Five teams remain. Who will be eliminated next?
Yes, that is the question.
Teams had their mandatory rest period at the Madagascar Pit Stop where we last left them. As they arrived first, Dustin and Kandice (Evil Beauty Queens) were the first to leave at 2:56 AM. The Alabama Moms, Lyn and Karlyn, were the last team to leave at 3:55 AM, so we're talking an hour between first and last place. It's still a tight race at this point.
The clue they received directed them to fly to Helsinki, Finland. They had a total of $265 for this leg of the run. But flying to Helsinki isn't as easy as it sounds like it should be. Due to the lack of flights out of Madagascar, the show would arrange for flights to Paris and then the teams would be responsible for making the connecting flights to their destination.
Upon reading the destination, one of the Beauty Queens said, "Don't they wear wooden shoes?" I just looked at my cat and sadly shook my head.
At the airport, it didn't take the teams long to figure out there may be a quicker way to Helsinki. They found out a flight to Johannesburg could connect them more quickly to Helsinki than the Paris connection, so all teams made a go at it. The 'Bama Moms barely squeaked aboard to the delight of the ChoBros (Erwin and Godwin), much to the chagrin of the Beauty Queens and the Rehabbed Model Boy Toys (Tyler and James).
Once in Helsinki, teams had to locate the Kapeli Restaurant where they'd face the inevitable AOL "You've Got Mail!" clue of the season. This year it wasn't so much of a clue as it was a taste of home — video messages from family and friends. I know it's all touching and emotional, but didn't I just go through the same ordeal (or similar) on Survivor this week? Sheesh. After they saw the videos, the next clue was given to them by the restaurant manager.
They had to take a train to a school, the name of which I couldn't spell if my life depended on it. Shoot me now. Despite varying degrees of manners and lack thereof, all the teams ended up on the same train. Oh, the ChoBros were the polite ones, just in case you couldn't guess. Alabama just cut in front of the queue at the taxi stand and made me cringe once again. I know they're in a race, but they're also Americans in a foreign land. I must say it again. Sheesh.
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Article comments
1 - Joan Hunt
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2 - Vee
Jackie
I just recently came across your blog on the Amazing Race. I wish I could meet you in person because your comments on the Race and the Teams closely mirror my own feelings. I know Mary and David were a weak team but I missed on this last episode. I'm backing the ChoBros to win the race. The Alabama team just makes me cringe. I'm embarrassed by them on so many levels - as an African-American woman; a Southerner, etc. The Bama girls seem to think being in a race is all the excuse they need for bad behavior. I'm hoping that the bad behavior won't be rewarded with them taking the prize.
3 - Ty
It's funny you call them the Evil Beauty Queens. I find one of them cute, and the other is quite ugly and has a horse face. I get the names confused, but the ugly one should be in the WNBA, not the Amazing Race.
Of course no one is more ugly or hideous than that Mary beast that was from Kentucky. Do you really want to be on CBS national television with that body, face, and especially those rotten teeth??????
4 - Ty
As for Rob and Kimberly, Rob is very annoying, rude to people because they don't speak english well (but we've seen this tons of times throughout the seasons of TAR), and he gets psycho with that Kimberly chick. I don't like them all that much.