S07.E08: Open Your Bouche

[Guest]

Airs August 20, 2019

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The teams travel to Charlevoix, Que., where some of the racers get tongue-tied under the pressure of the race.

[Pepper the Cat]

Random thought as I watch this live. The first challenge is HARD! Harder than anything I have seen on Amazing Race USA

[Pepper the Cat]

Liking the Blind detour

[Bunnyette]

Wow tough tasks tonight!  Irena whining and doing nothing to help Dave and whined through the speaking challenge.  Worried for Anthony & James.

[Pepper the Cat]

Just hoping for a non-elim at this point.

still watching live.

[Pepper the Cat]

Wow. That was a great episode. Lots of movement. Challenges were HARD!

Heart pounding ending. 

I am cheering for all but Irina and Dave. Just don’t like them 

[wintrygal]

That ending scared me, I don't want James and Anthony to go home, I hope they are misleading us with next weeks previews.

I can't stand much more of Irina and Dave.  I got the feeling that her hysterics at the speaking challenge was mostly an act, didn't she get through it on the 2nd try?  All the crying and wanting to quit, if only, than having to get a cuddle and a pep talk from tool Dave. She is a drama queen.

I did have a lol moment tho, at one of the females saying she just concentrated on Dave's big head so she wouldn't lose focus when the cameras were flashing! 

Edited August 21, 2019 by wintrygal

[aemom]

The stick challenge seemed much faster than painting the eggs.

I'm over Dave and Irina. I wonder if they're trying to give them a better edit now because they win? I really hope not.

[shok]

Such a shame it was so rainy and foggy the day they filmed. That looked like a beautiful town, one I'd love to go and visit.

[SnideAsides]

That cheer squad opening is the most embarrassed I've ever felt while watching any Amazing Race, and Kenneth and Ryan were just here two seasons ago.

[xcrayon2215x]

Glad to see Anthony and James still in it, surprised to see Lauren and Joanne do so well. 

[Kelda Feegle]

Pretty sure Aarthy's ovaries exploded when she saw Thinesh in his suit, then of course her head did when they got lost.

Dave says Irina is not a quitter - I beg to differ Dave.

So glad it was a TBC leg.

[amazingracefan]

On 8/21/2019 at 4:23 AM, aemom said:

The stick challenge seemed much faster than painting the eggs.

That's what I thought.  One of the team could carry the whole of the stick challenge which I didn't think was the best rule to have.  Obviously the egg challenge was judged leniently and the examples were literally just a few steps away but at least both seemed to have to contribute, I hope they both had to work on their own eggs alone.

The memory task was harder than what the US version does now, but it used to be harder in the past.

Finally self-navigation again which as usual brings drama, it's ridiculous they don't do more self-navigation.

[Rachel RSL]

On 8/20/2019 at 10:48 PM, wintrygal said:

I did have a lol moment tho, at one of the females saying she just concentrated on Dave's big head so she wouldn't lose focus when the cameras were flashing! 

That cracked me up too! The sisters have really grown on me.  But Anthony & James are still my faves.  I was soooooo sad when they were last because I figured the Moms used up all the NELs so I was very happy for the TBC!

On 8/20/2019 at 11:23 PM, aemom said:

I'm over Dave and Irina. I wonder if they're trying to give them a better edit now because they win? I really hope not.

I'm completely unspoiled so this is pure speculation on my part but I'll tag it just in case. 

Spoiler

I followed a link to Dave's Twitter account a couple weeks ago, I haven't been back since but based on what I saw then, I remember thinking they must have won because a team who lost wouldn't be that obnoxious online. A loss surely would have humbled them a bit, right? (Don't call me Shirley.) Again, it could just be that they're obnoxious 24/7 anyway but it still made me nervous that they win.

I don't mind the Blind Detour as long as the tasks are relatively equal in terms of time.  In this case, the painting seemed like it would take much longer than the other task.

Edited August 22, 2019 by Rachel RSL

[TVbitch]

Just when I was a bit moved by Dave's tears for Irina not giving up... she starts bitching at him and quitting again! 

Aarthy's severe vocal fry, and utter lack of contributing anything to the entire leg kind of soured me on her. 

I would NEVER have gotten that memory challenge. I wonder how long it took them to do it.