TARUS15 - Sam/Dan in 1st & Maria/Tiffany Eliminated

In this episode of TAR, the teams had to first make their way to the Martinitoren where in this roadblock, one team member had to count the bells of the tower and correctly say their answer to the piano player, who’ll hand them their next clue. Then, teams had to make their way to De Marne where in this detour, teams must ride bikes and either do Farmer’s dance and learn a dance routine or Farmer’s Golf. Then, they had to ride their bikes to the pit stop, De Marne Harbour.

Sam/Dan - They pretty much were running a solid leg of the race. With the help of another team in the roadblock, while also helping Tiffany later, it was them and Meghan/Cheyne who moved into the front of the pack. They excelled through the golf detour, which put them ahead of the pack and they came into first place, Male/Female Dutch clothes and all.

Meghan/Cheyne - They are once again running a solid race. The only thing was Meghan didn’t know how to play golf, which, put them behind Sam/Dan, as Cheyne claims he couldn’t do the dance detour either. They are simply good racers, but not doing much else to be more remembered. Meghan seems to freak out on detours, where Ericka freaks out on Roadblock (explained later) so Cheyne seems to be holding her up, or, at least that’s what it looks like.

Flight Time/Big Easy - They were the fifth to finish the roadblock, but I must say, did better than the suitcase roadblock. They caught up and passed the other two teams ahead (Maria/Tiffany, Gary/Matt) as they danced their way to the team number three position. They ran a better leg, and everything really says they are the team to beat, simply because they’re the athletes.

Gary/Matt - These guys ran a decent leg, but not as fast as the top three teams, and I believe they could’ve had top three, maybe top two, if they chose the golf detour first, and never considered the dance detour. I see some race potential for them. They might get to the final here, but since this has been a pretty predictable race, I really don’t know for sure.

Brian/Ericka - They really screwed up, and got very lucky that Maria/Tiffany screwed up more, which, I’m thankful. Ericka struggled to count the bells on the tower and freaked out, nearly psyching herself out. Then, once they arrived at the pit stop, they received a 30-minute penalty for not riding the bikes during the detour. They were spared, since maria/Tiffany didn’t show up yet. I’m really sorry they had a bad leg, and am glad they’re still in the race, and want them to continue on to become the winners.

Tiffany/Maria - Just like in the poker world, if you can’t win, you fold, and that’s what they did. They were given the answer by Dan/Sam, so they had no choice but to continue onto the detour. The detour, however, got them screwed badly. They couldn’t hit the high striker (from the dance detour) after trying over 100 times. They finally fell apart on the gold detour, and gave up the task. Phil came to the detour set to inform them they have been eliminated.

Up next week, we have the hardest and most infamous luck-and-keen-eye task where they’ll have to find a clue among hundreds of haystacks. We see that Sam/Dan & Meghan/Cheyne were most frustrated with this, so I will be assuming they will be having the most difficult time with the next roadblock. I remember in TAR6, the season with Freddy/Kendra (<3), one teams spent several hours on that detour. I wonder if that will happen, or if these teams throw us off and ironically finish early.

As for who I want to see in the final three, well, I’ll say Brian/Ericka, just because they are my favourites, so I obviously want them to win. I would also like to see Gary/Matt get there, because they are really a good example of what the Amazing Race is all about, strengthening relationships, and plus they are really easy to like. Third, I’m going to have to say Meghan/Cheyne, simple because they deserve to be there, since they’ve done so well so far. However, these five teams are all about even to getting to the final three, and I suppose anything could happen.

LLNMD List:
Love: Brian/Ericka, Gary/Matt
Like: Meghan/Cheyne, Sam/Dan
Neutral: Flight Time/Big Easy
Meh:
Dislike:

All of these are just so good at running solid legs, and all of the remaining teams have ran the race with at least half way solidly, It’s almost too hard to predict who will win, and who will be next. It’s strictly going to depend on what’s in store for the next upcoming legs.