TAR - All Stars Episode 6

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If you haven't yet seen (and you intend to see) episode 6 of The Amazing Race Series 11 – All Stars Edition (TARAS), do not read any further!


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(Bevis’s intro begins)

The last TARAS episode we saw here in Australia ended with Uchenna & Joyce being the last team to reach the Pit Stop but the first team to be safe from elimination on the All Stars edition of the show. The Pit Stop was located on the grass out the front of the Fortaleza de Maputo (literally, ‘Strength of Maputo) in Maputo, Mozambique.

The Detour for this leg was ‘Solve It’ or ‘Schlep It’. In ‘Solve It’, teams had to make their way one third of a mile to the Beyt al Chai hotel where they would put together a 62-piece puzzle that recreates an image from a style of local artwork known as Tinga Tinga. In ‘Schlep It’, teams made their way one mile to the Kijangwani Lumber Yard. Once there, they had to choose a local handcart and load two 50-pound logs into their cart. Once loaded, teams had to travel more than a mile to deliver the logs to a shipyard.

This leg's Roadblock had one team member learn how to use a traditional wooden weapon called a rungu used by members of the Maasai people by throwing it 65 feet to destroy clay targets in order to retrieve their next clue from inside.

For the record, this was the order in which the teams reached Phil on the mat last episode, and the order in which they started this leg of the Race:

1. Charla & Mirna
2. Dustin & Kandice
3. Teri & Ian
4. Oswald & Danny
5. Joe & Bill
6. Eric & Danielle
7. Uchenna & Joyce


Note: If you're already ahead of this point in the series, please refrain from giving any spoilers in your comments. Thank you.

As always, I’ll provide my thoughts on each team in this episode, listing them in the order in which they arrived at the Pit Stop (hence the 'Spoiler Alert!').

(Bevis’s intro ends)

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1. Charla & Mirna


Last week: 1
This week: No change

They’ve done it again! I have to say that for the most part I didn’t find this episode very interesting as half of it was spend at the airport. As I’m writing this a couple of days after seeing the episode I can’t be sure of all the details, but I think everyone was told of a certain flight and then told that they had the option of finding a quicker way. Charla & Mirna were the first couple to take a risk and put fly to a destination knowing that they were only on a standby list to the connecting flight. This risk paid off big time and put and kept them way ahead of everyone else.
An amusing part of the episode was seeing Charla throwing up over the sick of a boat due to seasickness.


2. Oswald & Danny


Last week: 4
This week: Up two places

These two were my vote for dumbest team this week, as they were in first place, but decided they had enough time to stop at a market and buy some fruit. That is the only reason they ended up coming second.

3. Uchenna & Joyce - ”Marked For Elimination” (but SAFE!)


Last week: 7
This week: Up four places

As these two finished last in the non-elimination leg and didn’t finish first in this leg, they had to wait for 30 minutes after they reached Phil, before being checked-in. In spite of this no one overtook them while they were waiting, so they didn’t pay much of a penalty. Good on them I guess.

4. Dustin & Kandice


Last week: 2
This week: Down two places

I don’t recall them doing anything noteworthy.


5. Eric & Danielle


Last week: 6
This week: Up one place

These guys had the worst luck this episode! The worst thing that happened to them was that they were told that they had got a couple of standby seats, got onto the plane, were all set to takeoff, when they were told that there was a mistake and they had to get off the plane. This stuffup ensured that a couple of other teams would finish ahead of them.

6. Joe & Bill


Last week: 5
This week: Down one place

I really wish they had finished last this week. I don’t even know why or how they are still in the race.


7. Teri & Ian: ELIMINATED!


Last week: 3
This week: Down four places

Between the two last teams the most likeable one was bound to go. Ian was really showing his stubborn side in this episode and insisted on sleeping at the airport despite Teri disagreeing with the idea. Turns out it made very little difference. At least now they can go back to Florida, or wherever old Americans go.


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Last week's tips:

First Team: Eric & Danielle. (Wrong)
Last Team: Teri & Ian. Correct!
Biggest Argument: Eric & Danielle. (Wrong)
Smartest Team: Danny & Oswald. (Wrong)


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Next week's tips:

First Team: Danny & Oswald.
Last Team: Joe & Bill.
Biggest Argument: Charla & Mirna.
Smartest Team: Danny & Oswald.



If you haven’t already done so, check out the review of this same episode that BEVIS posted on his blog.


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