Qualifier:
Original Opening Obstacle of the Week: Monkey Business (contestants have to run along a narrow path while being pelted by bananas from a person dressed as a gorilla, hence the episode titled "Gorillas in our Midst")$500 Bonus Object: Disco Ballsy
After the Pound-a-Bout: School Daze
Advancing to the Scaregrounds:
Kevin "Book on Tape Worm" Osborne (audio book maker): 3:47
Amber "Cadabra" Reedy
Robin "The Circus Brat" Stevens
"That's So Jen!" Jennifer Castellon: 4:01.5
Julian "Mr. Popular" McFadden- BONUS & BEST QUALIFIER TIME OF THE WEEK
Jillian "Goat Tease" King (who owns yanks, apparently)
Tanya "The Homebody" Casey (aspiring bikini model)
Michael Ayoob (who's living in school w/ 14 roommates): 3:07.7
Jason Atkinson
Natalie DiBenedetto
Stacy Jordan
Jamie Cookson
Also-Rans:
Christina "Bass Rocker" Conte: 6:34.5
Advancing to the Gold Rush Petrified Forest:
1. Kevin
2. Julian
3. Robin
4. Jen
5. Michael
6. Jillian
Gold nuggets are thrown from an above platform in this round.
ADVANCING TO THE WIPEOUT ZONE:
1. Michael
2. Kevin
3. Julian
WZ:
Julian: 5:45.81
Michael: LOSS ON TP
Kevin: 5:02.06- WIN!