Alas, this is where the rockle/Draelin alliance breaks down. You know why? Models in tuxedos. I’m weak.
Yeah, but … but … OK, yeah, the models looked pretty hot in their tuxedoes. But so did the Chos. I think the Chos might have even looked better, because they’re better-looking boys, IMO. Not the point, though. The point is: Yes, the Models looked nice in their tuxedoes, but they are about as sharp as a sack of wet mice, only luckier.
Which, now that I think about it, isn’t exactly a reason to dislike them, per se. They’re just not quite my cup of tea, I guess. So, we don’t need to look at this as a breakdown in our alliance, necessarily, so much as we look at it as a temporary spilt, due to choosing different Detours. One of us is Chinchillas, and one of us is Flotillas. And I’m OK with that.
Split, even. Argh. The sad thing? I looked up how to spell “tuxedoes.”
I’m not in love with any of the remaining teams, nor do I really hate any of them except maybe 'Bama - but my favorites at this point point have to be the BQ’s. They’ve really been excellent racers; it’d be nice to see an all-female team win; and they’re purty to look at. I know a lot of you find them annoying, but for some reason I totally don’t notice their annoyingness when they wear those little shorts and tank tops.
I can handle that. 
The Chos did look good, and they consistently amuse me more than the models, but the models also have that kinda-Brokeback thing going on that some women find inexplicably attractive. Because we’re gluttons for punishment.
I say we petition for a TAR/Survivor crossover, in which the UberTeam to beat is Ian and Ozzy.
See, I gotta call BS on this. The Models maybe aren’t the sharpest bulbs in the cabbage patch but they’re smart enough to know that they’re in a RACE and that when you’re in a RACE it’s vitally important that you RACE. I’m sure the Chos are perfectly lovely people if one were to meet them socially, but I’m afraid if I ever did meet them socially I would smack them each in their heads because they refused to RAAAAACE.
But yes, all four of them did look quite fetching in their tuxes, and out of them too.
With their arms hanging out like shameless hussies!
All’s I know is that when they win a leg they hop about and hug which makes me very happy. Stupid models cutting into my perving time.
Oh, Chos. There’s a time to be buddy-buddy with the other teams and there’s a time to race. Why couldn’t you have figured that out…
So what are the odds the Chos get a “Rupert Award”?
I have to say, I’ve inexplicably lost interest in this show. I have no idea why, but all of a sudden I am bored by it. I did like that yesterday they had a quiz type question you had to solve (the capital of the country containing Chernobyl), but I really don’t like the needle in the a haystack challenges, and can not, for the life of me, figure out why people still take them.
I must be the only one who likes the BQs. I’d rather see them win than Rob and Kimberly.
I’m pissed the Chos are out, but it was their own fault. I couldn’t believe they waited for the 'Bama Moms after the Tank Roadblock (one of the Coolest RBs EVER!), and was dumbfounded that they stopped to verify directions so often. I’m wondering if they’ve been doing that all along.
The sheet music challenge was faster, and I was absolutely cringing at the rapping even though I had the TV muted. (Wish they hadn’t cut back-and-forth so quickly.) The models and the beauty queens were at the apartment at the same time, but the models got to the mat first.
Would have almost been worth seeing Boston Rob on this leg to watch his head explode rather than put on a Yankee cap.
How did 'bama and the Chos get to the apartment, anyway? The Chos were asking every person in Ukraine for directions, 'bama passed them, and suddenly there they were.
One advantage to forming an alliance, you can hire a cab to lead you someplace and split the cost. Try to be the first car behind the cab.
This’ll be my last episode of the season, but only because I’m going traveling. I’d watch the rest if I could.
- even if one were to overlook their - ehm - decorative advantages, I think they’re one heckuva team.
They’re racing smart, navigating like nobody’s business, generally speaking picking the right challenges. I admire their attitude - they seem to enjoy racing, they take adversity in stride, they have their tempers controlled, they’re riding nobody’s coattails and they stick with their decisions. And so far I haven’t noticed them trying to use their looks to gain undue advantages. Plus, one of them is adept at racing T-64s.
I’ll confess that I did not appreciate the line incident where they somehow arranged for the models to jump ahead of the Alabama team. Bad form, that - luckily, it had no influence on the race.
Then again, I’m no fan of the Alabama team, whose MO seems to attach themselves to anyone who’ll give them an advantage, complain about the poor assistance they’re getting and ditch their helpers if it seems convenient. (My disliking them pretty much guarantee that they’ll win, of course.)
Incidentally, this was one of the few times where the needle-in-a-haystack challenge turned out to be the smart move.
I’m rooting for them now. They annoy me a little bit, but not that much. And I’d love to see an all-woman team win.
My next preference would be James and Tyler. Then Rob and Kimberly. Then the 'Lyns.
My husband and I LOVE the Beauty Queens. We couldn’t care less if they’re cut-throat against their competitors in a race to win a million dollars! Their joy and enthusiasm practically oozes through the screen, so that we feel it too as we watch. They’re unfailingly polite to all the locals in every country they’ve been to; they’re nice to each other; they’re awed and humbled and excited by every destination they visit; they don’t complain about every freaking task, they just have fun, and they’re amazing navigators, to boot. We have fun watching them have fun!
Rob and Kimberly, on the other hand, are ugly, nasty, rude people whose every appearance on screen just grates my last nerve. They’re ugly to each other, they’re rude to the local people, they’re ignorant with an air of superiority about every country and culture they’ve visited. I truly hate them. They are the quintessential ugly American and even as much as I can’t stand the *Lyns, I still would rather see them beat Rob and Kimberly, who make me want to punch them in the face.
My preferred finish order:
- Beauty Queens
- Pretty Boys
- Bama Girls
- Ugly Americans
Agreed. With the Chos gone, the BQs are who I’m actually rooting for, but that doesn’t necessarily mean I like them all that much. They’re good racers and a lot smarter than most give them credit for, but they have their catty moments–which under most circumstances would endear them to me.
My roommate commented last night that she stopped caring who won this time around about three or four episodes ago. I can’t really disagree, but if it’s not worth watching for the teams, it’s at least interesting for road blocks involving tanks.
And next week, there’s horses!
I’m rooting for the BQs too. They make me smile when they get so excited about every little thing, and when they say something stupid.
I have no smiles for the other teams.
What is the proper pronunciation of “Keiv”?
I thought it was kee-ev, and I noticed some locals pronounced it that way. But keeev, was used just as often.
Don’t get me wrong, I’m not denigrating the BQ’s racing skills or abilities. They’re running an excellent race for the most part, processing their stress well and getting the job done. It’s just there’s this steady stream of irritations that come through the TV and of all the teams who’re left they’re the ones who end up being responsible for most of them. They set my teeth on edge and I’m sure they’re completely oblivious to it. I’m not going to weep bitter tears if they win. I cried all my bitter tears when the dirty filthy hippes won last season (although if Bama somehow ekes out a victory this season the ducts may get unstuck). But they’re my third-least favorite team left behind the Models and the Bickersons and I’d be happier if one of them won.
I’m rooting for the Models because I love a love story.
I “corrected” the pronuciation of Kiev repeatedly, before getting a clue–realizing I don’t in fact know how the locals pronounce it.
I was SHOCKED at how quickly teams finished the “needle in a haystack” finding music challenge–and despite the cutting, it musn’t have taken that long for the pianist to play the song. Fun to watch the guys in tuxes listen to the music.
Which would actually make them my second-least favorite team, or my third favorite. Why yes, I did major in English!
I don’t mind the BQs so much. I was irritated with them leaving the crashed car, and the ticket thing, but other than that, I’m mostly irritated with their eyelash fluttering, and helpless act, when they are quite capable racers without out all of the pathetic man aide.
The Bamas don’t bother me as much as they do everyone else either. They’re intense, and a bit bitchy, but they seem ok. Just like the Models.
Actually, the only people I don’t want to win are Rob and Kimberly. He’s a prick and a baby, and she’s a harpy, and baby. I just hate couple who seem to be mutually destructive. Neither one of them seems to like the other very much.