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Greetings!!!!

(–,) i can’t wait to blog about PBB Teen Clash of 2010.. well, i am so excited because of the previous success of season 3 (probably the 7th installment of Philippines’ Big Brother) and because of the news about the said edition. Only the Philippines and UK did the teen edition and i hope that the other country will follow and do the same edition ‘coz it’s great and nice to have teen housemates aging from 16 to 18 and taking the game so seriously..added to that is the different way of Big Brother handling teen housemates.. well, i know that some of you have no idea about Teen Edition of Philippines is done so here i am, with all my best to deliver to you the latest and all about the much awaited Summer Season of PBB..

..to tell you about a sort of history,, well, Teen Edition in our country is very extraordinary ‘coz the surprise twists and revelations of Big Brother is as much as the regular season and celebrity. yearly, summer season, (march to june in our country) we held Teen Editions. But the last two edition of teens was aired right after celebrity edition. this was the first time to have the Teen edition after the regular because of the date concerning the summer season. In Teen edition, housemates were young and playful making the audience so much interested to them. Every new edition, new batch of Teen Housemates became households’ favorite because of the great casting. in Teen Edition 1, (i think it was only a test, for it only ran for about 6 weeks)..it was a great show for the reason that young housemates really rocks.

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14 teen housemates entered the BB House with KIM CHUI as the Big Winner… well, nothing so especial happened on that edition coz what i’ve said, it was just a test if the public will like it..and yes,, it was a huge hit!.

Because of its success, it became a traditional edition every summer and PBB Teen Edition 2 is the edition to name.

a totally new and fully equipped with the shocking twists and surprises, Teen edition 2 became the huge and so far the best Teen Edition. a total of 17 Teen Houseamates entered, with 3 Houseplayers included(the concept of the Houseplayers was totally different with the concept of BBUS)..

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with its subtitle “PLUS” ..the edition revolved around different “PLUS” to the season and additional rules to the game. Twists and secret tasks includes on its Live Launch Night, the 1st twist that was revealed was about the entrance of two teen housemates as a representative of their school. (here in the philippines, DLSU and ADMU are the two great university rivalry) ..one from the DLSU and the other one is from ADMU.. their intriguing task was to pretend BESTFRIENDS despite of their rivalry. (well, its really hard..).. they were successful, (as what i’ve remembered).

the Biggest Twist was the Biggest “PLUS” to the edition. it was the guardian/parent of the Teen Housemates to lived with them as they live on the BB HOUSE. at first, this was unknown to the teens.(it was a great show seeing the teens having no clue about their parents living right beside them, yes, they were neighbors.) while on the other hand, the parents were enjoying watching their son/daughter living in the Big Brother House.(they were monitored on a Plasma TV)

the purpose of the guardians was to guide and to add spice to the whole show. they also participated in some exciting task including the kidnapping of their children and exchanging houses. they also fight with their children as their partners in the weekly Immunity Game giving the winner the immunity from nominations. the guardians have also some arguments and not just cat-fights but huge and controversial fights with their co – parents.  some fights includes parent to parent fight, parent to a teen housemate, parent to their own son/daughter housemate and of all, the tandem of a mother-son and father and son fight(which became the most controversial and annoying fight inside the Big Brother House. the guardians/ parents were also get evicted through a Teen Council composed of the Teen housemates leaded by Robi. (the 2nd big teen placer) if the guardian/parent got evicted, his/her son/daughter’s stay in the house would not be affected. but the chance of immunity from nominations will also vanished as well. if the teen housemate got evicted, he/she will be joined by his/her parent. and just like the Teens, the guardians have also their Big Night, with Mang Erning(the father of the Big winner) emerged as the first Big Parent Winner. But it was totally different and separated from the Teens’ competition. the Parent Winner was decided by the public through Text Votes. But fortunately, it was also Ejay (son of Mang Erning) who happened to be the Teen Big Winner too. the guardian’s Big Night was held 6 or 5 (i think) weeks before the Big Night of the Teens.

..well, that was just a sort of review from the past teen editions, and i hope that this time, you’ll get the news and the latest trend about the said edition.

..to give you a bit of a teaser, the hosts of the show have already done their pictorial for the show and everything is ongoing of preparations.

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Hosts of the show, (from left) MAriel, Toni and Bianca

the said edition would be definitely a great clash of Teen Housemates from 50,000 + auditionees from different part of the country as well with the other filipinos around the world.  this is also the first time to have a batch of teen housemates aging from 15 years (the youngest) and 18 years old (as the oldest)

they are really excited..

so excited!!.. if you have any questions about the Teen Edition either past or present, fell free to ask me and i am happy to reply..(–,)

By the way..as what i’ve heard from the news..PBB Teen Clash of 2010 will start on April 10, 2010. yeah!! it is the Live Launch Night of the show back to back with Pilipinas Got Talent.. waht a combination!!(–,)

thanks for reading!! (–,)

Good day!!

Leg 6 starts in France at the location of the Leg 5 pitstop. Seven teams remain in the race.

CLUE 1 – Drive 37 miles to Reims, France and find the Joan of Arc statue.

Louie & Michael are the first to depart at 7.47am. Steve & Allie leave 17 minutes later at 8.04am. Third to set off are Jet & Cord at 8.13am. Dan & Jordan leave at 8.17am, Carol & Brandy at 8.39am and Brent & Caite are 2 hours behind the leaders leaving at 9.48am.

Steve & Allie find the statue first and take the lead.

CLUE 2 – Teams are given a champagne cork.

Jordan & Jeff are the last team to start the leg at 10.28am. Jordan thinks that Joan of Arc carried all the animals, but Jeff points out to her that was Noah’s Ark.

Louie/Michael and Dan/Jordan arrive at Champagne and find the next clue at the same time.

CLUE 3, Roadblock – Rappel & Search. Rappel down 100 feet into the winery and search the champagne bottles for a specially marked bottle. Slice off the cork with a sabre to receive the next clue.

Jordan is chosen for the roadblock as is Louie. Jet & Cord have gone to the wrong town.

CLUE 4 – Taittinger. Teams must figure out that they have to go to Taittinger Chateaux in La Marquetterie.

Brent & Caite are still doing clue 1 but can’t find the Joan of Arc statue. Steve completes the roadblock in third place and Brandy does it in fourth. Jordan & Jeff are still last and have just found the statue. Cord is 5th at the end of the roadblock. Louie/Michael find the Taittinger Chateux and are in the lead.

CLUE 5 – Detour, Tower or Terra.
Tower – Use exactly 680 wine glasses to build a tower 15 levels high and fill the tower with champagne without breaking any glasses (Dan/Jordan, Jordan/Jeff).
Terra – Search an area 1 square kilometre for a tiny cluster of marked grapes (Louie/Michael, Carol/Brandy, Steve/Allie, Brent/Caite & Jeff/Cord).

Dan/Jordan are told that they have gone to the wrong town. Locals at the roadblock town are sending some teams to the Taittinger office in Reims (the town where they started the leg from) rather than the Taittinger Chateux.

Brent is doing the Roadblock as is Jeff. Steve/Allie arrive at Reims to find they are in the wrong town. Steve bumps the car which delays them further. Louie/Michael complete the Terra roadblock in first place.

CLUE 6 – Go to the pitstop at L’Orrea.

Jet/Cord arrive in Reims and are told they are in the wrong town. This is the second time they have gone to the wrong town in this leg.

Dan/Jordan decide to do Tower at the detour. Carol/Brandy do Terra.

Louie/Michael arrive at the pitstop and are team number 1. The win a holiday to Mexico.

Candy/Brandy find the grapes and are off to the pitstop. Steve/Allie decide to do Terra.

Brent/Caite are heading to the detour and see Carol/Brandy. They decide to follow them not realising that Carol/Brandy have done the detour. Brent/Caite arrive at the pitstop mat but are sent back to do the detour. Carol/Brandy finish the leg as team number 2.

The Terra detour seems to be the much quicker option. Steve/Allie complete Terra and leave for the pitstop. Jordan/Jeff are at Reim which is the wrong town. Brent/Caite choose Terra at the detour. Jet/Cord arrive 6th at the detour and also choose Terra.

Steve/Allie are team number 3 at the pitstop. Jet/Cord make up ground by completing the easier detour and reach the pitstop in 4th place. Brent/Caite are arguing about if they should switch detours, which they eventually decide to do.

Dan/Jordan finish their tower but have dropped from 2nd to 5th during the detour. Brent/Caite finish their Tower but it collapses when they pour champagne in it prompting them to switch back to Terra.

Jordan/Jeff arrive at the detour and choose Tower. Dan/Jordan arrive at the pitstop and are told they are team number 5, but they are not happy. Brent/Caite find the grapes and head off to the pitstop.

Jordan/Jeff’s tower collapses before they have even finished it and they switch to Terra. Brent/Caite arrive at the pitstop as team number 6.

Jordan/Jeff are search in the dark with torches. They eventually find the grapes but are eliminated from the race when they reach the pitstop.

Six teams remain. Who will be eliminated next?

My Top 1 – Dan/Jordan
My Middle 3 – Louie/Micheal, Brent/Caite & Steve/Allie
My Bottom 2 – Jet/Cord & Carol/Brandy

Hopefully Dan should be back to blog for leg 7 which will see the teams heading for the Seychelles and Brent is shown saying he has quit the race (I highly doubt if he does quit the race that they would have shown that on the preview so I’m sure he will change his mind).

I’m back, and I did get a chance to watch TAR on Sunday night, it’s just my dorm computer is not working right now, so I’m at the library.

Anyways, in this leg, teams had to go to recieve a piece of French bread, and see their clue inside the bread. Then, teams had to make their way to  field, where they had to work on a WW1-era detour, simply by either figuring out a message in morse code (In the Trenches) or go under barbed wire, through mud to recieve a message to see tied onto a pigeon (Under Fire). Then, teams had to make their way to a church where then they had to ride a bicycle four miles to the pit stop.

1st: Louie/Michael – They started the race in first place, despite having three bottom performances. They stayed in first pretty much the entire leg, and ultimately used the blind U-Turn on Joe/Heidi, saying that Joe needs to humble up some more, and not be so confident. They did indeed take another first place, but I feel the yield they used was more of a personal choice, mixed with a little bit of stategy.

2nd: Steve/Allie – They pretty much started and finished in second place. They started racing close to Joe/Heidi, up until Joe/Heidi were yielded. Other than actually racing, I believe Allie has been speaking more, but I don’t remember hearing anything from Steve. I don’t think they’re going to last, simply because of the edit they get, but they could always be the next Tyler/James or Rachel/TK.

3rd: Jet/Cord – They were moving up a spot, taking third place. They still seem like good racers, which this season seems to be lacking, so they look like this race could be for them. I deferentially see a good strong potential for them to get top three.

4th: Dan/Jordan – These guys seem to be a bit annoying, they seem to be bickering, and telling each other to shut up a lot. They raced pretty much in the middle of the pack, and stayed there. Than again, we haven’t seen much bunching-up and catching up in this leg anyways.

5th: Carol/Brandy – I can’t stand Brandy, she’s whiny, she was whiny during the whole detour. I would seriously love to do somethig like this, and it’s a bit hurtful to see someone cry over this experience. Not to mention, we hear Caite talking about them a lot, and it’s clear that Carol/Brandy and caite don’t like each other.

6th: Brent/Caite – They came straight to the pit sop s sixth to arrive, only to realize they were given a penalty, forcing them back to search  for the forgotton clueat the church they missed. They don’t seem to be very good racers, they seem to basically be living off of luck. That isn’t very impressive.

7th: Jeff/Jordan – They were pretty much in last the entire leg, and took forever to find the detour. They were decent for Big Brother, well Jeff was pretty good, but for TAR, they’re not so good. Jordan really seems to try, but not enough to actually catch up. Considering Jeff almost put the WW1 gun to his mouth, he seems frusterated with Jordan.

8th: Joe/Heidi – They were pretty much good racers, taken out just like how Amanda/Kris were in TARUS14. Thye were U-Turned, and couldn’t survive the Morse code detour, puttign them in last, and Phil eliminated them right at the detour. I could’ve seen them in top three, but the yield deferentially screwed them over.

This season hasn’t been as good as TAR14 & 15, it’s got basically on team to really want to see win, Jet/Cord. Allie/Steve are under edited, Louie/Michael turned me off, Carol/Brandy and Dan/Jordan are a bit annoying, and Brent/caite and Jeff/Jordan seem hopeless. Go Jet/Cord! tell me what you think!

Upon returning to camp, JT gave a lame excuse as to why he took Cirie out, claiming he did what was best for the “team”. He even tries telling them it’s how she’s played in the past. To switch it up when merge comes. Um. What “Cirie” has he been watching!? Cirie has never betrayed her main allies and has never swapped come a merge. Anyway, the next morning he confesses to Amanda that he took Cirie out for personal reasons. In the same breathe he swears to Amanda he’d never turn on them. For once, Amanda is smart enough to realize he’s lying. Finally! I mean, JT has been acting like Coach this whole game by spreading lie after lie and deceit after deceit. Oh! but I forgot…

We join the Villains doing some Coach-wannabe “Dragon Slayer Chi.” Huh? I’d rather be slain. Everyone is doing it except Russell, who is out looking for the Hidden Immunity Idol…and of course…he finds it. Deja vu anyone?

Early Reward Challenge! Eee!

This was the same challenge Ben was removed from in Samoa. Basically, there are 3 from each tribe in a pit and 3 from each tribe on a platform. Those in the pit need to get the balls and pass them to those on the platforms. Once someone on a platform have a ball they then throw it in a basket. First tribe to 2 wins.

Winners get a feast of chocolate (cake, cookies, milk, etc.) and get to visit a beautiful watering hole. As a teaser, Jeff gives the castaways the chance to taste some chocolate. Everyone on the Heroes tribe snubs it off, none taking a bite. When Probst asked why, Colby said they don’t want the reward; they just want to get started so they can win. Come on Probst! You know he’s very anti-Hershey Bar! Probst takes it personal, as if he’s taking his spot light,  saying “I got the message, brother. We’ll go when I’m ready!” Ohhh no he didn’t! *snaps fingers*

The Villains sit out Sandra, Parvati and Courtney. The Heroes sit out Colby.

In the first round the Villains put Danielle, Tyson and Russell in the pit. The Heroes throw Tom, Candice and James in the pit with them. This leaves Jerri, Coach and Rob on the platform for the Villains and JT, Rupert and Amanda for the Heroes. The Heroes manage to grab all 3 balls quickly, but miss points. During a toss, James jumps too high and falls. Medical is called in and the man is pulled out of the challenge. His knee has buckled in and he’s unable to walk. The docs aren’t sure EXACTLY what is wrong, but figure waiting a day or two to see how he gets along will tell them more. What is with James and injuries!? He was pulled out of Micronesia for an injury…will he this time too? Ha! They continue the round, but Amanda quickly scores a point.

For round 2, those in the pit and platforms switch places. JT has a tight grip on a ball, but Rob wants it. So badly that he picks JT up and carries him over to the Villains platform to be attacked by every Villain in the challenge. Haha! This is why I love the Villains so much! In the struggle, Russell is pulled off the platform. Ha! Even better! Sadly though, Rupert gets ahold of the ball and runs with it. A bit later JT completely flips Coach, causing him to land on his head. I don’t like Coach but I felt bad for him just then cause that HAD to hurt. Eventually Tyson makes the shot, scoring 1 point for the Villains. It’s now 1-1.

The move onto the next round…but not before Rupert launches Jerri head first into a side poll. That’s right! After the point had been made and everyone is standing around doing nothing…the big man throws the woman into a poll…head first! Rob seeing this, reacts by tackling Rupert. I must admit…I’ve never liked Rob either, but the simple fact that he is willing to take on a man twice his size to protect a lady…lot of class and lot of respect right there! Rupert claims he didn’t mean to. I do believe him when he says it; in the heat of the moment and all that.

In the final round they switch spots again. Not much action this round. There are a couple moments of one player throwing to make a shot and an opponent throwing a ball to block the previous ball. But in the end Jerri scores for the Villains, giving them the win.

James is asked to stay behind for further medical check ups. They splint him up and see if he can walk. If he can then he can stay in the game. If he can’t then they’re pulling him. Annoyingly, they cut to the Villains eating their food before we even get to see anything else about James.

These Villains have soo much chocolate I’m surprised someone didn’t get diabetes after. No lie! They do get choco headaches, so I guess that’s close enough for me. But if one of them gets diabetes form it…ohhh…Survivor best be grabbin’ some lawyers. Ha! Here’s just PART of what they showed us. Imagine a table the size of 2 men. That’s about how much they had.

Most of the Villains go into the water, talking about how Russell needs to go. Meanwhile, Russell tells Parvati that he has the idol and she laughs. The Rob vs Russell war is getting started and I’m excited to see it all play out. Hehe.

Then oh lordy! This next bit. I don’t even know how to describe it. Coach is a fool and should be embarrassed. Russell is arrogant and needs reality snapped into him. Russell tells Coach he has the idol and makes a deal with Coach. Seeing this as honorable and worthy of his trust, Coach instantly loves Russell and actually BOWS DOWN AND ASKS TO BE KNIGHTED!! WHAT!? AND THEN RUSSELL DOES!! WHAT!? For once I’m stunned and speechless! Okay…so I’m not speechless. Hehe. But this is totally idiotic! I laughed for hours though.

I  swear I feel like I’m in some sort of SciFi movie. The Villains tribe is made up of King Russell, Sir Dragon Slayer, the Robfather, two Black Widows and the Invisible Woman. That last one would be Danielle, cause I still keep forgetting she’s even in the game. But what’s with all the nicknames?

Back at the Heroes camp, Amanda is having a fit about James not being here and not winning the challenge. I truly believe she’s sincere with James and that she really does care. I just think the way she handles it is tacky and over the top. The tribe all talk for a while on whether or not they think he’ll be coming back or not…only to discover that James is walking down the beach, on his way home. Amanda gets so excited that she literally runs like a child in a candy shop! Jumps on him and cries her eyes out. Amanda! Why you jumping on the man who just got hurt! THINK BEFORE ACTING! Oy!

It then becomes an instant worry. He’s barely able to walk. He won’t be able to perform in the challenges or at camp. He’s essentially dead weight now.

IMMUNITY CHALLENGE TIME! WOO!

I do know that this one was in All-Stars, but I could’ve sworn I’ve seen it in other places. If you know which…make a comment letting us know!

They choose one player to be a caller. Everyone else will be paired up and blind folded. Being led by the caller, everyone goes out to collect large puzzle pieces then brings them back to their tribe’s large mat. Once a tribe has all their puzzle pieces they then put it together. First to do so wins.

Heroes chose James as caller for obvious reasons. Villains chose Jerri as their caller. I find this a tad ironic since she was a caller for a similar challenge in the Australian Outback and they lost. She got a lot of negative heat for it too. However, if anyone goes back and re-watches it…you’ll see that Jerri never actually did anything wrong in that challenge. Colby ignored orders and Keith was just dumb. I’m getting sidetracked again! Gah!

For the most part nothing all that interesting happened. Rob tried carrying back a wrong piece. There were a lot of bang ups and people screaming to be helped by their callers. Sandra somehow gets caught up in some weeds.

Per usual, the Heroes dominate the physical part and take a huge lead. And as usual, fall apart in the puzzle section…ending with the Villains winning the challenge.

The smart thing to do is to vote out James now. He’s dead weight! But when has this tribe used their brains, right? Candice declares that’s the dumbest move, but Rupert replies by saying “If that’s the criteria, you should’ve taken me out.” I was yelling that at the TV for like…3 weeks. Ha! He’s in an alliance and that alliance has the say. Simple as that. But we do see everyone scrambling to try and figure out who it will be. James or Tom? Only one place to go to learn the answer.

TREE HOUSE TRIBAL COUNCIL! Hehe!

Probst instantly asks James how he’s doing; James is okay. Probst then asks Rupert his opinion, stating “My niece could be James in a race right now.” Which is probably true, since James literally can’t walk without limping. James instantly gets upset and retaliates on Probst, claiming he can beat him and his niece WITH the brace. I despise James more and more. He’s become arrogant and a bully since the game has started. I don’t get what he’s thinking!

When asked about the puzzle, James AGAIN has to be a bully. He decides to pick on Tom and Candice, blaming them for the loss in the puzzle. James! You ALL suck! Get over it! It’s sickening. But when Tom calls him out as being safe tonight not because of his physical ability but because he’s a simple vote in the large alliance…both Amanda and James argue, trying to turn it on him. Their argument makes no sense either. Amanda claims that Tom tried voting her out for being weak. Um. You ARE weak Amanda. And he isn’t denying that. What did that have to do with this TC!?

In the end it was 5-2…

In an interview with Reality News Online, Tom admits that he had two downfalls in this game. The first was not hooking up with Cirie earlier in the game, instead of butting heads. His second mistake was letting pregame rumors and whispers effect his view on players such as JT and Cirie. I must agree that if he and Cirie had teamed up early on…both would still be in the game and in control. Part of me is surprised it never happened.

So what did you guys think of this episode? Who should’ve been voted out? Tom or James? Could James beat Probst in a race with his injury? Could he beat Probst’s niece? Tell me what you think!

Graham here again, filling in for Dan.

Leg 4 starts with leaders Jet & Cord leaving at 10.57pm.

CLUE 1 – Fly to Hamburg, Germany

Jet & Cord find out that the first flight out isn’t for another 12 hours, so all the teams are going to bunch up again. Unfortunately they don’t show us any of the other teams pitstop departure times.

Jet & Cord and Louie & Michael are the first to arrive at the next cluebox which is an intersection.

CLUE 2 – Roadblock. Teams must pair up with another team for this clue. One person from each team must do the roadblock, so 2 people from each joined team of 4 will do it. They have to perform a 150 foot bungee jump together.

Jet/Cord & Louie/Michael decide to team up and Jet & Michael do the roadblock.
Joe/Heidi & Steve/Allie team up with Joe & Allie doing the roadblock.
Dan/Jordan & Carol/Brandy team up with Dan & Brandy doing the roadblock.
Jordan/Jeff & Brent/Caite team up with Jordan & Caite doing the roadblock.

Jordan & Caite catch the wrong train to the bungee jump and go in the opposite direction. Jet & Michael are the first to jump. Jet refuses to take his stupid hat off when he’s jumping. I was hoping it would fall off mid jump, never to be seen again, but no such luck. Joe and Allie are the second to jump.

CLUE 3 – Go to the statue of Kaiser Wilhelm. Teams are no longer intersected.

I thought the intersection was pointless. It took place during a point in the race where teams were bunched together so it had no real bearing on the race at all.

Dan & Brandy jump third. Brandy is terrified. Louie & Michael arrive at CLUE 4 first which is a detour.

Soccer – Teams must kick a ball and hit 5 targets. (chosen by Jet/Cord, Steve/Allie, Joe/Heidi, Brent/Caite & Dan/Jordan)
OR
Sauer-Kraut – Teams must go to a restaurant and eat a plate of sauer-kraut, finishing it before a band finishes playing a song. If they fail they must start again with a full plate. (chosen by Louie/Michael, Carol/Brandy & Jordan/Jeff).

Caite & Jordan are the last to bungee jump. Louie & Michael easily eat the sauer-kraut and receive the next clue.

CLUE 5- Go to the Haifisch Bar and drink a (very) large glass of beer.

Joe struggles at the soccer as he hurt his knee doing the bungee jump. Steve & Allie finish the soccer and are now in second place. Joe & Heidi decide to switch to the sauer-kraut.

Louie & Michael have no problems at all drinking the beer and receive their next clue. They now have a big lead over the other teams.

CLUE 6- Proceed to the pitstop at Beatles-Platz.

Jordan & Jeff’s taxi goes the wrong way and they end up being lost. Louie & Michael are the first to arrive at the pitstop and win a $5,000 gift card each.

Steve & Allie are drinking beer. Jet & Cord are the third to complete the detour. Joe & Heidi arrive at the sauer-kraut and complete it first time. Dan & Jordan are doing good at the soccer. Carol & Brandy complete the sauer-kraut, Jet & Cord are at the beer, they say that they have never drunk beer before in their life. Steve & Allie arrive at the pitstop in second place.

Joe & Heidi finish the beer before Jet & Cord. Jordan & Jeff finally arrive at the sauer-kraut but fail miserably with about 2 thirds of the plate uneaten by the time the music finishes so they decide to switch to the soccer. Brent & Caite are doing the soccer, Caite injures her leg but they decide to stick with it rather than switching.

Joe & Heidi are team number 3 at the pitstop. Jet & Cord are struggling to finish the beer but Carol & Brandy don’t have any problems with the beer and make up some ground.

At the pitstop Jet & Cord are team #4, Carol & Brandy team #5 and Dan & Jordan are team #6.

This leaves only 2 teams left racing. Brent & Caite are drinking the beer. Well actually Brent is the one doing all the drinking and he ends up throwing up twice. Jordan & Jeff are in last place at the soccer detour.

Brent & Caite arrive at the pitstop at team number 7. They were completely shocked at they were certain they were in last place.

Jordan & Jeff are the last team to arrive but at is is a non-elimination leg they survive to race in leg 5.

I raised the subject on the forum, but I am not convinced that these non-elimination legs are planned in advance. I suspect they are decided based on who finishes last. It won’t be too much trouble to have a possible speedbump planned for every leg. After all the producers are much interested in making an entertaining show to get high ratings rather than making it fair. The Big Brother couple were saved, but was this their good luck or was there always going to be a non-elimination leg the first time they finished last?

Dan will be back blogging about Leg 5. Bye for now.

Hi everyone, this is Graham filling in for Dan on The Amazing Race 16 blog for the next few episodes.

We have 9 teams left at the start of Leg 3. Jet & Cord depart from the pitstart at 11.20pm.

Clue 1 – They must take one of 2 buses on a 6 hour journey through the Andes mountains to Argentina. At the destination they must win a game of 5 card stud, playing against a garden gnome. The buses leave at 8.30am and 8.50am, so all the teams are going to be bunched up again.

Second and third to leave are Joe & Heidi at 11.55pm and Carol & Brandy also at 11.55pm. Brent & Caite were due to leave at 1.20am but they woke up feeling sick and went to the hospital. Fourth to leave were Monique & Shawne at 1.22am, Jordan & Jeff were fifth to leave at 2.01am. Sixth Steve & Allie 2.23am, seventh Dan & Jordan at 2.25am and eighth Louie & Michael at 3.12am.

Brent and Caite return from the hosptial and eventually depart at 4.25am, about 3 hours later than they were supposed to.

I wish Jet and Cord would take off their cowboys hats, it’s really starting to annoy me now.

Clue 2/3 – Roadblock. They have to rope a target 18 feet away. This shouldn’t be a problem for the cowboys.

Clue 4 – Drive to Puente Nirihuau and search the cliffs for the next clue.

Jet and Cord are now way out in the lead with other leading teams struggling with the roadblock.

Clue 5 – Detour.
Horse Sense (done by Carol/Brandy, Jordan/Jeff, Joe/Heidi, Louie/Michael & Dan/Jordan although everyone but Jordan/Jeff switched to the other roadblock). They are given some co-ordinates and must find a bag of money buried in the ground.
Horse Power (done by Jet/Cord, Steve/Allie, Brent/Caite & Monique/Shawne although Monique/Shawne switched to the other roadblock). They had to go to a polo field, and using a wooden pony must score a goal in 9 swings or less.

Jet & Cord arrive at Horse Power and are disapointed that they are not using a real horse. They don’t have any problems and quickly finish it.

Clue 6 – Go to the pitstop in Estancia Fortin, Chacabuco.

Whilst Jet & Cord head off to the pitstop, Dan & Jordan are still back on clue 1 playing the card game. Carol & Brandy are doing the detour as are Jordan and Jeff. Joe & Heidi choose horse sense but use a compass on Joe’s watch rather than counting their steps as stated on the clue, so they have no chance of finding the buried money.

Carol & Brandy are also struggling on their detour and start arguing with each other. Brent & Caite are way back in last place on clue 1 and are driving around lost. Monique & Shawnw haven’t featured much in this leg are doing the roadblock.

Dan & Jordan are the 6th team to complete the roadblock. Carol & Brandy decide to switch detours to horse power, Joe & Heidi also switch. Jordan and Jeff didn’t understand the clue and keep taking the money bag to the wrong person. Brent & Caite finally arrive at the card game in clue 1. They should be far far behind everyone else, but luckily Shawne just can’t do the roadblock. Brent completes the roadblock quickly and overtakes Monique & Shawne. Shawne they says a prayer to God and is successful at the next attempt – although I’m sure it was just edited to look that way.

Jet & Cord arrive at the pitstop in first place and win a 10 day holiday to Argentina and Chile.

Dan & Jordan switch detours and Jordan & Jeff finally realise that they have been going to the wrong person.

Steve & Allie arrive at the pitstop in 2nd place, Carol & Brandy are 3rd, Joe & Heidi are 4th. Jordan & Jeff are the first team to complete the horse sense detour. Louie & Michael are the 4th team to switch detours. Dan & Jordan just can’t do the polo and get frustrated as all the teams behind them are catching up. They finally manage to complete it. Jordan & Jeff arrive at the pitstop in 5th place and Dan & Jordan arrive in 6th place.

Louie/Michael, Brent/Caite and Monique/Shawne are the only teams still racing and they are all together doing the same detour. Monique/Shawne struggle and make the potentially fatal mistake of switching detours.

Brent & Caite finish at the pitstop in 7th place. They are happy with that given they started the leg in hospital. Louie & Michael are 8th at the pitstop.

Monique & Shawne complete the detour but ate last to arrive at the pitstop. Phil tells them that they have been eliminated from the race.

8 teams remain. Here’s how I rate them -

My Top 3 – Dan/Jordan, Joe/Heidi and Brent/Caite
Middle 2 – Steve/Allie and Louie/Michael
Bottom 3 – Jeff/Cord, Jordan/Jeff and Carol/Brandy

The next leg involves drinking in Hamburg, Germany and all the teams have to pair up and work together. Leg 4 blog should be posted tomorrow (if I get time to watch it tonight).

Hello! Hello! Hello! To everyone…I apologize for being late on my blogs. I got me a new computer; a touch screen, but the WiFi on it isn’t quite working. So I’ve been limited. All is fine now though, so I’ll be posting this here bloggy and expect Episode 4 tomorrow! Now let’s get started with why you came here…

We join the Heroes tribe on their return home from their last Tribal Council. Tom and James have a polite moment where they clear the air. Immediately after, JT runs to Tom and apologizes for not sticking with him and Steph, claiming he did what he felt he had to when he realized they were on the bottom of the totem pole. I don’t think Tom bought it though. JT isn’t all that good of a liar, so…

Ow! Agh! Waahhh! That is how we join the Villains night. Most everyone complaining about the newest shelter’s uncomfortability. Everyone except Parvs and Russell who are giggling and flirting like High School crushes! This is a side of Russell we’re not used to. It’s sort of creepy, I feel. I want my evil Russell back!!

Rob, in his confessional, gives a great piece of advice for future players: “Watch how they sleep at night. Whoever’s sleeping next to who…will tell you who’s aligned with who.” He then goes on a rant about not trusting Russell, but this is something us viewers already know. Ha!

Heroes wake to a sort of somber, quiet morning. Rupert decides that bonding is now important for the tribe to grow! Little late on this realization, Rupy! Then out of nowhere…they catch another chicken! Wait! What!? What is this!?

Surivor: Chicken Island!

Coach then attempts to warn Russell that sticking with Parvati is a bad idea. He then tells us in his confessional that he believes Parvati to be a charmer. This episode is full of Captain Obvious moments, huh? Rob then joins Coach and Russell in their conversation. In his private confessions Russell retaliates, calling Coach a joke and Rob a wannabe boss.

Out of nowhere Randy returns from the ocean with quite a large clam. He goes to the shelter where everyone is chillin’ and asks if anyone is interested. Most everyone declines, saying they’re not hungry. Wait! What!? Not hungry!? On SURVIVOR!? Parvati tries a bite, but spits it out. So, Randy and Sandra eat the whole thing themselves.

Pretty much the whole game Jerri has been pretty quiet on her stance with Parvati. If she’s been Anti-Parvati, then it’s not been shown. Not until Jerri sees Parvati trying to flirt with Coach. Parvs is only doing so cause she knows Coach is gunning for her, but this simple interaction sparks something. Though it’s not addressed in the show, it seems obvious to me that Jerri is jealous and wants Parvati out for flirting with her man! Haha! The two black widows then take turns bashing each other in their confessionals.

Tribal Council starts off with people expressing their concerns on Parvati and her possible Hero allies. Probst then asks Sandra if there’s a leader, she calls Coach out about telling others to do stuff and vanishing on them. Ha! I love it! It’s just like Sandra and totally out of the blue! For my readers, I am a total Sandra fan. She and Courtney are open mouthed people. If you ever wonder how I am in real life…look at them. After a small feud where Coach is defending himself he points out they have the worst shelter in Survivor history, which Jerri immediately rejects. She’s right though. The shelter Rupert built in All-Stars really is the worst ever. Come to think of it, Jerri has never had luck with shelters, has she? In the Outback they had to give up their shelter for extra food, then rebuild it. They then had a flood, then rebuild it. She returns for All-Stars for Rupert’s mess of a shelter. And now she’s here. I bet she threw a tantrum at the shelter Moto had in Fiji. Haha!

After being voted out, Randy immediately threw his buff into the fire. I’d also like to point out that Coach, who has sworn an oath to fight for Randy…did end up voting him out. Guess this means he ran out of brain cells?

well, i don’t know yet how to blog this show coz its our first time to have this reality TV show. well, actually, i was amazed on how they did the pilot episode by jumping straightly on the auditions. Of course, Judges were first introduced then sort of previews on other countries’ version of Got Talent.

actually, its hard to blog about the auditions,so what i am going to do is to post some video about it..(temporarily, just for auditions, but if they have already moved to the next round, i am going to write everything about it, more detailed.)

the videos here show some of the best bits of the episodes 1 to 4  (EPISODES about auditions). well, to be honest, it was really a great show and i am proud to say that Filipinos really got TALENTS!! this is one of the remarkable reality TV show happened in Philippine TV where Filipinos’ talent can be discovered.(well, there are a lot of filipinos who have been discovered around the world, one is Charice  and still counting.)

audition video

Audition video