The Wonderful Race has topped a brand new set of champions.
On the high of Wednesday’s Season 34 finale, the Closing 3 groups — Derek and Claire, Emily and Molly, and Luis and Michelle — begin their ultimate leg in Lynchburg, Tenn., a small city simply outdoors of Nashville. As Claire mentions, it’s “the one leg that issues,” and the strain is on.
On the Jack Daniels distillery, they’re tasked with labeling and packing bottles of booze with a view to get their subsequent clue. After some exact sticker-ing, Emily and Molly are first out the door, however Derek and Claire are proper behind them, as they each cease at a fuel station to ask for instructions.
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Derek and Claire get to the highway block first, which tells them they need to climb to the tippy-top of the Korean Battle Veterans Memorial Bridge to get their subsequent clue. Derek is first to snag the clue and whereas he’s rappelling down, Michelle fumbles her manner… to nowhere. She fails to make use of the offered rope and as an alternative, makes an attempt to free solo the factor, giving Emily the wiggle room she must take second place.
A guitar decide factors them to Gibson Storage, and when Derek and Claire arrive, they’re greeted by Season 22 and All-Stars contestants Caroline and Jennifer. They’re instructed they need to ship three Gibson guitars to musicians situated at completely different venues downtown. Claire apparently doesn’t take pleasure in working, however with Luis and Michelle proper behind, she’d higher get to stepping!
Working with heavy guitars doesn’t assist Emily’s injured knee one bit, and Michelle can be feeling the heavy burden of rock ‘n roll. After delivering the devices, Staff Large Brother arrives first to the Municipal Auditorium, the place they need to use an enormous keyboard to rearrange pictures from their journey in chronological order. Derek’s former piano enjoying helps them differentiate the keys, however as they’re finalizing the order, Luis and Michelle arrive. To make issues much more sophisticated, groups solely have 11 seconds to hit the keys within the appropriate order.
Aaaaand then Luis and Michelle come to the completely surprising realization that pianos have black keys as properly. I… OK, we’re simply going to maneuver on right here.
Derek and Claire nail the duty first, getting their ultimate clue to the PIT STOP — The Ryman auditorium. As they hustle out, Emily and Molly full the keyboard activity and are sizzling on their path. However who’s going to make it there first?
After touring for 23 days in eight nations and 16 cities, it’s, certainly, Staff Large Brother that finishes first and claims the money! Molly and Emily place second, leaving Luis and Michelle in third.
Completely satisfied to see Derek and Claire take the win? Grade the finale and season under, then pontificate within the feedback. (And make sure to come again tomorrow for our Q&A with the winners!)
