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Amazing Race Australia - Speculation
BayBay:
"Well I'm pretty sure our local radio station CFM 100.7 DJ, "Burgo" is going on the race. He was hinting that his is going on holidays for 5 weeks overseas with a friend, and his co-host was saying "that's AMAZING" with the emphasis on AMAZING. He's leaving for Melbourne tomorrow. He was saying on air weeks ago that he is so excited about applying to go on the race, so I guess it must be about to start filming and he's in. Can't wait to watch it!"
SOURCE: http://au.messages.yahoo.com/tv/amazingrace/3290/
PS. This was 3 days ago. If this suspicion is in fact real than the race could be beginning Tuesday/Wednesday
Coutzy:
"Burgo" could well be John Burgess, who was a much more prominent celebrity in the late 90s. Burgo has been his nickname for a while.
A few things pulled from his twitter page (http://twitter.com/thejohnburgess):
--- Quote ---Have been in Sydney today,about to be involved in an exciting & worthwhile project, but I will need your help! Details to follow...
7:24 PM Oct 13th via TweetDeck
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--- Quote ---Off to Sydney for CH.7 tomorrow,said to the agent"I want a round trip ticket"she said"To where?"I said "To here of course!"(Sorry,see u Fri)
Wednesday, 20 October 2010 7:40:26 PM via TweetDeck
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Channel 7 is of course the network doing the race.
walkingpneumonia:
--- Quote from: Coutzy on October 22, 2010, 09:58:30 AM ---"Burgo" could well be John Burgess, who was a much more prominent celebrity in the late 90s. Burgo has been his nickname for a while.
A few things pulled from his twitter page (http://twitter.com/thejohnburgess):
--- Quote ---Have been in Sydney today,about to be involved in an exciting & worthwhile project, but I will need your help! Details to follow...
7:24 PM Oct 13th via TweetDeck
--- End quote ---
--- Quote ---Off to Sydney for CH.7 tomorrow,said to the agent"I want a round trip ticket"she said"To where?"I said "To here of course!"(Sorry,see u Fri)
Wednesday, 20 October 2010 7:40:26 PM via TweetDeck
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Channel 7 is of course the network doing the race.
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Is he a prominent enough celeb in Australia that he could be hosting the race instead of Phil?
Coutzy:
That thought did cross my mind, however I think his age more than anything will restrict him as he is pushing 70 and with all the work that goes into TAR, he may not be up to it.
Still, its something I'll be keeping an eye on in the next week or so.
zacz:
--- Quote from: Coutzy on October 17, 2010, 03:27:06 AM ---
--- Quote from: baydogg on October 17, 2010, 01:36:09 AM ---Any word on when this is starting? Sydney, Brisbane or Melbourne starts would be the most likely! Ready to get my detective on :lol:
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I have rough theories based on events they wouldn't want to clash with.
Theoretically (read- According to the application forms) The race could be run at any time between now and the end of December.
Realistically- They will not run the race through Christmas, and I think it would be doubtful that they would want to clash with the Melbourne Cup (Is that as big an event outside of Victoria?) since it is a big Channel 7 event. Assuming they would not want to clash with the Cup, that would rule out any start before the first week of November. They would also not want to run to deep into school holidays, when flights and entrance fees to several attractions almost double in price. This rules out a week or two leading up to Christmas.
I hypothesize that Phil/Ben/Tom/Whoever else Channel 7 is considering to host will be saying "Go!" in mid to late November (If I had to pick any one day, I would say the morning of the 16th, simply because I like the number)
As for the starting line, Channel 7 (The broadcasting aspect, anyway) is a based in the Docklands of Melbourne, so I would hazard a guess to say Melbourne is the most likely start city. Possible starting lines for Melbourne would include the MCG, Etihad Stadium, The Shrine of Rememberance, The King's Domain or the Sidney Myer Music Bowl
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From Australia here to (the west though). I agree with your startline prediction of Victoria however I don't think it is necessarily going to be in Melbourne. I wouldn't be surprised to have the startline a couple of hours out of melbourne in the country somewhere and have them have to drive to melbourne to get to the airport.
I also have to say I know one of the teams. I won't mention names as I don't want him or his family member who told us to get into trouble. I went to school with him and he is racing with his Aunty.
About when it will start I don't know but I suspect it will be VERY soon (your 16th of November prediction seems to be a little late to me) and I suspect it will begin before the end of October.
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