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Amazing Race Australia - Speculation
walkingpneumonia:
--- Quote from: walkingpneumonia on November 20, 2010, 12:59:59 PM ---We have reason to believe the teams are now in Nepal. (insert angel smiley here)
More info soon...
--- End quote ---
Ummm, this is probably bogus... [insert ashamed WP smiley here]
I need to stop jumping to conclusions.
tarflyonthewall:
Nepal's not safe enough for the show to visit unfortunately, and for the purposes of this show, Bhutan's out as well -- you can only enter the country as part of a package tour, and the free-roaming travel ability the contestants would need in order to race is impossible to legally achieve.
Israel, I'm not so sure about. The entire thing feels like such a hoax. Between the political instability and attack fears making it near-impossible for Seven and Disney to get insurance for everybody (yes, I know it's the Palestinian groups doing it, but still), the fact that an Israeli stamp in your passport makes it impossible for you to enter certain other countries like Kuwait, and the fanatical stalking that would come from having so much of the legs spoiled by the Israeli media -- remember, we've had tasks moved and replaced before due to their being spoiled and made unsafe -- it doesn't ring true. Especially when there's the NDAs banning the revelation of race-related information.
E-K-ISR:
you can go to kuwait from israel, with a conection in Jordan. There's nothing unsafe in Israel and the insurence is the same as in anywhere alse. There were many times local newspapers reported TAR is coming, and a pic of the crew in the hotel was posted in the media. I don't know what other proof you need.
tarflyonthewall:
I understand that it's possible in theory to travel from Israel to, say, Kuwait, but many countries in the Middle East refuse to accept either Israeli passports or passports containing Israeli visas. In fact, to quote from the International Air Transport Association, "Passengers intending to proceed from Israel to Arab countries other than Egypt, Jordan, or the United Arab Emirates should see to it that their passport does not contain Israeli visa or stamps since no passenger is allowed to enter other Arab countries with such passports." Considering the chances are much higher of the producers wanting to visit Arab countries which include, among others, Kuwait, Oman, Tunisia, and Morocco (all seen on TAR US -- with Oman also appearing on TAR Asia -- and plausible for this or a future season of TAR Australia) than to limit their entire Middle East travel severely for both this and the other versions, it's extremely, extremely unlikely the Israel spoilers are true.
The insurance costs are significantly higher for Australians due to the instability in Gaza and the West Bank, and in the surrounding nations. While Seven is indeed throwing bucketloads of money at the show, they're not going to be splurging on travel for dozens of cast and crew to visit a nation like Israel, regardless of how safe it is in actuality.
My understanding, having spoken to a source at ActiveTV, is that the photo is a fake, and that the TAR Australia contestants were "in North America" at the time it was taken.
Everybody connected with the show -- contestants, crew, greeters, task operators, even locals who assist the teams with directions -- are forced to sign a non-disclosure agreement when they become involved, so there's no way all that information could have gotten out about a potential leg in the country when there's a huge legal cloud over anybody who dares to break it. (In fact, one of the greeters from this season of TAR Asia had to hold off on publishing an article about her experience until after the episode had aired.)
Don't get me wrong, I hope Israel does get visited one day, but right now? No.
E-K-ISR:
there are 200 nations in the world, but because it's impossible to go from Israel to an Arab nation - Israel can't be visited? Are you for real?
anyway teams are right now in Israel, and there will be a leg in Israel and it really doesn't matter what you think.
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