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Worst Season
Belle Book:
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--- Quote from: theschnauzers on August 22, 2011, 08:49:33 AM ---Oddly enough, I do think TAR 7 would be my pick (*aside from TAR 8 ) as my least favorite.
Part of that would be due to casting (I detested Rob and Amber's casting because their fame gave them an unfair advantage as compared to the other teams) and past of it would be the race course design (not so much the places visited as such but the faux round the round route that reminded me more of a bungee cord than a true round-the-world route.)
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Fame doesn't always help you get ahead though. Team J & J was probably the most well known team before TAR16 started, and they didn't make it past leg 6...granted neither one is particularly known for being the sharpest tools in the shed :lol3:
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You're absolutely right there! You need to be relatively smart in order to use fans to help you get ahead -- and neither Jeff nor Jordan were the brightest bulbs out there!
Belle Book
Best Loser:
--- Quote from: GabyM on August 25, 2011, 11:44:24 PM ---
--- Quote from: theschnauzers on August 22, 2011, 08:49:33 AM ---Oddly enough, I do think TAR 7 would be my pick (*aside from TAR 8 ) as my least favorite.
Part of that would be due to casting (I detested Rob and Amber's casting because their fame gave them an unfair advantage as compared to the other teams) and past of it would be the race course design (not so much the places visited as such but the faux round the round route that reminded me more of a bungee cord than a true round-the-world route.)
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Fame doesn't always help you get ahead though. Team J & J was probably the most well known team before TAR16 started, and they didn't make it past leg 6...granted neither one is particularly known for being the sharpest tools in the shed :lol3:
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The reason why everybody knew Rob & Amber in South Africa is that Survivor All Stars was just now airing there. I also think that Survivor is a more well known show internationally than Big Brother, but you do bring up a point.
theschnauzers:
Rob's original Survivor season had aired in much of the globe by the time TAR 7 had filmed. I don't know how much of the world even gets to see the U.S. version of Big Brother, but I seriously doubt it is as widespread as Survivor was when TAR 7 was filmed.
So I stand by my original response, and I don't think Jeff and Jordan had any more of an advantage than Alison did during TAR 5.
GabyM:
--- Quote from: theschnauzers on August 26, 2011, 03:01:52 PM ---So I stand by my original response, and I don't think Jeff and Jordan had any more of an advantage than Alison did during TAR 5.
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But you need to consider that while Alison was on TV, her partner wasn't a TV personality and didn't really have any exposure. Also, while Alison did seem to be a pretty smart girl, she was racing with a complete idiot :lol:
kevin2012:
--- Quote from: AmazingRace on August 25, 2011, 03:35:20 AM --- :lol3: @ Kevint's avatar.
That reaction of Joyce in Warsaw, Poland always gets me. :lol:
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Joyce has some of the best facial expressions on the race, there's another one I wanted to use (when she was in south america) but it's already used by someone on Survivor Sucks so I didn't think it would be a good idea. Anyway Joyce's expressions are hilarious
Edit: whatever, it's not a big deal, I'm using that expression for my new avatar
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