The Amazing Race Australia Season 6 Episode 3 Discussion

CreswickOctober · 2022-08-31T10:46:44+00:00

Beau's mat chat with the greeters is peak Beau cringe

mug3n · 2022-08-31T10:03:43+00:00

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CreswickOctober · 2022-08-31T10:22:36+00:00

These are some of the most diverse Morocco legs we've ever had

CreswickOctober · 2022-08-31T10:56:27+00:00

So "follow the dog to the pitstop" is an established part of the race now huh

CreswickOctober · 2022-08-31T11:05:30+00:00

Insane finish

DashinglyDashing2 · 2022-08-31T11:06:35+00:00

"First time I've seen it"

Beau the TAR superfan data scientist of amazing race facts has spoken.

glider521al · 2022-08-31T09:38:02+00:00

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CreswickOctober · 2022-08-31T10:51:35+00:00

30 minutes is a pretty tight window with how fast some of these teams shoot up and down the rankings

Science siblings just went from 18th to 6th

pantaloonjohnny · 2022-08-31T11:38:49+00:00

Really rough finish. I loved the models and liked them even more throughout this whole leg, so I was so sad to see them go. Their arc this episode including that bit with Heath & Toni was so good. But I like the teams who came close to last as well so that helps. Glad they can be known for being the most brutalised by a penalty lol

Otherwise, I liked the episode and Chefchaouen was cool! 🟦 I think it's great how each leg felt very diverse despite all of them being in Morocco. The tasks were great and could have spread so many teams out without them helping each other.

I'm able to recognise the teams and follow most of their positions but I understand if this was messy to most people. (Tammy & Vincent smashing the door challenge from 17th to 6th without even showing them lol) I think they did okay with 18 teams actually. The mullets, blondes, the Baru mates, and a bit of aunty/niece and the cops felt barely in this though.

If I had a nickel for every time a dog came with someone named Sam on the way to the Pit Stop, I'd have two nickels. Which isn't a lot but it's weird it happened twice.

I've finally have a team that I dislike - Angel & Frankie. They've just never given me good vibes compared to any of the other teams. They think the other teams don't like them because they're strong but it's probably because of their vibe? I do think C+R were wrong to step on their paint step but compare how they called them out compared to how the mums did. And it showed Angel starting the competitive talk at the mosque, too. Idk if it's just me lol but at least they're strong.

No intro either. Excited for Greece next!

CreswickOctober · 2022-08-31T09:53:31+00:00

Dragon mums have showed up tonight

Cloud593 · 2022-08-31T10:50:20+00:00

This whole Melbourne vs Sydney teams working together is annoying. I want to see each team work it out on their own.

CaptnCrumble · 2022-08-31T11:08:05+00:00

What a brutal finish.

CreswickOctober · 2022-08-31T09:34:16+00:00

I'm here for teams number 12, 13, 14, 15, 16 and 17 to be called in to the pitstop

CreswickOctober · 2022-08-31T10:24:54+00:00

I really like what we've seen of Jake and Holly so far, I hope they can pull through

Rychu_Supadude · 2022-08-31T12:40:39+00:00

I feel for Jake & Holly not just because of how they went out, but also because in 3 episodes we barely got anything from them aside from the tragic backstory.

They come across as less of a loss compared to the rest of the engaging and diverse personalities heading to Greece.

CreswickOctober · 2022-08-31T10:31:46+00:00

Sam and Alex in their golden shorts is hilarious, they would be the most fun team to hang out with

maukamauka · 2022-08-31T16:53:49+00:00

On the bright side, I wouldn’t be surprised if this scared every remaining team away from taking penalties on future legs, at least for a while.

Cloncurry_fan · 2022-08-31T09:47:13+00:00

I love the twist, however, I just keep thinking:

'What was the point of the last two legs if being first place doesn't matter'

Apple_Slipper · 2022-08-31T11:10:53+00:00

Here's the summary for TAR Australia S06E03!

Route Info: The 18 teams head to the Spanish Mosque in Chefchaouen, Morocco to meet up with Beau Ryan.
The second 9 teams arrive and encountered the first 9 teams.
Kathy & Chace thought the other teams were American.
Flick & Gabby talks about Angel & Frankie being aggressive.
Beau hands teams their next clue.
Route Info: Spinning Around
Teams make their way to Place Outa el Hammam and learn the traditional Gnawa dance. Teams must keep spinning their tassels on their fez hats for 90 seconds. Once teams complete the tassel task, they will receive their next clue.
Angel: "Longest 90 seconds of my life!"
Toni fell over and hit her head, but soldiered on.
Roadblock: Dirty Scrubbers
Teams make their way to La Botica de la Abuela Aladdin to take a signup number for the Roadblock tomorrow. Teams must find a tiny race flag marker found on stacks of soap on rope in groups of 3 for two minutes. Once they found the race marker, teams must replicate the soap stacks based on the stack shown with the flag marker. Once the soap stacks are replicated, teams will receive their next clue.
Jake & Holly struggles with swinging their tassels for over 2 hours. They decided to take the 30-minute penalty.
Jake learns about Toni's terminal condition.
Reem: "The marker was half the size of my fingernail!"
Route Info: Blue Streak
Teams make their way to a blue staircase within Chefchaouen and use a small paintbrush to paint one step. Once painted to the satisfaction of the judge, teams will receive their next clue.
Angel: "They were like, 'Here. Only show the Melbourne people...'"
Mori helps out Heath & Toni.
Sam & Alex had the step with the moss and plants, so they had to also paint the greenery blue.
Route Info: Show Us Your Knockers
Teams are given a book of photos of blue doors from the judge. They must find three blue doors from their photo book and write the door numbers down. Once the teams return and show the numbers to the judge, they will receive their next clue.
Angel: "The psycho is coming out of me."
Jake: "Everything looks the same."Holly: "Everything is blue!"
A local tried to help Jodie & Claire.
Jake & Holly teamed up with Pako & Mori for the doors task.
Pitstop: Teams make their way to Restaurant Triana. The last team to check in WILL be eliminated.
The greeter is Moroccan singer Dalal Bernoussi.
Jake & Holly are first team to arrive, but are incurred with a 30-minute time penalty.
Beau tries to speak Arab to Dalal.
Flick & Gabby won 1st Place and won two Samsung Galaxy smartphones, Samsung Galaxy smart watches, and Galaxy Buds, worth over AU$5,000.
Pako & Mori (2nd Place).
Kathy & Chace (3rd Place).
Tammy & Vincent (4th Place).
Kelly & Georgia (5th Place).
Chelsea & Jamus (6th Place).
Fliss & Tottie (7th Place).
Lauren & Steph (8th Place).
Angel & Frankie (9th Place).
Stuart & Glennon (10th Place).
Morgan & Lilli (11th Place).
Sam & Stu (12th Place).
Sam & Alex (13th Place).
Heath & Toni (14th Place).
Tiffany & Cynthia (15th Place).
Crystal & Reem (16th Place).
Jodie & Claire (17th Place).
Jake & Holly finished their penalty, checked in at Last Place and are now eliminated. From arriving 1st to checking in last and eliminated all in the span of 30 minutes. Absolutely brutal!
Next Episode: It's TAR Australia's Greek Week! Teams fly to Athens, Greece. Teams take part in archery and dances, and Angel & Frankie becoming more of a threat to Flick & Gabby.

handinhandkameraden · 2022-08-31T12:22:17+00:00

Wow they've really chosen some amazing locations for this race so far!

CreswickOctober · 2022-08-31T10:12:05+00:00

The soap roadblock seems like a very tough task

KingoftheHill63 · 2022-08-31T10:21:57+00:00

Haha Melbourne telling Sydney to get screwed lol

producermaddy · 2022-09-02T03:48:17+00:00

18 teams was too many. They should have ran two races for a few more episodes.

The ending was unexpected. Crazy going from 1st to last with 18 teams. Especially with it really coming down to the wire

KingoftheHill63 · 2022-08-31T11:06:01+00:00

First to last speed run WC achieved

RetroOptics · 2022-08-31T15:12:07+00:00

Really solid episode, my favourite leg so far and kind of reminisce of the channel 7 series TARAUS.

The reaction to seeing the Sydney teams meet the Melbourne teams must've been wild and crazy. My favourite quote of them all were from Kathy, "are you from the American or New Zealand version?"
18 teams though is wild, it caused a big mess this episode with the stair painting ARI
Fez hat route info: Super fun and challenging. I had difficulties hearing the timing due to the Aussie accents, I thought it was 19 seconds each and not 90 seconds but it was a fun route info task nevertheless.
The model couple quitting that task wasn't ideal. I think they should've tried different techniques to get the tassel moving.
Soap Road Block: My favourite challenge this leg. Really challenging and a great multi-step challenge. The first bit of finding the race flag was brutal. I think teams were trying to spot the soap wraps in the race flag colours and not the tiny little marker on the base of the packaging. That was definitely sneaky of the challenge producers. The following step of memorizing the coloured packaging/wrapping kicked the challenge up a notch and was a great memorization task.
Stair Painting Route Info Task: Average task. Again, with the large amount of teams there, it proved to be a logistical hassle of managing all of those 18 teams present there and doing the task. I honestly would've spilled the whole can there and then rub it in if they were allowed to do so.
Door Photo Identification Route Info Task: Really good challenge exploring the wonders of Chefchaouen. It's a maze in there and every door looks the same.
Sad to see the Model Couple go home but the penalty and the race show how tight and unexpected things can be. On the other hand though, quitting a task should be 2-hour penalty and not 30-minutes. It seems like the pit stop was a 10-minute walk from the last task location.
I hope this isn't a Melbourne vs. Sydney thing and we have these mini-alliances.
Again, this episode proves teams overpack and teams such as the dragon boat moms and Crystal & Reem abruptly slowing down and stopping, shows teams need to up their physical game and realize it is a race, especially when you're in last place.

lola1973lola · 2022-08-31T16:40:31+00:00

I’m not keen on the MEL vs Syd thing. I think it’s disrespectful to the rest of Aus. Plus I like to focus on the individual teams rather than where they’re from. But I have to say that I’m loving this season. 😊 (I’m from Melb)

CreswickOctober · 2022-09-01T00:19:54+00:00

It's the next day and I'm still floored by that outcome. Jake and Holly would have won the leg without the penalty but instead they got eliminated

KanyeQwest · 2022-09-04T11:11:04+00:00

Sad to see Jake & Holly leave but the moment that killed me was seeing Holly’s reaction to Beau listing all the Samsung prizes that the first team to check-in received 😂

mistoqq · 2022-08-31T10:54:40+00:00

30 minute penalties are too lenient

CreswickOctober · 2022-08-31T10:40:53+00:00

We've got 20 minutes left to check 18 teams into the pit stop LOL

CreswickOctober · 2022-08-31T11:03:25+00:00

How many double up names do we have? There's Stuart and Stu, and there's two Sam's I think?

Rychu_Supadude · 2022-08-31T12:33:27+00:00

The solution to nobody picking a Detour option is to not have a Detour at all!

(I know there was no room in the 18 team chaos, but still)

Btw I'm pretty sure Monday's episode is only 60 minutes which is a yikes. First non-elim?

DashinglyDashing2 · 2022-08-31T10:59:39+00:00

Merging the groups at 18 was such a horrible decision, I cannot keep up with where anyone is minus the two teams getting all the airtime (models, dragon boat mums)

Should have been merged at 10-14.

Apple_Slipper · 2022-08-31T13:46:49+00:00

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Badtechstuff · 2022-09-02T10:54:09+00:00

I'm not a fan of the penalty length like others, it's clearly too long. Also, the entire leg was done on foot shows there's probably a tighter budget too. Producers wouldn't fly 18 teams on last minute flights to new countries.

The design of this season as a mega season filled with eliminations and made for a 3day a week broadcast. I suspect a slow progression on organised flights everywhere.

Also I saw one of the teams cheat on the steps by pouring paint instead of paint brushes, that's a slap in the US one..

Anyways, I like it so far. Not fan of this survivor camp trope playing out though

OrnaciaWasRobbedMom · 2022-09-07T15:13:55+00:00

This episode was wild but the dragon mums completing the hat spinning first just to get overnighted before a roadblock that is designed to keep sending everyone to the back felt so unfair that I was hoping they wouldn’t get eliminated. But then to see the models lose by seconds when they didn’t actually gain anything by taking the penalty was also brutal. One thing that is strange is when the penalties are given. In leg 1, Rachel got the penalty right there at the roadblock. In leg 2, Bren and Anna received their detour penalty in the morning after the overnight rest. Then the models get theirs at the pit stop? It’s all over the place

812gnj · 2022-08-31T14:05:10+00:00

This season's pitstop race is probably one of the closest ones in race history. You wouldn't expect seeing another Heave moment from 1st to worst - but here it is.

Overall a pretty excellent leg that allowed some collaboration but also competition.

The tension of the penalty at the pit stop though is savage.

glider521al · 2022-08-31T14:14:59+00:00

So many teams...so much chaos...found this episode quite fun 🙃!

The twist with combining two groups of racers may be controversial, but it gives more applicants a chance to race when they otherwise wouldn't, and that's a Huge Plus!

KingoftheHill63 · 2022-08-31T11:06:58+00:00

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EmotionalWeakness892 · 2022-08-31T10:46:03+00:00

Goodness, this is a clusterfrak.

EmotionalWeakness892 · 2022-08-31T10:57:36+00:00

So what goes into the decision to have teams serve their penalty at the Mat vs. at the Route Marker where the team quits?

RealLifed · 2022-08-31T13:52:56+00:00

Super chaotic episode, loved it bahaha. Absolutely brutal way to go out to the model team oof

Hydreigon_Lord · 2022-08-31T15:12:24+00:00

Pseudo-Elo Ratings after this episode:

Flick & Gabby, +1038 (up 788) (Australia #4, world #67)
Pako & Mori, +1007 (up 657) (Australia #5, world #74)
Kathy & Chace, +907 (up 557) (Australia #10, world #103)
Kelly & Georgia, +777 (up 327) (Australia #14, world #132)
Tammy & Vincent, +600 (up 550) (Australia #20, world #186)
Angel & Frankie, +377 (down 73) (Australia #25, world #255)
Lauren & Steph, +338 (up 88) (Australia #27, world #265)
Chelsea & Jamus, +123 (up 473) (Australia #31, world #340)
Fliss & Tottie, +93 (up 343) (Australia #33, world #353)
Stuart & Glennon, –207 (up 43) (Australia #42, world #480)
Sam & Stu, –338 (down 188) (Australia #47, world #537)
Sam & Alex, –369 (down 319) (Australia #49, world #549)
Morgan & Lilli, –377 (down 27) (Australia #50, world #555)
Heath & Toni, –400 (down 450) (Australia #52, world #566)
Tiffany & Cynthia, –431 (down 581) (Australia #54, world #586)
~~Bren & Anja, –450 (Australia #58, world #603)~~
~~Paul & Rachel, –450 (Australia #58, world #603)~~
Crystal & Reem, –531 (down 681) (Australia #62, world #689)
Jodie & Claire, –769 (down 719) (Australia #71, world #813)
Jake & Holly, –938 (down 788) (Australia #74, world #859)

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.)

It seems the teams have nicely arranged themselves into three (tentative) categories: the top contenders (the top 5), the hopefuls (6-9), and everyone else.

magikarpcatcher · 2022-08-31T13:56:16+00:00

That was a brutal elimination for Jake & Holly. Neither they nor I expected all remaining 17 teams to check in within 30 minutes.

If only they stuck it out tassel task, they wouldn't be in this position.

Calliesdad20 · 2022-08-31T20:31:26+00:00

I don’t understand the merging of two sets of racers,they are going to run with 18 teams ?

IntellegentIdiot · 2022-09-04T20:49:32+00:00

Was anyone else annoyed by the female model moaning that they were there first and could still lose? The only reason they were there first was because they served their time penalty at the end which is either brilliant TV or pretty cruel (or both). She acted like she was hard done by instead of finishing where she deserved. It's a shame that they either persevered too long or not enough on the hat dancing task. She even used it as a way to get ahead in the race, asking one team for help because they had a penalty. Also we don't need the presenter to keep saying "you're the x team to arrive but the X-1 team to check in"

Now, lets talk about the big twist. You're big premise for this series are that there are two teams that don't know about each other and you get them to meet on day 2 and make the reveal in probably the least dramatic fashion possible. Not to mention that having 18 teams racing together is going to make things pretty easy for some but also meaning that there's going to be too much going on. Just as I was wondering how they were going to do it logistically

This is where I give up. I was mainly watching to see how the twist played out and it's been so boring that I've got no reason to stick around. It's a pity because Australia is normally pretty good at adapting reality programmes, or used to be.

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