Having missed the fast forward and being given no chance to catch up in The Amazing Race 20 Episode 6, Joey & Danny were eliminated.
Last week, when whatever awards show preempted The Amazing Race was on, it had no problem starting on time. This week? Back to our regularly scheduled 50 minute delay.
Teams depart in the order in which they arrived.
First: Rachel & Dave – 9:15PM
Second: Art & JJ – 10:45PM
Third: Bopper & Mark – 10:55PM
Fourth: Brendon & Rachel – 10:56PM
Fifth: Nary & Jamie – 11:32PM
Sixth: Vanessa & Ralph – 11:35PM
They will now fly to Africa. Kilimanjaro, Tanzania to be specific.
Art & JJ want the dead weight (aka the Big Brother team) to drop off. If I were to suggest which team is dead weight, it would not be Brendon & Rachel, no matter how much Art & JJ hate them because they are bitter.
One thing they are right about is that Nary & Jamie are not teachers. They think they are cops or agents of some kind. Brendon doesn’t care whether they are teachers or not. They’re still nicer than Art & JJ. They can run faster, too.
At the airport, the Big Brother hate continues, as Vanessa and Rachel bicker once again. The guys try to get them to focus on their own teams, but I don’t see either of them backing down.
Then Art & JJ stir the pot some more, confronting Nary & Jamie directly about their jobs.
Upon arrival in Africa, the race is on to try to get on the earliest of three charter flights.
First flight (9:30): Art & JJ, Brendon & Rachel
Second flight (9:45): Bopper & Mark, Rachel & Dave
Third flight (10:00): Nary & Jamie, Vanessa & Ralph
The detour is a choice between marksmanship or courtship. In marksmanship, they must master the use of a masai weapon and shatter a clay target. In courtship, they join a traditional jumping ritual for 1 minute. A whole minute? In either case, it’s a nice opportunity to see the local culture, but there won’t be a great deal of struggle going on here. The bike ride up and down the hill is more of a challenge. Vanessa eventually gives up and just walks down the hill.
Marksmanship: Art & JJ, Rachel & Dave, Nary & Jamie, Vanessa & Ralph
Courtship: Brendon & Rachel, Bopper & Mark
Their next challenge is to construct a safari tent, complete with shower. Once they pitch their tent for the night, they can run to the pit stop.
But they’ll have to get there first. Since they’re in Africa, they will not be allowed to drive themselves, and the nearest taxi is hundreds of miles away. Instead, they are relying on safari transportation, with drivers they have to instruct. Art & JJ go the wrong way, dragging them toward the back of the pack, but with Vanessa having walked the bike portion of the leg, she and Ralph show up in last place. Still, this is anybody’s game, one that presents much opportunity for fighting if they take the bait.
Dave & Rachel use this time to argue, which they are good at. Typically it seems like she’s the one throwing the tantrum, but his temper is coming through here. Still, they have enough of a lead that it doesn’t matter as far as their standings in the race.
First: Rachel & Dave (win a trip to Costa Rica)
Second: Bopper & Mark
Third: Art & JJ
Fourth: Brendon & Rachel
Fifth: Vanessa & Ralph
Non-eliminated: Nary & Jamie
Without the strength or height of a male on their team, Nary & Jamie run far behind the other teams in their tent setup. They’re so far back that they stop on the way to the pit stop to look at some elephants. Unsurprisingly, they have not been eliminated. We have seen this before. They didn’t make them put up their tent for nothing.
Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of The Amazing Race 20 Episode 8, which airs Sunday at 8/7cish on CBS.