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Ha! Of course they didn't do that. In fact, the whole thing is an editing swerve as Mel is the second person to complete this task followed by the cheerleaders, Margie (whose opponents call her the Bionic Woman, apparently) and Luke, Kisha and Jen and the stuntmen. The flight attendants are in last place again and I'm starting to believe it was their sense of direction that got Jack, Kate and Sawyer stuck on that island. You'd think that their years of experience with travel would have made them experts at finding the best flight, understanding how to pick out the most knowledgeable cab driver and so forth but it's just not the case here. Mel and Mike had their luggage kidnapped yet they still ran circles around these women.

Threatening to lap the pack this week, Tammy and Victor are the first to discover the Detour for this leg. The two options are Movers and Shakers. In Movers, the competitors are asked to pedal a transportation bicycle for 1.5 miles. The problem is the bicycle is being used as a rickshaw filled with extraordinarily heavy barrels. Once they arrive at the destination, they must search through all of their barrels in order to find a small miniature, the proverbial needle in their several haystacks. That sounds terrible, but I'm not sure the other option is any better. In Shakers, contestants must put on a ceremonial costume (think the donkey costume at Halloween but with Mardi Gras colors), walk out into the streets and shake their groove thangs until they are given 100 rupees. While that's right at two dollars in US currency, it's quite a bit of money to attain in such a short period of time. Both options suck on this Detour.

Victor and Tammy instantly prove me wrong by shredding on the Shakers task. Perhaps aided by Tammy's slutty makeup drawing attention, they easily bring in 100 rupees before anyone else even shows up. They have absolutely torched the competition on this leg. Shakers proves to be the only choice for challengers. Every one of the first five teams chooses to dance for money, which must make Diablo Cody proud and probably a little bit threatened. The only team to choose Movers is the stuntmen, a choice immediately followed by the announcement of Jodi and Christie's Speed Bump. This leads me to conclude that they're going to edit it like a photo finish between those two teams, but it's readily apparent the flight attendants are going home tonight, barring something unforeseen. The speed bump involves the process of painting an elephant. I hope they name him Stampy.

While the flight attendants are lollygagging through another challenge, Victor and Tammy accept their second win of the season. Surprisingly, they are only tied with Margie and Luke for most wins thus far, but the brother/sister tandem has finished in the top three in five out of six legs. Whenever they have been out of Transylvania, they've been dominant. Meanwhile, Margie and Luke have a weird streak going where they finish only first or fourth. This week is no exception as that's exactly what they do.

Mel and Mike and Kisha and Jen arrive at Casa de Phil ahead of them with the cheerleaders behind them, leading to exactly what I had expected: faux-drama with the stuntmen going up against the flight attendants. The producers of the show catch a break as the flight attendants arrive right as Kisha and Jen depart, meaning they aren't THAT far behind, but even a needle in a haystack wouldn't take as long as they need. They would have beaten the men if not for the Speed Bump, but as it is, the stuntmen finish a few moments ahead of them and survive for another leg. With the elimination of the flight attendants, however, they became the clear choice as the worst remaining team, though.

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