The Amazing Race recap: Full Speed Ahead, Captain

Justin and Diana may seem unbeatable, but the other teams sure are trying. If Ive said it once, Ive said it a thousand times: Check. Yeah, they think Rotterdam is in Germany I get it. Credit: CBS But I just love watching those two conquer each new obstacle theyre faced with. Why do I love them??? Its worth noting that the tulip woman is absolutely delightful, and Rotterdam seems like a lovely place....

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 161 words · Karen Frazier

The Amazing Race recap: Get It Trending

It makes for total chaos! And they have so much energy! Its infectious; just look at all these exclamation points! Credit: CBS However, they alsowantto help each other and seem toexpectto team up at the various challenges. And when I realized he was talking specifically about Blair of Juicystar07, I was even more confused. I dont think so. But when everyone started calling them #BLODIE it made me half-laugh, half-vomit in my mouth....

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 211 words · Melissa Choi

The Amazing Race recap: Good Old Fashioned Spit in the Face

Werent we supposed to come out of this whole Double U-Turn thing with a villain? Or with, I dont know,a U-Turn,at least?! This episode alsoendedwith a To Be Continued title card after only two teams had crossed the Finish Line. Credit: CBS Excuse me, but what-the-what, Phil?! (I guess Justin cried, but thats kind of par for the course at this point). Both because they find Justin annoying, and because theyve been neck-and-neck throughout most of the race....

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 124 words · Samuel Shah

The Amazing Race recap: I Have a Wedgie and a Half

Because that was… well, well get to it. All six teams end up on the same flight heading into the eighth leg of the race. They make it to theROAD BLOCK: SWIMMING WITH THE SHARKSat Aquaventure Waterpark. Credit: CBS And she definitely knows it in hindsight. And in the meantime, while Dana is saying shes quitting, thumbing through her digicam (??? I think Im taking that one, Brodie said with Blair-shaped stars in his eyes....

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 120 words · Gregory Guzman

The Amazing Race recap: It's Always the Quiet Ones

Whats a recapper to think?! Am I sad that the Texans are gone? Am I annoyed that the Green Team keeps winning? Credit: CBS I guess, but I dont really want another team to win more than them. To do that laundry, the six remaining teams travel from Krakow, Poland to New Delhi by plane. When the teams spot the always-ahead Green Team at the airport theyre all, They do exist!...

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 186 words · Christie Miles

The Amazing Race recap: It's Not Easy Beating Green

It’s not easy, but it might not be impossible. Well, that was a breathless one! That episode had more twists than a 1960s beach party movie. Credit: CBS But since those two things didnt happen, Leg 11 was certifiably intense. (The raccoon makeup definitely didnt hurt.) So its basically…cutting. Krista and Tiffany first think theyll be putting together a whole blazer and start getting friendly with a mannequin. But things are moving justif not moreefficiently for Justin and Diana, the only team that chose Cell....

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 178 words · Brenda Nash

The Amazing Race recap: King of the Jungle

Attitude isn’t everything in ‘The Amazing Race,’ but reading clues is pretty darn important. Oh good, he didnt die. Logan, regarding her husband, not seeming entirely sincere. Credit: CBS This has to be one of the more stressful episodes ofThe Amazing Racein recent memory. Everyone is freaking the freakout. But no oneno oneis more frantic than Team Paparazzi. But in this rrrrrrace around the world, attitudeisnteverything. First, it must be said:...

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 134 words · Peter Santiago

The Amazing Race recap: Krakow, I'm Gonna Get You

The Cheerleaders lose a bit of their cheer tonight, and the mighty Green Team carries on. Or, once again, is it that the other teams doso muchwrong? In Leg 8, Ill let you be the judge. Credit: CBS Everyone fishes out theDETOUR: MINE vs. MUSICtheyre much more original in conceit than in name. This is a fairly standard physical challenge. I dont even knowwhatto call the next one… The Texans, who do one wrong thing after another this leg....

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 139 words · Jacob Patel

The Amazing Race recap: Let the Good Times Roll

Those Express Passes, man they change everything. Not so simple, but it sure looked cool. Not to mention, this Detour was overseen by Maretta, the coolest baker in all the land. Credit: CBS She shouts, No, no, no! She shouts, Okay, okay, okay! She dances some more! She hugs the teams and tells them she loves them when they complete their 12 pieces. 13 bus to theROAD BLOCK: READY FOR A CHANGE....

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 119 words · John Bass

The Amazing Race recap: Monkey Dance

Ah, yes, four legs ago…we were so young, so naive. And good on em! Theres no crying in baseball, and theres no not-giving-your-fiercest-competition-an-available-U-Turn-because-theyre-your-newest-biffles inThe Amazing Race. Credit: CBS Not as smooth a saying, sure, but true nonetheless. Season 28 has gotten highly unpredictable, and thats made for a new tension that Im really enjoying. He thinks its just a tube. And make no mistake: The coconut hauling was much more difficult than the chicken hauling....

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 148 words · Madison Mcconnell

The Amazing Race recap: My Tongue Doesn't Even Twist That Way

That would have earned him a hard no from me. Though at least he didnt make track her heartrate for a Fitbit Challenge (that we know of). Tell me about it! Credit: CBS Surprisingly, Denise quiets down a little when shes plunging 364-feet toward a body of water. The Texans did surprisingly fine, but marvel as James Earl pronounces fraternite like FRAT-er-night. Surprisingly Logans rallying cry of Shut up! I just want to do everything right!...

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 162 words · Lori Wright

The Amazing Race recap: Salt That Sand

And I love when we get to witness it. Enter subtle frontrunners, Burnie and Ashley. They also helpfully pointed out… That the Frisbee Boys have very muchnotbeen doing that. Credit: CBS In the morning, the teams have to deliver two Traditional Balinese offerings. NEXT: Double the Road Blocks, double the fun… And by the time she makes it to the salt-baggin, theres room to make up some time! All the bros and their big bro hands have trouble tying the tiny knots, you see....

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 133 words · Sara Simpson

The Amazing Race recap: That's Money, Honey

But Sheri and Cole?! SHERI AND COLE?!?! And then, somehow, they surmount. Credit: CBS Im not saying thats a winning approach. But itisan endearing approach. Team Torey has apparently always gotten along really well with the Dancers they can get along withothers! so they decide to team up as much as possible on this leg. Its a strategy that proves very useful in theROAD BLOCK: ITS A SMALL WORLD. Once theyve gotten all six, they get their passports stamped and move on....

May 1, 2025 · 2 min · 252 words · Catherine Lewis