‘Sad that the Short Kings are gone’: Calgary brothers eliminated from Amazing Race Canada

Calgary residents Esosa and Osas Igbinosun were contestants in Season 11 of Amazing Race Canada.

A Calgary team featuring two brothers were eliminated from The Amazing Race Canada Tuesday night.

Calgary residents Esosa and Osas Igbinosun learned their fate at the end of the episode from host Jon Montgomery, who informed them they were out, after finishing with the slowest time in an elimination challenge.

“Osas. Esosa. You are the last team to arrive,“ Montgomery said. ”I am sorry to tell you this, but you have been eliminated from the race.”

“OK,” Esosa said. “I guess that’s it then.”

“Thank you for bringing amazing energy to this race,” Montgomery said, “and I wish you two nothing but the best of luck in what comes next.”

On social media, the news hit fans of the “Short Kings” as the brothers were known, hard.

“I’m so sad that the Short Kings are gone,” said @threestarpet on the Amazing Race Canada Instagram page. “They were such a charismatic pair!”

“So sad that my two favs are out. Loved them,” said @shanaanderson12.

“Even though it is the race, it hurts to see Osas and Esosa leave because they were fun and entertaining and I honestly wish it was a non-elimination leg,” said @gladstone.seth.

The brothers, who won fans across the country for their sense of humour as they occasionally got lost en route to completing the latest challenge, were emotional and philosophical about being eliminated.

In a Wednesday morning interview with CTV, they were asked about their goal of paying tribute to their late father and also inspiring others to dream big.

“We did what we wanted to,” said Osas. “and definitely being on this show was an accomplishment because there’s lots of people who applied -- so we’re definitely proud of ourselves and we know our dad would be proud, too.”

“I think we just wanted to put ourselves out there,” said Esosa, “so that people would be, hey, you don’t always have to put yourself in a box.

“Just go out, see Canada for what it is, make friendships along the way and just enjoy the whole experience.

“I know we had a good race, even if it wasn’t as long as we wanted it to be, but we definitely had a wonderful experience.”

The Amazing Race Canada continues next Tuesday night on CTV when the race moves north to Tuktoyaktuk.