Amazing Race 10 update – Blonde Ambition

The final four teams started out in Morocco and drive through the Atlas Mountains to the city of Casablanca. With only a handful of teams remaining, there’s a lot of chatter about getting to the final three for the final leg of the Race. Once in Casablanca, it’s the Roadblock: one team member must prepare and eat a pound of camel meat. Team Blonde picks up a guide and they arrive at the Roadblock just behind Team Rehab. Dustin & Kandace need to come in first on this leg or they’ll incur a 30-minute penalty at check-in for coming in last on the previous leg.

Tyler & James finish the Roadblock and head to the next stop: Barcelona, Spain. Meanwhile, Team Bicker and Team Alabama can’t find the Roadblock even though they’re getting advice like “where the other Americans are.” As usual, Rob is flipping out and he catches a glimpse of the Blondies running down the street; assuming they’re heading for the Roadblock, he follows them. Unfortunately for him, they’re done with the Roadblock and he follows them back to their car. Sucka! Team Alabama finishes the camel meat next while Rob harangues Kimberly.

None of this matters: everybody is bunched up on the same flight to Spain. At Barcelona, the teams need to search a hedge maze for the next clue. So it’s rush rush rush to the maze…which doesn’t open until 10:00am the next morning. The Blondies arrange for a taxi to arrive in the morning with one of them speaking pretty good Spanish; the other teams follow suit in English. This next clue is the Detour: Lug it or Lob it. Teams may either don giant costumers and walk a mile down the street, or search a pile of tomatoes for the next clue while locals toss tomatoes at them. After the teams emerge from the maze, Team Blonde and Team Bicker grab taxis but there are no cabs for Team Rehab and Team Alabama. They stand in the street waving their hands at passing cars.

The Blondies go for the giant costumes and it doesn’t look especially difficult, and it appears there’s a “spotter” to help them along. Meanwhile, Rob & Kimberly go for the tomato pile in what can only be called the funniest Detour ever: Rob is whipping tomatoes back at the Spaniards pelting them and Kimberly is having a complete meltdown. She is totally freaking out and gives up twice and Rob is screaming at her to toughen up. They give up to try the other Detour but when they find it’s a long drive away, they head back to the tomato pile. Eventually they find the clue head to the Pit Stop. Team Alabama also finishes the tomato clue and heads off. Team Blonde and Team Rehab are still racing in the giant costumes.

It’s not looking good for the Blondies since they’re neck and neck with Team Rehab and they’re going to get a 30-minute penalty at the mat. Sure enough, they get some bad directions to the Pit Stop and end up in last place anyway.

Final standings:

#1 – Team Bicker – Rob & Kimberly – Prize: Travelocity trip to Barbados
#2 – Team Alabama – Lyn & Karlyn
#3 – Team Rehab – Tyler & James
#4 – Team Blondie – Dustin & Kandace – PHILIMINATED

Next week – The Race finale.

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