In the preview, Easy says "I WILL FINISH THIS FINAL." Feels like foreshadowing for the exact opposite.
Not that I don't feel All-Stars is a legit competition, but making a final doesn't seem to matter as much. ~55% of the cast made the final.
It still feels like Jisela is overreacting to Aneesa voting against her here.
Interesting that Kelly Anne thinks Darrell and Yes are her main competition. Why not Mark, Derrick or Alton? Endurance concerns, maybe?
Kelly Anne has to be the heavy female favorite here. I feel like five guys have a chance.
Eliminating both people if one can't finish really sucks. Imagine being paired with Fessy in an eating challenge.
Interesting that they are eliminating people at Checkpoint #2 when there are six checkpoints. After checkpoint #3 makes more sense, unless there's another elimination later.
Points to Aneesa for being the only person to correctly pronounce "Tangram."
They must not be able to help each other on the puzzle, or Kelly Anne would be over there helping Easy for sure.
Kind of sad Derrick doesn't own a home already.
TJ hanging loose in the boat by himself is very TJ.
I had to "dry" a flipped canoe in boy scouts for my Canoeing merit badge, and you had to have another canoe to make it work. Or at least very shallow water / shore. Not sure how this is going to work.
Oh, looks like they have production there. Maybe just for safety?
Or maybe they're just going to skip over that whole part.
"I'm really excited that they're drowning!" - Jonna
Jisela - "This is so fucking far!" Part way into leg one of (at least) a six leg final.
They actually showed a very brief shot of Jonna/Darrell approaching the shore with a full view of production. Not sure I've seen that before.
Nice sound overlay of a backing up truck during Jisela and Derrick's Canoe Misadventure.
Tethered together on bikes seems dangerous.
Jemmye: "I don't ride bikes with gears!"
Smart of Darrell to bring the tool along with them.
Jonna: "I didn't realize how grueling and demanding this was going to be." Really? Have you watched a final in the last 10 years? Maybe people were assuming Champs vs. Pros, and they got regular Challenge.
Aneesa and Big Easy are well suited for being partnered on the sprint phase.
If they have to do a single winner, this is actually a pretty good format - points based entirely on finish placement when paired with every other partner.
This Carolina Reaper thing appears to be much tougher than I would have thought. Might be the combination of reaper plus running.
Jemmye: "I'm from New Orleans, this isn't that bad."
Jemmye, two minutes later: "I might die."
This is a real final. Looking forward to next week.