After losing a footrace to the pit stop, Rob & Sheila were eliminated in The Amazing Race 21 Episode 1.
Teams depart in the order in which they arrived.
First: Abbie & Ryan – 5:35AM
Second: Amy & Daniel – 5:36AM
Third: Caitlin & Brittany – 5:41AM
Fourth: Natalie & Nadiya – 6:05AM
Fifth: Rob & Kelley – 6:08AM
And so on.
Because it was not awarded last week, the express pass is now up for grabs this week.
Teams will now fly across the South China Sea to Surabaya, Indonesia. Everybody is on the same flight, so they assume. They later find out that Rob & Kelley, who are running their own race and don’t want to talk to anyone, are the only team not on the same flight. According to the agent, the flight they have taken via Hong Kong has a 4 hour delay, so this seems to be a fatal mistake. Meanwhile, out in front because they caught a better connecting flight during their layover are James & Abba.
In the end, this doesn’t make a lot of difference except for the order of arrival. Everybody has to grab a number and wait for morning.
Lexi & Trey and Natalie & Nadiya have formed an alliance.
The next morning they are welcomed to a bull race. It’s bulls against motorcycles, but it doesn’t matter who wins because they get the clue regardless.
The road block requires them to operate a pedal-powered amusement ride while making eight pieces of balloon art. The order of arrival from the night before is determining the order of arrival at the road block, but all teams are essentially bunched together.
Road block (in order of arrival): James, Amy, Abbie, Jaymes, Lexi, Nadiya, Josh, Caitlin, Will, Rob
This challenge proves to be the most problematic for Will. By the time all others have finished, he’s still managed to make 0 balloons.
The detour requires them to go to work Indonesian style. It is a choice between ice by the pound or fish by the barrel. In ice by the pound, they will deliver ten 65 pound blocks of ice by truck and cart. In fish by the barrel, they have to sort fish and stock a stall.
Ice by the pound: Trey & Lexi, Abbie & Ryan, Jaymes & Joyce, Brent & Josh, James & Abba, Caitlin & Brittany, Rob & Kelley, Gary & Will, Amy & Daniel
Fish by the barrel: Natalie & Nadiya
Though everybody seems to believe otherwise, the fish detour turns out to be the easier of the two, allowing Natalie & Nadiya to leapfrog Trey & Lexi.
The level of difficulty of the tasks proves to be moot aside from that, though. Here the key is the cab drivers who can’t find the detour clue location, with Rob & Kelley and Amy & Daniel lost and wandering aimlessly. This allows Gary & Will to catch up, arriving shortly after Rob & Kelley. They couldn’t have been too lost then, but Amy & Daniel are nowhere in sight.
The pit stop for this leg of the race is the market they are in, Pasar Pabean Market.
First: Natalie & Nadiya (win the express pass)
Second: Trey & Lexi
Third: Jaymes & James
Fourth: Abbie & Ryan
Fifth: Josh & Brent
Sixth: James & Abba
Seventh: Caitlin & Brittany
Eighth: Rob & Kelley
Ninth: Gary & Will
Eliminated: Amy & Daniel
They tried to edit it to make it seem close, but nobody’s buying. As the last team to arrive, Amy & Daniel have been eliminated from the race.
Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of The Amazing Race 21 Episode 3, which airs Sunday at 8/7c on CBS.