- The seven remaining teams travel from Norvik, Norway to St. Petersburg, Russia, where they experience a variety of aspects of the local culture, including a choice of classical film or classical music at the Detour, and manual labour for one person at the Road Block.—Allister Coots
- We open with Nat & Kat the first to learn that this week teams will travel 1,200 miles to St. Petersburg, Russia via taxi, train and plane. There they must find Zayachy Island and their next clue.
This week doesn't provide an advantage from last week, so every team arrives in Russia at virtually the same time.
By virtue of a super cab driver, Brook & Claire are first to get the first clue and read about the Detour: Classical Music or Classic Cinema. In Music they must listen to three compositions played on gramophones, then walk through several rooms of pianists and find the three playing those pieces. In Cinema teams go to a sound stage and search piles of film clips for something that matches the film on screen, Eisenstein's "October."
Brook & Claire pick Cinema as do Micahel & Kevin. Chad & Stephanie and Gary & Mallory pick Music. Jilly & Thomas pick Cinema, Nick & Vicki take Cinema and Nat & Kat take Music.
Michael & Kevin beat Brook & Claire to the studio. Jill & Thomas arrive second. Both teams think the challenge looks harder than they expeted.
Chad & Stephanie listen to the compositions, then see how many pianos there are. The next two teams to begin Music find the Detour just as tough.
The Cinema teams take several unsuccessful stabs before Jill & Thomas get it right and are given the next clue. Teams must race to Palace Square and find their next clue.
Brook & Claire finally find the Detour location.
Chad & Stephanie are the first team to guess at Music but are incorrect. Gary & Mallory also guess wrong. Nick & Vicki also make a few wrong guesses.
Brook & Claire find the film clip and head for the square. Michael & Kevin aren't too far behind.
First place Jill & Thomas get to Palace Square and read that teams must take taxis to a store in Alexandrovskaya.
Gary & Mallory decide to bail on the 'Music' Detour. Nick & Viki and Nat & Kat make the same choice. Chad & Stephanie are the only team left listening to music.
Brook & Claire and Michael & Kevin get their next clue.
Brook & Claire beat the very lost Jill & Thomas to the store and read about this week's Road Block: A team member must dress like a traditional Russian babushka and plant a row of 50 potatoes, then fertilize the crops with manure. Brook volunteers for their team and gets started.
Michael & Kevin get there a few minutes later and Kevin is chosen. With Brook struggling to find her potatoes Kevin takes a small lead.
Chad & Stephanie come close to deciding they should leave Music, but then go back and give it a few more tries. Mostly because of Stephanie they get the songs right and move into fourth.
Nat & Kat finish the Cinema Detour.
Jill is picked for the Road Block. Brook finally reaches the planting area where Kevin has been working for some time.
Gary & Mallory find the film clip. This leaves Nick & Vicki as the only team still working on the Detour. Nick & Vicki decide they should go back to the Music challenge.
Kevin finishes the Road Block. Michael & Kevin get the next clue, directing them to the Pit Stop which is at St. Isaac's Cathedral. Brook & Claire are a few minutes behind, with Jill & Thomas a few minutes behind them.
Nat and Stephanie are picked for the Road Block.
Nick & Vicki plug away at the Music Detour and finally get it right.
Michael & Kevin reach the cathedral first, but don't realize Phil is in a park across the street. Therefore, Jill & Thomas finish the leg in first place and are awarded a trip to Brazil.
With Michael & Kevin still wandering around the cathedral, Brook & Claire finish in second. Michael & Kevin eventually finish third.
Mallory starts the Road Block and tries to join-up with the struggling Nat, who passes. Once they part ways Nat finds the wheelbarrow storage area while Mallory wanders around in frustration.
Nat finishes the Road Block. Stephanie loads up her manure and is a only a few minutes ahead of Mallory who finally locates the wheelbarrows.
Stephanie finishes the Road Block and head for Phil. Mallory finishes a few moments later and she and Gary are in sixth.
Nat & Kat get to Phil in fourth.
Nick & Vicki reach the Road Block and Nick volunteers, not realizing what he was getting into. Like Mallory he is having trouble finding the wheelbarrows.
Chad & Stephanie and Gary & Mallory both reach the cathedral at about the same time. Chad & Stephanie spot the Pit Stop first and get to Phil in fifth. Gary & Mallory are obviously the sixth team to arrive.
Nick finally finishes the Road Block. In the taxi Nick & Vicki talk about being proud of how they ran the race.
They get to Phil in seventh, but he tells them this is a non-elimination leg and they are still alive.
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