Jordan & Jeff finally reached the end of the road in The Amazing Race 16 Episode 6.
Teams depart in the order in which they arrived.
First: Louie & Michael – 12:35AM
Second: Carol & Brandy – 1:28AM
Third: Steve & Allie – 1:57AM
Fourth: Jet & Cord – 2:36AM
Fifth: Dan & Jordan – 3:36AM
Sixth: Brent & Caite – 4:36AM
Hopefully this week they’re actually going to take a plane somewhere and break up the monotony of teams finishing in almost the same order every week. Teams must now fly 5500 miles to the island of Mahe in the Seychelles, a remote chain of islands in the Indian Ocean. Regardless of the gap in times, there’s only one flight there, so everybody will be on the same one.
When they land, they’ll have to make their way on foot to a kiosk, where they will take a number. So basically the positioning comes down to seating on the flight. They will take helicopters to the island of La Digue.
First helicopters: Brent & Caite, Steve & Allie, Dan & Jordan
Second helicopters (1 hour later): Louie & Michael, Carol & Brandy, Jet & Cord
The detour is a choice between turtle toddle or ox trot. In turtle toddle, teams will lure a giant tortoise across the lawn to a marker. Then they’ll each grab a bunch of bananas and carry them a mile and a half to the harbor. In ox trot, teams will bring a cart to a clearing, which they must load up with coconuts. Then the ox handler will attach an ox to the cart, which they must deliver to the harbor. Either task with animals has the potential to prove frustrating, but there’s a reason why they call oxes stubborn.
Ox trot: Brent & Caite, Dan & Jordan, Louie & Michael, Jet & Cord, Carol & Brandy (switched from turtle toddle)
Turtle toddle: Steve & Allie
The ox clue warns them that they can’t drop any cargo, but that doesn’t stop Caite from tossing a coconut to the side and not bothering to look for it. Before they even get that bit of bad news, Brent & Caite are already calling each other idiots. The bad luck doesn’t stop there. Steve & Allie forget their backpacks after they complete the part with the turtle. Considering Allie’s getting banana all over her shirt to begin with, though, trying to do that while lugging a backpack may not have been a viable option anyway.
Brent says he’s not going back. He quits. He and Caite reluctantly agree to go back, but she cries on the way back about how unfair it is that they didn’t read the clue.
And so it continues. Carol & Brandy are unable to complete the turtle task, which puts them in last. However, they get lucky because Jet & Cord checked to see whether any fell out, but apparently did not check hard enough. It’s not over yet. Carol & Brandy checked around the cart, but they did not check underneath. Well, that should be sufficient to put them in last place. As if that’s not bad enough, Carol blames Brandy.
From there, teams will take a boat to St. Pierre Island. On the boat ride over, after they see Dan & Jordan, Steve & Allie realize they forgot their bags. They assume this means their bags are gone now. The good news is that they have their passports with them still. Now it’s just a question of whether they want to go back for the comfort the bags will provide. Seeing as they’ve got an hour head start, it shouldn’t be the end of the world to go back, but it’s still a risk. They opt to just leave them behind.
The road block is to search the water to find a case of submerged bottles, untie one, and bring it up to the surface. Inside is a map, which will take them to the pit stop.
Road block (in order of arrival): Steve, Jordan, Brent, Michael, Cord, Brandy
The drama doesn’t end there. Unable to get the map outside the bottle, Jet & Cord left it behind, opting to give it to their boat driver. Without that, Phil can’t check them in, so they’re going to need to go retrieve it. Their only option is to swim to that boat and get the bottle. On their way back, they realize they’re in last place now.
The pit stop for this leg of the race is Praslin Island. Brent tells Phil it’s pretty anonymous that all the teams want Carol & Brandy gone. Apparently he means unanimous.
First: Steve & Allie (win $7,000 and all the 7UP they can drink)
Second: Dan & Jordan
Third: Brent & Caite
Fourth: Louie & Michael
Fifth: Carol & Brandy
Non-eliminated: Jet & Cord
Jet & Cord are still in the race, but they will have to complete a speed bump in the next leg.
Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of The Amazing Race 16 Episode 8 You’re Like Jason Bourne, Right? (Malaysia), which airs Sunday at 8/7c on CBS.