The Amazing Race 30 - Episode 6: All's Fair In Love & War

The 7 teams remaining traveled from Marseille Provence Airport to Prague Václav Havel Airport in Czech Republic. All teams used the Travelocity App to book their tickets to 1 of the 2 flights available.

The first to leave were: Team Yale, Team Extreme, Team OceanRescue & Team Firefighters.

The second flight which arrived an hour after the first flight consisted of: Team IndyCar, Team BigBrother & Team Well-Strung.

Once they arrived in Prague, they proceeded to Rudolfinum for the Double U-Turn. None of the teams in the first flight use this & they all went directly to their chosen Detour Task. However, the teams in the second flight - at least one of them - decided to use it since they were way behind the teams in the first flight.

Double U-Turn: Team BigBrother used this to Team Well-Strung.

Once all the teams received their Detour Clue, they realized that it was a blind Detour since there were no other information written on it except for the words - THIS or THAT.

In THIS, teams traveled to the Staropramen Brewery, where they had to properly re-stack a pallet of empty beer kegs, searching for the one keg that was full. They then had to tap the keg & properly pour a mug to the satisfaction of the brewmaster. Once approved, they finally had to navigate the streets of Prague transporting the keg on a hand truck to a boat on the riverbank called Fidelio, to receive their next clue from the captain.

Team Extreme doing the THIS Detour Task

In THAT, teams traveled to the astronomy hall at Charles University, where they had to listen to two lecturers, one debating that the Earth is round, & the other that it is flat. Without taking any notes, they had to pass an oral exam by answering eight questions correctly to receive their next clue.

Team Firefighters during the THAT Detour Challenge

One Detour Task required physical strength while the other was a memory challenge. Personally, I would choose THAT over THIS. Unfortunately for Team Well-Strung, they had to do both Detour Tasks since they were Double U-Turn by Team BigBrother.

Team Extreme & Team YALE chose THIS while Team OceanRescue & Team Firefighters chose THAT. Team OceanRescue made a quick decision to switch task after they realized that they couldn't handle the lectures and memorization. While Team Firefighters tried several times before they were able to answer all 8 questions correctly. All the teams who chose the THIS Detour Task had a hard time finding the Fidelio. Most of them got lost in the streets of Prague particularly Team OceanRescue & Team Yale.

On the other hand, Team IndyCar & Team BigBrother chose THIS while Team Well-Strung decided to go through the THAT challenge first which they finished after their second attempt. Then they hurried to the other detour task to catch up with the rest of the teams.

Once the teams were done with their chosen Detour Task, they all traveled to Andělská Lázeň Beer Spa to receive their next clue from the 3 men enjoying a beer bath. The clue stated that the teams should go to Stará Čistírna Odpadních Vod for their Roadblock Challenge.

If you're a fan of this reality show then that location will remind you of the infamous Roadblock Challenge back in Season 15.

In the Roadblock Challenge, one team member had to enter a room filled with a hundred ringing telephones & search for the eight that have a person on the other end of the line. A voice from each phone would give the team member one word of a Franz Kafka quote, "The meaning of life is that it stops." Team members had to memorize each word & were not allowed to write any of them down. After obtaining all eight words, the team member had to fill out a form with several biographical questions & attempt to unscramble the quote. If they are correct, the inspector would hand them their next clue.

Jen, Daniel, Evan, Jessica, Brittany, Alex & Trevor did the challenge. Jen was the first one to finish it. Jessica, sly as ever, didn't tell Brittany & Alex the right words she figured out until it was approved even though the 3 of them helped each other in this task. Alex & Brittany realized how sly Jessica was for giving them the wrong words & then telling them the right ones after she got hers approved. But karma was quick because the 2 other teams were able to passed them after the Roadblock Challenge.

Jessica, Brittany & Alex at the Roadblock Challenge

Once the team were all done, they all raced to the pitstop at Letenské Park.

FINAL RANKING:

1. Kristi & Jen (Team Extreme) won a trip to Perth, Australia

2. Eric & Daniel (Team Firefighters)

3. Henry & Evan (Team Yale)

4. Alex & Conor (Team IndyCar)

5. Lucas & Brittany (Team OceanRescue)

6. Cody & Jessica (Team BigBrother)

7. Trevor & Chris (Team Well-Strung) - ELIMINATED

THOUGHTS:

It was a very interesting leg. I suddenly missed the past season of the show. I remember this exact roadblock challenge a few years back. The phones ringing inside that room were very annoying. The appearance of the Double U-Turn was expected at some point. It was just sad that Team Well-Strung wasn't able to use their U-Turn because they were the last team to reach the place. It would have been nice if Team IndyCar decided to Double U-Turn either of the 2 last teams so it would be a race to the pitstop for Team BigBrother & Team Well-Strung. A lot of people always hate it when teams use their U-Turn but I don't. I accepted it as part of the race so anybody can be U-Turned. Since Team BigBrother was fighting to survive, of course, it's inevitable for them to use that Double U-Turn to give them cushions. Team Well-Strung did great though because they were able to do the THAT challenge faster but the THIS challenge was too much of a physical task & searching for Fidelio took most of the teams time.

Team Yale would have done well in the THAT task. They might even take the lead from Team Extreme. I guess the Blind Detour did help in some ways. The teams weren't able to decide well in choosing which Detour tasks to take.

Anyway, it was no surprise that Jessica would do something like that. Personally, I think Brittany should avoid trusting her completely because Team BigBrother is obviously determined to do everything to win. In my opinion, if you join this show, you should only rely to your partner & to yourself most of the time. If you want to help someone then do so but never trust other teams so easily. A lot of the the past racers failed because of this. The friendship that developed while racing means nothing when you need to survive another leg. Unless, you never really wanted to win & would willingly help another team to get the million dollars. Yes, that happened a long time ago. I think it was Season 2 or 3. The most heartbreaking race to the finish line. One member of a team decided she didn't want her team to win the money so she helped another team win it by running slow in the finish line. After all, I think she was smitten with one of the guys in the other team. Too bad. They didn't end up together. I think the guy wasn't even really in love with her. She should have used her brain & took the money. Ahh, one-sided love.

Anyway, I feel bad for Team Well-Strung. These guys are likable. I really wanted them to be in the final leg. Then again, I'm still rooting for Team Extreme & Team Yale. Surprisingly, Team Firefighters are doing well. They can also be considered as the dark horse in the race. My least favorite team this season is Team BigBrother. I know its their strategy to get ahead & that's fine. I just really don't like them. Cody is fine. Jessica is a bit...I just can't trust this girl.

If you want to watch The Amazing Race 30 here in Asia, then tune in at AXN every Thursday night.