The Amazing Race Australia Season 6 Episode 9 Discussion

2kidsandacat · 2022-09-13T09:37:46+00:00

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KellyandGeorgia · 2022-09-13T11:36:28+00:00

Wish the episodes could be longer, you guys are missing out on a lot!

Cloncurry_fan · 2022-09-13T09:46:29+00:00

Scotty is absolutely more alive than last ep

CreswickOctober · 2022-09-13T10:28:58+00:00

Heath & Toni are such a positive team, I love seeing them smile

CreswickOctober · 2022-09-13T11:00:15+00:00

Episode felt really short tonight

Sad to see Morgan and Lilli go, they really felt like strong contenders who didn't get their proper time in the limelight

CreswickOctober · 2022-09-13T10:02:25+00:00

Today they're truly draggin' boat mums

DyingMessage · 2022-09-13T11:52:53+00:00

One of my favorite things about the race so far is how skilled Tiffany & Cynthia are. They aren't great runners or amazing navigators, but skill based challenges tend to work out VERY well for them. They usually move up ranks as soon as they hit a task. They are such a dark horse team, I swear.

pakoandmori · 2022-09-13T10:04:59+00:00

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CreswickOctober · 2022-09-13T09:36:00+00:00

Jodie and Claire the amazing walkers, omg. They bring a laugh out loud moment nearly every episode.

dmoTION8 · 2022-09-13T23:42:20+00:00

Wished we got to see more of Morgan and Lili on the show, seemed like they were a fun team. The editing make it obvious that they were going. Happy to see Jodie and Claire move up the order.

Tasks were just ok; the car ski looked like fun.

producermaddy · 2022-09-14T03:54:08+00:00

The temporary host is actually really good

lola1973lola · 2022-09-13T11:30:02+00:00

I’m really not understanding this whole covid isolating thing. The lawyers have been gone for ages. If they aren’t well enough to race after 5 days of isolation, the they should just be sent home.

jfbchelsea · 2022-09-13T09:49:17+00:00

The guys pushing the Jet Car back into the water after she beached it hahaha

Hydreigon_Lord · 2022-09-13T12:48:40+00:00

Pseudo-Elo Ratings after this episode:

Angel & Frankie, +2150 (up 280) (Australia #1, world #1)
Flick & Gabby, +1742 (up 236) (Australia #2, world #8)
Pako & Mori, +1423 (down 649) (Australia #5, world #25)
Kathy & Chace, +907 (Australia #11, world #103)
Lauren & Steph, +901 (up 287) (Australia #12, world #105)
Heath & Toni, +837 (up 58) (Australia #14, world #123)
Chelsea & Jamus, +214 (up 68) (Australia #28, world #306)
Kelly & Georgia, +2 (down 129) (Australia #35, world #389)
Fliss & Tottie, –186 (down 211) (Australia #40, world #472)
Tiffany & Cynthia, –245 (up 42) (Australia #44, world #496)
Morgan & Lilli, –328 (down 423) (Australia #47, world #532)
~~Bren & Anja, –450 (Australia #54, world #599)~~
~~Paul & Rachel, –450 (Australia #54, world #599)~~
Jodie & Claire, –476 (up 439) (Australia #56, world #624)
~~Tammy & Vincent, –728 (Australia #64, world #796)~~
Stuart & Glennon, –920 (Australia #70, world #854)
~~Jake & Holly, –938 (Australia #71, world #856)~~
~~Sam & Alex, –1006 (Australia #73, world #867)~~
~~Crystal & Reem, –1193 (Australia #78, world #882)~~
~~Sam & Stu, –1255 (down 489) (Australia #79, world #886)~~

For reference, the Australia rankings are out of 79 teams, and the world rankings are out of 887 teams.

(See this comment for more information on Pseudo-Elo ratings.)

Well, that just happened. And it seems Pako & Mori's rating record of +2119 stood for all of two days. You have to admit, winning 5/8 legs in a format with this many teams is insane.

Apple_Slipper · 2022-09-13T10:42:34+00:00

Here's the summary for TAR Australia S06E09!

Route Info: Ice Cream Scream
Teams travel to the Alaçatı, Türkiye. Teams need to find an ice cream vendor at the town square to get two ice cream cones as well as their next clue. The vendors do play tricks to tease the teams and avoid breaking the cones.
Beau gets some ice-cream as a treat while quarantining.
The vendor tricks Angel & Frankie with the clue.
Route Info: Turkey-O Drift
Teams drive to Çark Plajı Beach to drive a JetCar. Teams have 90 seconds to drive a figure-8 and two circles around the buoys on an obstacle course and arrive back. If teams fail, they will have to go to the back of the line. Once teams complete the course in under 90 seconds, teams will receive their clue.
Teams are allowed to use their phones to navigate.
Flick & Gabby aim to try to beat Angel & Frankie.
Angel: "Call me Letty!"
Route Info: Turkish Delight
Teams put their face into a bowl of icing sugar to find a yellow block. Once teams find the butter, they will receive their next clue.
Pako & Mori drove jetskis in Bali previously.
Mori did four circles instead of two on his first attempt.
Morgan & Lilli love water sports.
Lilli did too many circles on her first attempt.
Lilli: "It was the hardest but simplest challenge I have ever done."
Chelsea: "I'm gonna live my Fast & Furious days out on the water!"
Georgia: "Claire is a crazy driver. She tried to overtake us a few times!"
Jamus: "She's [Claire] a bad momma."
UBANK sponsored moment with Jodie & Claire with the JetCar.
Pitstop: Teams make their way on foot to the Alaçatı Yel Degirmenleri Parki. The last team to arrive may be eliminated.
Cyntha: "She's [Tiffany] like Paul Walker!"
Fliss & Totti drove ATVs and can drive manual.
Angel & Frankie won 1st Place and won a 6-night holiday to Darwin, NT valued at AU$5,000.
Flick & Gabby (2nd Place).
Lauren & Steph (3rd Place).
Jodie & Claire (4th Place).
Heath & Toni (5th Place).
Scott: "Get the sugar off your faces [Heath & Toni], but keep the sugar in your smiles."
Jamus: "We never liked encouraging each other because it puts us off."
Pako & Mori and Morgan & Lilli getting stuck in traffic.
Chelsea & Jamus (6th Place).
Tiffany & Cynthia (7th Place).
Kelly & Georgia (8th Place).
Fliss & Tottie (9th Place).
Georgia wanted to hug Scott, LOL!
Morgan & Lilli noticing two cats making love.
Lilli: "Get a room!"
Pako & Mori (10th Place).
Morgan & Lilli arrived in Last Place and are eliminated.
Next Episode: Teams travel to Colombia! Kathy & Chace and Stuart & Glennon return to the race, and teams struggle at riding bikes with golf clubs.

Apple_Slipper · 2022-09-13T11:11:35+00:00

The Cheap Seats (next show after TAR Australia) talks about Beau being temporarily replaced by AIDA the Robot in İzmir. The robot was able to speak some languages such as English and Spanish.

pantaloonjohnny · 2022-09-13T11:04:58+00:00

Cool episode! That finish was a massive fakeout I did not believe the Hubbies were going to overtake the girls at the last minute especially with the lack of position changes there. But they did and I'm relieved because they're a strong team and it'd be weird to see them gone just like that.

Still these three Türkiye eliminations have been devastating for me. Morgan & Lilli started doing so well the last two legs but unfortunately couldn't get there this episode. They were really fun and I wish they got more time on our screens. It's only going to get worse from here though as I get more and more attached to these teams.

Jodie & Claire were AMAZING this ep! Both in performance and likeability. Claire demolished the jetcar challenge like it was nothing and I was in awe the whole time. Such a positive team along with Heath & Toni. Rooting for them so much!

Fliss & Tottie getting lost and knowing they can catch up so they can snatch some screentime 💅

Angel & Frankie getting first three times in a row is really commendable and for them not to stuff up once they had the lead is impressive. Another orange team dominating who hopefully won't get U-Turned by everybody else at the Final Four.

Chelsea & Jamus are growing on me tbh, Chelsea is just a hot stressed mess and they both seem to still be fine with each other despite it all lmao. Plus Chelsea wasn't as mad as I feared when forgetting the bags last episode.

Dogs to the pitstop, runaway donkeys, and now cats having seggs

The tasks here were nice. I love the ice cream vendors being included, and the jetcar challenge was beautiful, and as quick as the Turkish delight may have been, it added some variety with the teams' faces getting 'dirty'.

And Scotty's great as a host! I love how he and Beau are trading lines. It's honestly great to watch. I hope it continues. Imagine co-hosting the rest of the way?

Still pulling for Flick & Gabby, Jodie & Claire, Kelly & Georgia, Heath & Toni and Pako & Mori to get far. Even though I actually like all the teams now in one way or another.

Next, Stuart & Glennon and (finally) Kathy & Chace returning for Colombia! Going to be controversial with the teams and the viewers lol I'm glad they're finally back sooner rather than later tho, and I hope it doesn't happen again haha

CreswickOctober · 2022-09-13T09:37:51+00:00

The water for the car challenge looks beautiful

Cloncurry_fan · 2022-09-13T10:06:56+00:00

Who knew counting could be so difficult

Expert-Maybe-2532 · 2022-09-13T09:34:32+00:00

The challenge would be better if Scotty got the ice cream vendors to dress up as ninjas

CreswickOctober · 2022-09-13T09:34:58+00:00

Beau is growing a travel beard

812gnj · 2022-09-13T12:46:22+00:00

Is the car challenge a roadblock that's been edited as a Route Info in the episode? Looking like it with only one team member driving the entire car

The leg's quite short - but it's quite a toss to new TAR legs with a couple of tasks and the pit stop immediately happens.

2022-09-19T00:41:22+00:00

Did anyone notice Angel & Frankie that when they got their first place prize, one cut scène of them was with sugar powder allover their face and the next cut scene was them without and then back to with it!

ICameForTheT · 2022-09-13T10:20:45+00:00

They started with 4 M/M teams, 8 M/F teams and 8 F/F which tells you that production’s worst-case scenario is another all-male winning team 💀

handinhandkameraden · 2022-09-13T11:34:59+00:00

I think the edit might have given the ending away this episode.

CreswickOctober · 2022-09-13T10:36:06+00:00

Morgan & Lilli got directions off a guy who looks like Turkish Scott Tweedie

maukamauka · 2022-09-13T18:50:04+00:00

I wonder if they cut any challenges from the edit as this leg seemed suspiciously tame. Hoping to see the race heat up with the return of the isolated teams next week.

If anyone’s curious, there’s currently a 7:3 Melbourne/Sydney split between the ten remaining teams, although the isolated teams will bump that back up to 7:5.

irl_Juvia · 2022-09-13T19:35:38+00:00

Wasn't expecting a non-elim tonight, but not disappointed that Pako and Mori survived.

The 10 teams that were left were all pretty good teams anyway.

frozensummit · 2022-09-24T12:38:20+00:00

If one of the teams in isolation gets one of the first three places, that'll be so fucking unfair.

Rychu_Supadude · 2022-09-13T17:08:44+00:00

The car challenge was blatantly a roadblock in everything but name, so I'm thinking there was an actual roadblock cut from the edit. Oh, wikipedia says that the official twitter referred to it as a roadblock, so just a weird-ass editing choice.

Definitely surprised that they spent 3 legs in Turkey without going to Istanbul, but they still showcased the country very well without any iconic minarets.

The balancing of multiple teams in the edit has been better than expected, but I still preferred the greater amount of Non-Eliminations from last season, this leg was crying out for one.

SagginBartender · 2022-09-13T12:03:51+00:00

Kathy and Chace still are dominating these last 6 legs by maintaining the highest race average. Contenders to win it all

CreswickOctober · 2022-09-13T10:37:00+00:00

This is a nail biting finish

Apple_Slipper · 2022-09-13T13:33:09+00:00

Also, TAR Australia Season 4 Winners Tim & Rod are commenting on this episode via the TAR Australia official Twitter page.

Link: https://twitter.com/amazingrace_au/status/1569620791263895552

Lokenzz · 2022-09-13T15:45:48+00:00

Honestly thought Pako and Mori would get eliminated today

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