Month: October 2012

The Amazing Race 21 Episode 2

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.

Survivor: Philippines Episode 3

Roxy talked her way out of a spot on the island in Survivor: Philippines Episode 2.

He may have had no choice but to vote with the group, but Russell still agrees with Roxy that the Malcolm and Angie alliance is dangerous. He assumes he is their next target by default.

Abi has injured her knee twice, and she is making an extra effort to rub RC (who desperately wants to be her ally) the wrong way. She’d rather work with Peter, so she tells him about the clue RC shared with her.

Peter throws Lisa a lifeline. He doesn’t want to get rid of her. He wants to get rid of Mike, who was previously the fourth person in his alliance, instead. He also doesn’t trust the other person in his alliance, RC.

Jeff and Dana notice that the thing on top of the rice box is missing. They were staring at the idol the whole time, but they let Jonathan escape with it.

Matsing’s raft is missing. Yet another blow for the tribe that’s lost two competitions in a row.

For all the talk about how Malcolm and Angie are a pair, Malcolm says he really wants to stick with Denise.

At the immunity challenge, they will dive to retrieve puzzle wheels then solve a word puzzle. The first tribe to finish receives a fishing kit and canoe. The second tribe receives a smaller kit. Katie and Dawson sit out for Kalabaw; Abi and Lisa sit out for Tandang.

Kalabaw starts off with a lead. As usual, Matsing is losing, and Russell is more of a hindrance than a help. Injury prone Mike busts open his face when his team’s mask shatters. RC takes control of her team’s task, retrieving three in a row. Russell’s inability to climb a ladder is compounded by his inability to retrieve a piece, forcing him to return empty handed. Kalabaw is the first to gather all their pieces, and Tandang is not far behind. Matsing is two pieces behind, so far in dead last that it looks like they will lose yet another challenge. Kalabaw wins immunity. Tandang places second. Matsing loses for the third time in a row.

Jonathan admits what Jeff already knows. He has the idol. They make a deal with a four finger handshake, which Jeff tells us doesn’t count because it’s not a manly handshake.

Artis (who?) is mad about the challenge. He does not appreciate that Mike broke the mask and cost them the game, which they weren’t going to win anyway.

When RC goes hunting for clams, Abi starts her idol search with Peter, and she successfully finds it.

Malcolm and Denise have to decide between Angie and Russell, both of whom did not contribute to the challenge, though Russell was a far bigger liability, even if he would probably be more useful in other challenges, particularly if they need strength.

Russell says that Angie cannot make it 39 days, but he can. Last time, he nearly died after 15.

Votes
Angie
Russell
Angie
Angie

With 3 votes, Angie has been voted off the island. Hard to blame them for getting rid of her rather than Russell, but there’s a reason his name keeps coming up as a target.

Now that we’re done with the backstabbing and lying, it’s time for the Presidential debate.

Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recape of Survivor: Philippines Episode 4, which airs Wednesday at 8/7c on CBS.