Episode 7 - Kuwait to... Mauritius Live Blog!

Live blogging the 8pm PT broadcast

Kentucky starts off the race talking about how they've made friends for life. The 3 teams in their alliance are "no longer the BACK pack" they're now "the SIX pack". They're all on their way to Mauritius or "mari tee us" as the Beauty Queens would say. "What country is that in? England? That's weird that's far!" Oh God.

Everyone heads to the airport to book tickets.

The BQ's are in line with Bama right behind them. The boy models arrive later but just to spite Bama, the BQ's try to book the Models' flight while they're at the front of the line. Bama was not about to let this slide, to which the Models made immature noises and told them to stop their "idiot banter" and "say something smart".

(First Commercial Break)

Back to the "idiot banter" between the Models and Bama. Everyone seems to be booking 8am flights from Kuwait, to London to Mauritius. Once on the Island (off the East coast of Africa) they need to drive themselves to a bay where a schooner will be waiting for them, and where they will find their first clue of the leg.

Everyone is now in their car, driving to find the bay, making assumptions about what they'll find when they get there. Kentucky just doesn't want to swim, Mary is scared of fish. Apparently where they grew up, you tossed your kids into a lake to 'make them swim'. Seems like it scarred them both for life.

All those who guessed they would have to swim out to their schooner in the water were right on the mark. Donning life jackets BQ, Bama and Rob & Kimberly make it to the boat first then swim back to shore with their clue. Kentucky struggle meanwhile the models haven't even arrived at the Bay.

Bama and Kentucky take a breather on the boat before heading back to shore. Back on land, BQ's open their clue. They need to hop in the car and drive to a post office to get their next clue. Off they go.

Chos are on land waiting for the rest of their SIX pack. The models think the Cho's are keeping the two weaker teams around so that they can all bump out the other teams and leave the weaker teams as their competition in the end.

BQ, "we need to lose these people they are useless to us", referring to Rob and Kimberly who are all in their cars headed for the next clue. Models are lost again. Rob gets frustrated with the manual transmission in the car "it won't get in gear!" he spazzes, gets out, and walks away from Kimberly and the vehicle.

(2nd Commercial Break)

Rob to Kimberly "You don't calm me down, you rev me up!" Meanwhile, BQ's just crunched their car into a bus. "Do I need to sign something?"

BQ's arrive in their crunched up car and pick up the DETOUR. Salt or Sea.

Salt: Search among enormous piles of salt for a salt shaker that contains the clue.

Sea: Walk to a dock, chose a captain, sail to an island, use a treasure map to locate a mast and sail.

BQ's chose SEA. Rob and Kimberly have received a new car since theirs broke down (I think it was a problem with the driver, personally). Kimberly "this isn't a Vaycay, this is a competition." Meanwhile, the SIX pack catch up. They all agree to go do SALT. Kentucky find a shaker but it contains pepper.

Rob and Kimberly finally reach the post office while Kimberly calls back to Rob "JERK!" they finally agree to do SALT. Rob falls on his way back to the car and throws his clue at Kimberly. It looks like he left it behind.

All the teams except for BQ's are elbow and knee deep in salt. Bama "it's in my swimsuit". Rob and Kimberly take off - "there's no way all those teams will find that". The Models AND Rob & Kimberly bail the SALT detour as well just as the BQ's get frustrated doing the SEA detour and contemplate going back and doing SALT.

Cho's and Bama follow suit and leave the SALT detour, now Kentucky are the only ones left at SALT - the SIX pack is now broken up.

(Commercial Break)

BQ's find their target on the SEA detour "I feel like Indiana Jones right now!" Rob & Kimberly are on their way to the pit stop as well as the Models. Kentucky gave up on the SALT detour and joined the rest of the pack at SEA.

Phil lets BQ's know they've won some scooters, with enough room to "take a date out", to which one of them replies "can we take you?" Phil "uhhhhh".

The SIX pack are all in a race to the pitstop in their cars - which leads to a foot race.

2nd team, Models
3rd team, Rob & Kimberly
4th team, Cho Brothers
5th team, Bama
6th team, Kentucky

By some magical mystical power - this is a non-elimnation round. Once again they are marked for elimination and must come in FIRST in the next leg.

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