Peach - Awesome post. Thanks for summarizing things.
I still think the shot of the BQs is from the end of Macau...and I'm still not 100% about what the deal might be. Why would Eric accept that BQ deal, that would make them seem kind of pathetic, because they would be worried to losing to "two queens" who have to wait 30 minutes! It's all very strange.
Yes i think Danielle and Eric having a deal [though seems likly] is stupis and makes them look like hypocrites. The said how the Blondes were phoney and now they are doing the same thing to one of two teams they have a finale three agreement with. First off we knew the Blondes have to be second the the Yield becuase they cant, so if Eric and Danielle yield the blondes they would still come in first and give the biggest threat a great chance to be eliminated. If Eric and Danielle dont yield the blondes they just look stupid, they wont get their revenge will give up a better chance at first place, and will still have big competition on the race. I mean there is no telling what happens later in the leg. The Blondes and Derik might make a deal but say Deric gets lost with a cab? That half hour advantage would help them more?
Well yielding the BQ's isn't that logical if they are near the front of the pack (and if its early in the leg), almost always teams recover from it (well all but one and that was only at the before the last event).
As to why yield say Oswald & Danny oer Dustin & Kandice.
Thats incredible easy.
When you Yield the two best possible uses for the Yield is, to Yield the team in alst place to give yourself the largest possible cushion to avoid elimination.
The next best possible use of the Yield is to Yield the team with the best record so far on the race. And that is easily Oswald & Danny.
For leg 10 out fo the regular seasons of two person teams they have an average Pit Stop performance of 2.50 (only three teams have ever had a better record at this point Eric & Jeremy, Colin & Christie and Kris & Jon).
In comparison Dustin & Kandice are placed with a 3.40 with 19 teams that have a better average (Oswald & Danny are averaging nearly a position better each leg).
And while I can break down the legs as a viewer and say that the Beauty Queens are probably running a better race, Eric & Danielle don't gett to see that, they basically just get to find out who leaves in each position, and has no real idea how teams manage hte various tasks, how they navigate, ect unless the other teams tell them are when they are close and get to see them race.
If say those two teams (Eric & Danille and Dustin & Kandice are very close together approaching the YIeld and are fairly sure that they are ahead of Oswald & Danny and Charla & Mirna. I could see Dustin & Kandice make that offer.
And I Can see Eric & Danielle take it, especially knowing that if they are close that they may not be able to get to the Yield before them, and miss the chance to Yield the BQ.
And as for all the comments about being shady and such directed to the BQ's for the Yield, that was for them lying or lisleading teams. Also during the wait Eric didn't understand why them, since they have a worse record then Oswald & Danny. Go for the last team or the strong team thats the best use of the yield, they had no idea that D&K have commented that they fear them more due to their physical strength as a team.
And while Eric did make a verbal deal with Mirna, right after that he got screed by them by using Oswald and Danny's booking to skip ahead of them. So he might feel screw them. Nor do we see if Eric or Danielle make a deal with Oswald & Danny.
Of course, this all assumes thats what happens. Hell it could all be something else.