here are the things we learned from leg 5 of amazing race philippines season 2:
this is team mag-ama's first time to win a leg after finishing in the top 5 in all the previous legs. what worked for them in this leg is that they worked more as a team this leg and bickered less. but of course, they were really lucky this leg, especially in the araro task and the salt task. they can really compete for the grand prize if they maintain this attitude.
2. not only team mag-ama had a good leg, team chefs also had a breakout leg
in my last blog entry, i wrote that team mag-ama and team chefs have to get out of the middle of the pack and finish strong. and in this leg, that is exactly what both teams did. the chefs stayed in the middle in the first few task but it was their last push in the end that got them to 2nd place. what is working for this team is their good disposition and their positive attitude. and i think chef roch's power hug at the pit stop is working its magic.
team dating couple finished 5th in this leg after three straight legs of finishing on top. their consistent showing in the first four legs has put a big target on their back. for the second straight leg, they were delayed since the other teams all voted for them and they were awarded the u-turn. what is also hurting them is that they are starting to get into each other's nerves. they are fighting more often as compared to the previous legs. they have to regroup after this if they want to regain that top spot.
4. team magkapatid is the most consistent team - finishing in the top 3 but never 1st
team magkapatid again finished in the top 3 of the leg, slipping down to 3rd place. even though they are in the top 3, they still failed to get that top spot. they still need to keep their focus, where they lost in this leg a few times. special mention on the rock stacking task where jet enjoyed gathering the stones over stacking them. eye on the prize guys!
5. team nerds is the unluckiest team this leg
team nerds finished strong at 4th place even after a series of unfortunate events. before the rock stacking challenge, vince fell off the horse. at the sand dunes task, they also had a hard time finding the correct station, the clues even flying out of their hands because of the winds. they even got lost before the salt task. what is working for them is that they are working well together as a team, they do not fight and they do not fight at all. they need to go back to the race mode that they had in the first leg where they finished on top. hope #teammalas ends soon!
6. who is the luckiest team? the miracle continues for team mr. pogi
after making us believe in miracle last week, the lucky streak continues for team mr. pogi. after proving their teamwork last week, they really got their act together and avoided finishing last again! only team mag-ama can argue that they are the luckiest team this leg but i think the good breaks still went to team mr. pogi. if they continue to have that positive attitude, good teamwork and avoid being lost, team mr. pogi can barge into the top 5 in the next leg.
7. team sexy besties got a 2nd chance
this is a virtual pit stop, and the race continues. in the US version, this is commonly called the "to be continued" leg. that is why team sexy besties was not eliminated even if they finished last. they need to embrace this opportunity and get back into the fighting form that they had in the first two legs. do you remember how rr was pushing jeck during the wall climbing task? they need to go regroup and go back to that never say die attitude.
8. yield and u-turn will be a big part of the race
in the US version, u turn and yield appear once or twice in the whole race and can be used by any team only once in the race. if you decide to use it, you can only use it on the team that is behind you so you can build a good lead between you and that team. but this season, it has been in all legs and is decided through voting, so any team can be u-turned or yielded. if all the legs will have u turn or a yield, it wil definitely have a big impact on the race.
9. the tasks are getting more familiar
we can see similarities of some tasks in this leg to previous tasks of other seasons of the amazing race. the araro task was the famous plow detour in leg 11 of the 5th season of the amazing race. this is the task where colin coined the famous line "my ox is broken." the massage task of the detour is a variation of the turkish bath task in tunisia in leg 4 of the 1st season of amazing race. the music task in the detour is very similar to the BINGO task in the 1st leg of the first season of the amazing race philippines. the salt task is somewhat similar to the salt detour in mauritius where teams needs to find a salt shaker in a pile of salt. this was in the 7th leg of the 10th season of the US version.
10. ilocos is such a beautiful place
this leg just shows how beautiful ilocos is. i have been wanting to go to ilocos for quite sometime now and this leg made me more excited to go there soon!
images are from the following:
1. margie natividad's twitter page
2. team magkapatid's facebook page
3. team nerds' facebook page
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