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Racing report TAR Canada 6 (episode 11 is on page 1)
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Racing report
Amazing Race Canada Season 6, Episode 5, "You gotta whip that cream"
Film date: probably 2018-05-05 - 2018-05-06
The last pit stop was at the Merdeka Square in Jakarta, Indonesia. Teams are released from the Ayana Midplaza hotel which is about 5km away after a long pit stop.
1.Leanne & Mar 00:082.Nancy & Mellisa 00:14+0:063.Dylan & Kwame 00:51+0:434.Zainab & Monica 01:01+0:535.Taylor & Courtney02:01+1:536.Martina & Phil 02:16+2:087.Courtney & Adam 02:32+2:24
--- Quote ---ROUTE INFO
Fly back home to
Canada.
Find your next clue in the
all new 2018 Chevrolet
Equinox True North
Edition when you arrive.
You have $550 for this
leg of the race.
--- End quote ---
At the airport teams learn that Todd & Anna got eliminated in the last leg.
"It scares me seeing top competitors go home, it can happen to anyone", Leanne realize anybody can be eliminated
Teams fly to Toronto via Tokyo. The flight takes about 20 hours but since they cross the international date line they land the same day as they started.
Route info: "Drive this Chevrolet Equinox to where it was assembled in Canada."
Teams must now figure out that their car was assembled at Cami Automotive Assembly in Ingersoll, ON. Then they must drive there and find the sign-up board. This is harder than it looks as there are two other Chevrolet plants near Toronto.
Most teams find people with smartphones at the airport and use these to search for the plant. Four of the teams get bad info and decide to head to Oshawa instead. They are:
Leanne & Mar
Courtney & Adam
Zainab & Monica
Nancy & Mellisa
Oshawa is 84 km east of Toronto while Ingersoll is to the west..
"I am very confused", Mar can't find the sign up board at the Oshawa plant
Eventually all the lost teams check the net again and realize they are in the wrong location.
Fortunately for the teams going the wrong direction the Ingersoll plant does not open until 09:00 the next morning so they have plenty of time to get there.
At the Ingersoll assembly plant (141km, 270km via Oshawa) teams find the sign up board in the following order:
1. Taylor & Courtney
2. Dylan & Kwame
3. Martina & Phil
4. Courtney & Adam, 2 hours after the first three teams
5. Nancy & Mellisa
6. Leanne & Mar
7. Zainab & Monica
The next morning teams will be let into the plant in the order they signed up in 5 minutes intervals. Once inside they find their next clue:
--- Quote ---ROUTE INFO
It's time to door-to-
door!
Hit the factory floor and
complete the standard
training exercise of
assembling and
disassembling a
Chevrolet Equinox front
door to receive your next
clue.
--- End quote ---
Note that the clue say they must assemble and disassemble the door. The instructions they have to follow also lists both build and teardown steps. But Jon only talks about assembling and that is all that is shown. And it seems as if once their assembly is approved they may go to see the plant manager to get their next clue.
Teams can watch a silent demonstration of the process and follow a set of instructions (containing 19 steps). The instructions are not quite self explaining, For example one step is to "Get B-Pillar Applique", and the next step is to "Install the B-Pillar applique".
Martina see this just like a food recipe:
"You can't go from step 1 to step 5 to step 12 to make your Key Lime pie. You gotta whip that cream", Martina gets the title
There seems to be a couple of gotchas in this task. You have to remember to plug in the rear view mirror electric contact, and you have to attach certain parts with the right side up.
Nancy & Mellisa debates about the orientation. Mellisa think the black and silver colors are significant but Nancy just think the silver is due to wear and tear. Nancy overrides Mellisa but as they walk away we get a shot of the judge shaking her head. I.e. Mellisa is right.
"I have no idea what the problem is at this point", Courtney (police) after their door has been rejected again
Teams complete this task in the following order:
1(+1) Dylan & Kwame
2(+2) Courtney & Adam
3(+0) Martina & Phil
4(-3) Taylor & Courtney
5(+1) Leanne & Mar
6(-1) Nancy & Mellisa
7(+0) Zainab & Monica
--- Quote ---ROUTE INFO
Drive yourselves to
Stratford, Ontario!
Once there, find the
Festival Theater and
search outside for your
next clue.
--- End quote ---
"I feel like we are completely lost", Leanne as they try to reach Stratford
Teams arrive at the Festival Theater (43min 46km) in the following order:
1(+2) Martina & Phil
2(+0) Courtney & Adam
3(+1) Taylor & Courtney
4(-3) Dylan & Kwame
5(+1) Nancy & Mellisa
6(+1) Zainab & Monica
7(-2) Leanne & Mar
--- Quote ---ROAD BLOCK
Who wants a fighting
chance?
--- End quote ---
In this road block contestants must suit up in period costumes and pick an instructor to teach them an intricate and technical stage sword fight sequence.
Phil tries to take safe route and performs the routine really slow. But the judge complains that it was too slow.
Courtney (nurse) does alright, but laughs as she is dying so the judge tells her to take it a bit more seriously.
"I did stage combat in university", Mar feel this task is for her
Mar is good at this. But she is also a perfectionist so she keep practicing and practicing. Eventually they are the last team left and only then will she make an attempt before the judge. Once shes goes up she is way better than all the others, which probably means she spent way too much time practicing.
Teams complete this road block in the following order (* denotes team member doing the roadblock):
1(+0)Martina & Phil* (2-4)On his 5th attempt2(+0)Courtney* & Adam (3-3)On her 3rd attempt3(+0)Taylor & Courtney*(3-3)On her 2nd attempt4(+1)Nancy & Mellisa* (3-3)On her 2nd attempt5(-1)Dylan & Kwame* (3-3)On his 2nd attempt6(+0)Zainab* & Monica (3-3)On her 3rd attempt7(+0)Leanne & Mar* (3-3)On her 1st attempt
Detour: "Paddle or package"
In Package teams must make their way to Rhéo Thompson candies (4min 1.3km). Here they must package 10 boxes of assorted mint smoothies and 10 boxes of assorted fruit jellies.
In paddle teams must make their way to the Avon boat rentals (4min 1.3km). Here they must use a paddle boat to collect six emoji puzzle pieces.The puzzle pieces
depict:
* a queen
* a bird (dove)
* -D
* a teapot
* +HE
* A green square
When the pieces are combined correctly teams should read "Queen of the square".
Dylan & Kwame are not having a great day on the river. First they knock over the sign holding one of the puzzle pieces. Then they get passed by Nancy & Mellisa.
"Aww man, we suck right now", Dylan as the girls pass them
It turns out that Adam is good at figuring out how to package the candies. There is a special tray which can be used to neatly insert them into the box. But when they ask for an inspection there is a glaring error. They have forgotten a sticker on one of the boxes.
"Queen blueberry tea?", Nancy & Mellisa tries to solve the puzzle
Dylan & Kwame also have a hard time with the puzzle. They find a local who points out that the bird can not be a dove because it is not the right shape. But he knows there is a queen street in town. While looking they spot Nancy & Mellisa and decide to follow them.
"They're leeches", Mellisa about the boys following them
Nancy & Mellisa goes into the tourist information office to ask for help. This happens to be right across the street from where they need to be. Meanwhile Dylan & Kwame are wandering the street as they did not see where the girls went. But they are in luck as some locals tell them that the other teams went inside and points to city hall.
Teams complete the detour in the following order:
1(+2) Taylor & Courtney, paddle
2(-1) Martina & Phil, package
3(-1) Courtney & Adam, package
4(+1) Dylan & Kwame, paddle
5(-1) Nancy & Mellisa, paddle
6(+1) Leanne & Mar, paddle
7(-1) Zainab & Monica, package
Teams doing the package detour get a slip of paper reading "Queen of the square" while the paddle boat teams have to solve a puzzle to get to the same answer. Then they all have to ask locals to learn that Queen of the square is the name of the local city hall.
Teams reach city hall in the following order:
1(+0) Taylor & Courtney, immediately realize they are missing their packs
2(+0) Martina & Phil
3(+0) Courtney & Adam
4(+0) Dylan & Kwame
5(+0) Nancy & Mellisa, realize they are missing their bags before Jon tells them
6(+0) Leanne & Mar
7(+0) Zainab & Monica
In here they see Jon at the mat. As they had no warning that this was going to happen no team have their packs with them (they have left them in their cars) so they all have to go back and fetch them.
"[i[You guys feel a little light?[/i]", Jon to Dylan & Kwame as the miss their packs
Eventually teams check in, with their packs, in the following order:
1(+0) Taylor & Courtney, win a trip to London
2(+1) Courtney & Adam
3(-1) Martina & Phil
4(+0) Dylan & Kwame
5(+0) Nancy & Mellisa
6(+0) Leanne & Mar
7(+0) Zainab & Monica, are saved by a keep on racing
This leg turns out to be a keep on racing leg so teams are given their next clue by Jon.
"Rip'n'read, you've got more to do", Jon
The next clue tells teams to drive to Toronto.
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Racing report
Amazing Race Canada Season 6, Episode 6, "Smells like sweat and fun"
Film date: 2018-05-07
The last pit stop was at city hall in Stratford, Ontario. As this was a keep-on-racing leg teams got their next clue immediately. Teams leave city hall in the following order:
1.Taylor & Courtney15:05+2.Courtney & Adam 15:40+0:353.Martina & Phil 15:41+0:364.Dylan & Kwame 15:46+0:415.Nancy & Mellisa 15:47+0:426.Leanne & Mar 15:56+0:517.Zainab & Monica 16:43+1:38
--- Quote ---ROUTE INFO
Make your way to
Canada's largest city,
Toronto, Ontario!
From the observation
deck of City Hall, search
the for the location of
your next clue.
...
--- End quote ---
The clue also warns that there is a double U-turn ahead.
Taylor & Courtney are happy to keep on racing since it means they get to keep their lead.
Nancy & Mellisa discuss the U-turn in the car
"My heart is saying don't but my head is saying absolutely", Nancy
Zainab & Monica hope that some of the other teams U-turns each other so that they can catch up.
Teams arrive to City Hall in Toronto (150km 1h55min) in the following order:
1(+0) Taylor & Courtney
2(+1) Martina & Phil
3(+2) Nancy & Mellisa
4(+0) Dylan & Kwame, just as the previous team is leaving
5(+1) Leanne & Mar
6(-4) Courtney & Adam
7(+0) Zainab & Monica
At City Hall teams must leave their cars and make their way to a hidden observation deck on the 27th floor. The next clue is a big red and yellow flag on top of a nearby building. This is not hard to spot if you look out the right opening. But it is not trivial to find since most of the observation deck faces in the other direction.
Teams spot the flag here in the following order:
1(+0) Taylor & Courtney
2(+0) Martina & Phil
3(+0) Nancy & Mellisa
4(+1) Leanne & Mar
5(-1) Dylan & Kwame
6(+0) Courtney & Adam
7(+0) Zainab & Monica
The flag is located by Younge-Dundas Square and the racers must make their way there.
Zainab & Monica seem to be the only ones having any issues here. They search inside the building where the flag was instead of down on the square.
They find the clue box at the Younge-Dundas Square (650m) in the following order:
1(+0) Taylor & Courtney
2(+0) Martina & Phil
3(+0) Nancy & Mellisa
4(+0) Leanne & Mar
5(+0) Dylan & Kwame
6(+0) Courtney & Adam
7(+0) Zainab & Monica, after all the other teams have left
--- Quote ---ROAD BLOCK
Who's ready to spark up
this Road Block?
--- End quote ---
In this road block racers must first pack a number of unwieldy items into a Chevrolet Spark. Nothing may be packed in the front seat and there must be an unobstructed sight-line through the rear view mirror. Once that has been approved they can run over to one of two other cars which they must back through a course and park in a designated spot without hitting any of the markers.
"I'm not gonna lie, my mom helped me pack my bag before I left for the race", Taylor
"I'm a minimalist, I don't even own this much stuff", Mellisa
"Calm it down, slow is fast", Courtney tries to coach Adam
"Slamming's fast", Adam has a different opinion
Mar get her packing rejected a number of times. Eventually she reread her clue and realize that nothing may be placed in the front seat.
Teams complete this road block in the following order (* denotes team member doing the roadblock):
1(+0)Taylor* & Courtney(4-3)On his 3rd attempt at backing up2(+0)Martina* & Phil (3-4)On her first shown attempt at backing up3(+0)Nancy* & Mellisa (4-3)4(+1)Dylan & Kwame* (4-3)5(+1)Courtney & Adam* (3-4)6(-2)Leanne & Mar* (3-4)7(+0)Zainab & Monica* (3-4)
Once done teams can call OnStar and get their next clue verbally: "You need to make your way to the Monkey's paw by TTC and search for your next clue. Caution, there is a double U-turn ahead".
Teams must now use public transport to get to the Monkey's Paw bookstore. This takes about 23 minutes).
As they exit the subway Dylan & Kwame spot Nancy & Mellisa, who apparently were on the same train. They boys run past them.
"Those twerps, they've just been leeches this whole race", Nancy
The race has been trying for some episodes to build a rivalry between these two teams. It is probably the closest thing to conflict they have and it is not that much.
Later on they are all running along the street. Dylan is first and then Nancy hot on his heels. They both run past the bookshop but Nancy sees Kwame run into it and she is closer than Dylan so the girls reach the marker first.
In this bookstore teams will find the double U-turn. They reach it in the following order:
1(+0) Taylor & Courtney
2(+0) Martina & Phil
3(+0) Nancy & Mellisa, just before #4
4(+0) Dylan & Kwame
5(+1) Leanne & Mar, just before #6
6(-1) Courtney & Adam, U-turns Zainab & Monica
7(+0) Zainab & Monica
"We are not going to U-turn anybody because we've been U-turned and it sucked", Phil
Courtney & Adam wrestle with the U-turn. They do not want to use it, but realize they need the buffer if offers.
After the U-turn teams can insert a token into the bibliomat, a vending machine giving out random books. But these books have a clue envelope tucked into them.
--- Quote ---DETOUR
Detour: "Walk the Part"
or "Latte Art"
Walk the Part: Join a
troupe of voguers and
express yourself to the
vogue instructor's
...
--- End quote ---
In latte art teams must make their way to Versus coffee (7.3km 20min). Here they must make two cups of latte art. A Coffee latte where they have added food coloring to the milk and pour it to create a nice pattern.
In walk the part teams must make their way to El Convento Rico (2.5km 8min). Here they must dress up and learn a Voguing routine. Once they have performed the dance to the satisfaction of the live audience they will get their next clue.
"Smellas like swat and fun", Dylan gets the titla has he enters the nightclub
The mood at the dance gets a little chilly when Zainab & Monica walk in before Courtney & Adam are done.
"We don't feel very warm with them right now", Zainab about Courtney & Adam
"I know the steps, I just can't do them", Adam is frustrated
Teams complete the detour in the following order:
1(+0) Taylor & Courtney, dance
2(+3) Leanne & Mar, dance
3(+0) Nancy & Mellisa, dance on their 3rd attempt
4(-2) Martina & Phil, latte
5(-1) Dylan & Kwame, dance on their 3rd attempt
6(+0) Courtney & Adam, dance on their 1st attempt
- Zainab & Monica, dance on their 1st attempt
7(+0) Zainab & Monica, latte
The next clue is a route info which send teams to the North York Harvest Food Bank.
"What have we done?", Adam when they arrive at the dance task
Teams arrive at the food bank (9.1km 23min from dance and 18km 24min from coffee) in the following order:
1(+0) Taylor & Courtney
2(+0) Leanne & Mar
3(+0) Nancy & Mellisa
4(+0) Martina & Phil, as the two previous teams are doing the challenge
5(+1) Courtney & Adam, as two other teams are doing the task
6(-1) Dylan & Kwame, went to the wrong location and there is only one team left when they arrive
7(+0) Zainab & Monica
At the food bank teams must pack bread. They must first select an order form where each form contains about 11 lines like "Dempster's White Bread - 16". Which means 16 packages of Dempsters white bread. It seems each form list the exact same items but the number of packages of each differs slightly.
Teams must follow a marked path to find the truck holding the bread and then bring it and pack the requested amounts into red boxes.
Leanne & Mar misread the instructions and think that when it says 15 packages it means 15 boxes. They soon realize there will not be enough boxes for every team. They go and ask Nancy and Mellisa how they are counting and realize their mistake. They now have to unpack a number of boxes they have already packed.
Teams complete this challenge in the following order:
1(+0) Taylor & Courtney, before the next team even arrives
2(+1) Nancy & Mellisa
3(+1) Martina & Phil
4(-2) Leanne & Mar
5(+1) Dylan & Kwame
6(-1) Courtney & Adam
7(+0) Zainab & Monica
--- Quote ---ROUTE INFO
Make your way to the
waterfront near Ireland Park
and find Jon at your next Pit
Stop.
Warning!! The last team to
check in may be eliminated.
--- End quote ---
At the mat Jon is waiting together with Sam & Paul, who won the last season. Teams reach him (12km 30min) in the following order:
1(+0) Taylor & Courtney, win a trip to Hong Kong
2(+0) Nancy & Mellisa
3(+0) Martina & Phil
4(+0) Leanne & Mar, just after #3
5(+0) Dylan & Kwame
6(+0) Courtney & Adam, just after #5
7(+0) Zainab & Monica, are eliminated
As a bonus Dempsters is giving $5000 worth of products to a food bank in the winners, that is Taylor & Courtney's, community.
"You're real", Martina recognizes Sam & Paul as she runs up to the mat
Zainab & Monica never really had a chance in this leg. They never caught up and It feels as if the U-turn was just the final nail in the coffin.
"This race has taught me, when you feel like you are at your lowest, you gotta smile. You gotta enjoy the moment", Monica
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Amazing Race Canada Season 6, Episode 7, "Poodle Time"
Film date: 2018-05-08 - 2018-05-09
The last pit stop was at Ireland Park in Toronto, ON. Teams are released the following afternoon from the nearby Coronation park in the following order:
1.Taylor & Courtney16:422.Nancy & Mellisa 17:43+1:013.Martina & Phil 17:58+1:164.Leanne & Mar 18:00+1:18?.Dylan & Kwame ??:??+?:???.Courtney & Adam ??:??+?:??
Route info: "Fly to Winnipeg, MB"
There are two flights and only three teams may travel on the first flight. So there is now a race to the airport counter. All teams try to find taxis.
Teams reach it in the following order:
1(+0) Taylor & Courtney, 1st flight
2(+0) Nancy & Mellisa, 1st flight
3(+1) Leanne & Mar, 1st flight
4(-1) Martina & Phil
?(+?) Courtney & Adam
?(+?) Dylan & Kwame
When teams land they must pick up a sponsor car and drive themselves to the Canadian museum for human rights.
Teams arrive at the museum in the following order:
1. Leanne & Mar
2. Taylor & Courtney
3. Nancy & Mellisa
4. Martina & Phil
?. Courtney & Adam
?. Dylan & Kwame
Here each team will find a board with 19 quotes from prominent human rights activists. They also have 19 author cards which they must match to the quotes. The racers will have to search the museum (11 galleries spread over 6 floors) to locate white plaques containing these quotes.
The strategy seems to be to run out into the museum and look for plaques, memorize the quotes (there are two on every plaque) and then run back to your board. Nancy & Mellisa try to pick up key words and Leanne & Mar focus on the last few words of the quote. The key part seem to be how many quotes you can remember before you have to run back to your board.
"It's too bad we are running through this museum because it looks really interesting", Courtney (police)
Nancy & Mellisa have done 12 of the 19 quotes when the teams from the second flight arrive. And when Martina & Phil leave they get really frantic. They realize that working together with another team may be a good idea. Separately it seems as if Adam & Courtney have reached the same conclusion. So they start comparing their boards and it seems as if together they had all the names. This seems to have been a really good idea.
Teams complete this challenge in the following order:
1(+0) Leanne & Mar
2(+0) Taylor & Courtney
3(+1) Martina & Phil
4(+?) Courtney & Adam
5(-2) Nancy & Mellisa, just after #4
6(+?) Dylan & Kwame
--- Quote ---DETOUR
Detour: "Tights" or
"Bites"
Tights: Join the Royal
Winnipeg Ballet and
perform a short
sequence from Swan
Lake to receive your next
clue.
Bites; Earn positive
customer reviews on 2
Skip the Dishes
deliveries to receive your
next clue.
--- End quote ---
In tights teams must make their way to the Royal Winnipeg Ballet (1.4km 5min).
In bites teams travel to the Skip The Dishes delivery logistics center (1.2km 4min). Here they will pick up a smartphone with the courier app which tells them where to go.
In a separate interview we learn that the "customers" were actually Skip the Dishes employees and the route was calculated to take about 40 minutes to drive.
One of the customers is having her birthday so the app tells teams they should sing to her. In reality it was not her birthday and she did not know that they would sing for her. Hence her astonished expression when the first team starts to sing.
"Ballet is tough and I'm not flexible", Taylor has an opinion on which detour to take
"Dance, dance, dance", But Courtney uses a superhuman debating technique (and they go dancing)
Adam & Courtney get a parking ticket while they are in the Skip the Dishes HQ. But they luck out because the fine is $0.
"They are picking up this challenge alarmingly fast", Courtney (police) about Nancy & Mellisa who are learning the dance
Teams complete the detour in the following order:
1(+0) Leanne & Mar, dance on their 1st attempt
2(+0) Taylor & Courtney, dance on their 1st attempt
3(+2) Nancy & Mellisa, dance on their 3rd attempt
4(-1) Martina & Phil, deliver
5(+1) Dylan & Kwame, deliver
6(-1) Courtney & Adam, deliver
--- Quote ---FACE OFF
It's time for a Face Off!
Drive yourselves to the
Royal Canadian Legion
and beat another Race
team at a friendly game
of darts to earn your next
clue.
--- End quote ---
Teams must now make their way to the Royal Canadian Legion branch #4 (6km 9min).
Teams arrive at the face off in the following order:
1(+0) Leanne & Mar
2(+0) Taylor & Courtney
3(+0) Nancy & Mellisa
4(+0) Martina & Phil
5(+0) Dylan & Kwame
6(+0) Courtney & Adam
In this face off players take turns trowing darts. Each player get three darts and the goal is for each team to hit all 20 segments of the board. If a team hits the bullseye they get to cross off two segments of their choice.
The last team must wait for the sand in an hourglass to run out before they can resume racing.
Teams depart the face off in the following order:
1(+1) Taylor & Courtney, won against Leanne & Mar
2(-1) Leanne & Mar, won against Nancy & Mellisa
3(+1) Martina & Phil, won against Nancy & Mellisa
4(+1) Dylan & Kwame, won against Nancy & Mellisa
5(+1) Courtney & Adam, won against Nancy & Mellisa
6(-3) Nancy & Mellisa
Route info: "Drive yourselves to the Forks market and search inside for your next clue".
Teams find the clue at the Forks market (8.4km 13min) in the following order:
1(+0) Taylor & Courtney
2(+0) Leanne & Mar
3(+0) Martina & Phil
4(+0) Dylan & Kwame
5(+0) Courtney & Adam
6(+0) Nancy & Mellisa
--- Quote ---ROAD BLOCK
Who wants to have a
ball?
--- End quote ---
In this road block racers must learn and perform the classic cup and ball trick. Once that is done they must make a balloon poodle for a member of the audience. They have to complete both parts of this road block in one go. That is if they fail building the animal they must restart with the magic trick.
"I have newer performed a magic trick in my life", Leanne
It seems as if the difficult part here is making the the balloon animal. Not that teams do not fail to screw up the trick as well but the balloon is tricky.
"Noo, it's to windy for my balls", Martina
The wind is indeed picking up so they move the performing inside instead.
"Poodle time", Dylan gets the quote on his 15th attempt
Teams complete this road block in the following order (* denotes team member doing the roadblock):
1(+0)Taylor & Courtney*(4-4)On her 1st attempt2(+1)Martina* & Phil (4-4)On her 4th attempt3(-1)Leanne* & Mar (4-4)On her 5th attempt4(+0)Dylan* & Kwame (5-3)On his 15th attempt5(+0)Courtney & Adam* (3-5)On his 7th attempt6(+0)Nancy & Mellisa* (4-4)On her 6th attempt
--- Quote ---ROUTE INFO
Drive yourselves to the
Leo Mol Sculpture
Gardens and search for
Jon at your next Pit
Stop.
Warning! The last team
to check in may be
eliminated.
--- End quote ---
Teams must now make their way to Assinibone park (10km 21min) and find the sculpture garden.
On the way to the park it seems as if Courtney & Adam are having their usual navigational difficulties.
Teams find Jon here in the following order:
1(+0) Taylor & Courtney, win a trip to New York
2(+0) Martina & Phil
3(+0) Leanne & Mar
4(+0) Dylan & Kwame
5(+0) Courtney & Adam
6(+0) Nancy & Mellisa, are saved by a non-elimination
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Amazing Race Canada Season 6, Episode 8, "The Zombies are honing in on us"
Film date: 2018-05-10 - 2018-05-11
The last pit stop was in the Leo Mol Sculpture Gardens, Winnipeg. Teams are released from the corner of Portage avenue and Main st the next day in the following order:
1.Taylor & Courtney09:412.Martina & Phil 10:22+0:413.Leanne & Mar 10:40+0:594.Dylan & Kwame 11:40+1:595.Courtney & Adam 11:54+2:136.Nancy & Mellisa 12:07+2:26
The first clue tells teams to fly to Prince Edward Island.
At the airport we learn that Taylor & Courtney made an alliance with Martina & Phil back in the first leg. The teams are also surprised when Nancy & Mellisa turn up after their non-elimination.
"Nancy & Mellisa are super nice. I like to chat with them. I don't like to race with them, because they're good at it", Courtney (police) is not happy it was a non-elimination
Teams fly via Toronto to Charlottetown. At the airport teams collect their sponsor car and make their way to the Beaconsfield Historic House.
Teams find the clue box by the Beaconsfield Historic House (7.4km 17min) in the following order:
1. Leanne & Mar, right in front of #2
2. Dylan & Kwame
3. Taylor & Courtney
4. Martina & Phil
5. Nancy & Mellisa
6. Courtney & Adam
Here Nancy & Mellisa find their speed bump. They must make their way to the Humble Barber (600m). There they will find two persons waiting to donate their long hair to the Canadian Cancer association. The task is to collect the hair.
This speed bump turns very emotional when we learn that Nancy was diagnosed with breast cancer five years ago, and her mom died of the same disease.
The other teams can grab the next clue from the box.
Route info: "Have a mice day"
In this task teams must search Charlottetown for statues of Eckhart the mouse. There are 9 statues and three of them hold part of the next clue. Each team must find all three pieces to continue racing.
The statues are quite small, but well known. And there are maps which have all the locations marked.
"Think before we run", Dylan & Kwame have a motto
Courtney & Adam and Nancy & Mellisa are smart and go into a hotel to get a map of the mouse locations.
"I wish I lived here because these people or my kind of people, they are good hearted, they're willing to help", Adam find the locals helpful
"This challenge is kicking my ass", Courtney (police) has trouble finding the last mouse
Taylor & Courtney run into Martina & Phil and get told where mouse holding the final clue piece can be found.
Teams get all pieces in the following order:
1(+0) Leanne & Mar
2(+4) Courtney & Adam
3(+2) Nancy & Mellisa
4(+0) Martina & Phil
5(-2) Taylor & Courtney
6(-4) Dylan & Kwame
The three clue pieces read:
* Search for your next clue near the corner of Route 6...
* and Grahams Road, but first...
* say goodbye to Charlottetown!
At the indicated corner (48km 47min) teams find an old church which has been converted into a restaurant called The Table. Teams arrive here in the following order:
1(+1) Courtney & Adam
2(+1) Nancy & Mellisa
3(-2) Leanne & Mar
4(+0) Martina & Phil
5(+0) Taylor & Courtney
6(+0) Dylan & Kwame
Road block: "Who has a way with words?"
In this challenge each racer will be handed an individual menu of a four course meal. The problem is that all words are scrambled. For example it says ODFESAO instead of SEAFOOD. Racers must unscramble each dish, say the name to the chef and the serve it to one of the waiting guests.
As Taylor is done he sits down quickly with Paul, his fresh eyes soon spots that GREBECURESHE should be CHEESEBURGER.
Teams complete this road block in the following order (* denotes team member doing the roadblock):
1(+0)Courtney* & Adam (4-5)2(+0)Nancy* & Mellisa (5-4)3(+2)Taylor* & Courtney(5-4)4(+0)Martina & Phil* (4-5)5(-2)Leanne & Mar* (4-5)6(+0)Dylan & Kwame* (5-4)
--- Quote ---DETOUR
Detour: "Suds" or
"Spuds"
Suds: Collect goat milk
for soap by traditional
means, then correctly
identify 10 bars of soap
using your sense of
smell.
Spuds: Prepare the soil
then plant 4 rows of
potatoes the old-
fashioned way, by hand
--- End quote ---
Suds take place at the Great Canadian Soap co (29km 24min).
Spuds takes place at Blue Bay Farms (22km 19min). Teams must till the soil, cut the potatoes and plant the pieces 4-5 inches apart.
All teams select the potato planting. And they all discover that it is hard work.
"Physical labor is my jam", Adam
"Farming is not for the faint of heart", Courtney (police)
At the potato planting we see a small flight between Nancy & Mellisa. Nancy thinks she knows how to plant potatoes and does not want to check the clue.
"Tell me what to do because that is what you like to do", Mellisa to Nancy
"Where did you get your potatoes", Martina fails to spot the mountain of potatoes in the back of the barn
The only team having any problem with this task is Dylan & Kwame who get rejected in the first check because they have placed their potatoes to close.
Teams complete the detour in the following order:
1(+1) Nancy & Mellisa, potatoes
2(-1) Courtney & Adam, potatoes
3(+0) Taylor & Courtney, potatoes
4(+0) Martina & Phil, potatoes
5(+0) Leanne & Mar, potatoes
6(+0) Dylan & Kwame, potatoes
The next clue sends teams to the town of Cavendish where they must find Crossfire Paintball.
At the paintball place (15km 16min) teams will come under fire from a bunch (i.e. 5) of other paintball players dressed up as and behaving like zombies. Teams must search the play-field for the next clue, which is hidden in an ammunition box.
The racers will be unarmed but the zombies are not. The players will also be penalized with 1 minute for every hit they take. They get a short piece of rope which they both must hold on to so that they stay together the whole time.
"The zombies are honing in on us", Mellisa
"Specially since somebody is screaming", Nancy
"Paintballs don't hurt that much", Adam tries to cheer up Courtney
"I'm a lover not a fighter", Courtney (nurse)
Leanne gets an anxiety attack on the field. She is claustrophobic and feels enclosed in the mask they have to wear. She can not keep the mask on so they choose to forefeet the challenge.
"I need to take off this mask off", Leanne
Teams complete this task in the following order:
1(+0) Nancy & Mellisa, were hit 15 times
2(+0) Courtney & Adam, were hit 16 times (3:12 after #1)
3(+0) Taylor & Courtney, were hit 23 times
4(+0) Martina & Phil, where hit 19 times
5(+0) Leanne & Mar, gave up
6(+0) Dylan & Kwame, were hit 14 times
--- Quote ---ROUTE INFO
Drive yourselves to
Cavendish Beach and
search for Jon at your
next Pit Stop.
Warning! The last team
to check in may be
eliminated.
--- End quote ---
Teams reach Jon at the beach (4km 8min) in the following order:
1(+0) Nancy & Mellisa, win a trip to Istanbul
2(+0) Courtney & Adam
3(+0) Taylor & Courtney
- Leanne & Mar, have to serve a 2h peRacing report
Amazing Race Canada Season 6, Episode 8, "The Zombies are honing in on us"
Film date: 2018-05-10 - 2018-05-11
The last pit stop was in the Leo Mol Sculpture Gardens, Winnipeg. Teams are released from the corner of Portage avenue and Main st the next day in the following order:
1.Taylor & Courtney09:412.Martina & Phil 10:22+0:413.Leanne & Mar 10:40+0:594.Dylan & Kwame 11:40+1:595.Courtney & Adam 11:54+2:136.Nancy & Mellisa 12:07+2:26
The first clue tells teams to fly to Prince Edward Island.
At the airport we learn that Taylor & Courtney made an alliance with Martina & Phil back in the first leg. The teams are also surprised when Nancy & Mellisa turn up after their non-elimination.
"Nancy & Mellisa are super nice. I like to chat with them. I don't like to race with them, because they're good at it", Courtney (police) is not happy it was a non-elimination
Teams fly via Toronto to Charlottetown. At the airport teams collect their sponsor car and make their way to the Beaconsfield Historic House.
Teams find the clue box by the Beaconsfield Historic House (7.4km 17min) in the following order:
1. Leanne & Mar, right in front of #2
2. Dylan & Kwame
3. Taylor & Courtney
4. Martina & Phil
5. Nancy & Mellisa
6. Courtney & Adam
Here Nancy & Mellisa find their speed bump. They must make their way to the Humble Barber (600m). There they will find two persons waiting to donate their long hair to the Canadian Cancer association. The task is to collect the hair.
This speed bump turns very emotional when we learn that Nancy was diagnosed with breast cancer five years ago, and her mom died of the same disease.
The other teams can grab the next clue from the box.
Route info: "Have a mice day"
In this task teams must search Charlottetown for statues of Eckhart the mouse. There are 9 statues and three of them hold part of the next clue. Each team must find all three pieces to continue racing.
The statues are quite small, but well known. And there are maps which have all the locations marked.
"Think before we run", Dylan & Kwame have a motto
Courtney & Adam and Nancy & Mellisa are smart and go into a hotel to get a map of the mouse locations.
"I wish I lived here because these people or my kind of people, they are good hearted, they're willing to help", Adam find the locals helpful
"This challenge is kicking my ass", Courtney (police) has trouble finding the last mouse
Taylor & Courtney run into Martina & Phil and get told where mouse holding the final clue piece can be found.
Teams get all pieces in the following order:
1(+0) Leanne & Mar
2(+4) Courtney & Adam
3(+2) Nancy & Mellisa
4(+0) Martina & Phil
5(-2) Taylor & Courtney
6(-4) Dylan & Kwame
The three clue pieces read:
* Search for your next clue near the corner of Route 6...
* and Grahams Road, but first...
* say goodbye to Charlottetown!
At the indicated corner (48km 47min) teams find an old church which has been converted into a restaurant called The Table. Teams arrive here in the following order:
1(+1) Courtney & Adam
2(+1) Nancy & Mellisa
3(-2) Leanne & Mar
4(+0) Martina & Phil
5(+0) Taylor & Courtney
6(+0) Dylan & Kwame
Road block: "Who has a way with words?"
In this challenge each racer will be handed an individual menu of a four course meal. The problem is that all words are scrambled. For example it says ODFESAO instead of SEAFOOD. Racers must unscramble each dish, say the name to the chef and the serve it to one of the waiting guests.
As Taylor is done he sits down quickly with Paul, his fresh eyes soon spots that GREBECURESHE should be CHEESEBURGER.
Teams complete this road block in the following order (* denotes team member doing the roadblock):
1(+0)Courtney* & Adam (4-5)2(+0)Nancy* & Mellisa (5-4)3(+2)Taylor* & Courtney(5-4)4(+0)Martina & Phil* (4-5)5(-2)Leanne & Mar* (4-5)6(+0)Dylan & Kwame* (5-4)
--- Quote ---DETOUR
Detour: "Suds" or
"Spuds"
Suds: Collect goat milk
for soap by traditional
means, then correctly
identify 10 bars of soap
using your sense of
smell.
Spuds: Prepare the soil
then plant 4 rows of
potatoes the old-
fashioned way, by hand
--- End quote ---
Suds take place at the Great Canadian Soap co (29km 24min).
Spuds takes place at Blue Bay Farms (22km 19min). Teams must till the soil, cut the potatoes and plant the pieces 4-5 inches apart.
All teams select the potato planting. And they all discover that it is hard work.
"Physical labor is my jam", Adam
"Farming is not for the faint of heart", Courtney (police)
At the potato planting we see a small flight between Nancy & Mellisa. Nancy thinks she knows how to plant potatoes and does not want to check the clue.
"Tell me what to do because that is what you like to do", Mellisa to Nancy
"Where did you get your potatoes", Martina fails to spot the mountain of potatoes in the back of the barn
The only team having any problem with this task is Dylan & Kwame who get rejected in the first check because they have placed their potatoes to close.
Teams complete the detour in the following order:
1(+1) Nancy & Mellisa, potatoes
2(-1) Courtney & Adam, potatoes
3(+0) Taylor & Courtney, potatoes
4(+0) Martina & Phil, potatoes
5(+0) Leanne & Mar, potatoes
6(+0) Dylan & Kwame, potatoes
The next clue sends teams to the town of Cavendish where they must find Crossfire Paintball.
At the paintball place (15km 16min) teams will come under fire from a bunch (i.e. 5) of other paintball players dressed up as and behaving like zombies. Teams must search the play-field for the next clue, which is hidden in an ammunition box.
The racers will be unarmed but the zombies are not. The players will also be penalized with 1 minute for every hit they take. They get a short piece of rope which they both must hold on to so that they stay together the whole time.
"The zombies are honing in on us", Mellisa
"Specially since somebody is screaming", Nancy
"Paintballs don't hurt that much", Adam tries to cheer up Courtney
"I'm a lover not a fighter", Courtney (nurse)
Leanne gets an anxiety attack on the field. She is claustrophobic and feels enclosed in the mask they have to wear. She can not keep the mask on so they choose to forefeet the challenge.
"I need to take off this mask off", Leanne
Teams complete this task in the following order:
1(+0) Nancy & Mellisa, were hit 15 times
2(+0) Courtney & Adam, were hit 16 times (3:12 after #1)
3(+0) Taylor & Courtney, were hit 23 times
4(+0) Martina & Phil, where hit 19 times
5(+0) Leanne & Mar, gave up
6(+0) Dylan & Kwame, were hit 14 times
--- Quote ---ROUTE INFO
Drive yourselves to
Cavendish Beach and
search for Jon at your
next Pit Stop.
Warning! The last team
to check in may be
eliminated.
--- End quote ---
Teams reach Jon at the beach (4km 8min) in the following order:
1(+0) Nancy & Mellisa, win a trip to Istanbul
2(+0) Courtney & Adam
3(+0) Taylor & Courtney
- Leanne & Mar, have to serve a 2h penalty for skipping a task
4(+0) Martina & Phil
5(+1) Dylan & Kwame
6(-1) Leanne & Mar, are eliminated
"We know we're going to be friends for a long time, this has brought us so much closer", Mar
nalty for skipping a task
4(+0) Martina & Phil
5(+1) Dylan & Kwame
6(-1) Leanne & Mar, are eliminated
"We know we're going to be friends for a long time, this has brought us so much closer", Mar
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