Sticking with the detour that nobody was able to complete for a bit too long, Tim & Te Jay were eliminated in The Amazing Race 25 Episode 8.
Teams depart in the order in which they arrived.
First: Adam & Bethany – 9:25PM
Second: Misti & Jim – 10:07PM
Third: Kym & Alli – 10:50PM
Fourth: Amy & Maya
Fifth: Brooke & Robbie – 1:07AM
Teams will now fly 1/4 of the way around the world to Singapore. Flights are reserved for them from Malta to Paris, but they can book their own tickets if they feel they can get a better flight. However, for this season, there is a new rule that they are stuck with their first purchase and cannot change their minds. CBS doesn’t want to pay those cancellation fees. This rule becomes a problem for the lead teams when the cyclists find an alternate route through Rome that they never considered, which they then share with Amy & Maya. Then the team in last that’s way behind everybody else asks for whichever flight the earlier teams chose that was better.
First flight (arrives 6:00AM): Kym & Alli, Amy & Maya, Brooke & Robbie
Second flight (arrives 6:40AM): Adam & Bethany, Misti & Jim
The fast forward is to ride the Flowrider, an artificial surfing machine, for 2 minutes. Right up Adam & Bethany’s alley, but they are so far behind that most times people would not even read the clue. Brooke & Robbie and Amy & Maya decline, but Kym & Alli want to do it, leaving the other teams to believe they are not an option to U-turn. The thing about the fast forward is it’s not one of those cryptic ones where they later find out they are getting their heads shaved. It’s very clear what the task will be. Adam & Bethany know just how hard this will be for first timers, and they are willing to take what would be a stupid risk if they were not professional surfers.
By the time Adam & Bethany arrive, Kym & Alli are doing pretty darn good. They are lasting about half the time they need to. Bethany is pretty comfortable doing this, but Adam is unsure and falls before he’s even able to let go of the rope. On their second try, Adam & Bethany successfully complete the fast forward, putting Kym & Alli in dead last. Alli, who was questioning the decision in the cab ride over, knows why now.
The other teams head to the 57th floor of a hotel, which should give them a hint what they’re about to do. The road block requires them to cross on a high wire.
Road block (in order of arrival): Maya, Brooke, Jim, Kym
The detour is a choice between china cups or chili crabs. In china cups, teams must receive a deep tissue massage, skin exfoliation, and suction from glass cups and fire. In chili crabs, teams must prepare what many consider to be Singapore’s national dish, cracking open 2 pounds of crab.
China cups: Amy & Maya, Brooke & Robbie, Kym & Alli
Chili crabs: Jim & Misti
The massage is simple enough… if you can endure the pain. Everybody leaves black and blue. There are people who actually pay for these treatments and enjoy them.
At the detour, Amy & Maya and Brooke & Robbie each agree to U-turn one team (other than the dentists). Amy & Maya choose to U-turn Adam & Bethany. Brooke & Robbie decide not to bother. So the net result is that this double U-turn is meaningless. Not having learned from this, Amy & Maya still trust them when they tell them they did not find the last clue, so they just keep driving right past it. That lying is stupid because there are other teams who are much more preferable to eliminate.
The pit stop for this leg of the race is Fullerton Pavillion, a floating dome next to the financial center.
First: Adam & Bethany (win a trip to Bali)
Second: Brooke & Robbie
Third: Misti & Jim
Fourth: Amy & Maya
Eliminated: Kym & Alli
They were one of the strongest teams, but the surfing task was a poor risk to take.
Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of The Amazing Race 25 Episode 10, which airs Friday at 8/7c on CBS.