The first episode opens with the introduction of the teams. If you haven't checked out the teams yet, click here. So 11 helicopters are transporting the teams to the Starting Line: The Melbourne Cricket Ground! And guess what's the big new after winning the first leg of the race. Yep. The EXPRESS PASS!
The Express Pass allows the team to skip any task they don't want to complete.
All right. so everybody's so excited blah blah and when Grant says "Go!", everyone runs to one of the 11 clueboxes waiting for them on the field. Really? A cluebox for each team? Hmmm.. production seems to be rich nowadays.
Grant says 'Go!' and all of the teams stumble on one another as they grab their first clue. And it's a Roadblock! Who is your tower of strength? In the first Roadblock, one member must climb then abseil one of the six light towers of the Cricket Ground which stands 75 meters, to receive their next clue. Renae, Ryot, Dave, Jeff, Matt, Tyler, Chris, Tracy, Mel, Richard and Mos opted to do the task. By the way, Grant announced that a member can only perform up to 6 roadblocks during the entire race so teams must choose wisely. Hmm. Phil never said that, it's actually common sense. So teams picked on of two numbers in each tower since teams may perform only one at a time. Everybody didn't have a problem except for Mos. (I Don't know which is Mo or Mos since they look similar). He chose the tower where Renae was doing the task. Unfortunately, Renae was having some sort of fit caused by her acrophobia. No problem, Renae. Stay up there all day if you want to.
Ryot and Liberty finishing the Roadblock
So surfers dudes, Tyler and Nathan finish the task first (no surprise there) and off they go to Lombok, Indonesia! Actually this leg is more of a copy from The Amazing Race Asia 4's Leg 8. Once there, teams sign up for 3 different boats that leave at different times. The first boat w/c contains only 3 teams, depart at 6:00 a.m.. Boat 2 leaves at 6:30 with four teams and Boat 3 leaving at 7 also with 4 teams. Team Surfers are already hitting the road with the rest of the gang catching up. Tracy got stuck rappelling down, and Muslim teams leave last. At the airport, Team Surfers grab a flight to Lombok via Darwin which arrives at 9 something p.m. while the rest of the gang get on the same direct flight which arrives an hour later. Team Surfers arrive at the signing point first and were happy not to see any other team on the list.
Matt and Tom buying tickets
Teams greet each other while Mo and Mos decided to pray at the airport's praying room. Ok, works for me. So off they go to Indonesia! it was fun watching 10 teams running like mad fools and waving for taxis. Everyone had a taxi race to the signing place but in the end, it was Anastasia and Chris and Alana and Mel who joined The Surfers in the first boat while everyone joined the rest at the second and last boat with siblings Ryot and Liberty last. This task was also from TARA4.
In the morning, the first three teams boarded the boat to an island where they'll have to search the village for a clue. Having watched TARA before, i knew where the clue was hidden and it was only up to the producers to move its location. Unfortunately, they didn't hear me and hid the clue in one of the fishing boats. Ugh. What if some teams watched TARA before? Lame. But in the end, turns out all teams never watched TARA before which makes all teams from different boats cramped in the island. It was then again, the Surfers who found it and ran to get a taxi to lead them to Pura Lingsar where they'll have to participate in a ricecake throwing ritual (again, from TARA4). Then, a chain reaction occurred. Dave and Kelly (Team Bikers) noticed the Surfers suspicious actions and headed to the boat where they found their clue too. Then, they told models Sam and Renae the location of the clue who also told workmates Anne-Marie and Tracy. Phew. Well, at least they told my favorites. After all the rush, everybody else followed with sisters Alana and Mel at the rear of the pack.
Everybody had the same reaction at the ricecake ritual which was "OW!", "AH!", or "Don't hit my face!". Yeah. The Asian teams had that reaction too. Once they got their clue, they must choose between a Detour. Carry or Cash. In Cash, teams were required to make and sell the local traditional Bakso for no less than 5,000 Rpper bowl, and were required to sell 15 of them. In Carry, teams were required to find a market stall and carry traditional produce on their heads to another market stall within the same market before retrieving their next clue. If i were on that race, I'd probably choose Carry. I wouldn't take my chances with the locals who could put you down. Surfers chose Carry. Well, they can balance on surfboards so why not balance a basket in their heads? And then I was wrong. After a couple of attempts, they were eventually passed by Sam and Renae who killed the task. So much for their lead. This led for their decision to switch tasks. Sam and Renae was on the lead now! Yeah! Just as what happened to the surfers, a lot of teams struggled with their own tasks. Dave and Kelly, Anne-Marie and Tracy, Joey and Richard (who i believed were there for a long time), Ryot and Liberty, Nathan and Tyler and Mo and Mos did Cash. While Sam and Renae, Matt and Tom (who balanced their baskets on their cowboy hats), Alana and Mel, Jeff and Luke and Chris and Anastasia did Carry.
With Renae and Sam in first, they were now headed to Gili Beach where they had to retrieve a briefcase underwater and count the money inside for them to receive their next clue.
Once again, all teams managed to catch up with the rest. But it was still Sam and Renae who checked in first at the PitStop and won 10,000 Dollars and the Express Pass! Congratulations guys! it was this task where most teams struggled. Anne-Marie and Tracy had a hard time diving down the water, Dave lost his temper when they got the wrong answer and Tom and Matt losing one bill which led to miscalculations. Fortunately, Dave was being kind and found it on the sand and handed them their missing note. Hmmm.. I seem to like the bikers now. Sadly, it was only down to 2 teams before I knew it. Married Entrepreneurs and Friends Mo and Mos har a really hard time counting the money and were the last two teams left. But it was Mo and Mos who checked in last but were not eliminated! It's a PRE-DETERMINED ELIMINATION LEG suckers! Ugh. That pissed me off. I actually wanted one team to get booted. It was pretty crowded when you have 11 teams to fit in 90 minutes of the show. So there you have it crappers! Watch it again if you want and don't forget to visit next week for episode 2 where I'll (hopefully) write better. Tata!
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