WORLD FAMOUS female body builder Luz McClitton and Women’s Boxing champ Gretchen Albaniel of Team Pinay World Champs got eliminated from “The Amazing Race Philippines – Season 2”. Last Saturday, the 10 remaining teams outran each other from the Canyon Cove Resort in Nasugbu to the Basilica de San Martin de Tours in Taal, Batangas which served as the pit stop for the race’s second leg. Team Dating Couple Matthew Edwards and Phoebe Walker were first to arrive, earning them the first place for this leg and 200,000 pesos worth of cash prize from Shell V Power Nitro Plus. Team Magkapatid Jet and Yna Cruz came in second followed by team Nerds Vince Yu and Ed Manguan, team Chefs Roch Hernandez and Eji Estillore, and the father-son team AJ and Jody Saliba. Meanwhile, team Blondies Tina and Avy Wells, team Mr. Pogi Kelvin Engles and John Paul Duray, team Juan D Charlie Sutcliffe and Daniel Marsh, and team Sexy Besties RR Enriquez and Jeck Maierhofer might have to beef up their strategies as they fall on the 6th, 7th, 8th and 9th places respectively.
Team Pinay World Champs Luz McClitton and Gretchen Albaniel were the kulelats and ousted from the race. Luz and Gretchen seemed to be calm when told by race master Derek Ramsay that they are out, but what came after was unexpected. The Pinay World Champs confronted each other. Chen called Luz lazy and Luz countered saying that Chen was too bossy and domineering. Since then, Chen and Luz have not spoken to each other.
Netizens and TAR fans all over the world dubbed the episode as “the most shocking and controversial pit stop episode ever,”. According to US-based website DryedMangoez.com, the episode “made history” as such pit stop exit was “never-before-seen in TAR’s 14 years of existence”. Local fans also started an online Twitter campaign asking Luz and Chen to make up. Catch real-life drama, action and adventure in TARP2, 9:00PM daily and on weekends on TV5.
