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Amazing Race Canada Season 10, Episode 5, "I smell like Carcass"
Film dates: 2023-05-01 - 2023-05-02
The last leg ended at Phantom Creek Estates, south of Penticton, BC. Teams are released from the Kiwanis Walking pier in Penticton. We are only shown some teams opening their clue and that in a random order. The first clue tells them to fly to Regina, Saskatchewan.
Production seems to have arranged a flight for the teams and they all meet up at the airport. The first teams there start speculating about who got eliminated (i.e. at this time they do not know). Things turn awkward when Kevin congratulates himself for surviving the U-turn in the previous leg.
"It is so bloody awkward in there", Taylor & Katie feel they need to step out for a bit
When teams land in Regina they'll jump into taxis and make their way to Avena foods where they'll find their next clue. Lauren & Nicole's taxi driver takes a different way, his wife works at Avena so he say he knows a faster way there. And it turns out that he did know a faster way there because the twins do get there first.
At Avena foods teams encounter a switchback. Each team will search fro a small rubber waffle in a grain hopper filled with 15 metric tons of oats. The order teams find this will be the order they are served breakfast the following day.
Back in season one when this task first appeared it took place on a fairly hot day, which added significantly to the difficulty. This time it seems to be rather cold so it is slightly easier, but there is still an awful lot of oats to search through.
We learn that Colin is having troubles with his knees. They are feeling a bit sore after the last leg and seem to get gradually worse during this leg of the race.
The best strategy to find the waffle seems to be to stand up and get you feet as deep as possible in the oats and then move the forward and feel for the waffle.
"I don't think we should waste the Express Pass on a sign up", Nicole is smart
Each hopper is divided into two bays and the waffle can be in either. But it is not until four teams have left as Michael & Tyson overhear another team talking about "the other side" that the boys realize that they have a second bay to search. They seem to find it fairly quickly once they start searching in the other bay.
Teams find the waffle in the following order:
1. Michael & Amari
2. Brad & Sam
3. Lauren & Nicole
4. Colin & Matt
5. Michael & Tyson
6. Julia & Olivia, after searching for over an hour
7. Taylor & Katie
8. Kevin & Gurleen, after searching for more than two hours
The next morning teams are let into the posh breakfast room of Hotel Saskatchewan. here the server will present today's breakfast options: slow-poached pig bran or bull testicles. Teams are given one plate of each and must eat one of them.
We are no told how long the time interval between the teams is and it frankly seems to vary a bit. The first team is there alone but the next four teams seem to all be there simultaneously. I wonder if there was another task before this one which we did not get to see? Alternatively did the time intervals reflect how far apart teams found the waffle the evening before?
"Let's get smart, we'll do brains", Michael
"We love fine dining. What could go wrong?", Lauren
"I've never had them for breakfast, but I've had these before", Tyson about the testicles
"We don't do testicles, so we'll go with this (the brains)", Julia
"You do it, just eat the whole thing", Gurleen does not want to eat
Teams finish their breakfast in the following order:
1(+0) Michael & Amari
2(+0) Brad & Sam
3(+0) Lauren & Nicole
4(+0) Colin & Matt, got the assist so they got a plate of fruit and eggs instead
5(+0) Michael & Tyson
6(+0) Julia & Olivia
7(+1) Kevin & Gurleen
8(-1) Taylor & Katie
"Brains is good. I got smarter", Michael as they leave the hotel
"I got dumber", Amari
"I smell like a carcass", Olivia gets the title
Road block: Who likes a good play list?
--- Quote ---68
Study a football team's
playbook, then join the
offense as a receiver.
When the quarterback
calls a play, run the
correct route and catch
the ball to receive your
next clue.
--- End quote ---
In this road block teams must make their way to Mosaic Stadium (2km). The task is for the selected racer to memorize 12 different football plays. Then they must join the team on the field and execute the play called by the coach. If they run the correct play and catch the ball they get to score a touchdown. There are other players on the field but they only pretend to attack the racers.
The plays have names like:
* Trips left X shallow cross all go on 1
* Pick Right X Wheel Route on 2
* Fake Sweep Trips Left Y Button on 1
* Fake Sweep Double Right Y fade on 1
* Motion Right Wideout Y Screen on 2
* Motion Left Wideout Y Screen on 2
* Play action Z Chair on 3
* Double Right Y Button Collapse All go on 1
* Double left Corner Pick on 1
The race has enlisted Jay Onrait (a well known Canadian sports commentator) to comment on the plays the racers are performing.
As I wrote the other team only pretends to try to attack the racers. Michael (of Michael & Tyson) does not pretend, he does really attack one of them on his way to the touchdown.
"I know all these plays. I play Madden all the time", Kevin thinks he should have done this
Teams complete this road block in the following order (* denotes team member doing the road block):
1(+0)Michael & Amari* (2-3)On his 2nd attempt2(+3)Michael* & Tyson (3-2)On his 1st attempt3(+3)Julia* & Olivia (3-2)On her 1st attempt4(-2)Brad & Sam* (2-3)On her 2nd attempt5(-2)Lauren* & Nicole (3-2)On her 2dn attempt6(-2)Colin & Matt* (2-3)On his 3rd attempt7(+1)Taylor* & Katie (3-2)On her 5th attempt8(-1)Kevin & Gurleen* (2-3)
--- Quote ---ROUTE INFO
68
Fly to Jon
Montgomery's
hometown Russell,
Manitoba!
Once there, search near
the Russel arches on
Main Street for your
next clue.
--- End quote ---
Teams must now make their way to Kreos Aviation (3.5km) and sign up for one of two flights arriving 15 minutes apart in Russell.
Teams sign up in the following order:
Flight #1:
1(+0) Michael & Amari
2(+0) Michael & Tyson
3(+0) Julia & Olivia (sign as Julia + Viola)
4(+0) Brad & Sam
Flight #2:
5(+0) Lauren & Nicole, very close after #4
6(+1) Taylor & Katie
7(-1) Colin & Matt
8(+0) Kevin & Gurleen
In the telecast Jon say that when they land teams must make their way on foot to Millennium park. But the clue said they needed to go to the Main street arches. So I assume they went to the Main street arches first and the clue there told them to make their way on foot to the Millennium park. But it seems the make all this on foot (1.6km).
At the park teams need to unlock a box using number they have encountered on this leg of the race (two clues have had a big number 69 on top so the code is 6868). Inside the box they will find puzzle pieces which they will need to assemble to show the Kids Help Phone number.
The puzzle is fairly tricky, all the edges on all the pieces are straight and there are two pieces who join at each corner so there are no "corner" pieces to be found. There is of course also no image showing what the finished puzzle will look like.
Brad & Sam are missing one clue so they stuck a little on the opening the box part.
"Olivia is amazing at puzzles", Julia
"Sam, can I come look?", Gurleen wants some help (but does not get it)
Some teams have no problem with the puzzle while others struggle. In the end there are only three teams left, and they are all from the first flight. Michael & Tyson feel really stressed so they use their express pass. Michael & Amari also consider using theirs but they see that Brad & Sam look even more lost than they are so they decide to save the express pass for another time.
Teams complete their puzzles in the following order:
1. Julia & Olivia
2. Colin & Matt
3. Lauren & Nicole
4. Taylor & Katie
5. Kevin & Gurleen
6. Michael & Tyson, used their express pass
7. Michael & Amari
8. Brad & Sam
Road block: Who wants to go for a spin?
This must be performed by the racer who did not do the last road block. They must learn and perform a traditional Ukrainian dance.
The task happens under one of the arches and the training is done in the nearby hockey rink (Russell Memorial Multiplex).
"I'm not a great dancer", Olivia
"I'm gonna dance as much as I can, but I feel like there's daggers going into my knees", Colin about his bad knees
Tyson is struggling with this task due to his hearing issues. Michael comments that this is where they should have used their express pass.
"I can't hear the beat of the music", Tyson
Teams complete this road block in the following order (* denotes team member doing the road block):
1(+0)Julia & Olivia* (3-3)On her 6th attempt2(+1)Lauren & Nicole* (3-3)On her 2nd attempt3(+1)Taylor & Katie* (3-3)On her 2nd attempt4(+2)Michael & Tyson* (3-3)On his 6 attempt5(+0)Kevin* & Gurleen (3-3)On his 6th attempt6(+1)Michael* & Amari (3-3)On his 2nd attempt7(-5)Colin* & Matt (3-3)On his 2nd attempt8(+0)Brad* & Sam (3-3)
Teams must how make their way by taxi to the Asessippi Ski Area and Resort and locate the Vine Chapel where they will find the pit stop for this leg of the race.
It seems production has arranged a nearby taxi stand. Which is probably good because I doubt Russel has 8 taxis available in normal circumstances.
Teams reach Jon at the mat (23km) in the following order:
1(+0) Julia & Olivia, win a trip to Italy and $10,000
2(+0) Lauren & Nicole
3(+0) Taylor & Katie
4(+0) Michael & Tyson
5(+0) Kevin & Gurleen
6(+0) Michael & Amari
7(+0) Colin & Matt
8(+0) Brad & Sam, are eliminated
The greeter for this leg turns out to be Jon's mom Joan.
"You impress me so much, the young woman you are", Brad to his daughter
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Amazing Race Canada Season 10, Episode 6, "Double U-turn ahead"
Film dates: ?
The last leg ended in the Asessippi Ski Area and Resort, outside Russell Manitoba. For this leg teams are released from Victoria Park in downtown Regina, SK (281km away). This is right across the street from The Hotel Saskatchewan where they had their "delicious" breakfast in the last leg. Teams depart in the following order:
1.Julia & Olivia 09:052.Lauren & Nicole 09:30+0:253.Taylor & Katie 09:35+0:304.Michael & Tyson 09:45+0:405.Kevin & Gurleen 09:55+0:506.Michael & Amari 10:10+1:057.Colin & Matt 10:15+1:10
Route info: Make your way to Guelph, Ontario. Caution: Double pass ahead!
Teams jump into taxis and make their way to the Regina International Airport.
Lauren & Nicole and Michael & Amari both still have their express passes and this is the last leg when they can be used.
We get to see Lauren & Nicole speak to Kevin & Gurleen at the airport and both teams promise to not put each other on the pass board.
Everybody is on the same flight to Toronto and once they land they jump into the sponsor cars where there is a clue. They then have to drive themselves to the city of Guelph. There they need to find the McCrae House, this is the birthplace of famous poet, doctor and colonel John McCrae.
Teams reach the McCrae house (72km) in the following order:
1. Julia & Olivia
2. Michael & Tyson
3. Kevin & Gurleen
4. Taylor & Katie
5. Michael & Amari
6. Colin & Matt
7. Lauren & Nicole
The next morning we first get shots of teams as they walk through the nearby memorial park and museum and they read parts of McCrae's famous poem "In Flanders fields". After that teams are released in the same order that they arrived last night.
Road block: Who can be letter perfect?
This road block takes place in the Elora Quarry (27km). Racers must use a canoe to pick up three packs of Boost which are attached to the buoys in the water. Then they need to climb a 90ft rope ladder to the top of the cliffs. Finally they must use the nutritional information on the packages to form a secret word before they get their next clue.
Teams are told that the word will relate to Boost and that they need to add up the protein in each bottle used and it must add up to 188g. Each bottle has a letter on the cap and the word they are searching for is Nutrition.
There seems to be one canoe for each team but only two rope ladders. And the rope ladder is actually just a single rope with discs attached with regular intervals, so quite a bit trickier to climb.
It turns out that Julia & Olivia have been to this quarry before.
"The buoy is the white thing, right?", Gurleen does not feel comfortable with this task, it turns out she does not like water
"It's hard to watch her struggle", Kevin as he watches Gurleen try to climb the rope ladder
Julia and Michael work together on the word.
Colin struggles a lot on the climb due to his knees. Then he struggles with the word.
"I'm very stressed because every other team is gone, and I have no idea what this word is.", Colin
"I'm just mad at myself", Colin
"No sense to be mad at yourself. Be mad at yourself if you didn't get it or you gave up. You didn't give up. You got it", Matt is supportive
As Amari is leaving Gurleen asks what the answer is and he gives it to her.
Teams complete this road block in the following order (* denotes team member doing the road block):
1(+1)Michael* & Tyson (4-3)2(-1)Julia* & Olivia (4-3)3(+1)Taylor & Katie* (3-4)4(+1)Michael & Amari* (3-4)5(-2)Kevin & Gurleen* (3-4)6(+1)Lauren* & Nicole (4-3)7(-1)Colin* & Matt (4-3)
When done teams get a clue which tells teams to drive themselves to Elora, Ontario, and search the downtown walking bridge for their next clue.
On the Jack R MacDonald bridge in Elora (1.7km) teams will find a double pass and their next clue. This double pass is anonymous and teams who are put on the board must wait until the next team has passed them before they may continue. It is unclear what happens if the last team is put on the pass board. I would assume that they either get a time penalty or nothing happens, but we do not not know.
"We don't want just karma coming back to us again. We'll let the other teams behind is take care of it", Julia on why they did not use the pass
Kevin & Gurleen are passed and are waiting around when Lauren & Nicole arrive and they do not deny putting the girls on the board. The girls are not happy about being put there, specially since Kevin & Gurleen said they were not going to do that back at the airport.
"They're our competitors first, our friends second", Gurleen on why they put Lauren & Nicole on the pass board
Teams get to the pass board in the following order:
1(+0) Michael & Tyson
2(+0) Julia & Olivia, just after #1
3(+0) Taylor & Katie, puts Kevin & Gurleen on the pass board
4(+0) Michael & Amari
----- Kevin & Gurleen arrive and puts Lauren & Nicole on the board
----- Lauren & Nicole arrive which lets Kevin & Gurleen leave
5(+0) Kevin & Gurleen
6(+1) Colin & Matt arrive and leave which lets Lauren & Nicole leave
7(-1) Lauren & Nicole
Route info: Something's out of place. This task takes place in the town of Fergus at the Wellington County Museum and Archives (3km). Here teams must search through hundreds of articles on microfilm until they find a page where all the stories are about the race. They must then present the headline of the article relating to this leg of the race to get their next clue.
When Julia & Olivia get it Lauren & Nicole ask if they can get any tips. They do get some tips (that it's towards the end and very obvious) but not the answer.
Teams find the correct headline in the following order:
1(+3) Michael & Amari
2(+1) Taylor & Katie
3(-2) Michael & Tyson
4(-2) Julia & Olivia
5(+2) Lauren & Nicole
6(-1) Kevin & Gurleen
7(-1) Colin & Matt
Detour: Flames or frames?
Flames takes place in the Kitras Art Glass Studio (5km). Here teams must make a glass orb by blowing glass. Teams soon realize that this is hard.
Frames takes place in the Elora Centre for the Arts (3km). Here teams will find a photo in the gallery. They must then recreate the photo with all the props exactly right on a stage outside. This is a very detail oriented task, the judge even cares about which way the chess pieces are facing. Also there is only one stage and it is reset after every attempt so teams will always have to start from scratch.
Kevin & Gurleen struggle with the frames task. It comes down to a chess piece which is facing the wrong way even though Kevin swears that they are all good. They finally realize that the knight is facing the wrong way but then Kevin is frustrated so when they go to set up the scene he throws the chess board on the ground, so now they have to find all the pieces in the grass as well.
Teams complete the detour in the following order:
1(+4) Lauren & Nicole, make one attempt on the frames detour before using their express pass
2(+0) Taylor & Katie, glass
3(-2) Michael & Amari, glass
4(-1) Michael & Tyson, glass
5(+2) Colin & Matt, frames on their 5th attempt
6(+0) Kevin & Gurleen, frames on their 9th attempt
7(-3) Julia & Olivia, glass
--- Quote ---ROAD BLOCK
Who's ready to meet
their match?
NOTE: The racer who
did not perform the last
Road Block must attempt
this one.
--- End quote ---
In this road block racers must dress up and then learn a series of 10 wrestling moves. They must then perform these correctly in the ring to earn their next clue. This task takes place by the Dublin Street United Church in Guleph (22km).
Taylor & Katie are really happy about this challenge as they are professional wrestlers and think they can do it easily. And Taylor does not seem to have any problems with the task.
A nice touch is that the non-participating team member get to introduce their team mate. They also have to come up with wrestler names:
Nicole - Double Trouble Part 1
Taylor - Tiny Taylor
Tyson - Señor Deafton
Matt - Poppa John P
Kevin - Killer K-Mart, The Bonecrusher
Olivia - Rambunctious Rough-Houser
Julia & Olivia are last to get here but they show up at this task before the next to last team is done, so the pressure is on.
Teams complete this road block in the following order (* denotes team member doing the road block):
1(+1)Taylor* & Katie (4-4)On her 1st attempt2(+1)Michael* & Amari (4-4)Used their express pass3(-2)Lauren & Nicole* (4-4)On her 2nd attempt4(+0)Michael & Tyson* (4-4)On his 1st attempt5(+1)Kevin* & Gurleen (4-4)On his 1st attempt6(-1)Colin & Matt* (4-4)On his 3rd attempt7(+0)Julia & Olivia* (4-4)On her 1st attempt
The next clue sends teams to the pit stop which is located in the gardens of the Guelph University Arboretum.
There are two different parking spots at the Arboretum. There are no race-marked spots so I guess they just had to park in any official spot. Taylor & Katie drive a little further but end up at the parking spot which is just 300m from the pit stop. Lauren & Nicole reach the other parking at the Arboretum just before Michael & Amari but it is a bit farther on foot from there to the pit stop (~600m) so the boys manage to run past them.
Teams reach Jon (5km) in the following order:
1(+0) Taylor & Katie, win a trip to Iceland and $10,000
2(+0) Michael & Amari
3(+0) Lauren & Nicole, just after #2
4(+0) Michael & Tyson
5(+0) Kevin & Gurleen
6(+0) Colin & Matt
7(+0) Julia & Olivia, are eliminated
"What we wanted, at the end of the day, was long-lasting lifetime memories that we can cherish, and that's exactly what we got.", Julia
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Amazing Race Canada Season 10, Episode 7, "When am I going to see my dog next?"
Film dates: ?
The last leg ended in the Guelph University Arboretum and this leg seems to start in front of the big Basilica in downtown Guelph. We do not get departure times but it seems as if teams started just a minute or so apart because we get a shot of Michael & Amari running down from the start and you can see Lauren & Nicole walk up to the starting location behind them. The teams depart in the following order:
1. Taylor & Katie
2. Michael & Amari
3. Lauren & Nicole
4. Michael & Tyson
5. Kevin & Gurleen
6. Colin & Matt
The first clue tells teams to take the train to Montréal, Quebec. And once there make their way to the Montréal Trudeau International Airport and search the main terminal for their next clue.
Micheal & Amari tells us that as the end of the race is getting closer they are not going to be helping other teams as much any more.
All teams meet up at the train station, and there is talk about the pass board on the last leg. Taylor & Katie say that they put Kevin & Gurleen on the board then Kevin & Gurleen say that they did pass somebody.
"You so-called friends", Lauren interjects
Lauren & Nicole talk about how betrayed they felt and later Gurleen boasts how she was not even listening to them.
Along the way we get a story bump for Colin & Matt. Colin talks about how good a friend Matt is and that Matt was the first buddy he came out to. This makes us fear for them in this leg.
"Everybody deserves to have a friend like Matt", Colin
Once teams arrive in Montréal it is dark and they jump into taxis and head for the airport. The clue apparently gave some directions on where the clue box may be as teams know that they need to head to the departures area. Nobody seems to struggle with finding this clue box.
Route info: Straighten up and fly right.
Teams must now go to AviaSim which is located in the main terminal at the airport. This is an outfit which lets ordinary people try their hand at flying a plane in a simulator. They have a flight deck of an A320 with 180° view, but no motion. Teams will have to try to land the plane and the first three teams to successfully do so will get seats on the first of two buses departing for the city of Trois-Rivieres, Quebec.
There is an instructor giving teams a walk-through of the steps they need to take before the simulation is launched.
"Matt and I are gamers", Colin thinks they should be good at this (and they are)
Teams seem to get to the simulator in the following order:
1. Colin & Matt
2. Lauren & Nicole
3. Michael & Tyson
4. Michael & Amari
5. Taylor & Katie
6. Kevin & Gurleen
The simulator results are:
1(+0) Colin & Matt, succeed on their 1st attempt
2(+0) Lauren & Nicole, succeed on their 3rd attempt
3(+0) Michael & Tyson, succeed on their 3rd attempt
4(+0) Michael & Amari, must have failed twice
5(+0) Taylor & Katie, must have failed twice
6(+0) Kevin & Gurleen, must have failed twice
The next day teams travel on two buses to Trois-Rivieres, Quebec. The buses will arrive 15 minutes apart to Ranch Dupont. At the ranch teams need to feed the camels and while doing that grab a token hanging from their neck. They can then exchange this token for keys to another sponsor car. This seems to be very easy as the camels are cuddly and hungry.
Inside each car teams will find a detour clue: Paper Jam or Poetry Slam
Paper Jam takes place at Musee Boréalis (27km). Here they must make one sheet of paper strong enough to hold a weight. When they complete that part they will get a small stack of papers which they will need to deliver to Le 507 (2km) where they they will get their next clue.
Poetry Jam takes place in Parc Champlain (27km). Here teams get to choose one of three love poems written in Portuguese, Romanian or Arabic. Between themselves they will need to memorize a part of this poem (one or two lines) in English, French and it's native language. They will have access to an audio recording for guidance. The sheet they get contains both the excerpt written in the English, French and the foreign language and also a phonetic transcript of the foreign language version. The interesting twist here is that there is only one poem per language, so when one team has grabbed that the next team has one fewer language to select from.
There is only room for three teams at each detour.
Michael & Tyson struggle at the paper detour while at the poetry side it is Kevin who struggles with the French version of their poem. Then when Michael & Tyson are done with making their paper and need to go to Le 507 they hire a taxi to show them the way. This used to be common in the American version of the race and has now been forbidden there, it seems to still be allowed here.
Teams complete the detour in the following order:
1. Lauren & Nicole, poetry pick Romanian and get it on their 2nd attempt
2. Colin & Matt, poetry pick Portuguese and get it on their 2nd shown attempt
3. Kevin & Gurleen, poetry get Arabic and get it on their 2nd shown attempt
4. Michael & Amari, paper
5. Taylor & Katie, paper
6. Michael & Tyson, paper
Face off: In this curling Switch Back, play one end of curling.
Teams will play one end of curling against each other. Each team has 8 rocks and the team with the rock closest to the target at the end wins. The last team to loose will get a time penalty.
"We have never curled in our lives before", Taylor
Something is off in the curling matches. In the first match we see Colin & Matt throw the first rock, so by normal rules Lauren & Nicole should get the last rock. But Colin & Matt seem to have the last rock as well. I suspect that the editors have spliced together shots from multiple different matches to make this one extra exciting.
The curling takes place at Club de Curling TR (2km).
"Can you stop showing off and show me what you're supposed to do?", Gurleen to her partner when he slides across the ice
"Alright, this is my first time curling ever", Katie
"I like that technique", Katie when Michael falls as he lets go of his rock
Teams get out of here in the following order:
1(+0) Lauren & Nicole win against Colin & Matt
2(+1) Kevin & Gurleen win against Colin & Matt
3(-1) Colin & Matt win against Michael & Amari
4(+0) Michael & Amari win against Taylor & Katie
5(+1) Michael & Tyson win against Taylor & Katie
6(-1) Taylor & Katie, got the time penalty
Road block: Who's ready to get back up on the horse?
This road block takes place at Ecole d'Art Equestre Beauvallon (10km). Here they must saddle up and master 5 physically demanding aerobatic tricks which they must perform on horseback. That is they get to ride a real horse in this road block.
"I was traumatized by the horse activity in Sunshine Coast", Nicole does not remember the hobby horses fondly
Before teams get to perform their tricks on an actual horse they get to practice on mock horses.
"Are we going on actual horses?", Lauren when she gets to the training area
One wrinkle is that the judge will say which trick they need to perform, in French. So not only do they need to learn the tricks, they also need to learn the names.
Lauren says that they are show skiers (i.e. water skiers) so they are kind of used to do tricks like this.
"So, like every other sport during this race, I have minimal experience", Matt has never been on a horse before
"My dad used to be a stunt double for some old movies, and his job was to ride a horse", Amari
Michael (of Michael & Tyson) seems to have a really hard time here. He manages to fall off his horse while practicing.
Taylor & Katie, who are last, arrives as there are still two other teams at this task. We get to hear that Katie is doing this in loving memory of a friend who recently passed away. Katie is also fairly good at the task. She almost get it in her first attempt, she just raised the wrong hand during one trick.
Teams complete this road block in the following order (* denotes team member doing the road block):
1(+0)Lauren* & Nicole (5-4)On her 1st attempt2(+0)Kevin* & Gurleen (5-4)On his 1st attempt3(+1)Michael* & Amari (5-4)On his 1st attempt4(-1)Colin & Matt* (4-5)On his 2nd attempt5(+0)Michael* & Tyson (5-4)On his 2nd attempt6(+0)Taylor & Katie* (4-4)On her 2nd attempt
The next clue tells teams to drive to the town of Shawinigan and find the La Cité de L'énergie. Here they will find Jon and their next Pit Stop. The clue also warns that the last team to check in may be eliminated.
On the way to the observation tower and actually during the last part of the episode we get to her Lauren & Nicole talk a lot about how they want to break the curse and get a first place. And they specially want to beat Kevin & Gurleen.
Teams reach Jon (32km) in the following order:
1(+0) Lauren & Nicole, win a trip to Holland and $10,000
2(+0) Kevin & Gurleen
3(+0) Michael & Amari
4(+0) Colin & Matt
5(+0) Michael & Tyson
6(+0) Taylor & Katie, are saved by the fact that they are still racing
Normally the episode would end here. But not this one. As teams check in with Jon they get a new clue.
--- Quote ---ROUTE INFO
Travel by bus back to
Montréal, Quebec.
Once there, find your
next clue at the entrée
sud of Stade Saputo.
You have $400 for this
leg of the Race.
CAUTION: Double Pass
Ahead!
--- End quote ---
The bust seem to be waiting on a parking lot across the road from the tower and all teams travel on the same bus.
Stade Saputo is a giant soccer stadium with almost 20,000 seats. Teams will have to search under them for two matching colored tokens. They may only carry two tokens at a time. If they do not find two tokens with the same color they will have to trade with another team. The first three teams turning in their tokens will win seats on the early train to their next destination.
This is going to be interesting to see. It will be hard to find the tokens and teams will have to trade. Colin & Matt decide to work with Kevin & Gurleen.
And this is where this episode ends. To be continued.
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Amazing Race Canada Season 10, Episode 8, "Manure time baby"
Film dates: 2024-05-10
The last episode was a keep on racing leg which ended at Stade Saputo, Montréal. Here they must search through the 19,619 seats for two tokens of the same color. Teams may only carry two tokens at a time so if they want to pick up another one they must give one of their existing tokens to another team. This task quickly turns into a social game. The three first teams to find matching tokens will get tickets on the first train to their next destination.
To add to the stress teams know that there is a double pass ahead. Events at the stadium seems to unfold like this:
* Colin & Matt find an orange token
* Michael & Tyson find a green token
* Kevin & Gurleen find a yellow token
* Colin & Matt find a black token
* Colin & Matt find the second orange token, but they can not pick it up as they are already holding two tokens. They give their black token to Kevin & Gurleen and that lets them pick up the second orange token and they are the first out of here.
* It is now getting dark and teams have been searching for 2 hours
* Taylor & Katie find a black token so they now hold a blue and a black (we were not shown them finding the blue)
* Michael & Tyson find the second green token, but in the meantime they have also found a white token so they need to give that one away before they can pick up the second green one.
Michael & Tyson shout that they have a token to give away and Michael & Amari come running. But Michael & Amari do not want the token they are offered as they realize that accepting it would mean that Michael & Tyson get out of there. Instead as Michael is giving their green token to Lauren & Nicole the other Michael grabs the green token from under the seat Tyson is sitting on.
Michael & Tyson are not happy about this but go away searching for another token. Meanwhile Michael & Amari are shown being happy about having foiled their plan.
* Michael & Tyson find a blue token
* Three hours have elapsed
At this point all teams except Lauren & Nicole have two tokens of different colors. Lauren & Nicole are holding one white token and are looking for the second white token, which is the only one left to be found. Taylor & Katie realize that if they do not make a deal now Lauren & Nicole may find their second token and be out of there. In the end Taylor & Katie and Kevin & Gurleen promise to help saving Michael & Amari in this leg so they get the tokens they need.
"It sucks working with Kevin & Gurleen", Taylor, we do not trust Kevin & Gurleen
Michael & Amari realize that the others are upset with them. They think it is because they are trying to have fun and the others are more serious.
Teams get their next clue from Patrice Bernier, a retired CF Montréal midfielder. This clue tells them to travel by train to Cornwall, Ontario. Once there they can fond their next clue inside the provided sponsor cars. They end up on the trains like this:
Train #1
Colin & Matt
Kevin & Gurleen
Taylor & Katie
Train #2
Michael & Tyson
Michael & Amari
Lauren & Nicole
The clue in the sponsor car sends them to the basement of Thom Racine where they have to search through his enormous collection of sports memorabilia for a hockey puck bearing their team photo. Teams may only search for 30 seconds before they have to go back to the end of the line. Once teams have found their match they may join a game of street hockey outside and when they have scored a goal they will get their next clue.
Teams arrive to the Thom Racine basement in the following order:
1. Kevin & Gurleen
2. Taylor & Katie
3. Colin & Matt
4. Michael & Tyson
5. Michael & Amari
6. Lauren & Nicole
When searching for their puck Colin & Matt spots Michael & Amaris puck. When they later see the boys arriving they tell them where the puck is. Later Colin says that they did this as they consider Michael & Amari to be a weaker team than Michael & Tyson and Lauren & Nicole.
Teams find their pucks in the following order:
1(+1) Taylor & Katie, on their 1st attempt
2(-1) Kevin & Gurleen , on their 2nd attempt
3(+0) Colin & Matt, on their 1st attempt
4(+1) Michael & Amari, on their 1st attempt
5(+1) Lauren & Nicole, on their 1st attempt
6(-2) Michael & Tyson, on their 5th attempt
Scoring a goal in the street hockey match seems to be very simple so there are no changes to the order there.
Route info: It's time for a Switchback.
This task takes place at Split Rock Farms (30km) and teams will have to search through a giant pile of Alpaca poo to find a glass bottle holding their next clue. Once they find this they must make their way to the double pass board.
Teams do get protective clothing for this task.
Kevin & Gurleen arrive to the pile of manure just before Taylor & Katie.
"This is what living the dream looks like", Matt as they search through the pile of manure
Teams find the clue in the pile of manure in the following order:
1(+0) Taylor & Katie
2(+0) Kevin & Gurleen, about a minute after #1
3(+0) Colin & Matt
4(+1) Lauren & Nicole
5(+1) Michael & Tyson
6(-2) Michael & Amari, seems to be 10-15 minutes after #5
Teams get the clue by the pass board in the following order:
1(+0) Taylor & Katie, put Kevin & Gurleen on the pass board
----- Kevin & Gurleen, are passed so they have to wait for the next team, while waiting they put Michael & Tyson on the pass board
2(+1) Colin & Matt
3(-1) Kevin & Gurleen
4(+0) Lauren & Nicole
----- Michael & Tyson, are passed so they have to wait for the next team
5(+1) Michael & Amari
6(-1) Michael & Tyson
Detour: Spend Some Coins or Gird Your Loins
These detours take place during the Glengarry Highland Games in Maxville, Ontario.
In Gird Your Loins teams will have to learn how to fold a 15-foot piece of cloth into a traditional Scottish tartan kilt. Once approved they must search the fairgrounds for a guest wearing a matching tartan.
In Spend Some Coins teams will need to figure out how to generate the exact change needed buy a wee bit of haggis. They will start with a pouch of old English coins and must search the crowds for currency experts who can help the decipher the value of each coin. They can use the banker to exchange 1 pound for 20 shillings.
As they get out of their protective clothing after the manure pile task Colin & Matt and Kevin & Gurleen decide to work together.
Teams arrive to the detour location in (22km) the following order:
1(+0) Taylor & Katie
2(+2) Lauren & Nicole
3(-1) Colin & Matt
4(-1) Kevin & Gurleen
5(+0) Michael & Amari
6(+0) Michael & Tyson
The Haggis costs 2 pounds, 14 shillings and 8 pence. The pouch teams are given contains 3 pounds, 2 shillings, 4 pence, 1 thruppence and 4 farthings. The experts will tell them that:
* 1 shilling equals 48 farthings
* 12 farthings equals 1 thruppence
* 4 thruppence equals 1 shilling
* 12 pence equals 1 shilling
So to pay for the Haggis they need to present 2 pounds, 14 shillings (which they got by exchanging on of their pounds) and 8 pence. The 8 pence will be made up by one thruppence (which is three pence), 4 farthings (which is a total of one pence) and the four pence they got initially.
Lauren & Nicole come across Matt & Colin and Kevin & Gurleen working together and want to join. But Gurleen tells them that they don't want to share.
Michael & Amari start the kilt but struggle, and then Michael realize that he has lost the pin needed to fasten the kilt. They look a bit before they give up and change to the other detour. They struggle with the coins as well so they are thinking about switching back but in the end they stick with it.
We also get a shot of Michael & Tyson looking for the banker and passing her without seeing her. Colin & Matt work together with Kevin & Gurleen and they figure out how much to give. The former get it, but when Kevin & Gurleen try Kevin miscount the shillings and give them man 15 instead of 14, so they are rejected. This allows Lauren & Nicole to pass them.
Teams complete the detour in the following order:
1(+0) Taylor & Katie, kilt
2(+1) Colin & Matt, coins
3(-1) Lauren & Nicole, coins
4(+0) Kevin & Gurleen, coins
5(+1) Michael & Tyson, coins
6(-1) Michael & Amari, started kilt but switched to coins
Route info: The coast is clear
Teams must now drive to the Lost Villages Museum. There they will have to kayak over three drowned villages to search three buoys for their next clue.
Teams arrive to the Lost Villages Museum (40km) in the following order:
1(+0) Taylor & Katie
2(+2) Kevin & Gurleen
3(+0) Lauren & Nicole
4(-2) Colin & Matt
5(+0) Michael & Tyson
6(+0) Michael & Amari
The kayaks are made of clear plastic, presumably so you can see the sunken houses below, and not very large. In fact they will sink easily if you don't distribute your weight correctly. Something which both Colin & Matt and Michael & Tyson discover. Matt & Colin sink on their way to the buoys so they get picked up by the safety boat and are brought back to shore where they can start again. Michael & Tyson sink on their way back when they have already retrieved the clue. They are also brought back to shore but they just have to wait for 5 minutes before they can continue racing.
There are no placement changes during this task.
Route info: Drive yourselves along the Long Sault Parkway until you find Jon at your next Pit stop.
The mat is actually located in the middle of the road here so it is goo that they did close the road for traffic (from 11:00am to 7:30pm). Teams are forced to park a little bit away and make their way the final stretch on foot.
Teams do not know how far it is between them so Michael & Tyson must have been very nervous when they realize they have driven 15 minutes in the wrong direction on the way to the pit stop.
Teams reach Jon (6km) in the following order:
1(+0) Taylor & Katie, win a trip to Thailand and $10,000
2(+0) Kevin & Gurleen
3(+0) Lauren & Nicole, just after #2
4(+0) Colin & Matt
5(+0) Michael & Tyson
6(+0) Michael & Amari, about 45 minutes after #5 and they are eliminated
"So proud of you son", Michael
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