The Amazing Race aired its ninth leg of the season tonight, April 22, 2012 titled “Bollywood Travolta”. On this week’s episode The Amazing Race goes Bollywood!
Boppper & Mark should have been eliminated four legs ago when they came in last place but were spared at a non-elimination round. Look at them now! They came in first last week and get to start first this week.
This leg of the race starts at a wild life refuge. Bopper hurt his leg before arriving at the last pit stop but he’s been cleared to continue on with the race. Teams now head from Africa to India. Rachel & Dave whose relationship with Art & JJ has been severed are the second team to leave after Bopper and Mark. The earliest flight to India doesn’t leave until tomorrow morning. Art & JJ are not happy with Rachel & Dave because they feel that they should have U-turned Big Brother like they all had agreed.
Once the teams land in India, they must take a bus to the Sacred Heart College. Mark & Bopper are the last team to get on a bus.
Mark & Bopper finally arrive on the movie set. Rachel & Dave finish first and head to the Indian Coffee House to find a Detour. For this Detour, teams must choose between Cricket or Clutch It. In cricket, teams must master India’s favorite game. In clutch it, teams must acquire the skills of the rickshaw which a three wheeled vehicle.
Back on the movie set, Rachel, Vanessa, Art and Mark are having a hard time learning their dance routine. Vanessa is the first of them to complete her routine. Art tells JJ that he can’t do it. Rachel R. finishes and head out in 3rd place. Art is next to finish, leaving only Mark behind.
Rachel & Dave try their hand at the Rickshaw and Rachel is driving, even though she failed driver’s ed. Art & JJ and Rachel R. & Brendon try cricket.
Rachel R. & Brendon finish the Cricket Detour and Art & JJ are right behind them. Both teams head to the Pit Stop. Mark is on his 11th attempt at Bolly dancing and Bopper is trying to convince him to quit –it is not looking good for Mark and Bopper. Mark completely breaks down and quits. He decides to choose his three children over the game because he is getting to ill from the heat and motion sickness.
Brendon and Rachel are team number two at the Pit Stop. Art & JJ are team number three, Vanessa & Ralph are team number four. Bopper quit but the locals persuade him to finish and he does! Bopper and Mark head to the Pit Stop together. They are the last team to arrive at the Pit Stop. Mark tells Phil that they could really have used the money, but it’s not worth their lives. BUT GUESS WHAT? Mark and Bopper have nine lives because Phil tells the two that they are going to have to continue to work hard as this is a non-elimination leg!!
1st: Rachel and Dave. They win a trip for two to St. Lucia for their fifth first place win.
2nd: Brendon and Rachel
3rd: Art & JJ
4th: Vanessa & Ralph
WHO WAS ELIMINATED OFF OF AMAZING RACE TONIGHT:
Mark and Bopper are the last team to arrive but they are NOT eliminated as this is their second last place finish in a non-elimination round!
Are they trying to GIVE the race to these two bone heads?!! Second time they’ve come in last and second non elimination? Hmmmm.