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[Miss Alli]

I am pinning this final warning to ensure that it can't possibly be missed.

If you can be shown to read this thread (that is, you post in it) and you are found going elsewhere on the boards and using spoiler information which you are trying to pass off as speculation, that is a warnable/bannable offense.

Seriously, it's really unfair to other posters, and it's also really lame, because it comes off like you're cheating and trying to make yourself look like you're just a very good guesser.

Please, please stop this. I have had more problems with this during this season than during any other, and I'm determined to get it stomped down as we get closer to the end. I don't want the show ruined for other people. Please don't continue to engage in this, if you're engaging in it now. Thanks very much to the great majority of you who are careful about this.

[Tenderfoot]

If it is recycled footage -- and I think you're probably right about that -- it makes me wonder why there wasn't any fresh footage of them to use in that montage, or really in last night's preview. I take it more of a sign that BJ & Tyler get the Fast Forward than that they're eliminated. The "finish last" voiceover could be an unused sound bite recorded on the way to the pit stop in Greece and their first NEL.

ETA: The episode description from tvguide.com --
The teams race through Bangkok to an ancient temple to find a clue. Two teams compete for the Fast Forward in the aptly named challenge “Insect Delight.” Also, one racer breaks down during a physically demanding challenge. Phil Keoghan is the host.

This post has been edited by Tenderfoot: May 4, 2006 @ 6:47 pm.

[Goldwood]

Also, one racer breaks down during a physically demanding challenge.

I would assume this is Monica during that vase carrying thing we saw during the preview at the end of this weeks episode.

I'm taking ithe Mojo breakdown to be misdirection...as it most always is...but its the final 4, so I can't be sure.

My guess is BJ and Tyler take the fast forward (aargh) beating out Monica and Joseph when Monica complains about the bugs she has to eat. (aargh again). Thus, Mojo is stuck way behind and end up breaking down at that particular task even though the mishap might be minor.

[graefin]

I take it more of a sign that BJ & Tyler get the Fast Forward than that they're eliminated.

I hadn't thought of that. I'll go with that theory because it aligns with my desire to see BJ/T win.

I would assume this is Monica during that vase carrying thing we saw during the preview at the end of this weeks episode.

I think it most definitely is Monica.

My guess is BJ and Tyler take the fast forward (aargh) beating out Monica and Joseph when Monica complains about the bugs she has to eat. (aargh again). Thus, Mojo is stuck way behind and end up breaking down at that particular task even though the mishap might be minor.

Based on the TV Guide quote referencing Monica with the "breakdown" comment, I assumed that the two who compete for the FF would be BJ/T and R/Y, but R/Y seem kind of conservative in their racing strategy, so it could be BJ/T vs. MoFo, with BJ/T winning and MoFo breaking down as a result.

[SeaBreeze341]

I'm taking ithe Mojo breakdown to be misdirection...as it most always is...but its the final 4, so I can't be sure.

Ten-to-one it is, which is kind of lame. Ditto for last season with the Weavers getting pulled over. I often take it as a way for TPTB to tell us, "If you were hoping for this vile team to be eliminated a week before the episode airs, we're telling you right now; they're not the team that gets eliminated." Too bad TPTB couldn't do what they did for TAR7 and show all four teams frustrated as opposed to just one, or in TAR3 and TAR4 where everyone was bitter and struggling. At least in TAR5 and TAR6 they showed the 4th place team's sign of their downfall, but that was part of a two-hour finale with 4 teams, and I doubt it's happening this season.

[SeaBreeze341]

Sorry

This post has been edited by SeaBreeze341: May 5, 2006 @ 1:27 pm.

[RhondaGC]

My guess is BJ and Tyler take the fast forward (aargh) beating out Monica and Joseph

See I kind of thought it would be BJ/Tyler or E/J up against R/Y. R/Y leave first, after all. Not that that guarantees they will get the FF first, but it significantly ups their chances. Of course BJ/T will be bringing up the rear, but two other teams are essentially tied with them, so that won't make much difference. Besides, those boys have shown themselves extraordinarily good at rising back to the top. I have a feeling Yolanda is the one who balks at doing the bugs, but whether she actually does it remains to be seen. I can also see Monica definitely refusing to eat them. Yolanda might not like it but I could see her choking them down anyway. Monica would definitely not. It's really like the difference between Nicole/Brandon and Uchenna/Joyce. The former team refused to do a FF because it involved shaving their heads. The latter did it (well, only Joyce, really) because they had to and not because she wanted to. (Of course, that paid off rather nicely for them, but still).

This post has been edited by RhondaGC: May 5, 2006 @ 6:17 pm.

[Haleth]

This doesn't sound good for R&Y. If they lose out on the FF and have to go back and do the challenges, it could put them far behind.

[graefin]

See I kind of thought it would be BJ/Tyler or E/J up against R/Y. R/Y leave first, after all. Not that that guarantees they will get the FF first, but it significantly ups their chances.

E/J can't go for another FF since they already claimed one. I'd also guess that R/Y's lead would be equalized by airport bunching. Someone stated earlier that there are only one or two flights to Thailand that day.

I can't remember whether R/Y were shown in the preview at all. BJ/T were only shown in old footage. Even if they get the FF, it's weird that the editors would have no usable new footage of them at all.

I guess no amount of speculation will solve these riddles.

[mswood]

Well with previews we see three teams performing a roadblock (eric, Joseph and Yolanda).

Usually the Fast Forward is before either the Roadblock and the Detour.

So while it strongly implies that the Hippies in fact are the team that do and complete the Fast Forward whoever doesn't will not lose much time on the others.

If the Detour is first, no bigging if behind. Because htey will catch up by the Detour).

If the detour is first no biggie they have already got up to the otehrs. They might be a little behind, but not significantly.

Though I do feel Ray and Yolanda will be eliminated. I don't think the fact that they go for the fast forward is the reason.

This post has been edited by mswood: May 6, 2006 @ 3:44 pm.

[Mugsy]

I finally found some real information.

R/Y and BJ/T go for the FF. R/Y fail at the task and BJ/T get it and are assured a spot in the final 3.

R/Y come in last and are eliminated. Ray leaves some of his stuff for the Hippies.

However, the end is not pleasant. BJ/T come in third, E/J second and MOJO win. Barf? Yes. But that's the way it shall be.

[mrcellophane]

Barf, indeed. Shades of TAR6?

This post has been edited by mrcellophane: May 6, 2006 @ 4:50 pm.

[Jer2002]

MOJO win the leg or the whole race?

[hanzz]

I finally found some real information.

R/Y and BJ/T go for the FF. R/Y fail at the task and BJ/T get it and are assured a spot in the final 3.

R/Y come in last and are eliminated. Ray leaves some of his stuff for the Hippies.

However, the end is not pleasant. BJ/T come in third, E/J second and MOJO win. Barf? Yes. But that's the way it shall be.

What?? Where did this come from?

Also isn't there a rule about blatently posting the winner, even in the spoilers thread? or is that TarFlies?

ETA: and I guess even if it is true, it's not like I care much about how any of these final four teams as much as I cared for Wanda & Desiree, Fran & Barry, Lisa & Joni, Danielle & Dani, Lake & Michelle, or Dave & Lori. In TAR8, I was saddened spoiled to find out that the Linzes had won, since I was holding out hope for my beloved Weavers.

This post has been edited by hanzz: May 6, 2006 @ 4:54 pm.

[graefin]

However, the end is not pleasant. BJ/T come in third, E/J second and MOJO win. Barf? Yes. But that's the way it shall be.

As barf-worthy as this is, it's consistent with my theory that the winners keep a low profile prior to the airing of the finale. Of the final four, MoJo and R/Y are the only two who have maintained a low profile. Of MoJo and R/Y, MoJo seems more likely to make the final three.

But I'd also be interested in finding out where you got this info.

[ronaldinha]

UGH, I fee like gagging.. hopefully this will be like that fake Romber spoiler last year.