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Amazing Race Season 35, Episode 7, "Like two cats fighting in a car"
Film date: 2023-06-26 - 2023-06-27
The last pit stop was in a traffic circle named Badi Chaupar in Jaipur, India. Teams are released from the same place in the following order:
1.Greg & John 06:422.Rob & Corey 07:25+0:433.Joel & Garrett 07:28+0:464.Morgan & Lena 07:36+0:545.Todd & Ashlie 07:54+1:126.Andrea & Malaina 08:02+1:207.Steve & Anna Leigh08:03+1:218.Robbin & Chelsea 09:18+2:36
The first clue tells them to fly to Frankfurt, Germany. Teams must first go to a travel agency to pick up their tickets. Which means that production has arranged the tickets.
"Everybody is on the same flight to Germany, which means that our first place is kaputt. And that's okay as we'll just gonna have to earn it back.", John
Teams also learn that they will need to self drive on this leg.
"I'm so excited to drive", Rob
On the way to the airport we learn that Todd & Ashlie have lived in Germany. Robbin also lived there for three years and going back brings up some memories of her deceased husband, she thinks this is the best country they could go to right now.
"Now the claws are out", Steve & Anna Leigh did not appreciate being U-turned in the last leg
Once they land in Frankfurt teams run to the cars, which turn out to be automatics. They must now drive themselves 73km to Fähre-Kaub. Here they must use the ferry to cross the Rhine, and while on the ferry they must exchange 5€ for a bag of historical coins. Once on the other side they must drive themselves to Burg Rheinsten (13km).
Corey explains that they have a system where he writes down two copies of the step by step directions. One set he gives to his dad, who is driving, and one he keeps for himself to assist with the navigating.
This is the first time teams get to self drive in this season, which causes some friction within some teams.
"I'm just trying to have you not snap at me right now", Chelsea
"I'm just trying to have you give me the directions", Robbin
Todd & Ashlie, Joel & Garrett, Lena & Morgan and Steve & Anna Leigh all make the first ferry. Shortly after this departs Robbin & Chelsea pass it but fails to realize that this is the ferry they need to be on. Then Greg & John arrive and notice Todd & Ashlie on the ferry.
"I don't know where I'm going", Malaina is lost
Robbin & Chelsea gets on the wrong ferry, once on the ferry they ask and realize their mistake. They travel back to the east side of the Rhine and get directions to the place they need to be at. Once they are on the right ferry and are exchanging their euros for Witten Robbin tries to peek into the money changer's purse to see how many bags of Witten he has left.
Andrea & Malaina get lost on the way to the ferry. And once they get on a ferry it is the wrong one. But they still manage to exchange a 5€ notes for 5€ in coins so they happily proceed to the castle.
Teams reach the clue box at Burg Rheinstein in the following order:
1. Todd & Ashlie
2. Joel & Garrett
3. Steve & Anna Leigh
4. Morgan & Lena
5. Greg & John
6. Rob & Corey
7. Robbin & Chelsea
8. Andrea & Malaina
Road block: Who's ready for change?
In this road block teams must pay off a robber baron with some of the Wittens they got on the ferry. Once they have paid the correct amount they can enter the castle and then rappel down to their partner and continue racing.
The trick here is to figure out how much to pay the robber baron. He wants 5 Groschen and on the ferry teams got a bunch of Wittens. The following exchange rates are posted on a sign:
1 Groschen = 24 Heller
4 Heller = 1 Rappen
2 Rappen = 1 Witten
This is fairly simple math, 1 Groschen = 24 Heller = 6 (24/4) Rappen = 3 (6/2) Witten. And as the he wants 5 Groschen they need to pay 15 (5*3) Wittens.
"The math was kind of difficult", Todd
The first four teams arrive more or less simultaneously. Morgan blows through the task and then Todd, Garrett and Anna Leigh start working together on the math part.
"I didn't have the time or energy to figure out that math puzzle", Chelsea
Chelsea is the only one at the robber baron task when she gets there so she decides to use brute force. She starts with three Wittens and then just add one after another. She has to run back a few meters before she can try again but it is still a fairly quick process.
Once confronted with the task Andrea realize she have the wrong coins. They go back the same ferry and complain to the fare taker that he gave them the wrong coins. Eventually they figure out that they are on the wrong ferry. They are about 10km away from where they need to be, of course they start driving in the wrong way so when they stop to ask for directions again they are even further away from where they need to be.
Teams complete this road block in the following order (* denotes team member doing the roadblock):
1(+3)Morgan* & Lena (3-3)2(+1)Steve & Anna Leigh* (2-4)3(-1)Joel & Garrett* (3-3)4(-3)Todd* & Ashlie (4-2)5(+1)Rob & Corey* (3-3)6(-1)Greg & John* (3-3)7(+0)Robbin & Chelsea* (2-4)8(+0)Andrea* & Malaina (4-2)
"Before they could read what they were supposed to do I was gone", Morgan was really quick
"I'm not sure what rappelling is supposed to look like, but she is doing something", Lena about her sister
"Was it that easy?", Lena after Morgan completed the task
"Lena, I went to the number one MBA school in the world. I know how to do math", Morgan
The next clue tells teams to drive to the city of Cologne (aka Köln) and find their next clue at Gürzenich Köln.
As Robbin & Chelsea leave the castle they see that Greg & John just finished getting directions so they simply decide to follow the boys.
Teams are instructed to park their cars in Parkhaus am Gürzenich in Cologne, and this turns out to be hard to find.
"I though that with self driving driving we would be lost less, but we've been lost quite a bit", Joel
Morgan gets frustrated with Lena when she turns right when Morgan asked her to go left. And after this continues for a while Morgan decides to drive instead.
"You can't read a map and drive and I can't read a map", Lena is very stressed
And Steve & Anna Leigh also get spicy with each other.
"I'm sorry for being so passive listening to your smart ass mouth", Steve has reached his limit
Later when they reach the parking garage they are still not really on the same level
"Dad, are you running or are you walking?", Anna Leigh
"I'm trying to get my backpack on, don't freaking talk to be like that no more", Steve
Teams reach Gürzenich Köln (164km) in the following order:
1(+5) Greg & John
2(+5) Robbin & Chelsea
3(+1) Todd & Ashlie
4(+1) Rob & Corey, get to the task as #3 is leaving
5(-3) Steve & Anna Leigh
6(-5) Morgan & Lena
7(-4) Joel & Garrett, just as #6 have completed the task
8(+0) Andrea & Malaina, long after all others are gone
Route info: It's time to horse around.
Here teams must join a local carnival. They must dress up and one of them must ride a bicycle which looks faintly like a horse along a marked course while the other team member walks behind them and throws roses to the crowds. Phil calls it a short obstacle course but nobody has any problems with this.
This task seems to be very fun and no problem at all so teams really enjoy themselves here.
"It was a fever dream, but one that I'd like to dream again", Greg
This is a good break for Steve & Anna Leigh where she has time to actually look at her dad and realize that things are not going well when they are both stressed.
"When I get stressed at home, he's the one I call to like calm me down. And so, when we are on a level playing field and he is just as stressed as I am and we start like bickering back and forth then it goes absolutely nowhere", Anna Leigh
"For 90% of our drive today we were like two cats fighting in a car and then it was you're gonna get on this giant bike and smile and have a good time", Lena gets the title
Teams complete this task in the following order:
1(+1) Robbin & Chelsea
2(-1) Greg & John, just after after #1
3(+0) Todd & Ashlie
4(+0) Rob & Corey
5(+0) Steve & Anna Leigh
6(+0) Morgan & Lena
7(+0) Joel & Garrett
Route info: Make your way on foot to the Hohenzollernbrücke to find your next clue.
Teams reach the clue box by the bridge (900m) in the following order:
1(+1) Greg & John
2(-1) Robbin & Chelsea
3(+0) Todd & Ashlie, while #2 are still doing the task
4(+0) Rob & Corey
5(+0) Steve & Anna Leigh
6(+0) Morgan & Lena
7(+0) Joel & Garrett, just as #6 are leaving
Road block: Who's feeling locked in?
This road block takes place at one of those bridges where couple put locks to symbolize their love for each other, and also their complete faith in bridge engineers (do you know what a bunch of padlocks weigh?). Contestants much each must find a marked lock among hundreds of thousands of lock on the bridge. The locks are combination locks and the combination is the name of the oldest Cologne produced in Cologne. The answer, 4711, seems to be easy to google for any passers by which the racers ask.
The locks teams have to find are fairly large and clearly marked. But things get a little bit harder by the fact that the German flag includes the colors black, red and yellow.
The clue also says that whoever did not do the previous road block must do this one.
When Robbin find her lock she immediately rushes to the judge. On the way she passes Ashlie who asks what the marked ones look like. Robbin is competitive and just responds "Back there". This is not really appreciated by Ashlie.
Rob could have had a really hard time here as the task basically required you to ask some locals for help. But he spots Ashlie asking for help and gets over to her to ask for help. He is a bit surprised when she just gives him the answer.
"We just wanted the beard brothers to feel that they could not catch up with us", Morgan
Morgan also realize that they are towards the back of the pack so any remaining locks should be towards the far side of the bridge, which is good thinking.
"How do I prevent myself from getting despondent here", Joel has a hard time finding a marked lock
"Many people would have gone insane by now", Joel still hasn't found a marked lock
Teams complete this road block in the following order (* denotes team member doing the roadblock):
1(+0)Greg* & John (4-3)2(+0)Robbin* & Chelsea (3-4)3(+0)Todd & Ashlie* (4-3)4(+0)Rob* & Corey (4-3)5(+0)Steve* & Anna Leigh (3-4)6(+0)Morgan & Lena* (3-4)7(+0)Joel* & Garrett (3-4)
Detour: Just for kicks or a matter of taste
In Just for kicks teams must play darts with velcroed footballs. They have four shots (two each) to hit a giant dart table and get exactly 66 points. There are four giant dart boards available and the task takes place on the roof of the German Sport and Olympic museum (1.2km).
In Matter of taste teams must taste nine different flavors of mustard. There are signs with the names and staff which can help with the pronunciations. Once they think they know their mustards they can go to the judging table where they must taste the same nine mustards and correctly say which one is what. This task takes place at the Hafenterasse (1.2km). We see that there are four tasting tables and two judging tables.
The detour locations are fairly close to each other and both detours have a limited number of stations available. But teams are so spread out that this is not a problem.
The tasting task gets easier if one know German as the names are basically just the names of the tastes in German; like Knoblauch (garlic) and Honig (Honey).
Todd & Ashlie initially go for the football detour. But after making a few attempts they realize that it is too hard for them and they switch. This was probably the right choice for them as the other detour is really close and there are still lots of teams behind them. Initially when Todd wanted to do this he only envisioned himself kicking the balls. He forgot that his wife had to do half of them "Husband fail" as he expressed it. When they leave they run into Rob & Corey who are arriving and when they arrive to the tasting detour they pass Robbin & Chelsea who have just completed the task.
Here we also get an interview segment where Rob & Corey argue about who is the better dart player.
Joel & Garrett are convinced that they are last when they get to the detour so they decide to just enjoy themselves.
"Knowing that we were eliminated, knowing that we were the last team out there. The stress kind of melted away and we just started having fun", Joel
Consequently Joel & Garrett is the only team who actually eat their sausages before making their way to the pit stop.
Teams complete this detour in the following order:
1(+0) Greg & John, taste on their second shown attempt
2(+0) Robbin & Chelsea, taste on their third shown attempt
3(+0) Todd & Ashlie, started kicks but switched to taste which they completed on their first shown attempt
4(+0) Rob & Corey, kicks on their 6th attempt
5(+0) Steve & Anna Leigh, taste
6(+0) Morgan & Lena, taste
7(+0) Joel & Garrett, taste
When teams get approved on the tasting task they get a voucher which they have to exchange for their next clue and two plates of sausage in a nearby kiosk.
The next clue tells teams to race to the Pit Stop at the top of the Chocolate museum (which is very close).
Teams reach Phil in the following order:
1(+0) Greg & John win $4,000 each
2(+0) Robbin & Chelsea, as #1 are leaving the mat
3(+0) Todd & Ashlie
4(+0) Rob & Corey, just after #3
5(+0) Steve & Anna Leigh
6(+0) Morgan & Lena, just after #5
7(+0) Joel & Garrett
At the mat Phil leans into Joel & Garrett's conviction that they are last right until he tells them that they are team #7.
"Are you kidding me?", Garrett
"Don't mess with us", Joel
By this time the observant reader may have noticed that Andrea & Malaina have stopped appearing in the lists of teams reaching various points. That is because when they get to the carnival task the locals have left and Phil is there.
"Germany got us", Andrea & Malaina when Phil ask what happened to them
Phil then proceeds to eliminated them on the spot. So Andrea & Malaina get to join the small and exclusive list of teams who got eliminated out on the race course.
"This has been an amazing journey for both of us, specially at this time of our life", Malaina
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Amazing Race Season 35, Episode 8, "A planes, Trains and Automobiles day"
Film date: 2023-06-28 - 2023-06-29
The last pit stop was at the top of the Chocolate museum in Cologne, Germany, and teams depart from the same location in the following order:
1.Greg & John 10:142.Robbin & Chelsea 10:23+0:093.Todd & Ashlie ??:??+?:??4.Rob & Corey ??:??+?:??5.Steve & Anna Leigh??:??+?:??6.Morgan & Lena ??:??+?:??7.Joel & Garrett ??:??+?:??
Route info: Race to Ljubljana, Slovenia.
Teams must drive themselves to Frankfurt airport (179km) and then fly to Vienna and then travel by train from Vienna to Ljubljana.
Before they can leave teams must pick up their tickets from Teddy Travel (500m). It seems production have made reservations for them but they are free to make other arrangements if they want. This is something we have not seen for a long time on the race and it is a, IMHO, very welcome return.
The tickets team are given are for a flight which departs 19:30. Greg & John get the last available tickets on the 16:15 flight. When told that the earlier flights are full Ashlie asks if they are on the same airline so they can go to the airport and ask to be placed on standby, which is smart.
"Today's a planes, trains and automobiles day", Todd gets the quote
"Were you'll going the speed limit", Ashlie wonder how Rob & Corey got to the airport before them
"It's the Autobahn baby", Corey
At the airport some (probably most) teams go to the gate of the earlier flight to get onto the standby list. Two teams make it so teams are split on these flights:
OS212 FRA-VIE 16:43 - 18:04 (scheduled 16:15 - 17:40)
Greg & John
Rob & Corey
Todd & Ashlie
OS216 FRA-VIE 20:09 - 21:18 (scheduled 19:30 - 20:55)
Robbin & Chelsea
Steve & Anna Leigh
Joel & Garrett
Morgan & Lena
When the first flight lands the teams look for a faster train and they find one which leaves the airport at 18:33 and with connections in Vienna and Graz will get them to Ljubljana at 00:58. This is seven hours ahead of the others. The catch is that they have a five minute layover in Graz. And the train to Graz is delayed, and it gets more and more delayed as it is inching its way there. Eventually the teams on it decide to get off and get back to catch the other train.
The other train, which ends up carrying all teams, leaves the Vienna airport at 22:01 and via a connection in Salzburg teams arrive in Ljubljana at 08:09 the following morning. There are sleeper compartments on the train but the racers seem to be traveling in the normal coaches. Which means nobody will get a good nights sleep.
When teams arrive to Ljubljana they find their first clue box just outside the station (this is not shown in the episode). The clue here tells them to make their way, on foot, to Kongress Square and find the parking garage there (1.3km) where they can find their cars and drive themselves to Lesce sports airfield.
The cars turns out to have a manual transmission. But nobody is shown really struggling with it.
"I know it's over, there's absolutely no way we can come back from this", Anna Leigh is getting defeatist when they have issues finding the airfield
Teams arrive at the airfield (52km) in the following order:
1. Joel & Garrett
2. Rob & Corey
3. Todd & Ashlie
4. Greg & John
5. Robbin & Chelsea
6. Morgan & Lena
7. Steve & Anna Leigh, after the first four teams have left
I assume that if the train to Graz had not been late and the first three teams had made it to Ljubljana at 1 in the morning they would have encountered an hour of operations here (or at the parking garage). So they would still have a lead but nowhere near 7 hours.
Road block: It's time for an Expedia experience. Who wants a bird's-eye view?
In this road block contestants will be taken up in gliders. They will fly over a lake where they need to use binoculars to read the four digits located on four boats anchored together with a fifth one holding the Expedia logo. Once back at the airfield they must use the digits to correctly answer a question.
The question turns out to be "What year did Slovenia gain its independence?", and the correct answer is 1991. If they give the wrong answer they have to go to the back of the line and make another flight before they can make another guess. There seems to be three gliders available so there will be a line.
Due to height and weight restrictions Ashley must perform this road block. The flight looks gorgeous. The weather is sunny and the landscape picture perfect. Reading the numbers turns out to be difficult. The plane is shaking a bit and you need to get the focus of the binoculars just right.
"So I see four numbers 1-9-9-1. But I'm not sure what order the numbers go", Rob
"The parachute is making me nervous but other than that this seems exciting", John on the fact that they have to wear parachutes
"My dad is a history nerd, and I'm very happy about it", Corey after Rob got it on his first try
"I'm not gonna enjoy it, I'm so upset", Anna Leigh wants her dad to do the task
"Be positive, it's not over until you get to that mat", Morgan consoles Anna Leigh while they wait for their partners
Teams complete this road block in the following order (* denotes team member doing the roadblock):
1(+1)Rob* & Corey (5-3)On his first attempt2(+1)Todd & Ashlie* (4-4)On her first attempt3(+1)Greg & John* (4-4)On his first attempt4(+1)Robbin* & Chelsea (4-4)On her first attempt5(-4)Joel & Garrett* (3-5)On his second attempt6(+0)Morgan & Lena* (3-5)On her second attempt7(+0)Steve* & Anna Leigh (4-4)On his first attempt
The next clue tells teams to drive themselves to Planica Nordic Centre and search for their next clue.
Robbin & Chelsea finish not long after Greg & John and they see the boys getting directions so they decide to just follow them.
Teams arrive to the Nordic centre (44km) in the following order:
1(+1) Todd & Ashlie
2(-1) Rob & Corey
3(+0) Greg & John
4(+0) Robbin & Chelsea
5(+0) Joel & Garrett
6(+0) Morgan & Lena
7(+0) Steve & Anna Leigh
Here teams find a regular clue and an express pass clue. To win the express pass all teams have to do is climb 1100 steps to the top of the ski jump. The first team to get to the top will get the express pass and can ride a zipline back down.
Todd & Ashlie make for the express pass, but they have their race blinders on so they run straight past the marked start of the climb. While they are looking for he marked start they just ran past, Rob & Corey arrive and start climbing the stairs. Eventually Todd & Ashlie find the stairs and see that Rob & Corey have a head start. After hesitating a bit they also start climbing, hoping they will be able to catch them. After while Ashlie loses her steam and they decide to give up and turn around. As they exit the stairs they meet Greg & John.
"You guys can beat them", Todd encourages Greg & John (very smart move IMHO)
Greg & John start making their way up the stairs but after a while they also come to the conclusion that they will not catch Rob & Corey so they give up and climb back down. This might have been a mistake because although Rob & Corey was almost of the top of the slope, what Greg & John did not see was the additional set of stairs waiting behind the top of the landing slope.
Eventually Rob & Corey reach the top and they get the express pass, which is good until the end of leg #10.
Steve & Anna Leigh also decide to go for the express pass (after they got the clue at the end of the skiing). They miss the sign which says "Taken" at the start of the stairs so they climb them all.en they reach the top they are told that the express pass has been taken. At least they get to ride the zipline down, but that was a lot of work for nothing.
"Come on dad, let's just enjoy this, we're going home", Anna Leigh about the zipline
Teams must now enter a nearby circular parking structure, which in the summer is turned into a giant freezer so that people can practice cross-country skiing inside. Teams must latch on skis and ski to the top of the structure where they will find their next clue.
Cross country skiing is not trivial and specially not on the upwards ramps which feel relatively steep. We do get to see a bunch of racers fall.
Teams reach the clue box at the top in the following order:
1(+2) Greg & John
2(+2) Robbin & Chelsea
3(-2) Todd & Ashlie
4(-2) Rob & Corey
5(+0) Joel & Garrett
6(+0) Morgan & Lena
7(+0) Steve & Anna Leigh
Detour: Field work or House work
In Field work teams must place cut hay on a drying rack. It is not particularly difficult but just a lot of hard physical labor and lots of hay.
In house work teams must assemble beehives. This is a set of 16 beehives with brightly pained fronts. The basic structure comes in a few parts which just need to be latched together and then they need to paint the fronts of the beehives.
"Just drive away, I just really don't want them following us", John does not want Robbin & Chelsea to follow them to the detour
Initially Greg & John want to do House work but they feel that Todd & Ashlie will do Field work and they want to compete directly against them so they decide to do that instead.
Greg quickly realize that he and hay do not get along very well as he starts to sneeze a lot. When Todd arrives he asks Greg & John what the trick is and gets the response "Labor".
When Rob & Corey arrives to the hay they ask if you really need to fill the racks to the top. The response they get is "Read your clue".
"It's an IKEA beehive", Joel when he notices that they do not need tools to assemble the beehives
Teams complete the detour in the following order:
1(+2) Todd & Ashlie, hay
2(+2) Rob & Corey, hay
3(-2) Greg & John, hay
4(+2) Morgan & Lena, hay
5(-3) Robbin & Chelsea, hay
6(-1) Joel & Garrett, beehive
7(+0) Steve & Anna Leigh, beehive
Route info: Drive to the Nebotičnik skyscraper.
The Skyscraper is located back in Ljubljana and teams must park their cars in an underground garage by Trg Republike. From here it is ~500m to the skyscraper. Once they reach it teams must climb a spiral staircase 13 floors to the top where they will find their next clue.
As they leave the beehive task Joel left their notebook with all their notes from the previous legs. He realizes this after driving about 5km and they decide to go back and get it.
"We're planning to make it to the end and if we are going to make it to the end we need that notebook", Joel
Teams reach the top of the skyscraper in the following order:
1(+0) Todd & Ashlie
2(+1) Greg & John, just after #1
3(-1) Rob & Corey
4(+2) Joel & Garrett
5(+0) Robbin & Chelsea
6(+1) Steve & Anna Leigh
7(-3) Morgan & Lena, had navigational issues
The clue here tells teams to make their way on foot to Phil and their next pit stop at the Dragon bridge.
Teams are unsure if they are allowed to ride the elevator down as the clue says to travel on foot. The only team actually using the elevator is Steve & Anna Leigh, and this was permitted so no penalty for them.
"Do we tail them and then take over?", John wants to just follow Todd & Ashlie
Teams reach Phil on the Dragon bridge (650m) in the following order:
1(+1) Greg & John, win Expedia points for a trip to Namibia
2(-1) Todd & Ashlie, just after #1
3(+0) Rob & Corey
4(+0) Joel & Garrett
5(+0) Robbin & Chelsea
6(+0) Steve & Anna Leigh
7(+0) Morgan & Lena, are eliminated (while team #6 are still on the mat)
"We wanted to spend time with each others as sisters and work through our differences and work together. And that's what we got to do here", Lena
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Amazing Race Season 35, Episode 9, "In the belly of the earth"
Film date: 2023-07-01
This leg starts exactly were the last leg ended, by the Dragon bridge in Ljubljana Slovenia. Teams are released in the following order:
1.Greg & John 09:562.Todd & Ashlie 09:57+0:013.Rob & Corey 10:07+0:114.Joel & Garrett 10:29+0:335.Robbin & Chelsea 10:38+0:426.Steve & Anna Leigh10:42+0:46
Route info: "Travel on foot to Congress Square for your next clue. You have 0 Euros for this leg of the race"
"Hopefully we keep the running to a minimum today, but I doubt it", Ashley
Teams reach the clue box at Congress square (600m) in the following order:
1(+0) Greg & John
2(+0) Todd & Ashlie
3(+0) Rob & Corey
4(+0) Joel & Garrett
5(+0) Robbin & Chelsea
6(+0) Steve & Anna Leigh
Road block: Who can deliver the goods?
In this road block contestants must pick up a carrier and make their way to Trubarjeva cesta 13 (450m). Here they must attach a dozen given wooden utensils to their carrier as per the example. Finally they must carefully carry the everything to Stari Trg (650m) where a judge will check that they brought everything. When approved they get their next clue and can go back to their partner who is waiting at the start of the task (400).
Teams are not get told that they needed to make their way to Stari Trg, instead they just get a picture of the fountain there and have to ask locals for directions.
"You're faster and you're better with directions", Greg on why John should do this
The carrier is not made for moving quickly. Once all the wooden utensils have been inserted/hung it feels very rickety and everybody realize that if you try to move quickly stuff will start falling off. So most of the racers try to power-walk to the judges. The rules also stated that you had to strap the carrier to your back, you could not carry it not put in on their front (where you could hold stuff with your hands).
"It's not that heavy but it feels pretty delicate", John tried to run but gave up immediately
"It goes against every fiber in of being not to run right now", Todd also realize he can not run
John asks a passerby, probably a German tourist, for directions and get told that his destination is in Germany.
"Okay, I'll think about that", John when he gets told his destination is far away
As Corey is carrying his stuff he passes Joel who is asking some locals for directions. Corey tells us that as they are down to six teams there is no room to spare so no more helping other teams. Thus he quietly keeps moving hoping that Joel does not see him.
Anna Leigh arrives to the packing area as Joel is leaving and Chelsea is packing her stuff. Anna Leigh is quick and she completes her packing before Chelsea who leaves a couple of minutes later. On their way to the judges we get a bit of drama where first Anna Leigh's load falls apart and she has to stop and fix it. While she is fixing this Chelsea walks by and is happy for passing Anna Leigh, only to have her own load fall apart shortly thereafter.
Joel has a hard time finding the end of the road block, while trying to get there he ends up back at Congress square.
"Use the power of the beard", Garrett
When Chelsea gets to the judges she is told that something is missing and she has to go back. Back at the packing area she checks and realizes that she forgot to attach a rolling pin.
"I'm sorry" Chelsea when she gets back to Robbin after completing the task
"Nothing to be sorry about", Robbin is supportive
Teams complete this road block in the following order (* denotes team member doing the roadblock):
1(+0)Greg & John* (4-5)2(+0)Todd* & Ashlie (5-4)3(+0)Rob & Corey* (5-4)4(+0)Joel* & Garrett (4-5)5(+1)Steve & Anna Leigh* (4-5)6(-1)Robbin & Chelsea* (4-5)About an hour after #5
Route info: Drive to Pivka Jama
Teams must now drive themselves to one of the caves which Slovenia is known for. They get the same cars they drove in the last leg.
"This is us, and all of our hay", Greg & John find their car from the last leg
In the episode it looks like Robbin & Chelsea are the only team who are having issues finding Pivka Jama. In reality almost every team ended up at Postojnska Jama.
Todd missed the, well signed, turnoff from the freeway and there is a long way to the next exit.
"Our family has a name for this, I do this a lot, we call them dad detours", Todd
Robbin & Chelsea seem to have a really hard time finding the right cave.
"I wish Phil would just take us out of our misery at this point", Robbin
They also missed the freeway exit and had to do the looong detour.
Teams reach Pivka Jama (56km) in the following order:
1(+0) Greg & John
2(+1) Rob & Corey
3(+2) Steve & Anna Leigh
4(+1) Joel & Garrett
5(-3) Todd & Ashlie
6(+0) Robbin & Chelsea, after all the others have done the task and left
The clue told teams that they could find their next clue deep within the cave and that they can pick up headlamps at the top of the stairs leading down into the cave. There is only one path in the cave and the clue is in a normal clue box so it is hard to miss, but it is a bit of a trek to get there. Nobody gets passed on their way through the caves.
Route info: Descend deep into Pivka Jama and assemble a dragon.
Teams must now continue into the cave until they get to a large chamber. Here they will find a wooden 3D puzzle which, when assembled, will become a dragon which is over 2m tall. There is a completed sample they can look at. The race has done similar tasks in the past and they are typically a bit cumbersome to assemble. This time the teams each get a rubber mallet they can use to gently apply some force to the pieces.
"We knew it was going to be pretty complicated so Johnny and I decided that we would build from the ground up", Greg
"He builds all our IKEA furniture with no instructions", Corey on why Rob led the building
"Oh my god, we're building a dragon, in a freaking cave in Slovenia", Anna Leigh is excited
"This is a lot trickier than it looks, there are a lot of pieces here and they are all pretty different", Corey
"This dragon will never fly", The dragon master to Greg & John when they make their first check
Team #5 reaches the dragon building area before any team has completed their dragon so the first five teams are all here together.
"The true test of marriage is if you can assemble furniture together without getting a divorce", Ashley
"We were building this dragon in the belly of the earth", Joel gets the title
Teams complete their dragons in the following order:
1(+0) Greg & John
2(+0) Rob & Corey
3(+0) Steve & Anna Leigh
4(+0) Joel & Garrett
5(+0) Todd & Ashlie
6(+0) Robbin & Chelsea
Route info: Drive to Fonda fish farm to find your next clue.
"It hasn't had an ugly side, that's the thing; City... charming, mountains... mountainous, caves... cavernous", John about Slovenia
"As much as I love Todd & Ashley, I would almost rather seem them eliminated today over Robbin & Chelsea because I am scareder of Todd & Ashley", Joel
"The hope of this race is that when you suck some sucks a little bit more than you", Todd knows they are behind
"Winning the Amazing Race is harder than a natural child birth", Robbin
Teams reach the fish farm (80km) in the following order:
1(+0) Greg & John
2(+0) Rob & Corey
3(+0) Steve & Anna Leigh
4(+0) Joel & Garrett
5(+0) Todd & Ashlie
6(+0) Robbin & Chelsea, after the other teams have left
Detour: Scrape off or Swap out
In scrape off teams must pick up a set of chains and then use them to scrape off barnacles from two flotation rings surrounding a fish pen. They must use kayaks to get to where he flotation rings are.
In swap out teams must use a kayak to locate two discreetly marked buoys in a field of hundreds. They must replace the buoys for new ones (which they had to bring) and must bring the old buoy and the mussels which hung below it back to the base. The kayak will only fit one buoy at the time so they will have to make two trips.
Both detours start from a platform out in the water and there are boats which will bring teams there and back.
"And when you're in first place for a needle in a haystack, there are more needles to choose from", John on why they choose swap out
Rob & Corey did not read the additional information carefully. They just paddle out, find a marked buoy and bring it back. They did not bring the mussels nor replace the buoy. They get told that their options are to go back and bring the mussels which were hanging form the buoy (and place a new one there) or switch detours. Unfortunately for them they can not recall exactly where they got the buoy from so even though they try they can not find the mussels. Eventually they give up and switch to scrape off.
Todd & Ashlie reach the platform as Rob & Corey are leaving. They jump into the kayak and make for the fish pens, but forget to bring their chains. They paddle over to another nearby platform and Todd gets out to look for the chains. They are not there but what is there are the drone pilots who are getting shots for the race. They do their best to ignore Todd. Todd searches the platform but eventually gives up. Ashlie comes up with the idea to check the platform where they got the kayaks, and there the chains are waiting.
"I expect after this challenge... to be as buff as Arnold Schwarzenegger", Ashlie find the scraping to be hard work
Teams complete the detour in the following order:
1(+0) Greg & John, swap
2(+1) Steve & Anna Leigh, scrape
3(+1) Joel & Garrett, swap
4(-2) Rob & Corey, started swap but switched to scrape
5(+0) Todd & Ashlie, scrape
6(+0) Robbin & Chelsea, swap
Route info: "Drive to the next pit stop at Scoerb Grad and find Phil on the mat. The last team to check in will be eliminated."
At this point Robbin & Chelsea are convinced that they are way behind the other teams so after they are done with the task they jump in the water for a quick swim. It is getting dark when they reach the pit stop.
Teams reach the mat (39km) in the following order:
1(+0) Greg & John, win $5,000 each
2(+1) Joel & Garrett
3(-1) Steve & Anna Leigh
4(+0) Rob & Corey, just after #3
5(+0) Todd & Ashlie
6(+0) Robbin & Chelsea, are eliminated
"The race is just another notch in our friendship belts", Robbin
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Racing report
Amazing Race Season 35, Episode 9, "Everyone loves a comeback story"
Film date: 2023-07-02 - 2023-07-03 (probably)
The last leg ended at Scoerb Grad. Teams are released from a wooded area somewhere in Slovenia.
1.Greg & John 06:402.Joel & Garrett 07:01+0:213.Steve & Anna Leigh07:19+0:394.Rob & Corey 07:29+0:495.Todd & Ashlie 09:28+2:48
--- Quote ---ROUTE INFO
Fly to Stockholm,
Sweden.
When you land travel by
taxi to the city of
Gryttjom and find
Stockholm
Fallskärmsklubb. Once
there take a number for
a special introduction
to Sweden.
--- End quote ---
From Greg & John's podcast we learn that teams traveled by bus to Vienna and then flew from there to Stockholm.
At the airport Todd & Ashlie googles Stockhom Fallskärmsklubb and find out that it is a skydiving club.
"I'm having a hard time breathing right now", Ashlie is not fond of skydiving
Ashlie immediately gets extremely anxious while Todd gets pumped by the thought of skydiving.
Teams land at 18:45 and there is the typical race to the taxis. During the taxi race we get an interview from Rob & Corey where they talk about how they have to use the express pass during this leg of the race.
Anna Leigh talks to their driver and arranging to pay him before they arrive to save some time, smart thinking. Meanwhile Greg reads from some notes where somebody has translated "We are in a race" into Swedish. He would probably had better luck speaking English to the driver as his "Swedish" is next to unintelligible.
Teams arrive to the skydiving club (90km) in the following order:
1. Greg & John
2. Joel & Garrett
3. Steve & Anna Leigh
4. Todd & Ashlie
5. Rob & Corey
Greg & John think they see a clue box at the airfield so they run for it. While doing this they miss the small numbered tickets taped to the gate. Garrett also runs past them but Joel spots them in the corner of his eye. Shortly thereafter Todd & Ashlie and Rob & Corey also run past the numbers. This then turns into a needle in a haystack task for the three teams who missed the numbers.
"Guys, I really want to help you right now but my better judgment kicks in", Joel to Greg & Jon who are still looking for the numbers
"If it wasn't for your dominance I would tell you something right now", Joel again
There is another small sign on the gate which says that the airport opens at 5am.
In the end teams grab the following numbers:
1(+1) Joel & Garrett
2(+1) Steve & Anna Leigh
3(-2) Greg & John
4(+0) Todd & Ashlie
5(+0) Rob & Corey
Teams spend the night in the small cabins next to the airport. They got fed in the evening and as it was quite late when they arrived they got very little sleep. Early the next morning teams are released and run into the airport. Once inside they find a clue box. This clue tells them that everybody will tandem skydive from 10,000ft into Stockholm.
"I'm not pumped to skydive, I'm extremely nervous", Ashley
Everybody boards the same plane and they jump in the order of the picked numbers. The only one shown being hesitant is Ashley, but she overcomes her fears and jumps out of the plane.
"I felt like I wanted to claw the sides of the plane", Ashley before the jump
"As soon as we fell I see why people do this. I'll probably do this again", Ashley
When teams land (probably next to Manillavägen on Djurgården) they find their next clue. This tells them to make their way to the island of Tynningö. The clue also tells them to travel on foot to the boat dock behind Villa Källhagen (1.6km). The tricky part of this part is that it is very early morning so there is next to nobody to ask for directions. Even so teams reach the boats in the same order they landed.
"Feels pretty great to be in first right now, specially at this stage of the race. This must be how Greg & John always feel", Joel
At the island teams find a midsummer party in full swing, and their next clue box.
Road block: Who wants to party?
In this road block contestants must each complete one large flower ring. Once approved they can attach it to a maypole and, with the help of some locals, raise it. Then they get to join the others in dancing around the maypole before they get their next clue. The only difficult part here is making the flower ring and the trick is that it must be decorated with the correct number of flowers.
The weather during the parachute jump was really nice but now it is taking a turn for the worse. A typical Swedish summer day in other words. So it will be cold, windy and raining for most of the day.
Anna Leigh kills this task and completes i very quickly.
"I'm being way to particular about my flowers because she did not take as long as I am taking", Garrett when Anna Leigh leaves
The only one who seems to struggle i Ashlie, or it may just be that they arrived late. In any case they get left behind when the others leave.
"I do feel the anxiety building, everyone is gone and it's just me. This whole bringing up the rear is not fun", Ashlie
Teams complete this road block in the following order (* denotes team member doing the roadblock):
1(+4)Rob & Corey (5-4)Used their express pass2(+0)Steve & Anna Leigh* (4-6)3{+0)Greg* & John (5-5)4(-3)Joel & Garrett* (4-6)5(-1)Todd & Ashlie* (5-5)
Route info: "Travel by boat to Nybrokajen and then make your way to the Royal Dramatic Theater".
Teams arrive to the shore in the same order they left the island and they can see the Royal Dramatic Theater from where the boat drops them off so finding the theater is easy. Once at the theater teams must search the auditorium for a violinist to receive their next clue. Finding her is easy, the hard part is finding the way into the auditorium. At least it seems to be hard for Rob & Corey, they get into the theater through the front door (as the clue said they should) but when they are unable to find a way into the auditorium they go back out to look for a different entrance.
"We can't find the main entrance so we don't really know where we're supposed to go", Corey
Eventually Corey & Rob get back to the main entrance and there they meet Steve & Anna Leigh who are just exiting, Anna Leigh tells them that this is the right entrance.
Teams get the clue from the violinist in the following order:
1(+1) Steve & Anna Leigh
2(-1) Rob & Corey
3(+0) Greg & John
4(+0) Joel & Garrett
5(+0) Todd & Ashlie
Route info: "Travel by subway to the Solna Centrum station to find your next clue."
The clue also tells them that they have to catch the subway from Kungsträdgården (350m). Outside the Theater Anna Leigh gets on a bus to ask for how to get to Kungsträdgården. When the driver says it is here she assumes they need to be on the bus. Then they see Rob & Corey getting closer.
"Please don't let them get on", Anna Leigh to the driver
But Rob & Corey come aboard ask ask if they are sure they are in the right place as the clue says subway. The driver points where they need to go.
Todd & Ashlie are not that happy as they are in last. This time it is Ashlie who is really down and talks about how she hates losing and Todd is more upbeat and happy to be here at all.
"What's a good comeback story without trailing? Everybody loves a comeback story", Todd gets the title
There is a direct train from Kungsträdgådren til Solna Centrum so as long as you board the right train you should have no problems getting there. And all teams see to manage this. They find the next clue box on the platform at Solna Centrum station in the following order:
1(+1) Rob & Corey
2(-1) Steve & Anna Leigh, seconds after #1
3(+0) Greg & John
4(+0) Joel & Garrett
5(+0) Todd & Ashlie
Detour: Sort or Serve
In sort teams must make their way to the Bromma Recycling center (4km). Here they will be given an amount of trash to sort. This includes a fridge, five tires, a toilet, a sink a bicycle, some furniture, some clothes, a suitcase, a TV, a rug and a bunch of other stuff. They must place/throw all the trash in the correct bins. One tricky part is that all signage is in Swedish. It seems racers have to look at what is already in the bins to see where their stuff fits. It is not clear if they are allowed to ask the, very abundant, staff.
In Serve teams must make their way to Stockholm city hall (6km) here they must serve food to actors dressed up as past Nobel winners. Each team will get a table with four guests who each won the price at different years (there are signs saying who they are and which year). At the entrance there is a big menu showing which appetizer, entree and dessert the winners from each year should get. One person, the server, will need to relay, relying only on memory, which courses are needed to the other, the runner, who will need to pick them up from a big table holding lots of labeled courses. The server must then give each guest the correct plate. After each course (appetizer, entree and dessert) the head waiter will check that they gave the right plate to the right person).
For example the menu for 1938 reads:
* Filet de sole, froid à la norvégienne
* Poularde rôtie à la châtelaine, Sala de saison
* Glace au four a lá pralinée
The serving takes place in a restaurant called Stadshus källaren (literally The City hall cellar, guess where it is located).
Teams must travel to their chosen detour location by taxi.
"Oh, it's in French", Greg realizes that the course names are in French, a language he speaks
Greg & John kills this task. Not only does Greg speak French, John also realizes that it is enough to memorize one or a few key words from the name of each dish.
Teams at the recycling find it kind of satisfying to smash stuff into the bins.
"What was fun about this detour tough is that we got to get out some aggressions", Ashlie
Teams complete the detour in the following order:
1(+0) Rob & Corey, sort
2(+0) Steve & Anna Leigh, sort (still seconds after #1)
3(+0) Greg & John, serve
4(+0) Joel & Garrett, sort
5(+0) Todd & Ashlie, sort
Route info: "Travel by taxi to the Pampas Marina and search for your next clue in front of the Alba II boat"
Teams find the clue at the marina in the following order:
1(+0) Rob & Corey
2(+0) Steve & Anna Leigh, seconds after #1
3(+0) Greg & John
4(+0) Joel & Garrett
5(+0) Todd & Ashlie
Route info: "Race to the pit stop. Travel by subway to Strömparterren and find Phil at the mat. The last team to check in will be eliminated."
Fun fact, teams are getting on the same subway line they traveled to Solna on and once in Stockholm they need to exit at Kungsträdgården, the same stop they started the trip to Solna from.
The additional info also tells teams to make their way on foot to the subway station named "Västra Skogen". Rob & Corey gets directions from their taxi driver and Steve & Anna Leigh follow them. Greg & John arrive just as they are leaving so the boys decide to follow the other teams. Their motivation was that they felt sure they could beat the others in a footrace. Which feels like a safe bet and a fairly good strategy for staying in the race.
Joel & Garret arrive not long after the previous three teams and they ask a local for directions. They get better directions because meanwhile the first three teams are busy getting lost. Eventually Greg & John ask a local and get to see where they and the stations are on Google maps.
During the run to the subway station Steve is having a hard time to keep up. Anna Leigh does her best to motivate him but he is older and slower than the others.
Editing tries to make us think that Todd & Ashlie manage to get on the same train as some other teams but I'm not buying it.
Eventually teams find Phil in the following order:
1(+3) Joel & Garrett, win Expedia points for a trip to the Galapagos islands
2(+1) Greg & John
3(-2) Rob & Corey
4(-2) Steve & Anna Leigh
5(+0) Todd & Ashlie, are eliminated
Joel & Garrett had no idea they were in first so they are very surprised when Phil tells them.
The first four teams arrive fairly close so they are all on the mat at the same time and Phil tells them that they are the final four.
"It was every single emotion that you could possibly feel. The highest highs, the lowest lows. I would do it in a heartbeat again", Ashlie
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Racing report
Amazing Race Season 35, Episode 10, "Finding our pot of gold"
Film date: 2023-07-04 - 2023-07-05
The last pit stop was at Strömparterren in Stockholm, Sweden. Now we get to see that at the pit stop Phil let the teams book their own flight and hotel accommodations via the Expedia app. They all book the same flight and a hotel night in Dublin 5-6/7. Or at least that is what is shown, in reality they did not book anything through the app.
Teams are released from Stockholm Mälarstrand in the following order:
1.Joel & Garrett 19:382.Greg & John 19:41+0:033.Rob & Corey 19:42+0:044.Steve & Anna Leigh19:43+0:05
Route info: Fly to Dublin, Ireland. Once there drive to 40ft Sandy cove and take the plunge.
The clue also tells them that they will have to swim out to a buoy in the Irish sea to get their next clue, and that they get 0€ for this leg of the race.
"There's only one goal in the penultimate leg and that is; Don't get eliminated", Joel
"If we can get far enough ahead in the challenges or detours and not have to rely on our speed and get in a footrace I think w will be okay", Anna Leigh
The next morning everybody travels on the same flight:
SK535 ARN-DUB 07:57 - 09:38 (scheduled 07:25 - 09:20)
"We'll find our pot of gold at the end of this leg of the race", Corey gets the title as they are boarding the plane.
Once in Dublin teams make their way to parking C and their cars. These turn out to not only to be built for left side driving (the driver sits on the right) but also have manual transmission. To make this leg a little bit easier production has provided a map for each team.
"We though that we were even on road blocks, but I actually did 6 and shes at four", Anna Leigh
Steve & Anna Leigh are the only ones shown having issues to find the next location.
Teams arrive to the 40 ft Sandy cove (25km) in the following order (they park at Castle Park School):
1. Rob & Corey
2. Joel & Garret
3. Greg & John
4. Steve & Anna Leigh
Joel & Garrett are offered life vests as they are about to enter the frigid waters. Their next clue is attached to a buoy floating a little bit out in the water and both team members must touch the buoy before they may take their clue.
"I'm no stranger to cold water, I like to take ice baths", Rob
Teams complete this task in the same order they arrived. The first three teams are very close but Steve & Anna Leigh are trailing a bit.
Route info: Drive to the Gaiety theater to find your next clue
The additional information tells them to park at Drury Street parking.
As Steve & Anna Leigh are on their way back to the cars they pass Greg & John who have stopped to ask for directions. Greg & John do their best to drive away quickly so that Steve & Anna Leigh will be unable to follow, but they are not quick enough.
"I hate following them, but at this point being so far behind and have to get out and ask questions and then wait for everything else. We just don't have time for it", Anna Leigh (alluding to the time it takes people to sign the release form)
Unfortunately for Steve & Anna Leigh this time Greg & John do get lost so everybody have to go out and ask for directions together. Eventually Steve & Anna Leigh feel that they do not want to tail Greg & John any more so they stop and get their own directions, which turns out to b a wise move.
Teams reach the theater (14km) in the following order:
1(+0) Rob & Corey
2(+0) Joel & Garrett
3(+1) Steve & Anna Leigh
4(-1) Greg & John
Road block: Who wants to get their steps in?
In this road block contestants must join th Riverdance troupe and do a 30 second routine with them. This is a very quick dance and the producers have taken a few steps to make it easier. Firstly the trainers tell the contestants what the judge will be looking for and they will also join them on stage and are heard giving instructions during the performance.
The clue also say that Steve and Corey must perform this road block.
"I took a dancing class i college... to meet girls. And all I tried to do was meet girls and not how to dance", Joel is questing some of his life choices
The judge for this task is Padraic Moyles who is an executive producer for Riverdance. Steve tells us he is used to dancing, but that is Country Western dancing with a lot of sliding your feet. That was not much help in this task where the dance is just hopping around a lot.
"My confidence is waning", Joel after having made his first attempt
Teams complete this road block in the following order (* denotes team member doing the roadblock):
1(+0)Rob & Corey* (5-5)On his 2nd attempt2(+2)Greg & John* (5-6)On his 2nd attempt3(+0)Steve* & Anna Leigh (5-6)On his 9th attempt4(-2)Joel* & Garrett (6-5)On his 8th attempt, about 30 minutes after #3
The counts here are a bit suspect. Joel & Garrett checked their journal and according to that Joel made more attempts than 8.
Route info: "Drive to Croke Park. Once there make your way to the top of the stadium to find your next clue"
The above (read by Anna Leigh) is the only trace in this episode of a cut task. Once teams got to Croke Park they had to make their way to the roof and then abseil from there down to the inner field where they would find their next clue box.
Teams arrive to the clue box on the field of Croke Park (4km) in the following order:
1(+0) Rob & Corey
2(+0) Greg & John
3(+1) Joel & Garrett
4(-1) Steve & Anna Leigh (got lost on the way)
Road block: Who's got the swing?
In this road block contestants get to try Hurling. They must pass the ball, catch it when it is sent back, balance it on their stick and finally hit a goal.
Teams complete this road block in the following order (* denotes team member doing the roadblock):
1(+0)Rob & Corey* (5-6)On his 2nd attempt2(+0)Greg* & John (6-6)On his 2nd attempt3(+0)Joel & Garrett* (6-6)On his 6th attempt4(+0)Steve* & Anna Leigh (6-6)On his 2nd attempt
As Joel & Garrett leave the stadium they see Steve & Anna Leigh arrive. They are surprised but happy about this as it means they are not last any longer.
Route info: "Drive to Toners Pub. To earn your spot in the final three, a literary scholar you must be."
"Every single day has been my favorite day so far", Rob
"I'm going to have a heart attack. This stress is too much for me to handle", Anna Leigh (trying to find the pub after they got lost)
Teams arrive to the pub (4km) in the following order:
1(+0) Rob & Corey
2(+0) Greg & John
3(+0) Joel & Garrett
4(+0) Steve & Anna Leigh
At the pub teams must memorize two quotes from James Joyce's Ulysses (one each) and then recite (or in the case of Corey sign) them in the pub. The two quotes are:
* "Each imagining himself to be the first last and only alone, whereas he i neither first last nor last nor only not alone in a series originating in and repeated to infinity."
* "Every life is many days, day after day. We walk through ourselves, meeting robbers, ghosts, giants, old men, young men, wives, widows, brothers-in-love, but always meeting ourselves."
One nice image we get from this task is Garrett with his fingers in his ears while Joel recites his text next to him.
One small detail here, teams are not told what they did wrong so both of the teams who had to redo the task included the author and title during their second attempt. Just in case that was the mistake they did (it was not).
Teams complete the text recitation in the following order:
1(+0) Rob & Corey, on their 1st attempt
2(+0) Greg & John, on their 2nd attempt
3(+0) Joel & Garrett, on their 2nd attempt
4(+0) Steve & Anna Leigh, on their 1st attempt
The next clue tells them to make their way on foot to the park next to St Patrick's cathedral to find their next pit stop. On the way there teams will pass the Gaiety theater where they did the Riverdancing task.
As usual we get scenes of the next to last team having issues finding the mat while the last team seems to fly ahead. But we never get both teams in the same shot so we know it is not as tight as they make it out to be.
"When there's three other teams and they are all ahead of you it is really hard to be positive", Anna Leigh
Teams reach Phil and the mat (1.4km) in the following order:
1(+0) Rob & Corey, win Expedia points for a trip to Fiji
2(+0) Greg & John
3(+0) Joel & Garrett
4(+0) Steve & Anna Leigh, are eliminated
"This is the adventure of a lifetime", Anna Leigh
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