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Why the Amazing Race has lost its magic

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Coutzy:

--- Quote from: georgiapeach on April 14, 2009, 04:22:58 PM ---I find it particularly interesting that he holds up Survivorman as the shining example of a real show. . Wasn't that the show that had a recent expose showing that the main guy was receiving quite a bit of production help along the way? Or do I have that comfused with another man against the bears show? :lol:

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On the note of help from production: Did anybody notice how much make up the girls (especially Parvati) seemed to be wearing on Fans vs Faves?

TexasLady:
I haven't commented because I'm so new to TAR but from my family's perspective, we love TAR. Nothing else compares to it. It's people doing things that most viewers will never do in places they will never visit.

My hubby and I started watching during the last All-Star version and been hooked since. I'm sure if I had watched since the beginning I'd have suggestions or dislikes but to keep a show on the air, it has to attract viewers especially new viewers. In our home, it's a must watch show. (Not to mention how I am in total AWE of the super detective abilities of everyone here on this forum!)  :tup:

BTW, I hate that survivor man show. I always think he's going to die any minute from dehydration, some super poisonous snake bite or a horrible foot fungus.  :lol:

Jobby:
I was flipping through wikipedia looking at the statistics of the past seasons of The Amazing Race and realized how much TAR love TAR 14 has brought back for me. In an interview, i remembered Phil saying that this season was special and could be compared to that of Season 1,3,5 and 7.. which i completely agree now that the race is coming to an end. There were really memorable teams this season such as Margie and Luke and Tammy and Victor, just like in TAR 3 how people remembered Flo and Zach, TAR 5 for Colin and Christie and Charla and Mirna, TAR 7 for Meredith and Gretchen and Rob and Amber.

Compared to milder seasons like TAR 4, TAR 9 and TAR 13 (mostly in recent seasons), i believe that TAR 14 has indeed helped TAR make a comeback and place it as among one of those top reality shows of all time (it already is, just that more people like it better now!)

Alot of times, it really depends on luck that a season will come off as interesting and exciting to the viewers. For example, TAR 13 was ruined by Nick and Starr's constant first place, TAR 12 was ruined by a pair of boring winners (definitely not TK and Rachel's fault, but i believe Ron and Chris and Kynt and Vyxsin had wayyyy more supporters.. but TAR 12 was a good season overall), TAR Allstars was ruined by Eric and Danielle winning against SUPER popular teams from Dustin and Kandice, Charla and Mirna, Oswald and Danny and Uchenna and Joyce. TAR 10 was ruined by alpha males winning again and the two all-female teams who make it to the F4 not winning. TAR 9 was ruined by Eric and Jeremy and BJ and Tyler switching on and off for first place for the entire race and another alpha male winning while TAR 8 was ruined by the fact that it was raced in the USA. So if you're looking from my perspective, i actually believe that it is not wrong for me to say that from Season 8 to Season 13.. TAR was actually in a real mess because the expected happenings which majority wanted did not occur (such as more teams winning first and better winning teams).

Whereas for TAR 3, 5 and 7.. there was a magic to it like Phil had said because the race was more unpredictable. TAR 3 had Teri and Ian being the underdogs, Flo and Zach winning. TAR 5 had Chip and Kim, Charla and Mirna, Linda and Karen and Kami and Karli in the F6 while TAR 7 had Meredith and Gretchen in the F4 and Uchenna and Joyce winning against Rob and Amber. And the reason why i compare this season to the 3 i listed above, is because nobody expected Margie and Luke to make it to the F4.. and all-female teams like Kisha and Jen and Cara and Jaime making it to the F4. And we had what the producers always liked as well, drama between two teams which makes the race so much more interesting! Except with the fact that there are more double legs in a particular country, i actually thought that the tasks and locations chosen for TAR 14 has been of quality standard this season and they were actually memorable like other seasons task such as TAR 5 Caviar, meat carrying and Ostrich egg.. for example i really like the cheese rolling, cake throwing, running bare in the cold win in Siberia and a number of other memorable tasks this season that we haven't see but know it's going to come soon (Opera task and scorpion eating in China).

So the point i'm trying to make here is.. TAR lost it's magic for a period of time, but i believe TAR 14 brought the magic back and i hope this little spark and flame will continue to burn brighty and bring us a good season of TAR 15 and more seasons to come!

Dånooky:
I think TAR's magic relies mostly in how the casting process goes and not having teams that are clearly stronger than the rest, I think the cast director finally nailed it in this season making a memorable cast which was also funny, dramatic, and overall kept each other in check. I think TAR recovered its magic this season, because you can feel the competition between the teams.

apskip:
I agree with cdfe88 on this. Casting several teams all about equal in their performance potential is the key to the most successful amazing Races. In AR14, we have the final 4, but we also had Amanda and Kris and Brad and Victoria who bit the dust early but could have gone all the way.

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