User blog:Jam7/Thoughts on the new episode...

Let me see if I can answer some of your questions!


 * A lot of the promo pics (the jet flying by Big Ben, the triangle dance routine, a bunch of campers falling, Ezekiel falling flat on his face, etc.) are from the theme song! And it's an EPIC THEME SONG, let me say that right now.
 * There WAS a song! I assume it's called "Come Fly With Us", since it was the main lyric sung by all of them. And it was very cute and funny -- they all sing in their regular voices, only... musical? Ezekiel has a solo, Courtney was simply ADORABLE, and Gwen and Duncan were extremely reluctant to participate... until the very end of the song.
 * There seem to be two confessionals. One is the bathroom one we saw in the trailer, while the other confessional takes place right in the cockpit as Chef is flying the plane. Heather made use of both -- she concluded that she had to strike a reluctant alliance with Sierra if she was going to have any success this season. She also expressed a lot of disdain for Alejandro, stating that she could "see right through that guy".
 * Ezekiel was ALMOST eliminated after Chris knocked him out of the plane as a demonstration of how the Drop of Shame would work. However, he snuck back onboard through the alnding gear and later convinced Chris to let him stick around.
 * The challenge of the episode consisted of getting through a pyramid. Everyone had an option to go over the pyramid or under it. Unfortunately for those who went under it, there were three paths to take. One of them (the path that DJ's mini-group took) ended up being the quickest, while Izzy and Ezekiel got themselves lost and were the last ones who chose to go under to reach the finish line. The reward? There was no reward! It was simply to determine who goes in what team. And for the record, the last ones to cross the finish line were Duncan, Gwen, and Courtney. They probably would have taken even longer if Duncan didn't get really angry -- more on that in a bit.
 * There ARE three teams this season! Team Victory, Team Amazon, and Team Chris is Really Really Really Really Hot (yes that's the actual name of the team -- the teammates couldn't come up with a team name, so Sierra came up with that doozy of a name on the spot. xD)
 * Duncan is indeed the first one to go. However, he wasn't voted off or anything. He WILLINGLY got himself disqualified after Chris tried to make everyone sing a reprieve of their earlier song, stating that more than one song per episode is too much. Naturally, Courtney and Gwen were dismayed at his early exit.

There's a lot more I didn't cover, but it was such a fantastic episode, I'll let you guys see for yourself. xD I'll try to upload it in a bit...