TAR19, Recap Leg 8, 11/13/11

Welcome to Leg 8! Last time, on Malawi Makes Me Want to Scream, teams raced across the little country. Amani and Marcus completed a speed bump, Justin and Jennifer stumbled out a t a roadblock, and Ernie and Cindy intelligently use the Express Pass to finish first, but idiotically don’t use the U-Turn, which causes Andy and Tommy to finish first. AGAIN. And Justin and Jennifer are eliminated. Who will be eliminated . . . next? (click for more)

Arrival at the pit stop last episode:
1st – Andy/Tommy, The Snowboarders
2nd – Ernie/Cindy, Team Chinatown
3rd – Bill/Cathi, The Grandparents
4th – Amani/Marcus, Team Football
5th – Laurence/Zac, The Adventurers
6th – Jeremy/Sandy, Team Tryout

Sunbird Livingstonia Beach, Senga Bay, Salima, Malawi

3:12 PM Andy/Tommy (1st)

Clue: In an Amazing Race first, fly 5000 miles to Copenhagen, Denmark! Once there, choose a Ford Focus and drive selves to the Vor Frelsirs Kirke and climb to the top to get your next clue. You may use the provided flight to Copenhagen, or you may search for a better option. CAUTION: Double U-Turn Ahead!

(Toyouke: “Really? They haven't been to Copenhagen yet?” Auburnium0513: “Gee, I wonder what the prizes are going to be for this leg of the race...could it be Ford Focuses?” Kmanpat: “I think the plural is Ford Foci. . .”)

3:13 PM Ernie/Cindy (2nd)
3:26 PM Bill/Cathi (3rd)
3:34 PM Amani/Marcus (4th)
3:36 PM Laurence/Zac (5th) – and Zac mispronounces the name of the city they are flying to. (Toyouke: “Zac. Seriously. Copenhagen.”)
3:42 PM Jeremy/Sandy (6th)

Teams arrive at Lilongwe Airport in the following order:

1- Andy/Tommy
2- Ernie/Cindy
3- Bill/Cathi
4- Laurence/Zac
5- Amani/Marcus
6- Jeremy/Sandy

So, at the airport, Laurence and Zac find a flight to London and think they can get to Copenhagen quicker from there. Of course, Laurence is all shady and mysterious when Ernie and Cindy ask them what they are doing. And Cindy gets irritated. (Toyouke: “I'm not sure what is happening here. Did Laurence and Zac only book to London? Why won't Cindy just stick around and do her own research? Of COURSE they're getting a better flight. Or you could at least double check that! Don't whine that they're shady.”) Everyone else flies to Amsterdam and vies for flights there. When it all shakes down, this is what ends up happening:

Flight 1: Lilongwe to Nairobi to London to Copenhagen via Virgin Atlantic
1) Laurence/ Zac

Flight 2: Lilongwe to Nairobi to Amsterdam to Copenhagen via Cimber Air
1) Andy/Tommy
2) Jeremy/Sandy

Flight 3: Lilongwe to Nairobi to Amsterdam to Copenhagen via Norwegian Air
1) Ernie/Cindy
2) Bill/Cathi

Flight 4: Lilongwe to Nairobi to Amsterdam to Copenhagen via SAS
1) Amani/Marcus – who are the only lazy folk that take the flight handed to them by the producers. (Toyouke: “You assumed everyone would just take the flight they were given? Do you WATCH this show?”)

Teams arrive in Copenhagen in the following order:

1- Laurence/Zac
2- Jeremy/Sandy
3- Andy/Tommy
4- Ernie/Cindy
5- Bill/Cathi
6- Amani/Marcus


Teams then travel in their Ford Foci and arrive at the Vor Frelsirs Kirke in the following order:

1- Laurence/Zac
2- Andy/Tommy
3- Ernie/Cindy
4- Jeremy/Sandy
5- Bill/Cathi
6- Amani/Marcus

However, teams arrive and hit Hours of Operation. So, when the bell tower opens at 7:30 AM, teams rush to the top. In order to get their next clue, teams must find two flags, the one on the tower that reads “Borg Slot” and the one on a nearby building that reads “Frederiks” to put together their next destination, Frederiksborg Slot. (Toyouke: “Haha, "Borg Slot". I'm a nerd.” Auburnium0513: ”I didn't realize that the Borg played slot machines!”)

Teams get the clue in the following order:

1- Bill/Cathi
2- Laurence/Zac
3- Ernie/Cindy
4- Andy/Tommy
5- Jeremy/Sandy – who actually screw up the clue and have to go back to the top.
6- Amani/Marcus – (Toyouke: “Hmm. So...if you waited for the flight the producers gave you, you get there after the place opens.”)

Teams drive in their Ford Foci to the castle and arrive in the following order:

1- Laurence/Zac
2- Ernie/Cindy
3- Bill/Cathi
4- Andy/Tommy
5- Jeremy/Sandy
6- Amani/Marcus

And once they arrive, teams get the ninth roadblock clue.

ROADBLOCK:

“Who’s ready to take a few steps back in time?”

In this roadblock, one team member must don period clothing and learn a three part dance routine. Once it is performed perfectly, the duchess will give them their next clue.

(Toyouke: “Phil! The least you could do is dress in period costume!”)

The following teammates take the Roadblock:

1- Ernie – (Kmanpat: “He’s hot, I want one.”)
2- Zac – Laurence: “He’s a 19 year old boy, he doesn’t know how to dance.” (Kmanpat: “Oh, honey, he’s just not my kind of 19 year old.” Auburnium0513: “It's hard for him to learn because he doesn't WANT to learn.”)
3- Cathi – (Auburnium0513: “Cathi looks so in place in that garb!”)
4- Andy
5- Sandy
6- Amani

After much dancing, teams complete the Roadblock in the following order:

1- Ernie/Cindy
2- Bill/Cathi
3- Andy/Tommy
4- Laurence/Zac
5- Jeremy/Sandy
6- Amani/Marcus

(Auburnium0513: “See, the problem I'd have is I'd want to keep the costume.” Kmanpat: “And I wanted them to get the other teammate dressed up and have to complete the rest of the leg in costume.”)

Teams must now drive themselves to the Freelandmuseet and scour the grounds to get their next clue. (Toyouke: “They have to search the grounds for a postbox? That sounds pretty hard. You know what would make that easier? A PROPER CLUE BOX.”)

Teams arrive and get their clue in the following order:

1- Ernie/Cindy
2- Bill/Cathi
3- Andy/Tommy
4- Laurence/Zac
5- Amani/Marcus – who got lost again heading to the next clue. (Toyouke: “OK, pulling over on the side of the road in the middle of nowhere, to hope someone will stop and give you directions, is pretty stupid. Although I guess you already assumed everyone else would just waste the whole evening without looking for a better flight. So maybe that's not the stupidest thing you've done today.”)
6- Jeremy/Sandy – who also get lost due to Sandy’s bad directions. (Toyouke: “Yes, why didn't Sandy know what direction to go? And why isn't she explaining herself? As much as I hate stupid fights and pointless drama, I kind of think Jeremy and Sandy should scream at each other instead of Jeremy seething in the front seat and Sandy being (acting) oblivious.”)


And we get the Detour Clue.

DETOUR:
All Hopped Up OR All Churned Out
*All Hopped Up: Teams are required to lay out a proper rabbit steeplechase (Kaninhop in Danish) course, then both team members had to pick a rabbit and each run it through the course. Once complete, the animal handler would give them their next clue.
*All Churned Out: Teams use a traditional butter churn to churn cream into butter and use a press to create six sticks of butter. Once approved by the milkmaid, teams will get their next clue.

(Toyouke: “OK, OK, Phil with the bunny does make up for him not wearing tights before. Mostly.”)

1- Ernie/Cindy choose All Churned Out
2- Bill/Cathi choose All Churned Out
3- Andy/Tommy choose All Churned Out
4- Laurence/Zac choose All Churned Out
5- Amani/Marcus choose All Hopped Up – Marcus: “Go bunny! You can do it!” (Toyouke: “Marcus cheering on the rabbit is probably the funniest thing today.”)
6- Jeremy/Sandy choose All Churned Out

Teams complete the detour in the following order:

1- Ernie/Cindy
2- Bill/Cathi
3- Andy/Tommy
4- Laurence/Zac
5- Amani/Marcus
6- Jeremy/Sandy

Teams are now instructed to travel on foot to Karlstrup Windmill.

CAUTION: DOUBLE U-TURN AHEAD

This is a Double U-Turn. Teams may choose to u-turn any team they wish (well, the team has to be behind them), but they may only use the U-Turn once during the race. If a team is u-turned, they must go back to the Detour choices and complete the Detour that they did not complete. This U-Turn is doubled, meaning two teams may U-Turn two other teams. This is the second double U-Turn of the Race.

1-Ernie/Cindy choose to U-Turn Bill/Cathi
2-Bill/Cathi have been U-Turned and choose to U-Turn Laurence/Zac – (Toyouke: “Interesting. "We've been U-Turned so let's make sure someone behind us is also screwed because then we'll have an advantage compared to SOMEONE.")
3-Andy/Tommy cannot U-Turn
4-Laurence/Zac have been U-Turned – and Laurence is upset about it. (Toyouke: “Oh, whatever, Laurence. You tried to U-Turn people yesterday.”)
5- Amani/Marcus cannot U-Turn
6- Jeremy/Sandy cannot U-Turn

So, teams continue through the U-Turn as necessary, and complete additional tasks, which causes teams to leave the U-Turn officially in the following order:

1- Ernie/Cindy – Cindy: “I had to U-turn someone to win the million dollars!” (Toyouke: “But you're not going to win a million dollars on THIS leg, CINDY. See, if Ernie and Cindy had U-Turned the snowboarders last episode, they could have won and not completely wasted the Express Pass.”)
2- Bill/Cathi
3- Andy/Tommy
4- Amani/Marcus
5- Laurence/Zac
6- Jeremy/Sandy

Teams are now instructed to drive themselves back to Copenhagen and find Havet Ship, the PIT STOP of the eighth leg of this racearoundtheworld. The last team to arrive MAY be eliminated!

1- Ernie/Cindy – who win a trip for two to Fiji. (Toyouke: “I kind of wish Ernie and Cindy ended up in second place. But I'm kind of a bitch like that.”)
2- Bill/Cathi – (Toyouke: “So...how did Bill and Cathi beat the boys in to the mat? Or did they let them win when they wouldn't let Ernie and Cindy beat them? Who knows?”)
3- Andy/Tommy
4- Amani/Marcus
5- Jeremy/Sandy
6- Laurence/Zac

And Laurence and Zac are eliminated. Finally. Hot boy is nice, the ridiculous stupidity is not. And Laurence was starting to grate on me. However, they say it was a good experience. (Toyouke: “Oh, don't try to spin your loss with your dumb statements of "I don't need money to be happy." You're both idiots and with the number of dumbass mistakes you've made you should have been out 5 legs ago.”)

ORDER NOW:
1st – Ernie/Cindy
2nd – Bill/Cathi
3rd – Andy/Tommy
4th – Amani/Marcus
5th –Jeremy/Sandy

Next week: Away to Belgium! There’s acting! And Disney World-style teacups. And. . . bodybuilding?!?!? Until next time!