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I Know Phil, Little Ol' Gorgeous Thing is the fourth episode of The Amazing Race 10.

Synopsis

While racing through Vietnam, teams must navigate their way through rough waters and around rocky islands.

Frustrated with their cab drivers, the leading team switches taxis three times en route to the next location. Once there, teams must decipher a cryptic clue in the dead of the night. At the Roadblock, teams must ascend and rappel a vertical 90-foot cliff at Hon Yen Ngua rock island in order to receive their next clue. One Racer injures their leg during the race, causing them to stop for medical attention.[2]

Story

Route Markers

The order of departure from Canh Dong Dia are as follows:

  1. Erwin & Godwin (10:55 pm)
  2. Tyler & James (11:22 pm)
  3. Rob & Kimberly (11:26 pm)
  4. Dustin & Kandice (11:27 pm)
  5. Peter & Sarah (11:29 pm)
  6. Lyn & Karlyn (11:31 pm)
  7. David & Mary (11:32 pm)
  8. Tom & Terry (11:48 pm)

Teams must take a taxi to Hanoi and find the Ly Thai To Garden and listen for their next clue.

At Ly Thai To Garden, teams will hear over a loudspeaker to head to Ben Xe Gia Lam Bus Terminal and take a bus to Ben Xe Bai Chay in Hạ Long. Once there, teams must find the Hydrofoil Harbor to find their next clue.

At Hydrofoil Harbor, teams would have the option to Yield a team. None of the teams opted to use the Yield and was left unaired.

The team member assigned to perform this Roadblock would have to go out to Hon Yen Ngua in the Hạ Long Bay. Once there, they must use a mechanical ascender to climb all the way to the top of this 90-foot islet. Only three teams could complete this task at a time. Once at the top, the team member would rappel back to the bottom and would receive their next clue.

The Roadblock performers per team are underlined:

Teams must take a motorboat to Sung Sot Cave and search inside the cave for their next clue.

Choice A: Over
Teams have to row to a provisions ship, load the provisions, then row a sampan to a floating village to deliver goods to the specific addresses on their invoice. When finished, teams rowed back to the provisions ship and present the finished invoice to the captain who would give them their next clue.

Only Lyn & Karlyn chose this task.

Choice B: Under
Teams have to take a marked junk and then take a sampan to a pearl farm, choose a line of buoys and grab 30 baskets hauling them out of the sea and into their boats. Then, they had deliver the baskets to a pearl farmer to receive their next clue.

David & Mary, Dustin & Kandice, Erwin & Godwin, Peter & Sarah, Rob & Kimberly, Tom & Terry, Tyler & James chose this task.

Teams must row back to their junks and make their way to Soi Sim Island to check in. For coming in first, Rob & Kimberly each won a jet ski.

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 • > Used the Yield< Recipient of the Yield
Rob & Kimberly
 1st place 
Rob & Kimberly
Dating
Peter & Sarah
 2nd place 
Peter & Sarah
Recently Dating
Tyler & James
 3rd place 
Tyler & James
Models
Erwin & Godwin
 4th place 
Erwin & Godwin
Brothers
David & Mary
 5th place 
David & Mary
Coalminer and Wife
Lyn & Karlyn
 6th place 
Lyn & Karlyn
Single Moms/Friends
Dustin & Kandice
 7th place 
Dustin & Kandice
Beauty Queens
Tom & Terry
 8th place 
Tom & Terry
Boyfriends

Trivia

  • This episode won the 2007 Emmy Award for "Outstanding Reality-Competition Program".[3]
  • The episode title is said by Mary when she spotted Phil on Soi Sim Island.
  • This episode was delayed 5 minutes on the East and Mountain time-zones due to overruns by NFL games.

Reception

  • Lyn Jensen at Reality TV Fans (02/04/2014): "Classic The Amazing Race: 8 Teams in Vietnam, Season 10"

References

The Amazing Race 10 Episodes

"Real Fast! Quack, Quack!" · "Can Horses Smell Fear?" · "Oh, Wow! It's Like One of Those Things You See on TV!" · "I Know Phil, Little Ol' Gorgeous Thing!" · "I Covered His Mouth, Oh My Gosh!" · "Maybe Steven Segal Will See Me and Want Me to Be in One of His Movies" · "I Wonder If This Is Going to Make My Fingers Pickle" · "He Can't Swim, but He Can Eat Cow Lips" · "Being Polite Sucks Sometimes" · "Lookin' Like a Blue-Haired Lady on a Sunday Drive" · "We Just Won't Die, Like Roaches" · "Dude, I'm Such a Hot Giant Chick Right Now!" · "Say Your Deepest Prayers Ever!"

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