amazing race14: mark & michael are eliminated

stuntmen and brother mark & michael became the 7th team to be eliminated in the 14th season of the amazing race. the arrived last at the mat at the season's 9th leg, which ended in gilin, china.

the two also arrived last in the previous leg, after suffering several misfortunes and bad decisions in that leg. they also incurred two 2 hour penalties in that leg, after paying their cab drivers personal belonging since they are already out of money. but luckily, it was a non-elimination leg of the race.

in this leg, they are so far behind and they still need to finish the speed bump. even if the flight to china enabled them to catch up a bit, the lag was still too much for them to conquer. they were eliminated at the pit stop that was st the sun and moon pagoda at the banyan lake in guilin.

this leg was also spiced up by the fight between jen and luke. luke threw an elbow at jen at the hair salon clue box, which prompted jen to call luke a "bitch." at the roadblock clue box, they also had a scuffle and luke pushed jen to the clue box, although it was unintentional. luke confronted jen at the pit stop but i think jen has the correct stand on this one.

kisha and jen were first at the pit stop, winning a trip for two to barbados. this is their first win in nine legs. actually, the first three teams were neck to neck to the mat, it only happens that the pair stepped on the mat first. so the rankings are as follows:

1. kisha and jen

2. tammy and victor

3. margie and luke

4. jamie and cara

5. mark and michael

so mark & michael are eliminated.

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amazing race 14: amanda & kris eliminated

dating couple amanda & kris bacame the fourth team to be eliminated in the 14th season of amazing race asia. this came after some unfortunate events that happened in the leg.

at the start of the leg, teams were instructed to fly from romania to siberia. 3 teams got a headstart since they caught an earlier flight, which were christie & jodi, kisha & jen and mark & michael. but when they arrived at krasnoyarsk hydroelectric dam, it will only open at 8:30am. fortunately, it was not enough for the other teams to catch up.

they were next instructed to go to saint innokenty church where they encountered a detour. the detour is a choice between stack or construct. in stack, teams need to stack wood similar and in front of an existing stack of wood. in construct, teams need to assemble a local style window panel and install it in a marked house. most of the teams chose stack but bvecame frustrated when the stack fell. three teams switched tasks, which are mel & mike, mark & michael and amanda & kris.

after the u turn, teams encounters a detour, with a twist. in previous seasons, when a team uses the u turn, they must also post their pictures on the bottom part of the board. in this blind u turn, they will not post their own pictures, leaving everyone wondering who used the u turn.

the first three teams (christie & jodi, kisha & jen and tammy & victor) opted not to use the blind u turn. upon arrival at the blind u turn post, margie & luke thought that they are in danger since the last 5 teams are fighting for their lives. so they decided to use it and u turn amanda & kris.

the three teams that switched to construct finished far behind the ones that finished stack. they almost finished at the same time. so when amanda & kris finished their task and saw they were u turn-ed, they reacted quite nicely, as if they expected it. they also needed to finish the stack task.

the other teams meanwhile proceeded to bobrovy log park, where they encountered a roadblock. one team member needs to ride bobsled course and finish in 4 minutes or less. along the course, they need to look for letters. after the ride, they would write the letters and if they completed the 7 leters, they need to form a name of a famous russian author, who is chekov.

after the roadblock, they were instructed to go to krasnoyarsk theater of musical comedy, which is the 4th pit stop of the race. the rankings for this leg is as follows:

1. christie & jodi

2. kisha & jen

3. tammy & victor

4. margie & luke

5. jaime & cara

6. mel & mike

7. mark & michael

8. amanda & kris

as the winners of the leg, christie & jodi each won a motorcycle. amanda & mike were then eliminated.

amazing race 14: brad & victoria is eliminated

maried couple brad & victoria became the third eliminated pair in the 14th season of the amazing race. the pair suffered after losing a lot of time after they took a flight from munich to amsterdam and missed their connecting flight to romania. they were so far back from the other teams and they never recovered.

in this episode, i really enjoyed the roadblock. one of the team members needs to perform a gymnastics routine (balance beam, parallel bars and floor exercise) before they received their next clue. it's nice to see all of them enjoy and still be competitive. i also liked the fact that they included the bran castle as the third pit stop, which inspired the legendary tale of dracula and has been an identifier for romania for so long.

final rankings for this leg is as follows:

1. mel & mike (won a trip for 2 to costa rica)

2. amanda & kris

3. kisha & jen

4. margie & luke

5. mark & michael

6. christie & jodi

7. jaime & cara

8. tammy & victor

9. brad & victoria

amanda & kris could have gotten first place since they finished the detour first. kris lost their pouch that contains their money and passports and had to find it before leaving. he left it in the cart that they used. mel & mike has already overtaken the lead when they found it. tammy & victor also had a hard time in this leg. they dropped from 1st place to 8th place. they made too many wrong decisions in this leg and tammy got upset that victor is not listening to her.

brad & victoria lasted 3 legs in this race. they are competitive adn proved that age is not a factor in this race. surprisingly, it was victoria who did all the roadblocks for the team. they became the 2nd married ciouple eliminated after steve & linda were eliminated last week.