Greetings fellow Amazing Race fans. Let me start this by saying OH HOW THE MIGHTY HAVE FALLEN! We had a team who was on top with a fight, causing a grudge between then another team and then the fear of one caused the “mighty” to fall from grace much to the delight of their new enemy. But then the laugh was on everyone else. That’s basically what happened during this broadcast but if you want to know what happened, read on.
I missed the first ten minutes of the broadcast. But basically we all know that we are down to FOUR teams and three teams arrived around the same time at the pit-stop mat and naturally those three teams would leave the pit-stop at the same time in order of their arrival. The three teams that left together were Kisha & Jen, Tammy & Victor and Margie & Luke. I didn’t get to see the departure times for the teams and for the last place team Jaime & Cara but all teams made the same flight out.
I came into the broadcast at ten minutes into it watching as all four teams were at the airport and the Chinese speaking Tammy & Victor were asking the airline ticket agent to place the other teams toward the back of the plane. Other teams were concerned about their seating positions on the aircraft as the closest to the front of the plane, the quickest they would be at getting off.
Another noticeable thing is the isolation between Kisha & Jen and the other teams especially Margie & Luke after their confrontations of the last leg of the race. One team member mentioned that it was very cold at their destination, but viewers could tell that it was cold in that airport terminal as well. Luke appeared to still be upset and stared into space deliberately ignoring other teams.
All four teams were on the same flight to Beijing and Tammy & Victor were the first off the plane and into a taxi then Kisha & Jen raced Margie & Luke to catch the next taxi out and it was confirmed that Luke was holding a grudge against the sister team. The last team out of the airport was Jaime & Cara, who were the last to get off the airplane. All teams’ taxis seemed to race each other to the next destination but Tammy & Victor’s taxi eventually arrived third and Margie & Luke’s taxi got lost putting them in last place.
The first destination was to a massage parlor where a racer would have to drink tea and participate in a painful foot massage then drink more tea. If a racer couldn’t handle the intense foot massage they would have to start the massage over. Many racers either didn’t enjoy the taste of the tea or the idea of someone touching their feet.
After the grueling foot massage, teams travelled to a sports training school for the next clue. Teams then asked taxi drivers if they knew how to get to the next destination and some teams struggled to communicate with the drivers. Tammy & Victor communicated with a driver in Chinese then fought for the same taxi with Jaime & Cara who claimed they stopped the taxi first. So basically Tammy & Victor gave Jaime & Cara’s driver their destination. They were not happy about the mishap but were vindicated when Jaime & Cara’s taxi dropped them off at the wrong entrance.
The next destination was a sports training school and the “detour”. The detour task choices were “sync” where teams had to perform synchronized diving tasks until the team achieves a perfect score or “swim” where teams had to put on very tight fitting Olympic style Speedo swimsuits then swim 8 lengths in an Olympic sized pool in order to get their next clue. This “detour” was based on Beijing being the location of the 2008 Summer Olympic Games.
Tammy & Victor did the “sync” diving task while Kisha & Jen first tried the diving then because of Jen’s fear of the pool, they switched to the swim “detour”. Margie & Luke and Jaime & Cara chose the swimming task and easily completed the “detour”. Kisha & Jen then switched back to the diving detour where Tammy & Victor continued to dive over and over and failing to get a perfect score. After several failed attempts, Tammy & Victor switched to the swimming task. Jen’s fear of the water got the best of her and she broke down and cried appearing to give up.
After the aquatic “detour” teams headed to the next pit-stop location at the DRUM TOWER and the first team to arrive was JAIME & CARA, and they won NOTHING for it. Turns out this would not be a pit-stop and the leg continues into the next broadcast.
“To Be Continued” as they say. But if you want to know the current standings, Margie & Luke left the swimming task after Jaime & Cara, followed by Tammy & Victor and Kisha & Jen who surely appeared to be up for elimination.
The next broadcast promised to be a nasty one as teams with small stomachs will face eating foods they are not used to. Longtime viewers of The Amazing Race know that usually means some racers eating more than they can handle and possibly getting sick. But the preview also shows Jaime & Cara struggling with language differences. This could mean another fall from temporary grace.
As for my predictions, I did say that I would not be surprised if there were another non-elimination leg of the race and we sort of had that. While the race continues instead of a pit-stop, the team that would have been eliminated is not the one that I had predicted. I predicted Margie & Luke for this elimination but they turned out to end the broadcast in second place.
So my predictions are OVER! I tried and I had fun with it, but we have four good teams and it is not easy to predict who will do what. All I will say is I will cheer for Jaime & Cara to make the final three and win this season of The Amazing Race for reasons I have stated before. They are former Miami Dolphins Cheerleaders and they are from my hometown area of South Florida. I am supporting my hometown. Since our hometown NFL football team can’t seem to win any championship for THIRTY FIVE years now, why not have our team’s former cheerleaders win The Amazing Race? And this will be the first all-female team to win The Amazing Race. Even if Kisha & Jen should happen to win, that record will be finally achieved.
Sadly, another preference instead of prediction is for the elimination of Margie & Luke. They were my favorite team and they are one of the best but Luke and his mommy’s competitive spirit has diminished and I hoped for better. I would also prefer Kisha & Jen elimination for the same reason. But only one team will be eliminated and it’s anyone’s guess as to who. But my greater support is for Jaime & Cara and Tammy & Victor to be the main two of the final three.
So you now have my preferences instead of predictions. The final three will be decided next week. And I will have to make sure that I return from a cousin’s wedding so see the entire program on time. I am looking forward to it.
I am also looking forward to my cousin Nicole’s wedding this weekend. I wish her and her groom all the best and I wish all the family traveling to the wedding safe travels. I am looking forward to seeing some of the family for the first time in at least 4 years.
See you next week, Same Amazing Race time, Same Amazing Race Blog.
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