most difficult for me is someone leading me... I like to lead", Ashley has a hard time letting her dad lead
"This is by far the most intense workout I've ever had in my... entire... life", Emmett
The sugar detour turns into an intense head to head contest between Jillian & Emmett and Steph & Kristen. Jillian & Emmett arrive first so they have a lead but Steph & Kristen start catching up. Then the latter put too many sugar canes into their grinder so it jams. Steph see a machete nearby so she grabs it and start hacking at the stuck sugarcane. This is not a good idea when you are super stressed and predictably she cuts her finger fairly bad.
"I just wanna win", Steph as the staff dresses her wound (and she gets the title)
As Steph is getting her wound dressed Kristen is told she can switch to another grinder, there are three stations, so she finishes the grinding part of the task.
"Good news Kris, it's still attached", Steph still has all her fingers
Fortunately the drinks carrying part of this detour is fairly simple so Steph can do it even with a bandaged finger.
Teams complete the detour in the following order:
1(+4) Rita & Yvette, salsa on their 1st attempt
2(-1) Jilian & Emmett, sugar
3(-1) Steph & Kristen, sugar
4(-1) Joel & Ashley, salsa on their 2nd attempt
5(-1) Frankie & Amy, salsa o their 1st attempt
--- Quote ---ROUTE INFO
Make your way to the
Cámara Oscura and pay
attention to the guided
tour to figure out the
location of your next
clue.
--- End quote ---
This is a regular Camera Obscura and the guided tour consists of a guide showing different landmarks through it and talking a bit about them. One of the landmarks, the Ambos Mundos Hotel, has a race-flag hanging from the wall. The guide mentions that Hemingway lived here for five years in room 511. This is where teams will find their next clue.
"We don't actually know what we are looking for", Rita
Steph & Kristen arrive just after Jillian & Emmett so they have to wait while the former get their tour. As they are waiting on the terrace Steph notices the race flag hanging from the Ambos Mundos Hotel. So when they go in to the tour they know which building they are interested in.
Teams leave the Cámara Oscura in the following order:
1(+0) Rita & Yvette, leave as team #2 arrive
2(+0) Jilian & Emmett
3(+0) Steph & Kristen
4(+1) Frankie & Amy
5(-1) Joel & Ashley
Teams get their clue from the Hemingway museum in the hotel in the same order they left the Cámara Oscura.
--- Quote ---FACE OFF
It's time for a Face Off!
Make your way to Mi
Cayito in Playas Del Este
and beat another Race
team at beach volleyball to
earn your next clue.
--- End quote ---
Here teams must face each other in beach volleyball. The first team to get 15 points get their next clue while the losers must wait for the next team to arrive and play them. The final loser must wait a predetermined amount of time before they get their next clue.
There is an intense taxi race between the first three teams to get to the volleyball location since all want to be in the first game.
Teams arrive to the volleyball beach in the following order:
1(+2) Steph & Kristen
2(+0) Jilian & Emmett
3(-1) Rita & Yvette
4(+0) Frankie & Amy
5(+0) Joel & Ashley
Emmett looks forward to playing Steph & Kristen. He wants to beat them to get revenge for the U-turn in the previous episode.
Steph is having problems with the injured finger and they have to pause the game once for her to get it properly taped. This is also the first time we see a bit of tension between Steph & Kristen as they narrowly loose their first game.
"I'm pissed, I'm really mad we lost that one", Kristen
"Look, I love love love beach volleyball. But I hate losing way more than I love beach volleyball", Kristen
Other teams also have their issues:
"She doesn't want to listen to anything that I have to say, as per usual", Amy about her mother
"It's a slaughterhouse in here", Frankie after they get soundly beaten by Rita & Yvette
Teams leave the volleyball in the following order:
1(+1) Jilian & Emmett, win against Steph & Kristen with 15-12
2(-1) Steph & Kristen, win against Rita & Yvette with 15-12
3(+0) Rita & Yvette, win against Frankie & Amy with 15-5
4(+1) Joel & Ashley, win against Frankie & Amy with 15-13
5(-1) Frankie & Amy
--- Quote ---ROUTE INFO
Make your way to
Pedrito's Max Brakes
and search for your next
clue.
--- End quote ---
Teams arrive at Pederito's Max Brakes in the same order they left the volleyball. Here they find a road block: "Who's ready to seal the deal?".
In this road block teams must use the provided tools and part of an old tire to make three gaskets. There is a silent demonstration they can watch. This is the kind of task where you have to take your time and concentrate on getting it right. But once you get one done the following two seem to be fairly easy.
"It's hot", Emmett
"I'm freaking out, Steph is not in a good mindset right now", Kristen has a hard time waiting
Steph & Kristen has not really had their day today. And at the road block Steph is hot, stressed and not at all happy.
Rita is also getting frustrated with this task, and that is not ideal when what you need to do small fiddly work with tools.
"Oh my god, I'm an idiot", Frankie realize what she has been doing wrong.
Once Frankie realizes what she has been doing wrong she seems to whip out the three gaskets very quickly.
Eventually Rita figure out how to do the task and get the gaskets done. But it seems they are quite a bit behind the others.
Teams complete this road block in the following order (* denotes team member doing the roadblock):
1(+0)Jilian & Emmett* (4-6)2(+2)Joel* & Ashley (5-5)3(-1)Steph* & Kristen (5-5)4(+1)Frankie* & Amy (5-5)5(-2)Rita* & Yvette (5-5)
--- Quote ---ROUTE INFO
Make your way to
Restaurante La Divina
Pastora at El Morro and
search the grounds for
Jon and your next Pit
Stop.
Warning! The last team
to check in may be
eliminated.
--- End quote ---
Teams reach the pit stop in the following order:
1(+0) Jilian & Emmett, win a trip to Cancun, Mexico
2(+0) Joel & Ashley
3(+0) Steph & Kristen
4(+0) Frankie & Amy
5(+0) Rita & Yvette, are saved by a non-elimination
"We're not quitters", Rita
maf:
Racing report
Amazing Race Canada Season 4, Episode 9, "For Those About To Rock"
Film date: 2016-05-19 - 2016-05-20
The last pit stop was by Restaurante La Divina Pastora at El Morro in Havana, Cuba. Teams seem to be released from somewhere in front of the Melia hotel, Havana, in the following order:
1.Jilian & Emmett 00:532.Joel & Ashley 02:35+1:423.Steph & Kristen 02:43+1:504.Frankie & Amy 03:17+2:245.Rita & Yvette 04:17+3:24
--- Quote ---ROUTE INFO
Fly to Cape Breton Island,
Nova Scotia!
Once there, choose an all
new 2016 Chevrolet Malibu
and search inside for your
next clue.
BMO is here to help. For
this leg of the Race you
have $300 on your
Cashback MasterCard.
Caution: Double U-Turn
Ahead!
--- End quote ---
When Rita & Yvette turn up at the airport the other teams learn that last leg was a non-elimination. There is a marked non-enthusiasm about this.
"Sucks for you guys but it rocks for us", Rita & Yvette
All teams end up on the same set of flights to Sydney, NS, via Toronto and Halifax. They probably flew:
AC1753 HAV - YYZ 08:00 - 11:11 (scheduled 08:00 - 11:25)
AC614 YYZ - YHZ 15:48 - 18:09 (scheduled 15:00 - 18:06)
AC8812 YHZ - YQY 19:14 - 20:05 (scheduled 19:25 - 20:15)
Route info: "Drive yourselves to the Canadian Coast Guard College". They also learn that the team which drives the shortest distance during this leg will win $5000.
It is evening when teams arrive in Sydney and the sun casts lovely evening rays. But when they arrive at the coast guard college it is overcast so they have probably spent the night in Sydney.
Teams reach the clue box by the coast guard college (26k 23min) in the following order:
1. Steph & Kristen
2. Frankie & Amy
3. Jilian & Emmett, seconds after #1
4. Rita & Yvette
5. Joel & Ashley
Teams must now gear up and jump into a small coast guard rib boat. In each boat lies a set of directions. Teams must follow these and will eventually reach one of two rescue locations. Here one team member must get into the water and rescue one dummy victim. They must then bring the dummy to the ambulance waiting ashore.
The instructions in one of the boats reads:
--- Quote ---1. When departing the college basin, direct the coxswain to steer to port or to
starboard as needed. For a visual steering mark ahead, look for a blue water
tank on the hilltop. Direct the coxswain to adjust vessel speed.
2. Once you past the vessel Princess of Acadia, look for a blue structure to the
left of the water tower. Steer for the blue structure.
3. Cross the harbour.
4. Prior to reaching the ruin piles (old logs sticking up from the water), you will
need to search for the white and orange range markers on your starboard
side.
5. The white and orange markers must be aligned behind you to navigate
seaward.
6. Head straight out to sea. For a visual steering mark ahead, look for a large
green building on the horizon. Continue on range until the last breakwater
(wall of stones) is on port beam.
7. Steer toward the breakwater and search for a body in the water.
8. Deploy your rescue equipment. One teammate must swim to a body in the
water and bring it abord. Remember when using the rescue equipment that
the head must be at the bow. Recover your teammate using the same equipment.
9. Direct your coxswain back toward the college. Again remember to provide
port or starboard instructions as necessary.
10. Once in the college basin, your coxswain will put the vessel alongside the
wharf.
--- End quote ---
The back side of the instruction sheet contains a boat outline with Sosa nautical terms; starboard port, abeam, bow and stern marked.
"Which one is which?", Rita and Yvette has a hard time with port and starboard
"It depends on what kind of left you are talking about", A while later they still are not sure
The boats turn out to be really fast and fun to ride. They also has an interesting and very smart contraption used to roll bodies from the water into the boat.
"Just your everyday hero", Steph when they roll Kristen aboard again
"Getting this body from the water is crazy hard work[\i]", Emmett
Rita & Yvette has a hard time following the instructions so when they spot Joel & Ashley they just go there. Unfortunately this is the wrong rescue location. Rita & Yvette only learn this when they deliver the dummy to the ambulance and get told they have to go back out on the boat to get one from the right location.
Teams complete this task in the following order:
1(+2) Jilian & Emmett
2(-1) Steph & Kristen, just after #1
3(-1) Frankie & Amy
4(+1) Joel & Ashley
5(-1) Rita & Yvette, had to redo the task.
As teams leave the coast guard college a number of coast guard members stand along the road and give the a round of applause. On the other side of the road is a speed bump sign for Rita & Yvette. They have to transport two sacks of mail from the coast guard college to the Christmas island post office (55km 41min). Once there they have to stamp all the letters before they can continue to the Highland village (7km 6min).
The other teams can go directly to the detour.
--- Quote ---DETOUR:
Detour:
"Feel the Rhythm" or
"Feel the Burn"
Feel the Rhythm: Put on
a kilt an perform a
Highland dance with
Cape Bretoners to
receive your next clue.
Feel the Burn: Test your
strength and compete in
the traditional Highland
...
--- End quote ---
Teams have to change into kilts for both sides of the detour and they both take place at the Highland village (62km 48min).
The dance seems to be quite arduous, but not overly complicated once you figure out the basic structure.
In the highland games teams must perform a caber toss (toss a pole so it flips and lands between two lines), a farmers walk (carrying two heavy logs) and the stone throw (where the stone must land on a fairly small marked spot).
At the games the ladies get smaller logs and the spot they need to hit is a little bit close. They probably also got slightly smaller poles in the caber toss.
Steph has a hard time with the farmers walk since she injured her finger in the previous leg.
"Are you kidding me? No joke how heavy that is", Emmett when he lifts the logs he has to carry.
"I just have to imagine throwing this on Steph & Kristen", Ashley motivates herself at the caber toss after being U-turned
"My body is beat", Ashley after completing the games
Teams complete the detour in the following order:
1(+1) Steph & Kristen, games
2(-1) Jilian & Emmett, games
3(+0) Frankie & Amy, games
Joel & Ashley, dance on their 3rd attempt
Rita & Yvette, dance on their 2nd shown attempt
4(+0) Joel & Ashley, games
5(+0) Rita & Yvette, games
--- Quote ---ROUTE INFO
Make your way on foot to
the Blackhouse in
Highland Village.
Caution: Double U-Turn
Ahead!
--- End quote ---
On twitter we learn that Steph & Kristen made a pact with Jillian & Emmett at the coast guard college that they would not U-turn each other.
Steph & Kristen U-turns Joel & Ashley and Jillian & Emmett U-turns Rita & Yvette.
"Our plan is to U-turn Rita & Yvette so that Joel & Ashley can't U-turn Frankie & Amy", Emmett
Emmett wants Frankie & Amy in the finals since he considers them to be a weak team.
"Not seeing our picture on the U-turn board is like waking up every morning without a pimple in your face, it feels great",Amy
Route info: "Drive yourselves to the fortress of Louisburg and search the waterfront for your next clue".
Teams arrive at Louisburg (104km 1h22min) in the same order they left the previous task.
Here teams must change into period clothing before they pick up their next clue. This clue tells teams to transport 6 heavy barrels of gunpowder from the waterfront up the hill to the Kings bastion. Once all barrels have been delivered the team may fire one of the forts cannons. Once that is done the mayor will hand them their next clue.
Steph & Kristen come up with a system where Kristen does most of the barrel rolling so that Steph can save her injured finger. Even so Jillian & Emmett pass them during the rolling.
At the gun Emmett wants to savor the moment while Jillian is in race-mode and just wants to get out of there as quickly as possible.
True to form Frankie & Amy decide to roll all six barrels at once instead of doing three runs. It is unclear if this is any faster.
"The pain is at a 10 right now", Amy is exhausted
The last two teams are close at the barrel task. So close that we get to see both of them in the same shot. This adds a lot of extra urgency to the task. But it seems both teams get the same boost from this because Rita & Yvette stay behind and do not catch up.
"For those about to rock", Joel gets the title when he is about to fire the gun
"I think my ovaries burst", Ashley found the cannon shot intense
Teams complete this task in the following order:
1(+1) Jilian & Emmett
2(-1) Steph & Kristen, a couple of minutes after #1
3(+0) Frankie & Amy
4(+0) Joel & Ashley
5(+0) Rita & Yvette
--- Quote ---ROUTE INFO
Drive yourselves to the
Louisburg Lighthouse
and search for Jon and
your next Pit Stop.
Warning! The last team
to check in may be
eliminated.
--- End quote ---
At the pit stop teams will be greeted by the Men of the deeps, a male coal miners choir.
Jillian has trouble getting her shoe on when changing back into ordinary clothes after the barrel task. Since they are neck and neck with Steph & Kristen there is a slight rush and she just grabs everything and runs to the car. In the haste she forgot her right shoe and they drive off without it.
"Lets just go without it I guess, I don't know what else to do", Jillian
I wonder if this couple is not a bit too focused on winning every single leg. The drive to win a single leg has caused teams to be eliminated before and unless she can conjure up a second pair of shoes they may be in trouble.
Teams reach Jon and the mat (10km 18min) in the following order:
1(+0) Jilian & Emmett, win a trip to Mexico City
2(+0) Steph & Kristen, seconds after #1
3(+0) Frankie & Amy
4(+0) Joel & Ashley
5(+0) Rita & Yvette, are eliminated
"Well Jillian, you are going to have to get creating to find a shoe for that foot", Jon
"It's been an incredible journey", Yvette
After Rita & Yvette have left Jon brings back the other teams and announce that the winners of the driving distance challenge is Jillian & Emmett and Frankie & Amy. Both drove 215km and both win $5000 each.
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