Caroline & Jennifer finished last in The Amazing Race 24 Episode 6 but were saved by non-elimination.
Teams depart in the order in which they arrived.
First: Leo & Jamal – 2:41PM
Second: Jet & Cord – 2:42PM
Third: Jessica & John – 3:01PM
Fourth: Dave & Connor – 3:02PM
Fifth: Brendon & Rachel
Sixth: Flight Time & Big Easy – 3:09PM
Seventh: Caroline & Jennifer – 3:26PM
Teams will now fly to the eternal city (Rome, Italy.) If they pick the wrong city, they’re screwed. That doesn’t happen to anybody, despite Rachel’s original guess that it’s probably in Ethiopia, and all teams get on the same flight. However, a few of the teams (Dave & Connor, Flight Time & Big Easy, and Jet & Cord) are at the back of the plane, which gives the other teams a 10 minute head start.
Before the detour, Caroline & Jennifer must complete a speed bump, which requires them to pick up a typewriter and bring it to a building that looks like it. Speed bumps are generally not very long or difficult, but this is long enough to put them into last place.
The detour is a choice between gladiator or charioteer. In gladiator, teams must learn the sword skills to fight a gladiator. In charioteer, teams must complete five laps with their remote controlled chariots within the time limit.
Gladiator: Jessica & John, Leo & Jamal (switched from charioteer)
Charioteer: Brendon & Rachel, Dave & Connor, Flight Time & Big Easy, Jet & Cord, Caroline & Jennifer
The teams who choose the chariot detour find that their biggest obstacle is each other. Leo & Jamal take the hint and switch right away. Brendon & Rachel decide to stick it out, and eventually this decision pays off, while Leo & Jamal end up in last place.
This gives Jessica & John an easy run to the lead, which is short-lived when their cab driver tells them that their clue telling them where to go (in Italian) is wrong. They bail on him and go in search of a hotel instead, but by this point they are well behind the leaders. Jet & Cord, Leo & Jamal, and Flight Time & Big Easy have the same problem. Now it’s a question of who had the most trouble because this road block is not likely to be the deciding factor.
The road block requires them to count the Spanish Steps, add that number to the year the obelisk was erected (written on it in Roman numerals), and combine those into a total that they must then write in Roman numerals. There is a bit of trickiness to this task, but any number of onlookers is ready and willing to help, thereby removing most of the possible work they could have to do.
Road block (in order of arrival): Brendon, Dave, Jennifer, Jet, Flight Time, Jamal, John
Leo & Jamal blow right through this task because somebody gives them the answer. Not realizing the country girls were ahead of all of them, they give the answer to both of the remaining teams, receiving a promise they will not pass them or U-turn them. Phil uses this opportunity to pretend that the reason for the close finish is that the teams this season are so great.
The pit stop for this leg of the race is Piazza del Popolo.
First: Brendon & Rachel (win a trip to Australia)
Second: Caroline & Jennifer
Third: Dave & Connor
Fourth: Jet & Cord
Fifth: Leo & Jamal
Sixth: Flight Time & Big Easy
Eliminated: Jessica & John
Losing a footrace to the pit stop, Jessica & John have been eliminated.
Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of The Amazing Race 24 Episode 8, which airs Sunday at 8/7c on CBS.