Overview
- On Nov. 4, Episode 7 took the eight remaining teams to Sri Lanka where host Phil Keoghan announced that Doug and Dylan would face an automatic U‑Turn for finishing last on the prior non‑elimination leg and the group would vote for two additional U‑Turns.
- The vote produced clear tallies shown on the episode with Michelle and Matt receiving six votes and Daisha and Dalton receiving five, so both teams joined Doug and Dylan in being U‑Turned.
- The leg’s Detour options were “Dry Out” (laying gutted fish on mats) or “Sell Out” (earn 5,000 rupees at a fish market), plus a Roadblock to load and deliver 30 boxes and a tuk‑tuk polo Route Info task that limited teams to 60‑second attempts.
- Transit and navigation choices widened time gaps—some teams found an express bus while others missed it—and Doug’s navigation errors at the Roadblock and the close tuk‑tuk finish left Doug and Dylan last at the Pit Stop and eliminated.
- The episode shifted the leaderboard by using social voting to punish frontrunners and exposed how cumulative penalties and one bad navigation stretch can decide a team’s fate, and Doug and Dylan later told reporters they held no hard feelings despite the loss.