Down to Three on 'The Amazing Race'
After Beauty Queens Dustin and Kandice yielded a rival team in last week's episode of The Amazing Race, there was ample discussion of karma biting their pageant-honed butts. Instead, they finished last in a non-elimination leg and got to fight on.
Karma finally reared its head on Sunday (Dec. 3) night's episode, as The Amazing Race reached its final three, but Dustin and Kandice were sent packing. More realistically, though, karma had nothing to do with the demise of the only remaining team I had any interest in rooting for this season. They just fell victim to a Race leg in which the teams were constantly equalized and there was little opportunity for error, or for the girls to make up their 30-minute penalty.
It was a spirited episode despite the lamest eating challenge in the show's history. One player from each team had to eat a pound of perfectly seasoned camel kebabs. That's almost as bad as the season the teams finished in Chicago and faced the Herculean obstacle of eating a small deep dish pizza. First off, a pound isn't much to eat of anything, particularly if it's just cooked ground beef. Plus, one player after another agreed that the kebabs were quite tasty. If people aren't puking in a bucket, it isn't an eating challenge.
There was opportunity for dramatic redemption later on, when a challenge in Barcelona required teams to search through massive piles of tomatoes for a clue, all the while being pelted by tomatoes tossed by civilians on the outside. Team Ugly Americans, Rob and Kimberly, got frustrated quickly and Rob issued encouraging challenges like, "Why can't you be tough?" and "Way to go, Kim. Way to cry!" prompting Kim to storm off with the classic line, "I'm not getting hit in the face again!" It looked like one of the great Amazing Race meltdowns ever. But Rob talked Kim into going back and they quickly found the magic tomato and finished first for the leg, prompting a tear-filled expression of love on Rob's part. Sure, he wants the million bucks, but what good is a million bucks if he doesn't have Kim to yell at?
Sigh.
So that leaves us with three teams: Team Ugly Americans, Team Smackhead (ex-junkies pretty boys Tyler and James) and Team Alabama (Lyn and Karlyn). The latter team is the first all-female pairing to make it to an Amazing Race Top Three, which will be enough to make me root for them in next week's finale, even though they've been surly and uninspired all season long.
Who are you rooting for? Would you have rooted for the Beauty Queens if they'd somehow made the Top Three?
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Are they really beauty queens? Or are they Barbie dolls brought, magically, to life? Can you root for a Barbie doll? Maybe it's like rooting for Pinocchio to live. No, don't turn him back into a puppet! Please, let him live!
I'm going to miss the Blondies - I was really hoping they could pull it out. Despite the 'Bama girls bad attitude it would be awesome for an all female team to win. As long as Rob and Kim don't win I don't care!
I thought that the Blondes were the only team actually 'playing'!
I cannot understand why teams are surprised when they are yielded. There's only 2 in the race, USE THEM!!!
Is it possible to cheer for the remaining three teams to plunge off a cliff together?
How did the blondes become "Team Ugly Americans?" They weren't any more rude or disrepectful than any other teams. I thought the blondes were doing ok. Team Alabama on the other hand seemed to be just mean spirited. I think the team that should of won is the Chow brothers.
John,
Rob and Kim are Team Ugly Americans (in my book, at least), for mostly obvious reasons.
I agree with the other commenters who have noted that the Blondes, if nothing else, played the game with everything they had. They never flinched at a task or tried to make friends. They just played the game. Team Smackhead played the same way, but they said enough stupid things about other teams that I can't support 'em...
Daniel
Not surprised you, Daniel, were rooting for the Barbies. The way they played their sex appeal seemed like an unfair advantage -like cheating? Of course men in whatever country fell at their feet and were glad to ride in their taxis. I kept thinking, why doesn't the show stop this. They got what they deserved - glad they are gone.
Best moment of the season was seeing Rob and Kimberly pelted with tomatoes. I laughed my *** off. I'm still rooting for Tyler and James. They have played the game well and not fought with each other.
i'm still amazed at how lyn and karlyn reacted to being yielded after their stated intent to do the same thing to dustin and kandice. i hope they feel just a little bit sheepish watching at home. that said, i hope they win.
I don't get how people can say using sex appeal or whatever to your advantage is like cheating... thats like telling tyler and james they cannot do any physical tasks, since they are obviously stronger than the other teams. Or how about telling a couple that can speak spanish that they are not allowed to speak spanish in spain, they have to try to speak to the locals in english, cause it would be an unfair advantage.
Ridiculous...
I agree with Alvar in that the BQ's using sex appeal is cheating is ridiculous! ALL teams got locals to get in their taxis and help them, and Bama is older, not skinny, or blonde etc. It had nothing to do with sex appeal, all teams used the same strategies, I never saw the blondes overly using their sex appeal for anything, that no other team could access as well. Please, just ridiculous!