The X Factor Season 1 Episode 18

Tonight 2 more will be sent home.

Drew is safe. As the act having received the fewest number of votes, Lakoda Rayne has been eliminated. That marks the last of Paula’s groups.

Chris Rene is safe. Rachel Crow is safe. Josh Krajcik is safe. Melanie Amaro is safe, as Simon’s girls make it through the night. Somehow, that little punk with a bad attitude who can’t sing Astro is safe.

Leroy Bell and Marcus Canty fall into the bottom two.

LA votes to save his contestant with a vote against Leroy. Nicole votes to save her contestant with a vote against Marcus. Why do they even bother letting the judges whose acts are up there vote? Based on tonight’s performance, Paula votes against Marcus. Letting the public decide, Simon votes against Leroy. The act that received the lowest number of votes, Leroy Bell, has been eliminated.

Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of The X Factor Season 1 Episode 19, which airs Wednesday at 8/7c on Fox.

The Biggest Loser Season 12 Episode 10

After falling below the yellow line with Becky in The Biggest Loser Season 12 Episode 9, Bonnie asked to be voted out.

The average American eats over 4500 calories on Thanksgiving. This week’s Thanksgiving temptation offers $500 per pound lost, a home gym, and a 3 pound advantage. Under each dish is a number. The person with the lowest number picks first. One person could conceivably end up with all three prizes. Sunny is the only one who hesitates, though everybody ends up eating. John and Vinny only take one shot. Sunny doesn’t have enough time to eat more than one dish. Becky’s 96 is not impressive, but her 38 is better. Sunny gets 85. Antone gets 81 and improves it to 46. John gets 90, not to be confused with 06. Ramon’s 79 is enough for third, and his first number of 52 is an even better third. Vinny gets a 10.

As the winner, Vinny chooses the 3 pound advantage, which this week is probably good enough to keep him immune. Becky picks the home gym. That leaves Antone with the $500 per pound lost. Three prizes for three black team members.

Bob says to mark his words. John will gain everything back because he’s never satisfied.

The trainers treat the contestants to a Thanksgiving dinner Biggest Loser style. All the taste with fewer of the calories and less fat. Everybody tells stories of home, even Bob, who talks about his sister having struggled with weight her whole life.

They will race 1 mile on Jacob’s ladder. Again they have a choice. 6 months of The Biggest Loser meal plan, plus 6 months to give away to an eliminated contestant. $2500 to give and $2500 to keep. Lastly, there is a 1 pound advantage to keep and a 1 pound disadvantage to give away. Ramon’s leading with John behind. John then takes the lead. Sunny is in third. After 40 minutes, Sunny takes second place about 100 feet behind John, but it doesn’t look like his lead that we later find out is nearly 10 minutes can be eliminated. An hour and a half of climbing passes, and John wins the challenge. Sunny places second, followed by Ramon.

John takes the 1 pound advantage, the last thing everybody else wanted. Sunny picks the meal plan and gives Bonnie the meal plan as well. Ramon takes the $2500 and gives a matching amount to Vinny. That leaves everybody with a prize this week.’

Vinny has an offer that’s the least painless way to go: take 1 of his 3 pounds away. If John doesn’t do that, everybody will turn on him. Too late. Before the weigh in, he makes his choice: Sunny. She tries to paint it as if this makes him a bad person. How dare he take a pound away from somebody (which he must do according to the rules of the game)?

John: 305 pounds (-5, -1, 1.94%) – saying his goodbyes already
Antone: 331 pounds (-8, 2.36%) – $4000 richer
Vinny: 324 pounds (-11, -3, 4.18%) – over 100 pounds lost
Becky: 177 pounds (-5, 2.75%)
Ramon: 268 pounds (-5, 1.83%)
Sunny: 202 pounds (-5, -1, 1.93%)

The 1 pound advantage/disadvantage proves to be huge, saving John and putting Sunny in danger. Sunny again complains about how it’s Thanksgiving week and John should just give her a free pass at the expense of his own time on the ranch. Hate the game if you want, but this is not John’s fault.

Votes
Vinny: Sunny
Becky: Ramon
John: Sunny
Antone: Ramon

Antone thinks that John should have voted to keep Sunny because he put her in danger. Really? You people all openly want him gone. I don’t get why he should do your bidding to keep your friends around to vote him out next week.

In the event of a tie, the person with the lowest percentage of weight loss goes home. With 2 votes, Ramon has been eliminated. In addition to his 110 pound weight loss from his starting weight of 355 pounds, he has also chopped off the horrible long hair and facial hair.

Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of The Biggest Loser Season 12 Episode 11, which airs Tuesday at 8/7c on NBC.

The Amazing Race 19 Episode 9

After getting lost on their way to the pit stop, Laurence & Zac were eliminated in The Amazing Race 19 Episode 8.

Teams depart in the order in which they arrived.

First: Ernie & Cindy – 9:01AM
Second: Bill & Cathi – 10:34AM
Third: Andy & Tommy – 10:39AM
Fourth: Amani & Marcus – 11:43AM
Fifth: Jeremy & Sandy – 12:08PM

Their first stop is the statue of fairy tale writer Hans Christian Andersen. The road block is to memorize one of his poems, follow the map on the front wheel of their bike, then recite the poem to a drama critic.

Road block (in order of arrival): Cindy, Cathi, Tommy, Amani, Sandy

Cathi can’t find the theater on the map. That would be the building with the arrow pointing at it. Tommy, meanwhile, drives off the map. Then there’s Amani, whose partner thought it would be great strategy to screw her up while she was trying to memorize the poem, but because she’s able to find the theater an hour faster, she ends up taking over second place. Cathi finds the theater next, but she misses one word, though I don’t think she realizes what went wrong. She returns and gets a pass on her next try. Tommy’s behind her, and she tells him he has to be dramatic. He fails. Sandy also fails to bring the drama.

Billund, Denmark is the birthplace of Legos and home to Legoland. Their task is to put together some Legos while spinning on the pirate ride, only while the ride is in motion. If they need it, there’s a barph bag. The snowboarders don’t mind, but the women aren’t having any fun. Jeremy & Sandy’s bigger problem is that they drop a piece and can’t find it, so they have to start with a fresh puzzle. By this point, Bill & Cathi are so hopelessly lost that they’re still not there.

Teams will now drive across the border into Germany and make their way to the Hamburg Train Station. From there, they will head 305 miles by train to Brussels, Belgium via Cologne. The next train is at 12:30AM. Everybody is equalized. Ernie & Cindy, who had been hours ahead, now face a problem. After they get tickets, they drop the ones to take them from Cologne the rest of the way, and they can’t afford to replace them. They didn’t save their receipt either. For all the drama, nobody bothers to check tickets, so they’re fine, but they had to worry for a while (or at least Cindy did).

Everybody will now strip down and do some bodybuilding poses to earn a score of 12 or more from 3 judges. Cathi says she wouldn’t take a shower in these clothes. The boys get speedos. Once undressed, they get to paint their partners with body oil. Then it becomes a memory game to get the 12 poses right. Ernie & Cindy manage to get 9 points their first time out. Andy & Tommy get a 4. Amani & Marcus get the 12 points necessary. Andy & Tommy try again and boost their score to a 5. Ernie & Cindy manage to get the 12 points they needed. Bill & Cathi get 3 points on their first try. Jeremy & Sandy score 13.

Parc Elisabeth is the pit stop for this leg of the race. So basically the whole damn leg comes down to this one bodybuilding task, with the rest of it being entirely irrelevant.

Ah, but there’s a catch. As the first team to arrive, Amani & Marcus win a trip to Panama. They will also be the first team to leave on the next leg of the race, which starts right now.

Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of The Amazing Race 19 Episode 10, which airs Sunday at 8/7c on CBS.

The X Factor Season 1 Episode 16

The top 10 performed in The X Factor Season 1 Episode 15. Tonight 1 more will go home.

Leroy Bell is safe. Lakoda Rayne is safe, as all of Paula’s one acts are through to next week.

Chris Rene is safe. Melanie Amaro is safe. Josh Krajcik is safe. Marcus Canty is safe.

Drew is safe. Rachel Crow is safe, leaving Simon’s acts in the clear.

That puts Stacy Francis and Astro in danger. Stacy got ripped into last night, perhaps a bit too much. Meanwhile, it doesn’t seem people are buying the Astro hype. I guess it’s cool for what it is, but it’s just too one dimensional, though he’s arguably not alone in that respect.

Between the two, I don’t see how either can win, but going by the judges’ comments so far in the series, I’m assuming they’ll get rid of Stacy before Astro. LA calls Astro a quitter but sticks with his guy and votes against Stacy. Nicole votes for her act and ties the vote against Astro. Paula makes it two votes against Stacy. Simon doesn’t like Astro’s attitude either, to which Astro responds that he doesn’t want to perform for people who don’t want him here. Booing ensues, well deserved. Simon opts to send home Stacy because Astro’s got a better chance of winning, but he just threw it away.

Due to the holiday, the show will be on one day early next week. Creative scheduling again. At least this week we have some warning.

Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of The X Factor Season 1 Episode 17, which airs Tuesday at 8/7c on Fox.

The X Factor Season 1 Episode 15

After two weeks in the bottom, Stereo Hogzz were eliminated in The X Factor Season 1 Episode 14. Tonight the top 10 perform in rock week.

Leroy Bell
Song: We’ve Got Tonight by Bob Seger (this is a rock song?)
LA: Sound great but still not working it.
Paula: Beautiful voice. Needs to be more of a connection.
Simon: Nice song, good voice, unoriginal. Right now, you can’t win.
Nicole: Best you’ve ever sounded.

Rachel Crow
Song: Satisfaction by The Rolling Stones
LA: Can you sell records and tickets? Yes.
Nicole: Perfect song choice. Favorite performance from you.
Paula: Love how you are starting to connect.
Simon: I can see you winning.

Chris Rene
Song: Everything’s Gonna Be Alright by Bob Marley
Nicole: Not my favorite performance by you. Confused.
Paula: Doesn’t matter whether you are the best vocalist. You are original.
Simon: Great. If the theme were reggae music.
LA: Stayed on key.

Stacy Francis
Song: It’s All Coming Back to Me Now by Meat Loaf/Celine Dion
LA: Sang that song really well. I’ll leave it at that.
Paula: Least favorite song you’ve ever performed.
Simon: Horrible song choice. I wanted rock. That was a pebble.
Nicole: Glam rock diva.

Melanie Amaro
Song: Everybody Hurts by REM
LA: That was rock?
Nicole: Sounded beautiful. One of my favorite songs. Every time I hear it, I cry. Didn’t cry tonight.
Paula: Took us to church.
Simon: Reminded me of Adele, Alicia Keys.

Josh Krajcik
Song: The Pretender by Foo Fighters
LA: Authenticity, stage presence, right song, really rocked this house.
Paula: Best performance of the night by far.
Simon: Bloody fantastic.
Nicole: Ultimate rock star.

Astro
Song: Original rap song with I’ll Be Missing You by Puffy Daddy music
Nicole: Are you ready? Yes.
Paula: I don’t think you can suck.
Simon: More maturity and intelligence than some of the older contestants.
LA: Everything it takes to win.

Lakoda Rayne
Song: Your Love by The Outfield/Go Your Own Way by Fleetwood Mac
LA: First time I’ve seen you have fun. Better. Not great.
Nicole: Found your lane. Country rock. Holding back a little bit.
Simon: Complete mess. Stupid choreography, gimmicky. Hope America sticks with you.
Paula: Great job. Most proud.

Drew
Song: With or Without You by U2
LA: Maybe the most original voice of any contestant. But still more of the same.
Nicole: Waiting for the tempo to pick up. Frustrated.
Paula: Take advantage of the genres to show diversity.
Simon: All about being unique and appealing to your fan base.

Marcus Canty
Song: Piece of My Heart by Janis Joplin
Nicole: Lit that stage on fire.
Paula: Take me in all the way.
Simon: Don’t think the song suited you.
LA: You rocked.

Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of The X Factor Season 1 Episode 16, which airs Thursday at 8/7c on Fox.

Survivor: South Pacific Episode 10

Cochran’s old tribe got narrowed down quickly in Survivor: South Pacific Episode 9 with Ozzy being eliminated and then Jim following him.

Upon arrival at Redemption Island, Jim continues his whining. Apparently, there is something wrong with the other tribe sticking together. When can he and Ozzy be officially done already? Obviously, the other tribe has to implode eventually, but that time does not necessarily have to be now nor benefit a hot headed player who may have been able to get farther in the game if he kept his mouth shut once in a while.

Keith, Ozzy, and Jim head to the duel. Yeah, more duels, as if we have not had enough already. I got an idea. Why not just give Ozzy a free pass to the finals? It’ll save you the effort of having to give him 12 chances. The duel is an endurance test of balancing poles on their hands. Whoever wins sticks around. The two losers will be the first and second members of the jury. Brandon is rooting for Jim. Whitney is rooting for Keith. Anybody rooting for Ozzy? No. He’s what you call a free agent. Jim is the first one out. Keith is next. Ozzy stays alive.

With her numbers virtually wiped out, Dawn now acknowledges that she played stupidly.

For the immunity challenge, they will balance a bowl of rice on their heads and race across two teeter totters to fill a container on the other side. Aside from Brandon, the men predictably all fail on their first attempt, while Dawn and Sophie succeed. Whitney and Edna slowly makes their way across before finally dropping near the basket. Cochran is unsurprisingly the most awkward of the bunch. It continues shaping up to be a battle between Brandon, Dawn, and Sophie. Sophie takes the risk of filling her bowl as high as she can, and that’s enough for her to win immunity in spite of Brandon being faster than she is.

Probst warns of a twist at tonight’s tribal council.

Dawn and Whitney realize they’re on the chopping block. Brandon is a loose cannon. Rick is invisible, aside from that one time he cast the deciding vote. Edna is too attached to Coach. That leads them to Albert. Working in their favor, Albert doesn’t care about Edna anyway, as he tried but failed to get rid of her in episode 6. To get Cochran onboard, he tells him that he will be the target when they get down to 7. Albert then approaches Sophie, who voted with him to try to get rid of Edna last time when Mikayla got booted instead.

Coach sees that Albert is playing for jury votes, something that it’s a little early to be doing.

Dawn and Whitney discuss how the people in 5th, 6th, and 7th would be better off flipping than maintaining that status quo. Whitney reiterates that Cochran’s 7th. I’m not so sure of that. If using them for votes makes that much sense, wouldn’t using him for a vote make even more sense in another few nights? 5 and 7 are a lot more important votes than 9. I do agree, however, that there are problems over on that other side. Rick isn’t playing, which makes him unpredictable, and Brandon’s equally unpredictable. Coach and even Cochran for that matter may be in a good spot if they get rid of Dawn or Whitney, but I don’t know what Albert and Sophie plan to do.

I see we have a good chunk of time left as the vote looms. Something time consuming is about to happen.

Votes
Dawn
Edna
Dawn
Edna
Dawn
Dawn
Dawn

With 5 votes, Dawn has been voted off the island.

Now another immunity challenge and another vote. The immunity challenge is based on survival questions.

How much purified water should they drink each day to prevent dehydration?
1 gallon. You’d think everybody would get this right, but Albert, Edna, and Rick do not and are eliminated.

The coconut crab gets its name because its favorite food is coconut. True or false?
True. Cochran and Brandon are out.

The soft, edible flesh found inside a fallen coconut is called what?
Heart of palm. Coach is out.

You should not attempt to remove giant South Pacific clams from the ocean, as they are considered dangerous. True or false?
False. Whitney is out, and Sophie wins immunity.

Well, that was close, but now everybody should be able to breathe easily. Granted, I would think they were smart enough to have planned for this. After all, this was a scenario Cochran came up with in his confessional.

Votes
Cochran
Whitney
Whitney
Whitney
Whitney
Whitney

With 5 votes, Whitney has been voted off the island. Another productive episode.

Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of Survivor: South Pacific Episode 11, which airs Wednesday at 8/7c on CBS.

The Biggest Loser Season 12 Episode 9

Ending a week of twists, everybody jumped at the first chance to get rid of Joe in The Biggest Loser Season 12 Episode 8.

This week they will be competing in a pentathalon. First place prize is immunity; last place penalty is a 1 pound disadvantage. But first they’re going to singles.

Their first task is to rank the others based on how much they think they deserve to win the show. Vinny votes for his friends. Bonnie votes for the teachers. Ramon puts his biggest competition at the bottom. Sunny puts them in alphabetical order. John bases it on weight loss. Antone puts the biggest threats at the bottom.

The second event of five for the week is to run back and forth across a tennis court and place their covers over their opponents’ pegs. Once their three pegs are covered, they’re out. Antone and Sunny eliminate Ramon. Becky and Vinny get rid of John. Antone and John take out Vinny. Bonnie’s eliminated next. Sunny, who has been largely ignored so far, eliminates Antone. Then she finishes off Becky to win. Points are awarded based on the order they finished.

Sunny: 7
Becky: 6
Antone: 5
Bonnie: 4
Vinny: 3
John: 2
Ramon: 1

Dolvett finds himself struggling to push John, who doesn’t trust him, but it looks like his efforts are working as a sweaty John runs 9 miles an hour for 30 seconds.

Event number three is a trivia challenge.

What food group is the body’s best source of energy?
Grains and starches. Ex-NFL player Antone, who ate a lot of potatoes when he was training, is correct.

Which cheese has the least (fewest?) calories?
Mozzarella. Antone, John, Vinny, and Ramon all score a point.

Which of the following fruit contains the most sugar?
Grapes. Becky and Antone score a point.

How many calories must you cut from your daily intake to lose 1 pound a week?
500 calories. It’s simple math. 3500 divided by 7. Speaking of, math teacher Becky is the only person wrong.

2 tsp of sugar and 2 tsp of cream daily could add how much weight to the average person in a year?
10 pounds. That’s why I opt for skim milk and Equal. Becky, Vinny, and Antone are correct.

Which of the following foods has the most calories?
Onions. Twice as much as the other vegetables (mushrooms, asparagus, and broccoli). Antone is correct again.

How many calories can you save by using 4 oz. of lean ground turkey instead of 4 oz. of ground beef?
150 calories. Bonnie is correct, and Antone’s streak comes to an end.

After two events have been scored, the leaderboard is reshuffled. Antone’s strong trivia performance pushes him to the top, while Ramon remains at the bottom.

Antone: 11
Becky: 9
Sunny: 8
Bonnie: 7
Vinny: 7
John: 4
Ramon: 4

The fourth event involves hopping on a float and pulling themselves across a pool using ropes. Ramon finishes in 2:29. John completes it in 2:01 to take the lead. Vinny finishes in 2:08. Bonnie falls immediately after going 2.1 meters. Sunny takes the lead with a time of 1:24. Becky finishes in 2:10. Antone finishes in 2:09, making the difference between third and fifth just 2 seconds.

Antone retains the lead with Sunny bouncing back, while Ramon remains on the bottom.

Antone: 15
Sunny: 15
Becky: 12
Vinny: 12
John: 10
Bonnie: 8
Ramon: 6

Olympian Apolo Ohno joins them for the final event, a 1 mile run. Last place Ramon looks like he may be able to make a dent here. John’s also making a run for it. In third place, Sunny looks competitive enough that she should be able to overtake the leaderboard. On the other end of the scale is Bonnie, who will drop to last. Ramon finishes in a time of 9:10. John completes the course in 10:17. Sunny finishes in 11:10. Antone picks up the pace at the end to finish in 11:42, with Becky right behind him in 11:45. Vinny places sixth with a time of 14:42. Bonnie finishes in last place with a time of 26:28.

Sunny: 20
Antone: 19
John: 16
Becky: 15
Vinny: 14
Ramon: 13
Bonnie: 9

With four events tallied, there’s still the matter of the vote, which could potentially shake things up. Bonnie and Ramon are out of the running for the win, while Sunny and Antone will not lose. Unlike the other events, they will be scored based on the votes, from 0-7. Antone and Becky received votes from everybody. Sunny gets 5 votes. Bonnie, Ramon, and Vinny receive 4. John gets just 1, which does not bode well for his potential support down the road at the ranch. Whether they consider him a threat, not an ally, or some combination, he’s toast if he falls below the yellow line.

Antone: 26
Sunny: 25
Becky: 22
Vinny: 18
John: 17
Ramon: 17
Bonnie: 13

Antone wins the pentathalon and immunity. Sunny’s alphabetical order strategy seems to have backfired. I’ve seen that before. Bonnie receives a 1 pound disadvantage.

Antone: 339 pounds (-9, 2.59%) – over 100 pounds lost
Bonnie: 208 pounds (-5, +1, 1.88%)
John: 310 pounds (-9, 2.82%)
Vinny: 335 pounds (-10, 2.90%)
Sunny: 207 pounds (-9, 4.17%)
Becky: 182 pounds (-4, 2.15%)
Ramon: 273 pounds (-7, 2.50%)

For the first time this season, the yellow line is in play. The two remaining older team members, Bonnie and Becky, have fallen below the yellow line. Bonnie says she’s ready to go home, and she wants to see one of the three teachers win, one of whom is Becky.

Per her request, with 3 votes, Bonnie is not The Biggest Loser. From her starting weight of 254 pounds, Bonnie is down to 186 pounds today for a total of 68 pounds lost.

Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of The Biggest Loser Season 12 Episode 10, which airs Tuesday at 8/7c on NBC.

The Amazing Race 19 Episode 8

A misplaced clue at the road block led to the elimination of Justin & Jennifer in The Amazing Race 19 Episode 7.

Teams depart in the order in which they arrived.

First: Andy & Tommy – 3:12PM
Second: Ernie & Cindy – 3:13PM
Third: Bill & Cathi – 3:26PM
Fourth: Amani & Marcus – 3:34PM
Fifth: Laurence & Zac – 3:36PM
Sixth: Jeremy & Sandy – 3:42PM

Teams will now fly 5000 miles to Copenhagen, Denmark, a location about as different to Africa as you can get. Everybody is guaranteed a flight to Amsterdam, but they are free to negotiate for a different one if they choose. Everyone other than Laurence & Zac chooses the pre-booked flight. Their flight is scheduled to arrive at 8:30PM. At that time of the night, it’s irrelevant, as an hours of operation is pretty much guaranteed, although that close to the north pole, it’s still light out then. The others arrive between 10:30-11PM, aside from Amani & Marcus, who have a morning flight with arrival at 8:20AM. They are greeted by a 7:30AM hours of operation, equalizing everybody other than Amani & Marcus, now over an hour behind. Seems they assumed the morning flight was the best they could get.

After climbing a bell tower, they are directed to the Frederiksborg Slot based on a couple of banners. If you don’t see all of the banners, you will not pick the right one. Jeremy & Sandy are headed to Rosenborg Slot, a restaurant, rather than the castle they are looking for. When they return, they meet up with Amani & Marcus in what now seems to be a two way race for last, though there’s still a double U-turn pending. On their way, they stop and ask for directions, something that Marcus refuses to do until his team is once again in last place.

The road block is a renaissance dance in period costume and music to match. They’ll have to complete three dance routines to finish.

Road block (in order of arrival): Zac, Ernie, Cathi, Andy, Sandy, Amani

Ernie gets through it pretty quickly, and so does Cathi. Not so easy for Zac, which allows Jeremy & Sandy to just about catch up to them. Meanwhile, Andy is being asked if he’s tried this before.

The detour is at Frilandmuseet and is a choice between all hopped up or all churned out. In all hopped up, they must lead a rabbit through a steeplchase course, which apparently is considered a sport in Denmark. In all churned out, they will make butter by hand. Given the option between animals or no animals, the choice becomes clear, though these rabbits seem pretty easy to handle.

Once again, Jeremy & Sandy find themselves lost, which allows them to be passed by Amani & Marcus, who after the U-turn find themselves in fourth.

All hopped up: Amani & Marcus
All churned out: Ernie & Cindy, Bill & Cathi, Sandy, Andy & Tommy, Jeremy & Sandy

Neither of the detours seems particularly challenging, each just requiring a couple of attempts. The real challenge of the day is finding anything.

From here, they will head to Karlstrup Windmill, where they find a double U-turn. They don’t need to U-turn anybody, but Cindy wants to win, so she will U-turn Bill & Cathi. Pointless to make enemies for no reason in a situation where it doesn’t matter anyway because you’re so far ahead of everybody. In turn, Bill & Cathi have U-turned Laurence & Zac because they know they were struggling on the road block.

Havet Ship, a cargo boat converted into a hotel in Copenhagen, is the pit stop for this leg of the race.

First: Ernie & Cindy (win a trip to Fiji)
Second: Bill & Cathi
Third: Andy & Tommy
Fourth: Amani & Marcus
Fifth: Jeremy & Sandy
Eliminated: Laurence & Zac

Unexpectedly, Jeremy & Sandy manage to find the pit stop before Laurence & Zac, recovering from last place and yet another directions blunder. After being lost for a couple hours, Laurence & Zac have been eliminated.

Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of The Amazing Race 19 Episode 9, which airs Sunday at 8/7c on CBS.