The Amazing Race 10: Episode 12

This week, the blonde Beauty Queens couldn't make up enough ground to become The Amazing Race's first ever all-female Final Three team. That honor was reserved for the Alabama Moms, Lyn and Karlyn. In other news, after this episode's Detour, I'm half tempted to rename this website WayToCry.com.

Teams started the episode at a Berber camp in Morocco's Atlas Mountains, from which they drove over 200 miles to Casablanca.

Kimberly marveled at the wildlife along the trip's winding mountain roads. "I hate how there are so many dogs out here! ...Oh, those are lambs."

Rob pointed to the beasts' horns and said, "Goats."

In Casablanca, Models Tyler & James and Beauty Queens Dustin & Kandice (who had started the leg in last place, but were now solidly in second) found guides to lead them through a crowded market and directly to the cluebox located in a park.

The clue was a Roadblock. One team member needed to find a butcher stand selling a local delicacy: camel meat. The stall was easy to find, thanks to the gruesome, mostly-skinned camels dangling on ropes in front of it.

Camel heads were hung like wind chimes outside of the place. The heads' skin and eyeballs were still intact, giving the shop a fresh-from-your-nightmares kind of appeal.

After purchasing one pound of camel meat, racers ran across the square to a restaurant, where they ground and spiced the meat before handing it to a chef, who grilled it on skewers.

Once all of the meat was eaten, teams received their next clue.

James, the cow lip eating champ from Week 8, was nearly done munching on his camel by the time Kandice arrived at the meat grinder. James raved about his dish, "It's like a really good burger."

As soon as he was finished, James grabbed his next clue from the chef. It instructed teams to fly to Barcelona, Spain and find a park.

After Kandice finished her plateful of camel meat, the Beauty Queens' guide led them back to their SUV. Along the way, the Beauty Queens passed by Rob & Kimberly and Lyn & Karlyn.

At the Roadblock, the tension of the race started to get to both trailing teams. A somewhat frantic Kimberly couldn't figure out how to work the manual meat grinder, and she had to watch Lyn for clues on what to do.

Karlyn, who had nothing to do but sit and watch Lyn eat the camel meat, constantly criticized Lyn for eating too slowly. Karlyn complained, "You can't be sittin' there chewin', contemplatin'."

Finally fed up, Lyn snapped, "Karlyn, shut the hell up!"

Karlyn snapped back, "You don't tell me to shut up!"

In the car on the way to the airport, Lyn tried to explain that the meat had come straight off of the grill and was too hot to eat quickly. But Karlyn wouldn't back down, insisting, "I'm not gonna change. If she doesn't like it, she doesn't have to listen."

At the airport, all teams got tickets for the same flight to Barcelona, which arrived that night. The park that held the next clue was closed until morning.

When the park opened, teams raced through a hedge maze to find the clue box. Inside the box were instructions for this week's Detour: "Lug It or Lob It."

In Lug It, team members donned a pair of nine-and-a-half foot tall costumes from Barcelona's Festival of Giants. In costume, they had to walk more than one mile in search of another costumed giant, who held their next clue. The costumes were heavy and hot, but the mission was fairly straightforward.

In Lob It, teams took part in another traditional activity: tomato throwing. As locals pelted them with ripe tomatoes, teams searched a pile of of thousands of tomatoes for a clue hidden inside of a tomato. It wasn't physically difficult, but searching the pile could be time consuming -- not to mention messy and annoying.

Rob & Kimberly decided to do Lob It and quickly realized they'd made a bad decision.

The locals were merciless. Rob tried to draw their fire, as Kimberly searched the pile. But she was pelted so badly that her face was soon covered in tomato juice and seeds. She begged and screamed at Rob to stop and switch tasks, but he declined.

Finally, she stormed off of the field toward their waiting taxi, crying, "I'm not getting hit in the face again!"

With all of the compassion of your older brother when you were a kid, Rob said, "Way to go, Kim. Way to cry... Just because you're getting hit by a couple of tomatoes."

They asked the cab driver how far they were from the other Detour. When he responded that they were 20 kilometers away, Rob convinced a resigned Kimberly to walk back to the tomato pile.

Naturally, Rob found the clue inside of a tomato almost immediately. They changed into clean clothes before riding in their cab toward the Pit Stop, which was at a fountain on the other side of Barcelona.

Meanwhile, Dustin & Kandice had donned their oversized costumes and were walking the streets of Barcelona. As they asked for directions, Tyler & James caught up to them.

This was bad news for the Beauty Queens. Part of their punishment for finishing in last place on the previous leg was that they were Marked for Elimination, and needed to finish in first place in order to avoid a 30-minute penalty.

With the Tyler & James right on their heels, Dustin & Kandice needed to beat the Models in a footrace to the mat -- and hope that they other two teams had gotten stuck in the pile of tomatoes. They didn't know that Rob & Kim were ahead of everyone, meaning the Queens' fate was likely already sealed.

At the tomato pile, Lyn & Karlyn had a much easier go of it than Rob & Kimberly. Once they found their clue, Karlyn was finally able to relax, and she apologized to Lyn for her prior bad behavior.

The Models and Beauty Queens finally found the giant with their clue, and they were off to the Pit Stop.

Rob & Kimberly arrived at the fountain in first place, winning a trip to Barbados. When he realized that they would be one of three teams to compete for $1 million, Rob began to cry. Kimberly was kind enough not to make fun of him.

Lyn & Karlyn reached the mat in second place, as the other two teams got lost on their way to the fountain. Eventually, Tyler & James got some good directions, and they landed on the mat in third.

The Beauty Queens alternately cried and laughed as their journey came to an end. Kandice called their finish, "hard to take. But we knew we weren't going to be happy unless we won... If there's a stereotype of us playing with our tiaras all day, I hope it's broken."

Though they were viewed by their competition (and some viewers) as this season's villains, I was a little sad to see that the hyper-competitive and mostly-competent Dustin & Kandice wouldn't be the first all-female team to win TAR. But, considering Tyler & James's surfeit of beauty products and Rob's weeping, I guess you could say all-girl team is guaranteed to win this season, one way or another.