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TAR: Latin America (previous seasons)** includes spoilers**

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Neobie:
Wow that long paragraph of Spanish/English text was difficult to wade through! This piqued my interest:


--- Quote from: georgiapeach on June 03, 2009, 10:58:35 PM ---Una de ellas es una ciudad “cerca de la playa”, la otra es una ciudad muy sobrepoblada, y la tercera es la ciudad que se encuentra en esta foto: One is a city near the beach, the other is a very overcrowded, and the third is the town in this picture:
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"Cerca de la playa" sounds figurative to me. And what city is closer to the beach (at heart) than Rio de Janeiro? With Rio out of the way, "overcrowded" can only mean Sao Paulo, and the third we'll figure out soon enough. I mean we could find a helipad in Sao Paulo. How hard can finding a photo on Wikipedia be?

Do we have a link to the Cancun sightings? If we start on 27 May at the Brazillian border and go through three Brazillian cities, then hop over to the Western Caribbean, Cancun would be a probable next stop. But we need to make sure there's enough space in the timeline...

ETA: Got it! Belo Horizonte.

Neobie:
Tried my best to translate it, but I probably got a lot of the tenses and the expressions wrong! (I'm sure I did better than Google though.) Latinos welcome to help, especially with the [?]s! *collapses in exhaustion*


--- Quote ---A promise is a promise! Every week, along with delivering subtitled episodes of the first season, I'd like to keep you updated about anything related to The Amazing Race: Latin America.

There's no need for an extensive search to discover the incredible expectations generated among fans since the Latin American version of this famous reality show was announced. I have so much information to share! There are so many things about the race, and yes I'd really like to comment on those, but it's completely forbidden. Talking about these production secrets could endanger the job of a producer from Buenos Aires who told me everything.

But on the other hand, nothing is stopping me from telling you all the whistles and rumours that revolve around RGB Entertainment, the production company contracted by Discovery and Disney during the pre-production of The Amazing Race: Latin America.

Let's recap a little:

As you've heard, Discovery announced the launch [of the show] last year. This season is a collaboration between Discovery Channel and Disney. The casting concluded earlier this year and the promotion of this big project started with a poll on their website to determine which countries would host the race. The idea is that fans have the choice to vote, to decide which country out of the choices (Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Chile and Mexico) would host a leg of the race.

BEWARE! It's planned for the show to air in September 2009 and filming by Discovery Channel should start in late May - to be more exact, from Puerto Iguazu, in the province of Misiones, Argentina. Therefore...

Surfing the net I've talked to many brothers in Mexico and fans from Colombia, and there is a movement to win this vote, in considerably major websites from these countries. I'm a big fan of TAR and I find it wonderful [?] to see so many fans going all out, voting day after day online... Will it cause a lot of disappointment if I tell them that the countries have been already picked from the very start? It's not news that local producers are hired in advance in each country to coordinate the tasks, the passports and the paperwork - and that happens a year beforehand!

Sorry guys... As they say in Argentina, this vote is worthless. In the short-term, the main purpose seems to be the classic study of markets and the audience, and I must admit that it's a good idea! I voted for Argentina, f***! But nobody be disappointed, as this is the best news I can give them: they won! Yes, don't feel bad because you've already won beforehand! In each of these countries you have a great people and excellent tourist attractions, but in the end... it is a huge market that's impossible to reject [?]. That's great, isn't it?

I leave you a photo of one of the many "Route Information" clues that were left during production, and that I kept as a souvenir (together with the envelopes!): ...

Now, here's what you want to know: it's confirmed that The Amazing Race: Latin America will visit, among others, the countries of Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Chile, Peru and Venezuela... As I've said before, as far as I can see [?] the big countries are part of the show, but... what will happen to Mexico? We'll only find out the answer in late May or early June. Believe me, that's the truth! I still don't know, but you can be sure that as soon as any information comes up I'll publish it in my posts and you'll be the first to know.
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walkingpneumonia:

--- Quote from: Neobie on June 12, 2009, 02:57:22 AM ---Do we have a link to the Cancun sightings? If we start on 27 May at the Brazillian border and go through three Brazillian cities, then hop over to the Western Caribbean, Cancun would be a probable next stop. But we need to make sure there's enough space in the timeline...


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Don't forget about the Panama potential location - ( http://forum.realityfanforum.com/index.php/topic,18756.msg403686.html#msg403686 ).

They may go to Panama before Cancun.

Neobie:
Please note that Google fumbled the translation - the blog didn't say Western Caribbean, but Western Latin America. Also, he mentioned last-minute changes due to H1N1 (there you go, Peach!), so Mexico, and probably Chile, are out of the race. Cancun's probably a dud.


--- Quote ---Hi! So sorry for having made you wait, but that's for a very good reason (obviously). When I got this piece of news I literally jumped up from my computer and left everything else half-done. The teams are going to Brazil NOW [afternoon 30 May]! Yes, and I know who's the first to be eliminated too, ha!

In fact this bit didn't surprise me... only that nobody can predict what could happen on a reality show, right? So, not only can I confirm that the first destination of the race will be in Brazil, I've also been told on the phone that they are filming in three cities in Brazil through Monday [1 Jun] morning.

And which cities are they? There, you've put me in a spot. If some producer tells me, and I tell someone, and he tells others... and soon there will be a hundred people waiting at each task and at the Detour. In other words, it's too early to tell you what they are doing but perhaps I can tell you where they are right now. Let's see... in the words of Phil, you'd have to "solve a clue"! One of the destinations is a city "close to the beach" [I'm guessing Rio], another is an overpopulated city [I'm guessing Sao Paulo], and the third is the one in this photo [Belo Horizonte]: ...

This picture came from Wikipedia - some fans from Brazil can surely guess! And more than anything I'd like to thank you for your comments and attention to [the race and the site], because I don't speak Portuguese, and was surprised by the comment to my last post, from our brothers in Brazil. What other countries are reading this blog? I don't know... But since you've asked, here it is. I'll tell you all that I can tell you, all that's happening on The Amazing Race: Latin America:

In short, to the delight of many and the sorrow of a few, the race started last Wednesday, the 27th of May! During the first half of May there was a trial run, but unlike any other season of TAR that we've seen, the starting line in TAR:LA wasn't at an open space (parks, plazas etc). There were so many last-minute changes! It's been said that the race would start from [?] Buenos Aires. It would have been great, the first leg would have been there! Then for some reason they decided for the teams to start the race in an enclosed area. Then to add to the confusion, the starting line would be in Puerto Iguazu and the teams would cross the border to another country.

That reminded me of something, a commentary on the sidelines! Remember the phrase that Phil says? "When I give you the word, you can go up there, read the clue, and climb into one of the marked cars." Well, if you can recall, the model of this line of identical cars are sometimes changed across the seasons. In this case the starting cars of The Amazing Race: Latin America were provided by Fiat.

Well, returning to the subject, the tasks in Brazil were reorganized, not planned again from scratch, but adapted to suit the changes that occured in April. The first leg was never meant to be in Brazil.

Why so many changes? How could a project as big as this, requiring coordination in different countries, have so many last-minute changes? It might seem that I'm lying! But no... It's mainly due to two important reasons. One, because of budget problems in the months after casting, and the other reason, you can still read about in the papers around the world [H1N1].

Can you imagine how the swine flu can affect the production of TAR, even the original version from the USA? Well, maybe you don't have to imagine, in the weeks to come you'll find out. And it doesn't bother me at all to say anything in full detail as I'm still angry with Disney for having jettisonned this project and the dreams of so many.

I don't want to leave without saying anything more about this first leg, which I can confirm is an elimination leg. Monday is the last day that the race will be in this country. The next destination will be a country in the west of Latin America, and

They're coming to Argentina later. [?] When they come I'll pay a visit to the hotel and take some photos of the racers so we can get to know them!

Until that week comes, a goodbye to all!
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There's a third post that details a leg pretty explicitly.

Puerto Iguazu, Argentina > Sao Paulo, Rio de Janiero and Belo Horizonte, Brazil > West of Latin America > Buenos Aires, Argentina > Bogota, Colombia

georgiapeach:
:ty Neobie!! :hearts:

This from the details of the leg:

 I got even more good news! La competencia sigue su trayecto sin ninguna otra gran dificultad y nada impide que se siga los destinos como habían sido planeados originalmente. The competition continues its journey without any great difficulty, and nothing further destinations such as had been originally planned. Es decir, puedo al fin decirles que ninguna etapa ha sido cancelada como se temía tanto en un principio y se visitaran los países clave de Latinoamérica. Ie, I can finally say that no stage has been canceled as feared at the outset and will visit key countries in Latin America. El cronograma de la competencia fue adelantado un día pero como ustedes saben esos ajustes se hacen en la marcha del proyecto debido a la frecuencia de los vuelos y demás. The competition schedule was advanced a day but as you know these adjustments are made in the project due to the frequency of flights and others.

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