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Amazing Race Canada hits 5 locations in South Okanagan
JOE FRIES | Posted 3 hours ago
Five locations across the South Okanagan were visited earlier this week by cast and crew during filming of The Amazing Race Canada, the Herald has learned.
Sources confirmed the show stopped at the
Summerland Waterfront Resort,
D’Angelo Estate Winery in
Naramata,
Covert Farms near
Oliver, the
Osoyoos Desert Model Railroad and the nearby
Nk’Mip Desert Cultural Centre.
The CTV program, now in its third season, sends two-person teams on a race around the country – and sometimes beyond – during which they complete a series of tasks. The last team to complete the tasks in each episode is usually eliminated, and the final duo standing at the end of the season is declared the winner.
Last season’s champions walked away with $250,000 cash, two Chevrolet pickup trucks, gasoline for life from Petro Canada, and a year’s worth of free travel on Air Canada.
During the show’s stop in this region, one of the tasks is believed to have involved wakeboarding on Okanagan Lake near the Summerland Waterfront Resort.
Dave Gottwald said it appeared the cast was filming B-roll when he caught a glimpse of the action on Sunday morning.
“It was kind of interesting, because besides the actual competition that they do, I think they do editing shots for dramatic purposes, so what I saw them doing I don’t think was for the actual completion,” he said.
“They had the competitor holding a GoPro (camera) on a selfie stick and they were doing a lot of runs with that to get some footage,” said Gottwald, who created a stir after using his Valley Wide Exterior Enterprises account on Twitter to post a photo of the Amazing Race flag hanging from the Summerland hotel.
Upwards of 20 people from Naramata and 50 in total from the Okanagan were taken on as crew during the race’s visit here, according to Kurt Joudrey, who said he was hired by the show’s producers to look after transportation.
“They loved the crew here. I got a lot of compliments on the pairings of the drivers. All the executives I spoke with were just thrilled,” said Joudrey, who was reluctant to divulge more details due to a confidentiality agreement he was required to sign to work on the show.
Revealing locations or results of the competition “would obviously detract from the suspense of the show,” he explained.
Joudrey, who has experience in the film industry, allowed though that the race’s location managers “were quite pleased with everything we sorted out for them here.”
The new season of The Amazing Race Canada premieres July 8.
CTV spokesman Jim Quan said he was unable to confirm the show did indeed visit the South Okanagan and therefore couldn’t comment on when the episode that was shot here will air.
Kelowna was featured in the first episode of the first season of the show, hosted by former Olympian Jon Montgomery, in 2013."
