TAR32: November 18 Episode Blog Party

Hopefully our turnout will be a bit better tonight than it was last week. I found out after the fact that the show was against the Country Music Awards show. That could very well be the problem!

Lifeguard SueGee has updated the blog pool to show that both Lifeguard SueGee and I were Philiminated last week. You can see the update at this here link.

I will be updating this entry with the major events as the show airs here on the East Coast. Refresh the page to get the latest news! As always, the real party is in the comments area. I hope to see you there!

Seven teams remain. Who will be eliminated next?

Teams will take a train to Berlin, Germany. They're all on the same train, so it's off to an even start once again.

They have to go to the Berlin Wall (or site thereof). Their clues have them driving themselves around in a Trabant. They have to head to a disco. Apparently Berlin is big on disco and clubbing. Teams have to get in the groove, dancing until the music stops, to get their next clue. They have to get their picture as proof.

Then they're off to a hotel where Phil says there will be a Yield and they'll have the chance to use their hourglasses. Will and James are once again having trouble getting into gear, this time in a Trabant.

It was just brought to my attention that it's two hours tonight.

Is it the clutch on the car or their driving?

NFL is in the lead, they don't yield anyone. The Roadblock is not only rappelling down a building but solving a word scramble as they go. DeAngelo didn't even see the scrambled word going down. He makes a deal with Hung. It turns out the letters are visible as they're being hooked up to rappel, not while they're doing the act. The word is Sauerkraut. Three teams are sticking together -- Hung/Chee, NFL and one other.

Hung and Chee finish first. Detour - Learn beer yoga poses and then teach them Belch it Out or Belt it out, singing a song. 

NFL dudes are learning beer yoga. It's way more complicated than you would think. 

Haley and Kaylynn are once again running the leg in last place. Right now  now Haley is repeatedly doing the rappel, stuck on the word scramble. In her defense, other teams helped each other with the word.

NFL is headed to the next Pit Stop first!

Pit Stop Order:

1. DeAngelo and Gary - won $7,500 each

2. Riley and Maddison

3. Hung and Chee

4. Will and James

5. Eswar and Arpana

6. Leo and Alana

7. Haley and Kaylynn ... saved by the second non-Philimination!

Hmm ... offhand I can't think of any team saved twice by non-Philim legs, but there must have been.

Onto the second episode. Seven teams remain. Who will be eliminated next?

Teams are flying to Kazakhstan. I had to look that one up or spell it wrong!

They have to make a movie stop. A man goes by in flames on a horse. Eep. They have to watch an action sequence then answer questions. Or they have to learn a fight routine.

The Speed Bump for Haley and Kaylynn -- have to apply prosthetic beards to each other.

After the Detour, Yield ahead as they head off to the desert.

In the desert they meet up with camels. Teams must accessorize a yurt -- a movable hut. It is a freezing desert. (I know what this is due to Frankie -- Lily Tomlin -- in Grace and Frankie!) 

No teams have Yielded anyone yet. Argh. Leo and Alana are in last place and Will/James are yelling for next to last Blonds with beards to Yield them. Argh. They do it.

Sigh, Will/James finish the yurt first and are heading to a meat marketplace for their next clue.

The Pit Stop is at the location where the first apple tree grew. Will/James (unfortunately) are headed that way first. They are getting under my skin constantly going after Leo/Alana.

Pit Stop Order --

1. Will and James - won a trip to Las Vegas

Phil tells them the next leg is a mega leg, double everything and two hours for us.

2. Riley and Maddison

3. Hung and Chee

4. Gary and DeAngelo

5. Haley and Kaylynn

6. Eswar and Arpana

7. Leo and Alana -- Philiminated

TAR32: November 11 Episode Blog Party

 

I hope all of you are doing okay despite election anxiety and increased COVID-19 worries! With the election hoopla last week I hadn't even realized it was supposed to be two episodes back to back. Due to all the news (or, at that time, the lack thereof) CBS decided to air election doings instead of the second episode. Not to worry ... the shows will still air in order. I think.

Since the last show was a non-Philiminaton leg, the blog pool remains the same and can be found at this here link.

I will be updating this entry with the major happenings as the show airs here on the East Coast -- refresh the page to get the latest news! As always, the real party is in the comments area. Please feel free to join in on the fun!

Let's get this show on the road ... or in a taxi ... or on a plane!

Yes, they are in order. Good. That would be confusing!

Teams are flying to Paris, France to find their first clue in a town thirty miles away. So far, as they talk, it seems like most know how to drive a stick-shift. The first flight has four teams and the flights are 50 minutes apart.

Uh-oh. Will said he knew how to drive a stick. He doesn't seem to know how. Leo ends up helping them only because they were in the way. Ah, he was trying to go in 3rd gear.

Roadblock - Who has an eye for art? Second most antique paintings after the Louvre. They have to study paintings and match up a costumed person to a painting. They also have to know the artist's name. Maddison and Riley finish first. 

Teams must make filling and fill up four pies. Hmm. That seems out of place. Okay, back to the pies. Riley and Maddison are there. Leo and Alana are there next.

Haley and Kaylynn are lost. 

Whoa! As they deliver the pies, they are pelted with pies.

Next they drive back to Paris to an art museum.

Double Roadblock - Who wants to step right up? Teams must win three marked carnival games to get the next clue.

Speed bump has Haley and Kaylynn cleaning horse tack.

From the arcade it's onto the Pont des Arts bridge in Paris for the Pit Stop.

Now Michelle and Vic are lost.

Pit Stop order:

1. Riley and Maddison - won a trip to Vietnam

2. Hung and Chee

3. Leo and Alana

4. Will and James

5. DeAngelo and Gary

6. Eswar and Arpana

7. Kaylynn and Haley

8. Michelle and Vic -- Philiminated

Yep, I'm now out of the blog pool!

TAR32: November 4 Episode Blog Party

 

I'm not sure if we'll make it through the entire show without having election news updates, but we'll give it a try! The latest blog pool update from that wonderful Lifeguard SueGee can be found at this here link. I am getting better with the names of the teams although I often find myself not knowing who is whom within a same sex team. Progress!

I'll be updating this entry with the major happenings as the show airs here on the East Coast. Refresh the page to get the latest news! As always, the real party is in the comments area. I hope to see you there!

Eight teams remain. Who will be eliminated NEXT?

Teams are flying to Paraguay in South America next. James and Will have an alliance with four other teams. Of course, they are the ones who solidified trouble with Leo and Alana by U-Turning them. Ohh ... Will and James stopped at an Internet place and printed out a map of Paraguay. Gotta give them credit for that move! All teams are on the same flight.

Uh-oh. Taxi problems! 

Who is feeling instrumental? The Landfill Harmonic ... repurpose items from a landfill to make a cello. It's an actual place where they use discarded items to make musical instruments for the community.

Leo might have an advantage as he grew up around stringed instruments even though the other teams are helping each other. DeAngelo finishes first though. They have to take a taxi to their next clue and it tells them to keep their hourglass handy as there is a Yield.

Teams have to prepare a national beverage, fill a thermos with it and carry it through the rest of the leg.

Detour - Stacking watermelons or balancing bottles on their heads. Both challenges have been done before in previous seasons. It turns out Will and James had practiced balancing bottles on their heads after watching the show.

So far no one has Yielded anyone.

The Pit Stop is Plaza Italia (?)

Pit Stop order --

1. Will and James - won $5,000 each

2. Michelle and Victoria

3. Leo and Alana

4. Riley and Maddison

5. Eswar and Aparna

6. Hung and Chee

7. DeAngelo and Gary

8. Kaylynn and Haley -- NON-PHILIMINATON LEG!

All teams still in it to win it.

BB22: Season Finale Blog Party - Oct. 28

 

Yes! I know it's only been 85 days but this season really dragged on! I haven't even updated the live feeds the past few days because the three remaining hamsters have been so boring!

Oh, as a reminder -- SueGee has updated the blog pool and these people are the only ones remaining: 

Nicole Franzel -- Micaela, Sally, Defnotadoge, Deirdre 

Enzo Palumbo -- dia, Glenn Allen, Rbennie, Dolores 

Cody Calafiore -- Shannon, Chacha, Jackie <--- YES! I'm still in it!

Tonight we will see the taped Part Two of the three-part HOH final comp. It will be Enzo against Cody. The winner of the second part goes up against the winner of the first part (Nicole) in the live Part Three on the show. The winner of the third part chooses who will go to the final two with him or her. 

I don't know how they're going to work the jury questioning. I'm assuming that it might be video. The Final Three have already gotten the word that, due to the pandemic, their families will not be in attendance. It's all gonna be very weird.

I will update this entry with the major events as the show airs here on the East Coast. Refresh the page to get the latest news! As always, the real party is in the comments area -- please feel free to join in on the fun!

Previously on ... yawnsers. 

The jury is seated spaced apart however they've all been together in the jury house!

Ohh ... Julie is showing off her shoulders tonight! 

Part Two of the HoH comp is starting. All previous hamsters, balance beam. Vacation, set up cardboard cutouts, take a photo of evicted HG matching with correct clue, camera hogs while on balance beam cannot be in photo. It's called Camera Hogs. Enzo went up first, made some errors. Cody seems to have a decent plan.

The times ... Enzo 37.38. Cody 4.49 --- CODY REALLY WINS THE SECOND PART OF THE HOH! Enzo is not taking it well. He feels he let himself down as well as anyone supporting him. He says he's ready to go, take his third place and head home.

Julie points out that the final three have made many promises. Enzo is sure the game will go to Cody and he will take Nicole. He's having a bit of a hissy fit. It's not aimed at Cody, more at himself. Nicole questions Cody to see if he will take her if he wins.

Now we're into Enzo trying to make Nicole think it's a better idea to take him to the final two over Cody.

They have family videos cheering on the hamsters.

The jury discusses the final three. Christmas arrives at the jury house. Da'Vonne thinks jury management is a big thing. Perhaps bigger than comp wins. Da'Vonne is taking Nicole's actions seriously. Dani speaks up for Nicole. The consensus is that they think Enzo and Cody don't think a previous winner can win. They have a lot of good things to say about Enzo. Memphis and Kevin talk about Cody's bad jury management.

Time for the third part of the HoH comp -- Nicole versus Cody. Vinyl Exam, watch a video, three statements. Eight questions. True or false on three statements. Asked which one is false.

1. Cody gets a point

2. Both score

3. Both score

4. Both score

5. Both score

6. Both score

7. Both score

8. Both score

CODY WINS PART THREE AND IS THE FINAL HOH!

He has to choose between his final two deals. 

Nicole - Ride or die since the start, would not cut you

Enzo - From day one, bro. Everything I did was for you.

Cody evicts NICOLE!!!!

She's crying to Julie. She was sure Cody would take her and didn't see it coming at all. She seems in shock. 

So, the Final Two are the Jersey Boys -- one is my blog pool pick and the other lives not really far away from me.

Jury questioning from the backyard --

Nicole joins them. Julie tells them that Cody won the final HoH.

Tyler - Cody, well-rounded game and how? Comps and social game and alliances, multiple final deals to play differently. Not saying anything bad about Enzo.

Ian - Enzo, same question. Used Cody as a weapon. I didn't have to win anything. Played awesome. Never on the block. Social game. Some comps.

Kevin - Cody, benefited from alliances, three things you can take ownership of that we don't know. Ian going home. Having Tyler target Dani, then target Tyler right after.

Da'Vonne - Enzo, outside of social game and winning comps. Strategy? Make everyone love me and not target me. Never!

Christmas - Cody, all star did your game evolve from the first time? Yes, had the social aspect and no strategy the first time. Actually planned strategically this time.

Memphis - Enzo, same question. Won only one comp last time. Won three comps early in the first 23 days this time. Mixed with social game.

Dani - Cody, outside of HoH weeks, how did you influence what happened in the house? Advised Tyler, shifted focus to Da'Vonne over Kevin. 

David - Enzo, goodbye messages told us you wanted us to stay. Why didn't you own it? Whoever stayed, I was in an alliance with or had an agreement with. 

Nicole - Cody, why? Contemplated taking you, both were crucial to my game. Went back and forth. You won before. Not an easy decision. 

The speeches ...

Enzo - I finally made final two. Indebted to Cody. I used him to get there. I was not a target. Proud. Kids are proud. Did it for Pop Dukes. Means a lot to me.

Cody - Enzo did sit on the block in the final two. I did not. Had to change my game completely. Strategy, relationships, allies. Three of my final twos in the final five. Played well-rounded. More deserving than the first time I played.

Time to vote:

Ian, Da'Vonne, Kevin, David, Dani, Tyler, Memphis, Christmas, Nicole..

The pre-jurors join them next.

Julie asks questions.

Kaysar - Committee members why couldn't you get those not in that alliance to band together? Wanted to get people to shake things up. Went after Cody because Cody opened up the game.

Tyler - Slick Six was it real? Or done to keep numbers away from Janelle and Kaysar? It worked for as long as it could.

Bayleigh - Slick Six? Should never existed. She didn't trust it.

Kevin - Biggest regret? Not winning stuff and not working with Janelle and Kaysar.

Janelle - Who were the ones you knew you had to target? Enzo and Cody. Wrote it down even.

Ian - Biggest shock? Dani nominated me.

Memphis - Same question? The triple.

Dani - Shocked at triple? Blindsided more that she left than the triple itself. Good move that Cody took out Nicole.

Keesha - What surprised you the most? Cody does not know my name! He says it was a joke.

The votes to win:

Ian - Cody

Da'Vonne - Cody

Kevin - Cody

David - Cody

Dani - Cody 

CODY WINS BB22!

They are greeted by the jurors when they walk out. All were in the "BB Bubble."

Julie tells us the vote was unanimous, the second time only (Dan).

AFP - Top two are Tyler and Da'Vonne. Da'Vonne gets it!

TAR32: October 28 Episode Blog Party

 

Are you ready to race through a full block of television? We have this hour of The Amazing Race followed by the two-hour season finale of BB22. Yikes! I have it set for my BB22 post to appear at 8:55pm ET, so please be sure you are on the right show post.

For those who want refreshers on the teams and the blog pool, you can find the update with teams links right at this here post.

I'm still a bit fuzzy on the team names, but will do my best to update this post with the major happenings on the show. Please refresh the page to get the latest news. As always, the real party is in the comments. I hope to see you there!

Teams were last in Bogota, Colombia. All still have hourglasses that can Yield a team for either ten minutes or twenty. All teams are using Travelocity flying to Brazil. They're heading to the "Jungle City" and will be near/on the Amazon for the first time on the show.

The male dating couple -- Will and James -- is pondering using their hourglass to slow down Leo and Alana because that couple helped another team in one of the challenges. Will and James team up with the Volleyball brothers -- Maddison and Riley -- to work together. (Dang. I have to look up the names! Gah!) There. I looked them up.

Their clue leads them to a market. They have to buy items on a list, all eleven items and all are in Portuguese. I'm not understanding why teams didn't just enlist the help of a local to fulfill the quest. While some of the teams are kind of working together, it's very chaotic. After they get all the items, they have to go to the dock manager.

Teams go on the Amazon next and meet up with a chief who's going to show them something with a blowgun. EEP. Some teams aren't reading the clue and are trying to get on the boat without all the items. Others have to return to the market because they've lost/misplaced or other teams took some of their items.

Whoa, the chief blowguns a Detour clue. They have to collect materials and assemble a new roof for the chief's father or prepare a meal to the satisfaction of the chief. Oh, geez, the father and son got there and didn't have their bags. Michelle and Vic tried to call out to them before they got there but they couldn't hear what they were shouting.

Volleyball helps out football with the roof.

Will and James finish first. The next clue tells them there's a Double U-Turn ahead. They U-Turn Leo and Alana. Hung and Chee do not U-Turn anyone. Haley and Kaylynn saw Leo and Alana were U-Turned and they U-Turned Jerry and Frank to help them from being last.

Oops. Michelle and Vic left their clue by the clue box.

Pit Stop Order

1. Will and James - won a trip to Bali.

2. Hung and Chee

3. Kaylynn and Haley

4. Maddison and Riley

5. DeAngelo and Gary

6. Eswar and Arpata

7. Michelle and Victoria

8. Leo and Alana

9. Jerry and Frank ... Philiminated

They were the father/son team. I had hoped they would do better just because.