User blog:ArtDraw12/RR eliminations - My Way

Hello everyone! It's been so long since I've posted my order of eliminations. Since RR has a different format I was wondering about how the format of my blog should look like for a long time. This is because some placings were very random and I wanted to avoid that. To do this I'll describe each pair's role per each episode. Unfortunately, I didn't manage to change as much as I wanted because of it being a race and the need for everyone to have a believable elimination. Also, in my opinion most of the eliminations and rankings were fair. Anyway, let's start it! I hope you'll like my first elimination order of The Ridonculous Race.

Episode 1

 * Note: First six pairs end up on Flight #1, the next six on Flight #2, and the final six on Flight #3.
 * Ranking:
 *  1st : Ice Dancers - Unchanged.
 *  2nd : Best Friends - Unchanged.
 *  3rd : Police Cadets - Unchanged.
 * 4th: Sisters - Unchanged.
 * 5th: Geniuses - Unchanged.
 * 6th: Vegans - Unchanged.
 * 7th: Father & Son - Unchanged.
 * 8th: Fashion Bloggers - Unchanged.
 * 9th: Goths - I've already ranted about how the producers forgot about them and thus, istead of finishing the Scare along with the other teams from the second elevator, they finished as one of the last teams. I get it that they may not be the most fastest (look at the way they run), especially at the beginning, but I just had to correct it. Also, in my version, they would speak and have their introduction interview, just like everyone else.
 * 10th: Mom & Daughter - Unchanged.
 * 11th: Daters - Unchanged.
 * 12th: Reality TV Pros - Unchanged.
 * 13th: Rockers - Since they weren't seen finishing the challenge, but weren't seen running to the airport in the last scene and were on the second flight, I decided to give them this place.
 * 14th: Surfer Dudes - Unchanged.
 * 15th: Adversity Twins - Unchanged.
 * 16th: Stepbrothers - Unchanged.
 * 17th: Tennis Rivals - Unchanged.
 * 18th: LARPers - Unchanged.

Episode 2

 * Ranking:
 *  1st : Best Friends - Unchanged.
 *  2nd : Police Cadets - Unchanged.
 *  3rd : Ice Dancers - Unchanged.
 * 4th: Geniuses - There's no way I'll believe that the Tennis Rivals managed to catch up to the teams from earlier flights, especially the first one, and finish before them even despite they didn't face off any difficulties by the way. Sorry, I just can't. What was the point of having three different flights then? So, in my series, the earliest flight you had the more chances to win you had, logically.
 * 5th: Sisters - Unchanged, but they didn't magically lose their time.
 * 6th: Daters - And here we have contestants from the second flight (as the Vegans were very slow). I assume Daters would be the fastest, hence finish before other teams from the second flight.
 * 7th: Goths - Hot spices aren't big deal for Crimson, as seen in El Bunny Supremo. It's even less of a deal when they chose the right spices. I assume they would be only behind the Daters because they were slower than them.
 * 8th: Fashion Bloggers - Unchanged.
 * 9th: Reality TV Pros - They would be faster than the Fashion Bloggers, as Owen finished his spice before Tom. However, Owen's weight caused their camel to be slower than the Fashion Bloggers'.
 * 10th: Mom & Daughter - It took Kelly a while to eat their stew of spices, hence why they were the slowest of the second flight (not Father & Son who faced some difficulties).
 * 11th: Surfer Dudes - They were fast and the stew of hot spices wasn't that bad for Brody, so they finished as the first team from the third flight.
 * 12th: Rockers - This is one of the challenges that wouldn't cause much problems for them, even despite Spud being lazy. That's why they finish in this place in my version.
 * 13th: Stepbrothers - Lorenzo's motivational speaker's skills helped Chet finish the challenge rather fast.
 * 14th: Tennis Rivals - They weren't the best, but weren't the worst either.
 * 15th: Adversity Twins - It took them a while to collect right spices, as well as to eat them. That's why they finish right before the teams that were in the bottom three.
 * 16th: Vegans - Unchanged.
 * 17th: Father & Son - Unchanged.
 *  18th : LARPers - Unchanged.
 * Comment: At first, I wanted to have a non-elimination episode (so the title of the episode would make more sense), so the lowest-ranking team will get to stay for at least 3 episodes and thus get some more screen time. However, I decided to change my idea, as this pair is really annoying and I wouldn't have a good chance to eliminate the next team (and if they wouldn't have beem eliminated in the next episode, they would stay for too long. You'll see why.).

Episode 3

 * Ranking:
 *  1st : Police Cadets - Unchanged.
 *  2nd : Ice Dancers - Unchanged.
 *  3rd : Goths - This episode kinda gets the role of Bjorken Telephone for them in my series. They get a good ranking, they both have lines. Drawing as well as catacombs are their cup of tea. The reason they didn't finish in 1st place is because they enjoyed the catacombs too much to leave them too early.
 * 4th: Geniuses - Ellody's good at drawing, just like Ennui. Their intelligence also helps them to leave the catacombs fast.
 * 5th: Sisters - They didn't have any problems in this episode.
 * 6th: Best Friends - They were good at challenges, just like always. Carrie's having to repeat the drawing challenge slowed them down a bit though.
 * 7th: Daters - They would've finished before the Best Friends, but losing their paddles caused them to fall behind.
 * 8th: Adversity Twins - They finished the drawing challenge shocingly fast. Their lactose intolerance helped them to locate the cheese and find their way out of the catacombs.
 * 9th: Surfer Dudes - They had problems with finding their way out of the catacombs, so they decided to follow the Adversity Twins whom they met by the way.
 * 10th: Mom & Daughter - What can I say? They weren't the best but also weren't the worst.
 * 11th: Father & Son - After their terrible performance in the previous lef, they managed to catch up and improve thanks to their motivation.
 * 12th: Fashion Bloggers - A flat tire and shopping caused them to fall behind. However, their shopping was fast enough to still outrun most of the teams from the second flight.
 * 13th: Vegans - Schockingly, it was hard for them to locate the cheese.
 * 14th: Stepbrothers - They weren't the worst, but they lost some time arguing which way they should go to leave the catacombs.
 * 15th: Rockers - They would've been ahead of the Stepbrothers, but since Rock was the only one paddling in their team, they lost some time.
 * 16th: Reality TV Pros - Unchanged.
 *  17th : Tennis Rivals - Unchanged.
 * Comment: Frankly, I wanted to avoid elimination once again due to it being over something minor. However, I decided to eliminate them now so they wouldn't last too long and it's actually a good reference to tennis.

Episode 4

 * Ranking:
 *  1st : Ice Dancers - Unchanged.
 *  2nd : Goths - Crimson completed the Botch or Watch challenge with ease. They also finished their sand castle fast.
 *  3rd : Police Cadets - Unchanged.
 * 4th: Father & Son - Unchanged.
 * 5th: Fashion Bloggers - Unchanged.
 * 6th: Daters - Unchanged.
 * 7th: Sisters - They didn't have any problems during the challenge.
 * 8th: Vegans - Despite Miles' problems with a shark, they still managed to finish in a decent place.
 * 9th: Mom & Daughter - They didn't have any problems besides Taylor not wanting to build a sand castle at first, finding it too childish for her.
 * 10th: Reality TV Pros - Owen had more problems with the sharks in my version. However, they improved in the second challenge.
 * 11th: Rockers - They lost some time because Spud didn't help during the sand castle challenge at first until Rock reminded him to do so or else they'd be penaltized.
 * 12th: Stepbrothers - They lost a lot of time fighting instead of building a sand castle until they realized how many teams surpassed them. They would've been behind Best Friends if only their boat's motor hadn't been faulty.
 * 13th: Best Friends - Unchanged. The only difference is that they were also ahead of Adversity Twins.
 * 14th: Adversity Twins - It took a while before Mickey could conquer his fear of sharks to complete the challenge.
 * 15th: Surfer Dudes - Unchanged. It's also very ironic how the surfer has the most troubles with a shark.
 *  16th : Geniuses - Unchanged.
 * Comment: This elimination was ironic and I like ironic eliminations. Also, they were completely fodders with no chance of any interesting plot, at least for me.

Episode 5

 * Note: Teams set off in three buses, just like in the real version.
 * Ranking:
 *  1st : Goths - Unchanged.
 *  2nd : Ice Dancers - What can I say? Ice is their forte, but they didn't get to win in Iceland, so they can be bitter about it in the next episode.
 *  3rd : Fashion Bloggers - They would've come in second, but were penaltized for not doing the first challenge correctly. The penalty was however only 5 minutes long, as it was more Bjork's (Travel Tip Giver's) fault than theirs, so Don also promised Bjork to pay her less than she was promised to be paid. The short time of a penalty allowed the Bloggers to be fall only one place behind.
 * 4th: Reality TV Pros - Although even Owen was disgusted by the Feast challenge, he really helped his team.
 * 5th: Daters - Despite having to repeat the first challenge, they did pretty well.
 * 6th: Police Cadets - While they lost their first fossil due to MacArthur's aggresive nature, they still did well in my version.
 * 7th: Stepbrothers - They slowly started cooperating pretty well in this episode, without them noticing it.
 * 8th: Best Friends - They managed to catch up after so many teams faced some difficulties during challenges.
 * 9th: Adversity Twins - They're weak, so the Fossil challenge took them a lot of time.
 * 10th: Sisters - The Fossil challenge took them a lot of time due to Emma doing it all by herself, just as she wanted.
 * 11th: Father & Son - Unchanged. The only difference is that it happened later, giving the Vegans even less time to make up for their mistake.
 * 12th: Surfer Dudes - They lost a lot of time as Geoff had to feed a still shocked after the events of the previous episode Brody during the Feast challenge.
 * 13th: Mom & Daughter - Unchanged.
 * 14th: Rockers - Unchanged.
 *  15th : Vegans - Due to the same events as happened in the real version, only in mine it actually leads to their elimination. Laurie is still angry that she had to eat meat and it didn't pay off as they were eliminated and cursed Dwayne for that as well as attacked Don. Miles comforted her that they didn't know they would lose and they tried to win for thei charities. This caused them to leave with dignity and their heads up, unlike in the real series.
 * Comment: The reason I decided to change it like that is because a lot of people complain about the way the Vegans were eliminated in the next episode or the treatment that Laurie got. Sure this means they competed for a shorter time and their plot was shorter (but at least resolved), but I think it was worth avoiding future problems.

Episode 6

 * Note: This episode is a non-elimination one, as we had an elimination last time instead. Also, since Dwayne is on the second flight, he causes them to fall behind even more, making it impossible for the teams from that flight to catch up to the ones from the first.
 * Ranking:
 *  1st : Ice Dancers - Unchanged. Added a small detail though.
 *  2nd : Fashion Bloggers - They were racing with the Ice Dancers simultaneously throught the episode, especially during creating the Carnival costume challenge. Ice Dancers couldn't stand it and sabotaged the Bloggers during the Hang-glide challenge, causing them to lose a little time, enough for the Ice Dancers to steal the victory for themselves.
 *  3rd : Goths - Unchanged. However, in my version they ended up one place lower.
 * 4th: Mom & Daughter - Let's face it, it was their episode.
 * 5th: Stepbrothers - They slowly started cooperating pretty well in this episode, without them noticing it. They surprisingly did well in this challenge too.
 * 6th: Daters - Well, they were faster than Reality TV Pros and the second flight. That's it.
 * 7th: Reality TV Pros - Same here. They were the slowest ones to create their costumes (next to the Police Cadets), but they still had a lead over the teams from the second flight.
 * 8th: Surfer Dudes - Brody's uselessness in the previous episode motivated him so much that they performed really well.
 * 9th: Best Friends - They managed to catch up after so many teams faced some difficulties during challenges. They were just faster than the remaining teams.
 * 10th: Police Cadets - Unchanged. They lost so much time that the teams from the second flight shockingly caught up to them, with two of them even surpassing them.
 * 11th: / 12th: Adversity Twins / Sisters - They tie, just like in the real series, after trying to work as an alliance with each other.
 * 13th: Rockers - Unchanged. Spud's delayed reaction helped them in last minute.
 * 14th: Father & Son - A karma for Dwayne's yesterday mistake, as well as a curse from an eliminated Laurie bite them big time. They still had enough luck for this to be a non-elimination leg though.
 * Comment: I've always wondered why the Fashion Bloggers weren't given any role in an episode about creating Carnival costumes. Also, I thought it'd be nice to have them interact with the Ice Dancers.

Episode 7

 * Ranking:
 *  1st : Ice Dancers - Unchanged.
 *  2nd : Stepbrothers - They performed surprisingly well in this episode, even warming a little bit to each other and respecting each other's talent.
 *  3rd : Sisters - They managed to catch up after the last episode and Emma performed well in gymnastics, which got attention of Noah.
 * 4th: Goths - They would've been second, but they were penalized. It was short enough penalty to not fall behind too much.
 * 5th: Police Cadets - While Sanders wasn't the fastest in the first challenge, MacArthur quickly made up for it in the gymnastics part thanks to her glutes..
 * 6th: Surfer Dudes - They did well in both challenges. Nuff said.
 * 7th: Mom & Daughter - While they weren't the fastest neither, Kelly actually performed better than the rest of the teams in gymnastics.
 * 8th: Rockers - They were both slow in both challenges. However, other teams' mishaps allowed them to take a lead over them.
 * 9th: Best Friends - Devin's pain magnet status was troublesome for him while performing gymnastics. However, it didn't last long and they didn't experience any other difficulties during the episode, causing them to finish in ninth place.
 * 10th: Father & Son - Junior having to drag a coffin (in my series he was in fact supposed to do this challenge, so they weren't penaltized) and Dwayne's pain magnet status getting in the way during gymnastics caused them to fall behind a bit. They still managed to make it up after the score in the previous episode though.
 * 11th: Reality TV Pros - Although his weight caused them a lot of problems in this episode, they still managed to finish in a decent place.
 * 12th: Daters - Unchanged, except they ended up being third-last.
 * 13th: Fashion Bloggers - Unchanged, except they ended up being second-last, as the Adversity Twins haven't even completed the gymnastics challenge.
 *  14th : Adversity Twins - They're so weak that it took them the longest to complete the coffin challenge. Then, Jay had to go through a gymnastics challenge that he just couldn't do, proving their PE teacher was right when he laughed at them at when they told him they decided to sign up for a competition.
 * Comment: I think the elimination in this episode was great. However, it could've been greater if Dater hadn't just randomly outrun the Bloggers. Also, when I saw that scene of Jay, I knew I'll use it for my blog. I also thought it'd for real cause their elimination in the real series while watching the episode for the first time. I mean, first we have a horror theme and then a sports theme. And Adversity Twins, so weak and scared of everything, survive? No, just no. Elimination of the Daters would've been nice and ironic since they both go to gym, but a realistic elimination was better this time. Also, Daters have more prominent plot. Meanwhile, I decided to leave Fashion Bloggers to let them have even more of a happy ending, as well as because I have different plans for their elimination.

- Placing: - Writing this takes a lot of time. That's why I unfortunately have to finish for now. I don't know when I'll be able to finish this, but I'll try to do so as soon as I can. I'm also sorry that not so much is changed about the elimination order so far, but don't worry, there will be some major changes. Also, a certain team will return. Hint - look at the placing section.
 * 15th- The Adversity Twins (from None Down, Eighteen to Go - Part 1 to A Tisket, a Casket, I'm Gonna Blow a Gasket)
 * 16th- The Vegans (from None Down, Eighteen to Go - Part 1 to Bjorken Telephone)
 * 17th- The Geniuses (from None Down, Eighteen to Go - Part 1 to Mediterranean Homesick Blues)
 * 18th- The LARPers (from None Down, Eighteen to Go - Part 1 to None Down, Eighteen to Go - Part 2)