You're the Apple in My Eye is the eighth episode of The Amazing Race 31.
Story[]
Route Markers[]
The order of departure from Michaelskirche are as follows:
- Tyler & Korey (4:56 am)
- Colin & Christie (5:03 am)
- Becca & Floyd (5:04 am)
- Leo & Jamal (5:09 am)
- Rachel & Elissa (5:49 am)
- Chris & Bret (5:50 am)
- Nicole & Victor (6:05 am)
Teams must drive themselves to Ballenberg Community Hall. Once there, they must wait for further instructions.
At Ballenberg Community Hall, teams must vote for a team to U-Turn, verbally and in front of the other teams in an order selected by random draw. The two teams with the most votes would be U-Turned.
The teams voted as follows:
- Rachel & Elissa voted for Colin & Christie
- Nicole & Victor voted for Leo & Jamal
- Colin & Christie voted for Rachel & Elissa
- Leo & Jamal voted for Colin & Christie
- Becca & Floyd voted for Colin & Christie
- Tyler & Korey voted for Nicole & Victor
- Chris & Bret voted for Rachel & Elissa
By a vote of 3-2-1-1, Colin & Christie and Rachel & Elissa were U-Turned.
Since Colin & Christie completed the Cow Dressing Detour, they would be forced to backtrack and complete the Haymaking Detour before continuing.
Since Rachel & Elissa completed the Cow Dressing Detour, they would be forced to backtrack and complete the Haymaking Detour before continuing.At Ballenberg Community Hall, Nicole & Victor would receive their clue for their Speed Bump. Nicole & Victor must take down and fold the 26 Swiss canton flags hanging in the Ballenberg Community Hall and place them in a basket before they could continue racing.
Choice A: Haymaking
Teams must make hay, with one member using a scythe to cut a lane of grass, while their partner followed from behind to rake it. They must then properly stack the grass to dry into hay to receive their next clue.
Becca & Floyd, Chris & Bret, Leo & Jamal, and Tyler & Korey chose this task.
Choice B: Cow Dressing
Teams must use provided materials to make a floral head dressing, following a finished example as reference, and place it on a cow's head. They must then lead their cow to a local festival and would receive their next clue if the head dressing was made to the judges' satisfaction.
Teams must drive themselves to Oberschwanden, where they would find their next clue.
"Who wants to be a big shot?"
The team member assigned to this Roadblock must use a crossbow to shoot an apple off a scarecrow's head much like Swiss folk hero William Tell to receive their next clue. If they struck the scarecrow, they would have to reassemble it before being allowed to take another shot.
The Roadblock performers per team are underlined:
Teams must drive themselves to Bootsverleih Brienz on the shores of Lake Brienz, then drive a motorboat to the marked pier on the opposite side of the lake. Once there, they must make their way by foot or funicular to Grand Hotel Giessbach to check in.
For coming in first place, Tyler & Korey won a seven-day river cruise for two to Vietnam and Cambodia.
Leaderboard[]
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 • ⊂ 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• ∇ Team that lost the Double Battle
Tyler & Korey
Best Friends |
Chris & Bret
Friends |
Colin & Christie
Life Partners |
Becca & Floyd
Friends |
Nicole & Victor
Engaged |
Leo & Jamal
Cousins |
Rachel & Elissa
Sisters |
Trivia[]
- This episode marks the first time that Rachel Reilly has ever been eliminated in her The Amazing Race career.
- The Detour options on the teams' clues were listed as Haymaking and Cow Dressing; however, the graphics on the show listed the Detour options as Make Hay and Cow Festival.
- The Roadblock in this leg was previously featured as the Roadblock in "This Is More Important Than Your Pants Falling Down!" in The Amazing Race 3.
- With Rachel & Elissa's elimination, Nicole & Victor are the last Big Brother team standing.
- The episode title is said by Korey Kuhl at the Roadblock.
Reception[]
- Denver-CBS4 (06/04/2019): "Positive Mindset: Team Fun Talks About Strategy"
References[]
The Amazing Race 31 Episodes |
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"You're in Our Race Now" · "Knock the Newbie Out of Us" · "Here Fishy, Fishy, Fishy" · "I Took Out a Polar Bear" · "I'm a Bird, I'm a Plane, I'm on The Amazing Race" · "Who Wants a Rolex?" · "Living Fearlessly" · "You're the Apple in My Eye" · "Let's Split!" · "Chugga Chugga Choo Choo!" · "This One Is for One Million Dollars" |