The competition is definitely HOT and I don’t mean as in any attractiveness of the remaining teams. Although you can’t say we have any “ugly” people left. But we are down to the final four and in correct fashion it is the four strongest teams remaining with one team feeling the heat of competition with another team quite confident and capable of making their way.
So we started this leg of the race in Estonia with teams departing between 12 midnight and 12:22 am. Teams had to fly to Prague and the flight schedules had teams wait until 4am to book their flights and all teams traveled together. But while waiting overnight in the airport, Meghan & Cheyne discovered the meaning of their next clue and thought they would share false information with other teams to throw off the competition. But most teams were informed of their clue.
The clue had teams look for a “Pragda” which is a classic automobile and they would locate a vehicle to get their next clue from its driver. But leave it to the gay men on the race to confuse the “pragda” automobile by thinking they were looking for a clothing item as in “Prada”. All teams except Brian & Ericka left the airport in taxis. Brian & Ericka gambled by taking public transportation which turned out slower than expected. They then ditched the trolley bus and hailed a taxicab go make their way to the first destination. They had fallen to last place.
Once teams got their clue, they had to go to a kayaking facility for the “detour” task choices of “fast and furious” where teams would ride through a white water rafting course and grab their clue from a hanging wire without tipping over in their kayak. Or “Slow & Steady” where teams had to ride along a high rope course suspended in the air. Both would be very physical tasks.
Sam & Dan had to repeat their task choice after tipping over in their kayak several times and their emotions ran high into frustration. They argued about their direction and speed in the water then after watching two teams leave ahead of them and Brian & Ericka arrive, they switched to the other task. Brian & Ericka went for the easier rope task as well. But both teams struggled and offered a few jabs toward each other.
After the “detour” the competition between frequent first place team Meghan & Cheyne and the Harlem Globetrotters “Flight Time & Big Easy” began to intensify as Meghan thought she would throw bones to the other team which the Globetrotters would gladly use to their advantage. This created some relationship conflicts with her team partner and boyfriend Cheyne, the first time we would see some hostility between them.
Clearly the younger teams were feeling and fearing the competition of “flight time & Big Easy”. But among the two weakest teams, Sam & Dan pulled a nasty stunt. They made an offer to take Brian & Ericka’s waiting taxi and the driver accepted. The gay brothers stole another team’s taxi while Ericka was still finishing the rope course. The problem here is that she stopped to yell and watch as the other team ran away with their taxi.
The next clue had teams travel to a historic Opera House for the “roadblock” task where teams had to search for a mini Mandolin instrument within the theatre’s 600 seats. Then present the instrument to an opera singer waiting on stage. This was a great task because the seats were divided by many hundreds of rooms with a few seats each.
After finding the mini instrument, teams went to PRAGUE CASTLE and the next pit-stop. Some teams felt they had their positions set in stone. One team was even told they were in the final three. But in actuality the positions remained the same at the end of this leg as they were at the start.
Meghan & Cheyne were first at the pit-stop again and they won a vacation package from Amazing Race show sponsor Travelocity.
There was another race to the pit-stop between Sam & Dan and The Harlem Globetrotters. They caught taxis a the same time and then raced each other through the castle where Sam & Dan beat The Globetrotters by a minute for second and third place respectively. Brian & Ericka were the last team to arrive and sure that they were going to be eliminated.
But what I hope is the beginning of cosmic karma kicking the butts of two gay brothers is the fact that this was another NON-ELIMINATION leg on The Amazing Race. Brian & Ericka were spared elimination and will have an extra “speed bump” task but they may be determined enough to smack the gay brothers out of the race.
And thus I present my completely biased expectations for next elimination AND the final three combined.
The competition will be intense as it should be and everyone will fear The Harlem Globetrotters who will surely make the final three. Meghan & Cheyne will make the final three. But Sam & Dan have three major forces to deal with. All other teams! And because of their dirty trick of stealing another team’s taxi, the “nice guys” may find themselves determined enough to kick their cute little gay asses in return. I don’t want Sam & Dan to make the final three but I have to be honest. Something tells me that Ericka won’t be as fast and strong as her mouth will be loud. So unless her walk is as tough as her talk, we will not see Brian & Ericka in the final three. I regret to predict their elimination next.
As for predicting the winner, its going to either be Meghan & Cheyne or The Harlem Globetrotters. And it will be a very close finish.
So its on next week! I hope emotions don’t get the best of everyone but it is definitely ON.
I can’t wait to watch!
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