Blondes Hang in on the Amazing Race

I know this isn't a popular view, but I love the blondes. And I'm not even sure why. But I do, and I loved them even more on tonight's episode.

The leg started with the great airport equalizer - even with different flights to Morocco, all the teams ended up on the same last flight. And somehow, 'Bama ended up first to the clue. Maybe they weren't relying on the Chos as much as I thought they were. Even so, they talked the entire way to the next stop about who they were going to yield. Over and over they talked about yielding the blondes...at one point they commented that it wasn't a matter of "if" they were going to yield someone, but "who" they were going to yield. So when the teams all bunched up waiting for Atlas Studios open, it wasn't too much of a surprise that the blondes turned the table and yielded 'Bama. And sadly, it wasn't too much of a surprise how they reacted. Once again, I don't know how they are explaining their behavior to their kids. How do you explain to children why it was ok for you to yield someone, but when they yielded you, you needed to give them the finger? And what about calling it a move made by a team with no character? I guess if you had done it it would have been classy.

Anyways, it turned out in the end that the yield didn't have much of an impact at all; the roadblock was actually considerably faster to do alone. And with Rob & Kimberly's flat tire and Dustin & Kandice getting lost on their way to the detour, they pulled back into second place rather easily. Thank goodness for a non-elimination leg. However, what is up with the non-elimination legs after a yield? That seems to be the way it is on the past few seasons. Even though I'm glad that the blondes are still in it, I'm not a fan of that set-up.

So the blondes are "marked for elimination," and it seems to be a good leg for that - the teams are not very far apart from each other, and if there are any airports involved they can pull right back into the lead.