America’s Got Talent Season 7 Episode 1

With American Idol just about finishing its run, it’s time again. Time for American Idol Lite, where some lame singer will beat out far more talented variety acts.

Piers Morgan has decided to focus on his work at CNN, leaving a gap in the judging panel, to be filled by Howard Stern, who I’m not looking forward to, but at least he gives me hope of not being stuck with a fluff judge afraid to criticize. He joins returning judges Sharon Osbourne and Howie Mandel, as well as host Nick Cannon.

Aoni Jackson is a magician. He needs to borrow a ring from somebody. Howie’s game as long as he dosn’t touch his hand. Howard buzzes him after he takes his ring and makes a lame joke. Then Howard buzzes him for Howie. Then Aoni changes into a cop so he can be a stripper. Once Sharon sees the ring hanging from his nipple, he gets his third buzz. Howie doesn’t want his ring back.

Les Golan is the creepy bird lady. She has 22 birds sitting on her who eat out of her mouth and go to the bathroom on her. Apparently, she’s just a singer. What’s the point of the birds? Turns out there isn’t one. Howie votes yes, but he’s outvoted by the sane judges.

William Close has brought his earth harp, the world’s largest stringed instrument with over 3000 feet of string that stretch the length of the stage and up to the balcony. For the sake of sheer size, this has to be awesome live, and he gets a standing ovation from the room, one that seems more deserved than the joke ones that they give out like candy on American Idol.

Elements Dance Cru are cloggers. They lose points already for the name. Not crazy about the dancing either, though they’re competent. Sharon loved the concept. Howie’s aware of who was better than not, but he won’t name names.

Jorge and Alexa Narvaez are father/daughter singers. 7 year old Alexa quickly steals the spotlight.

Ben Blaque does a crossbow act. In Nick’s direction. Starts off slow, but it gets better when he shoots a balloon in his assistant’s mouth, then splits a newspaper and some string.

Light Wire Theater is a dance act similar to the acts last year that should have won, with more props.

Sanjula Vamana is a circus performer/stay at home dad. He jabs things through his cheeks while Nick covers his baby’s eyes. Howie buzzes and covers his head. The other two judges join him.

Loyalty Dance Crew is a high energy dance team. They say they’re a family who want to stand up for the people to just be themselves, and the judges love their emotional journey.

Simply Sergio Cojella says his voice cannot be defined. I anticipate a disaster. Nick and Howie encourage the trainwreck. His performance of Girl from Ipanema falls apart, but he perfoms moderately okay when he sings God Bless America.

Shanice and Maurice are father/daughter street musicians. She’s the far better singer of the two, but their relationship with each other helps them stand out.

Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of America’s Got Talent Season 7 Episode 2, which airs Tuesday at 8/7c on NBC.

The Celebrity Apprentice 5 Episode 13

Teresa got fired after losing as project manager in The Celebrity Apprentice 5 Episode 12. Then the final four were narrowed down further when Lisa was fired, in spite of for the first time not having a bad attitude for a stretch of about half an hour.

With one person having already faced the post-interview firing, that leads us to one more person left to be fired.

Because the interviewers thought she was an inexperienced chess player, finally Aubrey been fired. Finally. She walks out the door with her ego as big as ever, but acknowledges she’s an unfinished person.

What a productive few minutes that was. First Lisa, then Aubrey. Good riddance to the people who insist they came up with every (bad) idea in the most abrasive manner possible.

That leaves us with a final two of Arsenio Hall and Clay Aiken.

They will have to sell tickets for their charity event, produce a 30 second charity awareness ad, and put on a variety show.

Having won every time he was project manager, Arsenio gets to start building his team first.

Arsenio: Adam Carolla, Lisa Lampanelli, Paul Teutul Sr, Teresa Giudice
Clay: Penn Gillette, Debbie Gibson, Dee Snider, Aubrey O’Day

Arsenio focuses on comedy with his strange first picks, while Clay somehow manages to land all three musicians.

Adam suggests that his team tell donors they’re buying tickets not for themselves but for kids. When I think kid friendly, Adam Carolla and Lisa Lampanelli sure top my list. Arsenio promptly rejects this concept.

Aubrey hopes that Clay wins. She doesn’t like Arsenio.

Arsenio thinks the comedy will be easy enough. He can get a laugh at a funeral. But his end goal is to have Magic Johnson’s words about the charity take the spotlight.

Clay chose Penn in an effort to show Trump he could work with anybody. He’s starting to regret that, as Penn is shooting down ideas, which is what Clay had such a problem with when they worked together. Penn’s hope is to present the overcoming of the disability, rather than wallowing in it.

Why Arsenio snapped up Paul is now clear. He’s the money raiser. If history is any indication, this is very smart, as Paul raised over $300k in week 1. Lisa was so sure she was going to win that she’s already got $50k set aside for this task.

On the other team, there is no apparent focus on raising money, though they do seem to be creating a good event.

Dee’s dreading where this task is going. Is he really going to have to sing Baby Love with Debbie Gibson? In addition to that, Debbie is looking forward to singing her long forgotten tune that we’ve heard 108 times this season, Shake Your Love.

Clay wanted to shoot the video in a park. In New York City, they’re having trouble finding anywhere outdoors that’s not a skyscraper. The best they can get is a place with bars on the windows, but the director of photography is sure he can edit it so it doesn’t look completely depressing.

Lisa may be on the other team, but to thank Clay for helping raise money for her charity, she wants to buy a ticket to his event.

Clay’s getting frustrated, which is rubbing off on the rest of his team. Penn and Clay never got along to begin with, while Debbie is taking personal offense to what’s happening with the mural she wants her cousin to paint on the wall, which Clay refuses to give the okay for until he sees a sketch.

Arsenio has taken the opposite approach, as he’s a lot more hands off and just trusting those he’s appointed, some might say too much.

Adam’s crew has finally delivered the file of the footage of Magic Johnson. What Adam failed to reveal to Arsenio is that these aren’t professional video people. We get the hint of this when the entire thing is sideways.

Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of The Celebrity Apprentice 5 Episode 14, where we will find out who The Celebrity Apprentice 5 winner is, which airs Sunday at 9/8c on NBC.

Survivor: One World Winner

Tarzan was voted off the island in Survivor: One World Episode 13 because he’s a mastermind (who the jury hates and who can’t remember anyone’s name).

Dull cast, dull season. And then there were 5: Alicia Rosa, Chelsea Meissner, Christina Cha, Kim Spradlin, and Sabrina Thompson. As has been the case all season, I find myself struggling to find someone to root for, though the edit she’s gotten combined with the morons she’s competing against would suggest Kim is going to walk away with this, if she can make sure the jury does not hate her enough.

Kim says that the only person that can beat either her or Sabrina is Chelsea. This target is news to Sabrina, who was under the silly impression they should all stick together to the end.

For the challenge, they will untie a gate, race across a balance beam maze, collect bags of puzzle pieces on a rope net, solve a puzzle for three numbers, and use those numbers to solve a combination lock. Christina and Kim are first through the gate, but both fall off the beam, giving Alicia and Chelsea the lead. Alicia inadvertently unties other people’s bags, giving them an advantage and Chelsea the lead as they head into the puzzle. Kim is the first to piece together her puzzle, followed by Alicia and Chelsea, while the other two have no shot. Kim’s solution is incorrect, so she returns, followed by Alicia. With an alternate answer, Kim wins immunity.

Like Sabrina, Chelsea wants to stick with the final three plan with Kim, in spite of the fact that she considers Kim her biggest threat.

Alicia, the idiot who got rid of Tarzan last week, feels comfortable in her position in this tribe because Kim would be stupid to go to the end with Chelsea and Sabrina rather than her and Christina.

The jury is looking pretty miserable, a repeat of what we’ve seen in previous weeks.

Tonight is the last night Kim may play her hidden immunity idol. She declines to play it or hand it to anyone.

Votes
Chelsea
Alicia
Chelsea
Alicia
Alicia

With 3 votes, Alicia has been voted off the island. Strangely, she’s mad at Christina, who was on her side, rather than looking in the mirror and blaming herself for being an idiot last week.

Kim apologizes to Christina for lying to her this whole time. Christina doesn’t want to get even, though. She just wants to get rid of Sabrina.

The final immunity challenge has them using a long wooden pole to maneuver 10 wooden bowls through a maze and stack them on the maze platform that’s held in place on a spring. Interesting challenge. Hardly what I’d expect for a final challenge. Kim quickly finds herself with a healthy lead. As Kim makes a mistake, Christina closes in on her. Sabrina remains perhaps the biggest challenge non-threat of the season, even worse than Tarzan. Christina keeps things moderately interesting, but Kim never relinqueshes her lead. Kim wins immunity.

When they return, Christina poses a question to Kim. “So it’s me?” Nice to see her fighting to the end.

Votes
Sabrina
Christina
Christina
Christina

With 3 votes, Christina has been voted off the island.

Now we head to questions from the jury, none of whom like anybody sitting in the final three.

Jonas comments about how badly Sabrina sucked at challenges. Chelsea takes credit for taking Kat out. He doesn’t understand why Kim didn’t take Christina with her.

Kim tells Christina she would get rid Chelsea if she had to choose. Christina’s question to Chelsea: “Why do you hate people?” This from the girl who didn’t connect with a single person her entire time on the island.

Jay points out that Sabrina didn’t do anything at camp either, and wasn’t just a failure at challenges.

Mike says that Kim failed to deflect blame to anybody else when she was blindsiding people, a key part of the blindside she seems to have missed.

Tarzan apparently brought a thesaurus as his luxury item, as he rambles in big words with little relevant point. A tearful Chelsea responds by saying she aspires to what he and his wife have.

Kim didn’t feel bad about Leif’s name being written down. Sabrina says Leif’s elimination was Kim’s fault.

The main point of Alicia’s comment is to talk about how great she is. Delusional, party of one. She congratulates Kim for having her pawns.

Kim tells Troyzan that his plans fell apart when she got rid of Jonas.

Kat tells them they all hurt her, but Kim destroyed her. In spite of all her negative comments and crying for the past couple weeks, she says she doesn’t have time to be angry with them.

Troyzan votes for Sabrina because Kim may have won a lot of challenges, but that doesn’t make her the best player. Kat votes for Kim, which she calls a lesson learned, voting for the best player rather than based on hurt feelings.

Votes
Kim
Sabrina
Kim
Sabrina
Kim
Kim
Kim

Kim is the Survivor: One World winner. Not the most compelling winner ever, but it became increasingly obvious she was going to win as her opponents made increasingly boneheaded moves. Chelsea received 0 votes, Sabrina received votes from Troyzan and Leif, and Kim swept the other 7 votes.

So apparently Blossom is still on TV.

Kim, Tarzan, Troyzan, and Chelsea are in the running for America’s vote. Kim won the vote and the $100,000 prize that goes along with it.

Survivor will be back for season 25 in Survivor: Philippines, which includes three castaways who were airlifted out of previous seasons. I hope it’s better.

American Idol Season 11 Episode 36

The top 4 performed in American Idol Season 11 Episode 35. Tonight 1 more will be sent home.

Phil notwithstanding (I still don’t get it), I wouldn’t be too surprised by any of them leaving, though Hollie, who will tie Elise’s six times in the bottom if she is there again, seems like the most likely candidate, a position with which she’s familiar.

Phillip Phillips is up first. He… returns to the couch and may or may not be safe. Lame, Seacrest.

From there, we fill an hour, concluding with Jennifer Lopez doing what made her famous, wearing revealing clothing and shaking her butt (in between, she sings a little).

All four contestants gather on stage for the results. Jessica Sanchez is in the top three. Joshua Ledet is joining her. Phillip Phillips takes the last spot in the final three. Hollie Cavanagh has been eliminated.

Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of American Idol Season 11 Episode 37, which airs Wednesday at 8/7c on Fox.

American Idol Season 11 Episode 35

Skylar Laine found herself on the losing end of the audience vote in American Idol Season 11 Episode 34. Tonight the top 4 perform. For 2 damn hours. We start off with California songs. Whatever that means.

Phillip Phillips
Song: Have You Ever Seen the Rain by Creedence Clearwater Revival
Jennifer: Joe kind of Cocker quality that I haven’t heard before.
Randy: Started a little rough, but then you were right on the money.
Numbers: 1-866-IDOLS-01 or 1-866-IDOLS-05

Hollie Cavanagh
Song: Faithfully by Journey
Randy: Peaking at the right time.
Jennifer: Been waiting to see that from you.
Steven: Over the top choice of song.
Number: 1-866-IDOLS-02 or 1-866-IDOLS-06

Joshua Ledet
Song: You Raise Me Up by Josh Groban
Jennifer: Great performance. Loved the drama.
Randy: So excited to see what you do.
Number: 1-866-IDOLS-03 or 1-866-IDOLS-07

Jessica Sanchez
Song: Steal Away by Etta James
Jennifer: One of the best in such a long time.
Steven: Nailed that. Showed the other side of your voice.
Randy: Amazing again.
Number: 1-866-IDOLS-04 or 1-866-IDOLS-08

I still don’t know what this California Dreamin’ theme was supposed to be about. I expected some Beach Boys, but I guess not. Next we move on to “Songs you wish you wrote.”

Before we get to that, Phillip and Joshua sing This Love by Maroon 5, without anyone trying to embrace anyone. Then the girls do a duet of Eternal Flame by The Bangles. Why are they swinging? As with last week, the girls are a lot stronger singers. And we keep dragging out the night with I’ve Been Waiting for a Girl Like You by Foreigner, an awkward combination of all four singers. I’m about ready to run of things to fast forward.

Phillip Phillips
Song: Volcano by Damien Rice
Steven: Heard the musician that time.
Jennifer: One of the most beautiful, poignant moments.
Randy: One of your best performances of the season.

Hollie Cavanagh
Song: I Can’t Make You Love me by Bonnie Raitt
Steven: Fell a little short.
Jennifer: Emotion got the better of you.
Randy: Didn’t give you a moment. Nowhere to go.

Joshua Ledet
Song: It’s a Man’s Man’s Man’s World by James Brown
Steven: Never heard anything that good in my life. My life. (Okay, judges, tone it down. We got the hint who your favorite is a long time. You’re running the risk of doing more harm than good.)
Randy: One of the best performances in the history of any show.

Jessica Sanchez
Song: And I’m Telling You I’m Not Going by Jennifer Holliday
Steven: Another winning performance.
Jennifer: Just let out so much. A real moment.
Randy: In it to really win it.

Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of American Idol Season 11 Episode 36, which airs Thursday at 8/7c on Fox.

Survivor: One World Episode 13

Kat was eliminated in a fun and exciting blindside in Survivor: One World Episode 12.

Tarzan thinks they would have been smarter than he is. Because apparently he is a threat. To take third place with 0 votes.

Christina, who we’ve been told for weeks is either going home or being thrown in the fire, is now everybody’s friend. Both sides want her, and they both want to bring her to the end knowing she won’t get any votes.

For the reward challenge, they will release three discs by spinning them, then use them to form a decoder. Reward is an overnight stay on a yacht. They all spin around and get dizzy, but it comes down to the puzzle at the end. They’ll have to get the right three numbers in the right order. Chelsea wins reward. She takes Sabrina and Kim, not the person she promised, Christina. Deja vu.

After discussing how Chelsea is a liar and a hypocrite, the three who remain on the island start planning a final three: Tarzan, Alicia, Christina. Worst final three ever, but at least somebody would have done something to shake things up for a change.

Kim hopes to convince Alicia that Tarzan is a mastermind. Really? And it seems to be working. A little.

At the immunity challenge, they pick up bags of puzzle pieces, then complete a fish skeleton puzzle, with one hand tied behind their backs. Kim’s first to complete the first section, with Alicia right behind her. Everybody else is out of it already. Alicia briefly takes the lead but fails to capitalize and loses it while untying her second bag. Kim reloses the lead to Alicia. In a close race, Alicia wins immunity.

So now that Kat’s gone, Tarzan is wearing her shirt, and he also has her panties on his head. But he knows about microbes, so never fear the dirty underpants.

Chelsea suggests that Kim play the idol, but Kim says no. It would be stupid to waste guaranteed final four to save someone who’s a threat anyway, best friend for as long as they’re on the island or not.

Votes
Chelsea
Tarzan
Tarzan
Tarzan
Tarzan

I should be surprised, but these people get dumber by the week. Receiving the finger from a jury member, with 4 votes, Tarzan has been voted off the island.

Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of Survivor: One World Episode 14, where we will find out who the Survivor: One World winner is, which airs Sunday at 8/7c on CBS.

The Celebrity Apprentice 5 Episode 12

As the least dramatic person left, Dayana finally found herself being fired in The Celebrity Apprentice 5 Episode 11.

Teresa thinks she’s Lisa’s next target. After all, she needs somebody to pick on.

This week’s task is to create a 4 page print ad campaign to promote a touch screen hair dryer. It would be nice to have Dayana here. They will be judged on brand messaging, print ad campaign, and overall pitch.

Lisa and Teresa are the project managers.

Because Farooq loved Aubrey, Teresa will be going for the redhead since presumably that’s what Aubrey’s hair color is supposed to be. They also decide on a guy they want. Lisa and Clay have no preference.

They must negotate for models. Teresa reveals all her cards at the start of the meeting. This leads to Lisa pretending that she really wants all the same models. It could be argued that Lisa’s unnecessarily being a bitch, but Teresa just performed poorly at this negotiation. In the end, Teresa got two of the four people she wanted, while Lisa lost nothing because she really didn’t care as long as she got all women, not two guys like she forced Teresa to accept.

For all the drama, the reality is that none of these models are going to either make or break this task.

Aubrey has an idea. She wants to hire her favorite model. Aubrey. Ironically, when their redheaded model that they wanted so badly arrives, she’s blonde, so they send her home.

Lisa’s team has gone with a theme of women being more than what they are on the outside, a concept that may be difficult to portray on paper in 4 pages. The other team has a futuristic theme in which their models are in yoga poses to go along with the Chi brand.

On both teams, it’s difficult to tell who’s the project manager, as neither team leader seems to be managing anything.

After the presentation, Aubrey informs us, as usual, that she did everything, so if they lose, it’s not her fault.

The executives thought Teresa’s team had a lot of passion, and Arsenio was great for a hairless guy. They didn’t think the ad pointed out the features, they didn’t think the photos were really Elle, and they thought Teresa was awkward during the presentation.

As far as the other team, they had a lot of information, paid attention to both the Elle and Chi audiences, and they liked the back cover with the tomboy look. However, the clothing was a bit dated, and the presentation lacked passion.

Based on the feedback, it’s pretty obvious who won this. Lisa’s team wins, and she receives $100,000 for her charity.

Teresa would fire Arsenio because he did not do much work. Arsenio responds with the same criticism to her. For a change, Aubrey can just sit there and keep her mouth shut, while these two argue with each other.

Since the executives loved Aubrey and Arsenio, Teresa is fired.

After the boardroom, they are called right back to the boardroom. It’s interview time with John Rich and Marlee Matlin. After that, two people will be fired. I suspect one of Aubrey and Lisa will survive unscathed, but they will be split up as they should have been weeks ago due to their very bad creative concepts and general mean spiritedness.

Marlee thought Aubrey was nervous, but she can identify with her charity. John thinks she’s a chess player, who’s a little green.

Marlee feels Clay is sweet and genuine, but she wonders whether he’s a leader or a follower. They both give him a hard time for only being project manager twice.

John likes Arsenio’s energy, though he can be a little out of control. Marlee can see his passion about his charity.

Lisa talks a lot and comes on strong, and she can’t control her emotions. John can appreciate her toughness because she had to travel a lot like he does.

Due to her lack of emotional control, Lisa has been fired.

One more person will be fired. Next week.

Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of The Celebrity Apprentice 5 Episode 13, which airs Sunday at 9/8c on NBC.

The Amazing Race Season 20 Winners

Bopper & Mark were eliminated in The Amazing Race 20 Episode 10, leaving us with four unappealing teams remaining in the fight for $1 million. As with Big Brother, I find myself oddly rooting for Brendon & Rachel, if only because the other contestants are just more objectionable.

Teams depart in the order in which they arrived, presumably.

Teams will now fly nearly 4000 miles to Hiroshima, Japan. All teams will be on the same flight.

Undeterred by their near elimination in the last leg, Art & JJ continue to spend their energy on bashing the green team, who get left behind on the second bus separate from the other teams. They’re not behind for long, as they get help on the bus to find the right train. Rachel & Dave, however, get stuck trying to figure out the confusing ticket system, so now it’s time for them to argue as well. As a result of this, they miss the final ferry of the night as well, putting them 7 hours behind.

Of course, seeing as it’s just before midnight, there’s an hours of operation that will equalize all the teams again, so all the drama of the night before is moot.

Their first stop of the morning is Peace Park, the site where the atomic bomb was dropped. Though the city has been rebuilt, many buildings remain as they were as a reminder.

From there, they will head to Osaka by high speed bullet train. They’re stopping at TV 8 Studio. I’m expecting some crazy Japanese game show to come of this.

The road block is to participate in the Bring That Chicken Home Game. Sprinting on the running track, they must jump and grab three chickens and bring them to the other side.

Road block (in order of arrival): Art, Vanessa, Brendon, Rachel

Vanessa, coming off a twisted ankle earlier in the race, is forced to do the road block in order to keep the number even, probably something this team should have planned for sooner. Tough to do considering the task involves running and jumping, but she keeps going until she completes it rather than taking the penalty. Afterward, her main concern is that she needs to fix her eyelashes.

The detour is at the Umeda Sky Building. Strangely, neither task is related to heights, though. The detour is a choice between photo cut-out or bingo shout-out. In bingo, they’ll have to take sushi from a conveyor belt, identify it, put it on a bingo card, then eat it. In photo, they will need to take photos of people with life sized sumo cut outs.

Bingo: Art & JJ, Brendon & Rachel, Vanessa & Ralph
Photo: Rachel & Dave

For the bingo task, although everything’s in Japanese, they’re playing with the locals who are helping them figure out what’s what. Yeah, this is apparently a real thing, not invented just for the show.

Dave tells Rachel she needs to use her personality to help win the task because she’s great with people. Funny, when communicating with him, I have not seen her be pleasant. It turns out they have picked the simpler of the two detours, though neither appears overly challenging. Bad news for Vanessa & Ralph, who are too far behind to catch up, no matter how typically frazzled Rachel is getting.

The pit stop for this leg of the race is Osaka Castle.

First: Rachel & Dave (win a trip to New Zealand)
Second: Art & JJ
Third: Brendon & Rachel
Eliminated: Vanessa & Ralph

Finishing last, Vanessa & Ralph have been eliminated, as the other three continue to the final leg of the race.

Rachel & Dave have tied the record for the most legs won in a race, with 7 first place finishes. Their only problem is they don’t seem to like each other very much, and Rachel tends to be more of a hindrance than a help, which she takes out on Dave, who granted seems to be a control freak. Art & JJ won 3 legs in a row (each one as a direct result of the first). Too bad they were such jackasses. Brendon & Rachel are the only team left standing who have yet to win a leg. As with the other Rachel, this Rachel has a tendency to get emotional without much provocation.

Teams depart in the order in which they arrived.

First: Rachel & Dave – 4:15PM
Second: Art & JJ – 4:47PM
Third: Brendon & Rachel – 5:05PM

From here, they will take their final flight to Honolulu, Hawaii. Again they will all be on the same flight.

Upon arrival, they must figure out that they are heading to the twin towers. Rachel & Dave get their cab driver to solve the riddle for them, and he knows exactly where to go. Brendon & Rachel have similar luck with an Internet search. Art & JJ, relying on following someone else (as they’ve accused Big Brother of doing), find themselves running around in circles when their cab driver is unsuccessful at tailing Rachel & Dave.

I guess this is why there wasn’t a height task in the last leg. They must ascend and rappel up and down the 45 story building to spot their next clue in the distance.

The road block requires them to shave ice using a samurai sword.

Road block (in order of arrival): Dave, Brendon, JJ

Rachel & Dave lose their very good cab driver here, as they must make their way by foot to some helicopters. Luckily, Rachel is paying attention because Dave asks for a ride. Brendon & Rachel are not so lucky, as neither teammate is paying attention, so they take a cab to some random incorrect destination. This allows Art & JJ to leapfrog them. Here comes another Rachel meltdown.

Their next task is to become north short lifeguards and rescue a swimmer.

The second road block, which must be done by the person who did not do the first one, is hill surfing on an oiled up sled. They’ll then have to roll a lava rock into a target.

Road block (in order of arrival): Art, Rachel, Rachel

After paddling their way across the water and finding the pit stop, Rachel & Dave are informed that they have not yet completed all tasks. They have to go find the road block that Art & JJ are already doing. I’m not sure how they missed the mark here, but it would seem that there is the end of the race.

With Art not having Rachel’s balance, she is able to pass him. Art continues to fall off his sled, as the other Rachel finally arrives and passes him.

This time, having completed all tasks, Rachel & Dave are The Amazing Race 20 winners. A deserving team if ever there were one, in spite of their bickering. Art & JJ manage to get ahead of Rachel on the second part of the road block to place second, leaving Brendon & Rachel with third place.