The Amazing Race 34: 'Everyone's an Artist' Episode Blog Party

 

Last week was NOT a non-Philimination despite the fact that no one went home. This week is a continuation of that second leg. Apparently, that's how they are going to fill out the season without elimination legs thrown in. Um. Okay.

I will be live blogging 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!

The Wonderful Lifeguard SueGee updated the blog pool for last week and it's still good this week! Cool! Who's your team?

Abby & Will -- Jasonuwp, Krysta Gibson, Marthalight

Aubrey & David -- Donna in FL, Dr Celine, Skyriverblue

Derek & Claire -- Beachbound Gmom, ChicMc, Donna NY

Emily & Molly -- Joanne Victoria, Judi Sweeney, Sharon N

Glenda & Lumumba -- Glenn Allen, Indiana Jane, Petals

Luis & Michelle -- Andi, Mikes Girl, RJMnSC

Linton & Sharik -- Cheryl in NC, Jackie, Willie J

Marcus & Michael -- Brenda, Chrob61, Nickelpeed

Quinton & Mattie -- Donna in Alabama, monty924, Sharon C

Rich & Dom -- David, Kelsey NY, Nora M, Sue

PHILIMINATED

Aastha & Nina - No one was assigned to this first gone team.

Tim & Rex

Race fans ready? Let's GO!

Two Detours, two Roadblocks, two cities. And we've only finished the first ones. Well, they. And, not all of they.

The second city in Florence, Italy. Marcus and Michael are in the lead heading to the second half of the mega-leg. 

Marcus/Michael have found the first clue and are followed immediately by sisters Emily/Molly. Roadblock - who wants a chiseled body? Use tools, chisel out a block to reveal a sculpture hidden inside, it will be inspected. Luis/Michelle arrive to the Roadblock next. Then Linton/Sharik - this is the first Roadblock she has done. Abby/Will next. Quinton/Mattie. Aubrey/David. Derek/Claire.

Rich and Dom are once again not doing well. I'm really getting a poor opinion of Dom -- she picked on Rich's driving, whined about her bag and is flipping out at the Roadblock. Lumumba/Glenda beat them to the Roadblock.

The sisters get the next clue first. Detour. Eye for Fashion, find three fashion shoots, see sketches, match. Or Window of Opportunity - pick up three things for diners from windows throughout the city.

Dom thinks she could take a four-hour penalty instead of doing the sculpture. She keeps saying it's not her and she can't do it. @@ D'oh! NOW she reads the clue and realizes it doesn't take art talent!

The sisters and brothers teams end up together at one fashion shoot. The girls seem much more comfortable with the Detour.

Sharik is ready to give up. Oh, NOES! They are my blog pool team! Linton hopefully will talk some sense into his daughter. Linton tells us that they are not quitters! She's acting like a spoiled brat.

Lumumba/Glenda finish the Roadblock leaving just Dom/Rich there. Oh, well. I don't think either team will win, but like Lumumba and Glenda's enthusiasm and drive more.

The brothers Michael and Marcus are on the way to the Pit Stop following the girls.

The Pit Stop order:

1. Emily/Molly - won Expedia trip to Australia.

2. Marcus/Michael

3. Abby/Will

4. Luis/Michelle

5. Quinton/Mattie

6. Aubrey/David

7. Derek/Claire

8. Glenda/Lumumba

9. Linton/Sharik - she whines she wants to go home. Phil gives them a choice. Linton wants to carry on, so she stays.

10. Rich/Dom - Philiminated.

Survivor 43: 4th Episode Blog Party - October 12

 

Good evening, Survivor fans!

The Amazing Race is after this show later tonight at 10PM EDT and a separate blog entry will be up for that. So, I will have an hour's rest between blogging shows tonight. Cool!

I will be live blogging 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 section. I hope to see you there!

This is getting interesting -- at this point the Vesi tribe is down to four and cannot afford to lose another member. Coco is still standing at full strength while Baka is down one member. I would think something should be happening soon to shake up the tribes even though it's too early for a merge.

The Esteemed Lifeguard SueGee has updated the blog pool -- check it out to find your castaway!

Vesi Tribe (Red)

Cody       Cheryl in NC, ChicMc

Noelle     MikesGirl, Tammy

Jesse       AprilW, Donna in AL

Dwight    Petals, Skyriverblue,

Coco Tribe (Blue)

Lindsay     David, Marthalight, 

Cassidy     Cherrypie, Kelsey NY, 

Geo        Jasonuwp, Dr Celine

Karla       Glenn Allen, monty924

James     DonnaNY, Krysta Gibson

Ryan       John Cantrell, Jackie

Baka Tribe (Yellow)

Gabler     Donna in FL, Joanne Victoria

Owen    Mike Barer, SueGee

Sami      Brenda, Indiana Jane

Elie         Nickelpeed, Nora M

Jeanine     Laura, Auntie Leigh

Snuffed Out

Morriah 

Justine

Nneka    

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It was a dark stormy night. Noelle is thanking the others for keeping her over Nneka. Cody, of course, is the most vocal about them being dead last. 

Over on Baka, Gabler is putting palm fronds on people for protection? Hmm. He's getting on Elie's nerves. If he keeps telling others how to make a fire when they are already making fire. Gabler knows Elie went through his bag.

Right to a challenge already. It's for Reward. Knocking blocks off ledge with sandbags, one walks on the blocks, others throw sandbags on swing platforms.  Playing for ten fresh fish delivered to camp, can go to one other camp and steal an item. Ryan is doing poorly for Coco.

VESI ACTUALLY WINS!!!

Since they have no flint, the fish isn't a great reward. They are not allowed to steal the other camp's flint. So, they trade the reward for fruit. 

Cody volunteers to go. Cody thinks they should go for fishing gear. Meanwhile, the other two tribes are worried that they will be raided. Baka thinks Coco should be raided because they have a full tribe and more winnings. 

Cody heads off and does indeed hit Coco. He tells them he wants to steal their machete. They try to negotiate and offer him food. He ended up with some fishing gear and food, more than he originally sought. But they did keep their machete.

Immunity Challenge time. Race to knock off heavy sandbags looking for a keyring with one key on it, unlock a huge net, take puzzle pieces under the net -- four pieces. Untie the puzzle piece bags. Two players do puzzle. 

Baka does the puzzle first and is on to moving the puzzle pieces up a cargo net. Now they have to build a triangle (the first was a square).

VESI wins Immunity! They yell out clues to Baka so Coco loses. Baka is safe. Coco must go to Tribal tonight.

Coco is steaming because Vesi shouted out and helped Baka win. The guys are talking about voting out Cassidy. Geo thinks he's in charge. Meanwhile, Cassidy is sick of Geo and the women are talking about getting him out. James is trying to convince a paranoid Lindsay that the vote will be for Geo to go.

To Tribal we go. Jeff asks Ryan to grade the tribe. He gives an 8.5/10. Ryan wants to provide for others. Lindsay says today was a wake-up call and said some of the others didn't seem to want to talk to her. Ryan says he didn't talk to her and she claims she wasn't a priority. Geo claims to be nervous.

Time to vote. The tally -- Cassidy, Geo, Lindsay, Lindsay, Lindsay.

I guess it's not paranoia when they indeed vote you out. Bye, Lindsay!

The Amazing Race 34: 'It's All in the Details' Episode Blog Party - October 5

 

Hopefully I will be a bit better at the names of the teams tonight. Oh, but probably not for a few more weeks! I promise I will get the names down by the time the series comes to an end. How's that? Here is a cheat sheet with the photos of the teams.

I will be live blogging 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!

The Wonderful Lifeguard SueGee has updated the blog pool. Who's your team?

Abby & Will -- Jasonuwp, Krysta Gibson, Marthalight

Aubrey & David -- Donna in FL, Dr Celine, Skyriverblue

Derek & Claire -- Beachbound Gmom, ChicMc, Donna NY

Emily & Molly -- Joanne Victoria, Judi Sweeney, Sharon N

Glenda & Lumumba -- Glenn Allen, Indiana Jane, Petals

Luis & Michelle -- Andi, Mikes Girl, RJMnSC

Linton & Sharik -- Cheryl in NC, Jackie, Willie J

Marcus & Michael -- Brenda, Chrob61, Nickelpeed

Quinton & Mattie -- Donna in Alabama, monty924, Sharon C

Rich & Dom -- David, Kelsey NY, Nora M, Sue

PHILIMINATED

Aastha & Nina - No one was assigned to this first gone team.

Tim & Rex

Race fans ready? Let's GO!

We get a Previously On segment and see T-Rex philiminated again.

All teams are boarding the charter plane and heading to Italy. Megaleg - two Detours, two Roadblocks ahead. The teams are leaving in three groups fifteen minutes apart based on the Pit Stop arrivals from the last leg. They're looking for a marked parking spot.

Detour - Head of the Class - identify 16 bones, etc. in a test. Or 88 cheese wheels in The Big Cheese, delivering a cheese wheel, half to one restaurant, the other half to another.

Luis does not know his stick shift. Michelle calls it "classic Amazing Race." Quinton and one of the twins keep stalling, as well. Rich, too!

They have a cart to deliver the cheese, so that might be the easier task of the two. The building where the "class" is is stunning architecture. Linton and Sharik are regretting their class choice. Lumumba just noticed their instructions say to drive to the detours. They have been on foot. Eep!

Marcus and Michael are in the lead, having finished the cheese detour first. Dom is rubbing me the wrong way with what she is telling Rich about manifesting trouble when he doesn't have to. Someone saying that to me would make me manifest issues!

The ones on the cheese task have it easy compared to those learning anatomy! Quinton and Mattie made it through the anatomy challenge -- she said she was confident of the task because she studied anatomy in college. Glenda and Lumumba might be totally lost.

One of the twins also studied anatomy in school. They get through, too!

Marcus and Michael hit the Roadblock. Ducati flagship -- assemble wheels and brakes, before adding the body.

Lumumba and Glenda make it to the anatomy lesson Detour. My blog pool team Linton and Sharik finally made it through it. Claire is doing the assembling the Ducati! Eight of the ten teams are at the Ducati -- missing are Dom/Rich and Glenda/Lumumba, both back at anatomy. Both just made it through at the same time.

Although it seemed to take forever, Michael and Marcus are out of the Roadblock first and heading for a clue to another Roadblock. Apparently, this mega-leg is going to run two episodes. The twins, Emily and Molly, are second. Yay! Claire finished her Ducat! (Other teams finished before them.) Rich/Dom made it through leaving only Lumumba working alone on a Ducati.

To be Continued ... (next week)

Survivor 43: Episode 3 Blog Party - October 5

 

Good evening, Survivor fans! I hope everyone fared okay through Ian. Here in the NYC Metro Area of NJ we have had rain and winds for five days from the remnants.

The Amazing Race is after this show later tonight at 10PM EDT and a separate blog entry will be up for that. In between the shows is the new Love Boat thing. Although I really like Jerry O'Connell, the show itself is nothing I want to watch. So, I will have an hour's rest between blogging shows tonight. Cool!

I will be live blogging 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 section. I hope to see you there!

The Esteemed Lifeguard SueGee has updated the blog pool -- check it out to find your castaway!

Vesi Tribe (Red)

Cody       Cheryl in NC, ChicMc

Nneka     Sharon N, Bizaro22

Noelle     MikesGirl, Tammy

Jesse       AprilW, Donna in AL

Dwight    Petals, Skyriverblue,

Coco Tribe (Blue)

Lindsay     David, Marthalight, 

Cassidy     Cherrypie, Kelsey NY, 

Geo        Jasonuwp, Dr Celine

Karla       Glenn Allen, monty924

James     DonnaNY, Krysta Gibson

Ryan       John Cantrell, Jackie

Baka Tribe (Yellow)

Gabler     Donna in FL, Joanne Victoria

Owen    Mike Barer, SueGee

Sami      Brenda, Indiana Jane

Elie         Nickelpeed, Nora M

Jeanine     Laura, Auntie Leigh

Snuffed Out

Morriah 

Justine    

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We join in as Cody is collecting the beads so he can vote during Tribal Council, sealing the Justine ouster instead of the Nneka one favored by many. Now the others are a bit leery of him. Noelle is worried. She wants to really up her game now.

On Baka, Gabler slept on the beach. His fellow Baka-ites are concerned. Some think it's best he goes, both for the tribe and for his own health. They also worry about when his idol expires. Sami seems to be quite anti-Elie. He tells Gabler that she looked in his bag. Dwight and Gabler try to fool Elie and convince her he wants to keep his "expired" idol as a souvenir for his daughter.

On Coco, they are celebrating James's birthday. They are talking about suspicions regarding the hidden idol and those who might be searching for it. Karla found a Beware Advantage similar to the one found by Cody in his camp. She put it back. Oh my.

She talks to James, not telling him she found the advantage, but asking what he would do if he found one. She goes for the advantage. Yep, it's the same beads thing that Cody did. She will lose her vote at Tribal until she collects a bead from each person. She tells people she wants to make a bracelet for her wife. James is easy. She has to work at the rest. Now Ryan is the only one left. Now she has them all!

Immunity/Reward Challenge. They are out on the water on ramps. Leap off tall tower into ocean, climb stack of crates, dive to retrieve keys, turtle puzzle. Reward lots of fruit and large supply kit. Second place gets smaller version of the same. Geo sits out on Coco. He searches around the bench just in case something is hidden there. Smart move.

BAKA comes in 1st Place for Immunity! Coco wins 2nd Place!

Baka has to pick one person from each tribe to go on a journey. Noelle, Owen and James go off on a boat. They will be back before Vesi has to go to Tribal.

Nneka had been doing the puzzle with Jesse. She feels she once again let the tribe down. Sad, but she is right. Jesse and Cody say they can't keep losing. They recognize that Noelle is as strong with one leg as others with two. They know that Nneka is weak, but they have a strong bond with her. We get a sad story from Jesse about how she reminds him of his deceased mother, and it would be like voting her out.

The three off on the trip have a similar trip to Cody and the others in the first episode. We get Noelle's story of her sports background, the loss of her leg and how she is now Paralympic contender. 

It is the Risk or Reward challenge. The two men treat her good. She needs to get the advantage and tells them she was on the bottom. Both agree to let her be the sole Risk taker in this one.

Noelle tells her teammates she has nothing and didn't want to risk the vote tonight. She decides she needs to tell Dwight. She can steal a vote from another player and cast an extra vote.

Tribal Council time. Jeff starts off asking about the challenge. Jesse said they weren't operating at their best and he was yelling at them. Nneka talks about caring for people on the tribe. Jody says they need to remember there's a game to play. Dwight says he needs to hang onto his alliance. Noelle says she is worried because she wasn't there today, wants to continue playing.

Time to vote. 

The tally: Noelle, Nneka, Nneka, Nneka ... three is enough. Bye, Nneka.

I'm thinking it was Dwight and Noelle with her vote and the steal a vote from either Jesse or Cody. There will be suspicion about the hinky vote, I'm sure! 

Whoa! I may be wrong, but it looks like it was all Nneka votes except her own! The two must have gone for keeping the stronger competitor on their tribe. I don't think Noelle used her advantage.

The Amazing Race 34: Patience, Is the New Me Episode Blog Party - Sept. 28

 

Hopefully I will be even better at the names of the teams tonight. Oh, but probably not for a few more weeks! I promise I will get the names down by the time the series comes to an end. How's that? 

I will be live blogging the major events as the show airs here on the East Coast. Refresh the page to get the latest news! Of course, the real party is in the comments area -- I hope to see you there!

The Wonderful Lifeguard SueGee has filled the blog pool with those who dared get their toes wet. Who's your team?

Abby & Will -- Jasonuwp, Krysta Gibson, Marthalight

Aubrey & David -- Donna in FL, Dr Celine, Skyriverblue

Derek & Claire -- Beachbound Gmom, ChicMc, Donna NY

Emily & Molly -- Joanne Victoria, Judi Sweeney, Sharon N

Glenda & Lumumba -- Glenn Allen, Indiana Jane, Petals

Luis & Michelle -- Andi, Mikes Girl, RJMnSC

Linton & Sharik -- Cheryl in NC, Jackie, Willie J

Marcus & Michael -- Brenda, Chrob61, Nickelpeed

Quinton & Mattie -- Donna in Alabama, monty924, Sharon C

Tim & Rex -- Bizaro22, Cherry Pie, Margo & her Mom

Rich & Dom -- David, Kelsey NY, Nora M, Sue

PHILIMINATED

Aastha & Nina - No one was assigned to this first gone team. I'm glad I won't have to misspell the one's name all season!

Now, I should have posted this before -- but here is a cheat sheet with the photos of the teams.

Race fans ready? Let's GO!

We get a recap and watch Derek and Claire win the 1st leg again.

They will leave according to arrival times. They will depart in three groups. They will drive to Innsbruck, Austria. The teams enlist locals and tourists for directions. Of course, if they have to fly anywhere, it has to bunch them up as they are still using the private plane.

They have to go to Brund Nalder Huff (sp?) for the next clue. The second group is leaving - T-Rex and Marcus/Michael.  The twins and Jamaican father/daughter are on their way. Now the last group is on the way. 

Rex decides the new him is patient. 

Munich, Germany. Uh-oh -- Quinton and Mattie are there. They need to be in Austria! They were on the right street in the wrong city. In the wrong country!

Derek and Claire make it to the first Roadblock. Who wants to call in the cows? Yodeling to call in the cows. They are accompanied by locals and an accordion. Claire does it. Three different yodels and hand motions. I could never do this! They have to wear the wardrobe for the rest of the leg.

Several teams at the back of the pack are having directions and/or traffic woes. This Roadblock is not easy at all. No one has made it through it yet. They are all having problems with the first yodel.

Marcus and Michael are the first through the yodeling. Glenda sailed through it and now she and Lumumba are in second place. Linton and Sharik are next to finish calling in the cows. Claire is so bad at this! The twins are through next.

Detour - Michael and Marcus arrive. Bells Ringin' - seven notes on bells to play tune. Partners Swingin' - learn wedding dance.

Abby and Will move on from yodeling. Poor Claire. T-Rex is through. Poor Claire. Rich and Dom through. Poor Claire. Luis and Michelle through. Aubrey and David through. Poor Claire. FINALLY! Claire gets through the yodeling!

The teams dancing and ringing bells have their own difficulties. Finally, the brothers get through ringing the bells. They are the first team heading off to the Pit Stop. Lumumba and Glenda get through the dancing and are off to the Pit Stop, too.

Claire and Derek get through the bells on the first try.

Pit Stop order:

1. Marcus and Michael - win Expedia reward points five nights for two to Lima, Peru.

2. Glenda and Lumumba

3. Linton and Sharik

4. Derek and Claire

5. Luis and Michelle

6. Abby and Will

7. Emily and Molly

8. Rich and Dom -- missing hat, need it for check in!

8. Aubrey and David

9. Rich and Dom

10. Quinton and Mattie

11. Tim and Rex -- Philiminated.