Having lost a cab race to the mat, Alex & Adam were eliminated in The Amazing Race 27 Episode 2.
Teams depart in the order in which they arrived.
First: Justin & Diana – 5:45AM
Second: Tanner & Josh – 6:12AM
Third: Denise & James Earl – 6:13AM
Fourth: Logan & Chris – 6:14AM
Fifth: Cindy & Rick – 6:21AM
Sixth: Tiffany & Krista – 6:28AM
Seventh: Kelsey & Joey – 6:30AM
Eighth: Jazmine & Danielle – 6:53AM
Ninth: Ernest & Jin – 7:16AM
Tanner stupidly injured himself at the end of the last leg to gain a 1 minute earlier start in this leg. He’s still probably more mobile than most, but he’s not in peak form and could easily injure himself more.
Teams will now travel by bus to San Antonio de Areco, a small town elsewhere in Argentina. There are multiple buses presumably not very far apart.
1st Bus: Justin & Diana, Tanner & Josh, Kelsey & Joey
2nd Bus: Denise & James Earl, Logan & Chris, Cindy & Rick, Tiffany & Krista, Jazmine & Danielle
3rd Bus: Ernest & Jin
The road block requires teams to hang meat on racks to be cooked.
Road block (in order of arrival): Diana, Josh, Joey, Chris, Rick, Danielle, James Earl, Krista, Ernest
This is simply a matter of attention to detail.
The detour is a choice between horse or carriage. In horse, teams must properly equip a polo horse. In carriage, teams must detail a carriage and have it harnessed to a team of horses.
Horse: Tanner & Josh, Kelsey & Joey, Justin & Diana, Denise & James Earl, Jazmine & Danielle, Logan & Chris
Carriage: Cindy & Rick, Tiffany & Krista, Ernest & Jin
This is another case of attention to detail. I’m not sure which is more advantageous, but it doesn’t seem to matter by this point. The dancers can’t be that far behind unless there was a large gap between buses, but they haven’t seen another team all day.
The biggest problem with the carriage task appears to be teams reading the clue. Both Cindy & Rick and Tiffany & Krista neglect to take the equipment with them from the area where they get the clue, so they must return to the start after they realize it.
The pit stop for this leg of the race is Museo Gauchesco.
Denise gave James Earl a hint of sorts at the road block, which results in them getting a 30 minute penalty because only one person is supposed to participate in the task. This penalty provides them with more opportunity to bicker.
First: Tanner & Josh (win a trip to Cambodia)
Second: Justin & Diana
Third: Kelsey & Joey
Fourth: Jazmine & Danielle
Fifth: Logan & Chris
Sixth: Denise & James Earl
Seventh: Cindy & Rick
Eighth: Tiffany & Krista
Eliminated: Ernest & Jin
For some reason, as both teams reach the mat close together, Tanner & Josh tell Phil right in front of Justin & Diana that they’ll U-turn them. We get that you don’t like him, but don’t give him all the ammo he needs to get in your way.
This was a silly leg. Ernest & Jin never had a chance.
Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another recap of The Amazing Race 27 Episode 4, which airs Friday at 8/7c on CBS.