I had to wonder, however, how much creative editing was used. When the stunt guys finished their detour, it said, "Currently in last place", but they were the only ones to do that detour. They may have already been closer to the pit stop and/or may have actually finished before the blondes.
They were still standing at the mat when the blondes were climbing the stairs, so unless there was some REALLY creative editing, then yes, they almost made it. I have to say when they first announced having to paint the elephant, I was thinking how crazy that was, but then you see that the elephant is already half-painted and they just needed to fill in the missing sections and it wasn't so bad. Still, it seemed like they just got behind at the start again and never really caught up, though they did manage to narrow the lead a bit at almost every challenge.
And yeah, the whole basket thing was silly. I hope that if the natives really do have to do those tasks that they at least are able to move their camels closer. When they announced the task, I was under the impression that they camels they chose would be important because they would be eating and the challenge was to get in front of it enough. But no, the camels pretty much just sat there and weren't really important at all. It turned out that the real task was in how many times they had to run back and forth and as far behind as the old guy got with the water, he must have saved a ton of trips with the straw to have caught up so quickly. Good for him.
Normally, at this point, there are a few forerunners in terms of who I want to win. This season...I'm not a huge fan of the Victor, but other than that...not so much. The two black girls really seem to complain a lot, so I'm not a huge fan there either, but I didn't notice it as much this week as I did last week. You obviously have to admire the deaf boy and his mother, but I can't say that I would be overly disappointed with anyone winning at the moment.