Overview
- The episode, which aired Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2026, in Sri Lanka introduced a Double U‑Turn that resulted in three teams being U‑Turned, including one automatic penalty.
- Doug Matter and Dylan Matter carried the automatic U‑Turn because they finished last on the prior non‑elimination leg, and that penalty required them to complete both sides of the Detour.
- Teams voted to U‑Turn Michelle Rozalski Patterson and Matt Patterson and Daisha Wilks and Dalton Hamby, with Michelle and Matt receiving six votes and Daisha and Dalton receiving five.
- The Detour—either selling fish to earn 5,000 rupees or drying gutted fish on coconut fiber mats—followed by a tuk‑tuk polo Route Info Task created time gaps that left Doug and Dylan last and led to their elimination.
- The twist exposed voting strategy and briefly opened the field by hampering frontrunners, showing how non‑elimination penalties and U‑Turn votes can quickly reshape alliances and standings in the race.