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Re: Some interesting (and some not so interesting) facts and records!
« Reply #750 on: September 11, 2016, 08:54:51 AM »
Also, there hasn't been very many female couples cast overall, but Steph & Kristen are the first in a final 3
I think you are right. not sure though

Nope. Vanessa & Celina were the first ones in season 1, followed by Natalie & Meaghan in season 2.
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Re: Some interesting (and some not so interesting) facts and records!
« Reply #751 on: September 11, 2016, 09:40:15 AM »
What about how many parents/children, grandparents and grandparents/grandkids have been on TAR?

Parent-child teams, too many to name.

Grandparent-grandchild teams:
TAR12: Nicholas & Donald
TAR16: Jody & Shannon


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Re: Some interesting (and some not so interesting) facts and records!
« Reply #752 on: September 14, 2016, 11:09:33 AM »
With an average of 2.00, Steph & Kristen are the new leader of all-female winners, the previous being Ukraine's Valeria & Bohdana at 2.08 (thanks to daveyjoes for pointing this out :) )

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Re: Some interesting (and some not so interesting) facts and records!
« Reply #753 on: September 14, 2016, 03:22:50 PM »
With an average of 2.00, Steph & Kristen are the new leader of all-female winners, the previous being Ukraine's Valeria & Bohdana at 2.08 (thanks to daveyjoes for pointing this out :) )

Natalie & Meaghan have 1.83
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Re: Some interesting (and some not so interesting) facts and records!
« Reply #754 on: September 14, 2016, 10:09:34 PM »
With an average of 2.00, Steph & Kristen are the new leader of all-female winners, the previous being Ukraine's Valeria & Bohdana at 2.08 (thanks to daveyjoes for pointing this out :) )

Natalie & Meaghan have 1.83

With an average of 2.00, Steph & Kristen are the new leader of all-female winners


Missed a word there :)


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Re: Some interesting (and some not so interesting) facts and records!
« Reply #755 on: September 14, 2016, 10:37:38 PM »
Ohhhhh yes I did.
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Re: Some interesting (and some not so interesting) facts and records!
« Reply #756 on: September 18, 2016, 04:14:28 PM »
here's an interesting fact. The first LGBT couple to win TARUS won it in the 4th season. The first LGBT couple to win TARCAN won it in the 4th season.

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Re: Some interesting (and some not so interesting) facts and records!
« Reply #757 on: September 18, 2016, 06:35:44 PM »
here's an interesting fact. The first LGBT couple to win TARUS won it in the 4th season. The first LGBT couple to win TARCAN won it in the 4th season.

Wow, what a match!
Reichen and Chip won Season 4! (gay males)
Steph and Kristen won TARC Season 4 (lesbian females)

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Re: Some interesting (and some not so interesting) facts and records!
« Reply #758 on: September 18, 2016, 09:39:22 PM »
here's an interesting fact. The first LGBT couple to win TARUS won it in the 4th season. The first LGBT couple to win TARCAN won it in the 4th season.

Wow, what a match!
Reichen and Chip won Season 4! (gay males)
Steph and Kristen won TARC Season 4 (lesbian females)

Also, they were each the first team with a romantic relationship to win their version of the race

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Re: Some interesting (and some not so interesting) facts and records!
« Reply #759 on: September 24, 2016, 11:02:46 AM »
here's an interesting fact. The first LGBT couple to win TARUS won it in the 4th season. The first LGBT couple to win TARCAN won it in the 4th season.

Wow, what a match!
Reichen and Chip won Season 4! (gay males)
Steph and Kristen won TARC Season 4 (lesbian females)

Also, they were each the first team with a romantic relationship to win their version of the race

Nice coincidence! :o
Probably if other franchises make it past Season 3, they could achieve the same.


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Re: Some interesting (and some not so interesting) facts and records!
« Reply #760 on: December 15, 2016, 08:19:11 PM »
4 F/F teams joined "teams who never check in last in pitstop or finish line" in 2016
Maggie & Parul, Yvonne & Chloe, Lee & Tal and Steph & Kristen
Song Ngư & Truc Như became the first F/F team ever who heard statement "you're the last team to arrive" 4 times
No M/F teams ever win any season in English speaking TAR franchise outside USA

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Re: Some interesting (and some not so interesting) facts and records!
« Reply #761 on: December 15, 2016, 11:02:01 PM »
Nvm
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Re: Some interesting (and some not so interesting) facts and records!
« Reply #762 on: December 16, 2016, 03:18:45 AM »
DAMN POST REMOVED

<Sigh>

Couldn't you have waited a few days with the TARA 5 info?  Some of us outside of Asia don't get to see the episodes until a few days have passed.

I'd been avoiding the TAR Asia board, but I thought this was safe. I should have known better.
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Re: Some interesting (and some not so interesting) facts and records!
« Reply #763 on: December 16, 2016, 09:29:08 PM »
Also, all top three teams of TAR Asia 5 only won one leg.
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Re: Some interesting (and some not so interesting) facts and records!
« Reply #764 on: December 16, 2016, 11:45:42 PM »
Just to be VERY CLEAR.

The rule on NOT posting TARA5 spoilers outside the LIVE thread has been up for weeks.

I REPOSTED that info in a thread you were reading.

In the future, posting spoilers outside the posted boundaries may result in a banning.. SO PAY ATTENTION!

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Re: Some interesting (and some not so interesting) facts and records!
« Reply #765 on: December 17, 2016, 12:08:55 AM »
It's not a big deal. When I woke up this morning, all I remembered was which team finished 3rd. I quit reading fast enough that the rest didn't sink in. I can live with that.

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Re: Some interesting (and some not so interesting) facts and records!
« Reply #766 on: December 17, 2016, 12:18:16 AM »
In the well-known start-line eliminations, 2 out of the 4 contestants were named Lisa!

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Re: Some interesting (and some not so interesting) facts and records!
« Reply #767 on: December 17, 2016, 04:05:16 AM »
TARA has FF teams trough to final 3 in 5 consecutive seasons... When TAR US can't be

It is the sign that FF casts are stronger than in US?
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Re: Some interesting (and some not so interesting) facts and records!
« Reply #768 on: December 17, 2016, 01:33:43 PM »
In the well-known start-line eliminations, 2 out of the 4 contestants were named Lisa!

Tar CR 3...

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Re: Some interesting (and some not so interesting) facts and records!
« Reply #769 on: December 27, 2016, 07:39:18 PM »
I've made a list of the order cities are visited on the Usa Edition of Tar. It's actually quite interesting how it's played out. The four most visited cities with four visits each are Tokyo, Bangkok, Amsterdam & Hong Kong.

Note that a visit means a rough leg. Bangkok has been visited 6 times yet S19 and S9 weren't legs that properly involved the cities. Santiago is only twice as all 3 visits are half visits; the visit in S11 was a mere stop at a building before flying to Calama. This also doesn't take into account the amount of legs. Guangzhou and Mumbai both have had 2 legs yet Guangzhou in just 1 season so it's counted as 1 visit.

2 Visits : Bangkok, Beijing, Paris, Hong Kong, Amsterdam, Mumbai, Auckland, Delhi, Moscow, Jaipur, Tokyo, Ho Chi Minh City, Dubai, Stockholm, Los Lagos, Bariloche, Singapore, Shanghai, Saint Petersburg, Muscat, Seoul, Sydney, Kolkata, Vienna, Rio de Janeiro, Taipei, Phuket, Panama City, Buenos Aires, Bavaria, Arusha, Kochi, Osaka, Dhaka, Istanbul, Hanoi, Maun, Jungfrau Region, Berlin, Santiago, Lisbon, Kuala Lumpur, Kota Kinabalu, Colombo, Rome, London, Copenhagen, Marrakesh, Palermo, Manila, Swakopmund, San Antonio de Areco, Livingstone, Kraków, Agra, Macau, Mexico City & Bali.

3 Visits : Bangkok, Beijing, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Moscow, Amsterdam, Vienna, Tokyo, Singapore, Phuket, Bavaria, Rio de Janeiro, Buenos Aires, Paris & Dubai.

4 Visits : Tokyo, Bangkok, Amsterdam & Hong Kong

I find it interesting that the first 3 cities to be visited by Tar in Europe are Moscow, Amsterdam & Vienna. Not cities like Paris, London or Rome. The 2 latter of which have only had 2 visits. (3 if you count Tar 9 for Rome). I also find it weird that San Antonio de Areco has had a second visit before places like Krakow, Mexico City & Bali.

Amazing Race routes are great; yet they do turn out quite strange.


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Re: Some interesting (and some not so interesting) facts and records!
« Reply #770 on: January 01, 2017, 04:51:42 AM »
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.
TAR Phillipines 1 also had 5 F/F, and LJ & CJ win
TAR Israel 5 had 5 M/M teams, 6 M/F and 3 F/F but no M/F in final 4!

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Re: Some interesting (and some not so interesting) facts and records!
« Reply #771 on: January 15, 2017, 02:37:59 AM »
Only three seasons of The Amazing Race have had 3 legs in Africa. Those being Seasons 1,5,7 and 10 with Seasons 1 and 5 visiting four different countries.
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Re: Some interesting (and some not so interesting) facts and records!
« Reply #772 on: January 15, 2017, 04:39:59 AM »
Only three seasons of The Amazing Race have had 3 legs in Africa. Those being Seasons 1,5,7 and 10 with Seasons 1 and 5 visiting four different countries.

Seasons 1 and 5 only visited 3 countries, in fact, I'd say 2 countries because I don't think South Africa & Kenya count.

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Re: Some interesting (and some not so interesting) facts and records!
« Reply #773 on: January 15, 2017, 02:17:37 PM »
Only three seasons of The Amazing Race have had 3 legs in Africa. Those being Seasons 1,5,7 and 10 with Seasons 1 and 5 visiting four different countries.

Seasons 1 and 5 only visited 3 countries, in fact, I'd say 2 countries because I don't think South Africa & Kenya count.

It was late at night so my math isn't the greatest at that time haha
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Re: Some interesting (and some not so interesting) facts and records!
« Reply #774 on: January 15, 2017, 05:19:34 PM »
Only three seasons of The Amazing Race have had 3 legs in Africa. Those being Seasons 1,5,7 and 10 with Seasons 1 and 5 visiting four different countries.

Seasons 1 and 5 only visited 3 countries, in fact, I'd say 2 countries because I don't think South Africa & Kenya count.

Haha it's calm.

It was late at night so my math isn't the greatest at that time haha