I Love Ridonc & Roll

'''The teams head to Finland to partake in sauna sitting and to get their rock on in an air guitar showdown. Someone finally steps up their game for their partner and allows them to prove their worthiness, while two competitors lose their confidence when a mixture of massive warmth and rapid coldness shows their true selves, but they recover in time to regain their hardcore edge. Out of fear of losing someone close, a competitor sabotages another's performance, leading to one team's survival and another team's final curtain call.'''

Plot
The episode begins in Beijing where the Daters, despite their new hatred for each other, inform that they are sticking together until the end. They collect their first tip of the leg; instructing teams to Oulu, Finland to one of the country's famous spa resorts. Teams struggle to stop a taxi until Spud manages to stop one but allows the Goths, Cadets and Daters to join them. In order to pass the time, Rock attempts to call upon an alliance but the other teams immediately reject him. Spud again makes a foolish move, by informing them of his inability to reject a dare, something that the Cadets keep in mind.

After a few hours, the teams made it to Finland, with the Reality TV Pros being the first team to reach the Don Box. Their first challenge, an All-In, is to stay inside a sauna for ten minutes with their clothes on. Once this is done, teams must cross a semi-frozen river and reach the Don Box on the other side. As each sauna can fit a total of two teams, Noah tells Owen to wait until for the Sisters to arrive so he could be with Emma. Unfortunately, other teams had overtaken them, pushing them back to seventh place until the Sisters finally arrive. The ten minutes seems to be eternal for the Ice Dancers as not only their thick clothing made them unable to bear the heat, they are losing to the Adversity Twins who are able to withstand extreme temperatures due to a rare condition they suffer from called "temperature dyslexia."

As the ten minutes are about to end, Spud believes that the heat is affecting him as he sees that the Goths are melting. Rock assures him that they are okay until he look at them and realize that Spud is telling the truth. It turns out that under the extreme heat, the makeup on both Goths had begin to melt, shocking both Crimson and Ennui. The time is up for the first two saunas and the Goths and Twins immediately race to the river. Once the time in her sauna is over, Kitty douses herself with a bucket of water only to be informed by Noah that it is actually Owen's sweat. Horrified, Kitty quickly run to the river to clean herself, with Owen following her in order to cool himself. Along the way, the two of them trample over Jacques, and Kitty knocks the Goths into the water with her. Noah attempts to convince Emma to swim across but when he find the water too cold, he tells her to use a frozen Owen instead. This delay allows the twins to reach the Don Box first where the Tip tells them to travel to downtown Oulu. The Goths finally make it to the other side of the river, both drenching in water. As they get up, their wigs fall off and their makeup washes away; revealing their true appearances for the first time. Horrified, the former Goths wear paper bags to hide their faces, as they have not see each other without their make up during the three years they've been dating. While the Daters continue to fight, MacArthur is able to use Spud's weakness by daring him to kiss a Baby seal which promptly attacks him. With the Rockers slowed down, the Cadets easily overtake them.

Downtown, the Botch or Watch challenge requires contestants to air guitar in front of a crowd. Once the appeal meter is full, they are allow to continue to the Chill Zone. Noah is the first to perform but fails to appeal to the crowd and is forced to retry. Unfortunately, by the time he is done, most of the other teams have arrived. Mickey also does not perform well as he suddenly overcome with stage fright from a traumatic past incident.

Meanwhile, the Goths have a hard time convincing Don to let them in as he could not recognize them until Crimson mentions the camera crew following them. The challenge continues but no one is able to appeal to the crowd and Ennui is brought to tears when one of the fans calls him a preppy because of his face. Backstage, Carrie and Devin compliment Crimson's looks which she does not take well. Ennui returns and seeing how they are treated without their Gothic nature, he announces that he and Crimson are quitting the show.

The Rockers are the last team to arrive to the concert. Rock believes that he could win the challenge easily only to realize that it is Spud's turn to Botch. At first it appears that Spud will lose but as he gets in tune with the music, Spud plays the air guitar amazingly. It is then that Rock realizes that he does not need to push Spud to focus on the Race as Spud is already good the way he is. Spud ends his performance by using a lighter to ignite a fart. With their appeal meter full, the two come in first. Leaving the concert in a taxi, Ennui and Crimson are sad that they are about to leave each other until Ennui proposes that they should accept each other the way they are. The pair remove their paper bags and look at each other for the first time without their makeup, sharing a smile. Suddenly, Ennui spots a Gothic boutique and gets an idea.

Inspired by Spud, the other contestants follow his example and win the challenge though the Ice Dancers cry when they find out they placed fourth again. Eventually, only three teams are left, the Adversity Twins, the Goths and Reality TV Pros. Once Noah's turn is over, Crimson and Ennui return with new Gothic attire that is more extreme than their previous. Having the "blackness in their heart" return, Ennui easily wins the challenge. After crossing the Chill Zone, Crimson spots Josee's lava rock and telling her that it will put a curse on whoever who wields it, explaining the Ice Dancers' recent bad luck. Josee ask the Goths how to break the curse to which Ennui explains that she just has to throw it anywhere in Hawaii. Kitty pulls a reluctant Emma to give Noah moral support. Emma doesn't believe that Mickey will stand a chance until she sees how confident he is. Before he goes up on stage, Emma intentionally makes Mickey nervous by telling him the air is covered with many bacteria after many air guitar performances. Upon hearing this, Mickey suffers a panic attack and when Jay tries to help him, he suffers from stage fright and loses conscious. It is Noah's turn again but he is worried if he will embarrassed himself in front of Emma again. Owen however tells his long time companion not to let Emma get into his head and do his best. With his confidence regained, Noah performs marvelously and has the crowd cheer for him before Owen picks him up and celebrates their victory. Happy that he won, Noah tells Owen that he is giving up on Emma as his feelings for her almost cost them the Race, as well as being tired of waiting for her to show him a sign, much to Owen's surprise. Unbeknownst to his latest announcement, Emma finally realizes her feelings for Noah and regrets taking him for granted.

As the twins calm themselves, Don walks up to them and announces that they are eliminated. While they are not surprised, Mickey and Jay are proud of themselves for being able to overcome so many challenges when everyone else believed they wouldn't last. Suddenly, Mickey spots a spider and the two panic before crashing into each other, right as Don closes the episode.

Cast

 * Brody, Chet, Dwayne, Geoff, Lorenzo, and Sanders appear; however, they do not speak.

General

 * Crimson and Ennui are revealed to be Caucasian skinned teenagers who wear Goth wigs and make-up. They also change into new, more extreme outfits.
 * The Baby seal from Total Drama World Tour appears in this episode.
 * One of the brown bears from the Total Drama series appears in the sauna with Don.
 * This is the first time nudity is shown on Ridonculous Race. Don stepped out of the sauna in a towel, then lost the towel.
 * Also the first Don Box in the episode was dressed in only a towel.
 * The Adversity Twins being scared of a spider after their elimination is similar to what happened at the beginning of Bjorken Telephone.

Continuity

 * Crimson and Ennui tell Josee that her "lucky" lava rock is actually cursed and that the only way to break the curse is to take it back to Hawaii.
 * This episode marks the fifth time that Jay and Mickey finished in twelfth, and their elimination also resulted in them coming in 12th in the overall race. This could be a reference to the fact that Jay mentioned, back in "None Down, Eighteen to Go - Part 1," that he and Mickey have such bad luck that they are "whatever's before cursed." The number thirteen is considered to be bad luck in common folklore, and thus, since twelve comes before it, twelve may also be considered "whatever's before cursed."
 * This is also, coincidentally, the fifth time that Dwayne and Junior finished 6th.