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Redskevin88's TAR 33 News & Recaps *Contains Spoilers*

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redskevin88:
In an emotional scene at the end of Leg 3, teams were told that the Amazing Race would be suspended, with five remaining teams plus Show contentthe two eliminated teams restarting the race 19 months later in St. Gallen, Switzerland.

Teams traveled from London, England to Glasgow, Scotland, and then drove to their next route marker, where they faced a Roadblock to assemble a bagpipe and play a tune. While the Roadblock was straightforward, several teams had trouble navigating there and driving a stick shift, with Caro & Ray and Akbar & Sheridan having trouble, and the teachers fell to the back of the pack.

The Detour was interesting, with a choice of joining a group of kids in singing a “popular” Scottish tune while wearing kilts or repairing whiskey barrels. However, some complained that the leg left out much of Scotland, which I agree with. For the record, most Singaporeans have never crossed Marina Bay Sands on a tightrope, undergone Chinese cupping therapy, or play Chinese drums. Most Singaporeans love chill crab and ice cream though.

Kim & Penn rocked the leg, running a relatively faultless leg to win a trip to Cape Cod. Arun struggled in this leg, especially at the detour, allowing Akbar & Sheridan to pull off an unlikely comeback and the father/daughter team was eliminated from the race.

At the pit stop, Phil met the teams with the announcement that filming would be suspended due to the spreading coronavirus pandemic (having canceled a leg in Sweden, and with the race due to visit Northern Italy). 19 long months later…

https://redshopeweekly2016.wordpress.com/2022/01/17/the-amazing-race-33-episode-3-leg-3-recap/

redskevin88:
The first post-COVID Amazing Race episode aired on Wednesday (Thursday morning Singapore time), and it was no different than other episodes, apart from the social distancing, the relative remoteness of the area, and the lack of crowds.

However, I didn’t exactly like the editing, especially the part where they edited out a historic task, a first-ever double Speed Bump involving the returned eliminated teams, which involved rolling a large zorb ball designed to look like a cabbage to knock haystacks. Although you have to admit they did do a good job.

Michael & Moe and Akbar & Sheridan returned to the race, as Isaiah & Taylor, Caro & Ray, Connie & Sam, and Anthony & Spencer were unable to return for the restart. Anthony was promoted to a new job and unable to take leave and Caro was unable to return for the race as the borders were closed to non-US citizens (Caro is German). Meanwhile, Connie was pregnant during the race filming (delivering a healthy baby boy in December) while there were personal losses among the cast, as Taylor lost his brother to COVID just before the restart.

From the restart line, Teams traveled via chartered bus to a gondola station, before taking a gondola to the top of Mount Santis where they faced a Roadblock. There, one team member must use a special climbing route to climb down to their next clue. Sheridan struggled during the roadblock due to her fear of heights and the bad weather.

The Detour involved either memorizing a flag routine or making a pattern on a belt buckle. Ryan & Dusty and Penn & Kim aced the flag detour, and Ryan & Dusty beat Penn & Kim to the pit stop to win the leg and US$2,500. Both Arun & Natalia and Michael & Moe chose the belt buckle detour, and this was what put them behind, but the Speed Bump was edited out. This allowed Akbar & Sheridan to catch up and avoid elimination for the second leg in a row. Michael & Moe failed to catch up and became the first-ever Amazing Race team to be eliminated twice.

https://redshopeweekly2016.wordpress.com/2022/01/24/the-amazing-race-33-episode-4-leg-4-recap/

redskevin88:
The race continued in Switzerland with teams leaving for Leg 5 in groups of two in intervals of fifteen minutes. The first clue told teams to drive to Verzasca Dam, home to a Roadblock in Season 14. Teams now faced the same Roadblock in a “Switchback” this time also including the Travelocity Gnome as a companion.

The long drive (especially if you were Arun & Natalia) was enough to pressure and frighten racers including Kim & Sheri, and we get to see a contrast between Penn and Akbar. Where Penn was reassuring, Akbar was demanding and at the same time, seen by viewers as too harsh on Sheri. It was mostly played for laughs in the show, and some of the online hate has gone too far.

The Detour was a choice between delivering 12 bottles of wine and 12 bags of chestnuts to a party at the end of a long staircase or making Swiss sausage. For the first Detour, teams were not allowed to use their bags or their clothing to help them. With the frontrunners also struggling, this allowed Lulu & Lala who did the sausage, to catch up. Personally, I would have done the sausage Detour, as I always wanted to learn how to cook. I don’t think I could have done the roadblock.

Ryan & Dusty won their second leg in the row and won a Travelocity-sponsored trip to Dominica. Meanwhile, Arun & Natalia, who were behind in this leg, were given their second reprieve of the race as this leg was a non-elimination leg. There is no news about a Speed Bump, but they will be in the last group to depart.

https://redshopeweekly2016.wordpress.com/2022/02/02/the-amazing-race-33-leg-5-episode-5-recap/

redskevin88:
The Amazing Race 33 teams traveled to Corsica, France, where Ryan & Dusty finally struggled but managed to overcome a mistake at the Detour as Akbar & Sheri were eliminated from the race.

Teams were flown from Switzerland to France during the Pit Stop and were released in Corsica, France in three groups, with last-placed Arun & Natalia beginning with a 15-minute handicap and no Speed Bump. Considering that they were hours behind at the previous Pit Stop, this kind of feels unfair but understandable from a production point of view.

Teams faced a Detour at the first route marker, a choice of making cheese or leading a mule through a mountain path. Dusty claimed to know how to make cheese, and they were joined by Lulu & Lala, while the other all-girl team, Raquel & Cayla, followed Penn & Kim to do the mules. While Lulu & Lala were able to get cheese, the boys struggled and eventually switched Detours. To be fair, I would probably do the same.

The Roadblock for this leg was to clear an obstacle course through the mountain and river. Kim & Penn maintained their lead and kept their lead in the final task, which involved kayaking to the Pit Stop, and won US$5,000. Lulu & Lala’s failure to read their clue, which told them to keep their bags in their car, put them behind, allowing Ryan & Dusty, Arun & Natalia to catch up and giving Akbar & Sheri a chance. Ultimately, the Married Educators were too far behind and were eliminated from the race.

https://redshopeweekly2016.wordpress.com/2022/02/07/the-amazing-race-33-episode-6-leg-6-recap/

redskevin88:
The Amazing Race 33 continued in Corsica, France, as teams ate wormy cheese and Arun & Natalia again finished last in a non-elimination leg.

This leg was relatively linear and there was not much of a chance for teams to catch up. Even Ryan & Dusty’s mistakes in the Detour were not enough to affect their position, as the other detour involved a fixed amount of time.

Teams opened the leg by eating casu marzu, a type of cheese that contains maggots. This task is controversial, as it is illegal to prepare and eat the cheese in the European Union, as well as the United States. It is also illegal to serve them as prison food.

The Detour involved rowing a boat or matching fish charts, riding a boat to identify ten fish. While the first detour was physical, the second detour involved riding a cruise ship with a fixed schedule, and teams had to ride the boat a second time should they not get it right the first time, giving Ryan & Dusty an advantage.

It is this leg that we see that working together doom two teams. Raquel & Cayla had the chance to get a first-place finish by doing the boat rowing Detour, while Arun & Natalia were unable to make up the time against Lulu & Lala. If I were Raquel or Cayla, I would have picked the boat rowing detour. The Roadblock, involving repairing fishing nets, didn’t trip up any teams once they mastered the technique. Penn & Kim won a trip to Antalya, Turkey, while Arun & Natalia will depart last in the next leg.

https://redshopeweekly2016.wordpress.com/2022/02/14/the-amazing-race-33-episode-7-leg-7-recap/

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