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Amazing Race Canada Season 5, Episode 3, "It's Like Ducks In the Forest"
Film date: 2017-04-30 - 2017-05-01
The last pit stop was at the Miskanaw golf course in Fort McMurray, AB. Teams depart somewhere in else in For McMurray, in front of a big digger, in the following order:
1.Megan & Courtney11:432.Andrea & Ebonie 11:49+0:063.Sam & Paul 11:53+0:104.Karen & Bert 12:28+0:455.Kenneth & Ryan 12:29+0:466.Zed & Shabbir 12:56+1:137.Adam & Andrea 12:58+1:158.Korey & Ivana 13:31+1:48
--- Quote ---ROUTE INFO
Fly to Castlegar, British
Columbia!
Once there, find your
next clue in the All-
Electric 2017 Chevrolet
Bolt EV.
You have $250.00 on your
BMO Cashback
MasterCard for this leg
of the race.
--- End quote ---
Teams travel by taxi to the airport where they all end up on the same flight to Castlegar.
At the airport Kenneth & Ryan approach Megan & Courtney and give them one of the express passes. Kenneth & Ryan think this is a good idea because they gave the pass to a smart team which can help them. Meanwhile Megan & Courtney are surprised they got the pass since they just won the last leg.
Again there is no problem finding the cars at the airport in Castlegar. Inside the cars teams find a route info telling them to drive to Zuckerberg Island (7min 4.8km). The clue also tells them that the team which drives most efficiently in this leg will win $5000.
At the island teams find an active route marker: "Time for a camp inspection".
There are ten campsites set up on the island. They are almost identical, but not quite. Teams must study the example campsite and then find the nine other campsites and spot what is different at each of them. One difference is that the handle of the cook set lies within one of the pots at the example but hangs on the edge at campsite Bald Eagle.
"It's quite difficult to spot the differences", Kenneth realizes that the task is hard
Andrea turn out to be good at drawing so she quickly draws a picture of the example tent. She and Adam has also decided to work with Andrea & Ebonie during this task.
"I'm absolutely not a camper. I don't have interest in camping. I like hotels!", Ivana
The hardest thing to spot is probably the window which is rolled down at camp Dandelion.
After a while Zed & Shabbir start working with Korey & Ivana. This turns out to be a good idea since together they have already found all differences.
Kenneth & Ryan get value for the express pass they gave to Megan & Courtney when they ask the first for the answer as Megan & Courtney are done. And Megan & Courtney does help them.
Teams complete this challenge in the following order:
1. Adam & Andrea
2. Andrea & Ebonie
3. Zed & Shabbir
4. Korey & Ivana
5. Megan & Courtney
6. Kenneth & Ryan
7. Sam & Paul
8. Karen & Bert
--- Quote ---ROUTE INFO
Drive yourself to Oso
Negro Roastery in
Nelson, B.C.
Once there, correctly fill
and deliver coffee orders
to receive your next clue.
--- End quote ---
Here we realize that Korey & Ivana have a hard time navigating.
"It's so difficult to tell if you're going the right way if you don't know where you are.", Ivana
Teams arrive at the coffee roastery (37min 44.6km) in the following order:
1(+2) Zed & Shabbir
2(-1) Adam & Andrea
3(-1) Andrea & Ebonie, together with #2
4(+1) Megan & Courtney
5(-1) Korey & Ivana
6(+0) Kenneth & Ryan
7(+0) Sam & Paul
8(+0) Karen & Bert
Here teams must deliver Corfu on foot to two local addresses. While doing this they learn that Nelson is a very hilly town
"These hills are steep", Shabbir
"This challenge involves navigation and navigation is not our strong suit", Adam
Each team have a different set of orders so they all have to go to different addresses.
Karen & Bert feel stressed for teeing in last so they use their express pass as soon as they reach the roastery.
Teams complete this challenge in the following order:
1(+7) Karen & Bert, used their express pass
2(-1) Zed & Shabbir
3(+0) Andrea & Ebonie
4(+3) Sam & Paul
5(+0) Korey & Ivana
6(+0) Kenneth & Ryan
7(-5) Adam & Andrea
8(-4) Megan & Courtney
--- Quote ---ROAD BLOCK
Who wants to hang with
Bob?
--- End quote ---
The bob in this case is the Big Orange Bridge spanning the Kootenay river. In this road block contestants must swing from a rope under the bridge, then jump into the water and swim to an orange buoy where they can pick up their next clue. Finally they have to swim ashore to meet up with their partner.
Bert is no fan of either heights or water, but he does the task.
"Sometimes it is best to just do the damn thing", Bert
"This is insane, I don't want to jump off a bridge", Andrea (of Adam & Andrea)
Teams complete this road block in the following order (* denotes team member doing the roadblock):
1(+0)Karen & Bert* (1-2)2(+0)Zed* & Shabbir (1-2)3(+1)Sam* & Paul (1-2)4(+2)Kenneth & Ryan* (1-2)5(-2)Andrea* & Ebonie (2-1)6(+1)Adam & Andrea* (1-2)7(+1)Megan* & Courtney(2-1)8(-3)Korey & Ivana* (1-2)
Detour: Strike it or throw it
In throw it teams must learn to sculpt ceramics. They must make two cups by throwing clay. They can do one each or one of them can do both. The only thing the judge seems to look at is that it is relieve even and the height.
In strike it teams must forge two decorative hooks. There are metal rods they can heat in an oven and then all they need to do is hammer them correctly. This is easier said than done.
Both sides of the detour take place at Selkirk College and both are frustratingly difficult but can be mastered after trying for a while. At least by most teams.
"I do music but not heavy metal", Bert has never done any blacksmithing before
"My cylinder looks like a work of art, his abstract at best", Zed while doing pottery
"We can not do this", Courtney after seeing the pottery demonstration
"This is more romantic than I thought", Korey about doing pottery
Megan & Courtney really struggle with this detour. Upon seeing the pottery demonstration they decided that it is too hard. But it turns out that blacksmithing is event harder. They have problem hitting the iron correctly.
"Stop hitting the anvil, hit the red stuff", The judge is not happy with Courtney
After a while they realize that this will take forever for them so they switch to pottery.
Meanwhile Andrea & Ebonie are feeling depressed since they are the only ones left at the pottery side. They get a boost of energy when Megan & Courtney walk in.
Kenneth & Ryan also feel the pressure when all other teams have left the blacksmithing task. They make a quick trip to the pottery and are relieved to see two teams still there.
"We can save our express pass and get out of here before them", Kenneth
But after failing yet another attempt at making even one acceptable hook they decide to not risk it any more and whip out their express pass.
1(+1) Zed & Shabbir, throw it
2(+6) Korey & Ivana, throw it
3(+3) Adam & Andrea, throw it
4(-3) Karen & Bert, strike it
5(-2) Sam & Paul, strike it
6(-2) Kenneth & Ryan, strike it, used their express pass
7(+0) Megan & Courtney, looked at throw it, switched to strike it but eventually went back to throw it
8(-3) Andrea & Ebonie, throw it, just after #7
--- Quote ---ROUTE INFO
Drive yourselves to the
Kikanee Creek
Provincial Park and
search the beach for Jon
at your next Pit Stop.
Warning!! The last team
to check in may be
eliminated.
--- End quote ---
Karen & Bert are convinced that they are first when they drive to the pit stop. They used their express pass and they were the first team to leave the blacksmithing task. So they are disappointed to be in fifth.
Courtney almost forget her fanny pack at the detour but they realize it and run back to grab it. And as she does this we see Andrea & Ebonie read their last clue. So they are very close.
"Dammit, I just heard them screaming", The last team approaches the pit stop
Teams reach Jon in the following order:
1(+0) Zed & Shabbir, win a trip to Chicago
2(+0) Korey & Ivana
3(+0) Adam & Andrea
4(+1) Sam & Paul
5(-1) Karen & Bert
6(+0) Kenneth & Ryan
7(+1) Andrea & Ebonie, lost a footrace to #6
8(=1) Megan & Courtney
And so Megan & Courtney join the illustrious ranks of teams being eliminated while carrying an express pass.
"We have never done anything like this before", Megan
And finally Jon gather the remaining teams an announce that Kenneth & Ryan won the $5000 bonus price for efficient driving.
This was a surprising episode. Megan & Courtney went from first to worst and all the express passes are gone.
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Amazing Race Canada Season 5, Episode 4, "This is a butt workout"
Film date: 2017-05-03 - 2017-05-04
The last pit stop was at the Kikanee Creek Provincial Park in Hamilton, AB. Teams are released from somewhere else in Hamilton in the following order:
1.Zed & Shabbir 11:152.Korey & Ivana 11:31+0:163.Adam & Andrea 11:37+0:224.Sam & Paul 11:58+0:435.Karen & Bert 12:04+0:496.Kenneth & Ryan 12:26+1:117.Andrea & Ebonie 12:31+1:16
--- Quote ---ROUTE INFO
Make your way to the
Great Wall of China!
Fly to Beijing and make
your way to Yu Yong
Pass, then search for
your next clue.
You have $650 CDN on
your BMO CashBack
MasterCard for this leg
of the Race.
--- End quote ---
Teams must first travel from Castlegar to Vancouver where they have to find the offices of Sinorama Travel. Here they will pick up a travel pack including their airline tickets and a small gift.
All teams are on the same flight to Beijing. Once they land teams jump into taxis and make their way to the Yu Yong Pass. Some teams have great luck with their taxis and find drivers who speak at least a little bit of English. Others have worse luck. Korey & Ivana find a driver who is driving really slow, like so slow that eventually they have him stop and get into another taxi.
Once they arrive at the wall teams have no problem seeing the big marker which indicates where their next clue is.
"This is a butt workout", Andrea & Ebonie get the title as they climb up to the clue box
Teams reach the clue box (55min 61km) in the following order:
1. Adam & Andrea
2. Zed & Shabbir
3. Sam & Paul
4. Andrea & Ebonie
5. Karen & Bert
6. Kenneth & Ryan
7. Korey & Ivana, after four teams have left
--- Quote ---ROUTE INFO
You've hit a wall!
Lead a group of visitors
on a Sinorama Holidays
guided tour of the Great
Wall of China to receive
your next clue.
--- End quote ---
Teams must dress up as guides and are given a script which they must learn, The script reads:
--- Quote ---Racer 1: Ni Hao! (KNEE-HOW)
Racer 2: Hen Gao Xing Jian Dao Ni! (HEN GAO SING JEN
DAO NI)
Racer 1: Welcome to the Great Wall of China, also known
in French as la Grand Muraille de China (LA GRAND
MURE-EYE DE SHEEN), where over 60 million people visit
each year. Once used for wartime defense, the wall runs
through China, stretching over 21,000 kilometres.
Racer 2: While much of what is visible today was built
during the Ming dynasty, construit durant la dynastie
Ming (CONE-STREW-WEE DU-RAND LA DEE-NASTY
MING), construction began on various seconds as far
back as 770 B.C.
Racer 1: Zhu Yuanzhan (JEW U-AN JANG), the first
emperor of the Ming Dynasty, le premier empereur de la
dynastie Ming (LE PRA-ME-EH AMP-E-ROAR DE LA DEE-
NASTY MING), ordered the pass to be rebuilt to protect
the northern borders from Mongol invasion.
Racer2: Jiayu (JEE-AH-YOU) Pass is to the west and to the
east is Shanhau (SHEN-HIGH) Pass. This Pass runs all the
way to the sea.
Racer 1: Merci pour votre visite! (MARE-SEE POUR VOTE-
TRE VEE-ZEET)
Racer 2: Thank you, or as they say in Mandarin, Xi Xi Ni!
(SHE-EY SHE-EY KNEE)
--- End quote ---
Once they have learned the script teams must guide a group along the wall. Only one team at a time can try this task.
"A plus for us in this challenge is that we do speak French, but our Mandarin is horrible", Andrea (of Adam & Andrea)
"I studied TV-hosting, so memorizing a script is something that's just really natural for me", Ebonie
Teams complete this task in the following order:
1(+3) Andrea & Ebonie, on their first attempt
2(+0) Zed & Shabbir, on their first attempt
3(+0) Sam & Paul, on their first attempt
4(-3) Adam & Andrea, on their third attempt
5(-1) Kenneth & Ryan, on their first attempt
6(+1) Karen & Bert, on their second attempt
7(+0) Korey & Ivana, on their fourth attempt
--- Quote ---ROUTE INFO
Interrupt a friendly game
of hockey at the
Canadian Embassy in
Beijing to receive your
next clue!
--- End quote ---
Teams get to the Canadian embassy (1h21min 72km) in the following order:
1(+1) Zed & Shabbir
2(-1) Andrea & Ebonie
3(+0) Sam & Paul
4(+0) Adam & Andrea
5(+0) Kenneth & Ryan
6(+0) Karen & Bert
7(+0) Korey & Ivana
--- Quote ---DETOUR
Detour: "In Sync or "In
Line"
In Sync: Execute a
synchronized dive and
earn a high enough
score from a panel of
judges to receive your
next clue.
In Line: Join a group of
...
--- End quote ---
In sync takes place at Yingtong Natatorium. Here teams must learn synchronized jumping from the 5m platform. They need to land head first simultaneously into the water and get a combined score 20 or more from the three judges (on a scale of 0-10 from each) to get their next clue.
In Line requires teams to dress up and learn a choreographed dance routine.
Both detours take place close to each other (20min 10km).
"It's an unbelievable amount of pressure just because my whole family has diving in their bloods", Sam
Adam & Andrea discuss a bit about which detour to take. Andrea is afraid of heights and does not want to do diving. She manages to persuade Adam to do dancing.
"Dancing is not my thing", Adam
"Oh my god. That's all?", Shabbir tries the provided swimsuits, which are kind of revealing
"Hopefully this is going to be an easy one', Ebonie
"I didn't think I would suck that much", Ebonie after her first practice jump
Ebonie is having a hard time with the diving. She tends to land on her stomach instead of head first.
"I'm not capable of doing it", Ebonie
So they decide to switch detour.
"Dude, this is hard", Paul
"That's kind of the point" Sam
Korey & Ivana are way behind the other teams and when they arrive at the diving detour all other teams have left. After two jumps Ivanas back is hurting bad. So bad that they decide to change detour.
"I'm in so much pain that I can barely walk", Ivana
Teams complete the detour in the following order:
1(+0) Zed & Shabbir, diving on their 3rd attempt
2(+3) Kenneth & Ryan, diving on their 2nd attempt
3(+0) Sam & Paul, diving on their 3rd attempt
4(+2) Karen & Bert, dancing on their 2nd attempt
5(-1) Adam & Andrea, dancing on their 3rd attempt
6(-4) Andrea & Ebonie, started diving but switched to dancing which they did on their 1st attempt
7(+0) Korey & Ivana, started diving but switched to dancing which they did on their 5th attempt
Route info: Make your way to Ren Yi Tang and search outside for your next clue.
Teams arrive at Ren Yi Tang (17min 6km) in the following order:
1(+0) Zed & Shabbir
2(+0) Kenneth & Ryan
3(+0) Sam & Paul
4(+0) Karen & Bert
5(+0) Adam & Andrea
6(+0) Andrea & Ebonie
7(+0) Korey & Ivana
--- Quote ---ROAD BLOCK
Who wants to play
doctor?
--- End quote ---
This road block takes place in a shop which contains 3000 indexed ingredients in over 800 drawers. One team member is given a prescription to fill. Each prescription contains three ingredients and lists how many grams needed and the name, in Chinese, of each ingredient. Players must the search among the drawers for the one and only drawer containing each ingredient. The content of each drawer is listed on the outside, in Chinese. So players need just find the drawer with the corresponding characters as in their recipe (for each ingredient). Finally they must weight up the correct amount of each ingredient.
"We're gonna be here for a little while folks', Shabbir realize there are a lot of drawers
"It's all about detail and I'm not a meticulous person so it's challenging", Ebonie
Korey & Ivana arrive when there are three other teams doing the task. They are very happy because this is the first time they see any other teams since the wall.
Teams complete this road block in the following order (* denotes team member doing the roadblock):
1(+2)Sam* & Paul (2-2)2(-1)Zed & Shabbir* (1-3)3(+2)Adam* & Andrea (2-2)4(-2)Kenneth* & Ryan (2-2)5(-1)Karen* & Bert (2-2)6(+1)Korey* & Ivana (2-2)7(-1)Andrea & Ebonie* (2-2)
--- Quote ---ROUTE INFO
Make your way to the
square by the Drum
Tower and search for
Jon at your next Pit Stop.
Warning! The last team
to check in may be
eliminated.
--- End quote ---
Korey & Ivana seem to have trouble finding a taxi after this challenge.
"It took us more time to find a taxi than to finish the challenge", Korey
"It's not over until Jon says it's over", Ebonie
Teams reach Jon (14min 3km) in the following order:
1(+0) Sam & Paul, win a 15 day trip to China
2(+0) Zed & Shabbir
3(+0) Adam & Andrea
4(+0) Kenneth & Ryan
5(+0) Karen & Bert
6(+0) Korey & Ivana
7(+0) Andrea & Ebonie, are saved by a keep on racing
The detail oriented viewer have noticed that Jon tells teams they are team X to arrive. Which indicates that this may be a keep on racing pit stop. And sure enough, when Andrea & Ebonie check in they get told to keep racing and get their next clue.
--- Quote ---ROUTE INFO
Take a high-speed train
to Shanghai, China!
Once there, make your
way to Tock's Montreal
Style Deli. Repeat the
Mandarin phrase you
learned at the Great Wall
of China to the Sinorama
guide to receive your
next clue.
You have 4,600 Chinese
Yuan on your BMO
CashBack Mastercard
for this leg of the Race.
--- End quote ---
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Amazing Race Canada Season 5, Episode 5, "This is a real cat and mouse chase"
Film date: 2017-05-04 - 2017-05-06
The last episode ended with teams receive their next clue by Jon at the Drum tower in Beijing, China. Teams got this clue in the following order:
1. Sam & Paul (at 22:05)
2. Zed & Shabbir
3. Adam & Andrea
4. Kenneth & Ryan
5. Karen & Bert
6. Korey & Ivana
7. Andrea & Ebonie
--- Quote ---ROUTE INFO
Take a high-speed train
to Shanghai, China!
Once there, make your
way to Tock's Montreal
Style Deli. Repeat the
Mandarin phrase you
learned at the Great Wall
of China to the Sinorama
guide to receive your
next clue.
You have 4,600 Chinese
Yuan on your BMO
CashBack Mastercard
for this leg of the Race.
--- End quote ---
In addition to this clue teams also get a small plush toy.
Before teams can head to Shanghai they must search for their next clue at the Beijingnan railway station.
"I'm terrified of what's to come", Ivana has problems with her back
The clue they get at the railway station contains tickets and some extra info:
--- Quote ---TRAIN PORTER CLUE - TRAIN STATION
Additional information
* You are traveling on Train G5 departing from Beijing South Railway Station at
07:00AM on May 5th, arriving at Shanghai Hogqiao Railway Station.
* You must travel only on the pre-booked train. You may not exchange your
tickets for seats on another train, even if seats are available.
--- End quote ---
The train trip takes 4:55 so the train arrives in Shanghai at 11:55.
As they pick up this clue Sam & Paul drop the clue about Shanghai. Shortly after that they also drop their train tickets. They soon realize this and go back to look for them.
"We're searching for our train tickets in a city of 21 million people, in the dark"
Against all odds they find their tickets lying on the ground.
Later on the train Sam & Paul ask Adam & Andrea for the information in the clue they lost. And Adam & Andrea agree to help them in exchange for help later in the race.
When teams arrive in Shanghai they all jump into taxis and make their way to Tock's deli. Here teams must say "Xi Xi Ni" to the Sinorama tour guide to receive their next clue. This clue is route info which instructs them to fly to Bangkok, Thailand.
All teams end up on the same flight to Bangkok, probably:
TG665 PVG-BKK 17:25 - 21:00
Once they land there is the customary mad dash to the taxis and then on to the Caturday Cat Cafe where they will find their next clue. However when they arrive at the cafe they find out that it is currently closed and it opens again at 08:00.
The next morning teams are lined up outside as the cafe opens. They walk in (I guess running is not allowed) and easily find the clues scattered around the cafe.
"This cafe is full of cats. The most weird thing I've ever seen.", Andrea (of Adam & Andrea)
The clue envelope here contains a route info and a fast forward.
--- Quote ---FAST FORWARD
Join takraw players at
the National Stadium of
Thailand and be the first
team to get your ball
through the hoop to win
the Fast Forward!
Note: All teams can
attempt this Fast
Forward at the same
time.
--- End quote ---
Takraw is a game where teams must kick a ball through a hoop hanging overhead. They may not use their hand and arms and the ball may not touch the ground. In this challenge teams must start with one team member passing the ball to their partner which may then try to hit the hoop.
The national stadium is 2km away.
The route info reads:
--- Quote ---ROUTE INFO
Take a long tail boat
through the klongs of
Bangkok to the Artist's
House and search for
your next clue.
--- End quote ---
The long tail boat is parked at pier 2 at the Yodpiman pier (6km).
Teams leave the caturday cat cafe in the following order:
1. Karen & Bert
2. Zed & Shabbir
3. Sam & Paul
4. Andrea & Ebonie
5. Kenneth & Ryan
6. Adam & Andrea
7. Korey & Ivana
Adam & Andrea and Korey & Ivana go for the fast forward. Kenneth & Ryan also initially go for it but change their mind when they reread the clue and decide to go for the route info instead.
Korey & Ivana get dropped off at a different stadium in the same complex (200m or so from the right place). Meanwhile Adam & Andrea arrive at the right fast forward location.
"We played soccer when we were kids, throughout high school. This is right up our alley", Andrea has confidence
"This isn't too easy", Adam after trying a few times
After trying for a while Adam & Andrea manage to get the ball into one of the hoops and win the fast forward. They can now make their way directly to the pit stop at Wat Thewarat Kunchorn Worawihan temple. Korey & Ivana arrive just as Adam & Andrea are catching a taxi.
Teams reach the long tail boats in the following order:
1(+0) Karen & Bert
2(+0) Zed & Shabbir
3(+0) Sam & Paul
4(+3) Korey & Ivana, after trying to go for the fast forward
5(+0) Kenneth & Ryan
5(-1) Andrea & Ebonie
"This is unreal, absolutely amazing", Sam is excited during the boat ride
"Good new is, we're not last", Korey when they arrive at the Artist's house
The clue at the Artist's house reads:
--- Quote ---ROUTE INFO
It's Showtime!
Put on a puppet show
and entertain the guests
of the Artist's House to
receive your next clue.
NOTE: You MAY NOT talk
at any time during your
performance.
--- End quote ---
Teams must learn a puppet show routine and then perform it. It takes three people to operate the puppet so a local is helping them. The catch this time is both that people have to work in sync to control the puppet and that teams must stay completely silent during the performance.
Zed & Shabbir struggle with this task. Or rather they did not read their clue carefully enough so they missed the part about being silent during the performance.
"As long as we talk out loud what the steps are I think we'll be fine", Shabbir
Finally, after having failed eight times, they reread their clue and notice this crucial detail.
"Bert and I do community theater", Karen think they should have an easy time here
Teams complete this task in the following order:
1(+2) Sam & Paul, on their 1st attempt
2(-1) Karen & Bert, on their 1st attempt
3(+2) Andrea & Ebonie, on their 1st attempt
4(+1) Kenneth & Ryan, on their 1st attempt
5(-1) Korey & Ivana, on their 3rd attempt
6(-4) Zed & Shabbir, on their 9th attempt
The next clue is a detour: Bling it or Shred it.
In "Bling it" teams must make their way to a temple and pick up a tuk-tuk. They must then ride in this to nearby place. Here there are two other blinged out tuk-tuks. They must compare these two and see which decorations are identical on both. They must then go to two different markets and buy these decorations and apply them to their own tuk-tuk.
One of the pieces of bling seems to be the small toy they got from Jon at the start of this leg.
In "Shred it" teams must make their way to the Flow house in downtown Bangkok. This is a man-made surfing house where both team members must face the artificial wave and grab a hanging flag.
"We're going to the surfing challenge and neither of us have ever surfed before", Sam
"I have worked at an indoor surfing pool, I practice there all the time. I feel like this challenge was made for me", Ebonie
"This is the first time we're in last place", Zed after they leave the puppet theater
Zed & Shabbir try their hand at surfing. Zed has no problems with the
task but Shabbir struggles.
"I've take so many falls, my body is aching", Shabbir can't go on much longer
So they switch to the bling detour.
"This day couldn't have gone any worse for us", Shabbir
Teams complete the detour in the following order:
1(+0) Sam & Paul, surf
2(+1) Andrea & Ebonie, surf
3(+1) Kenneth & Ryan, surf
4(-2) Karen & Bert, bling
5(+0) Korey & Ivana, bling
6(+0) Zed & Shabbir, started surf but switched to bling
--- Quote ---ROUTE INFO
Make your way to Wat
Devarajkunchorn at See
Sao Te Wet intersection
and search for Jon at
your next Pit Stop.
Warning! The last team
to check in may be
eliminated.
--- End quote ---
Andrea & Ebonie reach the temple just before Sam & Paul. The latter are in full competition mode and run ahead through the temple. Unfortunately they are going too fast and they run past the doorway leading to the courtyard where Jon is waiting so the girls can squeak by in the last moment.
Korey & Ivana are unlucky and their taxi drives 45 minutes in the wrong directions on their way to the pit stop. So they are feeling a bit down when they finally reach the temple where Jon awaits.
"The thunder is very appropriate right now", Ivana comments on the weather
Teams reach Jon and the pit stop in the following order:
1(+5) Adam & Andrea, win a 14 day trip to Asia.
2(+1) Andrea & Ebonie
3(-1) Sam & Paul
4(+0) Kenneth & Ryan
5(+0) Karen & Bert
6(+0) Korey & Ivana, are surprised to still be in the race
7(+0) Zed & Shabbir, are eliminated
"I didn't want this journey to end. It's an amazing ride", Shabbir
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Amazing Race Canada Season 5, Episode 6, "We just saw Johnny Mustard"
Film date: probably 2017-05-07 2017-05-09
The last pit stop was at the Wat Devarajkunchorn temple in Bangkok, Thailand. Teams seem to be released in front of a hotel somewhere in Bangkok in the following order:
1.Adam & Andrea 21:022.Andrea & Ebonie 23:50+2:483.Sam & Paul 23:51+2:494.Kenneth & Ryan 23:54+2:525.Karen & Bert 00:50+3:486.Korey & Ivana 03:16+6:14
--- Quote ---ROUTE INFO
Fly to our nation's
capital, Ottawa, Ontario!
Once there, make your
way to the Ottawa 2017
Cauldron and search for
your next clue.
You have one loonie on your BMO CashBack
MasterCard for this leg
of the Race.
Caution: Double U-Turn
Ahead!
--- End quote ---
At the airport Adam & Andrea talk to Sam & Paul and Andrea & Ebonie. They form an U-turn alliance and decide that they will U-turn the other teams.
All teams travel on the same flight to Ontario, via Hong Kong and Toronto.
Once they land teams must make their way to City Hall where the Mayor will give them their next clue. They reach him in the following order:
1. Korey & Ivana
2. Kenneth & Ryan
3. Andrea & Ebonie
?. Adam & Andrea
?. Karen & Bert
?. Sam & Paul
This clue directs teams to Hog's Back Falls. Here they will find a fleet of sponsor cars. Using the surround vision technology in the cars teams must park five of them in the marked spots to form one letter of the word CANADA.
The task seems fairly easy. But I think the editors left a lot on the cutting room floor. For example when Korey & Ivana park their last car we see that three of their other cars are parked with at least one wheel on or outside the markings. But in the final aerial shot they are all within their markings. So I assume they had to move those cars, which probably explains why they dropped some placements.
Teams complete this task in the following order:
1(+1) Kenneth & Ryan
2(+1) Andrea & Ebonie
3(-2) Korey & Ivana
4(+?) Adam & Andrea
5(+?) Sam & Paul
6(+?) Karen & Bert
--- Quote ---ROAD BLOCK
Who's ready to let it
ride?
--- End quote ---
In this road block contestants must visit the RCMP Musical Ride. They will each be given a horse which they must carefully groom from the front to, and including, the butt. Then they must tack their steed to the precise standards of the RCMP. Finally they can mount up and ride a short distance to receive their next clue.
During the ride they have two experienced riders flanking them and their horse. Probably to make things look good and to keep any mishaps from happening.
On their way to the road block Andrea & Ebonie just follow Kenneth & Ryan.
"Andrea & Ebonie are always following us in vehicles", Kenneth & Ryan are not happy
"That is a horse", Korey had a knack for stating the obvious, he probably meant that there is a lot of horse to the horse he has to groom
"Let's hope people like us enough to not U-turn us", Sam fidgets while he waits for Paul as they are last
Teams complete this road block in the following order (* denotes team member doing the roadblock):
1(+0)Kenneth & Ryan* (2-3)2(+0)Andrea* & Ebonie (3-2)3(+1)Adam* & Andrea (3-2)4(-1)Korey* & Ivana (3-2)5(+1)Karen* & Bert (3-2)6(-1)Sam & Paul* (2-3)
--- Quote ---DETOUR
Detour: "Tiptoe through
the Tulips" or "Get the
Picture"
Tiptoe through the
Tulips: Construct a
flower cart and fill it with
an arrangement of Tulips
to receive your next clue
...
--- End quote ---
The tulip detour takes place in the Commissioners park (17min 12km). Here teams must assemble a flower cart and then recreate a tulip display. The tulip bouquets they need can be found in buckets placed throughout the park.
The picture detour takes place at the Canada Council art bank (9min 4km). Here teams must select a binder listing 20 different works of art. They must then use a database to locate these works of art in the 36'000 sq feet warehouse, and photograph each of them.
Everybody selects the tulip detour. But first they have to drive there, which seems to be not that easy. Andrea & Ebonie try their usual follow Kenneth & Ryan strategy. But they guys have grown irritated by this and manages to loose the girls by a red light. But the joke is on them because in the end the girls arrive at the park before the boys.
Sam & Paul are shown asking a local for directions, and that seems to be smart because they are the first to arrive.
It seems as if the picture detour was fairly quick.
Teams arrive to the tulip detour in the following order:
1(+5) Sam & Paul
2(+0) Andrea & Ebonie
3(+2) Karen & Bert
4(-3) Kenneth & Ryan
5(-2) Adam & Andrea
6(-2) Korey & Ivana
"Everyone must have picked the other detour", Sam & Paul arrive first at the tulip detour
"Oh, this is easy Paul", Sam looks at the example flower cart
Teams complete the detour in the following order:
1(+2) Karen & Bert, tulip
2(-1) Sam & Paul, tulip
3(-1) Andrea & Ebonie, tulip
4(+1) Adam & Andrea, picture
5(-1) Kenneth & Ryan, tulip
6(+0) Korey & Ivana, tulip
5(+0) Kenneth & Ryan, picture, they leave just as Andrea & Ebonie arrive
6(+0) Andrea & Ebonie, picture
--- Quote ---ROUTE INFO
Drive yourselves to the
ByWard Market and
search near BeaverTails
for your next clue.
Caution: Double U-turn
Ahead!
--- End quote ---
Here Andrea & Ebonie have serious problems finding their way. They get very lost and loose a lot of time.
"Lost is our middle name today", Andrea of Andrea & Ebonie
Teams arrive at the market (13min 6km) and the U-turn board in the following order:
1(+0) Karen & Bert
2(+0) Sam & Paul, U-turns Kenneth & Ryan
3(+1) Adam & Andrea
4(+1) Korey & Ivana, U-turns Andrea & Ebonie
5(+0) Kenneth & Ryan, as Korey & Ivan are busy U-turning
6(-3) Andrea & Ebonie
"A blank U-turn board! This is the greatest feeling ever", Paul
"We've been waiting 6 legs to do that", Paul after they U-turned Kenneth & Ryan
At the U-turn board Adam & Andrea are surprised that Andrea & Ebonie haven't U-turned another team. They do not know that the girls are seriously lost and haven't been here yet. Adam & Andrea fret about this for a while but eventually decide that since the girls didn't honor their alliance and U-turned another team then they do not need to do so either.
"They left a while ago, but they could've gotten lost, bad decision on our part?", Andrea has second thoughts as they drive away
The clue here directs teams to drive themselves to the Canadian museum of history and search inside the main entrance for their next clue.
As Kenneth & Ryan leave the U-turn board Ryan spot his brother walking on the street.
"We just saw Johnny mustard", Kenneth
This is not as much of a coincidence as one might think. Johnny lives in Ottawa and a local TV station had published pictures of the U-turn board the day before so he knew they would be in the area.
Teams arrive at the museum in the following order:
1(+1) Sam & Paul
2(-1) Karen & Bert
3(+0) Adam & Andrea
4(+0) Korey & Ivana
5(+0) Kenneth & Ryan
6(+0) Andrea & Ebonie
Route info: How Canadian are you?
In this task contestants will each be given a Canadian citizenship test. All tests differ slightly. They must answer at least 15 of 20 questions correctly to pass. They have to redo the test until they earn a passing score.
Teams can also examine the, huge, history exhibition which I assume holds some of the answers.
We learn that Ivana's parents had to take this test when they immigrated from Bosnia as she was 12.
"It's challenging because I don't know what I don't know", Bert struggles with the test
"Who made the Canadian National Anthem? Céline Dion?, Ryan
Andrea & Ebonie arrive to the museum as Ryan is still taking the test, this adds a bit of pressure to the room.
Teams pass the test in the following order:
1(+2) Adam & Andrea, Adam on his 2nd attempt
2(-1) Sam & Paul, Paul on his 8th attempt
3(+1) Korey & Ivana, Korey on his 4th and Ivana on her 6th attempt
4(-2) Karen & Bert, Bert on his 14th attempt
5(+0) Kenneth & Ryan (number of attempts not shown)
6(+0) Andrea & Ebonie (number of attempts not shown)
--- Quote ---ROUTE INFO
Make your way on foot to
the museum's upper
terrace and search for
Jon at your next Pit Stop,
where you will take the
Oath of Citizenship!
Warning! The last team
to check in may be
eliminated.
NOTE: You do not need
your bags to check in at
this Pit Stop.
--- End quote ---
Teams reach the Pit Stop in the following order:
1(+0) Adam & Andrea, win a 5 cities cross Canada trip
2(+0) Sam & Paul
3(+0) Korey & Ivana
4(+0) Karen & Bert
5(+0) Kenneth & Ryan
6(+0) Andrea & Ebonie, are saved by a non elimination
maf:
Racing report
Amazing Race Canada Season 5, Episode 7, "Break time for Korey"
Film date: probably 2017-05-11 2017-05-12
The last pit stop was at the Canadian museum of history in Ottawa. Teams are released somewhere else in Ottawa in the following order:
1.Adam & Andrea 07:522.Sam & Paul 08:32+0:403.Korey & Ivana 10:00+2:084.Karen & Bert 10:02+2:105.Kenneth & Ryan 10:25+2:336.Andrea & Ebonie 11:14+3:24
--- Quote ---ROUTE INFO
Fly to Western
Newfoundland &
Labrador!
Once there, find your
next clue in the 2017
Chevrolet Spark.
You have $450 on your
BMO CashBack
MasterCard for this leg
of the Race.
--- End quote ---
We get to see the first five teams sitting at the airport talking about being the final five when Andrea & Ebonie arrive. Not everybody is happy that they are still in the race (1/5 are better odds than 1/6). And there are some hard feelings about the U-turn.
"I'm just having a hard time faking it in front of fake people", Ebonie
All teams fly on the same flight from Ottawa to Deer Lake. Once they land they can jump into one of the sponsor cars and drive themselves to Corner Brook (57km 40min). Here they have to find specific BMO branch where they will receive their next clue.
At this point in the leg there is something the producers do not show us. Teams are leaving the airport closely following each other and it is getting dark outside. When we next time see the teams it is light and they are spread out. I suspect they had to go somewhere where they got departure times for the next day and had to spend the night.
Teams arrive at the bank in the following order:
1. Kenneth & Ryan
2. Sam & Paul
3. Korey & Ivana
4. Adam & Andrea
5. Andrea & Ebonie
6. Karen & Bert
At the bank each team receive a video greeting from their loved ones at home. The only notable thing here is that the loved ones including Kenneth's dog and that Sam is told that he got accepted at medical school.
In the video the family has been instructed to tell the teams to drive themselves to the Discovery Center and Gros Morne National Park.
At the Discovery center (118km 1h28min) teams find a detour clue in the following order:
1(+0) Kenneth & Ryan
2(+0) Sam & Paul, right after #1
3(+1) Adam & Andrea
4(-1) Korey & Ivana
5(+1) Karen & Bert
6(-1) Andrea & Ebonie
Here is also where Andrea & Ebonie find their speed bump. They must use bow and arrows to hit a target. Once they have scored a total of 25 points they can move on.
"There's a pose in Yoga called Warrior 2", Andrea know the archery pose
The others can go directly for the detour:
--- Quote ---DETOUR
Detour: "Find Your Dory" or "Family Story"
Find your Dory: Put out
to sea in a traditional
dory and use the map to
find your next clue.
Family Story: Using
stories told by the gods,
correctly fill out a Norse
mythology family tree to
receive your next clue.
--- End quote ---
The trick with the dory is that teams must row the boat. One would think, after seeing lots of Amazing Race seasons, that teams might have realized that rowing is good skill to have on the race. But alas not, the number of different styles of propelling the boat is great.
"I have a bit of rowing experience", Paul stands out from the crowd
"Sam & Paul are in front of us and we're gonna go catch them", Kenneth & Paul
Kenneth & Ryan quickly have to shelve their plans to catch Sam & Paul since it turns out they do not know how to row. After a while they settle on the technique where they paddle the boat like a canoe, this is very slow.
"What are oars", Ivana (in the car)
"We've got a system, you're doing great", Ivana as Korey rows the boat
When they get to the clues Korey have to take a call from mother nature. This seems to take a long time.
"Break time for Korey", Ivana gets the title
The family story detour takes place in a recreated Viking settlement (that is production put up some tents and other props). The family member names can be found written on flat stones which must be hung on a family tree. One trick is that they are many more names than is needed.
"Those are not easy names to remember. There's no Bob, Bill or Marge here", Andrea
Teams complete this detour in the following order:
1(+1) Sam & Paul, dory
2(+1) Adam & Andrea, story
3(-2) Kenneth & Ryan, dory
4(+1) Karen & Bert, story
5(-1) Korey & Ivana, dory
6(+0) Andrea & Ebonie, dory
The next clue is a face off. Teams have to make their way to Corner Brook Center Bowl and play five pin bowling against each other. Each match consists of 10 rounds and the team with the highest score win and can continue racing. The loser plays the next waiting team and so on. The last team to lose a match have to wait out a penalty before they can move on.
Sam & Paul are first to arrive so they have to wait for the next team to catch up before they can play them. Adam & Andrea encounter Kenneth & Ryan outside and they race each other to be the next team to the face off. Adam & Andrea win this race by a whisker.
We learn that Adam had a lot of bowling parties when he was small. These do however unfortunately not translate into any skill now.
"We can win this, easy", Kenneth has confidence
Andrea & Ebonie arrive here after the first two teams have won their games and left.
Karen & Bert almost win their match against Kenneth & Ryan but Burt fails completely in his last frame which allows the boys to beat them. He redeems himself in the next game where he gets a strike just as they need one.
Teams leave the bowling in the following order:
1(+0) Sam & Paul, won against Adam & Andrea
2(+0) Adam & Andrea, won against Kenneth & Ryan
3(+0) Kenneth & Ryan, won against Karen & Bert
4(+0) Karen & Bert, won against Korey & Ivana
5(+0) Korey & Ivana, won against Andrea & Ebonie
6(+0) Andrea & Ebonie
--- Quote ---ROAD BLOCK
Who's da Bomb?
--- End quote ---
In this road block teams must make their way to Swirsky's comedy club (2km 5min). Here racers must learn 12 jokes from a list of more than 40. Then they must tell them on a stage in front of a local audience. If they fail they will be pelted with produce (lettuce and sliced tomatoes) before they can exit the stage and go to the back of the line to try again.
The jokes sheet starts like this:
--- Quote ---1) 247 car accidents a year involve moose. No one knows how they pass the drivers
exam.
2) Canada has more donut shops per square capita than anywhere else and hence,
more police officers per square capita.
3) Scientists say the higher you're IQ the more you dream. This explains why
creative people dream often and Donald Trump can't spell dream.
4) woman's hearts beats faster than a man, mostly because she's annoyed at her
man.
5) By the age of 60 most people will have lost half of their taste buds, but it evens
out as they double the volume on their televisions
6) Your body gives off enough heat in 30 minutes to boil half a gallon of water.
Women's feet give off enough cold to freeze that boiling water.
7) A beaver led a heard of cattle at a ranch in Saskatchewan recently "During these
tough economic times I've had to get a second job like everyone else' said the
beaver. "Being a nickel model wasn't enough to make my "dam"
payments".
8 ) Newfoundland's pretty windy. Earlier I saw a sea gull flying with its eyes closed.
9) I just got back form the Viking settlement in L'anse Ax Meadows where it's
evident that the Vikings were Newfoundland's angriest mummer's.
...
--- End quote ---
"This could be a ruthless crowd", Paul see the buckets with produce standing by the audience
"Oh my god, so bad but so good", Andrea (Adam's partner) reads the jokes
Here Andrea (of Andrea & Ebonie) actually manage to make an attempt before Ivana. Unfortunately for her she bombs and have to go back to study some more.
Teams complete this road block in the following order (* denotes team member doing the roadblock):
1(+0)Sam* & Paul (3-3)2(+1)Kenneth* & Ryan (3-3)3(-1)Adam & Andrea* (3-3)4(+0)Karen & Bert* (3-3)5(+0)Korey & Ivana* (3-3)6(+0)Andrea & Ebonie* (3-3)
--- Quote ---ROUTE INFO
Drive yourselves to the
Captain James Cook
Historic Site Lookout and
search for Jon at your
next Pit Stop.
Warning! The last team
to check in may be
eliminated.
--- End quote ---
Teams reach the pit stop at the Captain James Cook historic site (2km 5min)
in the following order:
1(+0) Sam & Paul, win a trip to Rio de Janeiro
2(+0) Kenneth & Ryan
3(+0) Adam & Andrea
4(+0) Karen & Bert
5(+0) Korey & Ivana
6(+0) Andrea & Ebonie, are eliminated
"It was the most beautiful experience that I could have ever shared with you", Ebonie
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