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Survivor: Gabon Episode 5

After a tribe shuffle, the new physically weak Fang tribe voted out one of its stronger members, Jacquie, in Survivor: Gabon Episode 4.

When she gets back from Exile, Sugar’s disappointed to see Kelly is still around rather than Jacquie.

Randy’s eating good and pleased with his new tribe.

This is Africa, so of course there are some wild animals. Fang spots an elephant near their camp. So obviously they decide to have a staring contest with it. Then Ace and Matty hop in a kayak and see how close they can get.

At the challenge, jaws drop when they find out Jacquie’s gone. Reward is an herb garden, salt and oil, and fruit. It’s a game of fruit baseball. The tribes have to toss fruit past a defender wielding a stick to their partners on the opposite side. Fang gets off to an early lead with Matty and Ken working together well. Dan gets the idea eventually, and they manage to pass Fang. Fang has 16 pounds of fruit. With 18 pounds, Kota wins reward. Sugar’s heading back to Exile.

Dan suggests that new Kota should stick together post-merge and keep going strong. Marcus doesn’t believe his enthusiasm for the new tribe.

Since she’s already got the idol, Sugar gets to opt for comfort when she gets to Exile.

GC decides to argue with Crystal because… he can. Ace sits back and enjoys the fireworks.

Pre-challenge, Matty says their chances are slim. As they’re getting ready to leave, they can’t find GC because he took off on his own. Crystal doesn’t care where he is and whether he got eaten by a monkey. In the nick of time, he returns, and they head off to see Jeff.

One member from each tribe will throw a ball down a hill. A blindfolded member from the other tribe will try to stop that ball from getting into a goal with the aid of a caller. The defender for Fang is Ace; the caller is Sugar. The defender for Kota is Dan; the caller is Randy. In the first round, Charlie scores 2 for Kota, while Matty scores 5 for Fang. Susie scores 2 more for Kota in the next round, while GC’s throw is blocked. Dan blocks his own ball, while Fang scores 2 more for a 7-4 lead. Crystal’s throw is blocked for Fang, as Kota scores 2 more points. Dan blocks Fang’s next ball. Randy yells “Freeze, Ace, freeze,” and Ace listens, although he’s on the other team, so he doesn’t get anywhere near the ball. Kota scores again and wins immunity.

When they get back to camp, GC says he’s ready to leave the game. Crystal’s over him, thinks he’s a loser, and wants to cut her losses and drop him. After some searching through Sugar’s bag and finding out she’s got the idol, though, they want to blindside her.

At tribal council, Sugar acknowledges she keeps her bag out where anybody can go through it if they want.

Votes
GC
GC
Kelly
GC
GC

Per his request, GC has been voted off the island.

Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of Survivor: Gabon episode 6 He’s a Snake, But He’s My Snake, which airs Thursday at 8/7c on CBS.

The Biggest Loser Families Episode 6

Following Ed and Heba’s last place finish in The Biggest Loser Families Episode 5, Ed went home.

They can smell baked goods from a mile away and know they’re in for a temptation. One person will get the control to choose teams. Whoever has eaten the most calories wins the right to pick the teams. The lights go out, and now it’s time to eat in the dark. Heba speaks up and tries to take control of the challenge, wanting to keep the teams the same. Amy C and Shellay, however, disagree and speak up about it. Phil also disagrees and proceeds to chow down in silence. His peanutbutter cup eating doesn’t go unnoticed by Heba, and as much as he wants to answer her accusations, he can’t since you can’t talk with peanutbutter in your mouth unless you’re a horse.

The three contenders for the challenge are Amy C, Phil, and Heba. Phil ate two peanutbutter cups for 210 calories. Amy ate a brownie, which is 340 calories. The most was Heba with two donuts, which is 400 calories, and she wins the challenge and is able to choose the teams. She ain’t happy with Phil’s efforts during the challenge.

Jillian’s black team: Renee, Coleen, Michelle, Phil, Shellay
Bob’s blue team: Heba, Vicky, Amy P, Amy C, Brady

Heba assures us that, even though it may seem personal, which it is, her putting Phil and his wife on different teams is just gameplay. She has also split up Amy C and Shellay, while keeping her allies Vicky and Brady together and on her side.

Bob warns Heba that her decision to get rid of Phil was stupid and will backfire because it’s not smart decision making in this house.

As the sun is rising, Alison wakes everybody up and tells them the challenge will begin in 10 minutes. This challenge, 14 hours long, will last from sun up to sun down and is the longest challenge in the show’s history. They have the whole day to climb the mountain as many times as they can. There is some degree of insanity to this. At the top and bottom of each run, they’ll take their picture. Every person in the picture is worth a point, and all 5 is worth a bonus point. The winning team will get a 2 pound pass. Black team’s strategy is to just stay together and keep getting the bonus points. Blue decides that Vicky is weighing them down, so they split up and let Brady go on his own as well to try to make up for the lost bonus points. The temperature rises to triple digits before long.

Around 1PM, the teams call a truce for a couple hours to rest. Shellay and Coleen don’t trust the truce. They’re not sure that the other team has really stopped, and they feel guilty for not being out there continuing. Coleen doesn’t want to burn her bridges too quickly, so they decide against breaking the truce, which lasts for about three and a half hours. Their combined total was over 160 miles, and they ended up within 1 mile of each other. With 162 points, the black team’s game of working together as a team was the winning effort. Brady, as an individual, ran the furthest, over 20 miles. Blue team scored 147 points.

Michelle apparently feels like she’s betraying her father by being there with her mother. Jillian has her call her father for some inspiration to stick around and to get his okay. When they get to the weigh-in, Alison confirms with her that she’s still willing to be there, and she says that she is ready to be there and wants to stay. I guess all this silly drama at least made for good TV.

Michelle: 209 pounds (-7)
Renee: 232 pounds (-5)
Phil: 279 pounds (-8)
Coleen: 187 pounds (-5)
Shellay: 189 pounds (-5)
Total: -30 pounds, 2.66%, minus 2 pounds = 2.84%

Amy C: 199 pounds (-9)
Vicky: 211 pounds (-6)
Brady: 286 pounds (-6)
Amy P: 193 pounds (-6)
Heba: 258 pounds (-8)
Total: -35 pounds, 2.96%

The black team loses the weigh-in. Michelle is the biggest loser for her team and is safe, but the rest of the team is at risk. They have three pretty logical choices to choose from here, none of which are Phil. However, he is the new guy, so they may want to get rid of him on that basis.

Votes
Michelle: Shellay
Phil: Renee
Renee: Shellay
Shellay: Renee
Coleen: Shellay

Would have made more sense to split up the mother/daughter team, but ultimately Shellay has been voted out. Shellay is down 8 dress sizes from where she began at the start of the season.

Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of The Biggest Loser Families episode 7, which airs Tuesday at 8/7c on NBC.

The Amazing Race 13 Episode 3

Despite some major mistakes from other teams, Anthony & Stephanie were the last team to arrive and were eliminated in The Amazing Race 13 Episode 2. Ken & Tina continued to be a strong team, as did Mark & Bill and Terence & Sarah, although the latter team still looks like it’s on the verge of a breakdown. Having screwed up on not one but two clues, Kelly & Christy’s literacy is coming into question.

Kelly & Christy are still upset at Starr about a sports bra mishap, or at least that’s their story anyway.

Teams depart in the order in which they arrived.

First: Ken & Tina – 12:51AM
Second: Mark & Bill – 12:52AM
Third: Terence & Sarah – 1:13AM
Fourth: Aja & Ty – 1:14AM
Fifth: Toni & Dallas – 1:15AM
Sixth: Nick & Starr – 1:17AM
Seventh: Kelly & Christy – 1:18AM
Eighth: Andrew & Dan – 1:22AM
Ninth: Marisa & Brooke – 1:22AM

Ken & Tina know they both need to work on how they treat each other. Mark & Bill plan to be analytical and take some extra time to think about things if needed. Sarah realizes this is not a popularity contest, which is a good thing for her and Terence. Marisa & Brooke think they’re being underestimated, which may have to do with the always coming in next to last.

The next destination is 1200 miles away in La Paz, Bolivia, where they will first go to the statue of Simon Bolivar. There are apparently two different flights, but it doesn’t seem to matter which one they get on, as they’ll be sleeping outside for the night. The altitude of 13,000 feet may make breathing difficult.

Nick approaches Kelly & Christy to see why they’re being hateful. He says he’d like to get along and receives a response that they don’t care if people don’t like them.

When the morning paper arrives, it’s time to search for the first clue, an ad which tells them to go to Narvaez Hat Shop. It’s a detour. The detour is a choice between musical march or bumpy ride. In musical march, teams must make their way on foot and collect musicians and form a band then deliver them to a bandleader. In bumpy ride, they’ll ride locally crafted bicycles on the rough roads. A U-turn is ahead.

Musical march: Andrew & Dan, Marisa & Brooke
Bumpy ride: Mark & Bill, Ken & Tina, Kelly & Christy, Aja & Ty, Nick & Starr, Toni & Dallas, Terence & Sarah (switched from musical march after realizing their taxi error)

Even though the clue says travel by foot, Terence & Sarah hail a cab, forcing them to turn around and start over after they realize the mistake. Mark & Bill also take a cab.

Mark & Bill think they’re far enough ahead that they don’t have to use the U-turn. Marisa & Brooke also choose to not use the U-turn, as do Terence & Sarah and Ken & Tina. Andrew & Dan follow suit. Nick & Starr pass Kelly & Christy going down the hill, and Nick says they don’t want to U-turn anybody, though Starr’s not so sure. Since they’ve only got one U-turn the whole game, though, they’d rather save it. Aja & Ty also don’t use it, despite Starr’s request for them to use it on Kelly & Christy. Kelly & Christy think they’re in last place, so they don’t use it either, nor do Toni & Dallas.

The next destination is Los Titanes Del Ring, where the road block is fighting cholitas (female pro wrestlers). When they successfully execute all six wrestling moves, they’ll be able to move on. Much comedy ensues. I’m not real clear why Sarah chose to pick a fight instead of Terence. While they’re waiting for their partners, Aja tells Christy that Starr wanted her to U-turn them. Ken’s surprised he has to fight a girl but does well. Dallas finds this task easy and is able to make up a lot of time. Nick, Ty, and Dan also get by quickly. Mark’s struggling with the altitude and has to get some oxygen to get through it. After three tries, he gets through, and Marisa finishes on her second try. Sarah also gets through on her second attempt. Kelly gets through, knowing they’re the last team.

The pit stop for this leg of the race is Mitador El Monticulo, a hilltop park. It turns into a mad dash with the cabs, jockeying for position. On the way there, Mark & Bill are reading the clue from earlier and realize they took a cab to the detour when they should have travelled by foot. They’re hit with a 30 minute penalty on arrival.

First: Ken & Tina (win a trip to Cabo San Lucas, Mexico)
Second: Toni & Dallas
Third: Terence & Sarah
Fourth: Marisa & Brooke
Fifth: Aja & Ty
Sixth: Nick & Starr
Seventh: Andrew & Dan
Eighth: Kelly & Christy
Eliminated: Mark & Bill

Because of the penalty, Mark & Bill have been eliminated, while Kelly & Christy will live another day, meaning we can look forward to more bitterness from them.

Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of The Amazing Race 13 Episode 4 I Wonder if They Like Blondes in New Zealand, which airs Sunday at 8/7c on CBS.

The Amazing Race Asia 3 Episode 5

Following on the heels of Natalie’s overdue departure, Niroo & Kapil both stopped trying in a disastrous performance throughout the leg in The Amazing Race Asia Season 3 Episode 4 and were eliminated.

Teams depart in the order in which they arrived.

First: Ida & Tania – 2:00PM
Second: Vince & Sam – 2:17PM
Third: Mai & Oliver – 2:53PM
Fourth: Henry & Bernie – 2:55PM
Fifth: AD & Fuzzie – 2:56PM
Sixth: Geoff & Tisha – 3:54PM

Mai & Oliver realize they argue over stupid things. Henry & Bernie say they’re calmer now and are taking a different approach. AD & Fuzzie seem to have a loose alliance with Henry & Bernie.

The first stop is Sony Style in the New Sogo department store, where they will search among 1000 Blu-ray discs for a clue, a dumb luck task of popping discs into players until they get lucky. It becomes even more hectic when multiple teams arrive. Sam & Vince finish quickly and easily. AD & Fuzzie finish next. Henry & Bernie are third. Ida & Tania begin discussing the penalty after a while. Considering Geoff & Tisha have arrived by this point, they’ve probably been there 2 hours already. They decide against the penalty and are the fourth to finish. Geoff & Tisha are next, leaving Mai & Oliver behind. When they realize that there’s only one disc left and that all the discs have been mixed together by everybody, so they’re unsure what has or has not been checked already, they’re demoralized, but Mai suggests just getting a bite to eat and then coming back and trying again. They keep plugging away but don’t make any progress. Eventually, the shop closes, so they have to stop searching and continue with the race. They’re a good distance behind everybody else, though.

From there, they can go for the first and only fast forward on the race. Having completed the first task first, Vince & Sam opt to do the fast forward. They’ll need to get a tattoo. Should be simple enough to complete, and they do, making first place pretty obvious.

The next destination is the New Pingshi Coal Mine in Shih-Fen. It’s a road block. In this road block, one team member must dig through hundreds of kilos of coal to find a souvenir. The first couple of teams find it with no problem, but the next two aren’t so lucky. Ida & Tania manage to get another police escort, but Geoff & Tisha have a breakdown, where she starts sounding like the quitters from the last two weeks.

Mai & Oliver don’t even bother with all that. They just follow a cab straight off. Except that cab breaks down on the way there. Completely exhausted from their day of searching, they decide to sleep in the car and try again in the morning. They’d have been better off quitting the last task and taking the penalty because this will put them half a day behind.

Road block (in order of arrival): Henry, Fuzzie, Tania, Geoff

Straight from the road block, they head to a detour, pick or pail. In pick, teams must retrieve three items from a wawachi machine. In pail, teams must deliver a filled bucket to the top of a hill, which will prove to be more physically demanding than they may think. Pick looks to be quite a bit easier.

Pick (in order of arrival): AD & Fuzzie, Henry & Bernie, Geoff & Tisha
Pail: Ida & Tania

The pitstop for this leg of the race is the Taipei Astronomical Museum in Taipei City.

First: Vince & Sam (win a golfing getaway in Thailand)
Second: Henry & Bernie
Third: AD & Fuzzie
Fourth: Geoff & Tisha
Fifth: Ida & Tania
Eliminated: Mai & Oliver

When morning arrives, Allan wakes up Mai & Oliver to inform them they have been eliminated. Strangely, I’m sad to see them go.

Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another recap of The Amazing Race Asia 3 episode 6, and don’t forget the live blogs of The Amazing Race 13.

Survivor: Gabon Episode 4

By some miracle combination of dumb luck and, well, dumb luck, the Fang tribe managed to win both challenges in Survivor: Gabon Episode 3. Kota turned on Paloma as the smallest member of their tribe and voted her out.

For some reason, Kelly decided to vote against the group and was the lone person to go against Ace rather than Paloma. Ace thinks she voted for him and hopes to make her the next victim.

Randy had previously been pitching two meals a day. Now he wants to cut it to one meal a day. Probably won’t make him any friends.

GC, Crystal, and Ken appear to be the tightest group, which is not going unnoticed by the other four who make an alliance to get rid of them.

When the tribes arrive for the challenge, they have to go about ranking the tribe from top to bottom according to importance.

Kota: Marcus, Ace, Bob, Charlie, Jacquie, Corinne, Sugar, Kelly
Fang: Matty, Dan, Randy, Crystal, Ken, GC, Susie

It’s not a challenge, though. Jeff says the words you typically don’t want to hear unless you’re pretty close to toast: drop your buffs. Marcus and Matty will be captains of the tribes for which they were voted most important. They’ll get started with the team selection, picking from rotating old tribes in no apparent logical order.

New Kota: Marcus, Dan, Charlie, Randy, Corinne, Susie, Bob (4 Kota to 3 Fang)
New Fang: Matty, Ace, Crystal, Jacquie, Ken, Kelly, GC (4 Fang to 3 Kota)

Since she was not chosen, Sugar will go to Exile island and join the tribe that loses a member at the next tribal council.

Marcus and Charlie remain together, along with Corinne and the guy who had been their fifth, Bob. Their other ally Jacquie is alone on the other side. Crystal, GC, and Ken stick together. Ace and Sugar are up in the air, but it seems she’s in trouble either way.

New Kota has four close allies, whereas new Fang has three close allies plus on additional person who was preparing to stab them in the back.

Kelly doesn’t like her old tribe, and Crystal hopes to swing her over and take advantage of that.

Marcus is concerned about Randy and Susie in the challenges.

In the immunity challenge, all the contestants get into boats with paddles. The object is to simply score three goals on the other team. Marcus dominates the other team, and Kota scores the first point. The second goal is the same story. And again for the third. Kota wins immunity. Marcus driving downfield and passing to Randy proved quite effective, and the complete uselessness of multiple Fang members didn’t help them any.

New Fang is reminiscent of old Fang from episodes 1 and 2.

Their original plan was to be morons and target Ace or Jacquie. After the challenge, they begin discussing getting rid of Kelly, who was apparently their new ally like a day ago. Then the immunity idol comes up. So they suggest Jacquie instead because they’re worried that if Sugar has the idol with her, rather than Kelly who she hates. Matty agrees to the plan, then goes up to Jacquie and tells her about it. She approaches Ken, who tells her it doesn’t matter how he votes because he’d be outnumbered. He tells her to go to Crystal. She does a good job of begging and agrees to take them to the end with her.

Votes
Jacquie
Kelly
Kelly
Jacquie
Jacquie
Jacquie

Jacquie has been voted out of the tribe. While Kelly is more likely to be loyal to them, it could become a bumpy ride if they’re faced with any more physical challenges. Sugar will become a member of Fang, which is probably not good news for anybody except the other tribe.

Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of Survivor: Gabon episode 5 This Camp Is Cursed, which airs Thursday at 8/7c on CBS.

The Biggest Loser Families Episode 5

With the Presidential debate on last night, we only got half way through the week, so tonight we get a special dose of The Biggest Loser. Following her contestants being lazy, Jillian threw Amy C out of the gym in The Biggest Loser Families Episode 4, and that’s where we pick back up tonight.

Much ado about nothing. Amy feels bad, comes back, and says she’s learned her lesson.

During the commercial for Subway, Bob has a small but useful tip: when you go somewhere, park in the furthest spot away so you get the exercise.

Michelle is struggling because she blames her mother for making her gain weight. The problem with her theory is that her emotional eating is based on her making her own choices. Jillian lets her know she’s gotta make the right choice.

Bob’s team is feeling pretty confident heading into the weigh in because they’ve noticed the lack of effort on the other side. As with last week, only one family will fall below the yellow line.

Coleen: 192 pounds (-3, 1.54%)

Michelle: 216 (-4)
Renee: 237 (-5)
Total: 453 pounds (-9, 1.95%)

Amy: 208 (-5)
Shellay: 194 (-4)
Total: 402 pounds (-9, 2.19%)

Amy: 199 (-5)
Phil: 287 (-3)
Total: 486 pounds (-8, 1.62%)

Heba: 266 (-8)
Ed: 299 (no change)
Total: 565 pounds (-8, 1.40%)

Vicky: 217 (-3)
Brady: 292 (-9)
Total: 509 pounds (-12, 2.30%)

Heba has the best week of anyone other than Brady, but it’s not enough to make up for Ed’s off week. Vicky and Brady are noticeably upset because they are close friends with Heba and Ed. Based on their discussion, it looks like Ed will be the one heading home. He blames himself for being below the yellow line, but more important is that he wants to see his wife able to have children and promises her that if he goes home he’ll be dedicated enough to stick to the program.

The decision is in. Ed and Heba have decided to send Ed home. Ed is down from his starting weight of 335 pounds to 250 pounds today.

Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of The Biggest Loser Families episode 6, which airs Tuesday at 8/7c on NBC.

The Biggest Loser Families Episode 4

The Biggest Loser Families Episode 3 took an unexpectedly harsh turn. Only one team ended up below the yellow line. Coleen and Jerry had to decide between them who should go home, and they chose Jerry because he needed time to recover from an injury and also wanted to make sure that his daughter didn’t go down the same path of bad health he has.

Everybody acts surprised by the teams splitting apart. As if they didn’t watch last season.

Vicky’s struggling with injuries and hopes to work around that. She’s unable to run because of her knees, so Bob suggests that she just walk at a high incline. She’s also struggling with her husband. Vicky confronts Brady because she believes he’s holding her back. He doesn’t appear to realize he’s doing anything wrong, but he agrees to cooperate.

Phil and Amy won a visit home the first week, which I thought was silly considering they’d only been at the ranch a day, but now it makes a bit more sense. Now that it’s been about a month, they are getting the chance to use that visit home to see their children.

Amy and Shellay are also cashing in their prize from the first challenge. They get 24 hours alone with Jillian (to go to the gym, of course). Jillian very quickly loses patience with Shellay, although Amy seems to be doing fine. Coleen and pink aren’t too happy being left on their own for a day, as it may not bode well for them at the weigh in.

The challenge looks like an endurance challenge. They see chains and water. They’ll need to hold on for as long as they can. As the water is drained out of the tank, it will be more difficult to hang on. Very simple challenge to put together, but an interesting twist on the hanging on endurance challenge. Reward is a care package from home and a 3 day pass to Universal Studios Hollywood. Renee is the first person to drop at 40 minutes. Coleen is the next one out. Heba’s out around 50 minutes. Michelle drops at 58 minutes as she realizes she’s not going to win. Ed’s out at 83 minutes. Around an hour and a half, they have to pick one arm. Shellay is eliminated after using her other arm. Amy P falls, followed closely by Phil. It’s brown against Amy C. Brady’s the next one to fall. After more than 105 minutes, Amy falls, and Vicky wins the challenge. They agree to give a care package to second place Amy and Shellay.

Jillian’s women didn’t bother doing their homework (extra cardio on their own). None of them seem to care. She wants to know what’s going on with them, particularly compared to people like Ali and Brittany from last year. She begins screaming at them and telling them they don’t have what it takes. Amy C finds this all very amusing, but the rest of them seem to be getting the hint.

Because of the Presidential debate, that’s it for tonight, but there’s a special episode on tomorrow.

Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another recap of The Biggest Loser Families episode 5, which airs Wednesday at 9/8c on NBC.

The Amazing Race 13 Episode 2

The Amazing Race returned for its 13th season last week. In The Amazing Race 13 Episode 1, there were a few teams toward the bottom of the barrel, but it ultimately came down the beekeepers Anita & Arthur being eliminated. Toward the top of the ladder we had allies Nick & Starr and Ken & Tina, along with soon to destruct dating couple Terence & Sarah, who appear to have already decided the two team alliance are their enemies.

60 Minutes is running over, something we’ll probably have to get used to. A live blog will begin when the show starts, around 8:30.

At the pitstop, Terence & Sarah continue their meltdown. He gets jealous when she talks to… anybody with a pulse.

Teams depart in the order in which they arrived.

First: Nick & Starr – 4:07AM
Second: Ken & Tina – 4:13AM
Third: Terence & Sarah – 4:18AM
Fourth: Mark & Bill – 4:24AM
Fifth: Kelly & Christy – 4:44AM
Sixth: Toni & Dallas – 4:57AM
Seventh: Andrew & Dan – 5:03AM
Eighth: Aja & Ty – 5:05AM
Ninth: Anthony & Stephanie – 5:11AM
Tenth: Marisa & Brooke – 5:13AM

As they depart, Terence & Sarah continue to argue, and she just hopes for some way to reduce the drama. It’s becoming apparent that we’re going to hear every 5 minutes about how Kelly & Christy both got divorced but are over it now (oh really?).

Teams will fly 640 miles to Fortaleza, Brazil. There appear to be two flights: 6:45 and 11:30. The best they can hope for on 6:45 is standby, but they eventually switch to a larger plane and free up some seats. Tina takes credit for getting the bigger plane, which all teams manage to get on, but nobody’s impressed by her. Tina moving up to the front row of seats rubs Terence the wrong way, but Ken kisses Terence and makes up.

When they arrive, teams will go to the seaside town of Combuco, where they’ll start off with a dunebuggy ride to the detour. The detour is a choice between beach it or docket. In beach it, teams must choose a traditional Brazilian boat and drag them using logs 100 yards across the sand. In docket, teams will search for a container by finding the code on their clue in a database.

Beach it: Terence & Sarah, Kelly & Christy, Toni & Dallas, Nick & Starr, Ken & Tina, Andrew & Dan, Aja & Ty, Marisa & Brooke (after trying docket, but not really), Anthony & Stephanie
Docket: Mark & Bill

At the challenge, Kelly & Christy want Sarah to smack Terence upside the head for bossing her around.

The next stop is Parque de Vaquejada, but the first trick is to find a taxi (paying attention to the arrow to taxi parking may help). Mark & Bill decided to play to their strength of computers, and finding the needle in the haystack proved to be not too difficult, putting them in first place. Terence & Sarah finished ahead of them but got lost finding a taxi. Nick & Starr, however, rushed through their task and are on the right track. Kelly & Christy are looking for a container, the container from the other detour. Multiple teams pass them as they go on their wild moose chase, digging in the sand for something that’s not really there.

Multiple other teams drive right by Terence & Sarah because they couldn’t care less they were stupid. Toni & Dallas, however, stop and tell them where to get a cab. When they get back, they’re very close to last. Would have been smarter to let them get eliminated because, despite all their problems, Terence & Sarah are one of the strongest teams.

After being passed by almost all the teams, Kelly & Christy finally decide to stop searching for the container that doesn’t exist.

The road block is searching for a clue hidden in plain sight (somewhere on a 600 foot wall). Bill (I think it’s Bill anyway) has a way to solve this mystery: just write down every single thing on the wall and keep saying names until the painter finally gives him the clue. Tina observes him doing this and takes the same path, which proves to be quite a good idea. Proving that they haven’t learned their lesson from before, Kelly & Christy fail to read their clue and don’t bother to tell their taxi to stay, not realizing that the producers instructed him to stay anyway. One of the blondes is worried she doesn’t know Spanish… it’s a good thing the entire wall is in Portuguese. Nick tells Andrew he swears he’ll help him out if he gets the answer… then gets the right answer and just leaves.

Cidade da Crianca, built as an oasis for the city’s children, is the pit stop for this leg of the race.

First: Ken & Tina (win offroad vehicles)
Second: Mark & Bill
Third: Terence & Sarah
Fourth: Aja & Ty
Fifth: Toni & Dallas
Sixth: Nick & Starr
Seventh: Kelly & Christy
Eighth: Andrew & Dan
Ninth: Marisa & Brooke
Eliminated: Anthony & Stephanie

I didn’t see anything that Anthony & Stephanie could have done better that would have saved them in the race, but they have been eliminated. In the end, though, their brief stay on the race put things into perspective, and let them know they have a lot to be thankful for.

Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of The Amazing Race 13 Episode 3 Did You Push My Sports Bra off the Ledge?, which airs Sunday at 8/7c on CBS.