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Racing report
Amazing Race Season 31, Episode 1, "You're in our race now"
Film date: 2018-06-10 - 2018-06-11
After a way too long hiatus the race is finally back. This time with a special season billed as a reality clash with contestants from previous seasons of Big Brother, Survivor and The Amazing Race.
This race starts at the end of the pier at Hermosa beach in Los Angeles, CA. The contestants this year are:
* Rupert & Laura - married, Survivor
* Janelle & Britney - friends, Big Brother
* Leo & Jamal - cousins, Amazing Race
* Nicole & Victor - engaged, Big Brother
* Rachel & Elissa - sisters, Big Brother and Amazing Race (Rachel)
* Colin & Christie - life partners, Amazing Race
* Tyler & Korey - friends, Amazing Race
* Becca & Floyd - friends, Amazing Race
* Art & JJ - friends, Amazing Race
* Chris & Bret - friends, Survivor
* Corinne & Eliza - friends, Survivor
"I'm doing this for you Pablo", Leo is racing for his cat
The start happens on the edge of the pier and the first task is to dig into a giant octopus sand sculpture on the beach to find their first clue. And when Phil says go the teams start running the ~400m to the beach and start digging.
"My sand is broken", Christie make a reference to an earlier saying by Colin
Teams find their clue in the sand in the following order:
1. Rachel & Elissa
2. Rupert & Laura
3. Nicole & Victor
4. Becca & Floyd
5. Janelle & Britney
6. Leo & Jamal
7. Chris & Bret
8. Colin & Christie
9. Tyler & Korey
10. Corinne & Eliza
11. Art & JJ
Route info: "Fly to Tokyo, Japan."
The starting line task had a second part which is not shown on the telecast. It involved pulling down octopus kites and looking for clues on their tails. Allegedly this task let you win an extreme roadblock which allowed you to make a roadblock harder for another team. Rumor has it that this went unused so it seems production cut the whole task.
All teams are on the same flight to Tokyo:
AA169 LAX-NRT 12:25 - 15:55+1
Once teams arrive in Tokyo they are put on a bus and driven to Shibuya. Teams are handed their next clue when they exit the bus.
This clue is a route info telling them to travel on foot to one of two locations and pick up their next clue. The locations are ACB Lock & Security and Tokyo Tokyo restaurant. Both locations are about 500m away from where teams are dropped off (next to the Apa Hotel). There is a limited number of clues at each location.
Here teams are immediately thrown into the the deep end of the pool. They get a navigational task at night in a chaotic city where there is a big language barrier. As one could expect chaos ensues.
"Racers have an advantage. this ain't Big Brother, this ain't Survivor, You're in our race now", Jamal gets the title
"Umm, I don't even know what to do", Rupert
Leo & Jamal spot a clue location across the street but as they have a number of other teams following them they pretend to be lost and fight over directions. Eventually the other teams move on and they can go and collect their clue.
As Rachel & Elissa find the locksmith they call Tyler & Korey who are nearby.
Teams reach one of the two clue points in the following order:
1. Rupert & Laura, the restaurant
2. Chris & Bret, the restaurant
3. Leo & Jamal, the locksmith
4. Janelle & Britney, the restaurant
5. Colin & Christie, the restaurant
6. Becca & Floyd, the locksmith
7. Nicole & Victor, the restaurant
Rachel & Elissa, the restaurant, but it is out of clues
Tyler & Korey, the restaurant, but it is out of clues
8. Rachel & Elissa, the locksmith
9. Tyler & Korey, the locksmith
10. Corinne & Eliza
11. Art & JJ
Route info: "Travel on foot to the 5th floor of Edgeof Shibuya Building." This building is about 500m away.
"This is way harder than Survivor", Rupert
Teams find the clue box in the Edgeof building in the following order:
1(+2) Leo & Jamal
2(+3) Colin & Christie
3(+1) Janelle & Britney
4(+3) Nicole & Victor
5(+3) Rachel & Elissa
6(+3) Tyler & Korey
7(-1) Becca & Floyd
8(-6) Chris & Bret
9(-8) Rupert & Laura
10(+0) Corinne & Eliza
11(+0) Art & JJ, after all others have left
Road block: "Who wants a sweet new pair of shoes?"
This road block is yet another task inspired of a Japanese game show. Teams must find one of only 12 shoes made of chocolate in a room filled with more than 100 shoes, and they way to do this is to bite into it. They must sit down on a bench and indicate to the staff which shoe they want to try and when the shoe is brought to them they must try to take a bit to figure out if it is made from wood or chocolate.
If the shoe was wood the staff takes it to the side to be washed before they place it back on the shelf.
Once they find a shoe made of chocolate the staff draws two red lines on it and both team members must eat up to their respective line.
Teams complete this road block in the following order (* denotes team member doing the roadblock):
1(+0)Leo & Jamal* (0-1)On his 6th attempt 2(+1)Janelle* & Britney(1-0)On her first attempt 3(-1)Colin & Christie* (0-1)On her 12th attempt 4(+0)Nicole & Victor* (0-1)On hist 43rd attempt 5(+1)Tyler* & Korey (1-0)Seems to find it on his first attempt 6(-1)Rachel & Elissa* (0-1)On her 10th attempt 7(+0)Becca & Floyd* (0-1)On his 14th attempt 8(+0)Chris* & Bret (1-0)After at least 27 attempts 9(+0)Rupert & Laura* (0-1)10(+0)Corinne & Eliza* (0-1)On her 39th attempt11(+0)Art & JJ* (0-1)After many attempts
The next clue tells teams to travel by taxi to Onarimon Station. Once there they must proceed to Shiba Koen and search for their next clue.
"We feel like we're a strong team and we haven't been able to prove that", Corinne thinks they are stronger than their placement indicates
Shiba Koen is a park and Onarimon Station is right at the edge of it. The park is not that big and the clue box is about 100m from the station, but some people have a hard time finding it. Janelle & Britney head down into the metro station and waste a lot of time down there. And then we have Rupert & Laura. Instead of going through the park they follow the street at the edge.
"There's lights that way", Laura spots the challenge across the street, but Rupert does not think it can be it so they continue
Teams find the clue box in the park in the following order:
1(+0) Leo & Jamal
2(+1) Colin & Christie, as #1 is still doing this task
3(+2) Tyler & Korey
4(+0) Nicole & Victor, as #3 is at the task
5(+1) Rachel & Elissa, as #3 is finishing
6(+1) Becca & Floyd
7(+1) Chris & Bret
8(-6) Janelle & Britney
9(+1) Corinne & Eliza
10(+1) Art & JJ
11(-2) Rupert & Laura, as #10 is still here
Road block: Who wants to climb Mt Fuji?
In this road block contestants must dress up in a leotard and a ridiculous wig (which hides a helmet). Then they have to climb up a 20ft slippery slope and grab a clue from the top. There are hand holds on the slope but they start a bit up and are quite far apart.
Also the person who did not do the previous road block must do this one.
This task is extra hard since it has been (or is) raining so the slippery slope is extra slippery as it is wet.
Floyd is very sure that Becca will do it in under 30 seconds, and she delivers.
Most teams seem to complete this task without much trouble. The exceptions are Leo, Bret and Art. Leo struggled a lot. Bret got up fairly easily but he has not read his clue properly so he does not know what to do at the top so he slides down again without grabbing a clue. He then struggles when he has to climb it again.
"I can't say anything", Chris at least know the rules
"Go twinnie, you can do it", Eliza know at least something about the race
The biggest surprise here is Art.
"I'm in way better shape than I was 7 years ago", voice over as he starts the task
Art struggles and after a while his legs start to cramp.
"This is embarrassing", JJ
Eventually they realize that there is no way Art will be able to complete the task so they decide to take the penalty. This is four hours and they have to wait it out at the spot.
As they are waiting Rupert & Laura finally arrive, after having wandered through the park for more than two hours.
So Art & JJ can only sit and watch as Rupert attempts the climb. Art is pretty sure Rupert will never make it, but is proven wrong when Rupert gets to the top on hist first try.
Teams complete this road block in the following order (* denotes team member doing the roadblock):
1(+0)Leo* & Jamal (1-1) 2(+0)Colin* & Christie (1-1) 3(+0)Tyler & Korey* (1-1) 4(+0)Nicole* & Victor (1-1) 5(+0)Rachel* & Elissa (1-1) 6(+0)Becca* & Floyd (1-1) 7(+0)Chris & Bret* (1-1) 8(+0)Janelle & Britney*(1-1) 9(+0)Corinne* & Eliza (1-1)10(+1)Rupert* & Laura (1-1)11(-1)Art* & JJ (1-1)Art was unable to do the climb so they took the 4h penalty
Route info: "Make your way to the very first Pit Stop, Atago Jinja"
This temple is built on the highest hill in Tokyo and as Phil introduces it he also tells us that the last team to check in will be eliminated.
Teams reach Phil in the following order:
1(+0) Leo & Jamal, win a 7 day cruise in Tahiti
2(+0) Colin & Christie
3(+0) Tyler & Korey
4(+1) Rachel & Elissa
5(+1) Becca & Floyd
6(-2) Nicole & Victor
7(+0) Chris & Bret
8(+0) Janelle & Britney
9(+0) Corinne & Eliza
10(+0) Rupert & Laura
11(+0) Art & JJ, are eliminated
At the pit stop Phil asks Chris & Bret about how the race differs from Survivor.
"It is go go go, decisions, decisions, you have lots of time on Survivor to ponder your next move. Here it is go!", Chris
"It just felt a little bit out of sync for us today", JJ
Marionete:
I was waiting for this!!
To all the people that went on record saying the leg design was "shockingly bad", take a look at how many navigation issues the teams faced and how much the positions kept changing up until the last task.
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Racing report
Amazing Race Season 31, Episode 2, "Knock the Newbie out of us"
Film date: 2018-06-13 - 2018-06-14
The last pit stop was at Atago Jinja, a temple in Tokyo. This also seems to be where teams are released after about 28 hours. They are released in the following order:
1.Leo & Jamal 00:42 2.Colin & Christie 00:45+0:03 3.Tyler & Korey 00:54+0:12 4.Rachel & Elissa 01:00+0:18 5.Becca & Floyd 01:04+0:22 6.Nicole & Victor 01:06+0:24 7.Chris & Bret ??:??+?:?? 8.Janelle & Britney??:??+?:?? 9.Corinne & Eliza 02:06+1"2410.Rupert & Laura 04:25+3:43
Route info: "Fly to the city of Luang Prabang in Laos"
When they arrive they must travel by Tuk Tuk to Villa Santi where a courier will arrive with they next clue before sunrise.
The extra information mentions "When traveling in Laos you should wear pants and a shirt which covers your shoulders, stomach and back".
"Hawaiian shirts are coming out", Becca
At the starting line we get an interview with Colin who think they have a grown a lot since season 5. He was very intense and frantic back then but has since noticed that that does not really help you get anywhere faster.
First teams must go to "Tickets Today" and pick up their tickets.
Tickets Today is a small ticket agency which is just a window to the street, or at least that is what is open when the racers get there in the middle of the night.
When they arrive in their taxis to the area where the ticket agent is Elissa asks Floyd if they should work together to find it. Then it seems as if Nicole & Victor arrive and Becca & Floyd join them as well and go looking. They do not seem to wait for Rachel & Elissa when they seem busy talking to their camera (about how they just formed Team Fun 2.0). Rachel & Elissa feel hurt by this.
At the airport Rupert & Laura are happy to see the other teams.
"We just want to keep in the race and keep getting more knowledge, keep getting more experience and knock this newbie out of us", Rupert gets the title
All teams are on the same flight via Hanoi. It seems their flight was something like:
VN311 NRT-HAN 10:00 - 14:10
QV314 HAN-LPQ 19:10 - 20:30
All teams make it to Villa Santi where they get a chance to sleep a few hours before the courier arrives at 05:00. When he arrives he is mobbed by racer wanting their next clue.
Route info: "Make your way to give on to the monks"
Teams must now make their way to Wat Sensoukaram and participate in a ceremony where they must give to the monks.
Rupert & Laura share a Tuk Tuk with Leo & Jamal. The other teams make it there on foot. The Tuk Tuk ends up behind Corinne & Eliza. The girls make sure to stay on the road and make sure the Tuk Tuk can not pass them.
"The Afghanimals looked like they had the most fun when we watched them on TV", Eliza
"And then they weren't that fun or helpful", Corinne
Teams arrive at Wat Sensoukaram in the following order:
1. Chris & Bret
2. Tyler & Korey
3. Janelle & Britney
4. Corinne & Eliza
5. Leo & Jamal
6. Becca & Floyd
7. Rupert & Laura
8. Colin & Christie
9. Rachel & Elissa
10. Nicole & Victor
They pick up baskets of offerings and sit down in the order they arrived. After a while the monks arrive and receive their offerings.
Once the racers run out of offerings they run back to the table where they got their baskets and get their next clue. Some racers at the back of the line seems to run out faster because they run over as the ones at the front are still handing out offerings.
Route info: "Make your way on foot to the big tree by the Mekong river and search for your next clue".
"Half the teams ran that way and half the teams ran that way", Jamal when they arrive at the river
At the tree teams find a double U-turn board. They reach it in the
following order:
1(+8) Rachel & Elissa, U-turns Becca & Floyd
2(+6) Colin & Christie
3(+7) Nicole & Victor
4(+1) Leo & Jamal
5(+1) Becca & Floyd, U-turns Tyler & Korey
6(-2) Corinne & Eliza
7(-5) Tyler & Korey
8(-5) Janelle & Britney
9(-8) Chris & Bret
10(-3) Rupert & Laura
Leo & Jamal were thinking about U-turning Tyler & Korey but then decided to let Becca & Floyd, who were just arriving, do it. They make sure to tell team Fun to U-turn Tyler & Korey though.
Detour: "ABC or BBQ"
In ABC teams must go a nearby school (Ecole maternel Louangprabang) and learn to pronounce the letters of the Laotian alphabet. The letters all sound very much alike to westerners but the board they learn them from has English versions written on it as well (like kor, khor, kkhor, ngar...). Once they think they got it they go to a nearby classroom where they have to repeat the letters as the teacher points to another board (this time without the English versions). The classroom is filled with very cute kids which laughs when they make an error, but the judging does not seem too harsh.
In BBQ teams must head to a nearby market and prepare barbecue skewers. They first have to go and buy the ingredients, 3 ducks and eight fish. Then they have to gut and descale the fish and cut the ducks.
"Big Brother did not prepare us for the exhaustion of the race at all", Britney
"We saw right away that the language was very tonal", Korey
Teams complete the detour in the following order
Tyler & Korey, ABC
1(+5) Corinne & Eliza, ABC
2(+2) Leo & Jamal, BBQ
3(+0) Nicole & Victor, NNQ
Becca & Floyd, BBQ
4(+4) Janelle & Britney, BBQ
5(-3) Colin & Christie, BBQ
6(-5) Rachel & Elissa, BBQ
7(+3) Rupert & Laura, ABC
8(-3) Becca & Floyd, ABC
9(+0) Chris & Bret, BBQ
10(-3) Tyler & Korey, BBQ
Route info: "Travel by Tuk Tuk to Elephant village on the bank of Nam Khan river and search for your next clue".
On their way to the Elephant Village Corinne & Eliza are in the lead but they stop when they see a sign and start debating what it means. As they do so two other teams pass them.
When they arrive at the Elephant village Corinne & Eliza and Janelle & Brittney run past the clue box at the entrance. Once inside Victor starts to help them but is stopped by Leo. Eventually the girls backtrack and find the clue.
Teams find the clue at the Elephant village in the following order:
1(+1) Leo & Jamal
2(+1) Nicole & Victor
3(-2) Corinne & Eliza
4(+0) Janelle & Britney
5(+0) Colin & Christie
6(+0) Rachel & Elissa
7(+1) Becca & Floyd
8(+1) Chris & Bret
9(+1) Tyler & Korey
10(-3) Rupert & Laura
Road block: "Who likes to be in command?"
In this road block contestants must get up on an elephant and then using commands in Lao convince it to cross the river and search for a musician in the jungle.
"My life is made", Nicole as she rides her elephant across the river
"Wait, there is no like harness? I'm just gonna bareback?", Britney
All teams are at this road block at the same time. But they are spread out as it seems to take a while. Also the deciding factor here seems to be which elephant you get, the last teams to arrive got the most sluggish elephants.
"Pai baby please", Rupert tries to get his elephant to move.
"This is the slowest footrace I've ever seen", Victor as the first teams try to get their elephants to go the last bit
"I'm so happy", Korey likes being on an elephant
"He loves elephants but I do not think he loves that elephant", Laura sees Rupert struggle to get his elephant to move
Teams complete this road block in the following order (* denotes team member doing the roadblock):
1(+1)Nicole* & Victor (2-1) 2(-1)Leo & Jamal* (1-2) 3(+0)Corinne* & Eliza (2-1) 4(+2)Rachel & Elissa* (1-2) 5(+0)Colin & Christie* (1-2) 6(-2)Janelle & Britney*(1-2) 7(+2)Tyler & Korey* (1-2) 8(+0)Chris* & Bret (2-1) 9(-2)Becca* & Floyd (2-1)10(+0)Rupert* & Laura (2-1)
The next clue is a route info telling teams to race to the next pit stop. They must first travel by Tuk Tuk to Wat Xiengthong where they can board a long tail boat which will take them to Prince Phetsarath's palace.
The first two teams finish the road block seconds after each other and there is a mad dash to the pit stop. At a crucial moment Leo & Jamal manage to confuse Nicole so they can pass them and are first to the boats.
Teams reach Phil in the following order:
1(+1) Leo & Jamal, win $2,500 each
2(-1) Nicole & Victor
3(+1) Rachel & Elissa
4(+1) Colin & Christie
5(+1) Janelle & Britney
6(-3) Corinne & Eliza
7(+0) Tyler & Korey
8(+0) Chris & Bret
9(+0) Becca & Floyd
10(+0) Rupert & Laura, are eliminated
"I consider myself one of the toughest survivors out there, and Amazing Race kicked my ass", Rupert
claude_24hrs:
Maf, here are the things:
The Pit Stop rest was in between 28 hours long, not 24 hours.
Also, the flight from Hanoi to Luang Prabang on June 13th, 2018 was Lao Airlines 314, departed at 19:10 and arrived at 20:30.
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