Friday, January 9, 2015

BMN Superfan season 3, episode 6

The second half of the competition begins with a pig race in the "backyard" of the farm, where a 300-foot oval course has been constructed.  After a short training session from professionals Bobbette, Danielle, and Mike, the teams select a pig and a coach to lead them on to victory.  Here were the trainers and pigs:
  • Red team: Michael, "Pigmeat"
  • Blue team: Curtis, "Curly"
  • Green team: Shannon, "Baron Bacon"
Pigmeat and Curly were tied for the lead with one turn left, but a late surge leads the blue team to victory.  In confessional, Curtis claims that he gave Curly "magic words" that turned the tide of the race.  Curtis and Alecia won $2,500 each, and race sponsor Jimmy Dean added $3,000 to the grand-prize pool to increase the total amount to $64,000.

During the afternoon, Alecia is rushed to a hospital after being kicked by a mule during a grooming session.  "If you thought farming was easy before, this should end all [illusions]," Aubrey says.  When it becomes apparent that Alecia will stay there overnight, the other contestants are summoned for a random draw to determine Curtis's teammate for the dinner challenge.  Keiji is drawn as the replacement, to which Curtis replies, "I don't know what a Southern-Japanese accent sounds like, but it would be interesting."

Harvey is the focus of this challenge, with the memory wall item being the uniform he wore in the softball game seen on Gone Barefoot in season 5.  In this task, teams play home run derby, using balls thrown from a machine at 50 and 65 miles an hour in three rounds, taking five pitches each round.  Just before the competition starts, Alecia suddenly returns from the hospital, but cannot participate due to the draw having already taken place.  Also, the green team chooses Jamie to sit out.

Curtis hits three homers in his turn, two more than Michael and Shannon did.  In the second round, Maurice, makes some comical swings, but is shut out.  He admits, "If this were cricket, I'd be fine, but baseball is so much different.  All I could do is watch everyone else and learn from them."  Meanwhile, Keiji and Aubrey hit one each, so the blue team wins again, completing a show-long momentum swing.  Both receive a $75 gift credit from Sports Authority, which also commits $6,000 to the kitty for a new total of $70,000.

At panel, Shandi informs the contestants that due to a mixup that prevented Alecia from competing in the main challenge - she had suffered only a bruise in the mule accident instead of the concussion that was feared - that elimination will not take place.  "Frankly, I agree that no one should have gone home from this challenge anyway.  Everyone tried their best, even Maurice."

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