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Re: Some interesting (and some not so interesting) facts and records!
« Reply #375 on: November 02, 2014, 09:57:48 PM »
Final 3 all-female teams:
Lyn and Karlyn
Dustin and Kandace
Charla and Mirna
Jaime and Cara
Nat and Kat
Brooke and Claire
Kisha and Jen
Caroline and Jennifer

I think you forgot a certain TAR22 team  ;)

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Re: Some interesting (and some not so interesting) facts and records!
« Reply #376 on: November 03, 2014, 06:15:52 AM »
If your team places 7th overall, you have ZERO chance of being featured in a returning players season.

In other words... a 7th place team has never been featured in a returning players season.

Or 10th or 11th :P

Well yeah, I thought that was sorta a given :P

It's somewhere in this forum, and according to that post Steve & Linda (10th place in Season 14) were reportedly alternates for Unfinished Business.


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Re: Some interesting (and some not so interesting) facts and records!
« Reply #377 on: November 03, 2014, 07:58:34 AM »
I have no idea but 7th place teams have always been extremely unmemorable for me :(

Besides the all-female 7th placers and Gus and Hera, I find it really hard to remember what happened to the rest :/

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Re: Some interesting (and some not so interesting) facts and records!
« Reply #378 on: November 03, 2014, 08:25:49 AM »
I have no idea but 7th place teams have always been extremely unmemorable for me :(

Besides the all-female 7th placers and Gus and Hera, I find it really hard to remember what happened to the rest :/
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Re: Some interesting (and some not so interesting) facts and records!
« Reply #379 on: November 08, 2014, 10:13:46 AM »
3 of the first 5 speed bumps were in India.
TAR 12 was the only season with 2 U-Turns where neither was in Europe.
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Re: Some interesting (and some not so interesting) facts and records!
« Reply #380 on: November 08, 2014, 11:45:39 AM »
I have no idea but 7th place teams have always been extremely unmemorable for me :(

Besides the all-female 7th placers and Gus and Hera, I find it really hard to remember what happened to the rest :/

Justin & Jennifer , Mika & Canaan and Jumba are memorable to me
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Re: Some interesting (and some not so interesting) facts and records!
« Reply #381 on: November 08, 2014, 11:57:53 AM »
I have no idea but 7th place teams have always been extremely unmemorable for me :(

Besides the all-female 7th placers and Gus and Hera, I find it really hard to remember what happened to the rest :/

Justin & Jennifer , Mika & Canaan and Jumba are memorable to me
Add Ron & Christina (their UB version) to that list, please.

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Re: Some interesting (and some not so interesting) facts and records!
« Reply #382 on: November 08, 2014, 01:16:23 PM »
But if you can only name like 3 out of 25 seasons... It's still a bad position to be eliminated in with little screen time mostly.

Anyway, the last 5 teams to check in on Leg 1 of TAR 25 have all been eliminated and are also the first five teams eliminated.

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Re: Some interesting (and some not so interesting) facts and records!
« Reply #383 on: November 08, 2014, 07:53:57 PM »
Whenever there were 2 consecutive legs in Australia, Russia, the Czech Republic, Egypt, Ghana, Malawi, or the Philippines, one was a NEL.
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Re: Some interesting (and some not so interesting) facts and records!
« Reply #384 on: November 08, 2014, 09:18:55 PM »
Italy is the first country in Europe to have 10 pit-stops in the US version and is the first non-asian or north american country to do so. While Morocco is the first African country to host 5 pit-stops in the US version
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Re: Some interesting (and some not so interesting) facts and records!
« Reply #385 on: November 09, 2014, 05:06:47 AM »
Not sure if anyone has mentioned this, but something I was just thinking about the other day while re-watching TAR6:

A total of THREE different seasons have had a Final Three consisting of the team who is shown first in the intro credits AND the team who is shown eleventh in the intro credits.

Those seasons are TAR6, TAR15 and TAR20 (bearing in mind that TAR15 actually had 12 teams and so the eleventh team that was shown was not the last one in the intros, unlike TAR6 and TAR20). On TAR6, Kris & Jon were first in the credits and Adam & Rebecca were last. On TAR15, Brian & Ericka were first in the credits and Meghan & Cheyne were eleventh. On TAR20, Rachel & Dave were first in the credits and Art & JJ were last.

When such a phenomenon occurs, on one occasion the team shown first has won (Rachel & Dave on TAR20), on one occasion the team shown eleventh has won (Meghan & Cheyne on TAR15) and on one occasion the team not shown either first or eleventh has won (Freddy & Kendra on TAR6)



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In Tar 25 Adam and Bethany were first and Misti and Jim were last  :oh

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Re: Some interesting (and some not so interesting) facts and records!
« Reply #386 on: November 09, 2014, 08:49:45 AM »
The lowest 18-49 rating for one episode ever is 1.0.

Does it count as a record?  :res:
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Re: Some interesting (and some not so interesting) facts and records!
« Reply #387 on: November 09, 2014, 05:25:17 PM »
Double Express Pass facts -- U.S. edition only
TAR 22
-Second Express Pass was given to another team on Leg 3
TAR 23
-Second Express Pass was given to another team on Leg 4
-only season where both uses of the Express Pass resulted in a 1st-place finish for the leg
-only season where the second Express Pass was used after the first one
TAR 24
-Second Express Pass was given to another team on Leg 2
-only season where both uses of the Express Pass did not result in a 1st-place finish

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Re: Some interesting (and some not so interesting) facts and records!
« Reply #388 on: November 10, 2014, 05:14:51 AM »
1

Nick & Starr
Rachel & Dave

2

Uchenna & Joyce
Linz Family
Nat & Kat
Bates & Anthony

3

Rob & Brennan
BJ & Tyler
Jason & Amy

4

Flo & Zach
Reichen & Chip
Chip & Kim
Tammy & Victor
Ernie & Cindy

6

Chris & Alex

7

Eric & Danielle
Dave & Connor

8

Dan & Jordan
Kisha & Jen
Josh & Brent

9

Freddy & Kendra

10

James & Tyler

11

TK & Rachel
Meghan & Cheyne

Another cool facts :

- If you are 1st you might win the race in a very dominant way.
- If you are 8th you win the race in a very shady way.
- All stars winners are normally the 7th team in the intro.
- If you are 2nd or 4th in the intro you have a bigger chance to win it.

- AND THE NEW CURSE : IF YOU ARE 5TH IN THE INTRO YOU WON'T WIN THE RACE!
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Re: Some interesting (and some not so interesting) facts and records!
« Reply #389 on: November 10, 2014, 03:11:43 PM »
I was just thinking and excluding Family Edition and Eric & Lisa every single team has been to a foreign country except for Lisa & Michelle from season 25 because the St. Thomas is part of the United States

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Re: Some interesting (and some not so interesting) facts and records!
« Reply #390 on: November 24, 2014, 06:21:16 PM »
There have been 80 NEL's through the past 26 seasons (this excludes all fake Pit Stops in which the "leg was not over;" however it does include the legs with no rest period beginning in TAR 18).

0 NEL's have occurred on a leg with 12 teams remaining.
3 NEL's have occurred on a leg with 11 teams remaining (15, 18, 19).
0 NEL's have occurred on a leg with 10 teams remaining.
4 NEL's have occurred on a leg with 9 teams remaining (17, 18, 22, 26).
7 NEL's have occurred on a leg with 8 teams remaining (6, 16, 19, 20, 23, 24, 25).
10 NEL's have occurred on a leg with 7 teams remaining (5, 7, 10, 11, 14, 17, 19, 21, 22, 24).
14 NEL's have occurred on a leg with 6 teams remaining (1, 2, 6, 8, 10, 11, 13, 16, 18, 20, 21, 23, 25, 26).
16 NEL's have occurred on a leg with 5 teams remaining (1, 2, 3[x2], 4, 5[x2], 8, 9, 12, 14, 15, 19, 20, 22, 24).
20 NEL's have occurred on a leg with 4 teams remaining (1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11[x2], 12, 13, 15, 16, 17, 21, 23, 25[x2]).
6 NEL's have occurred on a leg with 3 teams remaining (1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 9).

Digging deeper into the NEL's..

Out of the 3 NEL's that have occurred on a leg with 11 teams remaining, 3/3 were survived.
Out of the 4 NEL's that have occurred on a leg with 9 teams remaining, 3/4 were survived (17, 18, 22).
Out of the 7 NEL's that have occurred on a leg with 8 teams remaining, 5/7 were survived (16, 20, 23, 24).
Out of the 10 NEL's that have occurred on a leg with 7 teams remaining, 9/10 were survived (all except 14).
Out of the 14 NEL's that have occurred on a leg with 6 teams remaining, 6/14 were survived (2, 6, 8, 13, 16, 18).
Out of the 16 NEL's that have occurred on a leg with 5 teams remaining, 10/16 were survived (2, 3[x2], 4, 5[x2], 8, 9, 22, 24)
Out of the 20 NEL's that have occurred on a leg with 4 teams remaining, 13/20 were survived (1, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11[x1], 12, 13, 15, 25[x2]).
Out of the 6 NEL's that have occurred on a leg with 3 teams remaining, 3/6 have eventually won the Race. (2, 3, 7).

Seasons where all NEL's were survived: 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 13, 18, 22, 24
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Re: Some interesting (and some not so interesting) facts and records!
« Reply #391 on: November 28, 2014, 03:15:53 PM »
3 of the first 5 speed bumps were in India.
TAR 12 was the only season with 2 U-Turns where neither was in Europe. (Burkina Faso in Africa & India in Asia)

TAR25 will be the second season with 2 U-Turns where neither was in Europe. (Morocco in Africa & Singapore in Asia)  :funny:
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Re: Some interesting (and some not so interesting) facts and records!
« Reply #392 on: November 28, 2014, 04:15:34 PM »
25 Season of TAR has been developed and TAR always have Asian leg in every season. (except TAR8 which is only featured North America region) :lol3:


Breakdown of Asian leg based on subregion of Asia
West Asia (Middle East) - 9 season featured (5, 15, 23 in United Arab Emirates), (7, 21 in Turkey), (9, 17 in Oman), (10 in Kuwait), (20 in Azerbaijan)

Central Asia - 1 season featured (13 in Kazakhstan)

South Asia - 14 season featured (1, 4, 5, 7, 10, 12, 13, 14, 18, 20 in India), (6, 24 in Sri Lanka), (17, 21 in Bangladesh)

East Asia - 18 season featured :o (1, 2 [Hong Kong], 6, 10, 11 [Hong Kong & Macau], 14, 16, 17 [Hong Kong], 18, 21, 24 in China), (4, 17 in South Korea), (9, 12, 15, 18, 20, 23 in Japan), (10 in Mongolia), (12 and 19 in Taiwan)

South East Asia - 18 season featured :o (1, 2, 9, 14, 19 in Thailand), (3, 4, 11, 16, 24 in Malaysia), (3, 16, 25 in Singapore), (3, 10, 15, 22 in Vietnam), (5, 25 in Philippines), (13, 15 in Cambodia), (19, 21, 22, 23 in Indonesia)


East Asia and South East Asia are the Asian subregion with the most featured among all Asian leg in TAR.

On top of that, only TAR3, TAR5, TAR7, TAR13, TAR22, TAR25 did not feature East Asia leg.
For South East Asia, only TAR6, TAR7, TAR12, TAR17, TAR18, TAR20 skip the region.
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Re: Some interesting (and some not so interesting) facts and records!
« Reply #393 on: December 08, 2014, 10:02:56 PM »
TAR US

STATISTICS OF THE FIRST LEG

Average of teams that finished 1st on the 1st leg : 4,8
Average of teams that finished 2nd on the 1st leg : 4,5
Average of teams that finished 3rd on the 1st leg : 5,2
Average of teams that finished 4th on the 1st leg : 6,3
Average of teams that finished 5th on the 1st leg : 4,9
Average of teams that finished 6th on the 1st leg : 5,7
Average of teams that finished 7th on the 1st leg : 4,5
Average of teams that finished 8th on the 1st leg : 6,6
Average of teams that finished 9th on the 1st leg : 5,7
Average of teams that finished 10th on the 1st leg : 6,9
Average of teams that finished 11th on the 1st leg : 9,8

- Teams that finished the first leg in 7th and 2nd places have the best average.
- Even though NO team has ever placed 5th on the first leg and won the race , they have the best averages too.
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Re: Some interesting (and some not so interesting) facts and records!
« Reply #394 on: December 08, 2014, 10:11:01 PM »
U.S. Statistics

- Josh & Brent (TAR 21) were the first team since TK & Rachel (TAR 12) to come in last on a non-elimination leg and go on to win the Race.
- 7 winning teams have come in last on a non-elimination leg at some point.


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Re: Some interesting (and some not so interesting) facts and records!
« Reply #395 on: December 09, 2014, 01:32:36 PM »
- Even though NO team has ever placed 5th on the first leg and won the race , they have the best averages too.

Not only this, but as it was pointed out in another thread, no team to appear fifth in any intro, (US, Canadian, Australian, Asian Versions) have ever won the race.

Curse of the Number 5!  :lol:
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Re: Some interesting (and some not so interesting) facts and records!
« Reply #396 on: December 09, 2014, 02:13:57 PM »
- Even though NO team has ever placed 5th on the first leg and won the race , they have the best averages too.

Not only this, but as it was pointed out in another thread, no team to appear fifth in any intro, (US, Canadian, Australian, Asian Versions) have ever won the race.

Curse of the Number 5!  :lol:

Both of these aren't 100% sound. Talia & Koby and Daniel & Cesar placed 5th on the 1st leg and won, and then Diep Lam Anh & Thu Hien were 5th in their intro and won.
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Re: Some interesting (and some not so interesting) facts and records!
« Reply #397 on: December 09, 2014, 02:35:48 PM »
- Even though NO team has ever placed 5th on the first leg and won the race , they have the best averages too.

Not only this, but as it was pointed out in another thread, no team to appear fifth in any intro, (US, Canadian, Australian, Asian Versions) have ever won the race.

Curse of the Number 5!  :lol:

Both of these aren't 100% sound. Talia & Koby and Daniel & Cesar placed 5th on the 1st leg and won, and then Diep Lam Anh & Thu Hien were 5th in their intro and won.

I was the one to say those two things. And i let pretty clear that this only applies to the american version of TAR.  :ghug:
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Re: Some interesting (and some not so interesting) facts and records!
« Reply #398 on: December 09, 2014, 03:33:35 PM »
- Even though NO team has ever placed 5th on the first leg and won the race , they have the best averages too.

Not only this, but as it was pointed out in another thread, no team to appear fifth in any intro, (US, Canadian, Australian, Asian Versions) have ever won the race.

Curse of the Number 5!  :lol:

Both of these aren't 100% sound. Talia & Koby and Daniel & Cesar placed 5th on the 1st leg and won, and then Diep Lam Anh & Thu Hien were 5th in their intro and won.

I was the one to say those two things. And i let pretty clear that this only applies to the american version of TAR.  :ghug:

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Re: Some interesting (and some not so interesting) facts and records!
« Reply #399 on: December 12, 2014, 08:25:50 PM »
TAR 25 Legs 10 & 11: First time since TAR 11 where no team was eliminated for 2 legs in a row
Brooke & Robbie: First team since Jet & Cord (TAR 16) to start the leg in last, complete a Speed Bump, and come in 1st.