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I have updated the flight information for leg #9 after more data from Claude.
I have also updated leg #10. There was no missing task after they picked up their bikes, just teams getting bad directions. And the greeter was indeed Bertram himself. All according to Team Fun on Racers Recap.
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Racing report
Amazing Race Season 31, Episode 11, "This One is For One Million Dollars"
Film date: 2019-07-01 - 2019-07-02
The last pit stop was at Smit Giethoorn, The Netherlands. Teams seem to depart from De Koperen Hoogte, 27km away, in the following order:
1.Colin & Christie 22:132.Tyler & Korey 23:35(+1:22)3.Leo & Jamal 01:20(+3:07)4.Nicole & Victor 01:55(+3:42)
Route info: "Fly to London, England".
The next clue can be found at the Gatwick aviation museum.
Even though they are far ahead, Colin & Christie wait for Tyler & Korey and they share a van for the airport.
At the airport Nicole & Victor pass Leo & Jamal but refuse to even look at them. They are still upset about the U-turn in the last leg.
Teams go to a marked counter to get their tickets so I assume they were prexarranged. Anyway the are all on the same flight:
U2 8868 AMS-LGWv 07:45 - 08:09
Once in Gatwick teams run out trying to find taxis. But at Gatwick it is illegal for taxis to just pick up passengers. Instead they must be ordered from a taxi booth. Teams figure this out in the following order:
1. Leo & Jamal
2. Nicole & Victor
3. Tyler & Korey
4. Colin & Christie
Teams find the clue box at the Gatwick aviation museum (6min away) in the following order:
1(+0) Leo & Jamal
2(+0) Nicole & Victor
3(+1) Colin & Christie
4(-1) Tyler & Korey
Here they find that they will take a helicopter ride over the English countryside to Dover castle. The flight is gorgeous, they do fly along the white cliffs of Dover and the view is stunning.
When teams land they spot a military jeep and that is where they get their next clue.
Road block: Who can't keep a secret?
The players are led to the castle and a decoding room. Here they find instructions. They must listen to a speech by Neville Chamberlain, take the 15th, 30th and 4th word of the speech and use these as start of their decoding process. The words are "faith", "prevail" and "evil". Then they had to do a number of confusing transformation which eventually should lead them to the message: "The Dunkirk evacuation has begin we will never surrender". They must type this out on an old typewriter and present the printout to an officer.
As Tyler & Korey arrive Colin tells them it is a deciphering challenge before they open the clue.
Leo leaves as Christie and Victor arrive. There is a lot of cooperation between the trailing teams. Korey & Christie work together but once Korey is out of the room Christie works with Victor.
Korey and Christie struggle but after a while Korey spots their mistake he tries to quickly tell Christie but he does not stay to help her. She seems to be too frazzled to really hear what he is saying.
"I told her how to do it as I was leaving, I think she's got it", Korey to Colin when he gets back
But Christie did not get it. She got a jumbled message which she gave to the officer.
"But, this is utter gibberish, do it again", The officer to Christie
The telecast did not show the officer crumpling up the paper and throwing it at Christie. The stress level is extremely high as she tries to solve the code by herself. Meanwhile Colin is trying to send her love from the place where he is waiting. Eventually she starts over from the beginning.
"I hope this is good, I got called away from my lunch for this", The officer about to check her message
This time she got it, but they are about an hour and a half after the 3rd place team.
Teams complete this road block in the following order (* denotes team member doing the roadblock):
1(+0)Leo* & Jamal (6-5)2(+0)Nicole & Victor* (5-6)~ 6min after #13(+1)Tyler & Korey* (5-6)~ 13min after #14(-1)Colin & Christie* (5-6)~ 1h47min after #1
The clue tells them to fly in their helicopter to London. The next clue is on a pier near where they land.
For Colin & Christie the helicopter ride is a godsend because it gives them time to calm down and get back into a focused race state.
It is hard to miss the clue on the pier so there is no change in order here.
Route info "Travel the river Thames by speedboat to Sawoy pier". From there they must make their way to Picadilly circus where they must find the golden queen to get their next clue. The golden queen turns out to be one of those living statue people. Teams find her in the following order:
1(+0) Leo & Jamal
2(+0) Nicole & Victor
3(+0) Tyler & Korey, shortly after #2
4(+0) Colin & Christie, way behind the others
Detour: Know or Row
In know teams must make their way to the Cabmens shelter just off Kensington Gardens (~20min by taxi). Here they must jump into a cab and memorize the route, one turn at a time. The driver will call out all the 15 turns and along the way 7 points of interest. Once they get back they must recite the route and the landmarks to the judge. If they fail they have to go again.
In row teams must get to Hyde park (~20min by taxi) where teams must learn how to row a two person skiff. That is the type of boat they are using for rowing in the Olympic games. They must complete a 200m course in one minute or less.
The steps they have to memorize in the cab ride are:
* Right on Kensington road
* Baglioni hotel on the left
* Left on De Vere gardens
* Left on Canning place
* Right to Gloucester road
* On the left, The Montana hotel
* On the right Gloucester road underground station
* Right, Courtfield road
* Forward, Courtfield gardens
* Left, Collingham road
* Left, Harrington Gardens
* On the right, the Bentley hotel
* Forward, Stanhope gardens
* Forward Harrington road
* Left Cromwell Road
* Right, Thurloe place
* Left Exhibition road
* On the right Victoria & Albert Museum
* On the left, Ernest Shackleton statue
* Left Kensington gore
* On the left, the Royal Geographical Society
* On the left, Royal Albert HallThe entire ride takes about 15-20 minutes.
All teams initially go for row. Once in their boats they realize that the boats are very narrow and unstable. Leo is afraid of water so they immediately decide to switch. It seems they switch before the next team arrives to the boats. They hope they can do the know side quickly but are stunned by the amount of directions the driver is spouting. After their first trip they are only able to recite the first step of 22.
The other teams also struggle with the boats.
"I was not ready for a boat that I actually had to stabilize with my core", Victor
When Colin & Christie arrives to the boats Tyler & Korey and Nicole & Victor have been there for approximately 1.5h. They both soon decide to switch.
"What we thought was gonna be a brute strength challenge turned out being a lot of coordination and trying to work together which we had a little bit of trouble with". Tyler about the rowing
Colin & Christie is the only team to complete the boat side of the detour. And they do that by breaking the challenge. Colin asks pointed questions of their instructor and learns that she could probably do the course in about 35 seconds. So he figures he could do it alone in 60. They then ask the starter and learn that they are allowed to do a flying start, which also helps a lot. So Colin rows and Christie holds her oars out of the water and tries to stabilize the boat. Even with all those tricks they beat the maximum time with 1 second so it was close.
Teams complete the detour in the following order:
1(+0) Leo & Jamal, started row but switched to know which they got on their 5th attempt
2(+1) Tyler & Korey, started row but switched to know which they got on their 3rd attempt
3(+1) Colin & Christie, row
4(-2) Nicole & Victor, started row but switched to know which they got on their 4th attempt
Route info: Race to your next pit stop at Camden stables and market and search for Phil.
In the taxi from the Detour Tyler comforts Korey
"You were soo good at that", Tyler
I realize that they do not know that Nicole & Victor also switched so they are convinced that they are last and headed for elimination.
Teams reach Phil at Camden market in the following order:
1(+0) Leo & Jamal
2(+0) Tyler & Korey
3(+0) Colin & Christie
4(+0) Nicole & Victor
"Before I can check you in you have a few items to pick up around the market", Phil
Teams find the pit stop but Phil gives them a new clue and tells them they have to complete a task before he can check them in. The task is to pick up a number of odd things from around the market and arrange a display with a mannequin and their stuff sitting on a trunk by the pit stop. There is a finished example they can look at.
The things they need to find are:
Trunk with mannequin
Lamp
Drum
Corset
Rug
Camera
Boots (purple with high heels)
Tea kettle
All the things they are supposed to bring are tagged with red and yellow labels, but they are spread out among the different shops in the pretty large and confusing market.
All teams get to this task before any of them has completed it. So we have all four teams working the last task simultaneously to decide who is going to the final.
The hardest item to find seem to be the purple high heel boots. They can be found on the lower floor of the Cyberdog store.
Tyler & Korey help Colin & Christie by telling where they found some of the items.
Teams complete this task in the following order:
1(+0) Leo & Jamal
2(+0) Tyler & Korey
3(+0) Colin & Christie
4(+0) Nicole & Victor, are eliminated
Nicole & Victor did not get to finish the task. It seems they had only found the trunk and the corset when Colin & Christie checked in and production sent them straight to Phil who eliminated them on the spot.
"It was the awesomest experience and I think we are stronger now", Nicole
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Racing report
Amazing Race Season 31, Episode 12, "This One is For One Million Dollars"
Film date: 2019-07-03
The last pit stop was at Camden Market and that also seems to be where teams are released the next day. They are released in the following order:
1.Leo & Jamal 03:53)2.Tyler & Korey 04:13(+0:20)3.Colin & Christie 04:29(+0:36)
Route info: Fly to Detroit, Michigan.
Once they land teams must travel by taxi to "The Spirit of Detroit".
"We hold the record for most detours most road blocks, most legs completed. Like we're the kings of the Amazing Race", Leo conveniently forgets the most wins
"Last time we had youth on our side, this time we have wisdom", Colin
All teams are on the same flight. Probably:
DL17 LHR-DTW 10:29 - 13:53
Once they land teams rush into taxis. It seems they are instructed to keep their taxis all day.
They reach the Spirit of Detroit (~25min) in the following order:
1. Leo & Jamal
2. Tyler & Korey
3. Colin & Christie
Road block: Who's good with numbers?
In this road block contestants must perform a face forward rappel 500ft down the Guardian building. On the way down they must look for numbers on the windows. These numbers make up the combination they need to open a massive bank vault which holds their next clue.
"I'm super scared of heights, which makes things like this really fun", Colin as he is being rigged
The numbers are: 07, 24, 17, 01
Players do not seem to have anything to do with the actual speed of descent. I get a feeling that it is the staff at the top who keep lowering them at a constant rate as long as they seem to be stable.
Once they reach the ground they must make their way into the basement where each player get a bank vault to open. There are instructions on the wall:
* Spin the top dial at least 5 times counter-clockwise to the first number
* Spin the top dial clockwise and land on the second number on the 4th rotation
* Spin the top dial counter-clockwise and land on the third number on the 3rd rotation.
* Spin the top dial clockwise and land on the forth number on the 2nd rotation
* Spin the top dial counter-clockwise until it stops.
* If the top dial does not stop you have entered the numbers incorrectly and should start at step 1.
* If the top dial stop, the dial sequence is complete. Firmly pull the black lever up, clockwise until it stops at 45 degrees.
* Spin the center wheel counter-clockwise until it stops.
* Pull the black handle to open the vault slowly. Do not let it slam into the wall.
Colin takes his time and reads the instructions carefully, which pays off since he manages to open his safe on his first try. Tyler also gets it fairly quickly. Poor Leo is however stuck, the dial does not stop in step 5. According to the highlighting on the screen he does not stop on the first number in the first step.
Leo gets really stuck on this task. So much that from now on the rest of the episode is a two team race.
Teams complete this road block in the following order (* denotes team member doing the roadblock):
1(+2)Colin* & Christie (6-6)2(+0)Tyler* & Korey (6-6)3(-2)Leo* & Jamal (7-5)
Route info: "Play two rounds of Fowling"
Teams must now make their way to the Fowling Warehouse (~10min) in Hamtrack. The game of Fowling was invented in 2001 and is a combination of bowling and football. That is you must knock over your pins with a football from a distance away.
But first teams must find their taxis. Two taxis are waiting by the challenge but Colin & Christie's is nowhere to be seen. This is bad since their bag is in the taxi and the additional information told them to keep their taxi for the whole day. Colin & Christie are getting desperate and we almost see the old Colin pop out. They ask one of the other drivers to call their guy and manage to meet up with him. But this while taxi thing costs them about 10 minutes.
"Taxi karma, where are you now", Colin seems to be about to loose it
Teams arrive at the Fowling warehouse in the following order:
1(+1) Tyler & Korey
2(-1) Colin & Christie
3(+0) Leo & Jamal
Each team get two sets of bowling pins and each member stand behind one of them and throws at the set in front of the other player. Girls, that is Christie, gets to stand a little close when throwing the ball. It seems to be enough that one of the player knows down all of their pins for the team to pass.
"Couple of jocks being bros with a football", Korey
Teams complete this task in the following order:
1(+0) Tyler & Korey
2(+0) Colin & Christie
3(+0) Leo & Jamal
The next clue sends teams to Third man Records (~10min). Here teams must press five perfect two-tone records to get their next clue. They have an instructor showing them how to do it and then it is just a matter of cranking them out. Teams soon learn that the judges can be picky about which records they approve, the two colors may not bleed into each other too much and the labels must be attached correctly.
"Where are Leo & Jamal?", Korey wonders (and the answer is that Leo is still stuck on the safe)
Teams complete this task in the following order:
1(+1) Colin & Christie
2(-1) Tyler & Korey
3(+0) Leo & Jamal
Route info: "Travel by taxi to Hart Plaza, once there search among the musicians for your next clue."
The Plaza task was originally means to take place in a nature reserve but the permit was withdrawn a couple of days before shooting so production had to scramble to come up with something quick, hence the quite public task.
Teams reach the plaza (~8min) in the same order they left Third Man Records. Here they find about a hundred musicians all blasting away on Seven Nation Army. In midst of them are four dismantled drum kits with clues on them.
The task for each team is to assemble a five piece drum kit from scratch. There is an example they can look at to make it easier. The catch is that the judge is pretty strict and the musicians around them are blasting out Seven Nation Army constantly so the environment is incredibly loud. It is so loud that the team members have a hard time hearing each other.
"Both of my brothers play the drums, I've seen them do this a hundred times", Korey
"You could barely hear yourself think", Tyler
Colin & Christie have a head start and seem to be the first ones to get their assembled kit checked.
"No. Sorry, guys. It's not correct.", a phrase form the judge they will hear a lot
After a while Tyler & Korey also think they are finished and start getting told their kit is not correct. So we now have a very exciting moment where either team could spot what their mistake is and get approved.
But this is hard, teams spend lot of time fine tuning the positioning of the parts in their set, but that is probably not the issue. For Colin & Christie it is the strainer lever which is in the wrong position and Tyler & Korey have forgotten a washer and have tightened they screws holding the cymbals too hard. It is easy for us as viewers to see these details as the cameras focus in on them, but is a completely different thing for the very stressed racers in that loud environment.
"There is some detail that we're missing, I think.", Christie
"This is attention to detail, which we thrive at", Tyler
The most valuable player award in this task goes to Christie who, when they are frantically looking for their mistake she manages to calm Colin down.
"You have to be to breathe and take it in for them to talk to you telepathically. Do you understand?", Christie
Telepathic communication with the drum kit or not, in any way this interlude allows Colin to look at the kit with fresh eyes and he immediately spots the lever they need to switch.
Tyler & Korey's remaining problem is that they have screwed their cymbals on too tight. The editing makes seem like they fix this just after Colin & Christie has left. In reality they are at least 20-30 minutes behind.
Apparently Leo & Jamal arrived at the drum task about 10 minutes after Tyler & Korey left.
Teams complete this task in the following order:
1(+0) Colin & Christie
2(+0) Tyler & Korey
3(+0) Leo & Jamal
Route info: "Finally, this is it, the finish line! Travel by taxi to Fort Wayne and find Phil and the finish line on the grounds of the old fort. Go, go, go!"
"We have eggs, we do not yet have chickens, so we're not gonna count them yet", Colin in the taxi
Teams reach the finish line (~15 min away by taxi) in the following order:
1(+0) Colin & Christie, win the $1,000,000
2(+0) Tyler & Korey
3(+0) Leo & Jamal
"10 countries, 18 cities and more than 25,000 miles", Phil to the winners
The latter part of the race were so exciting that we even forgot that Leo & Jamal are also in it. After the first two teams have finished we get a small montage showing them do the tasks, but they are way behind the others.
Colin & Christie are glad that they won and thus proved that their new improved self's are still as competitive and even more successful than the old versions.
"I'm so proud of you", Colin & Christie about each other
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