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Best nth Leg?

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Declive:
1st Leg : (TAR 18 to Sydney, Australia) That was an amazing leg. All great teams scrambling, flights messed up and everything. Great start for a great season.

2nd Leg :
(TAR15 to Cai Be, Vietnam) I loved that leg. Brought that "unexpected" feeling of not knowing what's about to happen.
(TAR17 to Accra, Ghana) Amazing selling roadblock and great spirits of all teams on the leg.
(TAR19 to Yogyakarta, Indonesia) The first and only double elimination ever scared the teams. A LOT. Very intense leg with many errors.

3rd Leg :
(TAR 20 to Asunción, Paraguay) No words can describe the madness of this leg! It was a real surviving test.
(TAR26 to Phuket, Thailand) Absolutly amazing and FUN! Best episode i've ever seen on TAR, hands down.

4th Leg : (TAR18 to Kunming, China) Good tasks! The goths may have killed the drama but it was still fun and unpredictable.

5th Leg :
(TAR18 to Lijiang, China) Amazing outcome! The Double U-Turn was very well placed and the dinosaur challenge was awesome as well.
(TAR20 to Bavaria, Germany) Fun Speed Bump, fun Detour and fun Roadblock!

6th Leg :
(TAR17 to St.Petesburg, Russia) Really nice leg. Tough challenges and cool babushka dress.
(TAR18 to Kolkata, India) That Luke meltdown and the fight between him and Flight Time was incredible. Lot of efforts on the leg.
(TAR19 to Lilongwe, Malawi) Totally changed the tone of the race. Very well designed leg, including the beds to the pit stop!
(TAR26 to Monte Carlo, Monaco) For the couples, that was just the perfect place to be! And that drive to the pit? Amazing!

7th Leg :
(TAR15 to Amsterdan, Netherlands) Physical and mentally tough leg.
(TAR16 to Seychelles) A tradicional african leg, on a paradise island. Just incredible to see those beautiful places and game on!
(TAR22 to Maun, Botswana) Drama till the very end! Amazing leg with self driving and a badass fast forward!
(TAR24 to Rome, Italy) Ancient roman themed Detour and mental Roadblock. Best leg of this season.

8th Leg :

(TAR15 to Stockhold, Sweden) Best nordic leg EVER! The switchback was just perfect!
(TAR19 to Copenhagen, Denmark) Cool leg! Dancing roadblock and tough navigation made it clear = good leg.
(TAR20 to Lake Manyara, Tanzania) Bopper & Mark's win plus the Double U-Turn drama! How good was that?

9th Leg :

(TAR16 to Singapore) Nice Detour, nice Fast Forward and well placed U-Turn. Amazing!
(TAR17 to Dhaka, Bangladesh) The first ever Double U-Turn brought A LOT of drama. It was amazing.
(TAR21 to Amsterdan, Netherlands) Well made Fast Forward, Double U-Turn and switchback!
(TAR22 to Berlin, Germany) The best night leg ever! I loved it! Nice challenges except for the bad roadblock.
(TAR26 to Amsterdan, Netherlands) Third Amsterdan leg that i have in here. Awesome Detour and awesome Roadblock!

10th Leg :

(TAR16 to Shanghai, China) Both Roadblocks were tough and nice! Good leg!
(TAR22 to Edinburgh, Scotland) Flights = Drama | Double U-Turn = Drama | Pit Stop location = AWESOME!

11th Leg :

(TAR21 to France) Amazing drama and good Detour. Plus, self navigation killed it!
(TAR24 to London, England/Wales) It was actually fun! Liverpool + Welsh Poem + Country detour. Really nice.
(TAR25 to Manila, Phillipines) That was awesome. Specially the Detour and first ever KOR final leg!

12th Leg :

(TAR20 to Hawaii) Great challenges and clues! It was tough!
(TAR21 to New York City) BEST final leg ever! So well design and such a tough final roadblock!
(TAR24 to Las Vegas) Wasn't THAT bad. I loved the ending with the UFO Roadblock.
(TAR25 to Los Angeles) Another great final roadblock. Ties with 21 for best final leg ever.

Wadsy:
Leg 1: TAR 6 (Iceland) - Best premiere leg in the entire series, with beautiful scenery, great task design, laughs and entertainment for everyone
Leg 2: TAR 6 (Norway) - Again, great scenery, first team joint work task, awesome Roadblock and Detour and non stop enjoyment
Leg 3: TAR 6 (Sweden) - A very intense leg no end with a lot of drama, challenge and then Lena & Kristy's fate at the Roadblock
Leg 4: TAR 6 (Senegal) - Yet another one from the same season. Explosive entertainment, culture shock for some of the teams and a tough leg
Leg 5: TAR 5 (Egypt) - This was one of the first episodes I ever saw. It is full of great tasks and Charla & Mirna dominating the leg and Egyptian themed tasks
Leg 6: TAR 6 (Hungary) - Hard to fault this one really, but the double leg was awesome, both halves had good tasks. Loved the cars breaking down in Eger and the Fast Forward and second Roadblock
Leg 7: TAR 3 (Germany) - Probably an unpopular choice but I really enjoyed this one a lot. Besides Andre & Damon being far behind, the race was getting intense. Nice interaction between teams, good Roadblock
Leg 8: TAR 3 (Switzerland) - So very competitive. Many equalizers, teams getting in a big rush, running to the far away Pit Stop on foot in Grindewald
Leg 9: TAR 3 (Switzerland) - One of my favourite legs of all time. It is literally perfect in every corner with great scenery, teams being able to call family at home, pedaling to the Steamship Pit Stop and the Roadblock
Leg 10: TAR 7 (England) - Very nerve wracking leg from start to finish. With a final elimination looming, the teams have to navigate the busy streets of London, do a tough double decker bus Roadblock and watch one team get Yielded
Leg 11: TAR 6 (China) - My favourite AR leg of all time. This one combined everything perfectly in this penultimate leg, with frustration, language barriers, the Terra Cotta Warriors, and an amazing Roadblock
Leg 12: TAR 7 (Miami, USA) - Probably the greatest TAR final in the series in my opinion, the teams race completing so many tough tasks in Jamaica and then back in the states. The best team won it, which was a great reward!
Leg 13: TAR 5 (Canada & USA) - While it may not have been the most competitive leg, in terms of 13th legs, this one did it best for me. Canada was beautiful, the tasks were great and quite Olympic themed (something that would continue into S6)

RaceUntilWeDie:
I thought I'd update this (using Seasons 17 through 30):


--- Quote from: RaceUntilWeDie on May 03, 2015, 09:39:41 AM ---I've only watched Season 17 and on so my range will also be pretty limited.

Best...

Leg 1:
Agreed with TerraformingYou. None have been particularly amazing, but the standouts for me are
TAR 18 (Australia) - Loved the twist when the second flight was able to pass the first flight. It was overall exciting because this was a great batch of teams! And the TBC on the first leg was a good twist.
TAR 28 (Mexico) - I will always praise this leg for having a Roadblock, a Detour, and Hours of Operation with 11 teams, although I know this was likely only possible due to the lack of a starting line.

Leg 2:
TAR 23 (Chile) - Midleg travel isn't necessarily my favorite but I LOVED the chaotic shoeshine Roadblock – at night!
TAR 17 (Ghana) - Ew, I can't believe I put TAR 23 before :groan: but this African leg was iconic! The Pit Stop in the middle of the marketplace is one of my favorites. The sunglasses Roadblock... the dancing lady... topped with Brook & Claire winning the leg!

Leg 3:
TAR 20 (Paraguay) - Challenging Detour AND Roadblock and it's only Leg 3! Brendon & Rachel and Vanessa & Ralph's feud heating up, Rachel & Dave missing 4th place by seconds, and Elliot & Andrew vs. Vanessa & Ralph to the Pit Stop!

Leg 4:
TAR 22 (Indonesia) - The Surfboard Roadblock was awesome and it gave us the iconic Oy Vey moment with Jessica & John not using the Express Pass!
TAR 25 (Denmark) is a strong contender but the atrocious editing that began this season is holding this leg back :groan:

Leg 5:
TAR 25 (Morocco) - I say this all the time but this is probably my favorite leg ever :hearts: a Speed Bump, Active Route Marker, Roadblock (+Shelley & Nici vs. Keith & Whitney), Detour, and U-Turn drama! Kym & Alli winning it was a big plus!

Leg 6:
TAR 26 (Monaco/France) - This was an awesome love-themed episode in a [not-much]love-themed season! The Roadblock was cool, the perfume Detour was awesome and different, and this episode had the best race-to-the-Pit Stop editing I've seen! Literally all 7 teams were driving at once and I had no idea who was gonna come in 1st.
TAR 18 (India) - who could forget the iconic tea Roadblock and Luke's meltdown? This episode holds up really well for some reason. I remember Flight Time & Big Easy vs. Margie & Luke at the end being really emotional. Unfinished Business is truly the best HD season.

Leg 7:
TAR 17 (Russia) - Both of TAR 17's Russian legs were great and chaotic. What made this one chaotic was the rules that kept being broken! The teams helped to make it enjoyable as well.

Leg 8:
None of the Leg 8's really stand out ??? Legs with 6 teams remaining tend to be the most boring for me, for some reason.
TAR 29 (Greece) - This leg felt like it was the first-time visit to Greece (but it wasn't), which is exactly how repeat countries should be done. I love how long the leg felt too... again, how legs should be done, instead of just one hour long... cough TAR 27 cough...

Leg 9:
TAR 17 (Bangladesh) - A complete shift in scenery from the previous episode. Featured the first Double U-Turn (probably the best one, ironically). It was great all around!
TAR 25 (Singapore) - A crazy leg with Adam & Bethany vs. Kym & Alli in the Fast Forward and Brooke & Robbie vs. Amy & Maya feud forming. The massage Detour will certainly be remembered. Sad ending though :(

Leg 10:
TAR 19 (Belgium) - For some reason the Waffle Detour has stuck with me. The Roadblock was :res: but the darker it got (night) the better the episode became :lol: Bill & Cathi's elimination :'(
^omg this leg is such a hidden gem in a rather underwhelming season, I need to go rewatch it. Bill & Cathi!!!

Leg 11:
TAR 19 (Panama) - Tasks were okay but the cryptic clue for the Pit Stop saved this episode and had the best Final 3 announcement ever :lol:
TAR 21 (France) - Crazy penultimate leg. Natalie & Nadiya had so many opportunities to catch up (they did!) but they blew it. The music during Natalie & Nadiya and Josh & Brent's race to the Pit Stop was the best!
TAR 30 (China) - I thought this was one of the hardest legs that wasn't a NEL. This should be the model for penultimate legs from here on out. The cryptic memory task with the briefcase was everything.
Honorable mention: TAR 27 (China) - Tiffany & Krista and Justin & Diana MADE this episode, period.


Leg 12:
TAR 18 (Miami) - Not my favorite result but this is the least linear final leg and the final leg with the least :res: tasks out of the bunch (TAR 18-25)! I'm confused, did I forget TAR 21 existed, lol.
TAR 30 (San Francisco) - just like the penultimate leg... this finale leg should be the model for all finale legs going forward. The final task was a true nail-biter, as it should be.

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Condensed "Best nth leg" List:
Leg 1: Season 28 (Mexico)
Leg 2: Season 17 (Ghana)
Leg 3: Season 20 (Paraguay)
Leg 4: Season 22 (Indonesia)
Leg 5: Season 25 (Morocco)
Leg 6: Season 18 (India)
Leg 7: Season 17 (Russia)
Leg 8: Season 29 (Greece)
Leg 9: Season 17 (Bangladesh); Season 25 (Singapore)
Leg 10: Season 19 (Belgium)
Leg 11: Season 30 (China)
Leg 12: Season 30 (USA)

Hooky:
Eh, why not, it will be fun, right?

Leg 1: Season 10. 12 teams in the most diverse cast ever, a wild and unpredictable ride. I still remember the sense of uncertainty after Phil said that in this Race there would be surprises the teams would never expect. He was right!

Honorable mention: Season 12: So much was packed into just one hour, but this leg was wonderfully unpredictable and filled with true Race karma that sent the obvious villain team home first. I don't think there's any other season where the villain team got the first boot, and it was quite the surprise!

Leg 2: Season 6. Who can beat the scenery as this crazy group of teams really starts to show their personalities! Lena & Kristy led the pack for 80% of the leg, which only sort of didn't at all make up for their elimination on the next leg. Teams raced each other in two boats of 10, where one was completely dysfunctional and the other had all the strong teams in it. So intense, and sent home a meh team that nobody cared for anyway.

Leg 3: Season 7. The Race doesn't get any more classic than Rob's villainous scheming, and Debbie & Bianca's almost comeback was memorably sad. Nobody wanted to see them go home after Debbie dominated the Roadblock!

Honorable Mention: Season 20. This leg was incredibly physical and difficult for nearly all of the teams, and it almost knocked out the strongest team in the game! Lots of drama that set the stage for the events of the rest of the season. Very memorable challenges.

Leg 4: Season 11 (All-Stars). This leg was the epic downfall of Rob & Amber. It couldn't have been more perfectly set up - after coming in first place 3 legs in a row, they messed everything up and got eliminated at the end of the world.

Honorable Mention: Season 9. This leg was well-designed, with amazing tasks and scenery, and BJ & Tyler completely dominated it. The Yield and Roadblock drama left some uncertainty about what would happen at the end.

Leg 5: Season 7: Meredith & Gretchen prove to everyone just how tough they are, and avoid elimination; Ray & Deana get their chance to finish first; teams visit an orphanage. A lot of awesome things happen in this episode.

Honorable mention: Season 20: Beautiful leg with awesome and creative tasks. Those beards were insane!

Leg 6: Season 11 (All-Stars). Nothing beats the crazy flight drama that defined this episode. That is The Amazing Race at its finest!

Honorable Mention: Season 7. When Brian & Greg's car flipped, it looked like they were doomed. But the epic footrace happened and things turned out quite differently!

Leg 7: 7th legs are notoriously unmemorable, but I'd say the most memorable for me was Season 9. BJ & Tyler spent hours getting the Lena & Kristy treatment, and Fran & Barry blew Phil's mind by arriving first at the mat.

Leg 8: Season 11 (All-Stars). Just breathtaking night leg. Auschwitz, the sausage, Charla at the knight Roadblock, and Joe & Bill trying to overcome their hopeless penalty. A lot of high stakes!

Honorable Mention: Season 19. Bill & Cathi continued to amaze the audience with how well they did, and were U-turned by a much younger team!

Leg 9: Season 22. Train Trials or Font Follies. What a fun Detour! This was a cool night leg that I need to re-watch because I don't remember it that well.

Leg 10: Season 12. The drama of the Final Four was heavy. The stakes were high for Nathan & Jennifer, since it was her birthday. This leg had some pretty memorable tasks, and it ended up being pretty close.

Honorable Mention: Season 10. Everyone was out to get Dustin & Kandice. This leg was pretty memorable with the gladiator task and the Yield Karma.

Leg 11: Season 12. Perfectly-designed finale. Amazing memory challenge that has not been duplicated in awesomeness since.

Honorable Mention: Season 6. That final Roadblock was definitely high-stakes. Hayden & Aaron had a whirlwind of a day in China.

Leg 12: Season 7. Starting from far behind, Uchenna & Joyce had a lot of ground to make up (and a lot of money as well). And despite having to beg at the Finish Line, it all still worked out in the end!

I won't do Leg 13. But that was fun!

:carryon:

claude_24hrs:
The best "nth" legs ever so far:

Leg 1, Season 18: Australia 1 - hard start line task, first flight drama cause a delay to arrive second
Leg 2, Season 15: Vietnam 1 - rural tasks, even the pho noodle SB task is very easy
Leg 3, Season 12: Burkina Faso 1 - Ron singing with camels even dislike to other teams
Leg 4, Season 5: Russia - a hard leg with pageant girls struggled to eat caviar in the cold and freezing winter
Leg 5, Season 16: France 1 - World War I task is way lot historical, even the reenactment scenes are definitely actors
Leg 6, Season 29: Italy 1 - a night leg on the half taking the Milan tram system
Leg 7, Season 28: Georgia - dancing RB is a solid performance even with the classical look
Leg 8, Season 2: Hong Kong/Australia - the RB makes a lot harder to some teams failed to follow the rules
Leg 9, Season 11: Malaysia - Batu Caves is a lot scenery even Charla takes all of the steps before getting a heavy breathe
Leg 10, Season 13: Russia 2 - riding the rails/lines are making a hard transportation in every life of Moscow citizens
Leg 11, Season 25: Philippines 2 - not a physical much task even the market RB task is a lot a little difficult to understand English for Filipinos
Leg 12, Season 24: Las Vegas - a typical night leg with linear tasks like David Copperfield's magic

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