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Racing report
Amazing Race Season 32, Episode 1, "One million miles"
Film date: 2018-11-09 - 2018-11-11
And we are finally back again. Now in these Corona times we definitely need a bit of escapism and what better than a new version of our favorite race? The title of this premiere episode refers to the fact that after this season the race has traveled more than one million miles total.
This season starts at night in the Hollywood bowl in Los Angeles. The teams are:
* DeAngelo & Gary - former NFL stars
* Kaylynn & Haley - sisters, moved out when they were young
* Leo & Alana - Dating
* Will & James - Boyfriends, James has applied 9 times
* Nathan & Cody - Best friends and Noodlers
* Jerry & Frank - father/son, father was professional coach
* Michelle & Victoria - sisters
* Hung & Chee - married parents
* Riley & Maddison - pro volleyball brothers
* Eswar & Aparna - siblings and software engineers
* Kellie & LaVonne - Olympians (110m hurdles)
At the starting line Phil tells them that this race will be 33,000 miles.
The first clue reads: "Fly to the island of Trinidad. When you arrive travel by taxi to the 24 hour fruit stand in St Augustine and search for your next clue."
Once they have read the first clue teams jump into the taxis which just happens to be lined up outside (production may have had a hand in this) and make for the airport. There is no real rush as everybody is booked on the same flight.
UA1815 LAX-IAH 2018-11-10 05:57 - 10:55 (scheduled 06:00 - 11:00)
UA1457 IAH-POS 2018-11-10 14:55 - 22:07 (scheduled 14:38 - 22:00)
Once in Trinidad there is a race to the taxis and then on to the fruit stand.
Teams arrive to the fruit stand in the following order:
1. Riley & Maddison
2. Hung & Chee
3. DeAngelo & Gary
4. Jerry & Frank
5. Nathan & Cody
6. Michelle & Victoria
7. Kaylynn & Haley
8. Kellie & LaVonne
9. Leo & Alana
10. Will & James
11. Eswar & Aparna
The clue here is a route info which tells teams to pick up a pair of empty oil drums, they must then roll these 1/4 mile to a carnival. Here they must find the midnight robber who will given them their next clue. The clue also says that the first seven teams to arrive will have an advantage over the others.
The midnight robber turns out to be giving out tickets for a flight the following day to Tobago and there are only room for seven teams on the first flight.
It also seems as if the clue tells teams that they must roll the oil drums because nobody tries to carry them (even though they seem to be empty and thus relatively light). Rolling the drum seems to be very uncomfortable for the longer racers.
"Me and Maddison have these giant backpacks on, we totally over-packed", Riley on why it was hard to roll the drums
"I thought it was better to kind of lay behind as there was a lot of pushing and showing in front", Eswar, before they realize they are way behind
The carnival is a sight to behold. There is a steel drum band, fire breathers and lots of people in colorful costumes who are dancing. Many of the costumes are also of a minimal nature so there is a lot of blurring on the screen. It seems to be a really good party.
Teams find the midnight robber in the following order:
1(+2) DeAngelo & Gary
2(+2) Jerry & Frank
3(-2) Riley & Maddison
4(-2) Hung & Chee
5(+0) Nathan & Cody
6(+0) Michelle & Victoria
7(+3) Will & James
8(+0) Kellie & LaVonne
9(-2) Kaylynn & Haley
10(-1) Leo & Alana
11(+0) Eswar & Aparna
The first seven teams get a clue which reads: "Congratulations, you're flying to Tobago on the first flight."
Teams spend the night in a conference room at the airport and the next morning they fly over to Tobago. Flight #1 is:
BW1504 POS-TAB 07:46 - 08:17 (07:40 - 08:05)
This carries:
DeAngelo & Gary
Jerry & Frank
Riley & Maddison
Hung & Chee
Nathan & Cody
Michelle & Victoria
Will & James
The second flight is:
BW1506 POS-TAB 08:03 - 08:33 (08:10 - 08:35)
This carries:
Kellie & LaVonne
Kaylynn & Haley
Leo & Alana
Eswar & Aparna
Once teams get to Tobago they must make their way to Swallows beach (5min). Here they will get their next clue from one of the boat captains sitting on the benches.
This clue tells teams to travel by boat to the Nylon pools. Here they will find 125 painted wooden fishes, scattered over an area the size of a football field. Each fish is secured with a combination lock. Attached to their boat is also a fish, and a four digit code. They must search among the fishes for one whose color marking (6 colored lines on the fins) matches the one in their boat. The code will unlock that fish which they can exchange for their next clue. Teams may not remove the fish or the code from their boat.
Many teams have to go back to their boats to look at their fish and/or code again.
Hung & Chee promptly forget their colors so they brute force the task by trying the combination on all locks.
During this task we learn that Kellie is dyslectic.
Teams get their next clue in the following order:
1. (1st flight) Michelle & Victoria
2. (1st flight) Riley & Maddison
3. (1st flight) Jerry & Frank
4. (1st flight) Will & James, the 31st fish they tried
5. (1st flight) Hung & Chee, the 55th fish they tried
6. (1st flight) Nathan & Cody
7. (1st flight) DeAngelo & Gary
8. (2nd flight) Kaylynn & Haley
9. (2nd flight) Eswar & Aparna
10. (2nd flight) Leo & Alana
11. (2nd flight) Kellie & LaVonne
The next clue tells them to travel by boat to Pigeon point.
Teams reach this in the following order:
1(+0) Michelle & Victoria
2(+0) Riley & Maddison
3(+1) Will & James
4(-1) Jerry & Frank
5(+0) Hung & Chee
6(+1) DeAngelo & Gary
7(-1) Nathan & Cody
8(+1) Eswar & Aparna
9(+1) Leo & Alana
10(-2) Kaylynn & Haley
11(+1) Kellie & LaVonne
Road block: "Who thinks they can steel the show?"
In this road block contestants must learn to play the steel pan. They are given a sheet of numbers (1-8). The sheet looks like:
"Day O"
Band Intro
Play 3, 5, 3, 5, 5, 3, 5, 8
Band plays
Play 3, 5, 3, 5, 5, 3, 5, 8
...
The steel drums are marked with the corresponding numbers. All they need to do is play the indicated notes in the correct rhythm and tempo. They will even have the same sheet in front of them when performing so they do not need to memorize the tune. There is only one bad they can perform with so there will be a line.
We learn that Michelle & Victoria have been playing piano since they were five.
"I need somebody who is smart and pretty, which is all of you", Cody selects an instructor
"This is so embarrassing right now]/i]", Michelle as Chee is getting it (after she failed her first attempt)
"He's hitting, it's just no rhythm", DeAngelo about his partner
Teams complete this road block in the following order (* denotes team member doing the roadblock):
1(+4)Hung & Chee* (0-1)On his 1st shown attempt 2(-1)Michelle* & Victoria(1-0)On his 2nd attempt 3(-1)Riley & Maddison* (0-1)On his 3rd attempt 4(-1)Will* & James (1-0)On his 5th attempt 5(-1)Jerry & Frank* (0-1)On his 4tg attempt 6(+3)Leo* & Alana (1-0)On his 3rd attempt 7(+1)Eswar* & Aparna (1-0)On his 5th attempt 8(+2)Kaylynn* & Haley (1-0)On her 7th attempt 9(-3)DeAngelo & Gary* (0-1)On his 11th attempt10(+1)Kellie* & LaVonne (1-0)On her 9th attempt11(-4)Nathan & Cody* (0-1)After more than 6 attempt
Route info: "Race with the goats to the very first pit stop at the Buccoo integrated facility."
"He's Asian, he probably plays the piano", Michelle about Chee
"I should thank my parents for all those years of piano lessons", Chee after the road block
Teams get back into their boats and are then driven to the pit stop location.
"I think I would have done better because I play the actual base drum and the piano", Victoria reveals some team dynamics (and I do not think it bodes well for them)
The Buccoo integrated facility turns out to be rigged for goat racing. There is a starting gate and each contestant gets a goat on a rope. The trick is to hold on to the goat until you cross the finish line where Phil awaits.
Holding on to the goats is trickier than it sounds since they are fast and eager to run (at least most of them). Some contestants are forced to let go but all that happens is that you get to try again.
Hung wipes out when she gets to the mat and is a bit slow to release her goat. She crashes into the greeter but quickly composes herself and gives Phil a hug.
Teams reach Phil in the following order:
1(+0) Hung & Chee, it seems there was no price
2(+0) Michelle & Victoria
3(+0) Riley & Maddison
4(+0) Will & James
5(+0) Jerry & Frank
6(+0) Leo & Alana
7(+0) Eswar & Aparna
8(+0) Kaylynn & Haley
9(+1) Kellie & LaVonne
10(-1) DeAngelo & Gary
11(+0) Nathan & Cody, are eliminated
Once teams have checked in Phil tells them that they are still racing and gives them their next clue. At least he does that for the first 10 teams. The last team is summarily eliminated instead.
Route info: "Fly to the city of Bogotá in Colombia. You have $232 for this leg of the race."
"It is still amazing, just to get to this point with my best friend", Nathan
georgiapeach:
Another AMAZING recp! Thanks Maf!
I'll move these to the EPisodes at the end of the season so we preserve them to forever!
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Marionete:
Thanks for doing these! I love checking here just to see how the teams' placements changed in-between tasks.
maf:
Racing report
Amazing Race Season 32, Episode 2, "Red Lipstick is Not My Color"
Film date: 2018-11-11 - 2018-11-13 (probably)
This leg was a keep on racing leg. At the pit stop of the first leg Phil give teams their next clue which tells them to fly to Bogotá, Colombia.
"We're exhausted, but the other teams are too", Chee
Teams jump into taxis and make it to the airport (18min). The flight to Bogotá is pre arranged so all teams are on the same flight. When presenting the destination Phil makes sure to mention that it sits at an elevation of 8,660ft.
It seems as if teams were held in Bogotá airport a bit because the first we see of them is when all of them spill out of the airport like a big messy blob of ketchup escaping the bottle. They all run to a clue box which seems to be placed just outside the airport.
The first clue tells teams to travel by taxi to Mina del sal (Nemocón Salt Mine) (1h36m). Once at the mine they must search the underground tunnels for a 10- or 20-minute hourglass. Then they can sign up for one of two departure times the next morning.
The hourglasses will allow teams to stop another team from racing for the specified time when they encounter a yield during the race. The exact mechanics of how this will work are not explained. My guess is that when teams encounter an unused yield sign they can select to yield another team but putting up the other teams picture and leaving their hourglass. Yield signs will appear every now and then through the race.
Here we have a bit of a strategy choice for teams. Is it worth spending the extra time to get a 20 minute hourglass an potentially end up in the second group leaving the next morning?
Hung & Chee decide to grab the first hourglass they find while DeAngelo & Gary say they will try to get a 20-minute glass (they are shown finding a 10-minute one and searching on).
Teams find hourglasses and sign up for departures in the following order:
6:00am departure
1. Hung & Chee, 10-minutes
2. Will & James, 20-minutes
3. Riley & Maddison, 20-minutes
4. DeAngelo & Gary, 20-minutes
5. Eswar & Aparna, 10-minutes
6:30am departure
6. Leo & Alana, 10-minutes
7. Kellie & LaVonne, 10-minutes
?. Kaylynn & Haley, 20-minutes
?. Michelle & Victoria, 20-minutes
10. Jerry & Frank, 10-minutes
Teams spend the night in a shelter inside the mine (they are given sleeping bags). Many players have a hard time getting any sleep. This is probably a combination of being revved up for the race and the fact that some racers are snoring loudly.
The next morning, at their designated release time, teams get their next clue and get out of the mine as fast as they can (there are lots of stairs to climb).
This clue tells teams to travel on foot to Templo Parraoquial San Fransisco de Asís. Here they must climb the bell tower and and pick up either a small golden raft or an emerald.
Once teams have their raft or emerald they must travel by taxi, through the rush hour traffic, to Plazoleta del Rosario (1h17min with no traffic). Teams with an emerald must deliver it to one of the emerald street brokers on the plaza. The golden raft must be delivered to an archaeology professor in Universidad del Rosario.
The first six teams agree to help each other to find the church, but this seems to be very easy (it is only 400m away) so they get no real advantage. Once they have picked up their item they must travel in one of the marked taxis to Bogotá. It seems as if teams are not allowed to switch taxis, so if they pick a bad one they are stuck with it for the rest of the day.
Also for the rest of the leg we see a lot of black clad men on motorbikes traveling by the taxis. I assume these are security.
Traffic on the way in to Bogotá is horrible.
"Is this the freeway?", Haley asks their driver as they move at a snails pace
"In theory, yes", the driver responds
Kellie & LaVonne have bad luck with their taxi. The drivers phone dies on them and he has loaned his charger to another driver. Later in the leg he gets a charging cable so the phone comes back to life but apparently he is also good at ignoring the GPS directions it gives.
The Emerald brokers turn out to be these groups of men huddling together and if you look carefully you see they are holding a paper with race-colored edges. But teams have to search around a bit before they realize this
"This is a fake.", The "professor" plays with Riley & Maddison (they get their clue anyway)
Teams deliver their items in the following order:
1. Riley & Maddison
2. Hung & Chee
3. DeAngelo & Gary
4. Eswar & Aparna
5. Will & James
6. Michelle & Victoria
7. Leo & Alana
8. Jerry & Frank
9. Kellie & LaVonne
10. Kaylynn & Haley
The next clue tells teams to travel by taxi to Escuela Nacional Circo Para Todos (7 minutes without traffic).
"We're in the general vicinity of where we need to be, we're just not like a 100% where we need to be", Kellie as they are having a hard time finding the place
At the next location teams find a circus tent. In front of it is a clue box with a yield sign. This is one place where teams can use their new yield power.
Teams reach this in the following order:
1(+2) DeAngelo & Gary
2(+0) Hung & Chee
3(-2) Riley & Maddison
4(+1) Will & James
5(-1) Eswar & Aparna
6(+0) Michelle & Victoria
7(+0) Leo & Alana
8(+0) Jerry & Frank
9(+1) Kaylynn & Haley
10(-1) Kellie & LaVonne
Nobody feels the need to yield any other team today. Although Kaylynn & Haley regret their decision not to yield when they open the clue box and realize they are second to last.
Road block: "Who feels like clowning around?"
In this road block teams must first ride the wheel of death, that is they get strapped into a wheel and then rolled a couple of laps, and then walk a tightrope. They must also balance a tray with a bottle of wine while walking the rope. On their way back two glasses are added. To make this task easier there is a second wire above the racers head and on this is a pulley and a rope which the players can hold on to to help with balancing. Also, the bottle and glasses are made of plastic.
Before contestants can attempt the road block they get some clown clothes and makeup done.
"Red lipstick is not my color", DeAngelo
This road block is easier than it seems and the only player shown to struggle is Alana who drops her stuff while walking the tightrope, twice.
"I'm a little scared of heights", Alana as she enters the tightrope platform
Teams complete this road block in the following order (* denotes team member doing the roadblock):
1(+0)DeAngelo* & Gary (1-1) 2(+0)Hung* & Chee (1-1) 3(+0)Riley* & Maddison (1-1) 4(+0)Will* & James (2-0) 5(+0)Eswar & Aparna* (1-1) 6(+0)Michelle & Victoria*(1-1) 7(+1)Jerry & Frank* (0-2) 8(-1)Leo & Alana* (1-1)On her 3rd attempt 9(+0)Kaylynn & Haley* (1-2)10(+0)Kellie & LaVonne* (1-1)
As DeAngelo & Gary run away from the circus they meet Will & James. They both say "Tightrope" so the latter know what the road block entails.
Route info: "Travel by taxi to Carrera 26 #10-03, Bogotá"
Teams reach the next location (12min) in the following order:
1(+0) DeAngelo & Gary
2(+0) Hung & Chee (Hung is still in her circus outfit)
3(+0) Riley & Maddison
4(+0) Will & James
5(+0) Eswar & Aparna
6(+0) Michelle & Victoria
7(+0) Jerry & Frank
8(+0) Leo & Alana
9(+0) Kaylynn & Haley
10(+0) Kellie & LaVonne, arrive while there are still 4 other teams doing this task
--- Quote ---ROUTE INFO
Customize a Volqueta
and then hook up its
horn for one of the
locals! If the owner
approves of your work
he will hand you your
next clue.
--- End quote ---
A volqueta is a small lorry and teams need to decorate it. The decoration includes tassels, and inside there is cloth, stuffed animals and fuzzy dice.
"Yes, arts and crafts", Will when he reads the clue
As he introduces this task Phil points out that most teams will forget to hook up their horns. And true enough, almost all of them do.
We get to see Will & James argue about the clue after the judge has rejected them. James wants to reread the clue while Will wants to straighten up the tassels. When Will later rereads the clue they realize what they have done and they talk loudly about it.
"I'm glad they said that so loudly", Alana overhears
Leo & Alana are so sure they got it after they did their horn so they put on their backpacks. But no luck, they have also forgotten one set of tassels at the rear.
"We have no idea what is wrong", LaVonne
Towards the end there are four teams trying to find the problem with their trucks. Leo & Alana are the first to spot their remaining error. As they leave this task they tell Kaylynn & Haley to check their horn. The girls start fixing their horn and the other two remaining teams see this and go for their horns as well. There is only one judge so a lot depends on in which order the different teams yell "Check".
Teams complete this task in the following order:
1(+1) Hung & Chee
2(-1) DeAngelo & Gary
3(+0) Riley & Maddison
4(+1) Eswar & Aparna
5(+1) Michelle & Victoria
6(-2) Will & James
7(+1) Leo & Alana
8(+1) Kaylynn & Haley
9(-2) Jerry & Frank, just after #8
10(+0) Kellie & LaVonne, just after #9
The next clue tells them to find in Parque Nacional Enrique Olaya Herrera. Teams reach Phil in the park (15min) in the following order:
1(+0) Hung & Chee, win a trip to Switzerland
2(+0) DeAngelo & Gary
3(+0) Riley & Maddison
4(+0) Eswar & Aparna
5(+0) Michelle & Victoria
6(+0) Will & James
7(+0) Leo & Alana
8(+0) Kaylynn & Haley
9(+0) Jerry & Frank
10(+0) Kellie & LaVonne, are eliminated
"This definitely made our friendship that much closer", Kellie
"We even hugged like four times", LaVonne
"And we never hug", Kellie
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