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Securely in last place and not wanting to be eliminated while still holding onto the Express Pass, Jill and Thomas go to the Beds task and turn it over for their last clue. Seeing the troubles the others are having the Sleds and the amount of time the Beds takes, this was completely the right move in my mind. They hit the mat in fifth place.

Due to the pleas of Stephanie, Chad gives in and they switch to the Beds task. To the extreme frustration of the sole remaining teams that can’t sled to save their lives (i.e. Connor & Jonathan and Rachel & Katie), tattooed Nick & Vicki, who have had only about five minutes of airtime tonight, nail the Sleds on their first shot. They eventually hit the mat in sixth place.

So, here is where the Detour stands: Chad & Stephanie are finishing up, Katie & Rachel are just getting started and Team Glee finally follows suit and switches tasks. The arrival of the singers and the volleyballers puts a glint in Chad’s eye as they now have a reprieve. After they completed the task, Chad acknowledges that he shouldn’t have pushed her to do a task that scared her. Well…it seems that I may have been wrong about Chad. They are number seven.

It’s a battle for last between volleyballers Katie & Rachel (who I, incidentally, picked to win it all) and a battered and beaten Jonathan & Connor. Even though Phil tells them it is by the skin of their teeth, he checks in the girls as number eight, meaning that Team Glee is no more on the Amazing Race. They harmonize “Pomp and Circumstance” as they approach the mat, knowing they are last. Since it’s highly unlikely they will have back-to-back nonelimination legs, the guys had to know this was it for them. After Phil breaks the news to them, Connor beats me to the graduation/elimination analogy I was going to make for them.

I originally predicted Team Glee would make it to seventh place and happy to say that I wasn't too far off.

It looks like next week we get our first disgusting food challenge (or rather, a lesson in culinary cultural diversity) of the race. Have a great week and remember to not eat dinner while viewing next week’s episode.

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