I wish the heel run was a timed task to add the difficulty of the task. Most of the tasks so far didn't add some difficulty to potentially shake up the placements.That and the tight rope in Bogota should’ve been timed to make it tougher. For some reason it seems like the producers want to shorten the legs...
DeAngelo & Gary missing the correct combination by just one flag without any help was absolutely heartbreaking. Reminded me very much of Henry & Evan during the USS Alameda final memory task two seasons ago.And had either or both of the two other teams taken them up on the offer they would've been out of there before Hung & Chee got there because it was pretty clear the NFLers were the only one that actually read the clue.
I can get why ppl so upset about the helping in the final challenge on the penultimate leg, especially three teams working together but it has been done before, i mean last season T/K helped the zen team to locate the boot on s31 penultimate leg.
On the other side, i do think it is a pretty good penultimate leg, the we actually see many sides of Manila that we haven't seen before and the mini memory challenge is so nail bitting and great
Tbh Riley & Maddison are the only ones who deserve to be in the Final 3, the other two were just leeches so I guess I’ll root for them in the Final 3 but man was this a disappointing season cast-wise. Lol really bringing back memories of 23 with Leo and Jamal really being one of the only likable teams that season and then three teams I really didn’t like who got there due to an allianceI respectfully disagree. Will & James and Hung & Chee were the ones who (re)read the clue and figured out the memory challenge + Hung solved the German RB. Tbh, Riley & Maddison got lucky this leg.
Tbh Riley & Maddison are the only ones who deserve to be in the Final 3, the other two were just leeches so I guess I’ll root for them in the Final 3 but man was this a disappointing season cast-wise. Lol really bringing back memories of 23 with Leo and Jamal really being one of the only likable teams that season and then three teams I really didn’t like who got there due to an allianceNah, Hung & Chee all the way- as others have said, they've been the biggest intellectual force of the alliance.
Tbh Riley & Maddison are the only ones who deserve to be in the Final 3, the other two were just leeches so I guess I’ll root for them in the Final 3 but man was this a disappointing season cast-wise. Lol really bringing back memories of 23 with Leo and Jamal really being one of the only likable teams that season and then three teams I really didn’t like who got there due to an allianceI respectfully disagree. Will & James and Hung & Chee were the ones who (re)read the clue and figured out the memory challenge + Hung solved the German RB. Tbh, Riley & Maddison got lucky this leg.
Tbh Riley & Maddison are the only ones who deserve to be in the Final 3, the other two were just leechesI mean, I'm not convinced Riley and Maddison make it through this leg if they didn't have the help of the other 2 teams on the memory challenge. They were smart to want to brute force it, but with the help of two other teams that still initially failed and their two helping teams actually figured out what was needed from the clue.
I respectfully disagree. Will & James and Hung & Chee were the ones who (re)read the clue and figured out the memory challenge + Hung solved the German RB. Tbh, Riley & Maddison got lucky this leg.And here I'm not convinced Hung gets the Sauerkraut (at the very least as quickly as she did) without DeAngelo telling her what she needs to look for.
Nicole & Amy ignoring Marie's question during that roadblock, just to have Marie passing all of them is awesome. :tup:Tbh Riley & Maddison are the only ones who deserve to be in the Final 3, the other two were just leeches so I guess I’ll root for them in the Final 3 but man was this a disappointing season cast-wise. Lol really bringing back memories of 23 with Leo and Jamal really being one of the only likable teams that season and then three teams I really didn’t like who got there due to an allianceNah, Hung & Chee all the way- as others have said, they've been the biggest intellectual force of the alliance.
Also, I was rooting for Tim & Marie in TAR23 :funny: Is that just me?
Obviously not, I like Tim & Marie because I found their barking and understanding each others at the same time to be funny and endearing. Also they wore their emotions on their sleaves and didn't try to gaslight the viewers, kind of like Charla & Mirna.Tbh Riley & Maddison are the only ones who deserve to be in the Final 3, the other two were just leeches so I guess I’ll root for them in the Final 3 but man was this a disappointing season cast-wise. Lol really bringing back memories of 23 with Leo and Jamal really being one of the only likable teams that season and then three teams I really didn’t like who got there due to an allianceNah, Hung & Chee all the way- as others have said, they've been the biggest intellectual force of the alliance.
Also, I was rooting for Tim & Marie in TAR23 :funny: Is that just me?
Obviously not, I like Tim & Marie because I found their barking and understanding each others at the same time to be funny and endearing. Also they wore their emotions on their sleaves and didn't try to gaslight the viewers, kind of like Charla & Mirna.Tbh Riley & Maddison are the only ones who deserve to be in the Final 3, the other two were just leeches so I guess I’ll root for them in the Final 3 but man was this a disappointing season cast-wise. Lol really bringing back memories of 23 with Leo and Jamal really being one of the only likable teams that season and then three teams I really didn’t like who got there due to an allianceNah, Hung & Chee all the way- as others have said, they've been the biggest intellectual force of the alliance.
Also, I was rooting for Tim & Marie in TAR23 :funny: Is that just me?
I remember she's on her way for her first try when she met up with DeAngelo so it's not like she couldn't figure that out.Tbh Riley & Maddison are the only ones who deserve to be in the Final 3, the other two were just leechesI mean, I'm not convinced Riley and Maddison make it through this leg if they didn't have the help of the other 2 teams on the memory challenge. They were smart to want to brute force it, but with the help of two other teams that still initially failed and their two helping teams actually figured out what was needed from the clue.I respectfully disagree. Will & James and Hung & Chee were the ones who (re)read the clue and figured out the memory challenge + Hung solved the German RB. Tbh, Riley & Maddison got lucky this leg.And here I'm not convinced Hung gets the Sauerkraut (at the very least as quickly as she did) without DeAngelo telling her what she needs to look for.
I can't wait to see how this forum and Reddit would go as W/J winning /s :lol: :lol:Only season 1, 5, 7, 17, 20, 23, 26 and this season (32) have the 3 highest average placing teams of the season as Final 3. And I think TAR 17,20 and 26 all have pretty intense Final Leg.
On the other hand we have pretty much good racers going into final three like last season, and last season was so intense. I hope this final is as intense as the last season, since most of them win pretty much good amount of legs so they will be thriving the a game
She literally walked down the side of the building without looking at anything and was freaking out. I think she could've figured it out fairly quickly on her own, but I doubt she would've on the first try without the tip, and could easily see her getting frustrated on subsequent tries. Like I said in my response to the other poster, I'm agreeing with your premise in general. The other teams indeed were not leeches and basically all 3 of the final teams benefited from the alliance (and in Berlin yes Chee gave directly or indirectly multiple teams the answer). The volleyball players would've been in massive trouble this leg without the two other teams and they certainly benefited on various other legs including Berlin from the alliance.I remember she's on her way for her first try when she met up with DeAngelo so it's not like she couldn't figure that out.Tbh Riley & Maddison are the only ones who deserve to be in the Final 3, the other two were just leechesI mean, I'm not convinced Riley and Maddison make it through this leg if they didn't have the help of the other 2 teams on the memory challenge. They were smart to want to brute force it, but with the help of two other teams that still initially failed and their two helping teams actually figured out what was needed from the clue.I respectfully disagree. Will & James and Hung & Chee were the ones who (re)read the clue and figured out the memory challenge + Hung solved the German RB. Tbh, Riley & Maddison got lucky this leg.And here I'm not convinced Hung gets the Sauerkraut (at the very least as quickly as she did) without DeAngelo telling her what she needs to look for.
Yeah, there're a lot of milking going on. The show gave them 2 EPs and the woman wanted to get the most out of them.Obviously not, I like Tim & Marie because I found their barking and understanding each others at the same time to be funny and endearing. Also they wore their emotions on their sleaves and didn't try to gaslight the viewers, kind of like Charla & Mirna.Tbh Riley & Maddison are the only ones who deserve to be in the Final 3, the other two were just leeches so I guess I’ll root for them in the Final 3 but man was this a disappointing season cast-wise. Lol really bringing back memories of 23 with Leo and Jamal really being one of the only likable teams that season and then three teams I really didn’t like who got there due to an allianceNah, Hung & Chee all the way- as others have said, they've been the biggest intellectual force of the alliance.
Also, I was rooting for Tim & Marie in TAR23 :funny: Is that just me?
I was rooting for Tim & Marie bc they were better than the other two but wasn’t particularly fond of them throughout the season, especially with Marie rubbing the second express pass in the other teams’ faces
oh WOW...I am so tone deaf...this one would KILL me!Well I learned something new.
GREAT JOB RACHEL!!Seriously Rachel has done a great job on these all seasons. Thank You very much!
:tu SO MUCH!
This is one of the seasons where most teams didn't bother me at all, of course the other end is that few teams really excited me. I will say I was very disappointed by DeAngelo's comments on the Mat. I also didn't care for the being upset about the racers working together, when you've benefited from an alliance knowing others didn't it really doesn't look good complaining when it happens to you. But like a huge host of racers, you can get upset and worked up and say something on the fly that makes you look bad. But even after the 2 hour penalty, I didn't like the attitude on the Mat. I honestly can't remember any racer saying they hated the race as on overall experience (when on the mat).Well said.
Now in (God what season was it) the season they did an elimination at the starting point, that's the only time I would be pissed off by what happened. I really thought that was the meanest thing production ever planned.
This is one of the seasons where most teams didn't bother me at all, of course the other end is that few teams really excited me. I will say I was very disappointed by DeAngelo's comments on the Mat. I also didn't care for the being upset about the racers working together, when you've benefited from an alliance knowing others didn't it really doesn't look good complaining when it happens to you. But like a huge host of racers, you can get upset and worked up and say something on the fly that makes you look bad. But even after the 2 hour penalty, I didn't like the attitude on the Mat. I honestly can't remember any racer saying they hated the race as on overall experience (when on the mat).I remember Alison walked off the mat in season 5 leaving her partner Donny behind with Phil and felt the race was an awful experience for her. Though I've never seen a team that made it further than a couple legs even joke about that.
Now in (God what season was it) the season they did an elimination at the starting point, that's the only time I would be pissed off by what happened. I really thought that was the meanest thing production ever planned.
Yeah I always thought that was more about the conflict between them then the actual race, but I might be remembering wrong. And there have been a host of times where a team has a terrible leg, and parts of the race frustrate them, or they are absent about how they did, or even the state of the relationship within the team, but usually the worse you hear is that it was a lot harder then they thought it would be, not that they hated the experience in and of itself.... And if it was said right after the other teams left, yeah give them a little break, you get upset you say things that aren't always how you feel. But this was hours afterwards, time to cool down, time to reflect...and still. Yikes.This is one of the seasons where most teams didn't bother me at all, of course the other end is that few teams really excited me. I will say I was very disappointed by DeAngelo's comments on the Mat. I also didn't care for the being upset about the racers working together, when you've benefited from an alliance knowing others didn't it really doesn't look good complaining when it happens to you. But like a huge host of racers, you can get upset and worked up and say something on the fly that makes you look bad. But even after the 2 hour penalty, I didn't like the attitude on the Mat. I honestly can't remember any racer saying they hated the race as on overall experience (when on the mat).I remember Alison walked off the mat in season 5 leaving her partner Donny behind with Phil and felt the race was an awful experience for her. Though I've never seen a team that made it further than a couple legs even joke about that.
Now in (God what season was it) the season they did an elimination at the starting point, that's the only time I would be pissed off by what happened. I really thought that was the meanest thing production ever planned.
I also recommend everyone go check out Gary’s Twitter. Apparently there was a lot more going on behind the scenes and between legs that weren’t shown on air, and while he disagrees with how DeAngelo phrased it, he understands. He doesn’t go into much depth about it (possibly due to NDAs) but one thing he mentions is how they actually had a two-team alliance with the beards from Leg 1 and they felt betrayed by them turning against them. I’m sure there’s more to it, but it’s made me a bit more sympathetic to the situation.I want you to know that whatever I say here, I'm just bitching about the characters we see on TV. I won't go out my way or recommend anyone to try to ruin the real people lives or send death threats to them.
Just from watching, the music task seemed impossible.Phil is clearly not happy with the alliance thing. He has been mentioning that since the elimination of Kaylynn & Haley.
NO teams were able to do it based om memory.
Was the task itself flawed?? Probably. Or was the failure to read the clue correctly part of it?
I would have much preferred a classic memry task. Perhaps we will see that in the Dome next week. I hope so!
Will be an interesting discussion in the overall dissection of this season after the Finale.
Was the alliance brilliant? Or was it a terrible thing for the race itself? I did find it AMAZING that Phil took the time to instruct racers about not helping each other at the start. That alone tells me that production was NOT happy with this alliance. Just IMO.
Tell you what...give me a bit and I'll start an alliance discussion thread so we can have this in one place. :tup:
Just from watching, the music task seemed impossible.
NO teams were able to do it based om memory.
Was the task itself flawed?? Probably. Or was the failure to read the clue correctly part of it?
Just from watching, the music task seemed impossible.
NO teams were able to do it based om memory.
Was the task itself flawed?? Probably. Or was the failure to read the clue correctly part of it?
I would have much preferred a classic memry task. Perhaps we will see that in the Dome next week. I hope so!
Will be an interesting discussion in the overall dissection of this season after the Finale.
Was the alliance brilliant? Or was it a terrible thing for the race itself? I did find it AMAZING that Phil took the time to instruct racers about not helping each other at the start. That alone tells me that production was NOT happy with this alliance. Just IMO.
Tell you what...give me a bit and I'll start an alliance discussion thread so we can have this in one place. :tup:
Yep, the alliance kinda ruined alot legs/tasks (is the show task now learn from it and find ways to not make it as easy...Least lenear legs would have helped it, rules about teams taking penalty for it. But no Deangelo, shut up. From the top 4 teams, yours was one that had more chances to be eliminated before this leg (even last leg, without the top 3 alliance, with that last task that you messed up big time Deangelo, you would have gone already). Also, with was the first team to ask for help/suggest a alliance at the last task, couple hours ago? Gary and Deangelo, right at the beginning of the task. At least the other three waited/tried and for Hung and Chee and sorry for you guys, but Will and James figured it out their main issue and won their spot. At least, three very competent teams. Gary and Deangelo? Not as good. We saw other teams this season (and in past ones) knowing they would be eliminated, and still finishing the leg, even during the night after a way harder leg, to at least say they made it. Sorry, this is the definition of a real loser, going out like this. Sorry Deangelo, is just a game. Don´t be mad about it, right? You signed for this game and for this strategy.
Also, with was the first team to ask for help/suggest a alliance at the last task, couple hours ago? Gary and Deangelo, right at the beginning of the task.
Yep, the alliance kinda ruined alot legs/tasks (is the show task now learn from it and find ways to not make it as easy...Least lenear legs would have helped it, rules about teams taking penalty for it. But no Deangelo, shut up. From the top 4 teams, yours was one that had more chances to be eliminated before this leg (even last leg, without the top 3 alliance, with that last task that you messed up big time Deangelo, you would have gone already). Also, with was the first team to ask for help/suggest a alliance at the last task, couple hours ago? Gary and Deangelo, right at the beginning of the task. At least the other three waited/tried and for Hung and Chee and sorry for you guys, but Will and James figured it out their main issue and won their spot. At least, three very competent teams. Gary and Deangelo? Not as good. We saw other teams this season (and in past ones) knowing they would be eliminated, and still finishing the leg, even during the night after a way harder leg, to at least say they made it. Sorry, this is the definition of a real loser, going out like this. Sorry Deangelo, is just a game. Don´t be mad about it, right? You signed for this game and for this strategy.
anyone wondering how long did the team (especially the three musketeers) need to finish the last music memory challenge? judging from the time the NFL teams arrived (around 5 pm) and they arrived at the pit stop approx. one hour after the alliance teams arrived (around late 3 pm to early 4 pm) my spec that they needed around 1,5 - 2 hours or more to complete the taskI’m not sure your computation is correct. The two hour penalty wouldn’t have started until the other three teams had already left for the pit stop. It is possible production cut the penalty short after all the other teams had checked in and finished their mat interviews with Phil, but we won’t know that unless Phil, the four teams, Bertram or Elise tell us. What is notable is Phil did not travel to the site of the music memory task to eliminate D’Angelo and Gary.
One thing I do agree on about that task, is the band's recreation of the classical music from France sounded *nothing* like it. No wonder that's the flag they all got stuck on.
But I'm totally with DeAngelo - "the race sucked"
I also recommend everyone go check out Gary’s Twitter. Apparently there was a lot more going on behind the scenes and between legs that weren’t shown on air, and while he disagrees with how DeAngelo phrased it, he understands. He doesn’t go into much depth about it (possibly due to NDAs) but one thing he mentions is how they actually had a two-team alliance with the beards from Leg 1 and they felt betrayed by them turning against them. I’m sure there’s more to it, but it’s made me a bit more sympathetic to the situation.I agree. It must be hurted when the team(s) you thought caring about you actually didn't.