Reality TV Warriors

Finding Tara

Michael & Logan return to recap Amazing Race Asia 5's eighth leg and visit to Yogyakarta, Indonesia and to celebrate Michael's 150th podcast on RTV Warriors! In this episode:
How is Michael celebrating 150 podcasts?
We discuss the latest Amazing Race Canada news.
Just what *was* in the bitter concoction?
Logan ruins a joke.
Are we running out of material?
One Racer goes a bit Jillian Maclaughlin.
It all goes a bit Lewis Carroll.
Everyone becomes a Pokémon.
Not the comfy chairs!
How would HaMerotz have done this Speed Bump?
What did JK call Treasuri?
Logan breaks another promise.
We try to sell out again.
There's a review of Indonesian music.
Asia's Fairy-type legendary attacks.
Michael gets some movie education.
Logan learns more about ferries.
Did JK & Mike have a gameplan for the lounge?
Where does the Speed Bump rank?
The Roadblock gets a lot of praise.
Who is the most ill-suited Racer ever?
Tara Basro adds another wrinkle to a task.
Michael's rock-paper-scissors rant returns.
There's varying degrees of references to modern music.
Logan falls back into his old ways.
We relish one Racer facing their fears.
We ask for more costumes.
The winners' edit strengthens.
Logan talks about Apprentice US.
Who is the Asian Heidi Strobel?
Why does Indonesia love double names?
How should you approach the second Roadblock?
Michael reveals the best subplot of the season.
One Racer's viewing habits are revealed.
We pitch Grand Theft Auto: Singapore.
Is Tara Basro an amnesiac?
We discuss yet another unused twist.
There's an inappropriate eulogy.
Wu will be the final elimination?
And we tease what we have planned for the New Year.

Courtney’s Lawnmower Collection

Michael & Anthony return to recap the eighth episode of The Apprentice UK and its party planning task. In this episode:
There’s an update on the retweets.
Anthony starts defending our favourite.
The task introduction is a bit tenuous.
Why was Dillon not sent to Tussaud’s?
What does this task boil down to?
What is the name of Karthik’s autobiography?
Anthony premieres a pretty good impression.
Why did Nebulous lose?
Why was the reward so ridiculous?
Anthony (sort of) defends Courtney.
Why did Nebulous choose a casino?
Who was responsible for the hot food debacle?
In what respect do our final two have a similar edit?
Who will be back for the finale?
Why was Karthik’s firing not mentioned in the Previously segment?
Who is a useless chugger?
When is a sailor costume ever useful?
Who was a backdoor PM?
One person becomes Adam Ant with a lawnmower collection.
Karren Brady channels her inner Confucius.
Just how far did Nebulous’ cost-cutting go?
Why is Courtney still being allowed to pitch?
Why did we see Trishna succeed at being a tour guide?
What will the legacy of this series be?
What was Titans’ winning strategy?
Anthony goes on a Twitter rant.
How was anyone happy with Dillon’s singing?
Michael cringes already about the virtual reality episode’s prospects.
Why was Frances brought back?
And who will be fired next?

MagikWupa’s Revenge

Michael & Logan return to recap the seventh episode of Amazing Race Asia's fifth season, and its visit to Singapore! In this episode:
We suggest a Comedy Central Roast for the end of the season
Why shouldn’t we be allowed to be criticised?
What is Dengue Fever?
Why did we see another Sentosa visit?
Producers need to get more charitable.
Logan can finally tell Asian people apart.
We ask one Racer to create an impression of their own.
There’s some more praise for the production values.
Which city is named after a singer?
Why did Tara Basro cross the wrong people?
How do you spot a harlequin filefish?
Why has Singapore banned chewing gum?
What is the Australian rite of passage during puberty?
Two characters from Winnie the Pooh are affected by a restraining order.
Two teammates threaten to fall out over fish.
Is Pennybags from Monopoly Singaporean?
Logan makes us all lose The Game.
Who the hell is Devilfish?
One Racer goes a bit Disney.
Michael talks far too much about going to Singapore.
We prove how psychic we were in a fake podcast.
Is TARA suffering from budget cuts?
We suggest a new online show for next week.
Why are we the Black Eyed Peas of Amazing Race Asia?
One driver is the new Wilson from Home Improvement.
Why should Logan have done Skate Rat?
We discuss Amazing Race Canada reunion shows.
Why did JK try and hit Mike in the eye again?
What is a Harmstone family tradition on holiday?
What is Treasuri’s superpower?
One Racer should have laid off the GTA.
We talk about the current averages.
Why did it take Mike seven legs to have fun?
What do Racers tell their children about us?
What is the best James Bond theme?
Who doesn’t want to become the new Anton & Armand?
Who is our least favourite Amazing Race host?
If Parul & Logan were courting, who would chase after the other?
Where does Michael gets his ridiculously long introductions for the finales from?
Wu offers a choice of “eat or compete?”
One TAR host offers an interesting proposition to some Survivor contestants.
Will we see another Wu-turn?
Wu will be eliminated…next?
And why can’t we mock teams getting emotional over missing family?

Petro Canapés

Michael & Anthony are back once more to recap the seventh episode of the twelfth series of Apprentice UK. In this episode:
Is après-wakeboarding a thing?
Why is it difficult to live tweet?
How do we know that Poole is cold?
There's some terrible Irish accents.
Michael defends Karthik for not letting Samuel go high-end.
Lord Sugar, Karren & Claude were all miserable.
Frances gets some credit for being a good Project Manager...and then a whole lot of criticism.
Would Jessica have chosen the pen?
Nemo is a trout.
It all goes a bit Bullseye.
Do people buy speedboats on a whim?
A surprising MVP is crowned.
There's some awkward Twitter behaviour.
Who will go next time their team loses?
One team's terrible choices finally come back to bite them.
Why did Samuel get fired?
We tell Lady Brady to simmer down a touch.
How could Dillon have reacted better after he was stood up by a customer?
Who is a terrible stereotype?
Apprentice gets a sponsor.
Sugar needs to up his pun game.
Karthik gets his dad on.
Why did the You're Fired panel suck up to Samuel?
It all goes a bit Logan & Chris.
Just how big was this bloodbath?
What was Karthik actually doing in this task?
Who would come back for The Apprentice: All-Stars?
Why does everyone try and break Sugar's Code of Silence?
Michael calls for blood.
And who will be fired next?

Six Seasons and a Wu-vie

Michael & Logan return to recap the sixth episode of Amazing Race Asia 5 and its visit to Manila & Vigan, Philippines. In this episode:
We defend our beloved Vietnamese lesbians after yet another cruel elimination.
Why does Tara Basro have short hair?
Does Wu hate Alex & Will?
What would Wu's finishing move in wrestling be?
Obviously, we talk about Pokémon, Phoenix Wright & Pullblox.
Will Logan get jet lag?
Production get lots of credit for the Active Route Info.
Logan makes our discussion on the Philippines really dark.
Where will Amazing Race Canada 5 go to?
We ask Monty & Wu to be friends.
What is the one thing we both want for Christmas?
Who are the Anton & Armand of the season?
Two of the final five get ruled out.
Michael becomes the US.
Logan confuses his Filipino markets.
There's some surprising questions.
Logan is still slightly racist.
Why is Michael's voice so bad?
We advocate Amazing Race Asia: All-Stars.
What went unaired in the Active Route Info?
How can one team get compliments from Michael?
Why did teams have to go by tricycle?
Who did Production dub an "ungrateful little shit"?
Why was the Roadblock a bit Mole-ish?
Just how famous are Parul & Maggie?
Which Racer was shortlisted to play Superman?
Logan requests a new detour.
There's another terrible impression.
Weird Al is slightly inappropriate in Vietnam.
Why did Louisa & Treasuri not do Carabao Karaoke?
Why did Michael spend last weekend watching Fear Factor?
Yields are better than U-Turns.
How would we improve Amazing Race Canada?
Eric's dance moves are critiqued.
Why was Michael's copy missing the first place check-in?
How did the Official Page spoil us?
Who is going to win?
And Wu will (not) be eliminated...next?

The Cigartful Dodger

Michael & Anthony return again to recap the sixth episode of The Apprentice UK's twelfth series. In this episode:
We talk about how iconic the exit was this week.
What are the reasons why we watch The Apprentice?
Michael was too busy to live tweet.
Why did they add new scenes to the intro?
Anthony plays the Generation Game.
Hunter Ben gets an apprentice of his own.
Karthik makes some new friends.
Lord Sugar is a hypocrite.
We are officially on the Karthik train.
We mount a defence of Hunter Rebecca.
Should Hunter Rebecca have volunteered?
Lady Brady needs to lighten up.
It's surprisingly not that grim up North.
Which supermarkets cannot be trusted?
Why did Nebulous lose?
Which candidate got the real punishment this week?
Which candidates was Hunter Rebecca really talking about?
And who will be fired next?

The Taraminator

Michael & Logan return once more to recap Amazing Race Asia 5's fifth episode and visit to Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam! In this episode:
Logan requests a harsher introduction.
We describe the Roadblock as horrific.
We add a sixth course, which is quickly made sinister thanks to Logan.
Why did we see the Fast Forward?
A former Survivor contestant joins us.
Logan's coworkers have finally seen an episode of The Amazing Race.
We talk about classic Fast Forwards.
How did Tom & Anita screw over Alex & Will?
Our roles reverse when it comes to telling Alex & Will apart.
We avoid Dong jokes for once.
Amazing Race Asia sets a new precedent.
Logan tests Michael's colourblindness.
We learn about Logan's family.
We finally mention the unused and unaired Yield from last week.
What will Michael's Amazing Race t-shirt say?
What do you leave out for Vietnamese Santa Claus?
Michael creates a detour.
Why would it have been a good thing for everyone to attempt the Fast Forward?
Logan has never seen Lost.
We rank Reality TV vomits.
Logan promises to learn a rap.
Alex & Will need to go to pun school.
Michael puts his foot down about having more rewritten songs appear on the podcast.
What are the stereotypes for an Indonesian?
What is Allan Wu afraid of?
There's another outlandish Tara Basro hiding place.
The Roadblock did not obtain the Louisiana Gravedigger seal of approval.
Michael reveals a surprise that is waiting for Logan in Spain.
Vietnam does have KFC, guys.
Wu gets an acting role.
There's more talk of Vietnam's traffic.
How would we have dealt with the eating challenge?
The Racers are ungrateful.
The Bucket of Disappwuval is coined.
What shows did the Racers watch in sequester?
Just how well are Treasuri & Louisa doing?
Was the leg prize rigged?
One Racer checks into Rue Manor.
One team has an obvious winners' edit.
Logan is obsessed with Charlie & the Chocolate Factory.
And Wu will be eliminated...next?

Slap the Butcher

Better late than never, Michael & Anthony return to recap the fifth episode of The Apprentice UK's twelfth series. In this episode:
We left Anthony in charge of timekeeping, hence the delay.
Early morning wake-up calls confuse us.
Are you a YAMIL?
Michael reveals a weird connection to one candidate.
How would we describe the three product choices?
Michael gets a bit OCD.
What is the gilet lady's husband's story?
Anthony explains the Autumn-Winter sartorial essentials.
People who choose not to wear helmets are helmets.
Supermarket euphemisms.
Do we pledge?
We take umbrage with Sassy Hipster Lady Brady.
Who is a newly-qualified drama teacher?
One Racer from Amazing Race Canada stops by.
Who is the Apprentice Weird Al?
Where was JD hiding this week?
What technical terms does Dillon know?
A whiplash-themed MVP is selected.
Why did Sofiane have to be on a bike?
Claude threatens to burst a blood vessel.
Why was Alana assigned to keep time?
Nick Hewer finally gets a successor.
Production hire odd consultants.
Is Samuel one of the worst winning Project Managers ever?
What hashtags did Hunter Rebecca omit?
We speculate on Alana's business model.
Anthony brings some words back.
Whose pitching style is from the school Nativity playbook?
What actually is Paul's job?
Lord Sugar says the most stupid thing that's been said all series.
Why should Apprentice become a bit more Solitary?
And who will be fired next?