Amazing Race Australia Episode 2

Wednesday 6 June 2012 - India.
Reasons I just don't like Adam & Steve (but mainly Adam) - quotes from Adam:

• "I think that I'm the intellectual powerhouse of the team, but Steve complements me very well... I'm the mastermind of the operation"
• "We know we can beat them (Sticky & Steve, and the sisters team) because they are physically weaker than us"
• "I wouldn't say I dance, I flex in rhythm to music" 

Also, they are both a-holes for not letting the cops team follow them after the cops got so lost

I don't like Joseph of the brother & sister team much either. He said about Grace, his sister:

"Any of her weaknesses will be covered by my strengths" 

Nor Botox Sarah, of On/Off Couple Sarah & James, because:

• firstly, she sulked at Manila airport (understandable) because James didn't want to buy her a drink when she was thirsty - but then when he did buy her some water, she refused to drink it AND kept the sulkiness going once they had arrived in Delhi! International travel-sulking, quite a talent.
• Then she spent 5 minutes arguing about an Indian rickshaw (?) driver overcharging them, and not letting James have any input into decisions or discussions, just cutting him off when he tried to reason with her

James was funny, when she had trouble with the Bollywood script - "For someone you can never get to shut up, she really struggled with speaking". BURN! 

Teams and people I do like - this week? 

• Tarryn and Ross, the father/daughter team, who saved the sisters from elimination last week, shone again when they tried to help the cousins with no money, Adam & Dane. They offered to buy them train tickets to get to the pit stop. Unlucky that there were no trains, only rickshaws. Also made me laugh when she said (about the Bollywood script) "As long as we get the proNOUNciation" and her dad said "proNUNciation". Ha. Not a great start!
• Sticky & Sam, after making 50 "bricks" out of cow dung and hay, and being given the next clue by an Indian woman - both of them raised their poo-covered hands to "High 5?" her. She didn't want to. 
• Sue & Teresa, the hippies, for getting out the aura cleansing spray whenever things go wrong

Anyway, the results:

1. Go Sam & Sticky! Well-played
2. Cheerleader Twins, thanks to the Bollywood dancing, they jumped a few places
3. Hippies 
4. Tarryn & Ross [...Then they showed the poor director of the Bollywood movie that had to judge them all - by the time Joseph & Grace hugged him for letting them through, he just looked exhausted and wishing he'd never agreed to signing up for this caper in the first place!]
5. Paul & Steve - bugger
6. Kym & Donna the Brissy couple [... Next came Adam & Dane - they had to sell a pair of their shoes to get some rickshaw money, apparently breaching the race conditions by selling their clothing, so they got a 30 minute penalty]
7. Andrew & Shane the cops
8. Joseph & Grace
9. James & Botox Sarah
10. The sisters - which meant Adam & Dane are out, and the sisters are safe again - another close call for them