After the fifth place team gave the road block answer to the trailing two teams in The Amazing Race 24 Episode 7, Jessica & John lost a footrace to the mat and were eliminated.
Teams depart in the order in which they arrived.
First: Brendon & Rachel – 7:48AM
Second: Caroline & Jennifer – 8:26AM
Third: Dave & Connor – 8:27AM
Fourth: Jet & Cord – 8:40AM
Fifth: Leo & Jamal – 9:38AM
Sixth: Flight Time & Big Easy – 9:39AM
From here, teams must drive 80 miles to Civita di Bagnoregio. Rather than try to figure things out for themselves, Caroline & Jennifer decide to follow Dave & Connor. This backfires when a truck separates the two teams.
The detour is a choice between donkey run or donkey building. Donkey run requires teams to take part in the town’s famous donkey race and complete three laps before the band finishes playing. Donkey building requires them to assemble a wooden donkey.
Donkey run: Brendon & Rachel, Dave & Connor, Flight Time & Big Easy (switched from donkey run to donkey building back to donkey run)
Donkey building: Leo & Jamal, Caroline & Jennifer, Flight Time & Big Easy
Working with animals is unpredictable, and donkeys are pretty far down the list. Meanwhile, the other detour has the trick of reading the clue fully, which none of the teams does.
The double U-turn is right after the detour, giving a huge advantage to teams that left earlier in the morning. I really don’t see much use for any of the first few teams to use it. Regardless, Brendon & Rachel insist on using it. They argue about it, but Rachel gives in to Brendon and they U-turn Dave & Connor (who they know are right behind them) rather than Jet & Cord (the biggest threats).
Speaking of Jet & Cord, they must use their express pass on this leg. Figuring they are going ot be U-turned, they use it now. Still, they arrive at the board right behind them Dave & Connor, who now realize they must return the favor to someone. They know every team (other than Brendon & Rachel) is behind them, so they pretty much have their pick of anyone they want. They choose to U-turn Leo & Jamal, who are close to last place.
The irony of this situation is that Dave & Connor pout about how they are ticked off that Brendon & Rachel are playing the game this way. Then they do exactly the same thing to somebody else. Why is it okay for them to U-turn but not for someone else? Dave keeps talking about how he’s 60 years old, as if that should require some special treatment. He’s made it a lot further than some other teams, most of whom are a lot younger.
The road block is to copy a page from an ancient manuscript like the monks did for centuries.
Road block (in order of arrival): Rachel, Jet, Connor, Caroline, Leo, Flight Time
Piazza del Duomo is the pit stop for this leg of the race.
First: Brendon & Rachel (win $7,500 each)
Second: Jet & Cord
Third: Leo & Jamal
Fourth: Dave & Connor
Fifth: Caroline & Jennifer
Eliminated: Flight Time & Big Easy
For all the drama over the U-turn, none of it ended up mattering. Flight Time & Big Easy got lost at the start of the leg, which is what determined that they would place last, and they have been eliminated from the race.
Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of The Amazing Race 24 Episode 9, which airs Sunday at 8/7c on CBS.