Amazingwonk Joy Begbie is back being amazing about the Amazing Race on the amazing tellywonk. The Amazing Race, meanwhile, is letting the side down by not being amazing at all. Tut. Never mind, the REST is still amazing…

Previously on the Tellywonk coverage of The Amazing Race: I shared my vital rules on clue-reading and assessing skills at detours because frankly, the episode was all a bit predictable. Cool Cowboys came out on top, Monique & Shawne went home. Who will be eliminated next?

Okay, so here’s the deal. This had all the makings of an awesome episode of The Amazing Race. There was bungee jumping and speed eating and soccer playing and vomiting and even a Beatles cover band. But the thing is this: it was also Oscar night. So some network exec probably figured that Amazing Race was going to have fewer viewers this week. And so somewhere a decision was made: let’s just make this week a non-elimination round.

Well, POOP. We could’ve sent one of the clueless teams home, but no. Ergh.

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