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TAR 17 Speculation
Mrs Shrek:
I love the concept of a north south zigzag race.:snicker:
This is total Spec beyond the possibility of Korea:
UK down to Ghana, back up to Sweden, across to Russia, down to Korea, few more Asian legs, down to NZ or Aus, up to Vancouver (transit via San Fran or LA) and then back into a central US state for the finish line....
Hooky:
--- Quote from: theschnauzers on June 09, 2010, 02:27:30 PM ---I've read articles on Yahoo this morning that reports that CBS has already sold a;; of its advertising time for this upcoming season (2010-2011). This also leads me to think that 12 or 13 episodes may be possible for TAR 17, especially if the premiere week is earlier this year than ;ast year.
My thinking on the race course after St. Petersburg is similar to Joab's' I think there won
t be much time spent in mainland Asia, there will be time spent in Oceania, and all of th teams and the viewers will be surprised with a eastward jainy across the South Pacific.
--- End quote ---
This is an interesting thought, but I personally don't think we are in for 13 legs this season. Remember that the original reason TAR 12 was shortened was to "increase the suspense." Now I'm not saying we should rule out a longer course this time, but if they were to increase the route length, I would be inclined to believe it is because of viewer requests rather than budget conditions alone.
But I would love to see them go eastward across the Pacific, have a couple South/Central American legs and then finish somewhere in the southeast. Sounds like a refreshing change of scene for the final legs that could take us back to TAR 7. :wohoo:
Caelestor:
--- Quote from: Hooky on June 09, 2010, 04:39:53 PM ---
--- Quote from: theschnauzers on June 09, 2010, 02:27:30 PM ---I've read articles on Yahoo this morning that reports that CBS has already sold a;; of its advertising time for this upcoming season (2010-2011). This also leads me to think that 12 or 13 episodes may be possible for TAR 17, especially if the premiere week is earlier this year than ;ast year.
My thinking on the race course after St. Petersburg is similar to Joab's' I think there won
t be much time spent in mainland Asia, there will be time spent in Oceania, and all of th teams and the viewers will be surprised with a eastward jainy across the South Pacific.
--- End quote ---
This is an interesting thought, but I personally don't think we are in for 13 legs this season. Remember that the original reason TAR 12 was shortened was to "increase the suspense." Now I'm not saying we should rule out a longer course this time, but if they were to increase the route length, I would be inclined to believe it is because of viewer requests rather than budget conditions alone.
But I would love to see them go eastward across the Pacific, have a couple South/Central American legs and then finish somewhere in the southeast. Sounds like a refreshing change of scene for the final legs that could take us back to TAR 7. :wohoo:
--- End quote ---
To be fair, I like 12 legs, 3 of which are NEL. The race often drags towards the end because there's a predictable final 4 NEL. If the first leg was shown over 2 episodes, that could make the 13th episode.
krabbe:
I think the Philippines is a no go this time around, it's in the US travel warning list. I know it's mostly for the southern part, but if it's in the list then there will problems re: insurance.
mjriches2005:
My speculation, after St Petersburg. They could have flown to the Middle East for a couple legs and there was a facebook post on the Sightings thread. The poster said that they saw teams of Americans at the Muscat Airport, probally flying to Bangladesh. Also I think there is only 1 leg in Sweden since the teams left Ghana on the 31st and arrived in Europe the next day. They could have had a extended pitstop in Sweden up to 24-32 hours.
-My Theory-
Leg 1 (USA to UK)
Leg 2 (UK to Ghana)
Leg 3 (Ghana)
Leg 4 (Ghana to Sweden)
Leg 5 (Sweden to Russia)
Leg 6 (Russia to Middle East)
Leg 7 (Middle East)
Leg 8 (Middle East to Bangladesh?)
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