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Leafsfan:
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fossil-racer:
More international legs
More variety in challenges

stunami:
Yay, this time of the year hahaha

This season was sooooo much better than last year, mostly because of casting!
I was scared with the theme this year but it turned out great.

Teams: 9/10

I think all 10 teams had the potential for greatness. Beside Chewy/Happy, we got to see a good amount of airtime for each teams. They all had great personalities and no one felt like 'filler' (maybe beside Zainab & Monica who we didn't see as much as the other teams).

I could see the whole final 6 coming back for an All Star + Todd/Anna for a second chance type of thing.

Route: 7/10

The route was not the best IMO, but it was ok! Sucks we only had 2 international legs, hope it goes up for next season.

Great location: Dawson City, Indonesia, Mexico, Fredericton, Banff
Ok: Squamish, Salt Spring Island, Stratford, Winnipeg, PEI
Meh: Toronto

As for Winnipeg and PEI, both were over due, but I'm a bit disappointed that they stayed in Winnipeg and the same side of PEI. They could have done the task in Charlottetown and then visit another part of the Island, but it was the same general area as season 2. Toronto was meh, I mean the leg was ok, but all of the tasks could have been done in another 'big city' that has not been visited yet, like Windsor or London. I get that production is based in T.O, so it's more convenient for them.

Tasks: 7/10

I thought there was too many dancing options (CanCan, Indonesian dance, Winnipeg ballet, vogue).
Tasks that were memorable by legs:
- Beaver  jumping task
- Dance CanCan / GPS Goldcoin task
- Blueberry Pie / Fairy Doors / Eagle knot
-  Indonesian hand dance / snake and leeches
- Nothing really from the Stratford leg.
- Vogue dance
- Magic Tricks
- Mouse statues / Zombie Paintball
- Telenova task / the sport roadblock (Jai High?)
- Simulator task
- Final memory challenge


Overall I would rate this season 8/10
Season ranking 2-1-4-6 (gap) 5 (huge gap) 3
Winner ranking: 4-5-6-2-1-3

Musicon:
There were some good locations and challenges mixed into the race at times - some of the tougher ones towards the end it felt.

But I didn't really feel I could root for a team.  Only a couple stood out from the more middle of the road teams, Dylan & Kwame were just too loud for me and their dance at the mat felt like it was copying someone.  Martina and Phil were a bit too obviously the team you were meant to root for, it felt like she had to carry the weight of the more boring teams on the show.  The men in particular not that interesting, at least some of the women (from a personal perspective) were eye candy for me.  I miss the casting from the Aussie version where nearly every person seemed a distinct character, or the classic period US version.

Leafsfan:
This was a really good season! The two things I hated were: Uturn before the detour and too many dance challenges.

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