The Amazing Race 10 – Episode 8 Recap

The Amazing Race – Season 10 – Episode 8

This week, The Amazing Race introduced the “Intersection” to the race. Teams are forced to partner up with another team to complete the next task and stay together until notified otherwise. In this case, the team-up only lasted for one task, but I think it would have been very interesting to see two teams end and start the next race together. *OR* how about two teams who have been intersected together coming in last and *both* getting eliminated? I would have loved to see *that* happen to the six-pack alliance.

This week’s rundown:

THIS WEEK – 1st – Won a trip for two to Hawaii’s big island and a deluxe helicopter tour!
LAST WEEK – 1st, arrived at 3:00pm
Beauty Queens (Dustin & Kandice) – 1st place again! This time beating two other teams who took the fast forward. The funniest thing they did this race was instead of starting with the car they wrecked on the last leg, they figured since nothing said they *have* to take the same car again, they just picked another one. In the end, it didn’t affect anyone adversely, but it sure was funny. 🙂 Who griped the most? Oh c’mon, you know by now. The Moms.

THIS WEEK – 2nd
LAST WEEK – 2nd, arrived at 3:05pm
Ex-Addict Models (Tyler & James) – One out of two drug users ruin their taste buds. Did you *see* that guy go through a whole plate of cow’s lips? Eww. I say “that guy” because I still can’t really tell these two apart. Maybe if one were male and one were female or one had a fake leg or something. All in all, solid competitors. I hated to see them so chummy with Rob & Kimberly but with the six-pack alliance in effect, they really weren’t left with a lot of choices when it came to the “intersection”. Of course I’m just biased against Rob & Kimberly because she wouldn’t know what crack was and he’d force it down the Model’s throats to win the race.

THIS WEEK – 3rd
LAST WEEK – 3rd, arrived at 3:09pm
Rob & Kimberly – Umm… I couldn’t get beyond him saying the people in Madagascar died young and something about them not getting enough protein which then affected their brain development because the brain needs protein. Of course maybe I just heard it wrong through the white hood he was wearing. Kimberly, you’d better be glad that clueless doesn’t make you a part of another ethnic race.

THIS WEEK – 4th
LAST WEEK – 4th, arrived at 4:04pm
Erwin & Godwin – Sung to the “bottles of beer on a wall” song: 6-pack alliance of teams in the race, 6-pack alliance of teams! You take 2 down, pass them in town – 4-pack alliance of teams in the race! Super super nice guys. I really hope they end up working the drive-through at *my* McDonald’s after they totally lose this race.

THIS WEEK – 5th
LAST WEEK – 5th, arrived at 4:05pm
Moms (Lyn & Karlyn) – If not for the 30 minute penalty on the Coalminers, the Moms would have come in last by 10 minutes! Sigh… Like my dad always said, “If wishes were horses, beggers would ride.” Just you and the Chos now Moms.

Who got kicked off?

THIS WEEK – 6th – ELIMINATED!
LAST WEEK – 6th, arrived at 4:08pm – SAVED BY NON-ELIMINATION!
Coalminers (David & Mary) – Not a big surprise. Even the editing couldn’t add much suspense as to who was going home this week. Aside from her mouth (and no I don’t mean the teeth) I really like these two. If I lived in a trailer park, I’d want them on the plot next to me. Truthfully, and not to help rationalize it for them to feel better about no longer having a chance to win the million bucks, they really were winners in this race. They expanded their horizons – and now are saying they want to do the same for their kids.