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The Amazing Race International Versions => TAR Canada => Topic started by: Brannockdevice on August 06, 2016, 03:37:08 AM
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So for season 5 (If it's confirmed...?), many of you might be wondering, "It's Canada, they've been everywhere by now!" WRONG! Tar Canada has just barely scratched the surface of this beautiful country! Here are some places that could be up for a first time visit in season 5:
British Columbia
- Abbotsford
- Surrey
- Most of Vancouver Island (of course they have already been there, but the legs were pretty isolated to just Victoria and Tofino)
- A WHOLE LEG IN HAIDA GWAII PLEASE
- Prince George
- Terrace
- Cranbrook and the Kootneys
- Kamloops
- Castlegar
- Yoho National Park (BC has the Rockies too!)
- Revelstoke
- Kitimat
- Bella Bella & Bella Coola
- Fort Nelson
Alberta
- Medicine Hat
- Lethbridge
- Banff
- Canmore
- Waterton Lakes
- Lloydminster
Saskatchewan
- Lloydminster (this town straddles the border between AB & SK! The Mat should total be placed right on the border)
- Uranium City
- Fond-du-Lac
- Athabasca Sand Dunes
- Assiniboia & Coronach (Canadian Badlands that are pretty bad ass)
Manitoba
- Brandon
- Churchill
- The Pas
- Flin Flon (c'mon, I mean these would be awesome just because of the names)
- Lake Winnipeg, Lake Manitoba, & Lake Winnipegosis
- The International Peace Garden (on the border between the US & Canada - you can freely walk between the countries!)
Ontario
- Windsor
- Sarnia
- London
- Chatham
- Leamington & the Pelee Islands (southernmost point in Canada)
- London
- Kitchener
- Cambridge
- Guelph
- Peterborough
- Prince Edward
- Belleville
- Brockville
- Gananoque
- Huntsville
- Kawartha Lakes
- Orillia & Barrie
- North Bay
- Tobermory, Fathom Five, & Bruce Peninsula
- Owen Sound
- Parry Sound
- Manitoulin Island
- Sault Ste. Marie
- Thunder Bay
- Wawa
- Timmins
- Kenora
Quebec
- Mont Tremblant
- Sherbrooke
- Trois-Rivieres
- Saguenay & Bagotville
- Manicouagan Crater (this one you'll have to look up)
- Gaspe
- Perce
- Mont Joli
- Baie Comeau
- Sept-Iles
- Anticosti Island
New Brunswick
- Fredericton (of Canada's 13 provinces & territories, this is the only capitol of one not yet visited!)
- Bathurst
- Caraquet
- Shippagan
- Miramichi
- Charlo
- Campbellton
- Edmundston
Nova Scotia
- Amherst
- Yarmouth
- Colonial Port-Royal
- Wolfville
- Port Hawkesbury
- Bras d'Or Lake
- CAPE BRETON HIGHLAND GAMES
Prince Edward Island
- Basically anywhere. The entire province is so small but Season 2 leg 10 left out so much! Souris or any of the extreme ends of the island, an actual task involving Anne of Green Gables, plus a task involving the Confederation Bridge would be awesome!
Newfoundland and Labrador
- Bonavista
- Gander
- Stephenville
- Deer Lake
- Gros Morne
- L'Anse aux Meadows
- ANYWHERE IN LABRADOR FOR CRYING OUT LOUD!
- Plus a visit to St. Pierre & Miquelon would be cool!
Yukon
- Mount Logan, tallest mountain in Canada!
- Dawson (Gold Rush!)
- Old Crow
- Ivvavik National Park (a pit stop on the beaches of the Arctic Ocean would be memorable!)
Northwest Territories
- Anywhere
- I really mean anywhere. Not even a pit stop for crying out loud
- Hay River
- Nahanni National Park (with a waterfall taller than Niagara! It's a UNESCO world heritage site!)
- Inuvik
- Tuktoyaktuk
- Deline (a visit to Great Bear Lake - the largest lake completely within Canada)
- Norman Wells
Nunavut
- Honestly a visit to Iqaluit would be good again. They're avoiding it like it's the dickens!
- Cambridge Bay
- Cape Dorset
- Belcher Islands
- Repulse Bay
- Rankin Inlet
- Pangnirtung
- Qikiqtarjuaq
- Auyuittuq National Park (come on. A visit to MOUNT THOR! TALLEST CLIFF IN THE WORLD!!!!)
Basically season 5 could stay entirely in Canada and not run out of places to go! Keep on truckin! :yess:
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We will be using this for actual news and real speculation on the news.. NO WISHLISTS ALLOWED.
Happy Day!! :hearts: :hearts: :hearts:
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CTV announced today (October 12) that it is renewing the competition series for a fifth season. And what's more, casting for the forthcoming season is now open.
It'll coincide with the country's 150th anniversary so the show promises to ramp up highlights of our country more than ever.
*sighs*
This season sucks already.
Source: http://www.straight.com/blogra/807396/amazing-race-canada-casting-open-fifth-season-during-canadas-150th-anniversary
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You know what? I liked some of the Canadian legs better than the International ones.
:gva:
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TARC is the only franchise capable of making a one-country race and still keep it entertaining.
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I literally had a dream of this last night.
I was thinking dreaming :funny: what is a great way to do a season on the 150th Canada Anniversary?
I was thinking they would want to include 13 teams from all over Canada to showcase the great people of the country and, because of the large capacity of teams, they do a 13 leg race that can feature more Canada or international or mix of both.
Then, I could see them have a public start line in front of the Parliament Building ( it was in the season 2 finale) or something of like that to kick off the race featuring Canada's milestone.
It's all spec but they would want to do something grand for something as big as Canada's 150th right? (I mean sponsors play a part in it too...)
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I was thinking of this:
Why don't they have one team from each state or territory of Canada (13 teams, just like fossil's idea) and have a RACE AROUND THE WORLD!
INTERNATIONAL EVERY LEG! (INCLUING 2 LEGS IN THE USA)
What do we think?
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I was thinking of this:
Why don't they have one team from each state or territory of Canada (13 teams, just like fossil's idea) and have a RACE AROUND THE WORLD!
INTERNATIONAL EVERY LEG! (INCLUING 2 LEGS IN THE USA)
What do we think?
Canada doesn't have states
:lol:
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I was thinking of this:
Why don't they have one team from each state or territory of Canada (13 teams, just like fossil's idea) and have a RACE AROUND THE WORLD!
INTERNATIONAL EVERY LEG! (INCLUING 2 LEGS IN THE USA)
What do we think?
Canada doesn't have states
I know. Canada consists of 10 provinces and 3 territories. Because of large area, the population is sparse depending on land geographical mass (e.g., tundra).
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Oops! Sorry, i meant provinces and territory's!
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Mike Bickerton @mikebickerton Oct 26 Toronto, Ontario
Hey #Regina we're heading your way this weekend for some #AmazingRaceCanada recruiting! Find @mikeyerxa & I at @sskroughriders game Saturday
I don't think there has been a team from Saskatchewan...
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I don't mind if they stay in Canada but I hope they do leave country at least once. I'm hoping they go to Europe. My picks would be the Uk, Italy, Spain, Norway or the Czech Republic .
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If they do stay in Canada, THEY MUST visit cities that haven't been featured in TARC
They also MUST have 2 legs in the USA! They also need to visit Africa, Europe and Oceania
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I don't mind if they stay in Canada but I hope they do leave country at least once. I'm hoping they go to Europe. My picks would be the Uk, Italy, Spain, Norway or the Czech Republic .
Try to find out a Canadian connection to each of those!
Well Leafsfan, the UK did colonize Canada, so that could be a possibilty :)
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I don't mind if they stay in Canada but I hope they do leave country at least once. I'm hoping they go to Europe. My picks would be the Uk, Italy, Spain, Norway or the Czech Republic .
Try to find out a Canadian connection to each of those!
Well Leafsfan, the UK did colonize Canada, so TARC 5 should visit the UK for 2 legs! :)
I think Leafs, who is:
A. Canadian
B. a major in Geography
knows this already. :)
And what on earth is the correlation with colonization and two legs?
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I don't mind if they stay in Canada but I hope they do leave country at least once. I'm hoping they go to Europe. My picks would be the Uk, Italy, Spain, Norway or the Czech Republic .
Try to find out a Canadian connection to each of those!
Well Leafsfan, the UK did colonize Canada, so TARC 5 should visit the UK for 2 legs! :)
Remember Bourkie, no wishlists in a spec thread!!
Edited post. Thanks for the heads up! :<3
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This thread remains for TARC NEWS and speculation about the upcoming race. Not for wishlists.
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We have a premiere date on April 21 for TAR US season 29 with 10 ( ? ) episodes, which takes us to a finale around June 30. This is around the traditional premiere date for TAR Canada.
And the day before Canada Day with the 150th birthday celebrations. :conf:
I'd love for the TAR 29 finale to be the lead-in for the TAR Canada 5 premiere. :spy:
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We have a premiere date on April 21 for TAR US season 29 with 10 ( ? ) episodes, which takes us to a finale around June 30. This is around the traditional premiere date for TAR Canada.
And the day before Canada Day with the 150th birthday celebrations. :conf:
I'd love for the TAR 29 finale to be the lead-in for the TAR Canada 5 premiere. :spy:
WELCOME WALKINGPNEUMONIA! :conf: :wohoo: :yess: :hoot: :cheer:
Wouldn't it be great if the TAR29 finale and the Premiere of TAR Canada was on the same night...
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WELCOME WALKINGPNEUMONIA! :conf: :wohoo: :yess: :hoot: :cheer:
Umm, thanks.
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Bourkie, we welcomed new members on their first post, not a TAR Detective/Board Moderator who's been member of the Forum for the last eight years - even if he or she has been away from some time - ;).
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We've so patience for this, Alen. Bourkie did not know WP is a "new member" in the board. Even though WP is actually a RFF member for eight years that Bourkie failed to make a significance with active members as "newbies" by mistake.
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WP...I think you may need to check in more often!!
:funny: :funny: :funny: :funny:
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I want to apologise to everyone (and especially WP) that I actually meant WELCOME BACK, not Welcome.
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I want to apologise to everyone (and especially WP) that I actually meant WELCOME BACK, not Welcome.
No need to apologize - I wasn't offended. It did highlight to me that perhaps I haven't been spending enough time here...
Has it really been 8 years?
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No need to apologize - I wasn't offended. It did highlight to me that perhaps I haven't been spending enough time here...
Has it really been 8 years?
Well, you did start on May 6, 2008, so it's been 8 years, 6 months and 26 days! :funny:
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I wonder if they will do interviews before or after christmas! Hope at least someone here made it!!
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I wonder if they will do interviews before or after christmas! Hope at least someone here made it!!
I guess they could do half before Christmas and then the rest after.. there is still a few days to go yet!
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Lysakowski, Bickerton & Yerxa were doing interviews in Winnipeg today. They were in Vancouver earlier in the week. Does anyone know/remember if they traveled in previous seasons?
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I also saw on their twitter that they were in Saskatoon last week... And in Waterloo today!
I'm curious that they are doing the interviews soo quickly after the deadline!
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I also saw on their twitter that they were in Saskatoon last week... And in Waterloo today!
I'm curious that they are doing the interviews soo quickly after the deadline!
Maybe so they could film quicker maybe???
With means it COULD air right after TAR29... (PURE SPEC)
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Lysakowski, Bickerton & Yerxa were doing interviews in Winnipeg today. They were in Vancouver earlier in the week. Does anyone know/remember if they traveled in previous seasons?
Hi. Newbie here. I saw their Twitter posts too. Maybe they weren't interviewing but Race scouting instead? Seems early to be interviewing. I always assumed they interviewed in Toronto.
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:bigwelcome to the R.F.F., TheHippo! :cmas0
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:bigwelcome to the R.F.F., TheHippo! :cmas0
Thanks so much Alenaveda!
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Lysakowski, Bickerton & Yerxa were doing interviews in Winnipeg today. They were in Vancouver earlier in the week. Does anyone know/remember if they traveled in previous seasons?
Hi. Newbie here. I saw their Twitter posts too. Maybe they weren't interviewing but Race scouting instead? Seems early to be interviewing. I always assumed they interviewed in Toronto.
Welcome to RFF!
Pretty certain they were interviewing, not just scouting. The application deadline passed and they moved on to the next stage. They do not do formal casting calls BUT in previous years, they have gone on makeshift scouting missions to various locations...always BEFORE the application deadlines.
According to Mike Bickerton on Twitter yesterday:
Dec 11 Vancouver
Dec 13 Calgary
Dec 15 Saskatoon
Dec 16 Winnipeg
Dec 18 Toronto, where they went to Cambridge/Kitchener/Waterloo
Oh and one more thing....
:MC: :HH: :HNY:
https://twitter.com/mikebickerton/status/811961356224172033 (https://twitter.com/mikebickerton/status/811961356224172033)
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Lysakowski, Bickerton & Yerxa were doing interviews in Winnipeg today. They were in Vancouver earlier in the week. Does anyone know/remember if they traveled in previous seasons?
Hi. Newbie here. I saw their Twitter posts too. Maybe they weren't interviewing but Race scouting instead? Seems early to be interviewing. I always assumed they interviewed in Toronto.
Welcome to RFF!
Pretty certain they were interviewing, not just scouting. The application deadline passed and they moved on to the next stage. They do not do formal casting calls BUT in previous years, they have gone on makeshift scouting missions to various locations...always BEFORE the application deadlines.
According to Mike Bickerton on Twitter yesterday:
Dec 11 Vancouver
Dec 13 Calgary
Dec 15 Saskatoon
Dec 16 Winnipeg
Dec 18 Toronto, where they went to Cambridge/Kitchener/Waterloo
Oh and one more thing....
:MC: :HH: :HNY:
https://twitter.com/mikebickerton/status/811961356224172033 (https://twitter.com/mikebickerton/status/811961356224172033)
Yes! You can see in his other tweets/instagram post that one part of the interview is answering question with a me/my partner answer (ex: who is the best athlete in the team).
I guess there will be a second round of interview for the east, with stops in Ottawa, Montréal, Halifax and maybe St-Johns? (spec)
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So, you'd THINK they would of stopped the interviews on Dec 18.
When will they start again?
I would think maybe December 28-29??
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Yes! You can see in his other tweets/instagram post that one part of the interview is answering question with a me/my partner answer (ex: who is the best athlete in the team).
I guess there will be a second round of interview for the east, with stops in Ottawa, Montréal, Halifax and maybe St-Johns? (spec)
I assume they also have a tonne of interviews to do in Toronto (given the population of the city). Maybe they are crossing the country first and will finish in Toronto. Of course this is all speculation.
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It looks like they are in Newfoundland based on Twitter.
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It looks like they are in Newfoundland based on Twitter.
Yes. Both Mark Lysakowski and Mike Bickerton arrived in St. John's late this afternoon. I imagine they will do interviews tomorrow. :hoot:
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Do we think the interviews in Toronto are done?
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Do we think the interviews in Toronto are done?
I can only speculate. I know that Mike Yerxa went home to family in the Maritimes for the holidays. So, they could have started their "tour" in Toronto, done them just before Xmas break (which I doubt, because of time) or they will finish there. Maybe the latter?
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do we reckon that Tar Canada will ever go to 2 seasons per year?
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do we reckon that Tar Canada will ever go to 2 seasons per year?
I just can't see that happening.
If it were to, this would have been the year to do it (Canada's sesquicentennial).
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This goes into speculation, but wouldn't it be a great idea to have a public starting line, like in S25 and S27.
Maybe in front of the Parliament in Ottawa, for Canada's 150th bday...with some Politicians, and maybe even PM Trudeau hahaha
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This goes into speculation, but wouldn't it be a great idea to have a public starting line, like in S25 and S27.
Maybe in front of the Parliament in Ottawa, for Canada's 150th bday...with some Politicians, and maybe even PM Trudeau hahaha
I don't think it's out of the realm of possibilities. It's a great start line, and with all the spoilers that would appear on SM, they may as well make it public. I would just hope for 24 hr notice. Ottawa is a 7 hour drive for me (on a good day LOL), but I would be there with bells on.
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So would I haha (1h30 from Montreal) :conf:
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do we reckon that Tar Canada will ever go to 2 seasons per year?
The answer is no. Its always a 1 season per year show since its launch in 2013 to attract the summer viewers.
^^Claude's opinion...not fact.
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do we reckon that Tar Canada will ever go to 2 seasons per year?
Hopefully yes, but I didn't sound like it.
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... and they just landed in Halifax. LOL
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... and they just landed in Halifax. LOL
The casting crew need a NORAD tracker like Santa has. LOL
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Wow, they are really doing interviews all over canada!
Pre-Christmas:
- Vancouver
- Calgary
- Regina
- Saskatoon
- Parts of Ontario
Now:
- St-John's
- Halifax
I'm sure they will do one in Montréal and maybe Ottawa?
Maybe one in New-Brunswick?
And Toronto if it's not already done
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Wow, they are really doing interviews all over canada!
Pre-Christmas:
- Vancouver
- Calgary
- Regina
- Saskatoon
- Parts of Ontario
Now:
- St-John's
- Halifax
I'm sure they will do one in Montréal and maybe Ottawa?
Maybe one in New-Brunswick?
And Toronto if it's not already done
And then what? Filming?
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Wow, they are really doing interviews all over canada!
Pre-Christmas:
- Vancouver
- Calgary
- Regina
- Saskatoon
- Parts of Ontario
Now:
- St-John's
- Halifax
I'm sure they will do one in Montréal and maybe Ottawa?
Maybe one in New-Brunswick?
And Toronto if it's not already done
And then what? Filming?
Next round of casting. Decisions, decisions, decisions. And then they will get these teams in for more interviews, etc. More decisions. Some teams are even cut going into sequester.
Filming doesn't start til end of April/beginning of May.
And just a reminder: 1 or 2 weeks before filming begins, we MAY see people on SM reporting they just saw filming - mostly in Toronto & area. In past years this has been crew training. But it's a sure sign they are about to start!!!
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Wow, they are really doing interviews all over canada!
Pre-Christmas:
- Vancouver
- Calgary
- Regina
- Saskatoon
- Parts of Ontario
Now:
- St-John's
- Halifax
I'm sure they will do one in Montréal and maybe Ottawa?
Maybe one in New-Brunswick?
And Toronto if it's not already done
And then what? Filming?
Next round of casting. Decisions, decisions, decisions. And then they will get these teams in for more interviews, etc. More decisions. Some teams are even cut going into sequester.
Filming doesn't start til end of April/beginning of May.
And just a reminder: 1 or 2 weeks before filming begins, we MAY see people on SM reporting they just saw filming - mostly in Toronto & area. In past years this has been crew training. But it's a sure sign they are about to start!!!
Yes. Frankie (from Tarc4 Frankie and Amy) said on a facebook live casting info video that for season 4, that she and Amy applied on the last day,they got a questionnaire a few days later (that they needed to answer and send back by email), then had a first interview a few weeks after, then another interview a month after, and then they were cast! So 1 questionnaire and two interviews for season 4! I'm guessing they are doing the first round of interviews now, then another round in february-march and then final casting in early april! Mile Bickerton said the racers knew at least 6 weeks in advance!
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Saw this today...so sounds like they are moving to the next level. This is someone who clearly had already made it thru prelims.
Well, got word today that our application for Season 5 of The Amazing Race Canada is officially "dead". We are not moving forward in the casting process.
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Saw this today...so sounds like they are moving to the next level. This is someone who clearly had already made it thru prelims.
Well, got word today that our application for Season 5 of The Amazing Race Canada is officially "dead". We are not moving forward in the casting process.
Out of curiosity GeorgiaPeach, where did you see this? I know the general applicants were told that decisions were already made. I didn't know those that got to subsequent rounds were notified. I am curious how the whole process takes place. I realize there is some need to be hush hush and I know that contestants are bound by lengthy fine print legal clauses about leaking details but I am just trying to understand the process in case I am ever fortunate enough to make it past simply auditioning.
I only ask because it seems odd that people would be finding out now with interviews seemingly still going on as we speak. Was this someone from Western Canada or Newfoundland?
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I'm also interested to know Peach!
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Here are some ways the US Interviews go.
Apply online>>never contacted
Apply>>get a phone call expressing interest> phone "interview">>would be told thanks but no.
Ditto >>some have gotten a visit from low level casting
If they really like you get invited to semi-finals, you would of course be notified if you were to advance or not.
Some rare people went straight to finals.
So Being notified could be after a phone interview even.
And no sorry, not ID'ing the source.
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I do know of one team (let's just say a friend of a friend) who thought they were "in" for sure. They even went on SM saying they would be off the grid for a while. They went to Toronto and were cut last minute. I often think TPTB like to call in a few extras just to look at the cast all together - size them all up and analyze potential interaction. Or maybe they do that just in case another team pulls out last minute.
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Wow that must be hard to swallow!
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I know in mid December they notified all who applied that those who were moving on had been notified (aka if you haven't been contacted, sorry about your luck). I wonder if they notify (publicly or privately) those who moved on to the next stage but then go no further. Would love it if they did and it was public so that us outsiders/diehard fans have an idea of the timing of the various stages for reference.
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Geez that would be bad luck. Hope your friend tries again for season 6 WindsorSue!
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They are now in Montreal! (per Mike Bickerton's twitter)
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They are now in Montreal! (per Mike Bickerton's twitter)
So do we think they've left Toronto till the end & it's next?
Or did the Cambridge interviews cover all of Ontario? Hmmn...maybe?
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Did NB and PEI get no love? What about far north teams? Hmmm. I can only assume Toronto is last.
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Oops. Forgot to add, doesn't Cambridge seem like an odd choice? If doing SW Ontario, I would have assumed London would best cover the area and keep Toronto separate. I assume eastern Ontario teams would be split between Montreal or Toronto. And does Northern Ontario get left out? Hmmm.
Strictly speculating of course but it would be nice to see 15 teams this year. It would be a nice play on 150 by doing 15. As well you could do one from each province and territory (13) plus one for northeen Ontario and a second team from southern Ontario. I know this seems Ontario-centric but it would help balance out the Toronto population bias of having just one Ontario team. Of course BC AND Quebec could also have additional teams to balance out Vancouver and Montreal so perhaps that is considered too. Who knows. I could drive myself mad with speculation and trying to figure out how the casting crew determines who to interview.
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I don't think it would have been necessary to set up interviews in each of the Maritime provinces. Halifax is an easy enough drive from NB & PEI. Newfoundland pretty much necessitated its own.
Right now I am starting to think Cambridge was used to deflect prying eyes away from Toronto. Relatively speaking, it's close enough to Toronto. Just my opinion. I guess we'll know in the next few days.
Applicants in northern areas would be asked to make their way to the nearest interview. And if there were any in Northern Ontario (for instance, Thunder Bay), they may actually be closer to Winnipeg than Toronto.
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I think these cities reflect the semifinalist interviews. So perhaps the contestant locations reflect the cities chosen.
Why don't y'all look at last season's cities visited and see if it matches up with the racers.
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I think these cities reflect the semifinalist interviews. So perhaps the contestant locations reflect the cities chosen.
Why don't y'all look at last season's cities visited and see if it matches up with the racers.
Do we know those cities? The only ones I was aware of (I thought) were the cities the casting producers visited on recruitment drives - before the application deadline. I only have a vague recollection of Jesse Storey being in Halifax NS & St. John's NL
Also, I am presuming at this point there are still too many applicants for the casting crew to be that precise???
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This goes into speculation, but wouldn't it be a great idea to have a public starting line, like in S25 and S27.
Maybe in front of the Parliament in Ottawa, for Canada's 150th bday...with some Politicians, and maybe even PM Trudeau hahaha
I don't think it's out of the realm of possibilities. It's a great start line, and with all the spoilers that would appear on SM, they may as well make it public. I would just hope for 24 hr notice. Ottawa is a 7 hour drive for me (on a good day LOL), but I would be there with bells on.
I am in Ottawa.
I could probably also see them in Montreal, if I knew in advance. Even Toronto is a remote possibility.
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I think these cities reflect the semifinalist interviews. So perhaps the contestant locations reflect the cities chosen.
Why don't y'all look at last season's cities visited and see if it matches up with the racers.
So the interested fan in me took some time out to dig through Twitter posts from last year of Mike, Mike and Mark to see if there were similarities between where they were and where the contestants from S.4 were from. It looks like on Dec. 10 they were in Delta BC, in Dec. 14 they were in Regina, Dec. 17 Toronto, Jan. 9 in Westmount, QC and Jan. 14 in Vancouver. Of course some of these posts could simply be personal travel too.
Also interesting, the racers weren't revealed to the staff at Insight until March 28 (Mike Bickerton's post). Seems like they deliberate a LONG time on things. Perhaps arranging background/health/visas/insurances/notifying employers/last minute changes/etc.
If this is accurate and holds true again this year, I suspect that they will have completed their interviews by the end of this week and will begin the deliberations.
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Just off the top of my head, Julie and Lowell are in Lethbridge Alberta. They would have had a long way to go.
It's also weird they went to Delta and Vancouver...maybe one of those locations was personal?
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I forget who the posts were from but isn't Delta relatively close to Vancouver?
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Mike Bickerton @mikebickerton 1h1 hour ago
#AmazingRaceCanada scoop: two of the best cities for casting interviews so far this yr have been Saskatoon & Montréal. Such exciting teams!
So.....looks like we know 2-3 of the team's home bases. LOL
I always argue they should see what the teams from Northern Ontario would bring!! ;)
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I forget who the posts were from but isn't Delta relatively close to Vancouver?
Yes. No reason to go set up in both.
Frankie and Amy were from Aldergrove, BC....which is prob just a tad closer to Delta than YVR.
Do you remember which production members went to each?
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Mike Bickerton @mikebickerton 1h1 hour ago
#AmazingRaceCanada scoop: two of the best cities for casting interviews so far this yr have been Saskatoon & Montréal. Such exciting teams!
Yay for a team from Quebec and FINALLY a team from Saskatchewan!!
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Mike Bickerton @mikebickerton 1h1 hour ago
#AmazingRaceCanada scoop: two of the best cities for casting interviews so far this yr have been Saskatoon & Montréal. Such exciting teams!
Yay for a team from Quebec and FINALLY a team from Saskatchewan!!
My thoughts exactly.
Some of the most entertaining teams have been from Montreal. YAY.
Remember when people complained about no Saskatchewan teams, and it was pointed out that if there were good applicants they would be cast? Maybe it was true and people stepped up to apply.
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Anyone thinking that Hayley Wickenheiser will be a contestant this season now that she is retired? I hope not, as I am personally not a fan of celebs/semi-celebs being on shows. Leave those slots for us little people. My sister made that prediction and I could see that happening.
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She retired so she didn't delay entering medical school anymore. I doubt she would retire and jump into the race a few months later. Plus she gave up the Olympics next year to go to school...
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True but don't most med schools start in September?
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Anyone thinking that Hayley Wickenheiser will be a contestant this season now that she is retired? I hope not, as I am personally not a fan of celebs/semi-celebs being on shows. Leave those slots for us little people. My sister made that prediction and I could see that happening.
They already had a women's hockey team with S2's Nat and Meg... do we think they would go that route again? I think if anything, they would try for a male player... didn't Storey send out one of his random tweets to Lindros last fall? I seem to remember.
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Yes, I though about the S2 Olympic women but come on, this is Hayley Wickenheiser, aka hockey royalty. I could see them try for an NHLer. Like I said earlier however, I hope I am wrong as I prefer seeing people who haven't yet had their 15 minutes of fame.
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Again, I don't care for stunt-casting as long as its done right. Jillian & Emmett and Julie & Lowell were stuntcasts for 4 but both were utterly phenomenal teams that fired on all cylinders. And let's not forget the amazing Vanessa Morgan (and Body Break!) for 1.
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Per Twitter and IG, they are now done with the Toronto callbacks... I guess this is it for part 1 of the interviews!! :conf:
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This could be old news, however The Amazing Race Canada has been nominated for 7 Canadian Screen Awards!
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I don't mind if they stay in Canada but I hope they do leave country at least once. I'm hoping they go to Europe. My picks would be the Uk, Italy, Spain, Norway or the Czech Republic .
Try to find out a Canadian connection to each of those!
Well Leafsfan, the UK did colonize Canada, so TARC 5 should visit the UK for 2 legs! :)
I think Leafs, who is:
A. Canadian
B. a major in Geography
knows this already. :)
And what on earth is the correlation with colonization and two legs?
what an edgy reply
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I don't mind if they stay in Canada but I hope they do leave country at least once. I'm hoping they go to Europe. My picks would be the Uk, Italy, Spain, Norway or the Czech Republic .
Try to find out a Canadian connection to each of those!
Well Leafsfan, the UK did colonize Canada, so TARC 5 should visit the UK for 2 legs! :)
I think Leafs, who is:
A. Canadian
B. a major in Geography
knows this already. :)
And what on earth is the correlation with colonization and two legs?
what an edgy reply
Mark Lysakowski has stated that the show won't go to the UK due to budget constraints/exchange rates.
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In season 2 they went east and west (China and France). In seasons 3 and 4 they went south and east (Chile/Argentina & Cuba and India & Vietnam). Given the current state of the Canadian dollar, I cannot see them returning to Europe. I suspect it will be another season of south and east. I suspect geopolitics/economics will deter them from the Middle East, America, Russia, and North Africa. I wonder if Jamaica will be the "southern" leg and Singapore is the "eastern" leg. At least if there was a guessing pool, those would be my guesses. And if there is a European leg, I would go with the Czech Republic.
New game? Guess the legs? One east, one west and one south?
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A response to a person on Twitter on Nov. 29, 2016 about going to the U.K. Basically said the pound is too steep.
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That all but kills a full international season, because 8-9 more international legs would be more expensive than just a couple UK legs.
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:wel2 :bigwelcome :welcome2: to RFF, khan kna!
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Do we really believe this about the U.K.? Could it be a red herring? A few arguments:
A U.K. leg could be later in the race with fewer teams.
Depends on sponsors - Hotels.com, Air Canada (?) or another airline, or other new sponsors.
There are more budget friendly options for accommodations - AirBnB, Home Away or similar. The National Trust (UK) also has very inexpensive places.
In Canada, there are various film grants available. For instance, The Bell Fund. Big Brother Canada received a grant from them last season, so it's not out of the question.
Of course there are a tremendous number of incidental costs involved in production of this show, but I think if they really wanted to go, they could.
Mark is usually very tight-lipped about this kind of info. Why would he reply to this comment?
Also, the casting team just returned from their little tour. Some of the places they stayed did not exactly look budget-friendly. Just saying.
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Hotels.com gave out a trip to London on Leg 1 of Season 4...
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Hotels.com gave out a trip to London on Leg 1 of Season 4...
It's a very popular destination, for Canadians as well as the rest of world. I would find it very hard to believe sponsors wouldn't be all over that.
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That all but kills a full international season, because 8-9 more international legs would be more expensive than just a couple UK legs.
Do you guys think Australia or New Zealand are out of the picture?
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That all but kills a full international season, because 8-9 more international legs would be more expensive than just a couple UK legs.
Do you guys think Australia or New Zealand are out of the picture?
Hopefully not. However, if they only have 2 legs to go international, i wouldn't think they would go many hours away. They should go to America or Mexico. That would make more sense.
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I was thinking that for Canada's 150th anniversary, they would only go to international location that have a deep connection to Canada... I'm shock they never visited the UK yet, I mean the confederation of Canada was accepted by the Queen in London, that would have been a good time to visit the city (and the building in which it was signed)... Maybe a visit to Ireland, with all the Irish people who immigrated in Canada in the early days of our country.
And the US would make sense... like in New-England or places where we hd battles against the US
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I was thinking that for Canada's 150th anniversary, they would only go to international location that have a deep connection to Canada... I'm shock they never visited the UK yet, I mean the confederation of Canada was accepted by the Queen in London, that would have been a good time to visit the city (and the building in which it was signed)... Maybe a visit to Ireland, with all the Irish people who immigrated in Canada in the early days of our country.
And the US would make sense... like in New-England or places where we hd battles against the US
I highly doubt they will visit the United States. About 75% of all Canadians live within 100 miles of the border, and as such many have been there. The Canadian audience would not find the U.S. to be an exciting place to visit. The only place I can even remotely see is Hawaii, and even then tasks would most likely center around the native Hawaiian culture.
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I was thinking that for Canada's 150th anniversary, they would only go to international location that have a deep connection to Canada... I'm shock they never visited the UK yet, I mean the confederation of Canada was accepted by the Queen in London, that would have been a good time to visit the city (and the building in which it was signed)... Maybe a visit to Ireland, with all the Irish people who immigrated in Canada in the early days of our country.
And the US would make sense... like in New-England or places where we hd battles against the US
I highly doubt they will visit the United States. About 75% of all Canadians live within 100 miles of the border, and as such many have been there. The Canadian audience would not find the U.S. to be an exciting place to visit. The only place I can even remotely see is Hawaii, and even then tasks would most likely center around the native Hawaiian culture.
Unfortunately, with the US muslim ban, there could be issues for some of the contestants as well.
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I was thinking that for Canada's 150th anniversary, they would only go to international location that have a deep connection to Canada... I'm shock they never visited the UK yet, I mean the confederation of Canada was accepted by the Queen in London, that would have been a good time to visit the city (and the building in which it was signed)... Maybe a visit to Ireland, with all the Irish people who immigrated in Canada in the early days of our country.
And the US would make sense... like in New-England or places where we hd battles against the US
I highly doubt they will visit the United States. About 75% of all Canadians live within 100 miles of the border, and as such many have been there. The Canadian audience would not find the U.S. to be an exciting place to visit. The only place I can even remotely see is Hawaii, and even then tasks would most likely center around the native Hawaiian culture.
Unfortunately, with the US muslim ban, there could be issues for some of the contestants as well.
I don't think this law applies to Canadians
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I think this kind of product promotion could be the saviour of the Amazing Race franchise.
Kudos to Insight, Campbells and CTV/Bell Media for doing this. :ty3:
Now go out and support the sponsor and enter the contest :bunny
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Given past history, I assume that we are about one month away from needing to keep our eyes peeled for filming!!! I can't wait for this season. I love this show so much.
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Mark Lysakowski on Twitter:
Dear @TorontoPearson and all other airports. We need to take a break from each other. But just for this month. Need to stay home for a bit
9:39 PM - 31 Mar 2017 from Toronto, Ontario
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-Sounds like location scouting is done. Final production prep, a solid month of hard work.
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Looks like it will be 10 teams racing again.
Why do you say that?
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To think, somewhere all across Canada tonight, 20-24 people are going to have a restless night's sleep dreaming of the adventure they are about to go on. I would LOVE to have dinner with a few of these teams to ask what they must be thinking/feeling. I know there is a strong non-disclosure agreement they sign so this would NEVER happen, but I would love a chance to hear a non-made for tv q&a of a "Before the Race". I couldn't imagine what it would be like to be in their position. I am 70% jealous OF them and 30% excited FOR them. I cannot wait for the show to start!
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Don't they usually start on a friday? (I think for season 1-3) and a thursday for last season, no?
I am thinking that they will start either next week, or the week after!!
Get ready :P