Overall to be completely honest this leg seemed a little boring. It seemed like they managed to get the rights to go to Jordan and just said 'we need to show off Petra' and that's kinda all the leg was. I'm assuming that the next leg will also be in Jordan given the promo so at least we will get to see a bit more of the Kingdom. The pre-leg segment was kinda fun. It was nice seeing them going to the new starting point. I think the challenges themselves were pretty weak. The metal detector challenge was okay and at the detour I don't like it when they repeat challenges. There was a slide puzzle on the first leg and another one on this leg. Just seems like lazy race writing. At least make the puzzle type different. In terms of the results it seemed to go to plan...
1st - Luis and Michelle - Really strong performance. The travelling from the Roadblock to Petra seemed super weird though. It felt like some people took forever but some teams seemed to teleport there. I think it was just because there was no time seeing the teams actually driving to Petra which made it a little jarring. They won the puzzle off and so congrats on the win. (4th to 1st)
2nd - Derek and Claire - Honestly this was really surprising. They definitely teleported. I am convinced. Derek smoked the detour and then all of a sudden they were one of the first teams at the route info at Petra. Close in the slide puzzle. All in all solid as usual. (7th to 2nd)
3rd - Marcus and Michael - Another solid enough leg. They kept their lead and just picked the bad detour. Not much you can do about that. (2nd to 3rd)
4th - Abby and Will - Another leg with no Abby and Will. Their edit is definitely giving INV or at least UTR. Another strong middle of the road leg. (3rd to 4th)
5th - Emily and Molly - Not much to report on the girls besides her leg injury. It is always scary when a team has an injury - especially a leg injury. I am worried about how prevalent it was in the leg. It suggests it will come into effect in the next few legs - definitely worrisome. (1st to 5th)
6th - Quintin and Mattie - I really am enjoying this team. Another team that is a little lost in the edit because they have been middle of the road so much but solid leg I guess. (5th to 6th)
7th - Glenda and Lumumba - Definitely a favourite of mine. They are just a really fun couple and given how much screen time that they have had I have a feeling that they will make the final. I thought earlier that they may have a meltdown level leg but now after 5 rounds, I think that they will just make the finale. (8th to 7th)
8th - Aubrey and David - Really strange performance. How do you mess up a slide puzzle that badly. I definitely think they are in a downward trajectory and given that they are doing another leg in Jordan (aka no flight) they could be at risk. (6th to 8th)
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9th - Linton and Sharik - I really lost all respect for her at the end of last leg so I am pretty apathetic to their elimination. I predicted their elimination.
I am worried hearing a team get Covid because I HATED how the Australian and Canadian versions treated Covid. Letting teams skip legs and coming back in just doesn't vibe with me. I think assuming all things are equal I think Aubrey and David will fall behind and won't be able to catch up... #TAR34
