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Most overrated season?
« on: May 09, 2012, 02:26:09 AM »
I did a search and couldn't find anything so hopefully no thread on this yet. :)

Season 2 (being part of what is considered the classic period) I think is very overrated.  The cast were so unmemorable to me, no big characters like the seasons either side of it.  Just felt like it had quite shallow, boring or stereotypical characters.  In fact of the early seasons (up to and including 7) I like all the odd numbered ones the most (haven't seen season 4 though).

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Re: Most overrated season?
« Reply #1 on: May 09, 2012, 02:38:11 AM »
Are u kidding? Danny and Oswald! Great legs in Brazil, Namibia, Australia and New Zealand.

Mmm overrated, huh..? Guess i'll have to go with Season 5, but that's just because it's the best season of the "Classic Period".


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Re: Most overrated season?
« Reply #2 on: May 09, 2012, 02:42:47 AM »
I just didn't find them funny, just seemed a bit stereotypical if anything.  The focus was on them but I wasn't interested.

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Re: Most overrated season?
« Reply #3 on: May 09, 2012, 02:44:15 AM »
Season 5 is still my best season. Amazing Route, Amazing Tasks, Amazing Cast! Nothing "overrated" about it.

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Re: Most overrated season?
« Reply #4 on: May 09, 2012, 05:25:31 AM »
Season 5 is still my best season. Amazing Route, Amazing Tasks, Amazing Cast! Nothing "overrated" about it.

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Re: Most overrated season?
« Reply #5 on: May 09, 2012, 05:37:01 AM »
imho, the most overrated season of TAR are seasons 4, All Star edition, 19 and 20. :iok

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Re: Most overrated season?
« Reply #6 on: May 09, 2012, 05:39:04 AM »
I haven't seen 4 and 19 but reading around I thought they weren't rated that much anyway.

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Re: Most overrated season?
« Reply #7 on: May 09, 2012, 06:34:44 AM »
Season 7.

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Re: Most overrated season?
« Reply #8 on: May 09, 2012, 06:42:05 AM »
imho, the most overrated season of TAR are seasons 4, All Star edition, 19 and 20.

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Re: Most overrated season?
« Reply #9 on: May 09, 2012, 06:52:28 AM »
I haven't seen 4 and 19 but reading around I thought they weren't rated that much anyway.

you know the meaning of the word overrated right?

For me Season 9, All-Stars and Season 13. Why call it Season 11 All-Stars when there is only one champion team (and one fake team to boot)?


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Re: Most overrated season?
« Reply #10 on: May 09, 2012, 06:56:13 AM »
Yeh, overrated means that quite a few people rate something very highly but someone disagrees with that. 

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Re: Most overrated season?
« Reply #11 on: May 09, 2012, 07:23:31 AM »
Yeh, overrated means that quite a few people rate something very highly but someone disagrees with that.

Sorry I snapped like that. Anyways, I think the problem with Season 19, was too many roadblocks, and some people disliked Cindy's A-grade student comment.

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Re: Most overrated season?
« Reply #12 on: May 09, 2012, 11:12:11 AM »
Season 17. It's seriously one of my least favorite seasons. And Season 9. And maybe Season 10, just because of how annoying the alliance was.
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Re: Most overrated season?
« Reply #13 on: May 09, 2012, 11:18:04 AM »
Nothing. They all deserved the credits they received.
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Re: Most overrated season?
« Reply #14 on: May 09, 2012, 11:21:21 AM »
Season 2 (being part of what is considered the classic period) I think is very overrated.  The cast were so unmemorable to me, no big characters like the seasons either side of it.  Just felt like it had quite shallow, boring or stereotypical characters.  In fact of the early seasons (up to and including 7) I like all the odd numbered ones the most (haven't seen season 4 though).

Season 2 is my favorite. :lol:

I'd say it's Season 3 for me, honestly. Other than John Vito & Jill and Ken & Gerard, none of the teams were very likeable for me. Great route though, and the Zurich Detour (Count the Money or Run the Numbers) is still one of my favorite tasks ever, but as a whole, I can't really get engaged in this season.
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Re: Most overrated season?
« Reply #15 on: May 09, 2012, 11:21:52 AM »
Yeh, overrated means that quite a few people rate something very highly but someone disagrees with that.

Sorry I snapped like that. Anyways, I think the problem with Season 19, was too many roadblocks, and some people disliked Cindy's A-grade student comment.

There weren't very good team dynamics and the route was a little lame with two legs in every country. Also the episodes were a little boring with easier tasks and not too many lead changes, especially the finale.
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Re: Most overrated season?
« Reply #16 on: May 09, 2012, 11:37:18 AM »
Yeh, overrated means that quite a few people rate something very highly but someone disagrees with that.

Sorry I snapped like that. Anyways, I think the problem with Season 19, was too many roadblocks, and some people disliked Cindy's A-grade student comment.

There weren't very good team dynamics and the route was a little lame with two legs in every country. Also the episodes were a little boring with easier tasks and not too many lead changes, especially the finale.

I agree! 19 is one of my least favorites. The legs were just unbearable. Waste of country opportunities like Indonesia, Malawi, Denmark & Belgium. The uturns were not utilized well too. And no FF.
Ironically, I enjoyed the leg 5 in Thailand. When they went to Bangkok they had no idea of their placements. There was an element of surprise and thrill who will be first place.
I don't think 19 is overrated tho. Atleast, no one yet is overrating it.
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Re: Most overrated season?
« Reply #17 on: May 09, 2012, 11:44:52 AM »
19 is the worst season, without any doubt. But I don't think it's particularly overrated.

For me, most overrated season might have to be either TAR10 or TAR14. I just despised the TAR10 cast (except the Queens of course, as well as Peter & Sarah and some early exits) and for TAR14, I found it exceptionally dull at certain points, with yet another abysmal winning team. :res:
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Re: Most overrated season?
« Reply #18 on: May 09, 2012, 12:11:37 PM »
Bad seasons: Season 19 and 16
Dull seasons: Season 12 and 18

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Re: Most overrated season?
« Reply #19 on: May 10, 2012, 08:16:46 AM »

Season 2 is my favorite. :lol:

I'd say it's Season 3 for me, honestly. Other than John Vito & Jill and Ken & Gerard, none of the teams were very likeable for me. Great route though, and the Zurich Detour (Count the Money or Run the Numbers) is still one of my favorite tasks ever, but as a whole, I can't really get engaged in this season.

I don't think there was anyone who really annoyed me.  Flo may have annoyed some but most of the time I thought she was alright.  Often the men are the weakest point in the worst seasons I think and I was able to tolerate them in this.  Ian was cantankerous at times but somehow could be funny.

Some mentioned 14 and that feels overrated I think.  Though I was able to watch it all whereas I struggled with 2, so I wouldn't say most overrated.  But Victor was so annoying in Translyvania and was one of those arrogant men who can tarnish some seasons.  I know we kept getting told how he had learnt his lesson, but I'll decide for myself on that.  And then there was Luke, pushed as a nice disabled guy early on I was never convinced about him being nice and much preferred those against him on the race.


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Re: Most overrated season?
« Reply #20 on: May 11, 2012, 10:46:49 PM »
Season 17. It's seriously one of my least favorite seasons. And Season 9. And maybe Season 10, just because of how annoying the alliance was.
I LOVED Season 17. Had a GREAT route with the Russian Mystery leg and Oman and Bangladesh. Also, it had a very well-balanced cast.

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Re: Most overrated season?
« Reply #21 on: May 12, 2012, 07:31:06 AM »
Season 17. It's seriously one of my least favorite seasons. And Season 9. And maybe Season 10, just because of how annoying the alliance was.
I LOVED Season 17. Had a GREAT route with the Russian Mystery leg and Oman and Bangladesh. Also, it had a very well-balanced cast.

Chad and Nick weren't great though, must have annoyed some.

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Re: Most overrated season?
« Reply #22 on: May 12, 2012, 06:18:34 PM »
Leafsfan, I think you posted in the wrong topic. Did you want to post in the wishlist thread?

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Re: Most overrated season?
« Reply #23 on: May 13, 2012, 05:25:51 PM »
Season 19 wasn't bad? It was just kind of weird...

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Re: Most overrated season?
« Reply #24 on: February 17, 2021, 12:12:58 AM »
Season 9 seems to get a lot of love which I don't understand. It's like a lot of the seasons before it, but weaker...
BJ & Tyler always bothered me for targeting Joseph & Monica just because they didn't do something they wanted them to do from memory - very childish.
The non-elimination placement is abysmal - along with TAR4 & 12 for having the worst positioning. There were also the two teams dominating most of the race and a predictable boot order. Some legs were not that memorable, and did not find myself really enjoying it until the final five. I think how the teams were in general and how they interacted with each other and others was a slight turn off.

Season 17 is another many seem to love that I just can't get into that much. The locations weren't that great besides Ghana, Sweden and Norway but even then... you have underwhelming legs like the Norway episode... It just was not that exciting for me and is a forgettable season in my opinion.
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Re: Most overrated season?
« Reply #25 on: February 17, 2021, 12:59:58 PM »
Season 17. It's seriously one of my least favorite seasons. And Season 9. And maybe Season 10, just because of how annoying the alliance was.
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Re: Most overrated season?
« Reply #26 on: March 07, 2021, 10:06:48 AM »
TAR 17

Never understood the appeal of the season. The cast is awful and the locations are mediocre with the exceptions being Norway and Ghana. Why do people like this season? Is it because a F/F team won? Is it because it came after the supposedly dreadful TAR 16?

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« Reply #27 on: March 07, 2021, 07:28:39 PM »
Yeah I hate to go on about that season as well but I have to agree completely.

The seasons released around that time (late 2000's) were mostly very weak in my opinion.

TAR 17 doesn't have anything necessarily bad about it, it is just very average... The cast are alright and it has some of the best NEL placement of the show but the locations were underwhelming (except Ghana and Sweden), the Nick & Vicki falling behind sucked and nothing truly memorable really happened other than a female team winning for the first time. Even then, I was not a huge fan of Nat & Kat. It is a season I would happily skip, along with the two seasons before it.
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Re: Most overrated season?
« Reply #28 on: March 08, 2021, 08:36:19 PM »
I found 13, 24 and 32 to be the worst ones.

But i don't know about overrated...maybe 23 for me? I didn't get all the fun of that.
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Re: Most overrated season?
« Reply #29 on: March 08, 2021, 11:42:00 PM »
I found 13, 24 and 32 to be the worst ones.

But i don't know about overrated...maybe 23 for me? I didn't get all the fun of that.

I would pretty much have to agree with all of that.
TAR 23 is sloppy coming after 21 and 22 in my opinion. It was not particularly bad, but just uninteresting though still watchable. I barely remember anything about that season except Leo & Jamal and Brandon & Adam. Then you have 24 which is highly memorable, but for all the wrong reasons LOL.
TAR 32 just makes me want to face palm. It started off good maybe through to France and then it just falls flat and I hated the winners! If we are talking worst teams to ever win The Amazing Race Will & James would certainly be up there.
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Re: Most overrated season?
« Reply #30 on: March 15, 2021, 09:52:38 AM »
Season 25. I liked it at the time, but recently rewatched it for the first time since it aired and it really wasn't that great (I say that in terms of TAR seasons - it was still enjoyable overall). But the season is rated extremely highly, and I'd put it in the bottom half of TAR seasons. Almost every new twist or new thing introduced was a total dud (the Save, the blind detour, the final 4 in the finale). Most of the other seasons I'd put in the bottom half aren't highly rated to begin with.  Could definitely have some underrated seasons though!

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Re: Most overrated season?
« Reply #31 on: March 15, 2021, 05:55:17 PM »
I found 13, 24 and 32 to be the worst ones.

But i don't know about overrated...maybe 23 for me? I didn't get all the fun of that.


i agree with 13 and 32 being terrible. Season 13's cast felt like the leftovers from TAR 12. Very unmemorable..... and unlikable as well. It was also during that weird transition period where they retained some things from the old era but had some of the newer stuff like the U-Turn and shorter number of legs. If you pay close enough attention, the intro is actually different from the all other pre TAR 14 seasons too.

Season 32's cast was enjoyable at first, but they became so unlikable down the stretch. But as you know, the alliance ruined the season. They either need to create tasks that don't allow cheating or outright ban alliances all together.

TAR 23 was just kind of an OK season. When you consider the gimmick seasons to follow after TAR 24, this serves as one of the last regular cast seasons which is unfortunate.

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Re: Most overrated season?
« Reply #32 on: March 15, 2021, 07:02:00 PM »
Most Overrated Season: S3

This is was a good season however it was very old school. The non-elimination points and tasks were very meh. Also, the cast was ok. I liked about half the cast however the first boots, and some of the last teams in the race were not great.

This is just my opinion because I know this is always in the top 5 for any TAR fan however I think it is midpack. I can understand why so many people love and enjoy this season a lot however just isn't mine.

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Re: Most overrated season?
« Reply #33 on: March 16, 2021, 12:39:52 AM »
I am glad I am not the only one who thinks TAR 25 is overrated.
In fact I would go as far as saying I dislike it. It feels very basic and like an introductory season for new viewers, and all of the twists pretty much sucked... The save was ridiculous. The worst offender was the final four in the final leg, especially considering I was not a fan of the winning team. The locations and tasks were meh, as Denmark was very disappointing this time around and the Italian Sicily leg felt underwhelming when compared to TAR 9's visit. On a more positive note, Malta was fantastic!
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