Watching Reality TV

If you want to catch up on last week’s episode, check out this post.

This week we’re departing from Bingo in Burkino Faso.  Where will we visit tonight?  Azaria and Hendekea leave first and must go to a nearby village to find the chief and get their next clue (and a welcome gift).  The gift is… a chicken.  Their gift is placed in a bag and then they get their clue.  Must take a taxi nearly 100 miles to another town where they search for the next clue.  Oh, and they need to have the chicken with them all day.  Fun!  So chances are, we’re staying in Burkino Faso, sounds like.  It would be weird to have to drag a chicken around everywhere.  Nathan and Jennifer usurp Azaria and Hendekea while she’s in the bathroom.  They find the Detour!  Shake Your Pan or Shake Your Booty.  One is physical in nature, the other a little more creative.  Nathan and Jennifer are first up for Shake Your Booty and the judges were not impressed.  They weren’t creative so they get a 10 minute penalty.  Ouchies!  Nicolas and Donald choose Shake Your Pan wile A&H take their hand at dancing.  And they do a lot better than Nathan and Jennifer.  The judges like it and they get their next clue.  Now they need to go back into the village and find a market.  There is also a U-Turn at the end of the Detour.  If they choose to use it (and can only use it once), they can make someone of their choosing go do the other side of the Detour.  A&H pass it up.  They go to ANOTHER market back in the city they originally flew into.  Whew!

The goths do a great dance routine and are easily passed on to the clue.  The judges deem them “wonderful” (is this “Dancing with the Reality Stars”?).  Shana and Jennifer do a “Britney Spears” themed dance which gets applause from the crowd but is definitely cringe worthy.  They’re passed though, so there’s that.  Shana and Jennifer then choose to U-Turn Lorena and Jason. Ha!  TK and Rachel are just happy it’s not them.  Of course, Shana and Jennifer thought TK and Rachel were Lorena and Jason so that’s why they yielded them.  D’oh!  A&H and Nathan and Jennifer arrive at the market and find a Roadblock.  It involves goats, which should tell you something.  Basically, they have to deliver supplies on a bicycle.  Sounds like it could be frustrating.  Goat in a basket.  They’re like baby goats and they’re all crammed into these laundry basket type things and it’s just kinda sad.  But you know, it’s “The Amazing Race” and all.  A&H finish their delivery pretty well and get the clue ushering them forth the next pitstop.  Looks like much nicer digs than they had the previous night, so there’s that.  Nathan and Jennifer are right behind them and it’s a race to finish in first.

Meanwhile, Lorena and Jason are doing the Shake Your Pan portion of the Detour.  I admire how they just sucked it up and did it, thought they have to be frustrated by the Blonds.   Jennifer, to her credit, isn’t happy about the U-Turning, wishes they hadn’t used it.  But it was Shana’s decision who is determined that is a perfect strategic move.  It is literally a foot race to the pitstop and A&H came in first by literally a split second.  Jennifer is very bitter that they didn’t get first place, after A&H had already come in first once before.  Uh, doesn’t work that way, dear.  It’s unrealistic to expect them to hold back and let another team come in first.  Dur.

Lorena and Jason (being awfully positive this leg, by the way) are speeding towards the Roadblock as other teams do their task and hurry to the pitstop.   Vyksin reveals that Africa is starting to get to her.  It’s hard to see that this is how people live.  Shana and Jennifer have a difficult time finding where to deliver their goods to.  They worry they’ll soon be passed up by the team they U-Turned.  That’s called karma, girls.  Lorena and Jason are getting a little worried.  Christina and Ronald race to the pitstop, followed closely by Nicolas and Donald.  TK and Rachel finish their Roadblock as do Shana and Jennifer. The Blonds hurry to the pitstop while Rachel gets lost on her way back to the market.  Kynt and Vyksin finish in fifth place (with their chicken!).  Shana and Jennifer finish in fifth place (karma wasn’t too mean to them, as it happens).  TK and Rachel are finally on their way to the pitstop as Lorena and Jason arrive at the market.  They are still staying positive, which I love.  TK and Rachel finish in 7th place and are thrilled to be in it still.  Lorena gets a little sad on the way to the pitstop and Jason reassures her they’ll make a million dollars some other way.  They definitely seem to have grown closer through all this.  They arrive, predictably, last.  And they are eliminated.  She has learned to take things slower.  Too bad, I liked them a lot better this week.