Bollywood Travolta

Bollywood Travolta is the ninth episode of The Amazing Race 20.

Story[]

Route Markers[]

The order of departure from Mount Meru Hotel are as follows:

Bopper & Mark (9:06 pm)
Rachel & Dave (9:07 pm)
Art & JJ (9:32 pm)
Brendon & Rachel (11:55 pm)
Vanessa & Ralph (1:31 am)

Prior to departure, teams were moved from Lake Manyara to Mount Meru Hotel in Arusha.

Teams must fly to Kochi, India. Upon arrival, teams must take a bus from Rajiv Gandhi Municipal Bus Terminal in Aluva to Thevara, then make their way to Sacred Heart College, where they would find their next clue.

"Who's got all the right moves?"

The team member assigned to perform this Roadblock must participate in a Bollywood movie dance routine. After learning the dance moves, they must perform with 30 extras to the satisfaction of the lead choreographer to receive their next clue.

The Roadblock performers per team are underlined:

Teams must take an auto rickshaw to Indian Coffee House and search for the head waiter, who would give teams their next clue.

Choice A: Cricket
Teams must travel to Dr. Ambedkar Stadium, where each team member must hit one ball bowled by a professional cricket player past a boundary, either along the ground or through the air. Once complete, the team captain would give teams their next clue.

Art & JJ and Brendon & Rachel chose this task.

Choice B: Clutch It
Teams must travel to A2Z Driving School, where they must learn how to properly drive an auto rickshaw and transport passengers around a training course. Once both team members have made it through the course without hitting any of the obstacles, their instructor would give them their next clue

Bopper & Mark, Rachel & Dave, and Vanessa & Ralph chose this task.

Teams must make their way to Bolgatty Palace to check in.

For coming in first place, Rachel & Dave won a trip for two to Saint Lucia, provided by Travelocity.

For coming in last place, Bopper & Mark will have to perform a Speed Bump at some point during the next leg of the race.

Leaderboard[]

Legend:
First Place • Eliminated • Last placer on a Non-Elimination Leg or continue racing on a No-Rest Leg • Season winner • Season 2nd place • Season 3rd place • ϵ Used the Express Pass• ⊂ User of the first Double U-Turn slot • ⊃ Recipient of the first Double U-Turn slot • ⋐ User of the second Double U-Turn slot • ⋑ Recipient of the second Double U-Turn slot

1st place

Rachel & Dave
Army Wife & Combat Pilot

2nd place

Brendon & Rachel
PhD Student & Event Hostess

3rd place

Art & JJ
Border Patrol Agents

4th place

Vanessa & Ralph
Dating Divorcees

5th place

Bopper & Mark
Best Friends

Trivia[]

The episode title is said by Art Velez.
The leg's Pit Stop, Bolgatty Palace, was also previously the Pit Stop of the eighth leg on The Amazing Race Asia 3.

References[]

The Amazing Race 20 Episodes
"Tears of a Clown" · "You Know I'm Not as Smart as You" · "Bust Me Right in the Head with It" · "Taste Your Salami" · "Uglier Than a Mud Rail Fence" · "This Is Wicked Strange" · "I Didn't Make Her Cry" · "Let Them Drink Their Haterade" · "Bollywood Travolta" · "I Need Hair to Be Pretty" · "It's a Great Place to Become Millionaires"