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TAR 18 Locations/Destinations **spoilers**
georgiapeach:
Found a brief mention by this company SnowFever in Zermatt of their involvement with TAR: (spelling is all theirs lol)
--- Quote ---CBC: The Amazing Race. Local protuction whit over 50 pax
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They specialize in helicopter work...skiing and more, and the difficult film shots..
--- Quote ---We grew up in Zermatt and we have full knowledge of the local conditions, the necessary contacts, the history and the region all around Zermatt.
For many years now, we have been working as mountain guides and mountain rescuers for different film and photo shootings.
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georgiapeach:
Our very own RFF G-Man was in Vienna the same time as the teams. Sadly, he did not stumble across them, but sent these photos of what we might see:
From G-Man:
--- Quote ---One source says that the teams had to find a clue at a monument near the Christmas Market.
The most recognizable monument near the market is that of local icon Wolfgang Amedeus Mozart which is in the Burggarten across from the Christmas Market "Wiener Christkindlmarkt" in front of the Rathaus (Town Hall).
So here are pix of the locations:
1. Wiener Christkindlmarkt in front of the Rathaus
2. Monument to W. A. Mozart.
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:ty G-Man!!
theschnauzers:
Both seem like good bets in this new era of TAR HD.
gl14:
via an article from the Associated Press:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110216/ap_en_tv/us_tv_amazing_race18;_ylt=AiC0_EPgX9nayDalqoSYAq9xFb8C;_ylu=X3oDMTJwOHE3cWVhBGFzc2V0A2FwLzIwMTEwMjE2L3VzX3R2X2FtYXppbmdfcmFjZTE4BHBvcwM5BHNlYwN5bl9hcnRpY2xlX3N1bW1hcnlfbGlzdARzbGsDYW1hemluZ3JhY2Vp
--- Quote ---Several other reality TV shows have been broadcast in HD for years. (CBS' "Survivor" upgraded to HD in 2009.) After years of blaming the expense and challenge of using HD equipment on the road, "Amazing Race" producers made the change for the 18th season, promising crisp images of racers climbing a glacier in Switzerland and interacting with animals in China.
The switcheroo is striking in the premiere episode when 11 teams of veteran contestants who have never won the show's $1 million grand prize set off from a wind farm in Palm Springs, Calif., for sunny Sydney, Australia, where the challenges include diving into a murky shark tank and navigating a 16-foot skiff along the glistening Manly Cove.
"Visually, it will be a much richer show," promised executive producer Bertram van Munster. "We're glad that CBS gave us the greenlight to do this in HD. We didn't do so bad in the regular format. We won the Emmy for best reality television cinematography, but now we can go a little further with our new modern technology on those big beautiful flatscreens."
The move to HD didn't dictate this season's course, said van Munster, which includes stops in Yokohama, Japan; Lijiang and Kunming, China; Kolkata and Varanasi, India; Vienna, Austria; Zermatt, Switzerland; and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. For the first time, the race will visit Liechtenstein, where teams were tasked with measuring the landlocked country on mo-peds.
"I think one of the great aspects of this race is all the stark contrasts," said Keoghan. "For example, going from Varanasi to Zermatt, you've got this hot, colorful place in Asia then a very cold, snowy place in Europe. The teams that were racing through those countries were able to see the extreme differences, and we're able to show that off in HD."
Several game-changing twists return for the "Unfinished Business" edition. In the premiere, Keoghan informs the players that the last team to arrive on the mat will automatically face a U-turn, forcing the duo to perform both Detour challenges, while first-place finishers will receive the Express Pass, allowing a team to skip one task during the race.
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georgiapeach:
Thanks for this one! We had the destinations from spoilers and a previous similar article, but great to see it here too!
Will add it to the Media thread too!!
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