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Re: Some interesting (and some not so interesting) facts and records!
« Reply #700 on: May 24, 2016, 06:54:21 PM »
Seasons 19-22 had a "Twins" team

Season 19: Liz & Marie
Season 20: Elliot & Andrew
Season 21: Natalie & Nadiya
Season 22: Idries & Jamil
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Re: Some interesting (and some not so interesting) facts and records!
« Reply #701 on: May 29, 2016, 08:56:47 PM »
TAR5 Leg 8: Pit Stop was Desert Oasis, Bedouin Camp
TAR28 Leg 8: Detour was Desert Oasis, Bedouin Camp

Both legs had the Bedouin Camp as the last place teams went to (TAR5) and the first place teams went to (TAR28) for the leg.


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Re: Some interesting (and some not so interesting) facts and records!
« Reply #702 on: June 02, 2016, 11:06:53 PM »
Lost on a mountainside in Europe? You'll probably win...

Reichen and Chip (TAR4)
Tammy and Victor (TAR14)

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Re: Some interesting (and some not so interesting) facts and records!
« Reply #703 on: June 05, 2016, 08:27:45 AM »
US States who have not yet contributed a contestant to the show:

Idaho
Maine
Nebraska
New Hampshire
New Mexico
North Dakota
Vermont
West Virginia
Wyoming

Season 26's Jeff (of Jeff & Lyda) was from Idaho, specifically McCall, Idaho.

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Re: Some interesting (and some not so interesting) facts and records!
« Reply #704 on: June 06, 2016, 09:22:25 PM »
Vanessa & Celina and Vanessa & Pamela
Both are sisters teams
Both are saved by To be continued legs
Both seasons when they raced had a final 3 consist of 2 M/M teams and a F/F team and the dominant teams not win (and the winning teams completed their final roadblock very quickly)
Both are arisen first in their seasons' intro
Both have a roadblock split as 6-6
Both come from capital city


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Re: Some interesting (and some not so interesting) facts and records!
« Reply #705 on: June 06, 2016, 10:37:24 PM »
Vanessa & Celina and Vanessa & Pamela
Both are sisters teams
Both are saved by To be continued legs
Both seasons when they raced had a final 3 consist of 2 M/M teams and a F/F team and the dominant teams not win (and the winning teams completed their final roadblock very quickly)
Both are arisen first in their seasons' intro
Both have a roadblock split as 6-6
Both come from capital city

And they have one Vanessa.
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Re: Some interesting (and some not so interesting) facts and records!
« Reply #706 on: June 13, 2016, 03:06:05 PM »
S27's leg 10 broke 3 U-Turn records!

1. First ever 3rd U-Turn in a race.

2. First ever U-Turn placed before a Detour.

3. First ever team to not be eliminated when being U-Turned by a singe U-Turn.

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Re: Some interesting (and some not so interesting) facts and records!
« Reply #707 on: June 13, 2016, 10:52:09 PM »
It took 10 seasons for an all-female team to make it to the Final 3 in the US edition.

Meanwhile, TAR Asia, TAR Australia, and TAR Canada has had one in every one of their respective seasons so far.
all-female teams also had one in every one of their respective seasons in TAR Norge, TAR Corrida Milionaria, TAR France and TAR Ukraine, No all-female team ever reached the F3 in China Rush and China
in Peking Express France, first all-female team reached F3 in season 2 and eventually win it

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Re: Some interesting (and some not so interesting) facts and records!
« Reply #708 on: June 14, 2016, 03:28:40 PM »
In six seasons, only one female has EVER won TAR Latin America.
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Re: Some interesting (and some not so interesting) facts and records!
« Reply #709 on: June 14, 2016, 04:09:25 PM »
In six seasons, only one female has EVER won TAR Latin America.

I misread it at first and didn't get the big deal  :funny:


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Re: Some interesting (and some not so interesting) facts and records!
« Reply #710 on: June 20, 2016, 11:02:29 AM »
Since Season 22 and maybe even before
Leg 5 always have 8 teams left

Leg 6 always have 7 teams left

Leg 8 always have 6 teams left

Leg 11 always have 4 teams left
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Re: Some interesting (and some not so interesting) facts and records!
« Reply #711 on: June 20, 2016, 04:58:18 PM »
Here are some facts about continents and countries for the U.S. version of The Amazing Race. Accounted for up to and including TAR 28, but no TAR 29 route spoilers please.

TAR 27-28 are the first back-to-back seasons with eastward routes since TAR 16-17.

There are four seasons whose continents visited have never been repeated in another season:
- TAR 2 is the only season to visit South America, Africa, Asia, Oceania, and North America.
- TAR 4 is the only season to visit Europe, Asia, Oceania, and North America.
- TAR 8 is the only season to visit North America.
- TAR 22 is the only season to visit Europe, Africa, Asia, Oceania, and North America.

TAR 23 is the newest season whose continents visited had never occurred in a previous season (South America, Europe, Asia, North America).

There are only two instances of back-to-back seasons whose continents visited were the same:
- TAR 14 and 15 both visited Europe, Asia, and North America.
- TAR 26 and 27 both visited South America, Europe, Africa, Asia, and North America.

TAR 1-3, TAR 5-7, TAR 10-12, and TAR 25-27 are the instances where Africa was visited for three seasons in a row.

TAR 4-5 is the only instance where Oceania was visited for two seasons in a row.

TAR 26-27 became the first instance where South America was visited for two seasons in a row, and TAR 26-28 became the first instance where South America was visited for three seasons in a row.

The longest Africa went without being visited was for three seasons (TAR 13 - 15), but given any five consecutive seasons, Africa has always been visited at least twice.

South America has never been skipped for more than two seasons in a row, but there was one instance of five consecutive seasons where South America was visited just once (TAR 21-25, with the visit in TAR 23).

Oceania has not been visited since TAR 22, making it six consecutive seasons without a visit.

A fun fact about countries, specifically African countries: Since and including TAR 12, no African nation has been visited in more than one season:
- Burkina Faso (TAR 12)
- Seychelles (TAR 16)
- Ghana (TAR 17)
- Malawi (TAR 19)
- Tanzania (TAR 20)
- Botswana (TAR 22)
- Morocco (TAR 25)
- Namibia (TAR 26)
- Zambia, Zimbabwe (TAR 27)

And TAR 27 is the first season to visit more than one African nation since TAR 11 (Mozambique, Tanzania).

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Re: Some interesting (and some not so interesting) facts and records!
« Reply #712 on: June 20, 2016, 05:08:17 PM »
Nice fact
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Re: Some interesting (and some not so interesting) facts and records!
« Reply #713 on: June 22, 2016, 05:10:45 PM »
Excluding Family Edition which didn't leave North America, Season 22 had the least amount of Asia legs in an American season, with only 2 (Indonesia and Vietnam)

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Re: Some interesting (and some not so interesting) facts and records!
« Reply #714 on: June 22, 2016, 11:14:32 PM »
Excluding Family Edition which didn't leave North America, Season 22 had the least amount of Asia legs in an American season, with only 2 (Indonesia and Vietnam)
Does season 7 count as a European or Asian visit with the Istanbul leg? Technical fact?
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Re: Some interesting (and some not so interesting) facts and records!
« Reply #715 on: June 23, 2016, 11:14:41 AM »
I'd say European, because Istanbul is certainly on the European side of Turkey.
And then this record belongs to season 7!

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Re: Some interesting (and some not so interesting) facts and records!
« Reply #716 on: June 23, 2016, 12:06:08 PM »
S28 leg 12 is the first time in U.S. Edition history where teams departing from a pit start doesn't happen. It's not even unaired teams are just transported from Shenzhen to Guangzhou and they fly to La.

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Re: Some interesting (and some not so interesting) facts and records!
« Reply #717 on: June 23, 2016, 12:23:51 PM »
This may be a record, not entirely sure. The newly revealed cast of TAR Canada 4 is predominantly women, only 7/20 are male (2 M/M, 3 M/F)

And a whopping 5 F/F teams, tied with Israel 4.

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Re: Some interesting (and some not so interesting) facts and records!
« Reply #718 on: June 23, 2016, 12:26:08 PM »
Each season of the amazing race canada (so far) has at least one parent-child team. :yess:
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Re: Some interesting (and some not so interesting) facts and records!
« Reply #719 on: June 23, 2016, 01:25:35 PM »
I'd say European, because Istanbul is certainly on the European side of Turkey.
And then this record belongs to season 7!

Istanbul is on both Europe and Asia. For example, in season 21, the detour, roadblock, and pit stop were in Asia


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Re: Some interesting (and some not so interesting) facts and records!
« Reply #720 on: June 29, 2016, 01:38:53 AM »
I'd say European, because Istanbul is certainly on the European side of Turkey.
And then this record belongs to season 7!

Istanbul is on both Europe and Asia. For example, in season 21, the detour, roadblock, and pit stop were in Asia

You're totally right. Istanbul's both visits in TAR 7 and 21 were mostly in Europe (Detour, Roadblock and Pit Stop).

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Re: Some interesting (and some not so interesting) facts and records!
« Reply #721 on: June 29, 2016, 02:33:48 AM »
I'd say European, because Istanbul is certainly on the European side of Turkey.
And then this record belongs to season 7!

Istanbul is on both Europe and Asia. For example, in season 21, the detour, roadblock, and pit stop were in Asia

You're totally right. Istanbul's both visits in TAR 7 and 21 were mostly in Europe (Detour, Roadblock and Pit Stop).

I believe Tar Australia 2 was mainly in Europe.

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Re: Some interesting (and some not so interesting) facts and records!
« Reply #722 on: July 28, 2016, 01:55:50 PM »
Every team on Team Asia that finished 1st on Leg 11 did not  win the race and placed 3rd. :funny:
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Re: Some interesting (and some not so interesting) facts and records!
« Reply #723 on: July 30, 2016, 08:13:20 PM »
Not bad :)

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Re: Some interesting (and some not so interesting) facts and records!
« Reply #724 on: July 31, 2016, 11:16:36 PM »
Every team to finish second to last on the first leg of TAR CANADA would finish last in leg 2