Welcome to Barcelona, Spain. Home to the 1992 Olympics, Barcelona is a majestic city with rich culture, beautiful landscape, and virtually nothing to make fun of. It is also apparently the tomato throwing capital of the world, but we’ll get to that later. Barcelona was the four hundred and eighty seventh (believe me, it feels like it) pit stop…in a racearoundtheworld. Last week, a bunch of bunches made up for Dustin and Kandice’s airport woes, allowing them to arrive seconds before LynLyn at the Yield. Their lack of directional fortitude got them in more trouble, though, as they arrived fourth at a Detour with only three stations and were forced to wait, landing them in last place. But the guillotine was not ready for them, as they were Marked for Elimination. Who will be the unfortunate team cast aside…next?

Teams raced here from Morocco, where the leg began with Tyler and James in first place. Upon opening their clue, they learned that they had to drive into the middle of Casablanca and receive their next clue. The next thing you know, Tyler and James are arriving at the clue box, followed by…last place Dustin and Kandice. How did the blondes pass LynLyn and RobKim on the mountainous road between Ouarzazate and Casablanca? I have no idea, and I’m not sure we’ll ever get the answer. Either way, the next clue is a Roadblock: eating camel meat.

I am firmly in the camp of anti-disgusting eating challenges, but from what James and Kandice experience, it’s the volume of the food that’s difficult, because camel meat? Is delicious. James finishes as Kandice’s food is being prepared, then Kandice finishes as Rob and Kimberly and LynLyn are arriving at the clue box. Looks good for the beauty queens in that they are putting a good time gap between themselves and the trailing teams.

As Lyn tries to eat, Karlyn begins to annoy her to hurry up. And it’s at this point in the race that I realize I don’t so much dislike Lyn; I want to snap Karlyn in half. Shut up, woman. Stop giving teams the finger and criticizing your teammate. Just put your head down and race.

On their way to Barcelona, the BQs ask Tyler and James if they would submit in the case of a footrace for first, letting the girls finish without incurring a penalty. A good strategy, but you can’t assume someone this far along in the race would be so stupid as to agree to that. Regardless, there’s a bunch at the airport…

…and another at the first task in Barcelona, a hedge maze that doesn’t open for several hours after all the teams arrive. How is a team marked for elimination to wind up in first or half an hour in front of the next team behind them if all these bunches occur? Poor leg planning, I say. The small advantage that the beauty queens had is erased when LynLyn finish the maze in record time and ret rive their Detour clue: Lug It, hauling giant mascot costumes on your shoulders while hoofing across town, or Lob It, withstanding a pelting of tomatoes while searching for a clue in one of the fruits. For the latter, I would suggest brining on former racers, but I’m just one viewer.

As it turns out, despite a mental breakdown on Kimberly’s part that’s really more depressing than outright funny, the tomato option is much quicker, and she and Rob cruise into first place. The beauty queens, who made the foolish decision of sticking close to the addicts the entire leg and try to beat them out for first, wind up in dead last again anyway, and if you run two horrible legs in a row, you deserve your merciless Philimination. Even if the show got much less interesting and their loss opened up room for LynLyn in the final three. Sigh.

Next time, it’s the final three! Everyone talking trash about how they can win! See you at the finish line!

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