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Another set of teams set off on a race around the world!   thanks to walkingpneumonia for organizational help

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Thanks to woden for the excellent summary - copied here:


TEAM SPOILER SUMMARY
Andie DeKroon/Jenna Sykes (Catholic Birth Mom and Daughter): Dark hair, wearing red/maroon/black (Source); last spotted at Logan Airport in Boston (5/26)
Ron Kellum/Tony (Friends): African-American M/M, one thin, one heavy-set, dressed in orange (Source); last spotted in customs at LHR entering England (5/27)
Rachel Johnston/Katie Seamon (Friends/Volleyball Players): Blonde, wearing bright green; last POSSIBLE sighting on arrival in Stockholm airport (6/1)
Connor Diemand-Yamuan/Jonathon Schwartz (Princeton Grads): Wearing green, dark hair, in 20s-30s (Source); last sighting in Stockholm airport (6/1)
Michael/Kevin Wu (Father/Son): Asian team wearing blue (Source); last sighting on flight to St. Petersburg (6/5)
Gary/Mallory Ervin (Father/Daughter): Gary (52) in yellow (gray hair), Mallory (24) in yellow with black jacket (Source 1), (Source 2); last sighting on flight to St Petersburg (6/5)
Stephanie Smith/Chad Waltrip (Dating): Stephanie (22) blonde hair, wearing black and Chad (25) dark hair, wearing blue/turquoise bandana (Source); last POSSIBLE sighting in Muscat airport (6/8)
Nick/Vicki (Dating): Dark hair, wearing grey/black with lots of tattoos/piercings; last spotted in customs at LHR entering England (5/27), POSSIBLE sighting in Hong Kong (6/12) (Source)
Brook Roberts/Claire Champlin (Friends): One with dark hair (Claire), one blonde (Brook) (Source); likely spotted in Dongducheon, South Korea (6/14)
Jill/Thomas (Dating): M (dark hair) in white, F (blonde) in purple, likely spotted in Dongducheon, South Korea (6/14)
Nat/Kat (Doctors): One in blue (blonde hair), one in black (possibly Asian, dark hair), likely spotted in Dongducheon, South Korea (6/14)




ROUTE SUMMARY
EP01: Gloucester/Boston, MA (USA) to England
Film Date: MAY 26-MAY 27
Air Date: SEPT 26

Leg Route/Tasks:
START: Teams ride lobster boats from State Fish Pier across Gloucester Inner Harbor to starting line at Eastern Point Yacht Club
EVIDENCE: Report and photos (Source)

ROUTE INFO: Drive yourselves (in Smart Cars) to Logan International Airport (Crews following in SUVs)
EVIDENCE: Report of teams asking for directions on East Main Street (Source 1), (Source 2)

ROUTE INFO: Fly to London, England
First 3 teams on AA108 (DEP 7:06pm/ARR 7:00am) (Source):
    Stephanie/Chad Dating (initially wearing blue and black and changed into black at Boston airport)
    Ron/Tony: One thin, one heavy-set, dressed in orange
    Jill/Thomas: M (dark hair) in white, F (blonde) in purple (may be wearing lime green pants?)
Other 8 teams on VS12 (DEP 8:02pm/ARR 7:26am) (Source):
    Michael/Kevin: Asian father/son team in blue
    Connor/Jonathon: Wearing green (dark hair, in 20s-30s)
    Gary/Mallory: Gary in yellow (gray hair), Mallory blonde in yellow with black jacket
    Nat/Kat: One in blue (blonde hair), one in black jacket/blue shirt (possibly Asian, dark hair)
    Nick/Vicki: Dark hair, wearing grey/black with lots of tattoos, piercings (may be wearing lime green pants?)
    Brook/Claire: One with dark hair, one blonde
    Rachel/Katie: Blonde, wearing bright green
    Andie/Jenna: Dark hair, wearing red/maroon/black (changed into pink and blue at Boston airport)
EVIDENCE: Teams spotted at airport (Source 1), (Source 2), Ron/Tony and M/F team with tattoos/piercings spotted in customs at LHR (Source)

ROUTE INFO: Drive yourselves to Stonehenge (near Amesbury/Salisbury, England)
EVIDENCE: Reports (Source), report from Australian blogger (Source), teams photographed at site (Source)

ROUTE INFO: Drive to Eastnor Castle
EVIDENCE: Promo (Source)

ROUTE INFO: Swimming task to retrieve or raise flag (possible drop into water from zipline??)
EVIDENCE: CBS promo (Source)

ROADBLOCK: Hit knight with launched watermelon (possibly with Knights of Middle England ((Source))
PERFORMED BY: Claire
EVIDENCE: CBS Twitter promo (Source), first promo (Source)

PIT STOP: First place team given Express Pass (Source)

Safe from Elimination at End of Leg:
    Brook/Claire: Spotted in Hong Kong, likely spotted in Dongducheon, South Korea (Source 1), (Source 2), (Source 3)
    Nat/Kat Spotted in Hong Kong, likely spotted in Dongducheon, South Korea (Source 1), (Source 2)
    Jill/Thomas POSSIBLY spotted in Hong Kong, likely spotted in Dongducheon, South Korea  (Source 1), (Source 2)  (Source 3)
    Michael/Kevin: Photographed in LHR leaving England on 5/28 (Source), spotted on flight to St. Petersburg (Source)
    Gary/Mallory: Seen on flight to St. Petersburg (Source)
    Rachel/Katie: Photographed in LHR leaving England on 5/28, possibly photographed in ARN on 6/1 (Source)
    At least one M/F couple: Seen on flight to St. Petersburg (Source)
    Connor/Jonathon: Photographed in ARN in Stockholm on June 1 (Source)
   
Possibly Eliminated:
    Andie/Jenna: No sightings since Logan Airport in Boston (5/26), possibly made it to Ghana re: tweet (Source)
    Ron/Tony: No sightings since LHR customs (5/27)
    Stephanie/Chad: No confirmed sightings since Logan (5/26), POSSIBLE sighting in Muscat (MCT) (6/8)
   




EXPRESS PASS:

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per Media reports:

"The team to finish first on the initial leg receives a surprise reward that gives them a possible game-changing advantage."

First spoiled HERE



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Re: TAR 17 EP 1 "They Don't Call it the Amazing Race for Nothin'!" (Premiere)
« Reply #1 on: September 11, 2010, 11:32:23 PM »
VIDEOS:


Promo 1



          

            screencaps here:  http://forum.realityfanforum.com/index.php/topic,21994.msg559575.html#msg559575


Promo 2:




            screencaps here:   http://forum.realityfanforum.com/index.php/topic,21994.msg560340.html#msg560340


Promo 3





PROMO 4




         screencaps here:  http://forum.realityfanforum.com/index.php/topic,23310.msg563258.html#msg563258



Right in the Kisser, watermelon smash:



          screencaps here:  http://forum.realityfanforum.com/index.php/topic,21994.msg561792.html#msg561792


Express Pass!!





Promo 5





Promo 6



Promo 7 More on the Express Pass!






Promo 8 ignore the "tomorrow" :lol:





Promo 9! Saving the best for last?? >>contains future locations




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Re: TAR 17 EP 1 "They Don't Call it the Amazing Race for Nothin'!" (Premiere)
« Reply #2 on: September 11, 2010, 11:33:34 PM »
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Re: TAR 17 EP 1 "They Don't Call it the Amazing Race for Nothin'!" (Premiere)
« Reply #3 on: September 12, 2010, 02:18:43 AM »
Watch the CBS Twitter video carefully, Brooke says the title!!  :yess: :yess:

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Re: TAR 17 EP 1 "They Don't Call it the Amazing Race for Nothin'!" (Premiere)
« Reply #4 on: September 12, 2010, 10:25:16 AM »
Watch the CBS Twitter video carefully, Brooke says the title!!  :yess: :yess:

If we didn't already know Brooke & Claire would survive this leg, Brooke's saying the title would be an indication that she & Claire survived.

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Re: TAR 17 EP 1 "They Don't Call it the Amazing Race for Nothin'!" (Premiere)
« Reply #5 on: September 12, 2010, 06:47:39 PM »
Watch the CBS Twitter video carefully, Brooke says the title!!  :yess: :yess:

If we didn't already know Brooke & Claire would survive this leg, Brooke's saying the title would be an indication that she & Claire survived.

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Not necessarily. Anita said the premiere episode title for TAR 13, but we know they were the first team out.

But in general, getting a title quote is a good sign for a team's survival.
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Re: TAR 17 EP 1 "They Don't Call it the Amazing Race for Nothin'!" (Premiere)
« Reply #6 on: September 13, 2010, 09:11:04 AM »
There may be more than just the watermelon catapult task.
In this image I've enlarged a jousting trainer - the object is to hit the fake knights shield and avoid the mace that swings around when you do.
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Re: TAR 17 EP 1 "They Don't Call it the Amazing Race for Nothin'!" (Premiere)
« Reply #7 on: September 13, 2010, 07:41:54 PM »
Nice pickup! But how would this fit in?? ???
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Re: TAR 17 EP 1 "They Don't Call it the Amazing Race for Nothin'!" (Premiere)
« Reply #8 on: September 13, 2010, 07:46:51 PM »
 nalbe it part of roadblock or add on the roadblock it look that

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Re: TAR 17 EP 1 "They Don't Call it the Amazing Race for Nothin'!" (Premiere)
« Reply #9 on: September 13, 2010, 07:59:49 PM »
Perhaps its a task where each player has to perform a different thing.  So, Brook could have done the jousting, then Claire the catapult.  Just a thought, but it does make sense that it could be something like that, as they dont usually have a Roadblock in the first leg.


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Re: TAR 17 EP 1 "They Don't Call it the Amazing Race for Nothin'!" (Premiere)
« Reply #10 on: September 13, 2010, 08:00:52 PM »
Nice pickup! But how would this fit in?? ???

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Re: TAR 17 EP 1 "They Don't Call it the Amazing Race for Nothin'!" (Premiere)
« Reply #11 on: September 13, 2010, 08:01:09 PM »
i dont think it detour but still think is roadblock in this leg

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« Reply #12 on: September 13, 2010, 08:26:20 PM »
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Re: TAR 17 EP 1 "They Don't Call it the Amazing Race for Nothin'!" (Premiere)
« Reply #13 on: September 13, 2010, 10:57:45 PM »
Remember. We have a 90-minute premiere. We have time for both Detours and Roadblocks. :tup:
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Re: TAR 17 EP 1 "They Don't Call it the Amazing Race for Nothin'!" (Premiere)
« Reply #14 on: September 14, 2010, 01:02:48 AM »
couldn't it be like the Scotland roadblock in Season 3?

have a handful of tasks that aren't EXTREMELY difficult, but could be time consuming if done improperly

sort of like a medieval knights training thingy

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Re: TAR 17 EP 1 "They Don't Call it the Amazing Race for Nothin'!" (Premiere)
« Reply #15 on: September 14, 2010, 01:29:53 AM »
Perhaps its a task where each player has to perform a different thing.  So, Brook could have done the jousting, then Claire the catapult.  Just a thought, but it does make sense that it could be something like that, as they dont usually have a Roadblock in the first leg.

No offense, but since TAR 14, there has been no detours

TAR14: Find the church, Bungee jump and then cheese wheels, and then find yodelers to pit stop.
TAR15: License Plates, Sushi roulette and then guide the tourists to pit stop
TAR16: High wire, paint the town, pit stop. 

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Re: TAR 17 EP 1 "They Don't Call it the Amazing Race for Nothin'!" (Premiere)
« Reply #16 on: September 14, 2010, 02:16:16 AM »
Promo 4 caps: (video in post 2)

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Re: TAR 17 EP 1 "They Don't Call it the Amazing Race for Nothin'!" (Premiere)
« Reply #17 on: September 14, 2010, 03:06:09 PM »
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No offense, but since TAR 14, there has been no detours

No offense taken.  You are right.  I had a brain freeze, and should have thought for a moment before I posted. 
Thanks for setting me straight!

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Re: TAR 17 EP 1 "They Don't Call it the Amazing Race for Nothin'!" (Premiere)
« Reply #18 on: September 15, 2010, 11:17:56 PM »
:bump

2 new promos in post 2!! Express pass!!
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Re: TAR 17 EP 1 "They Don't Call it the Amazing Race for Nothin'!" (Premiere)
« Reply #19 on: September 16, 2010, 09:42:20 AM »
In before the premiere! I have reason to believe that the tasks take place at or around this location:


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Re: TAR 17 EP 1 "They Don't Call it the Amazing Race for Nothin'!" (Premiere)
« Reply #20 on: September 16, 2010, 06:26:01 PM »
Neobie has a riddle for us!!

Location for the tasks:


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Re: TAR 17 EP 1 "They Don't Call it the Amazing Race for Nothin'!" (Premiere)
« Reply #21 on: September 16, 2010, 08:49:59 PM »

Eastnor Castle  ???

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Re: TAR 17 EP 1 "They Don't Call it the Amazing Race for Nothin'!" (Premiere)
« Reply #22 on: September 16, 2010, 08:52:55 PM »
Images to compare are here

http://www.google.com.sg/images?q=Eastnor+Castle&oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&um=1&ie=UTF-8&source=univ&ei=acmSTKktka6-A6mZ2ecL&sa=X&oi=image_result_group&ct=title&resnum=4&ved=0CDsQsAQwAw&biw=1024&bih=580

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« Reply #23 on: September 16, 2010, 09:30:49 PM »
Good Job guys!!

Thanks to Neobie for the MATCH!! :yess:


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Re: TAR 17 EP 1 "They Don't Call it the Amazing Race for Nothin'!" (Premiere)
« Reply #24 on: September 16, 2010, 10:31:42 PM »

Eastnor Castle  ???

Looks like a great place to run to the pit stop after the watermelon roadblock........

About 70 miles from Heathrow to Stonehenge and then about 80 miles from Stonehenge to Eastnor. Now I think I know why BVM started the race in Gloucester, Ma. On the drive from Stonehenge to Eastnor Castle, you have to drive through Gloucester, England......Just like BVM to throw that in there.
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