Natalie & Nadiya foolishly went on this show without learning how to drive stick, and they had to be saved by non-elimination in The Amazing Race 21 Episode 10 as a result.
Teams depart in the order in which they arrived.
First: Trey & Lexi – 9:32AM
Second: Jaymes & James – 9:46AM
Third: Josh & Brent – 10:27AM
Fourth: Natalie & Nadiya – 11:14AM
Teams will now fly to Barcelona, Spain, then catch a train to Loire Valley, France. This serves as an equalizer for all four teams.
The twins have found someone new to hate. Their target du jour is the farmers, who are about three legs behind in finding out that there is an alliance.
This is another self drive leg, except that everybody is just following the leader. The three alliance teams aren’t going to bother thinking, and Josh & Brent are just going to follow suit. The trick up Josh’s sleeve is that he can speak French, and apparently his ankle is fine now as well.
This game of follow the leader is broken up when Natalie & Nadiya are stopped by their speed bump, in which they must lace up a corset. Before they proceed to the speed bump, the twins continue to yell about how the farmers are riding on people’s coattails. As weak a team as they suggest Josh & Brent are, they sure are wasting a lot of energy being afraid of them. Within about three minutes, both teams are following Josh and his language skills.
The detour is a choice between chow or plow. In chow, teams must make the daily meal for a pack of hunting hounds. In plow, teams must use a traditional horse and plow to till a field.
Plow: Jaymes & James, Trey & Lexi
Chow: Josh & Brent, Natalie & Nadiya
Strange that the farmers did not do a farming task, but they they did not want to risk both slots being filled up (only two teams at a time can plow). They agree to go to the dog detour with Trey & Lexi, who give up waiting for them very quickly, then promptly switch detours, so it was a smart move for Josh & Brent to not go there because otherwise they would have had to wait.
During the detour, one of the twins says, “We’ve always been evil. We’ve never been nice.” I noticed.
Of the two detours, the plow one looks a lot easier, albeit a lot more physical. The Beekmans have made up a lot of ground on their side of the detour, though, leaving the twins in last place again.
The road block requires teams to search a subterranean farm for mushrooms, of which they must collect 10 of each specified kind.
Road block (in order of arrival): Lexi, Jaymes, Brent, Natalie
At the back of the pack, Josh & Brent are let down by their navigational skills, giving the twins new hope, as the trailing two teams are now separated by seconds. By the time they are finished, the twins are about 10 minutes ahead. The only hope now is that they make a big mistake, which has been the hope Josh & Brent have had almost every leg since the race started.
The pit stop for this leg of the race is Chateau du Chenonceau (the castle of the ladies).
First: Jaymes & James (win a Ford Escape each)
Second: Trey & Lexi
Third: Josh & Brent
Eliminated: Natalie & Nadiya
Having made a critical driving directions error, Natalie & Nadiya have been eliminated. As obnoxious as Natalie & Nadiya are, they were a stronger team, but somehow Josh & Brent yet again skate by.
Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of The Amazing Race 21 Episode 12, where we will find out who The Amazing Race 21 winners are, which airs next on CBS.