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Re: Some interesting (and some not so interesting) facts and records!
« Reply #900 on: August 05, 2017, 04:54:54 AM »
Randomly looking through results of different Seasons, and I think TAR Asia 5 is the only Season where none of the Final 3 won more than 1 Leg.  :o
It occured because the Yield and U-turn in penultive leg, if Leg 9 were designed normally, Yvonne & Chloe would be booted due to Chloe's injury leaving F3 with Parul & Maggie, Trez & Lou, Eric & Rona

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Re: Some interesting (and some not so interesting) facts and records!
« Reply #901 on: September 09, 2017, 04:44:29 AM »
Germany is the most-visited country that has never hosted a U-Turn, with 11 visits. South Korea and Malaysia are in second place with 8 visits.

Norway is the most-visited country with no Non-Elimination legs, with 6 visits (No-rest doesn't count)
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Re: Some interesting (and some not so interesting) facts and records!
« Reply #902 on: September 27, 2017, 06:46:49 AM »
So far, Express Passes have been used to skip:

*21 Detours (including 2 Detours after being U-Turned)
*17 Roadblocks
*9 Active Route Info Tasks
*1 Face Off
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Re: Some interesting (and some not so interesting) facts and records!
« Reply #903 on: September 27, 2017, 08:18:50 AM »
What about US seasons only?

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Re: Some interesting (and some not so interesting) facts and records!
« Reply #904 on: September 27, 2017, 09:24:53 AM »
Marionete: 10 Detours, 5 Roadblocks.


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Re: Some interesting (and some not so interesting) facts and records!
« Reply #905 on: September 27, 2017, 08:54:41 PM »
Marionete: 10 Detours, 5 Roadblocks.
Because US version has fewer performance ARI tasks than international counterparts, some ARI tasks can't be skipped by using EP such as collecting coins in TAR 23 leg 4

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Re: Some interesting (and some not so interesting) facts and records!
« Reply #906 on: September 27, 2017, 09:01:37 PM »
True. A lot more ARI's that are actually full-blown tasks.

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Re: Some interesting (and some not so interesting) facts and records!
« Reply #907 on: October 02, 2017, 07:48:21 AM »
Here's a chronological list of new countries that were visited by the race, as determined by their airdates.

-United States of America
-South Africa
-Zambia
-France
-Tunisia
-Italy
-India
-Thailand
-People's Republic of China
-Brazil
-Namibia
-Hong Kong (China)
-Australia
-New Zealand
-Mexico
-England (United Kingdom)
-Scotland (United Kingdom)
-Potugal
-Spain
-Morocco
-Germany
-Austria
-Switzerland
-Malaysia
-Singapore
-Vietnam
-Netherlands
-South Korea
-Uruguay
-Argentina
-Russia
-Egypt
-Kenya
-Tanzania
-United Arab Emirates
-Philippines
-Canada
-Iceland
-Norway
-Sweden
-Senegal
-Hungary
-Ethiopia
-Sri Lanka
-Peru
-Chile
-Botswana
-Turkey
-Jamaica
-Puerto Rico (United States)
-Panama
-Costa Rica
-Greece
-Oman
-Japan
-Mongolia
-Kuwait
-Mauritius
-Madagascar
-Finland
-Ukraine
-Indonesia
-Ecuador
-Mozambique
-Poland
-Macau (China)
-Guam (United States)
-Ireland
-Burkina Faso
-Lithuania
-Croatia
-Republic of China
-Czech Republic
-Bolivia
-Cambodia
-Kazakhstan
-Israel
-Romania
-Colombia
-Dominican Republic
-Estonia
-Seychelles
-Ghana
-Bangladesh
-Guatemala
-Venezuela
-Liechtenstein
-Palestine
-Malawi
-Denmark
-Belgium
-Bosnia and Herzegovina
-Paraguay
-Azerbaijan
-Cuba
-French Polynesia (France)
-Northern Ireland (United Kingdom)
-Curaçao (Netherlands)
-Wales (United Kingdom)
-United States Virgin Islands (United States)
-Malta
-Monaco
-Laos
-Zimbabwe
-Georgia
-Armenia
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Re: Some interesting (and some not so interesting) facts and records!
« Reply #908 on: October 09, 2017, 12:29:30 PM »
seasons with 3 F/F teams in top 5
Canada 4, Asia 2 & 5, Israel 3
48 consecutive legs in US version without F/F teams win, It would be 55 if F4 finale twist wasn't introduced in TAR 25

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Re: Some interesting (and some not so interesting) facts and records!
« Reply #909 on: October 09, 2017, 12:33:44 PM »
seasons with 3 F/F teams in top 5
Canada 4, Asia 2 & 5, Israel 3
48 consecutive legs in US version without F/F teams win, It would be 55 if F4 finale twist wasn't introduced in TAR 25

Asia 5 was great for the female teams. Only one guy in the top 4.


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Re: Some interesting (and some not so interesting) facts and records!
« Reply #910 on: October 21, 2017, 09:44:05 PM »
seasons with 3 F/F teams in top 5
Canada 4, Asia 2 & 5, Israel 3
48 consecutive legs in US version without F/F teams win, It would be 55 if F4 finale twist wasn't introduced in TAR 25

Asia 5 was great for the female teams. Only one guy in the top 4.
TAR Asia and TAR Israel usually have strong female teams, they usually cast more F/F teams than M/M teams, both versions are produced by ActiveTV (except TAR Asia 5)

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Re: Some interesting (and some not so interesting) facts and records!
« Reply #911 on: October 22, 2017, 01:57:06 AM »
Agreed TAR Asia & TAR Israel have casted stronger F/F teams, whether it be Beauty Queens, Mother & Daughter, Friends both aged 45, Sisters, Cousins they nailed it.

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Re: Some interesting (and some not so interesting) facts and records!
« Reply #912 on: October 22, 2017, 09:03:46 PM »
Except premiere and finale, Israeli legs' structure were far longer and more tasks than other versions, thus the losers of face off task(s) have a chance to catch up other teams, even strong team like Bar & Inna and Alan & Oren already lost a the face-off

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Re: Some interesting (and some not so interesting) facts and records!
« Reply #913 on: October 22, 2017, 09:10:29 PM »
Yeah, Israel has ridiculously long legs. Hence most episodes being split into 3 parts over the course of the week.

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Re: Some interesting (and some not so interesting) facts and records!
« Reply #914 on: October 25, 2017, 07:09:59 PM »
In all of the HD seasons only 10 states have been seen.

(California, New York, Virginia, Georgia, Texas, Nevada, Florida, Illinois, Alaska & Hawaii.

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Re: Some interesting (and some not so interesting) facts and records!
« Reply #915 on: November 03, 2017, 05:17:12 AM »
TAR Israel 5 only has 5 detours but all of them were covered by Most vote U-turn, and this season also has 5 Face-Off and the final losing team were totally different
Amit & Raz was the best father/son winner ever, they completed far more tasks than Tim & Tim and Dave & Connor, except prelims and finale, each legs in Israel contains about 10 and more tasks!

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Re: Some interesting (and some not so interesting) facts and records!
« Reply #916 on: December 17, 2017, 07:08:38 PM »
The Amazing Race's history of Skydiving:

TAR3 Leg 1 - Theotihuacan, Mexico - Detour
TAR4 Leg 13 - Cairns, Australia - Detour
TAR5 Leg 8 - Margham, United Arab Emirates - Detour
TAR6 Leg 12 - Honolulu, United States - Roadblock
TAR9 Leg 9 - Batchelor, Australia - Roadblock
TAR10 Leg 12 - Carpiquet, France - Roadblock
TAR20 Leg 1 - Cafayate, Argentina - Roadblock
TAR22 Leg 1 - Bora Bora, French Polynesia - Roadblock
TAR29 Leg 5 - Geiranger, Norway - Fast Forward
TARAu1 Leg 5 - Melkbosstrand, South Africa - Roadblock
TARF Leg 1 - Margham, United Arab Emirates - Roadblock
TARC2 Leg 1 - Victoria, Canada - Roadblock
TARN1 Leg 9 - Lilydale, Australia - Roadblock
TARU Leg 8 - Melkbosstrand, South Africa - Roadblock
TARCh1 Leg 5 - Margham, United Arab Emirates - Roadblock
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Re: Some interesting (and some not so interesting) facts and records!
« Reply #917 on: December 18, 2017, 06:13:19 PM »
The Amazing Race's history of Skydiving:

TAR3 Leg 1 - Theotihuacan, Mexico - Detour
TAR4 Leg 13 - Cairns, Australia - Detour
TAR5 Leg 8 - Margham, United Arab Emirates - Detour
TAR6 Leg 12 - Honolulu, United States - Roadblock
TAR9 Leg 9 - Batchelor, Australia - Roadblock
TAR10 Leg 12 - Carpiquet, France - Roadblock
TAR20 Leg 1 - Cafayate, Argentina - Roadblock
TAR22 Leg 1 - Bora Bora, French Polynesia - Roadblock
TAR29 Leg 5 - Geiranger, Norway - Fast Forward
TARAu1 Leg 5 - Melkbosstrand, South Africa - Roadblock
TARF Leg 1 - Margham, United Arab Emirates - Roadblock
TARC2 Leg 1 - Victoria, Canada - Roadblock
TARN1 Leg 9 - Lilydale, Australia - Roadblock
TARU Leg 8 - Melkbosstrand, South Africa - Roadblock
TARCh1 Leg 5 - Margham, United Arab Emirates - Roadblock

TAR24 Leg 12 - Las Vegas Motor Speedway - Roadblock

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Re: Some interesting (and some not so interesting) facts and records!
« Reply #918 on: December 18, 2017, 06:57:29 PM »
Damn that's a lot! I would've said that we've had around 5 of them.

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Re: Some interesting (and some not so interesting) facts and records!
« Reply #919 on: January 05, 2018, 07:44:51 PM »
There were only 2 F/F teams ever to win the 1st Leg of the Race. The 1st one was Debbie & Bianca from S.7 then 23 seasons later, S.30's Kristi & Jen becomes the second one.


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Re: Some interesting (and some not so interesting) facts and records!
« Reply #920 on: January 09, 2018, 08:50:22 AM »
Is there an 'NBA spelling curse'? :cmaslol
TAR15, TAR30

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Re: Some interesting (and some not so interesting) facts and records!
« Reply #921 on: January 11, 2018, 04:16:20 AM »
Very skewed in casts for season with NBA or NFL teams
S15 FT & BE 4 M/M, 1 F/F
S23 Chester & Ephraim 5 M/M, 2 F/F
S30 Cedric & Shawn 5 M/M, 3 F/F
We have 3 consecutive season with F/F teams booted in leg 2, after ten consecutive season (S18 => S27) without them

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Re: Some interesting (and some not so interesting) facts and records!
« Reply #922 on: January 14, 2018, 02:16:58 PM »
Do Margie & Luke have some kind of record for most legs raced in China? :lol:

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« Reply #923 on: January 14, 2018, 02:32:53 PM »
Do Margie & Luke have some kind of record for most legs raced in China? :lol:

I remember a tweet Luke made during Season 24 about how when they opened their clue and saw another leg in China, his first thought was along those lines :P

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Re: Some interesting (and some not so interesting) facts and records!
« Reply #924 on: January 14, 2018, 03:34:59 PM »
Jet & Cord went to China just as many times.
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