#482 - The Amazing Race Asia 2 (Finale)

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On the last leg of The Amazing Race Asia 2, all teams left the pitstart 12 hours after they reached the pitstop. Marc & Rovilson (MR) were first and they gotta go back to Cape Town. They gotta go to District Six Museum and enter the original name of the District Six as a password on a laptop to retrieve the next clue. A Detour was up next, they gotta choose between SEARCH or ASSEMBLE. In Search they gotta find 3 specific gemstones out of thousands of gemstones. In Assemble they gotta assemble a traditional South African wire-frame radio. At first MR chose Search but then changed Detour to Assemble. Adrian & Collin (AC) chose Search and Pamela & Vanessa (PV) chose Assemble. After the Detour, they gotta go to Green Point Common and score 3 goals.

Then, they went to Atlantis Dunes. They gotta drive a quad-bikes and and find a hidden clue. There were 18 possible places, 17 of them were traps and there were an hourglass in each of the trap. If they found it, they gotta flipped the hourglass and waited until all the sand went down. MR found first but then tried to trick AC by pretending to get 'yielded' by the hourglass. After that, they went to Cape Point to get the next clue. MR made a mistake on Cape Point, they went down instead of went up. There, they found out that they gotta go to the final destination country: Singapore.

As predicted before, the flight from Cape Town to Singapore became an equalizer, haha... . In Singapore, MR managed to pass AC. AC were left behind (eventho Singapore was their homecountry) because they didn't ask their taxi to wait for them. MR arrived first at the Roadblock. In this roadblock that team member must pick flags of countries they had visited and put them in order of their visit. Rovilson did the roadblock (its his turn). Then, PV came. Vanessa did the roadblock. AC then came and Adrian did it. Rovilson and Vanessa had hard time in setting the flags while it was so easy for Adrian. Easily, he managed to pass Rovilson and Vanessa. Shortly after, Vanessa finished the task. After that they gotta dash to the finish line, the Chinese Garden. On the finish line, all eliminated teams (Edwin & Monica, Brett & Kinaryosih, Sophie & Aurelia, Daichi & Sawaka, Henry & Terri, Paula & Natasha, and Ann & Diane) had been waiting and cheering. And the winner of TARA 2 is: Adrian & Collin from Singapore!! Clearly, Pamela & Vanessa were 2nd and Marc & Rovilson were third.

Haha, this was the worst leg for Marc & Rovilson. Third (#3) was their WORST placement on the whole season of TARA 2 and it happened on the last leg! What an irony (usually they were #1 on #2, even they were first EIGHT times, and SEVEN of them were consecutive!!). I think it's destined for them to be #3. I mean, it was all determined by a single roadblock. MR always did the roadblock with a PATTERN : Marc - Rovilson - Marc - Rovilson - and so on. If Rovilson had done the first roadblock, Marc would have been the one who did the last roadblock. Marc is smart on geography and if he had done the roadblock, MR would have won! The only way to change the pattern is by winning the FF. Guess what? Adrian & Collin took the only FF!! Wah!!

FYI : starting TAR 6, a person can only complete 6 roadblocks at maximum

Anyway, the final roadblock was VERY SIMILAR with the final roadblock of TAR 9. Coincidentally, alpha-males teams in both season (Eric & Jeremy, Marc & Rovilson) fell behind because of that roadblock! Whatta irony!! (Eric & Jeremy also got passed by BJ & Tyler on that roadblock, actually Eric & Jeremy were first on the roadblock!!). Hmmm....

Who do I wish to have won TARA 2? Hmm, I dunno if I gotta pick from these top 3, I'm happy if any of them won. But if I can choose from all contestants, I gotta say Paula & Natasha!! hehehe.... :D

::: Marc & Rovilson at the Assemble Detour

::: Pamela & Vanessa at the Sand Dune Task

::: struggling Rovilson at the final roadblock which eventually cost USD 100,000

::: Adrian @ The Roadblock

::: Adrian & Collin won TARA 2

::: all teams of TARA 2 at the final pitstop

BAHASA INDONESIA

Di babak terakhir dari The Amazing Race Asia 2, semua tim meninggalkan pitstart 12 jam setelah mereka tiba di pitstop. Marc & Rovilson (MR) adalah tim pertama yg berangkat dan mereka harus balik ke Cape Town. Mereka mesti pergi ke Museum Distrik Enam dan masukin nama asli dari Distrik Enam sebagai password di laptop supaya dapet petunjuk selanjutnya. Sebuah Detour muncul, mereka harus memilih di antara SEARCH atau ASSEMBLE. Di Search mereka harus menemukan 3 batu spesifik dari ribuan batu yang ada. Di Assemble mereka harus merakit sebuag radio wire-frame tradisional Afrika Selatan. Pertamanya MR milih Search tapi trus ganti Detour ke Assemble. Adrian & Collin (AC) memilih Search sementara PV memilih Assemble. Setelah Detour mereka mesti pergi ke Green Point Common dan mencetak 3 gol.

Trus mereka pergi ke Atlantic Dunes. Mereka harus mengendarai sebuah quad-bikes dan menemukan petunjuk yg tersebunyi. Ada 18 alternatif tempat, 17 di antaranya adalah jebakan dan terdapat jam pasir di masing2 jebakan. Kalo mereka dapet jam pasir mereka harus berhenti dan membalik tuh jam dan menunggu sampe semua pasirnya turun. MR menemukan clue pertama tapi mereka mencoba mengecoh AC dengan cara2 berpura2 kena 'yield' dari jam pasir itu. Habis itu mereka mesti ke Cape Point untuk petunjuk selanjutnya. Disana MR membuat kesalahan dengan pergi ke bawah padahal harusnya ke atas. Disana mereka mengetahui bahwa mereka harus pergi ke tujuan akhir: Singapore.

Seperti yang telah diprediksi sebelumnya, penerbangan dari Cape Town ke Singapore menjadi sebuah equalizer, haha... . Di Singapore, MR berhasil nyalip AC. Malah AC ketinggalan bgt tu (padahal Singapore kan negara asal mereka) gara2 mereka nggak nyuruh taksi mereka nunggu. MR sampe pertama di MR Roadblock. Di roadblock ini mereka harus mengambil bendera dari negara2 yg telah mereka kunjungi sebelumnya dan menyusunnya sesuai urutan yang mereka kunjungi. Rovilson melakukan roadblock (gilirannya). Kemudian PV datang dan Vanessa melakukan roadblock. Kemudian AC datang dan Adrian yg melakukan roadblock. Rovilson & Vanessa menemui kesulitan dalam melakukan roadblock sementara roadblock-nya gampang bgt buat Adrian. Dengan mudah dia nyalip Rovilson & Vanessa. Beberapa menit kemudian Vanessa selesai. Habis itu mereka harus pergi ke garis finish, di Chinese Garden. Di garis finish, semua tim yg telat tereliminasi (Edwin & Monica, Brett & Kinaryosih, Sophie & Aurelia, Daichi & Sawaka, Henry & Terri, Paula & Natasha, dan Ann & Diane) sudah menunggu dan menyemangati mereka. Dan pemenang TARA 2 adalah: Adrian & Collin dari Singapore!! Jelas, Pamela & Vanessa nomer 2 dan Marc & Rovilson nomer 3.

Haha, ini adalah babak terjelek bagi Marc & Rovilson. Posisi 3 adalah posisi terjelek mereka sepanjang 1 musim TARA 2 dan itu kejadiannya di babak terakhir! Ironis banget yah (biasanya mereka nomer 1 ato nomer 2, malah mereka nomer 1 DELAPAN kali dan TUJUH di antaranya berturutan!!!). Aku rasa mereka emang sih ditakdirkan jadi nomer 3, soale kan MR selalu menggunakan pola : Marc - Rovilson - Marc - Rovilson - dst dalam melakukan roadblock. Kalo saja Rovilson yg melakukan roadblock pertama, Marc-lah yg harus melakukan roadblock terakhir. Marc kan pinter dalam geografi tuh dan kalo dia yg melakukan roadblock, MR pasti udah menang deh. Satu2nya cara untuk mengubah pola adalah dengan memenangkan FF tp gimana? Adrian & Collin mengambil FF!! Wah!!

FYI : mulai TAR 6, 1 orang hanya boleh melakukan maksimal 6 roadblock dalam 1 musim.

Ngomong2, roadblock terakhirnya SANGAT MIRIP SEKALI dengan roadblock terakhir dari TAR 9 loh. Kebetulan juga, tim alpha-males dari kedua musim (Eric & Jeremy, Marc & Rovilson) juga jatuh pada roadblock ini! Ironis banget!! (Eric & Jeremy disalip BJ & Tyler kan juga gara2 tuh roadblock padahal Eric & Jeremy yg sampe duluan di roadblock!!). Hmmm....

Siapa yg aku harap memenangkan TARA 2?? Hmm, gatau deh kalo dari top 3 ini, aku sih seneng2 aja kalo siapapun yg menang. Tapi kalo dari semua kontestan, jelas Paula & Natasha!! hehehe.... :D