After getting lost on their way to the pit stop, Laurence & Zac were eliminated in The Amazing Race 19 Episode 8.
Teams depart in the order in which they arrived.
First: Ernie & Cindy – 9:01AM
Second: Bill & Cathi – 10:34AM
Third: Andy & Tommy – 10:39AM
Fourth: Amani & Marcus – 11:43AM
Fifth: Jeremy & Sandy – 12:08PM
Their first stop is the statue of fairy tale writer Hans Christian Andersen. The road block is to memorize one of his poems, follow the map on the front wheel of their bike, then recite the poem to a drama critic.
Road block (in order of arrival): Cindy, Cathi, Tommy, Amani, Sandy
Cathi can’t find the theater on the map. That would be the building with the arrow pointing at it. Tommy, meanwhile, drives off the map. Then there’s Amani, whose partner thought it would be great strategy to screw her up while she was trying to memorize the poem, but because she’s able to find the theater an hour faster, she ends up taking over second place. Cathi finds the theater next, but she misses one word, though I don’t think she realizes what went wrong. She returns and gets a pass on her next try. Tommy’s behind her, and she tells him he has to be dramatic. He fails. Sandy also fails to bring the drama.
Billund, Denmark is the birthplace of Legos and home to Legoland. Their task is to put together some Legos while spinning on the pirate ride, only while the ride is in motion. If they need it, there’s a barph bag. The snowboarders don’t mind, but the women aren’t having any fun. Jeremy & Sandy’s bigger problem is that they drop a piece and can’t find it, so they have to start with a fresh puzzle. By this point, Bill & Cathi are so hopelessly lost that they’re still not there.
Teams will now drive across the border into Germany and make their way to the Hamburg Train Station. From there, they will head 305 miles by train to Brussels, Belgium via Cologne. The next train is at 12:30AM. Everybody is equalized. Ernie & Cindy, who had been hours ahead, now face a problem. After they get tickets, they drop the ones to take them from Cologne the rest of the way, and they can’t afford to replace them. They didn’t save their receipt either. For all the drama, nobody bothers to check tickets, so they’re fine, but they had to worry for a while (or at least Cindy did).
Everybody will now strip down and do some bodybuilding poses to earn a score of 12 or more from 3 judges. Cathi says she wouldn’t take a shower in these clothes. The boys get speedos. Once undressed, they get to paint their partners with body oil. Then it becomes a memory game to get the 12 poses right. Ernie & Cindy manage to get 9 points their first time out. Andy & Tommy get a 4. Amani & Marcus get the 12 points necessary. Andy & Tommy try again and boost their score to a 5. Ernie & Cindy manage to get the 12 points they needed. Bill & Cathi get 3 points on their first try. Jeremy & Sandy score 13.
Parc Elisabeth is the pit stop for this leg of the race. So basically the whole damn leg comes down to this one bodybuilding task, with the rest of it being entirely irrelevant.
Ah, but there’s a catch. As the first team to arrive, Amani & Marcus win a trip to Panama. They will also be the first team to leave on the next leg of the race, which starts right now.
Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of The Amazing Race 19 Episode 10, which airs Sunday at 8/7c on CBS.