Unable to navigate their way to the pit stop quickly enough, Kerri & Stacy were eliminated in The Amazing Race 20 Episode 5.
Teams depart in the order in which they arrived.
First: Art & JJ – 8:48AM
Second: Joey & Danny – 9:17AM
Third: Vanessa & Ralph – 9:19AM
Fourth: Rachel & Dave – 10:57AM
Fifth: Brendon & Rachel – 11:17AM
Sixth: Bopper & Mark – 11:41AM
Seventh: Nary & Jamie – 11:42AM
We get to start off with Art & JJ bragging, but at least they indicate that perhaps they don’t have this in the bag just yet. Surely their big win from three legs ago has to be equalized at some point. Rachel & Dave switch roles, with Dave taking over the role of navigator. I don’t get the sense this is the resolution to them being any nicer to each other. Nary & Jamie say that not being seen as a threat is their strategy. Yeah, nearly being eliminated, that’ll show the other teams.
From here, they will fly to the land of fire, Azerbaijan, more than 2000 miles away. Since they’re headed to the middle of nowhere, there is probably one flight each day, so everybody is bunched together at the airport.
Temple Ateshgah opens at sunrise, further equalizing them.
In the fast forward, they must unload and stack 150 bales of hay. Unlike the previous fast forward in which only team really had any chance of getting there on time, this time we could see something interesting, with everybody right on top of everybody else. Rachel & Dave and Joey & Danny are the two teams that decide to participate. I wouldn’t want to be up against the fittest team in the race in a strength task, but the problem for the guidos is that they lack strategy. Rachel & Dave win the fast forward, leaving Joey & Danny in last place with a lot of ground to make up.
Those who opt not to do the fast forward must go to Occupational Training International. The road block requires teams to participate in a helicopter rescue training episode underwater, as if they were on a chopper that just crashed. A very quick, simple road block, but one that could easily be terrifying. If Joey & Danny were hoping to make up time, it will not be here.
Road block (in order of arrival): Bopper, Jamie, JJ, Brendon, Vanessa, Joey
They now head to a carpet shop in old town Baku. For Vanessa & Ralph, the toughest challenge is finding their clue, which is staring them right in their faces. The detour is a choice between apple or oil. In apple, they must find 1 apple that has a race flag on it out of a ton of apples. In oil, they must clean up a client who has soaked in oil, since they have such an abundance of oil in that country that they soak in it for its healing properties. And here we are paying $3.93 per gallon.
Oil: Brendon & Rachel, Art & JJ, Bopper & Mark
Apple: Nary & Jamie, Vanessa & Ralph, Joey & Danny
No searching task is ever good. Oil seems the simpler task, albeit the more disturbing. Neither scenario seems as if it will allow the last place team to have any prayer.
The pit stop for this leg of the race is Esplanade Estakada.
First: Rachel & Dave (win a Ford Taurus each)
Second: Art & JJ
Third: Bopper & Mark
Fourth: Brendon & Rachel
Fifth: Nary & Jamie
Sixth: Vanessa & Ralph
Eliminated: Joey & Danny
Not having been given any chance to catch up from their fast forward mishap, Joey & Danny have been eliminated. Too bad Rachel & Dave didn’t lose that fast forward.
Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of The Amazing Race 20 Episode 7, which airs Sunday at 8/7cish on CBS.