cowgirlwen

Keilene didn't make the top 24. She was eliminated. Unless you mean someone else...

When Sonny Tennet and CHE sang "The Shallows", I didn't even recognize one of my favorite songs with all of the runs and melody changes. Can't believe they got rid of Keilene and kept Bailey Littrell. Evident that the "Top 24" were decided long before the duets took the stage. The judges even said as much about Isaiah Misailegalu and Jamal Roberts. They admitted that the duet wasn't their best performance, but they were basing their decision off of their prior performances.

I'm glad I'm not the only one! I feel like over half of the performances last night were just flat-out screaming. Does that prove their talent in some way? If so, I don't get it. And for Lionel to say that Canaan's performance was the BEST EVER ON THE SHOW!!!! I seriously thought it was terrible. I like Canaan, and I'm sure he's extremely talented. But please just let us hear his VOICE!!

I guess I'd already forgotten about that. Makes sense. But honestly, she seems to have a "can-do" attitude, and probably would have powered thru it one way or another.

I was confused as to why Jonathan did the Road Block surfboard challenge in the first place. He was already showing effects of heat exhaustion, and had previously mentioned having a headache in the cab (as he was berating Ana). There had also been talk in prior episodes about how he struggles with being in the heat. Sure, the water may have cooled him off somewhat, but the physical aspect, hot sun and anxiety of paddling around on a surfboard at the risk of being eliminated surely had to aggravate his condition. I think Ana would have done a better/faster job. (But God forbid if she didn't... she'd never hear the end of it from Jonathan.) I'm sure though, that he insisted that he do the Road Block, exhibiting his controlling/abusive personality yet again.

Priya's eggs looked beautiful, but what was her baked element? There were a couple of other bakers that also didn't mention their baked element, and I wasn't sure if they even had one. But then the judges really ripped on Julian for not having what they felt was a real "baked" element in their opinion. So I'm assuming they all did have a baked part, but I must have just missed them.

Couldn't agree more!! 👍

I think, in Jonathan's world, if you're not in first place, you're a loser. He displayed that attitude in one of the first legs of the race when they came in 2nd. To most of us, and the other teams, it makes sense to save the Express Pass just in case you're in dire circumstances and at risk of elimination in a particular leg. But Jonathan and Ana had just used the Drivers Seat advantage and were already leading the pack. So they already had a HUGE lead on most of the other teams, and could assign the weights to stretch the lead even further. At that point, they were definitely not at risk of elimination. Doesn't make sense to waste the Express Pass unless you're really gunning for 1st place. I agree. It felt icky to me. I've LOVED Amazing Race since the very first episode because of the beautiful scenery, interesting customs, and the generally fair and friendly competition amongst the teams. I don't want gimmicks, and I certainly don't want trash talk at the mat. Let the racers race, give them organic opportunities for position changeups, and let the chips fall where they may. Save the unnecessary created drama for Survivor.

Exactly why these Food Network shows will NEVER stack up to The Great British Bake Off! There's never any gimmicks, twists, or terribly assigned flavors on GBBO. It's all about the baking. Why can't Food Network figure that out?

This!!! Oh, and by the way, maybe tell your fiancee that nowadays most women do not have the luxury of being a stay-at-home-mom. Unfortunately, most American families find it necessary to have two incomes to get make ends meet. That doesn't mean she can't have a family. Her dream of a "Leave it to Beaver" lifestyle may have to be put on hold, if she really loves him. You gotta do what you gotta do!

I wish we could vote on the type of challenges. Get rid of puzzles? YES!!!! Get rid of bean bags? YES!!! Get rid of obstacle courses? YES!!! Get rid of mud crawls? YES!!! Go back to memory and "getting to know your tribemate" challenges? YES!!! Go back to bug eating challenges? ... maybe??? I'm soooo over the lame, repeated challenges in this show. The first few seasons had so much more variation. Surely the producers could come up with more mental, rather than physical, challenges. Or more unique physical challenges. Anything would be better than the same old, same old that we've seen for literally 15+ years now!!

I didn't think hers was really an "imposter" though. She made macarons and placed them on the tray in the shape of a large grape cluster, but it didn't realistically look like true grapes. That's the whole point of the imposter challenge... To make a baked dessert look exactly like other foods in size, shape, texture, appearance, etc. Everyone else rose to the challenge, but Carly's definitely didn't meet the criteria.

After hearing some spoilers prior to the finale, I was worried that the eliminated hikers would be voting on who was getting the entire remaining pot of money. (An outcome that had my blood boiling.) But in the end, the show sort of redeemed itself, by giving each of the final three contestants their share of the remaining pot as promised at the beginning, and then having the eliminated hikers vote on solely the leftover money. That was an acceptable alternative to me. However, I didn't like how the eliminated "jury" members kept referring to "game play" and "strategy" when they were deciding who to vote for. It made no sense, much like the entire season of this show. They were supposed to be a group of inexperienced individual hikers that were to work together to get to the top of a mountain in 14 days. Why would that mission even have to involve "game play" and "strategy"? I think the original premise of this show would have played out much better than the Survivor-style game it became. If we had 16 inexperienced individuals who literally had to climb a mountain, with no production-made obstacles or assistance, no looming Mountainskeeper, no instructions, no elimination voting, etc., it would be something worth watching. Sort of like "Alone" on a journey. LOL!! Now that's a show that I could get behind!!

I know, right? I'm always SOOOO excited when it starts each fall, and then disappointed that we have to wait another full year until it starts again!

THIS!!! Every week I've wondered why they're not packing up and hitting the trail at the crack of dawn. If this was truly a race, and making the next pit stop was a real concern, they wouldn't be wasting time around camp every morning. I also loved how when they first arrived at camp, Becky Lee was complaining about how freezing it was... as she was sitting there in a light blue sweater. No coat, no hat, no gloves. Just a sweater. I don't think she quite grasps the concept of "freezing"!