The Amazing Race 13
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 Winners: For the fourth week in a row, brother/sister team Nick and Starr came in first -- and they won a WaveRunner!
Eliminated: Newly dating couple Terence and Sarah were booted off the show after failing to complete the Fast Forward. The couple ended the Race with an emotional ode to their relationship, complete with nauseating terms of endearment such as, "You're a rock star!" Terence may not have the stomach for sheep meat, but he can certainly swallow sappy public displays of affection.
Detour: Play Like Mad vs. Act Like Fools. Most teams chose the latter, which involved dressing up in a two-person cow costume and drinking a glass of milk at a marked stall in Almaty in order to find a clue at the bottom of the glass. Hilarity ensued when participants appeared on the streets of Almaty dressed as cows. Frat boys Dan and Andrew had a difficult time in the cow suit; the pair forgot to bring their shoes, they read their instructions wrong and they became quite frustrated with the locals while seeking directions (they seemed to be unaware that the official language of Kazakhstan is Kazakh, not English).
Roadblock: At the Alel Agro Chicken Factory, teams had to search among 30,000 chickens for one of seven golden eggs. The teams were slowed by crowds of chickens at their feet -- and many Racers attempted to make their way through the birds by politely saying, "Excuse me" and "Can you move please, sweetheart?" This is not the first time in the Race that the teams have attempted to communicate with animals -- only Terence, who asked Sarah, "Are you seriously talking to the chickens?" seemed to have some knowledge of the limitations of the animal brain.
Fast Forward: Nick and Starr, and Terence and Sarah chose the Fast Forward, which required teams to travel to a traditional Kazakh restaurant, where they had to dine on fat from a sheep's behind. Terence, a vegetarian who hasn't eaten meat for 15 years, failed to consume his meal. Nick and Starr completed the task like champs, downing the Kazakh feast and gagging excessively as dozens of restaurant patrons (who appeared to thoroughly enjoy their own plates of Kazakh delicacies), looked on quizzically.
Funniest Moment: Hands down, the funniest moment was when Tony and Dallas danced through the streets of Almaty in their cow costume, mooing loudly at the locals. Tony, who said he just wanted to "have fun with this," certainly did. But the pair was so busy behaving like a cow that they missed their stall the first time around.
Savviest Travel Move: Starr vowed to not look at the description of her meal on the menu in the Kazakh eatery. The brother/sister team proved that mind-over-matter works, and they breezed through the Fast Forward to win this week's race.
Biggest Blunder: Terence's failure to eat his meaty meal after choosing the Fast Forward in the first place resulted in his team's elimination. Host Phil asked Terrence, "You couldn't do it for a million dollars?" -- and we screamed a similarly worded question at our TV's. Vegetarianism was no excuse for Terrence's bungle, as even the meat-eating Racers fought through nausea and fits of gagging to finish their meals in the Fast Forward.
Must-See Sight: The beautiful mountains of Koktobe near Almaty took our breath away (and the trained eagle and Mongol warriors added an exciting air of history to the lovely scene).
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