Testimonials

There are only two U-Turns during the entire race and U-Turns are found at the end of a Detour. If a team chooses to use the U-Turn, they send the team of their choice backward to complete the second half of the Detour that they originally chose not to do. You can only use a U-Turn once, so it is important to be strategic.

Jem and Rio choose to shake their booties just as The Babies are being released from the naughty corner and Jennifer complains that she will get "so much crap from the dancing world" when she gets home. The dancing world? Oh like those people on Dancelife with Jennifer Lopez? Yes, I'd be really worried about what those grand successes have to say. The Siblings do not use the U-Turn at this point and collect the next clue, which is to travel by taxi to the Tampouy Goat Market for further instructions. The Hippies are wandering aimlessly through the wilderness looking for the panning challenge. Grandpa Donald continues digging away for gold and Moronald and Christina get ready to impress the judges with some booty shaking since Moronald is "a wild dancer," or so Christina tells us. Their dance is slightly disturbing, with them literally bumping their butts together while holding their poles. Icky. The locals think so too.

Just... no.

Christina says "S'il vous plait," which is the correct way to say "please" in French, but the judges are not impressed and send them off to the naughty corner. Grandpa Donald has panned enough gold to take the stash over to the gold judges to be weighed. Nicholas stands around watching as the judges determine that they have panned sufficient gold and can receive the clue to head on to the Pelegtanga Market. Nick goes, "That was pretty easy." Gee, hasn't every task been pretty easy for you, Nick? How hard is it to watch? As they head out The Hippies finally locate the gold panning and start into the mud hole. The Babies arrive at the U-Turn and choose not to use it. Jennifer says, "We're going to win this race like freakin' men." Thanks for that shout out to your gender, Jennifer, you traitor. They're off to the Goat Market.

The LA Blondes shock no one by choosing to shake their booties - remember, they're using their bodies to win this thing - and Lorena and Jason are still riding along with their chicken on the 100 mile journey. Jason yells "Rapido!" at their driver, which accomplishes nothing in all the wrong languages. The Hippies are having no luck panning for gold and Jem and Rio get ready to start their dance. They start out tribal and then Rio takes off on his own "Star Wars Kid" tangent, light saber fighting all over the place which thrills the locals to no end.

A Jedi's strength flows from the Force.

After all my ranting last week about hoping CBS does something for the locals, I am overjoyed to see that they have provided them with a lifetime's worth of entertainment by having the racers attempt to dance for them. If nothing else, they are being paid in abundant amusement and laughter. The judges tell Jem and Rio they are wonderful and send them along.

Nick and Grandpa Donald can not find the Pelegtanga Market so Jem and Rio beat them to the U-Turn box and announce that they will not be using the U-Turn at this juncture. On their way to the Goat Market, Rio tells us that to the Africans they look like aliens from outer space and yet everyone has been so warm and friendly to them. Here is where it occurs to me that Jem and Rio have taken special care each day to apply their wacky makeup. It must be really important to them if they feel the need to paint their faces for the African tribes. Oh, and Rio? You look like aliens to everyone, not just the Africans. Not that there's anything wrong with that.

Moronald and Christina do not U-Turn anyone and neither do Nick and Grandpa Donald, who have finally found the market. The Hippies finally find some gold and the LA Blondes begin their dance. Now this is funny. They start by kitty cat crawling along on the ground and I can see that they are making an attempt at the sexy angle - and that it's definitely not working. They stand up and roll their heads around and then do some hip gyrations, all the while counting aloud, and not quietly. Gee that looks so African.

"Isn't anyone going to offer us cash?"

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