'The Amazing Race' eliminates 'Survivor' team Corinne Kaplan and Eliza Orlins in fourth leg

The Amazing Race team of former Survivor castaways Corinne Kaplan and Eliza Orlins were eliminated from the competition during Wednesday night's Season 31 broadcast on CBS.


Corinne, 39, and Eliza, 35 -- who raced as friends from Denver, CO, and New York, NY, respectively -- arrived at the fourth Pit Stop of Season 31 at Tam Vu Park in Vietnam in last place and were therefore ousted from the running to win $1 million.

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"We gave it everything we had, and when you know you give it everything you have and you still fail, it's like, 'Oh, what I had wasn't enough,' which is the lowest of the low feeling," Corinne vented.

"[Losing] was definitely worse because it was to [Rachel Reilly] and [Elissa Slater]," Eliza said.


"And then to have to stand there at our elimination on the mat with Rachel and Elissa, who were like, 'We respect you as women,' I was like, 'Get out of here with your fake B-S.' I have no interest in hearing from them or speaking to them ever again." 

The Amazing Race broadcast began with former Racers Becca Droz and friend Floyd Pierce leaving the third Pit Stop in Vietnam in first place at 2:47AM.

The teams were instructed to make their way through the busy streets -- filled with motorbikes -- to Snowtown Saigon, where they'd cool down.

Former Big Brother houseguests Nicole Franzel and fiance Victor Arroyo left in second place at 3:36AM, followed by former The Amazing Race racers Colin Guinn and life partner Christie Woods at 3:46AM and then former Tyler Oakley and friend Korey Kuhl at 4:06AM.

On Tyler and Korey's heels were Corinne and Eliza, who were the fifth to depart at 4:19AM, and then former Big Brother houseguests Janelle Pierzina and friend Britney Haynes at 4:55AM.


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Next to leave the third Pit Stop were former Big Brother houseguests Rachel and sister Elissa at 5:02AM, followed by former The Amazing Race racers Leo Temory and friend Jamal Zadran and finally former Survivor castaways Chris Hammons and friend Bret LaBelle.

Becca and Floyd got to Snow Town at 5:10AM but the place didn't open until 6:30AM, so the team was a little bummed out they were going to lose their lead.

All of the teams ran into Snow Town at the same time and had to go sledding down an icy hill.

Becca and Floyd finished first and ripped open their next set of clues, which led them to College Transportation Central, where they must search the grounds for their next clue.


Chris and Bret finished sledding in second place, but they had to complete an additional Speed Bump task as a consequence for finishing the prior non-elimination leg in last place.

The guys were required to fill a cooler with snowballs and then bring the cooler with them to College Transportation Central, where they'd hand the cooler off to a polar bear.

While Bret and Chris struggled to make 25-30 snowballs with their freezing hands, teams were scurrying around to find a taxi after sledding -- and a handful of teams had no luck finding a ride.

"There are so many parts of this game that are out of your control," Christie noted.

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Corinne and Eliza had a chance to steal Rachel and Elissa's cab, but they chose not to after the Big Brother girls yelled and claimed ownership of it.

Corinne and Eliza were so annoyed because they were convinced Rachel and Elissa would've stolen their cab in a heartbeat.

Corinne and Eliza's taxi driver appeared to get lost on their way to their next destination, and there was also a lot of traffic.

Leo and Jamal arrived at the cluebox in first place and learned it was time to complete a Roadblock task.

One member from each team was instructed to master the skill of riding a motorbike in order to obtain a scooter license.


Making their way around a challenging course, the participating Racers had to keep their bikes within the yellow lines of the pavement while going over speed bumps and driving through a Figure 8. In addition, the Racers could not touch the ground with his or her feet.

Rachel and Elissa arrived at the Roadblock task in second place, and they were soon followed by Nicole and Victor, Corinne and Eliza, Chris and Bret -- because some of the teams were still looking for taxis -- and then Becca and Floyd in sixth.

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Colin and Christie arrived at the Roadblock in seventh place, and they were then followed by the two teams who had the worst luck finding a taxi and were on the verge of tears: Janelle and Britney and Tyler and Korey.

Jamal opted to try the task as well as Elissa, Victor, Eliza, Chris, Becca, Colin, Janelle and Korey.

Leo and Jamal completed the Roadblock task in first place. Rachel and Elissa finished in second, and Nicole and Victor placed third.


Colin and Christie completed the Roadblock in fourth place, and on their heels were Chris and Bret, and Becca and Floyd.

Eliza admitted she was afraid of her big bike, and at one point, Janelle even fell off hers.

Janelle and Britney, however, placed seventh, and they were soon followed by Tyler and Korey in eighth -- which left Corinne and Eliza in their tracks in ninth place.

Eliza broke down into tears because she was so frustrated, but Corinne was very supportive and told her friend to relax and just do her best. Eventually, Eliza finished the job on her tenth attempt.

The teams were then told they must head to Binh Quoi Village and search for their next clue.

Once Leo and Jamal arrived at the village before any of the other teams, it became time for them to complete one of two possible Detour tasks: "Irritation" or "Irrigation."


"Irritation" required the teams to paddle a traditional circular bamboo boat used by Vietnamese fishermen to set traps in the water 200 yards to retrieve a basket of fish. The teams must then carry their basket boats over and across a bridge while dodging "annoying" fishermen, who would be dancing and yelling. After delivering the basket to a local, teams would receive their next clue.

"Irrigation" required the teams to use bamboo and natural resources to build an irrigation wheel for agriculture under the watchful eye of a local farmer.

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Leo and Jamal decided to take on the irrigation wheel task.

Rachel and Elissa got to the Detour in second place and decided to build the wheel as well. Colin and Christie then chose "Irritation," as did Nicole and Victor in fourth place.

Becca and Floyd got to the Detour task in fifth place and chose "Irritation," and then Chris and Bret also chose to get into a circular boat and paddle.


In seventh place were Janelle and Britney, who opted to do "Irritation," and then Tyler and Korey chose to do the same. Later on, Corinne and Eliza attempted the "Irritation" task.

Nicole and Victor completed the Detour in first place and were told to run to The Amazing Race host Phil Keoghan on the mat at Tam Vu Park, where locals come to exercise and have a little fun.

Colin and Christie left the Detour in second place, and they were soon followed by Leo and Jamal, Becca and Floyd in fourth place, and Chris and Bret in fifth.

Although Nicole and Victor and Colin and Christie were searching for Phil at the same time, Colin and Christie managed to make it to the Pit Stop mat before them.

For completing the leg in first place, Colin and Christie won a six-night trip for two to the Dominican Republic. It had been 15 years since this team won a leg of The Amazing Race.

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Nicole and Victor met Phil in second place -- their third second-place finish of the season. Phil gave them the award of being the best, most consistent team on the show thus far.

Meanwhile, Rachel begged Elissa to switch Detour tasks, but Elissa remained calm and insisted they should stick with it.

Tyler and Korey completed the Detour in sixth place, followed by Janelle and Britney.

Corinne and Eliza and Rachel and Elissa were the last two teams working on their respective Detour tasks. At one point, Corinne and Eliza fell into the water, and Rachel and Elissa had to fix so many mistakes with their wheel.

Rachel and Elissa headed to the Pit Stop in eighth place, with Corinne and Eliza in last.

Jamal and Leo struggled to find the mat, so Chris and Bret ran to the Pit Stop in third place. "Team Fun," Becca and Floyd, finished the leg in fourth place, followed by Tyler and Korey in fifth and then Leo and Jamal in sixth.


Janelle and Britney ran to Phil in seventh place, and Britney gave Janelle all the credit for their success in the leg.

Rachel and Elissa then stepped on the Pit Stop mat in eighth place.

"We're so blessed, and we never want to take that for granted," Rachel cried.

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Corinne and Eliza seemed to step on the mat seconds later, and then Corinne pointed out, "Yes, we are not blessed."

Phil told Corinne and Eliza they had been eliminated from the Race.


"We're devastated and we're so disappointed," Eliza told Phil.

"I don't respect us," Corinne noted.

"Surviving only four legs is terrible," Eliza added.

After Rachel and her sister acknowledged they respected Corinne and Eliza as Racers, competitors and women, Eliza rolled her eyes.

Eliza eventually walked off the mat and cried. She just didn't want to cry in front of Rachel and Elissa because of her pride.

"I hate them so much. I don't want to see their faces ever again," Eliza cried, before the girls agreed they wouldn't be attending any cast parties.






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