The Amazing Race Australia Season 6 Episode 13 Discussion
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So sad seeing the girls go, amazing people and legit troopers.
The message you saw at the end “in memory of Matt farrell” was referring to one of our camera men on the show. He passed in a plane crash. Was such a nice person and always smiling.
I'm also saddened to see two strong women be eliminated, as well as the really unfortunate passing of Matt Farrell. RIP.
Really sad that Matt Farell passed away. I wonder if there's a credit list somewhere of everyone who worked on the Amazing Race?
Unfortunate that Flick & Gabi, one of the strongest and most energetic teams, got eliminated to. They were one of our family's favourites to watch.
P.s. The fact that they also helped Pako and Mori who were out of money this leg was heart-warming.
RIP Mathew. Noticed him on the news, didn't realise he worked on the show. Very sad.
I thought they’d make the finale bc they seemed like big characters!
Ouch. That's the hardest elimination in a long time for me.
Yep. I really like Flick & Gabby as a team. They are usually the top few teams.
Agree. Not just as a team, but as lovely kind people.
Brutal elim at this stage.
Honestly, the girls have been one of the stronger teams since the beginning of the race.
I feel like they probably wouldn't be exiting this early if half the other teams weren't quarantined, cos they definitely aren't the weakest of the remaining 10 teams
hate how they are handling the 'iso' teams. Such an easy roadblock, that's it? flick and gabi goin at the actual no. 5 wouldn't have been this heartbreaking, but seeing them get eliminated before such weak teams (i don't even know the names of) is just pathetic on the show's part. not enjoying it one bit. might just watch the finale at this point.
A rare Chelsea and Jamus win. Hope that Chelsea is nicer to Jamus from here on.
I don’t know how Jamus keeps his positive vibe and smile going with how outrageously mean Chelsea is to him.
Jamus is the king of eating challenges.
He should probably try competitive eating.
They argued less this time around, which is an improvement.
From being last and not reading the clue properly too! It's a fresh sight to see, although I also wanted Heath and Toni to get their first leg win
Heath and Toni won one of the legs back in Greece. But either way I was happy with whoever came first. Definitely the best leg this season with those close finishes!
Oh lol I forgot! Thanks for correcting me. And I wish I could say the same because the elimination hit me hard! I do admit, the close finishes were riveting and the leg as a whole was really good. I love the positive interactions between teams and the more fleshed out moments that wouldn't be had with more teams and less run time.
I know how nice they are is part of why I love Heath & Toni, but damn did I wish they'd waited longer to tell Chelsea & Jamus they'd not read the clue properly.
Then again, with the eating machine of Jamus, I'm not sure how much of a difference it would've made! :P
If heath and Toni waited to tell them or they reaslised later it would either be a penalty or they would’ve finished and realised then leaving them to do another 25 and therefore as they had already had 25 it would’ve slowed them down
Sad to see Flick and Gabby leave, as they were my favourites. It’s annoying that there are eliminations, when realistically, those 5 teams are some of the strongest :( the girls would have easily beaten most of the covid teams. I know covid is tricky to navigate with TAR, it’s just feels unfair.
Agree. If they knew teams were coming back to the game (they must have been travelling during this leg) surely a non elim leg would have been fairer.
so unfair on the shows part. dun feel likr watching it anymore tbh.
OMG! I know that it’s because of covid, but this show is now officially a Dogs breakfast. For Flick and Gabby to leave, when there are less capable teams due to rejoin soon is ridiculous!! ☹️☹️☹️
Damn, that elimination hit the hårdest for me so far. 😥 That was rough. Loved the sisters so much. They were so strong and so nice. Going to feel so weird without them for the rest of the race.
Seems completely unfair that teams who haven't even competed for several weeks in a row will end up progressing further than Flick and Gabby, though I can't think of a better way to do it.
edit: Oooh, just had an idea. The four non-quarantined teams that were left after this episode should get a break for the next leg! Let the returning 5 teams fight amongst themselves in an elimination leg, then regroup all of the teams together again.
Oh fuck, that's actually a good idea. Honestly, I have no idea how you'd solve the COVID issues, fairly (as it stands, a low quality team misses many legs i.e. chances to be eliminated, and progresses further than they should, at the expense of far better teams who get elimimated earlier than they should, purely because there was a higher chance of Elim because less teams participating in that leg).
Idk how the American show does it (haven't watched recently) but I think you just have to kind of grin and bear it. Like it's either an unfair show or none at all.
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It's sort of footage of some airport drama (an aspect that modern TAR seasons usually lack), where Angel had some COVID test and flight issues where she was forced to fly to Cancún, Mexico first before flying to Belize City, Belize where she would reunite with Frankie.
Kinda sounds like Angel got booted off the flight for some reason and had to jump on another one
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I more meant that she said or did something to get her ejected from the flight.
I think it's more about the overbooked issue. It's a common problem in airline business. When a flight gets overbooked, some passengers will be forced to leave and take the next flight available.
Do you remember a few years ago when airport security forced a guy by force from his airline seat and it became viral because he refused to leave?
The fact they let him keep racing likely it wasn’t anything too bad that needed a penalty, however on the other hand they didn’t give him any help or handicaps either so must have been a legit travel error, or she missed it, one would think. That’s racing and travelling I suppose!
Frankie got an easier task on the nut challenge (fill nuts up to the line instead of to the top of the jar), but yeah it doesn't sound like Angel missing her flight was her fault.
Frankie also got to 3rd Place before he reunited with Angel. He did well when solo at the time.
The steel drum Beat Detour is reminiscent to the steel drums challenge at Trinidad & Tobago in TAR USA Season 32.
If I had to predict, I'd guess the next several eliminations are going to be from amongst the rejoining teams.
The other 4 teams (Angel & Frankie, Chelsea & Jamus, Pako & Mori, Heath & Toni) all feel like top-tier competitors, evidenced by the fact that the Barista Sisters got booted tonight, who were themselves a strong team.
So not only do the rejoining teams have to complete a Speedbump, but some of them are probably now gonna find themselves as the weaker teams remaining in the competition. Predicting probably the Dragon Boat Mums or the Country Girls as the next boot.
Also the fact that Lauren & Steph are not rejoining next episode is really bad for them, cos now they're going to have to deal with a solo speedbump when then they finally rejoin, instead of doing the speedbump with the other returning teams. They'll be lucky if they survive their rejoining leg
Oh that’s so true re the solo speedbump. Bummer for them.
Interesting that only 4 of the 5 iso teams are returning together, given that they all went into iso at the same time. I was looking at Wikipedia and I hadn’t realized that Kathy and Chace missed 6 legs! That is ridiculous to me. The boys missed 3 and these 4 returning teams also missed 3. It is sad and disappointing to lose the girls, especially when so many weaker teams are still around. I really wanted Heath and Toni to get the win tonight, warning Chelsea and Jamus about the lid cost them the win.
Yes. People keep saying “it’s the rules, it’s the rules” re teams staying out for certain lengths of time but this is clearly not the case. Everyone passes the infectious period at the the same time, unyet some teams are staying out longer than others. It must be due to some teams not feeling well enough to return. They should have to return or go home if they’re not well.
Not necessarily. The 5th team (Lauren & Steph) could have been exposed on a later date than the other 4 teams.
Sure, they all got identified and went into quarantined on the same leg, but the potential exposure date might have been later for the cops comparative to the other 4 teams. You have to remember that the quarantine end date is dependent on when the exposure date was (assuming they're quarantined due to an exposure, rather than the teams actually having Covid themselves), rather than when the quarantine start date was.
I could swear Kelly and Georgia made a comment on one of these posts about them being gutted when "testing postive", so I don't know if it's strictly exposure. Either way, it's a producing clusterfuck.
If someone tests negative, they test negative.
I feel like they’re compensating with the small amount of teams by putting on heaps of ads 😂
Sad about the girls getting eliminated. They were one of my favorite teams.
It seems like the eating challenge was much easier. I am shocked that Chelsea and Jamus (mostly Jamus) ate like 40 pies and still came first. And Chelsea was actually encouraging and had a positive outlook (for her standards) even though they were at the back of the pack for the first half of the race.
Annoyed at the returning teams in tomorrow's episodes, hope the get eliminated one by one and the top 4 from tonight's episode remain.
It depends on your skillset and abilities I suppose. At least one member from each team picked up drums quickly with the other letting the stress get to them. Definitely wouldn’t say eating hot pies was easy, and having to run afterwards seemed a disadvantage to them. Pako and Mori seemed to do a reasonable and similar time at drums. And yeah, Jamus was unbelievable!
I really wanted to go that zoo and see the Tapir’s, dammit.
Here's the summary for TAR Australia S06E13!
Due to COVID test and flight issues, Angel was forced to fly to Cancún, Mexico before flying to Belize City. So Frankie raced alone at the time.
Route Info: Drive 'Em Nuts
Teams fly to Belize City, Belize and make their way via taxi along the Old Northern Highway to the Belize Exotic Adventure Rainforest. Teams must find a bag of cashew nuts, and some firewood. Teams must then make a fire, roast cashew nuts and coat the cashew nuts in ash. Once teams crack the nutshells and fill them in a jar, they will receive their next clue.
Flick: "I feel like a witch with my cauldron!"
Chelsea & Jamus trying to find their ingredients, while also getting bitten by mozzies.
Mori: "My favourite is --oh wait, that was macadamia. Never mind!"
Roadblock: Who's Feeling Thrifty?
Teams make their way via taxi to Traveller's Liquors Distillery. Teams must clean 3 cartons of rum bottles, including the labels and date markers. Once teams clean and place the 36 rum bottles in the trays according to the example shown, they will receive their next clue.
Frankie has no choice but to do the Roadblock.
Beau: "It sort of smells like my uncle's house."
The task assistant shows Chelsea & Jamus how to open the cashew nut.
Frankie: "Not afraid to get wet and dirty, man."
Mori and Heath didn't clean the date markers off.
Route Info: Teams must check in to the Best Western Plus Belize Biltmore Plaza Hotel (closes at 9:00pm) with their leg money for the task tomorrow. In the morning, teams must make their way via taxi to the Belize Exotic Zoo and choose a tapir. Teams must feed the tapir, open the water pipe, clean the tapir pen using brooms and wash away any waste into the drains. Teams must then clean the pen using bleach before refilling the pen with water. Once teams clean the pen before the tapir finishes eating, they will receive their next clue.
Tapirs behave more aggressively when they finish eating.
Pako & Mori accidentally left the leg money at the rainforest. It's possible that they might receive a penalty for sleeping on the street instead of at the hotel.
Jamus acknowledges that Chelsea has encouraged him in this leg so far.
Mori: "I think we might not get the 125, but something that is close to it!"
Flick & Gabby offers Pako & Mori to share the room. Very sweet of them! The hotel managers also helped out with the issue.
Angel arrived at the Puente International Border before making her way to Belmopan. She reunited with Frankie in the morning at the hotel.
Jamus: "It was a mission to try to find Fuego."
Flick accidentally broke her broom.
Heath & Toni forgot to get their gloves.
Chelsea: "Oh, man, that is a big poopoo!"
Detour: Heat or Beat?
Heat: Teams make their way via taxi to Dario's Meat Pies restaurant. Teams must each 25 scorching hot meat pies. While they each take a pie, the lid is put back on to keep the heat in. Once teams finish the pies, they will receive their next clue.
Beat: Teams make their way via taxi to Digi Park and perform "Waltzing Matilda" on steel drums to the judge. Once teams perform the song correctly on stage, they will receive their next clue.
Warning: Teams cannot swap Detour tasks for this leg.
Pako & Mori thought they possibly may receive a time penalty for not finishing cleaning the pen before the tapir finishes eating. It's an issue that was beyond their control.
Jamus apologises to Heath & Toni about the gloves issues.
Chelsea & Jamus hasn't close the lid yet.
Heath's hand smells of tapir waste.
Chelsea & Jamus mentioned about them both not being able to read clues well.
Angel mentioned about the jet lag she experienced while travelling from Mexico to Belize.
Jamus & Chelsea ate 39 pies in total and still managed to finish just after Heath & Toni.
Pitstop: Teams make their way via on foot to the Baron Bliss Lighthouse. The last team to check in WILL be eliminated.
A local helps out Chelsea & Jamus to the Pitstop.
Gabby tries to comfort Flick when struggling with the steel drums. Flick also helps out Gabby to remember the letters after their third attempt.
Pitstop guest is Barnardo, the mayor of Belize City.
Chelsea & Jamus won 1st Place and won a Tasmanian Intrepid Exploring trip valued at AU$9,500.
Heath & Toni (2nd Place).
Pako & Mori (3rd Place).
Angel & Frankie (4th Place).
Flick & Gabby arrived in Last Place and are now eliminated.
Angel & Frankie checked in 25 seconds before Flick & Gabby.
Next Episode: Four teams return to the race. Teams do some gardening, with a tarantula stopping teams in their tracks.
Heartbreaking elimination. They tried hard. I feel for both
Pseudo-Elo Ratings after this episode:
Angel & Frankie, +2105 (down 176) (Australia #1, world #1)
Pako & Mori, +1740 (down 37) (Australia #2, world #8)
Flick & Gabby, +1382 (down 223) (Australia #6, world #31)
Lauren & Steph, +901 (Australia #11, world #105)
Heath & Toni, +858 (up 149) (Australia #13, world #119)
Kathy & Chace, +610 (Australia #21, world #186)Chelsea & Jamus, +493 (up 287) (Australia #23, world #213)
Kelly & Georgia, +2 (Australia #35, world #395)
Fliss & Tottie, –186 (Australia #40, world #480)
Tiffany & Cynthia, –245 (Australia #44, world #504)
Morgan & Lilli, –328 (Australia #47, world #541)Bren & Anja, –450 (Australia #54, world #609)Paul & Rachel, –450 (Australia #54, world #609)Jodie & Claire, –476 (Australia #56, world #635)
Tammy & Vincent, –728 (Australia #64, world #808)Stuart & Glennon, –833 (Australia #69, world #843)Jake & Holly, –938 (Australia #71, world #868)Sam & Alex, –1006 (Australia #73, world #879)Crystal & Reem, –1193 (Australia #78, world #894)Sam & Stu, –1255 (down 489) (Australia #79, world #898)For reference, the Australia rankings are out of 79 teams, and the world rankings are out of 899 teams.
(See this comment for more information on Pseudo-Elo ratings.)
Man, that sucks for Flick & Gabby. They had spent episodes 9-11 as the highest-rated all-female team in the world, and here they are now, eliminated and merely the fifth-highest-rated all-female team in the world:
Ashleigh & Amanda, +1701 (world #10)
Natalie & Meaghan, +1452 (world #24)
Steph & Kristen, +1410 (world #27)
Dustin & Kandice, +1387 (world #30)
Flick & Gabby, +1382 (world #31)
Valeria & Bohdana, +1337 (world #34)
(And all other all-female teams are well below that.)
Yeah, I thought so. My first thought when they got booted was "wait, haven't they been smashing it on the previous legs though? That sucks"
I wonder how far they could've gone if it wasn't for all those quarantining teams. Feels like they could've made it to Top 6 or 5 easily
They're Top 5 in my heart 💜
This season is all over the place (but there are many good things too). It has many competitors and eps. I don't know if you guys noticed, but these last eps were much better to watch (and the edition was better) because there wasn't a bunch of people on the screen. Penalties are not consistent. And I understand that it's not the competitors' fault, but it's unfair that a group of people do not participate during 4 legs! It is also unfair that some participants can continue racing and others cannot. Ideally, production would wait for everyone to recover, but they would hardly do so because of budgetary and time issues. Anyway, I'll miss the girls :(
It really sucks and is unfair, but I really don't see how else you could do it unfortunately.
It’s such a shame that covid played such havoc. It is such a strong season otherwise. Great cast, amazing countries, camera work seems on point and some fun and interesting challenges. But with the extra and missing teams, it’s just so sad. Stupid pandemic.
I believe one of the race rules is that the teams must check in with their backpacks and it should also be a rule that each person carries own backpack. Multiple times Angel hands her backpack off to Frankie the Simp while every other team is legging it.
Yes it’s really unfair.
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I'm sorry, does scrubbings and removing the labels from 35 bottles not sound like a good time to you? Thats basically what I do every Friday night.
I enjoyed it as a challenge to watch, interesting from a local and environmental perspective. Wouldn’t want to actually do it of course, ha. But would love to go the zoo!
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I wish you were right :(
Everyone still out and no Angel! Has there ever been a leg like this?
There actually has! The Chinese celebrity version once had a contestant racing an entire leg on her own because her teammate had work commitments and ended up missing the flight. She didn't place last but production still made it a non-elim likely to keep things fair just in case she actually came in last because of the circumstance.
Huh, that's interesting! I didn't really watch the TAR China reboot much because it felt extremely different compared to the other international TAR versions.
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Yeah, I'm pretty sure it was only because it was a leg where it was split over multiple days and they knew she'd make it back in time for the second day of the leg. Otherwise it'd be insanely unfair obviously. And it wouldn't surprise me if angel and Frankie volunteered to start with 1 person only given the circumstances (because they're generally nice people and knew they'd probably be fine as the strongest team and one of the strongest in worldwide TAR history). If they hadn't volunteered they would have had to do some crazy shit like a double elimination or something.
Overbooking fucking sucks and it shouldn't be legal to deliberately book more tickets than seats knowing that people will get kicked off despite being there on time and ready to go.
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At least the runner remembered to turn it horizontally this time. 🫢
Another really good leg! Exciting finishes. The people of Belize are so lovely, another gorgeous country. Really sad that covid has had such an impact with teams in quarantine, travel issues and obvious last minute changes to route design in some legs. I think if it had been run without covid in existence, it could have been one of the best seasons yet. Such a shame, but am still enjoying it!!
Strangely, I actually enjoyed watching Chelsea and Jamus this leg.In past legs the bickering and the occasional scapegoating towards Jamus was very uncomfortable and triggering, and made them the least favourite to watch, but there was none of that in this leg.
In this leg they were cooperative, cheerful and even stopped to help out Heath and Toni (who helped them back later).
So nice of Heath and Toni! I couldn’t belize it!
Nice to have part of the leg set in the wilderness for a change.❤️ the shots to wildlife 🌿🐒
Wow that Music side of the detour looked very challenging, even if you do have a music background. Play 4 verses of a tune flawlessly and in unison on an instrument you've likely never seen before.
Can I just say I am so impressed at the team work/relationship between Chelsea and Jamus and how much they have improved over the season? Yeah they are still at each others throats at times but it’s sooo much better compared to the first episode.
Frankie doing half the leg by himself was such a surprise! I supposed the Amazing Race production team had a really tight schedule which explains why they aren’t waiting for the Covid-positive/iso teams to come back as well. Frankie seemed to really take it in his stride and really enjoy it haha.
Such a bitter elimination, Flick and Gabby were a really strong team. Gonna miss them!
Hmmm.... so the better team gets eliminated because they each had to carry their own bag instead of one team member carrying both while the other complains how hard life is... surely its time to adjust the rules so that EVERY PERSON HAS TO CARRY THEIR OWN BAG!
can angel and pako just please shush for 5 mins! God!
Detour playing on our patriotism hell yeah!
Also, isn't the pie challenge dangerous?
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I'd make an argument that they've chosen a complicated song they're all likely to know, therefore they've got a chance of getting the timing right. Otherwise they'd have to learn the timing plus the notes, and I'd imagine that's trickier for people who can't read music.
Yeah, shouldn't they of done it last season when they were at a location literally named the Waltzing Matilda Centre?
I’m only watching the series now. Was so upset to see Flicka and Gabby leave as they were my favourite. Felt really bad form to see them running with their backpacks and Angel running without hers again. Obviously that gave Angel & Frankie a big advantage because Angel carrying her own would have slowed them down.
Carrying your teammate’s backpack should only be allowed for health or disability reasons; eg Sam (who carried his own more than Angel did, except one or two times) and also Toni (who seems to always carry her own).
I don’t like Angel though. She seems too selfish, ignorant & uneducated when it comes general knowledge, and not very caring. Yet she’s part of the religious team… yeah, that tracks. Religious hypocrisy in practice.
Does anyone else irrationally dislike challenges at nighttime? Not sure why but I prefer when they race in the day
I enjoy it, but more so when they are in the big cities.
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Seems like a bit of a dick move to the hotel.
-check into this specific hotel -banter with them because you definitely won't have enough money
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It wasn’t really a task though, just something they had to do before heading to the zoo in the morning.
Good point. Put the hotel in a difficult position, given they were on camera.
Found it funny that Beau seemed a little pissed at Heath & Toni / Chelsea & Jamus 'working' together when last year he told Chris & Aleisha "it's part of the race" and was perfectly fine with four of the final five teams being in an alliance from day one even though they were each others biggest threats.
Consistent as ever, Beau.
FYI, the drive from Cancun airport to the hotel in Belize is almost 700 kilometers
Religious people will be like "please pray for ME in jesus name" and then be like "im hoping THEY mess up" Their behavior is DISGUSTING on every leg 🤮
"Ubank: helping Aussies get ahead with their money".
Bit of an awkward sponsor when, not 5 minutes ago, the teams had to negotiate a hotel stay because they weren't given enough money for one night 🙄
Agreed. But at least the sponsorships aren't as obnoxious as TAR Canada's sponsorships were.
8 teams on the 14th leg tomorrow. Guessing only 1 more NEL.
8? Shouldn't it be 9? (Angel/Frankie, Chelsea/Jamus, Heath/Toni, Pako/Mori, Lauren/Steph, Kelly/Georgia, Cynthia/Tiffany, Jodie/Claire and Fliss/Tottie?)
Forgot about the country girls
Only four teams return apparently. Didn't catch who wouldn't though.
Oh really? I must have missed that
I wonder who's still out
Went back to the ep and it seems like Lauren and Steph are still out. Damn. Great to see the others back, though! (Almost half of OG group 1 lol)
Big ep tonight!
Sad for the girls but so great to see you both back next episode with the other teams!
Hope from this leg to the Finale has both Fast Forward and U-Turn in some legs.
It's a very uneven detour and the leg design is not good at all. They could actually start the leg in the morning and not lose anything.
And what's up with the racers screaming at the spider on the next leg? I thought Australia had the biggest spider kind in the world.
Oh I thought the opposite, that the detour felt quite even. The way teams have been smashing challenges am sure they didn’t predict some taking so many attempts at drums. And when you think about it, Pako and Mori were last in but first out taking a similar time to those at pies. Just think it was unlucky one from each team struggled, getting into their own negative heads too much. Which is so interesting to see play out, as how often do we do that in life?! Oh, and don’t forget Jamus is just an eating machine!
Why could Angel not fly to Belize? Didn’t get it