Once they hit Africa, Aly & Steve fell apart, and The Amazing Race 26 Episode 8 spelled their demise with a second last place finish in a row.
Teams depart in the order in which they arrived.
First: Laura & Tyler – 12:19PM
Second: Matt & Ashley – 12:20PM
Third: Hayley & Blair – 12:34PM
Fourth: Jelani & Jenny
Fifth: Mike & Rochelle
Teams will now fly more than 5000 miles to Amsterdam, Netherlands. All teams are on the same and probably only flight.
The road block requires teams to find a matching pair of wooden shoes (klompen).
Road block (in order of arrival): Jenny, Tyler, Matt, Rochelle, Blair
Searching tasks always suck. There are shoes everywhere, and they all look very similar. This one doesn’t seem that bad, though, with some struggling than others, notably Matt, who requires a few dozen attempts.
From here, they ride bikes to the ferry, as there are more bikes here than there are people. Everybody is enjoying their bike rides. Then there’s Hayley. She doesn’t like the temperature or the smell or anything in general. She warns her partner that she’s going to be really ticked off at him. Oh. Again.
The detour is a choice between soak or shuffle. In soak, teams must drive an electric powered hot tug along the waterway while looking for symbols to solve a rebus puzzle. In shuffle, teams must play a Dutch version of shuffleboard (sjoelen).
Soak: Laura & Tyler, Jelani & Jenny, Hayley & Blair
Shuffle: Mike & Rochelle, Matt & Ashley
Both detours seem pretty simple. So much so that I don’t see how Matt & Ashley can catch up from their struggles at the road block, even though Jelani & Jenny cannot figure out the puzzle without asking a local for help.
The pit stop for this leg of the race is Museumplein Ice Skating Rink.
First: Laura & Tyler (win a trip to Seoul, South Korea)
Second: Hayley & Blair
Third: Jelani & Jenny
Fourth: Mike & Rochelle
Non-eliminated: Matt & Ashley
This was another obvious conclusion, but the only question has now been answered. Matt & Ashley have been saved by non-elimination.
Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another recap of The Amazing Race 26 Episode 10, which airs Friday at 8/7c on CBS.