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Offline georgiapeach

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« on: May 20, 2010, 08:04:48 AM »
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Re: Questions
« Reply #1 on: May 26, 2010, 10:13:44 AM »
Georgia, do you have any idea how many teams are  now being selected from the applications and how many are solicited by the show.  It seems to me that the trend is toward soliciting more teams through agents and outside sources and less through the casting calls and applications.  I have read alot of interviews with past contestants and alot of them say that they were solicted to appear on the show.  A good number of them had never even seen the show.  Maybe you have a ratio.


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« Reply #2 on: May 26, 2010, 08:32:55 PM »
This has to be the most rural starting location ever, yet it is the most spoiled.

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« Reply #3 on: May 26, 2010, 08:52:59 PM »
This has to be the most rural starting location ever, yet it is the most spoiled.

I disagree.........the start to TAR2, was out in the desert of Nevada.....60 or 70 miles from Las Vegas.
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« Reply #4 on: May 26, 2010, 08:57:19 PM »
This has to be the most rural starting location ever, yet it is the most spoiled.

I disagree.........the start to TAR2, was out in the desert of Nevada.....60 or 70 miles from Las Vegas.

And I think Chateau's starting line photos for TAR15 probably gave us the most spoiled start. Although TAR8 was blown open pretty early too. The video of teams headed to the starting line this AM was a first, though.


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« Reply #5 on: May 26, 2010, 09:00:27 PM »
This has to be the most rural starting location ever, yet it is the most spoiled.

I disagree.........the start to TAR2, was out in the desert of Nevada.....60 or 70 miles from Las Vegas.

And I think Chateau's starting line photos for TAR15 probably gave us the most spoiled start. Although TAR8 was blown open pretty early too. The video of teams headed to the starting line this AM was a first, though.

I agree. But that was my opinion, anyone noe where to acess Amazing Race 6 and Amazing Race 8 Forums?

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« Reply #6 on: May 26, 2010, 09:39:31 PM »
Another very "rural" start was TAR 3 in the middle of the Everglades.
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Re: Questions
« Reply #7 on: May 27, 2010, 11:08:44 AM »
This has to be the most rural starting location ever, yet it is the most spoiled.

I disagree.........the start to TAR2, was out in the desert of Nevada.....60 or 70 miles from Las Vegas.

And I think Chateau's starting line photos for TAR15 probably gave us the most spoiled start. Although TAR8 was blown open pretty early too. The video of teams headed to the starting line this AM was a first, though.

I agree. But that was my opinion, anyone noe where to acess Amazing Race 6 and Amazing Race 8 Forums?

Try here down to page 23-ish for TAR 6. :tup:
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« Reply #8 on: June 01, 2010, 02:18:05 AM »
Just wondering how they scout for each leg location before each season starts? Is it possible they already have been to the places a couple of seasons in advance? Thus the reason for the many Indian legs and Chinese legs in the last few seasons? Or do they prepare one season at a time and do a "trial-run" in the correct order beforehand?
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Re: Questions
« Reply #9 on: June 01, 2010, 06:29:20 AM »
Isn't Gloucester the city where 17 of those girls wounded up pregnant?? Funny, it is TAR 17


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« Reply #10 on: June 01, 2010, 02:31:55 PM »
Isn't Gloucester the city where 17 of those girls wounded up pregnant?? Funny, it is TAR 17

Haha it is. Oh the irony!  :lol3:

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« Reply #11 on: June 06, 2010, 02:26:46 AM »
How are we supposed to tell if it is China Rush, TARA4 or TAR17??

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« Reply #12 on: June 06, 2010, 02:50:09 AM »
How are we supposed to tell if it is China Rush, TARA4 or TAR17??

China Rush is over. For the next four days or so, assume Asia sightings are TARA.

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« Reply #13 on: June 06, 2010, 02:54:11 AM »
How are we supposed to tell if it is China Rush, TARA4 or TAR17??

China Rush is over. For the next four days or so, assume Asia sightings are TARA.
I don't think so . If TAR now film in Russia ,then next it will go to Asia countries.

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« Reply #14 on: June 06, 2010, 02:50:38 PM »
This hasn't have to do with the current filming,  but I wanted to point out that Episode 12: All-Stars, when the teams were flying from China to Guam, Phil mistakenly said that Guam is an island in the South Pacific.  That is incorrect here! Guam is in the North Pacific, too north to be in the South Pacific.  I just wanted to point that out.

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« Reply #15 on: June 06, 2010, 03:09:07 PM »
This hasn't have to do with the current filming,  but I wanted to point out that Episode 12: All-Stars, when the teams were flying from China to Guam, Phil mistakenly said that Guam is an island in the South Pacific.  That is incorrect here! Guam is in the North Pacific, too north to be in the South Pacific.  I just wanted to point that out.

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I was just re-watching that episode a few weeks ago and I heard Phil say that and was amazed at such a glaring mistake.  Good catch, mjriches2005.

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« Reply #16 on: June 06, 2010, 05:18:38 PM »
This hasn't have to do with the current filming,  but I wanted to point out that Episode 12: All-Stars, when the teams were flying from China to Guam, Phil mistakenly said that Guam is an island in the South Pacific.  That is incorrect here! Guam is in the North Pacific, too north to be in the South Pacific.  I just wanted to point that out.

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I was just re-watching that episode a few weeks ago and I heard Phil say that and was amazed at such a glaring mistake.  Good catch, mjriches2005.

Also another thing I noticed, during Episode 2: Season 1, when teams left Zambia to get back to South Africa to fly to Paris they are driving to Johannesburg.  I have the 1st season on DVD and it doesn't show them flying between Zambia back to South Africa, was it cut or did they drive back to Johannesburg by driving through Zimbabwe or Botswana?  :ot:
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« Reply #17 on: June 06, 2010, 05:20:52 PM »
Not sure if they flew or drove the whole way, but the Detour was filmed in Botswana, I believe.

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« Reply #18 on: June 14, 2010, 09:12:28 AM »
who are the final 4 teams?  :duno:

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« Reply #19 on: June 14, 2010, 04:19:54 PM »
who are the final 4 teams?  :duno:

Read the live sightings/contestants thread.


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« Reply #20 on: September 11, 2010, 08:40:26 AM »
I agree. But that was my opinion, anyone noe where to acess Amazing Race 6 and Amazing Race 8 Forums?
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Wikipedia offers a lot of information on the past TARS as well...  ;)

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« Reply #21 on: September 11, 2010, 09:54:58 AM »
There are a ton of TAR topics in the RFF Archives. Start here: http://forum.realityfanforum.com/index.php/board,43.0.html   :tup:
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« Reply #22 on: September 13, 2010, 08:05:25 PM »
is final in los angles because a guy on nother website they saw team in Santa Barbara, California.

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« Reply #23 on: September 13, 2010, 08:30:57 PM »
is final in los angles because a guy on nother website they saw team in Santa Barbara, California.

That sighting was on July 23, well after our guys were home.

My guess is they saw this:

http://www.areteadventures.com/u-amazingrace.shtml
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« Reply #24 on: September 26, 2010, 02:14:40 PM »
is 12 leg or 11