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Why the Amazing Race has lost its magic

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Caelestor:
One FF per leg as in earlier seasons. I didn't like how some teams managed to escape elimination without penalty, though. :groan: *cough Flo*

apskip:
Caelestor,

Which earlier season are you referring to? Certainly not Amazing Race 3, which had 6 FAST FORWARDs! Here are the number of FAST FORWARDs per season (source - "Circumnavigating the Globe", the new book on the Amazing Races after AR9):

1 - 5
2 - 6
3 - 6
4 - 7
5 - 2
6 - 2
7 - 2
8 - 1 (the earliest season you could be referring to)
9 - 2
10 - 3 (including unaired at Grand Baie, Mauritius)
11 - 2
12 - 1
13 - 2
14 - 1 (unaired at Phuket Zoo)
15 - 1

The trend is obvious after Amazing Race 4, but there was only one Fast Forward for AR8 and for AR12 through 15.

Caelestor:
I meant in the earlier seasons, where in most of the legs (Except usually one of the middle legs and the later ones, of course), you could find an FF, aka S1-4. This provided an element of strategy: when to use the FF to avoid elimination.

Now with one FF per race, the FF is pretty much just a reward challenge. Whoever gets there first can win the prize for that leg.

Mister RC:
Apskip, there were 2 Fast Forwards in TAR13.  Those include the Sky Tower one that Ken/Tina won in Auckland, and then the Korduk-eating FF that Nick/Starr earned later on during the final run as part of them winning 6 out of the final 7 legs for the win.

Glamazon Racer:
A Fast Forward per leg would be awesome, but I think it would be too costly setting up all those extra challenges, and they are on a 'budget'... :cmas11

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