Sunday, September 25, 2022

SEASON #34 - CLAIRE AND DEREK.

EPISODE #1 - Many Firsts But Don't Be Last. 

HOST - Phil Keoghan.

PRIZED - On Million Dollars.


                PLAYERS (12)

1.  AASTHA LAL & NINA DUONG       Engaged            Marina Del Ray, CALIFORNIA

2.  ABBY GARRETT & WILL FREEMAN  Dating          Birmingham, ALALMBA

3.  AUBREY ARES & DAVID HARNADEZ  Dancers     Los Angeles, CALFORNIA

4.  DEREK XIAO & CLAIRE REHFUSS  from Big Brother     "                 "

5.  EMILY BUSHNELL & MOLLY SINERT     Twins       FLORIDA & PENNSYLVANIA

6.  GLENDA & LUMUMBA ROBERTS        Newlyweds     Norcross, GEORGIA

7.  LUIS COLON & MICHELLE BURGOS     Married        Miami, FLORIDA

8.  LINTON & SHARIK ATKINSON         Father/Daughter   Brooklyn, NEW YORK

9.  MARCUS & MICHAEL CRAIG       Brothers                   GEORGIA & NEW MEXICO

10.  QUINTON PERON & MATTIE LYNCH  Friends             CALIFORNIA

11.  TIM MANN & REX RYAN         Friends                     Brentwood, TENNESSE

12.  RICH KUO & DOM JONES         Lovers                  Huntington Beach, CALIFORNIA



Many first, first time starting outside the USA in Germany, No non-elimination legs.  All legs will be eliminated, and all the challenges will be given at the beginning of the leg, and choice which order to complete them.  Will get a part of the clue to the pit stop at the completion of each challenge.

Starting at MUNICH, GERMANY.  The 3 Challenges are ROLL at LUITPOLD PARK. or SAW at BIERGARTEN SEEHAUS,  and SMASH at AUGUSTINER-KELLER BIERGARTEN.

ROLL - roll a beer keg through an obstacle course in under 1 minute,


SAW - through a log,

SMACH - Road Block (where only person does the challenge) - Smash an enormous block of ice.

PIT STOP - Angel of Peace.

1st Place - Derek & Claire.  PRIZE - $2,500 each.

LAST - Aastha & Nina.  Eliminated.


EPISODE #2:  Patience, Is the New Me                   11 Teams Left.


Still in Munich, Germany leaving in groups every 15 minutes.

GROUP #1 - The Newlyweds, Big Brother & Quinton & Mattie at 8:00am.  ROUTE INFO - Drive to Innsbruck, Austria which is 90 miles south, Head into the Alps go to GRUNWALDERHOF & find the Next Clue.  ROUTE INFO: Who Wants to Call in the Cows?


- Must WEAR ALL the outfit during the whole leg to the Pit Stop.  Learn yodels.

ROUTE INFO:  Now drive to the Center City of Innsbruck, Search along the river at Marktplatz for Next Clue.   DETOUR - 

  BELLS RINGIN'                   OR                PARTNER SWINGIN'

- Learn how to play the bells or         - Learn how to dance.

Race on foot to Pit Stop.

PIT STOP:  Hofburg, the Imperial Palace.

1ST PLACE - Marcus & Michael - PRIZE - Trip to Lima, Peru.

- Rich & Dom didn't have her hat and had to go back & find it.  Left it in the car & came in 9th place.

LAST - Rex & Tim ELIMINATED.


EPISODE 3:  It's All in the Details.                        10 Teams Left.

Still in Innsbruck, Austria leaving on The Amazing Race Charter heading for the Boot (Italy).  Bologna, Italy/  Group #1: Marcus/Michael, Glenda/Lumumba.  Leaving at 9:30am

Drive to Arco del Meloncello and find your Next Clue.   DETOUR:

- Head of Class                        OR                         Big Cheese.

- after a lecture, in 90 seconds put the bones,           - carry a big brick of cheese to 2 restaurants.

and muscles together.

Now, Drive to Ducati Factory for the next clue.   ROADBLOCK.

- Assemble the wheels and brakes then install the body parts of a Ducati Panigale V4 Motorcycle.

Now, Drive to the city of Florence to find your Next Clue at Villa Bardini for your Next Roadblock.

          TO BE CONTINUED!


EPISODE #4: Everyone's an Artist.             10 Left.


Starting in FLORENCE at the VILLA BARDINI - The ROADBLOCK:

      Who Wants a Chiseled Body?

- Chiseled a block that hides a  statue.


     1st place - Molly & Emily.

- Many players got scared & didn't read the directions which told them only to chisel off the box which hides the statue.

NEXT IS THE DETOUR:  EYE FOR FASHION    or WINDOW OF OPPORTUNITY.

- In Eye:  Find a fashion shout around town & memorized the shoot ( which they should look at in the background.

- In  Window:  go to a certain restaurant & look for the small pick-up window & get the food and take it to guests.  (just like in the current pandemic)

Now, Race on Foot to the PIT STOP:  PIAZZA OGNISSANTI.

1st - Molly & Emily - PRIZE - Trip to Sydney, Australia,

2nd - Marcus & Michael 

3rd - Abby & Will,

4th - Luis & Michelle,

5th - Quinton & Mattie,

6th - Aubrey & David,

7th - Derek & Claire,

8th - Glenda & Lumumba (read ALL the instructions, FIRST),

9TH - Linton & Sharik ( Stop being a crybaby).

ELIMINATED - Rich & Dom.


EPISODE #5:  The Amazing Race at Arabia.                        9 Team Left.


Teams board the Charter Flight across the Mediterranean Sea to the HASHEMITE KINGDOM OF JORDAN, (first time to Jordan) to the WADI RUM DESERT.


  They board the iconic steam train, then horses and camels rush the train to give them their Next Clue.  ROUTE INFO:  Head into the desert to experience another worldly landscape.  Choose a Bedouin Driver who will drive them to their Next Clue.  

ROADBLOCK:  Who Wants Test Their Metal?

- Search an assigned crash site from a "movie set" for pieces of spaceship debris buried in the sand using a metal detector for Next Clue. In 1s place - Marcus & Michael.

Now, drive 1 1/2 hours to PETRA, JORDAN.  

DETOUR:  Camel Caravan or Palace Puzzle.

- CAMEL - Teams need to carry 4 bags of hay & provide water to camels.

- PALACE PUZZLE - Teams need to put together a slide puzzle of Royal Tombs.

Now, Race to the GREAT TEMPLE on foot.

PIT STOP:  Great Temple.

1st - Luis/Michelle.  PRIZE - $5,000 each.

2nd - Claire /Derek,

3rd - Michael/Marcus, took the longest detail,

4th - Abby/Will,

5th - Emily/Molly

6th - Quinton/Mattie,

7th - Glenda/Lumumba

8th Aubrey/David.

ELIMINATED - Sharik & Linton.  She got her wish - she going home.


EPISODE #6:  Step by Step .               8 Teams Left.


Still in AMMAN, JORDAN, the capital city.  Phil makes an announcement that one team, Abby & Will is not continuing.  They tested positive for COVID -19 as eliminated.  Also, about the starting order in the next leg.  No one will be eliminated in this leg.       Now, 7 Teams Left

Start the race:  First Clue is inside the CITADEL, which is nearby.  ROUTE INFO:  Exploring the city on foot race to the MAKTABET KHAZANET AL-JAHITH BOOKSTORE for the next clue.


            DETOUR:  Step by Step    or    Letter by Letter

- STEP:  Teams must learn a dance performance for the Next Clue.

- LETTER:  Learn the Arabic alphabet for the Next Clue.

        ROADBLOCK:  Who's Feeling Broken Carted?

- An Earaba, a wooden cart, teams must put together and then roll to the pit stop.

PIT STOP:  Roman Nymphaeum

-take the cart with your items in it.

1st - Luis & Michelle - PRIZE - Trip to Barcelona, Spain,

2nd - Aubrey & David -

3rd - Quinton & Mattie

4th - Derek & Claire

5th - Michael & Marcus - at the Roadblock - being too detailed about putting together the cart

6th - Emily & Molly - can't run, hurt her foot last leg

7th - Glenda & Lumumba.

ELIMINATED - No-One.


EPISODE #7:  It's Simply Medieval.                 7 Left.


They flew to DORDOGNE, FRANCE, which is in the south of France, the Land of 1,001 castles.  Will start the race in groups of 4.  The first group leaves at 8:45 am at CHATEAU DE BEYNAC -


Luis/Michelle and Aubrey/David.  Drive to CHATEAU DE COMMARQUE for the Next Clue.

Group #2: 9:00am Quinton/Mattie and Derek/Claire.

Group #3:  9:15 am  Michael/Marcus and Emily/Molly

Group #4:  9:30 am Glenda/Lumumba.


ROADBLOCK - Who Wants to Climb the Family Tree?

- Study this elaborates lineage, then take a memory test, after repelling 131 ft. & match 5 names to their crests.


ROUTE INFO - Drive to LA FERME DE TURNAC.

- Glenda drove into a ditch while trying to turn around.  No-one hurt.


DETOUR:  WALNUT CRACKER or MEDIEVAL GAMER.

Walnut - Teams need the crack, grind, and press enough to fill the walnut oil container.

Medieval - Teams must complete 3 games.


RACE TO NEXT PIT STOP:  PANORAMA LOOKOUT in VILLAGE OF DOMNE.

1st - Marcus/Michael.  PRIZE - $7,500 each.

LAST & ELIMINATED - Glenda & Lumumba.


EPISODE #8:  La Ville Rose.                     6 Left.

In DOMME, FRANCE.

GROUP #1 - Emily/Molly and Michael/Marcus leave at 8am.  ROUTE INFO:  Drive to TOULOUSE, FRANCE 100 miles find the STADE TOULOUSAIN for Next Clue.

GROUP #2:  Claire/Derel and Louis/Michelle.

GROUP #3:  Quinton/Mattie and Aubrey/David.


   ROADBLOCK (first Emily & Molly)  Who's Ready to Take One for the Team?

- a Rugby Team, Stade Toulousain.  A team member must complete a rugby drill.


ROUT INFO - Now, Drive to CONVENT DES JACOBINS and find the musician playing the French horn for Next Clue.


    DETOUR:  SAY SIX   OR LAY BRICKS.

- SAY BRICKS - Teams must memorize 3 portions of French a poem in French from poets around the basilica.

- LAY BRICKS - Teams must complete a patterned brick-by-brick.


ROUTE INFO:  Race to the Next Pit Stop.

PIT STOP:  Canal de Brienne on the boat Pay D'OC.


1st - Claire & Derek PRIZE - Trip to Bangkok.

ELIMINATED - Quinton & Mattie.


EPISODE #9:  Vamos a La Playa.                                   5 Teams Left.


Starting at TOULOUSE, FRANCE head 500 miles south to MALAGA, SPAIN


for the Mega Legs (s Roadblocks, 2 Detours, in two different cities).

GROUP #1:  8am - Claire/Derek and Luis/Michelle.

GROUP #2:  8:15am. - Molly/Emily, Michael/Marcus, and Aubrey/David.

ROUTE INFO:  Welcome to the Mega Leg - head to PLAZA DE LA MERCED on foot for the Next Clue.

ROADBLOCK #1:  Who Will Be a Master Of Pieces/

- Teams need to correctly piece together using 6 panels of painted glass.

Now, ROUTE INFO: Travel by Bicycle to EL CUBO in the port of Malaga for the next clue.

         DETOUR #1:  Fish Fry or Sailboat Supply.

FISH FRY - Espetos Teams must skewer and roast 18 fish to perfection.   or

SAILBOAT SUPPLY - Teams must use a paddleboat to resupply an anchored sailboat.

Now, find the TOUR GUIDE holding a city flag for the next Clue.

                    TO BE CONTINUED!


EPISODE #10: Don't Look Down.                            Still, 5 Teams left.

Drive themselves to the RHONDA in SPAIN in convertible cars.  Pick up the Next Clue from the TOUR GUIDE holding the ANDALUSIAN Flag on top of PUENTE NUEVO.  ( Claire & Derek is in the first place).

         DETOUR #2:  Now, Luis & Michelle in first place

        Bend over Backward or Dress for Sucess.

BEND OVER BACKWARD - Teams must build an arch.    OR

DRESS FOR SUCCESS - Teams must find the accessories need to dress for the Flamingo dancer.

ROUTE INFOR:  May way to PASEO DE KAZUNORI YAMCOCHI to find the Woodcarver for Next Clue.


ROADBLOCK #2:  Who's been Paying Attention?

- Balancing on a rope 300 feet above EL TAJO GORGE walk across & then pick the correct flag.

Now, head to the Pit Stop.

PIT STOP:  MIRADOR DE RHONDA.

1st place - Luis/Derek - won a trip to Tokyo.

ELIMINATED:  Marcus and Michael.


EPISODE #11:  How Am I Going To Survive This?               4 Left.

  FINAL 4:  Luis/Michelle, Derek/Claire, Emily/Molly & Aubrey/David.


Now, they are flying 2,000 miles to the REPUBLIC OF ICELAND. 


Now, taking a Helicopter to the starting line.

GROUP #1 - 1pm Michelle/Luis and Aubrey/David.

GROUP #2 -  1:15pm  Molly/Emily and Claire/Derek.

 Welcome to Iceland, Teams must climb to the top of the Glacier and return with both Iceland Flags for the Next Clue.  Now, Drive to FLJOLSHLIGARFOSS for the Next Clue.


    ROADBLOCK:  Dere/Claire 1st place.

- Who's Feeling Misty-Eyed?

- Teams will abseil 100 ft. into a cave to find the next clue, then navigate the rest of the course by jumping, swimming, and sliding back down to reunite with their partner.  (Aubrey & David didn't know how to swim - should have taken swimming lessons before coming to the race, which put them behind)Now, Drive to SILIFRA FISSURE IN THINGVELLIR NATIONAL PARK for the Next Clue.

ROUTE INFO:  Time for an Expedia Experience.  Swim the SILIFRA FISSURE.  Look for the 14 Volcanic signs then match them on the board.  Now, Drive to GULL FOSS.

PIT STOP - GULL FOSS.

1st place - Claire/Derek.  PRIZE - Trip to London.

Penalty - 2 hours Aubrey & David - could not finish the last challenge & were Eliminated.


EPISODE #12:  The Only Leg that Matters.             3 Left.

FINAL 3:  Emily/Molly, Derek & Claire, and Luis /Michelle.


Head 3,000 miles to the United States south to NASHVILLE, TENNESSE. 


Start the leg outside at the city in LYNCHBURG, TENNESSEE at JACK DANIEL'S DISTILLERY.  Properly label and bottle 30 Bottles of single-barrel whiskey to receive the NEXT CLUE.

ROUTE INFO:  Emily/Molly in 1st place.  Drive to KOREAN VETERANS MEMORIAL BRIDGE in Nashville for the NEXT CLUE.  Go to GIBSON GARAGE.

ROADBLOCK:  Climb and Rappel.

- 300 feet above the Cumberland River.  Climb up to get your next clue which is a GUITAR PICK.  When arrived at the GARAGE park in the marked area and find THE NEXT CLUE.  

ROUTE INFO:  Teams need to deliver 3 of the prized instruments to musicians performing at different honky-tonks around LOWER BROADWAY. Now, get tickets to NASHVILLE MUNICIPAL AUDITORIUM.

ROUTE INFO:  Bring the sequence of notes to the tune of The Amazing Race on a giant floor piano.

ROUTE INFO:  Race to the finish line.  Make your way to the MOTHER CHURCH OF COUNTRY MUSIC.  GO GO GO.


      1ST PLACE & WINNER - CLAIRE & DEREK.   ONE MILLION DOLLARS!


2nd place - Emily & Molly

3rd place - Luis & Michelle.

















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