*Wallace

Some thoughts on the latest episode: - Not gonna lie but I'm kinda here for feisty Cara-Maria. Def curious to seeing how the Cara-Maria/Jasmine/Brandon dynamic will go. - Loving the Kam & Leroy scenes as always. - Oooh goodness.... this scene of Nicole & Laurel being all playful and play wrestling and all with each other. Lol loved Cara's and Veronica's confessionals on it. But yeah.... I.... do not know how to feel about all of this with their history with each other. Though I like seeing them on good terms, at least. - Lol I love this show's music playlist. First "Hit 'Em Up Style" and now "Case of the Ex"? They play nothing but THE JAMS! - Lol Leroy trying to be the mediator peace maker but of course Cara Maria and Kam blew up in their argument. - Lol Brad being so confident in this challenge but flopping so hard was sending me! I loved how mad everyone was at him too. But ughh this messes up Leroy's chances of safety so I don't appreciate that. - lmaoo Jasmine's comments on Veronica's bottom. - Oh wow, Cara Maria's group had a pretty good strategy. I wonder if that will help them out. - Oooh wow the Orange team won.... okay because it's factored in with the most liquid and fastest time combo. OK so that helped Kam's team and hurt Cara Maria's team. But yayy Kam winning! But ugh then I realize she can't protect Leroy now. - Oh dear, Cara Maria in the middle group. Gah yeah, she's gunning hard at Brandon and Leroy now. Ugh poor Leroy when he wasn't even the one to betray Cara. - Aww the segment with Brandon and his adorable adorable was so cute! - Oh dear.... more Laurel & Nicole scenes. I have a feeling that this may not end well but I really hope I can be proven wrong. And lol then comes the scene after their bedroom scene with Nicole putting a distance between them. And now Laurel is crying about their past (which I do feel bad for her on). Gah I knew this would all be such a bad idea. I just want this storyline to end....so I'll need Nicole to go soon, lol. - Wow that vote deliberation went pretty easy and fast - with it being Brandon vs. Leroy. Really hoping the best for Leroy but with his challenge performance this season..... I am not too hopeful for him. - Danng this is a challenge that takes a lot of patience and calm energy, which I feel may not work in Leroy's favor. - Lmao I'm shocked about Cara Maria rooting moreso for Brandon here but her comments make sense why she's doing so. - Wow Brandon was smoking Leroy at the start of this and thought he was going to have a runaway win. I love how Leroy slowly but surely came back and was able to tie it. OMGG WHOA, Leroy pulled out a very close and tight win, yayayyyyy!!! He got that win when he most needed it and just like that, he got his golden star right when he needed it! I'm just glad he did something to prove himself rather than Kam carrying him and their game, lol. Oh wait, I forgot he could also steal a woman's star for Kam, which I could also see him doing. - Aww I do feel bad for Brandon going out like this. If he was up against nearly any other guy, I could have rooted for him. I loved his comments of being proud for Leroy. But yeah Brandon turning against Cara, that did him no justice. - I understand and thought Leroy would take Adam's star. It makes sense as he has to preotect his own game. If he did that with the girls, it could hurt and make Kam a target.

2 Jana Wosnitza & Vadim Garbuzov - “Felicitá” (Charleston): 11 Detlef Soost & Ekaterina Leonova - “Caruso” (Contemporary): 5 Stefano Zarrella & Mariia Maksina - “Via con me” (Charleston): 14 Gabriel Kelly & Malika Dzumaev - “Italodisco” (Cha-Cha-Cha): 80 Lulu Lewe & Massimo Sinató - “Voglio ballare con te” (Samba): 0 + Gabriel & Malika - Lulu & Massimo

I never did a full ranking of the cast but I realized that I really like most of this group. I like everyone except my #12, whom I don't even mind that much. 1. Asher Havon 2. Nathan Chester 3. Maddi Jane 4. Serenity Arce 5. Madison Curbelo 6. Zoe Levert 7. L. Rodgers 8. Bryan Olesen 9. Nádege 10. Karen Waldrup 11. Tae Lewis 12. Josh Sanders

1 Jana Wosnitza & Vadim Garbuzov - “Felicitá” (Charleston): 11 Detlef Soost & Ekaterina Leonova - “Caruso” (Contemporary): 6 Stefano Zarrella & Mariia Maksina - “Via con me” (Charleston): 14 Gabriel Kelly & Malika Dzumaev - “Italodisco” (Cha-Cha-Cha): 78 Lulu Lewe & Massimo Sinató - “Voglio ballare con te” (Samba): 1 + Gabriel & Malika - Lulu & Massimo

3 Laura Fox & Denys Samson - “Make It Look Easy” (Showdance): 1 David Whelan & Salome Chachua - “All That Really Matters” (Showdance): 78 Blu Hydrangea & Simone Arena - “I Am What I Am” (Showdance): 1 + David & Salome Showdance - Laura & Denys Showdance

4 Jana Wosnitza & Vadim Garbuzov - “Felicitá” (Charleston): 12 Detlef Soost & Ekaterina Leonova - “Caruso” (Contemporary): 7 Stefano Zarrella & Mariia Maksina - “Via con me” (Charleston): 14 Gabriel Kelly & Malika Dzumaev - “Italodisco” (Cha-Cha-Cha): 73 Lulu Lewe & Massimo Sinató - “Voglio ballare con te” (Samba): 4 + Gabriel & Malika - Lulu & Massimo

Looks like a clear Top 3 (and Top 2) and Bottom 3 this week. 1. Angie & Danny (+1) 2. Amber & Vinny (-1) 3. Rod & Leticia (=) 4. Ricky & Cesar (=) 5. Juan & Shane (+1) 6. Yvonne & Melissa (+1)

I'm fine with a TAR break in the fall and just having one season this year. I agree with your comments on this season and the whole 60/90 minutes stuff. Hopefully these 90-minute episodes will work better for the next season as it becomes a struggle with less teams (aka the fun teams going out early).

Welp this post aged well. I sure did! Nearly was gonna remove my fan card for Angie. LOL JK. She's so fun when she gets feisty. Ugh it really is. It doesn't seem fair. But with Alex's post on it, I get it and makes sense, I guess.

Finally got the time to sit down and watch the episode. I didn't expect to write so many thoughts but I did so towards the second half of the episode. - Aww I was so happy for Ms. Angie getting a tennis challenge on this episode. And seeing her slay that roadbloack! - Oooof dangg how much I wish Rod had done the tennis roadblock over Letiticia. She struggled at first but happy that she did eventually get through it. - Loving the Rihanna mentions now that they are in Barbados. And insane that they got to visit her hometown/home. - OMMGGG I died at Angie asking "who's Rihanna?" Don't make me remove my fan card, Ms. Angie! But shammee on Danny not being able to sing one of her songs to her. I know he could do so! - Dangg it's so sad and unfortunate how Angie & Danny lost their crew and they could do nothing but wait about it. It would be really messed up if this gets them eliminated when they were doing so good this leg. - Also it wasn't fun seeing the more fun teams like Rod & Leticia and Amber & Vinny struggling at different spots in the episode. - It's very interesting how Juan & Shane wee the only team to do a different detour from the other teams. But ugh I think this was a good decision on their parts which could save them from last place. And dangg.... seeing how they went from 6th to 2nd with them doing that detour was INSANE. Ugh not a fan of that as they were one of the teams I was wantingto go, lol. Oh well, always next week. - Ugh nooo, now Yvonne & Melissa beat Rod & Leticia and Angie & Danny in this detour. Guess gotta hope for them to get lost in traveling to the pit stop. - Ugh Rod & Leticia are doing so bad with this detour. I bet this is the end for them. Happy they figured out their problem but not a fan of this Bottom 2. - Aww I felt so bad for Danny in that scene where he looked like he knew it was over even though he was trying to remain positive that it isn't over. - Ugh Yvonne & Melissa got 4th so it's officially over for one of Rod & Leticia or Angie & Danny. Gonnna be sad no matter who goes. - Dang Rod & Leticia got stuck in mud. Not good for them. But okay, I'm happy that didn't affect them to much and pleased for them making it through. - Ughh I am so sad for Angie & Danny coming in last this episode. Yayy another favorite of mine goes this week. They were doing so good in this leg. It's real messed up and unfortunate how they lost their crew / their crew lost them and they had to stop for awhile... ughh. Sad for them, but I LOVE their positive and uplifting attitudes with how they did on the race. They have such a sweet mother/son relationship... and they were a cute and fun team to watch and root for. I'll miss them.

This is gonna take some time and will be A LOT to go through!

OMGG I'm SO curious who this is: The Girlfriend Experience This name really stood out to me.

A few more #1s and a #20 revealed in this latest set. #1s revealed (8): nico, corey, gigi, steven, wallace, erik, derek, lily #1s remaining (7): akshar, alex, chris, elliott, qk, richard, tom #20s revealed (14): akshar, gigi, richard, tom, derek, erik, wallace, chris, steven, nico, qk, lily, corey, elliott #20s remaining (1): alex

- I'm really surprised with "100% Pure Love" making it all the way to 8th, but I'm not mad about it. A fun song. The all over the place polarizing ranks makes sense for it. - I'm happy with "Chains" making it to 7th, especially since I do think Tina Arena is one of the lesser-known artists here. So I figured she would be at a disadvantage there. But it's still a strong and fantastic song. Happy to see a lot of high ranks for this. - Ugh I feel bad for being the one ranking the other Selena song lower than the others, but I just happened to connect with the other songs more. With that said, "Bidi Bidi Bom Bom" is really good and deserving making it this far. Interesting seeing so many #11s and #12s for this too. I'm so confused by Corey's comment once again. - Ah I think I was rooting for "Come to My Window" to make it to the Top 4 based off of the remaining songs left, so kind of a bummer that it missed out. Solid song from Melissa Etheridge and great ranking for it. Remaining spots left: 3, 4, 8, 12 Rooting for my #3 or #4 to pull through. Kinda surprised but very happy that one of them made it this far though. Though I'm thinking my #8 would probably win this (possibly #4?)

Maria love! I had a feeling she would be a fan favorite amongst this past season's cast.