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scuzneck:
Never having been any farther than the submit a tape to the powers that be phase of The Amazing Race/Survivor selection process, I need a question answered by someone who may be in the know. Is there a time when your "fears" come out in interviews? If so, do producers normally ask about how intense that fear is?

Jamil and Idris both, unequivocally, admitted that the were afraid of water. Not just afraid, but deathly afraid, of it. I understand having fears and that part of the lure of TAR and Survivor and other reality shows is being able to face those fears and conquer them but when does that fear become too much of a fear for producers to say to prospective contestants that they cannot be on the show. It seemed that Jamil and Idris' fear was so much that some other team that could have made the cut (and didn't show as much fear of water, in this case) should have went in their place. It just seemed like a wasted spot.

Do not get me wrong. In the end, I loved the message that the twins were giving by attempting the challenge and giving it over 100% but as soon as we (the viewers who haven't looked at the spoilers  :yess: )knew what the detour was the rest of the show (no matter how good the editing) was academic. We knew they were going to be eliminated. Just in my opinion, their spot should have been given to a team without the object terror that Jamil and Idris had.

georgiapeach:
Fears are addressed in the initial application. BVM gave an interview saying we know their fears and phobias.

My guess is that some tasks ARE meant to force a facing of fear of heights, etc. Remember when the person who wanted to jump turned out to be the ground tracker instead? That got the fearful ones in the air, which makes for drama, which makes for ratings.

Remember too that Phil has spent a lifetime based on his N.O.W to encourage people to face and overcome your fears.

So I would think that IS something discussed in route planning.

This Detour was difficult in that BOTH tasks were water related, but as we saw, they did provide a "way out" in the dive hood choice.

redskevin88:
Well they could have been a recruited team

Show contentThis season could have as many as six recruited teams.

Plaidmoon:
If I ever apply for the show, I'll be sure to hide my fear of relaxing by a pool, eating gourmet meals and long naps.  :)

Oh, and message boards. Posting on message boards ABSOLUTELY terrifies me!!!!!!!!!!!!! 

:peek

georgiapeach:
:lol3: Good one!

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