The Amazing Race Australia Season 6 Episode 12 Discussion
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Chelsea & Jamus arguing again, as usual.
Maybe one day Chelsea will take accountability and stop blaming Jamus for everything đ
Agreed. Listening to her shouting at Jamus for something she did wrong is honestly getting annoying.
It's a sign of a narcissist. I honestly feel sorry for their kids. Hopefully they'll grow up with their dads patience đ€đ»
I think she's more control freak. When things went out of her control, she snaps at other people, especially Jamus.
Some other people will experience emotional meltdown at losing control.
She should learn that instead of getting angry or getting upset, she should focus her energy on finding the solution to the problem since there is nothing you can do to change what's already happening.
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It might be edited but they can only show what happens, even if there are lots of times they are lovely to each other there is still this shrieking ugliness.
Oh I know!
Edited yes, but she is still the one saying the terrible things she has said to him and screaming at him. Even if they have edited out him being the same way toward her, all that tells us is they have an extremely toxic relationship.
Chelsea reminds me a lot of Flo from TAR US S3.
People like her rarely, if ever, change.
yeah, right at the finale it will be the one time Chelsea fully puts her trust in Jamus, and he will royally f-up
Just watching now, and OMG, she is such a gaslighter. I hope he watches this and sees how she flips every situation on him. She's toxic.
She is actually emotionally abusive to him and I find it really uncomfortable to watch. I really hope that seeing herself and her behaviour horrifies her and makes her really work on her method of dealing with stress. If the roles were reversed and Jamus was verbally abusing Chelsea in this manner, the entire viewership would be calling for his head. Just because sheâs a woman doesnât excuse it.
Spot on
It wonât horrify her. She wonât see a thing wrong with her behavior.
I don't want to be wrong, for Jamus' sake, but after a few weeks I felt like they're playing it up for the screen a lot of the time?
They haven't totally broken down, and there are many moments where they look genuinely happy to be there and together. They've also been engaged for ten years if that says something
And the episode where Chelsea forgot the bags and they had to go get it back, she didn't blame Jamus as much as I thought she would? Compared to other arguments like in this ep, I felt like she would've
And they aren't mean to or mad at the other teams too.
I do feel sorry for Jamus but these thoughts help me feel better about them lol
Chelsea did mention that she is a property manager, and Jamus is her assistant. She probably does all of the commanding.
Christ those 2 are a train wreck.. She is a overgrown toddler and it's just painful to watch.. Can't imagine what their friends and family are thinking.. Hope that poor blokes looks back at the show and runs..
this. feels forced for the sake of TV, if iy were real they wouldn't have been together this long.
Exactly, and if Chelsea is really that terrible to Jamus I thought she'd be horrible to everyone else. But no, she's actually super nice to them. And that niceness comes off way more naturally than the arguing. It feels like they break character. I don't know how someone that shitty to someone would be so kind to literally everyone else.
I know it looks very bad, and I understand why people are mad. I think that's what Chelsea and the show are going for. It's an edited show, where bickering couples are tropes. And I mean, look at their intro shot. They know their role.
If it was clear that Jamus is so unhappy with Chelsea, I'd be totally concerned and hateful as well. But it's not clear. It's an edited show, and there's more than ten years of their relationship we haven't been seeing. I don't want to take away anything from that.
If I'm wrong, then I'll feel extremely bad and sorry to Jamus. But now, there are honestly far worse things to hate.
Exactly, and if Chelsea is really that terrible to Jamus I thought she'd be horrible to everyone else. But no, she's actually super nice to them. And that niceness comes off way more naturally than the arguing. It feels like they break character. I don't know how someone that shitty to someone would be so kind to literally everyone else.
People who have manipulative and narcissistic traits to them can EASILY do this. Extremely Jekyll and Hyde and people find it so difficult to believe how awful that person can be because they present so wonderfully to everyone except their victim.
What youâre not getting is that Chelsea might be a nice person to other people. They donât get to see the real Chelsea. Janus gets the real Chelsea because of that 10 years. She is toxic and he chooses to allow that for whatever reason. It does take two to tango so maybe he likes being dominated but that certainly doesnât excuse her behaviour.
this. feels forced for the sake of TV, if iy were real they wouldn't have been together this long.
Itâs not difficult to believe that their relationship really is this bad and has lasted this long. Plenty of people remain in terribly abusive and dysfunctional relationships for a multitude of reasons, especially when children are involved. And even in these awful relationships there are the moments when everything seems okay, just like the times we see them getting along and even being affectionate to one another. That is another reason why these relationships endure, because often the abused partner focuses on the few good times rather than the many bad times. Jamus looks to be someone totally beaten down.
After time with a person like this, you start to believe that they're right, and you are always at fault. It's a horrible thing.
You're right. I feel so so stupid for focusing too much on the good moments and for hoping for the best. I'm honestly so ashamed.
Chelsea is the most toxic woman to appear on the show since Flo. The fact that she keeps lucking out of being eliminated because of just 1 other team being worse at a task or screwing up somehow is utterly infuriating.
That leg when she just snapped and said she wanted to leave the race is a classic Flo move. It's not like it is over for them as they never come last, but she acted as if there was no more hope for them. Very very Flo!
She's basically the Flo of TAR Australia.
Vale Scott Tweedie, I'm a little disappointed he didn't get a proper send off on the show but I guess we just got pranked by the prank patrol
Here's hoping he appears in the final legs (or at least the final pitstop with all the teams); that would give a nice sense of closure.
He was such a good host in a short amount of time on the job.
I thought he was a great host. Better than beau imo
I was expecting him to co-welcome racers at this pit stop with Beau, especially since there was no greeter at all this leg.
Chelsea and Jamus: this leg we're going to be calm and not fight
Also Chelsea and Jamus: at each others throats within the first 20 minutes
Yep. Knew that they weren't going to keep that promise for long.
"Fighting does not work for us..."
[One ad break later]
The scapegoating begins :(
I hope this season serves Chelsea a lesson to not berate Jamus all of the time.
I don't see the point why they shouted at each other about who gave the cake to the kids. Those teams at the back of the pack got valuable information. If I were them, I would lie and say that I need to make more cakes because some of them accidentally dropped. That way, other teams may unknowingly repeat the same mistake and they could be leading again.
Not really Jamus. He just defends himself from Chelseaâs ugly attacks. She is abusive to him and should be booted from the show.
60 minute episode with only a few teams, crazy the difference it makes. Awesome pacing on this ep!
Glad for our sake it was 20 teams, better chance of getting cast đ
And get to see more of the stunning locations and teams doing the challenges, which have been awesome!
Beau days out of isolation and smothers himself all over the charity lady. DID YOU LEARN NOTHING BEAU
Yes, that poor man just canât grasp the concept: Covid= Do not touch!
Having just had it, he is less likely than ever to get it again.
It surprises me that producers havenât given everyone on the show explicit instructions to not hug other people.
Chelsea & Jamus are like a caricature of bickering TAR couples.
Reminds me of a role reversed Jonathan and Victoria
Jonathan & Victoria was still a far, far worse team than Chelsea & Jamus.
So, two returning teams went home this week, so you can actually skip all three episodes and won't change anything.
Btw, why there is no speed bump for Heath and Toni?
Because they didn't deserve one with the pathetic time penalty the cheaters and quitters received?
Then why gave the returning team speed bumps?
Shit, the returning teams should of received 1 speed bump for every leg they missed. LOL.
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this!
The other team (aunt & niece) didn't get a speed bump either. They're just not doing them (apart from the quarantine returnees). Not great, butit doesn't bother me as much as other things, since the original TAR seasons didn't have penalties either.
They should really explain the logic of giving speed bumps to returning teams but not to the saved teams.
5 teams left for next week and we're gonna see a race favourite eliminated
They're all favourites at this point - those 5 especially are top tier casting and have delivered in their own ways all season
I don't particularly care for Chelsea & Jamus.
It will be sad. It's still just the OGs and we've bonded with them the most now. Was so disappointed to see none of the isolating teams return yet.
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Chelsea and Jamus finishing a task in first is a sight to see, I love it
Holy hell, what a stuff up!
I spoke too soon
Me: They seem content, maybe this is the one leg there's no arguments, good :) ...
Also me: I was wrong : (
Surely itâll get them points somewhere along the line? It was kind of them to give out the arepas but damn, they didnât read the clue haha
This is definitely the fastest they've ever spoiled the elimination through the editing in any version of the race.
Managing to do it on literally the first frame of the episode is really something else
Wait I missed it, what happened?!
There was a TW saying the episode would feature images of dead people from the eliminated team's community.
Who died? Or where did they show dead people?
It was like an image of one of their parents while they were still alive.
I am absolutely shocked by Chelsea's disgusting, NASTY attitude & behaviour! I am so scared for their kids!! This is when she KNOWS she's on camera ...what the heck is she like behind closed doors!??? How on Earth does Jamus put up with her? She's beyond toxic. SMH!!!
I'm not super clued in on the US amazing race so correct me if I'm wrong, but is it unusual that there are so many tasks that are neither detours or roadblocks?
My understanding was that usually either it was a roadblock where one person did the task or it was a detour where they both did the task but got to choose between two options. Tasks where both racers had to participate were usually either really simple (like "drive to this location and pick up the next clue") or the one right before the finish line.
In TAR AU most of the tasks seem to require both team members without being a detour
Yeah its pretty unusual. I suspect that these tasks were supposed to be roadblock or detour but due to lack of teams, they just merged them.
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Ahh yes, sounds likely. Am sure heaps of stress and juggling went on behind the scenes. So sad for the season, covid has really stuffed it! Surely the only reason they did the two starts and so many teams was because of it. Shame so much criticism when really we are lucky to get a season at all. But all in all Iâm still a fan. The locations and challenges have been enjoyable to watch, especially loved the seeing the lovely locals in last few eps. Hope that doesnât mean the endâŠ
I'm wondering if it's because of all the teams in quarantine?
Here is the summary for TAR Australia S06E12!
A disclaimer about Indigenous Australian historical pictures who have passed away.
Beau Ryan is back!
Route Info: Teams fly to Cartagena, Colombia and take a taxi to the Restaurante La Perla Negra, La Boquilla to find their next clue.
Pako mentions again about Mori's advantage of speaking Spanish.
Pako & Mori: "ÂĄMuy bien!"
Route Info: Special Delivery
Teams must watch a demonstration on how to make arepas. Then, teams must make and cook 10 arepas to the judge's satisfaction. Teams then deliver it to a kids arts community centre. Once teams give the arepas to the kids, they will receive their next clue.
Heath warned Toni about accidentally cutting herself on the grater.
Chelsea & Jamus vowed to try to stop arguing on the race.
Chelsea & Jamus made a large fire on the cooking rack.
Frankie: "I'm like a magician in the kitchen!"
Chelsea made a mistake by giving the arepas to the kids in the neighbourhood instead of the kids at the art centre.
Gabby: "Oh, she [the judge] wants to hire us!"
Flick: "That is a compliment!"
Route Info: Banana Exchange
Teams head to Cartegena's Old Town and carry fruit on their heads while selling it to the locals. Once teams sell fruit in exchange for a total of COP20,000 (AU$6.90), teams will receive their next clue.
Beau: "I'm more of an eggplant guy myself."
Chelsea & Jamus arguing again, as usual. Chelsea needs to take responsibility for that mistake.
Angel: "Let's just say that cooking is not my forte..."
Pako & Mori were considering about adopting a kid.
Stuart & Glennon mention about appreciating the kids being happy even though they didn't have much. Stuart also mentioned about his tragic backstory regarding his family.
Heath & Toni found some tourists to sell fruit to. Instantly got COP$20,000.
Route Info: Rhythm & Flow
Teams must make their way via taxi to the Parque del Bolivar and perform the traditional salsa dance. Once teams complete the dance while smiling to the satisfaction of the judge, teams will receive their next clue.
The kids at the art centre really made the teams emotional.
Flick: "And boy, did she [Gabby] dance!"
Toni: "We looked at each other and said sorry. Sorry to salsa."
Angel: "The secret to the salsa dance is a sassy attitude."
Flick: "We thought the secret way for a good salsa dance is to be a bit sexy."
Pako & Mori: "The salsa gods are with us!"
Pitstop: Teams make their way to Castillo de San Felipe de Barajas. Teams must walk through the marked tunnel to get the top. If not, Beau will send teams back to run through the tunnel. The last team to check in may be eliminated.
Pako & Mori won 1st Place.
Angel & Franke arrived at the Pitstop, but have not walked through the tunnel.
Beau: "I didn't have to tell them to go back."
Heath & Toni (2nd Place).
Angel & Frankie (3rd Place).
Flick & Gabby (4th Place).
Glennon tries to encourage Stuart to keep going. But with anxiety, it prevents Stuart from continuing the routine.
Stuart & Glennon decided to take the penalty.
Chelsea & Jamus arrived at the Pitstop, but have not went through the tunnel.
Chelsea & Jamus (5th Place).
Stuart & Glennon arrived in Last Place and are now eliminated.
Next Episode: Teams fly to the Caribbean to traverse in swamps. A race to the Pitstop will have a race favourite eliminated.
Heart-warming extended motivational flash back at the kids community centre.
[while watching] well it was really nice knowing you:Stuart and Glennon
Feeding the children must be one of the most rewarding legs I've seen so far. It was so emotional to watch
Yes, gorgeous. Reminded me of the lovely leg in the village in Africa a few seasons ago.
Agreed. Super wholesome!
I agree with the consensus that one of the biggest issues with this season is too many teams, and think these past couple of legs (11 and 12) have proved it.
The key to the success of the show is facilitating viewers to form parasocial relationships with teams, becoming genuinely emotionally invested in their successes and failures. It can't happen unless we get to spend time with them. With 5 teams out because of COVID isolation, we got to see the same 6 teams for two episodes straight and it felt like got to connect with them A LOT more. I don't think I've cared about who goes home or not as much as I have in these last two legs in Colombia.
Perhaps they needed another split leg each before they merged.
Great idea! Maybe even more than one.
i agree. the "herd" at the beginning was so overwhelming and a lot of the deserving teams got lost in the screen-time.
Jamus always looks like heâs having a fun time. He seems like a genuine happy person, even with Chelsea down his throat đ
Wow I wish we could have been apart of this leg, looks like an incredible experience with the kids.
Jamus needs to leave Chelsea, what a disgustingly abusive person.
Even that guy that was helping the teams cook those pancake things was looking sorry for Jamus. đą
Wish I could give more than one upvote, sheâs gotta be in the top 5 of worst people/partners in TAR history
iâm really trying to root for u chelsea but ur not giving me much to work with lol
Pseudo-Elo Ratings after this episode:
Angel & Frankie, +2280 (down 72) (Australia #1, world #1)
Pako & Mori, +1776 (up 194) (Australia #2, world #6)
Flick & Gabby, +1605 (down 119) (Australia #5, world #14)
Lauren & Steph, +901 (Australia #11, world #104)
Heath & Toni, +709 (up 191) (Australia #16, world #160)
Kathy & Chace, +610 (Australia #21, world #186)Chelsea & Jamus, +206 (down 89) (Australia #28, world #307)
Kelly & Georgia, +2 (Australia #35, world #389)
Fliss & Tottie, â186 (Australia #40, world #472)
Tiffany & Cynthia, â245 (Australia #44, world #496)
Morgan & Lilli, â328 (Australia #47, world #532)Bren & Anja, â450 (Australia #54, world #599)Paul & Rachel, â450 (Australia #54, world #599)Jodie & Claire, â476 (Australia #56, world #624)
Tammy & Vincent, â728 (Australia #64, world #796)Stuart & Glennon, â833 (down 105) (Australia #69, world #831)
Jake & Holly, â938 (Australia #71, world #856)Sam & Alex, â1006 (Australia #73, world #867)Crystal & Reem, â1193 (Australia #78, world #882)Sam & Stu, â1255 (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.)
Angel & Frankie have their first rating decrease since Leg 4.
HE ACTUALLY FUCKiNG HUGGED THEM. What an actual fucking flog. You would think himself and HALF OF THE REMAINING TEAMS getting Covid would maybe require a bit of caution?
I understand what you mean about that. In an interview about TAR Australia Season 4 back in 2019, Beau was asked on why he hugs teams at the Pitstop. Beau said that he was "an emotional guy", hence why he hugs teams.
I still remember the group hug he got all the teams to form around Viv & Joey that season (who also happened to be the shortest contenders cast)!
Iâd rather see beau as a contestant than a host
He hugged the teacher and the kids as well. đČ
He's a hugger
Had the same thought, but figured it is the safest time for him as his immunity would be high after just having it, and would have got the all clear.
Oh my GOD the $20,000 in one sale holy shit đ
20,000 Colombian Peso is just 6.75 Australian Dollars. That was super easy.
I mean, it was a pretty smart strategy when you don't speak the language.
Indeed. Smart method by Heath & Toni!
It is weird that there's just no NEL penalty this year
Iâve never been a fan of them to be honest. Especially on the US one when they used to take their leg money off them and make them beg for money, especially in the poorer countries. It was uncomfortable viewing. Even if no extra task I figure they start last which in itself is a disadvantage.
I dont think there was one last season either.
The first place at a NEL won the right to skip the following leg and then they had to choose between the bottom two one would get an advantage and the other would get a disadvantage.
I forgot this mess.
If Angel & Frankie nail the dance and win the leg I will be screaming
Beau's been back for two minutes and he's already brought the cringe
Yeah the eggplant joke was đ€Šđ»ââïž
What does it even mean? Is it a dick joke??
I assume so. Unless eggplants are funny for another reason
His sendoff to Stuart and Glennon sounded so tainted with privilege, then again the guys also had a pretty cringe moment at the arts center calling the kids there unfortunate
I expected nothing less
My prediction: Pako and Mori going home
Dunno - we got to see some of Stuart and Glennon's background, so pretty good chance there...
I think you're right!
Sadly right!
God, i hope so. Pako makes me want to turn off my TV. I do love Mori tho, he's so sweet.
No pitstop greeter tonight
Lol I thought Beau was gonna tell them they went through the wrong tunnel
Beau is literally talking to himself at this point
"Race favorite eliminated" the wording on this is so cringe. Dont tell me who is a favorite Sir. Let me determine if the team is worthy of my favoritism lol.
the quarantine thing is just unfair to other teams i feel like. i loved all 3 episodes of this week and i am so happy beau is back haha! the other guy was hot to look at but thats about it, he read scripts like i used to cram stuff back in school đ€Ł just no. ps: when will pako be eliminated? (just him not morri, haha) same goes for Angel iykwim đ Jamus and Chelsea are my fave lol.
Mori sounds like he is Chilean by the way he speaks Spanish.
Chelsea and Jamus are a ridiculously toxic pairing. Just seeing the way Chelsea blows up at Jamus it wouldnât surprise me if she is physically abusive to him. It would be too optimistic to say that I hope that seeing the footage will help to make positive changes in their relationship because someone like Chelsea will never are that they are in the wrong. All she could do was blame Jamus for every little thing.
It has amazed đ€Ł me how in every leg, Angelâs appearance has remained impeccable even in this leg with Cartagenaâs heat and humidity.
The selling task is very easy.
20,000 COP is just 6.7 AUD or 4.5 USD
Yeah, Heath & Toni spent 2 mins on it.
Seems they were very lucky to find, and sweet talk, those tourists, the locals wouldnât have paid that much for one banana. I thought it was good strategy by them and Health thought of it off the bat.
What an f'n bitch
Seeing all these negative comments about Chelsea & Jamus, I feel the need to counter-balance that and show some appreciation for, what is in my opinion, one of the most entertaining teams still remaining.
I really appreciate having Chelsea & Jamus on my screen. They have been one of my favorites since the start, and continue to deliver fun moments. They clearly aren't the best racers, but that's what makes them unique and a delight to watch. The fact that they gave away some of their food was such a wholesome moment. It is really nice to see these human moments from the teams. It is clear that they have a deep love for each other, despite all their bickering. They never cross the line of being really ugly and in most cases, I think they come off more comical than anything.
Hope they stay til the end!
OK chelsea
me too! i love them..The race would be soooo boring without them now that most of the competitive teams have either been eliminated or are quarantined.
They're a fun team. I like them much more than most of the teams.
Chelsea made the episode great. They need to start casting more people that get into fights than teams that get along. Itâs reality tv not friends
yassss!!!!! how is everyone helping each other a competitive race? smh