The Amazing Race (Now Season 25 chat)

[Kelda]

I think Mika is petty much a dumb blonde!! And Caanan - way to fly off the handle with that taxi driver and the person trying to help them! WE'VE JUST BEEN TO THE ADDRESS HOTEL!!!

I think Erica & Bryan are really fun together and I like the dad & son and the Globetrotters too.

[Kelda]

Forgot to comment on last weeks episode ..

Mika = absolute baby. What was that all about? Even if you ahve a fear of heights and cant swim its not an onerous task...

Caanan - he sghouldn't have tried to push her down but to be fair I'd have been gettign well annoyed with her too

Globetrotters = were fighting to stay alive and I think they were playing the game well. Dont have an issue with the encouragement from the sidelines. But what was the tall one thinknig with the brief case?! Its 7.35!!!!

As for this weeks episode...

Flight Time and Big Easy really got into their dance - they just get more awesome!

As for next week's challenge – the hay rolling from Season 6 when Lena & Kirtsy got kicked out! – I had heard they were repeating one of the hardest roadblocks and I assumed it was the eating challenge from season 7 when almost everyone took a 4 hour penalty rather than eat the stuff - It is nice to see that at least some of the Racers have actually watched previous seasons (in that they remember the poor sisters) as opposed to some of the plucked-from-an-LA-bar teams to whom we've been subjected in recent years. I liked how the brother was like WHY ARE YOU TELLIN ME THAT!? DON’T TELL ME THAT!!!

I liked seeing everyone laugh it up and getting along as they waited at the Dubai airport for their flight to Amsterdam. (And I liked Gary’s comment about Matt being adopted after the brothers revelation of both being gay!!) They used to show that camaraderie at the Pit Stop quite often while Phil's voiceover explained about the mandatory rest period, but I don't recall seeing that lately.

I was surprised how quickly everyone (with the exception of Ericka) counted the bells--the camera angles made it look like a confusing multi-tiered nightmare. I loved the editing when Megan and the brother were yelling back and forth to each other while the bells were drowning them out and Matt just calmly counted the bells, moved past them, and went down the steps with the right answer!

Also Erica – super freak out and Bryan was GREAT with her – I would have screamed at her lots.. !

I felt sorry for the poker girls a bit but I think they should have stuck with the golf task the first time and I think they’d have eventually got it. But they have had lots of chances and close shaves so I wasn’t too disappointed to see them go.. plus they have lots of £££s anyway.

Production must have felt sorry for the girls.. cos suddenly Tiffany  was wearing her zippy top that she didn't dive into the water with in the bag with her clogs...

[Meryl]

Kelda, I bow to your in-depth analysis!

I had to chuckle at Ericka.  She was so submissive and grateful to Bryan for being understanding, then by the end she was ragging on him again. 

I had to shake my head when the poker girls went back to trying to ring the bell instead of finishing the golf.  Big mistake.  But like you said, they've had a charmed life and didn't do badly overall.

I love my Globetrotters! 

[Kelda]

Kelda, I bow to your in-depth analysis!

 

Btw.. here's the season 6 version of the haytask.. they're doing it at the same field and everything this time aroundLena was awesome. A real trouper.

[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i8ZS6ZPM0Nk[/youtube]

[David In Indy]

I remember this hay roll deal. And according to the previews somebody runs into problems this time around too!

I can't believe they are going back and repeating a challenge. Especially a very difficult one like the hay roll. It should be interesting though.

The poker girls would have done MUCH better in Holland had they not changed their minds so often. They probably could have rang the bell eventually. One of them was very close to doing it towards the end. And then they changed their minds...

Sam and Dan are doing very well and so are the Globetrotters. Those are the two teams I am rooting for.

[David In Indy]

Did you notice they didn't go to Africa this season? Nor did they go to Australia or New Zealand. Maybe they will head to Africa after they leave Sweden. I can't believe they skipped an entire continent! And I would have loved to see them go back to either New Zealand or Australia.

They haven't been to South America yet either....

I hope they go to at least one or two of those places!

[Kelda]

They dont always do every continent in every season..they normally do some sort of circle so they're now making their way back to the US via various countries.

I know where they go as I've seen the spoilers but I wont tell you where!!

 

Im really looking forward to seeing the hay task again and see who freaks..

[jstephens9]

Bumping.. cos TAR starts next week!

And the cast list is up.

It includes brothers Sam and Dan who are both gay and came out to each other last summer. (And bonus! Both cuties!!)

http://www.cbs.com/primetime/amazing_race/

Thanks for the Sam and Dan videos Kelda!!! Yes I am watching......haven't missed an episode yet. I just haven't been on here much. I have been for Sam and Dan since Week 1. GO TEAM SAM AND DAN!!!

[David In Indy]

They dont always do every continent in every season..they normally do some sort of circle so they're now making their way back to the US via various countries.

I know where they go as I've seen the spoilers but I wont tell you where!!

 

Im really looking forward to seeing the hay task again and see who freaks..

Apparently they remain in Europe for next week....

Did you watch the previews? Did you hear what he said?

"Candle A bra"

Candle a bra?

God! Even I know what a candelabra is! And I'm from Indiana! Hoosiers are supposedly the stupidest people in the whole country!

That's what THEY say!

I may be an ignorant Hoosier, but I know what a candelabra is!

[David In Indy]

Thanks for the Sam and Dan videos Kelda!!! Yes I am watching......haven't missed an episode yet. I just haven't been on here much. I have been for Sam and Dan since Week 1. GO TEAM SAM AND DAN!!!

They were bitching at each other waaaay too much! If I were Sam, I would have walked over there and knocked Dan upside his head with his loud bitching ass!

God, why wouldn't he shut up? At least they made it through...

And it was a non elimination round which was good news for Gary and Matt.

That hay roll is the great equalizer. It doesn't matter if you are first or last... everyone has problems with that challenge. Personally I think it is better to come in there later, after many of those hay rolls have already been spent. And those who arrived there first are already tired and exhausted.

Not TOO late though...