Amazing Race Season 26 (Blind Date)
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Starts the same night as Survivor season 30 for a 90 min opening episode.
Theme of the season is couples and match making
Has potential to be a epic train-wreck season
Theme of the season is couples and match making
Has potential to be a epic train-wreck season
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Early rumours suggest no female/female teams
Jonathan Knight of New Kids on Block fame is rumoured to be partaking with his boyfriend.
Oh I recommend 25 its one of the best seasons in a while. I can see 26 being really hated by the theme. But I agree with you it might cause tension and be a trainwreck like Big Brother 9
In general it is better to have a location where the people don't speak English well, challenges the racers more, and they should really be prepared to be challenged. Here they seems to think that they are going to have problem with a foreign language so went for the dance step which turned out to be the more difficult one.
NO WORDS.
Didn't they even think of switching task?
I would have liked the older couple to stay, for variety if nothing else.
The editing did try to create some drama. But only one team u-turned was obviously a fail. Also the selfies are not something I want to see in every episode, it just ends up being a gimmick. A good point was they've finally got rid of the second express pass which was becoming very predictable and no longer fresh.
The noodles detour really should have at least have had a time limit, it was way too easy. Phil tries to play up the romance angle too much at the mat.
The noodle challenge is too easy (I can slurp the whole thing down in a couple of minutes because I love noodles), perhaps a bigger bowl with heaps of other stuff would have been better. Although the edits tried to make it look exciting, the last team was so far behind that they were never going to catch up with the rest. Serves them right though for wasting time taking selfie and missed the train.
Also really liked the eliminated team, but oh well they were never gonna last long
Hayley and Blair was a hot mess from get go. This could be good for TV but boooooy that was painful and AWKWARD to watch
I have been saying for years that the winners of each leg should get something to help them on the race. Its nice to see the date night bonus thing. I just want them to ramp it up and have some rewards that help the team in first more.
The first episode was one of the best I've ever seen - so much drama and ups-and-downs in the rankings. The second episode less so because the eliminated couple were obvious very early on - though their selfie 'miss the train' moment is another all-time classic TAR moment.
The latest leg was a waste of a non-elimination for me, they were just way behind and so there was no drama with it. The challenges and locations were good however being not so easy, though I wish the clues were hidden better at the route markers.
The doctor perhaps, but he looks like he is trying hard not to say anything, and I think it shows that blind dating couples would probably behave better because they would be more likely to hold back. The nurse behaved more like someone in a relationship, and probably thought she was from the excessive way she went on about the doctor which went from the gushingly positive in the first episode to the aggressive nagging in this.
Somehow the episode lags tension. I thought it would be a non-elimination leg all through the episode and it turns out to be so.
Messy pair. And they will be still at it next week