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TAR12 speculation on spoilers & teams etc ..
michael:
The tight black pants can also be Kynt and Vyxen --
I hope either Goths, or Rachel & TK win.
georgiapeach:
Bringing this over from Media:
From this article:
BVM Interview with RealityTVworld
RE: Route:
--- Quote ---Ireland is one of five new countries The Amazing Race 12 filmed in, along with Croatia, Lithuania and two African countries with names that van Munster said most people can't pronounce.
"It's very exciting to go to new locations because we have gone to places where people have never seen a television camera or have never seen television," he explained. "But these are the people we also have to work with. So from a producer's perspective, it's more than exciting."
--- End quote ---
okay...did someone think Burkina Faso was two countries or could this be legit? :rotf:
Re: Short course:
--- Quote ---The Amazing Race 12's course will span approximately 30,000 miles in 21 days, making it one of the shortest courses in the show's 12 seasons (The Amazing Race's Fall 2005 Family Edition, which included young children and their families as contestants, also spanned 30,000 miles).
"There was really no reason," explained van Munster about the competition's shorter-than-normal course. "It was just the way the logic was laid out to go from which country to which country. It just happened to be like this. It's a very short Race in the sense it's 21 days -- still 30,000 miles in 21 days, which is a lot of traveling. The heat is really on this."
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21 days--could Alaska be our Final City after all??!!
Apskip responded :
--- Quote from: apskip on November 01, 2007, 05:09:06 PM ---PEACH, van Munster has been known to make serious geographic mistakes. However, I think we have to take him at his word on 2 African countries. That knocks out Florence, but it makes a lot of sense. Why go to Africa for just 2 days and fly right back? I believe that flying back to Florence after Dubrovnik is just not going to happen in this super-fast face course.
The other equally important implication is that July 29 - July 8 = 21 days. Girdwood or Anchorage is the FINISH LINE. There will be no traditional finish in the lower 48. Some year they will do the same in Hawaii.
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and then I responded:
--- Quote from: georgiapeach on November 01, 2007, 05:37:29 PM ---I agree with everything you are saying about why it makes sense to stay in Africa, apskip....But I still am questioning whether or not this could be a reporting error?
--- Quote ---Ireland is one of five new countries The Amazing Race 12 filmed in, along with Croatia, Lithuania and two African countries with names that van Munster said most people can't pronounce.
--- End quote ---
If we have five new countries: and we already have Ireland, Croatia, Lithuania, Burkina Faso, and Taiwan---how does that leave room for another African country?
I am just concerned that this quote is NOT quoting BVM directly, and I think it could possibly reflect a reporters misinterpretation of what was heard. I would have been more comfortable if it had been a direct quote from BVM instead. Someone not famililar with Burkina Faso could have possibly misinterpreted that as two countries. Since we don't know for sure, I guess we'll have to continue speculating at this point, IMO.
And I think with the new 21 day info that Alaska COULD be the Finale City although I want to review my source info closely. The area the tasks took place in is remote and I am having trouble visualizing ALL the teams appearing there awaiting the final run to the Mat. Not to say that they couldn't go back to Girdwood or even Anchorage though on the same day. So this will all require another close look from us!
And while this started out as a Media topic, I may copy this over to Speculation as well for further discussion of all the possibilities.
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and puddin wondered:
--- Quote from: puddin on November 01, 2007, 05:37:46 PM ---
So if Florence doesn't fit into your schedule/timeline it is knocked out? Also why count July 8th as a day? Why can't they be back in the states on July 30th?
--- End quote ---
So --this is all pretty important!
What do the rest of you think??
apskip:
I think the only truly difficult-to-pronounce names of African countries besides Burkina Faso are Djibouti and Guinea-Bassau. However, van Munster's 65% rule would eliminate both of them even though it appears he has waffled on the 5 or maybe 6 new countries since Taiwan is a lock with Croatia, Lithuania and Ireland.
It is imposible to resolve when the data in conflicting.
georgiapeach:
I don't trust BVM's math at all-- 65% or not --remember his mileage to Antarctica?? :lol3:
apskip:
Yes I do. That was the subject of one of the several letters I have sent to BVM whenever he makes a ludicrous geographic mistake in public. He has obviously made another mistake of some sort here, but which is the wrong information? Is it 65%? Is it 21 days? Is it 2 NEW African countries? Is it 5 new countries when apparently it should be 6? Who knows? I wish we had a way of obtaining a reconciliation quickly, but I don't know how to do so. Also, you won't be surprised to hear that I never received any response to any of my BVM letters.
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