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The Amazing Race: Design Challenge VIII - Final Round Design Show on Page 50!
Kamineko:
DAY #7:
SITE: EVERGREEN LODGE AT YOSEMITE, YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, CA
TIME: 10.00 AM
Phil Keoghan: Designers, your time is up! We will commence the Design Showcase soon.
Before I start revealing all of your designs to the viewers, let me first introduce you to our guest judge in this round.
This person is well known in the Reality Fan Forum, as well as the Design Challenge series. Having won his first season back in Season 5, he continued to be a judge in Season 6, and then joined as one of the hosts of Season 7.
I think some of you already recognized him by now. So, without much waiting, please welcome...
For your information, gamerfan09 will be our guest judge not only for this round, but also for some future rounds as well. So that's one more person you have to impress other than our three main judges.
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Phil Keoghan: Now that we've introduced our guest judge, let's proceed to the main event.
I would like no posting or interruption until I finish. I will be showcasing them by regions, to not confuse the viewers as well.
Without further ado, let's begin the Design Showcase!
Note: I will post the designs in this order and color:
West - Sea Green
Midwest - Tomato
South - Slate Blue
Northeast - Goldenrod
Kamineko:
Design #1 - Leafsfan
[Hagerman & Twin Falls, Idaho]
Show contentRound 1: The Grand American Finale
Phil: This is Tokyo, Japan, the world's largest metropolis. In the heart of this conglomeration, is Tokyo Skytree, the tallest building in the city. This tower served as the 11th pitstop across the world and the final three teams will depart from here to their final destination.
Saul/Carrie: Fly to Boise, Idaho!, once there choose one of the parked cars in the parking lot and drive 96 miles to Hagerman Fossil Beds National Monument in the town of Hagerman, Idaho. You have $95 for this leg of the race.
Phil: All teams are on the same flight to Boise Idaho.
Phil: These grounds are famous for fossils of many prehistoric animals, but none more famous than the Hagerman Horse, which is the state fossil of Idaho. This prehistoric animal was first discovered in Idaho and is among the oldest horse species in the world ever discovered. In this task, teams must build a replica skeleton model of the Hagerman Horse. Once the skeleton is built exactly like the model, teams will receive their next clue along from the park ranger.
Phil: Teams must drive themselves 34 miles to the Centennial Waterfront Park in the town of Twin Falls, Idaho, once there teams need to locate the AWOL booth to get their next clue.
Who has a good memory? Phil: In this roadblock, the chosen team member must complete a zipline course (that consists of four lines). At the end of each line, the team member will be asked a question from the race by their tour guide. If they get it correct they can continue. If they are wrong, they must continue to guess until they are right. Once complete teams will receive their next clue. Here is a quick video with some of the zip-lining.
Phil:Drive yourselves five miles to the Lamb Weston Potato Factory in Twin Falls, and find your next clue at the entrance to the factory.
Phil: Idaho is known for its potatoes. In this task teams will be pay homage to the industry. Teams must now pack 20 ten pound bags equally among the various types of potatoes processed (Russet, Red, Fingerling and Yukon Gold) at this plant (five bags per type). Once teams have sorted the potatoes and weighed them to the ten pounds per bag, they must transport the bags to the shipping docks. Once the bags are correctly packed and transported to the dock, teams will receive their clue.
Phil:Drive yourselves eight miles to the Twin Falls Fairgrounds in the town of Filer.
Now, who really has a good memory? Note: The team member who did not do the zip-lining roadblock, MUST do this one. Phil: Idaho’s state nickname Is the “gem state”. The team member must look through the fairgrounds for the various stalls to locate 12 gems that were encountered during the race. Once they have the 12 gems, they must place them in order of when they were encountered. Once placed in order correctly, teams will be given their next clue by the fairgrounds worker. Note: The 12 gems are native/found mostly/named after in the locations they were used in.
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Leg 1: United States to Peru
Start line Task: Asked them to bring back a piece of realgar, one of the two colours on the Peruvian flag.
Leg 2: Peru
Pitstop greeter was wearing an elaborate necklace made up of augelite.
Leg 3: Peru to Brazil
Route info task required teams to sell two pieces of brazilianite to get their next clue.
Leg 4: Brazil to Mozambique
The person handing out the clues on both sides of the detour will be wearing a hat full of tourmaline.
Leg 5: Mozambique to Spain
A route info task in this leg required teams to deliver bags of sphalerite from one location to another.
Leg 6: Spain to Bosnia and Herzegovina
Pitstop greeter was wearing an elaborate necklace made up of hyalophane.
Leg 7: Bosnia and Herzegovina to Bulgaria
At the detour clue pickup/decision point, there were drummers, and the drums were decorated in cleiophane
Leg 8: Bulgaria to Tajikistan
Both sides of the detour had teams doing tasks at a Tajik wedding, the decorations were full of sogdianite, which is used by Tajiks to flaunt their wealth.
Leg 9: Tajikistan to Sri Lanka
A route info task required teams to decorate an elephant. Part of the decorations included ekanite.
Leg 10: Sri Lanka
At the beginning of the leg, teams are blessed by a Hindu priest, who gives them a piece of taaffeite, which is a good luck charm in the country.
Leg 11: Sri Lanka to Japan
The pitstop greeter's clothes had nambulite on it.
Leg 12: Japan to United States
The Park ranger at the fossil task had ludlamite as part of their uniform.
This is it! Go! Go! Go! Drive yourselves 14 miles to the final pitstop, Shoshone Falls.
Notes:Show content1) Flight from Tokyo to Boise (click the image to increase size):2) The Fossil beds are mostly closed to tourists, and the website directs people to the visitor center (away from the park). The park is a stunning landscape, and I wanted to incorporate it into this leg. This would take a request/permit to film (which won't be hard to acquire)
3) For the skeleton task, three different stations will be provided at the entrance to the park. There will be a replica model of the horse in the center of the three stations. This is an attention to detail task! As per this source, models are about 60-65 bones. The picture above is approximately the size of the replica teams need to build. Source
4) The AWOL booth is in the parking lot of the park. The zip-lining setup/safety occurs here.
5) The four questions (one per line) are as follows: 1) What was the detour you chose on Leg 6? 2) Name your leg placements in order for the first 5 legs. 3) The city of __ was visited on which leg? 4) How many countries did you visit (excluding the USA). The blank is there intentionally, as we have not planned a full route yet.
6) The potato task requires team to correctly pack the bags with the correct potatoes.
7) The final task has a mock route, the gems can be changed if needed to other countries.
8 ) Gems would be placed in 15 of the fair stalls (three would be false) here is a map of the fairgrounds. Once the 12 gems are found they must go to their workstation in the service area. In the service area, there will be a board divided into 12 sections and labelled leg 1, leg 2, and so on. The team member must place one gem per leg. Here is a map of the fairgrounds.
9) Maps are here: From Boise Airport to Fossil Park and the rest of the leg.
10) There is a possibility of a footrace at the pitstop. Teams must park their car and proceed on foot to the pitstop. Please see here for a map.
11) All gem information is from here.
12) Teams were given $95 for this leg, because it costs approximately $85 USD for a taxi from Skytree to Haneda airport. The rest of the leg is self driving, and the money left over is for gas if needed, and teams would have had to conserve from the previous legs.
Final thoughts: This is a driving intense leg, which can lead to chaos if teams get lost. This is why I limited it to four tasks overall. I tried to get variety of tasks on the race. The tasks are physical, memory team work, and high adrenaline. I feel its important to have a mix of tasks, so the best team does win. I also incorporated tasks related with things Idaho is known for, and all four tasks represent what Idaho is known for globally.
Kamineko:
Design #2 - elthemagnifico
[Oahu, Hawaii]
Show contentPhil: Manila, Philippines is the one of main industries commodities and main sources of country devise, in this capital city of one of the biggest archipelagos island in the world
and the center of Metro Manila, Rizal Park, as 3 teams will start their final leg of The Amazing Race.
Departure Time:
Martin & Diana 14:25 pm
Kim & Ron 14:28 pm
Rick & Morty 15:42 pm
fly to your final destination, Honolulu, Hawaii. Once there, make your way by taxi to Polynesian Culture Center to get a welcome lei by the priest, and their next clue. you have 20$ for this leg.
Phil: As the only island state in US, Hawaii offers rich cultures, diverse natural scenery, and warm tropical culture, that attract tourists around the world. Teams now fly their way, 5296 miles, to final destination Honolulu, Hawaii.
Phil: once they touchdown at Honolulu International Airport, they will get their pre-determined taxi, and make their way to the Polynesian Culture Center, located in a census-designated place of Laie on Honolulu County. they will have to find Samoa Island Village section, and get their blessing and welcome lei by the priest, and of course, their next clue
Phil: All teams now fly on the same flight, 5296 miles to Honolulu, Hawaii
map:
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Phil: Young Men of Samoan has been climbing for coconuts like this for centuries, in the part of Polynesian influence in Hawaii, and as one of the main attraction in Samoa island village, here in Polynesian Culture Center. This task will give them the opportunity to experience climbing in Samoa's way. This task requires each member of team to climb a 40 foot coconut palm tree. After watching the presentation and wearing safety gears, each member of the team have to pick up a coconut. once they are done picking up a coconut each, they will give their coconuts to the leader, who will reward them with the next clue. The twist of this task that their ankles will be tied with a twisted fabric, to differ samoan's way to climb the tree from the other, giving them less freedom to climb, despite it protects their feet, but once they figure out the effective way to climb, they can climb it faster than they thought.
Show content https://www.polynesia.com/blog/coconut-tree-climbing-samoan-style
the video of the samoan climbing tree
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5dNiLa0IMKg
make your way to McKay auditorium at BYU Hawaii to see the next clue
maps:
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Who has the right rhythm?
Phil: Ukulele has been the most wide-known Hawaiian music instrument for many years. its distinctive sound stands out from other string music instruments around the world, and it has been played on many occasions.
This Roadblock requires one member of the team to play an ukulele of a Hawaiian song. After choosing the instructor, they will practice a song to accompany with the singer. once they are ready with their chords and their timings, without taking notes, they will perform in front of judge and audience. they have to give a flawless performance, accompanying singer perfectly with their ukelele play, because one mistake, and they have to start over. once they are done with the task properly, the judge will give them the next clue.
Show content the song will be Keali'i Reichel - Kauanoeanuhea
here is the video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_YPoL5-3kZ4
and here is the ukulele chord
https://islandmusicnetwork.com/sheet/kauanoeanuhea/
Make your way to Kawela Beach, and find the beach area to get your next clue
map:
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Phil: Hawaiian Outrigger Canoe has been a Local's choice of transportation for 2.000 years, transporting goods and people, while facing harsh terrains and open ocean here in Hawaii. Now teams have the opportunity to experience rowing with it.
First, they have to assemble properly a Hawaiian Outrigger Canoe sail, according to the example. Once the local satisfy with their work, they have to row around 0,1 miles (160 meter) to Pahipahi'alua Beach where they will see the next clue somewhere on the beach.
maps to the Pahipahi'alua Beach:
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Make your way to Dole Private Beach Park located in Waialua to get for your final task
map:
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Roadblock: Who's getting crafty for a million? Note: The person who didn't complete the first roadblock have to do it!
Phil: A craft strung commonly with flowers, Lei has been given to show affection, and now is used in many occassion, such as welcoming guest, graduation, and wedding. And this beautiful necklace will determine their way to win The Amazing Race.
In this road block, and after watching the presentation of making lei, the person who didn't complete the first roadblock must string flower lei necklaces. Each lei contains 12 flowers, which flowers is a national flower they have been received/presented on the pit stop of each country. they have visited 8 countries on the race, so they have to make 8 flower leis. There will be addtional 4 boxes of flowers from the correct 8 flower boxes to deceive them. Once they finished crafting leis, they have to put their leis into the right order of each station. once the judge is satisfied with their lei's work, including their lei's quality, choosing the flowers matched with the country they visited, and putting their leis into the correct order, they will be given the final clue.
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Kim:
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Belgium - Red Poppy
Indonesia - Moon orchid
The Netherland - Tulip
New Zealand - Kowhai
Cyprus - Cyprus Cylamen
France - Iris
Argentina - Ceibo
The Phillipines - Sampaguita/white jasmine
Rick:
Show contentIndonesia
The Phillipines
The Netherland
France
Cyprus
Argentina
Belgium
New Zealand
Diana:
Show content Argentina
New Zealand
Belgium
Indonesia
The Phillipines
Cyprus
The Netherland
France
the distractions:
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Vanda Miss Joaquim
White Orchid
Chamomile
Reference:
https://www.pickupflowers.com/flower-guide/national-flowers
How to craft Lei:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A-yq5QWuznc
It's time to finish your journey! Make your way to Dillingham Ranch in Waialua, Hawaii. Go! Go! Go!
Phil: This beautiful ranch, located in Waialua, of the north shore of Oahu, Hawaii, will be the finish line of this season of the amazing race. The first team who crossed the finish line will win one million dollar, and The Amazing Race
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Note:
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1. first of all, Thank you for the judges to give me the chance to play for this game the second time of asking, and to pay attention for my design of this leg
2. I originally planned for a leg of a rural area near Seattle (because i love Seattle :funny: ), but i didnt have any idea at all for the final leg at all, so when i read Hawaii as a state to design for the leg, my first thought for the leg was "Flower Lei as the final task" and it sold me right away.
3. All of the teams will get the same flight to ensure the fairness for the final leg. also they will take the charter taxi troughout the leg, and they won't be allowed to change the taxi unless emergency situation happened. the taxi fares will be paid by producers
4. 20$ is for the extra cash if something happened and they have to purchase something
5. the local audiences are added to give more challenge for the roadblock performer, since they have to overcome the stage freight during the task. there will be 50 audiences filled in into auditorium
6. the pole for the boat task will have lenght of 180 cm. and the flag has been stitched, so they just have to focus on assembling the boat. Pay attention to the detail can be frightening tho :funny:
7. they will use fake flowers for the lei task, since it's impossible to supply the real flowers since of the humidity of Hawaii, logistic stuffs, and some flowers may be expensivee too
8. a box will contain of 32 flowers, so it will be enough to them to craft more in case some of them are broken or missing during the crafting.
9. there are three stations on tree climbing task so no need for first come first serve.
10. For the final task, the leis will be put into a pole on the table, and the label on the pole will be the country flag insteadd of letters/words
11. The box of flowers won't have the label, so the roadblock performer will have to find out themselves which flower is needed by opening the box.
12. For the lei task, the performer wont't be allowed to take the notes
13. They will be only in Honolulu for the landing, after that they will have to go to the CDP area of Laie, to fulfill the requirement
Kamineko:
Design #3 - redwings8831
[Alamogordo, New Mexico]
Show contentROUND 1
*This is the Harborland, a shopping and entertainment district on the banks of the Osaka Bay in Kōbe, Japan. And located in the center of the district in front of the CULMENI (Kōbe Information & Culture) building is a monument dedicated to the late Elvis Presley. In 2009, when the "Love Me Tender" store in Tokyo closed, the statue needed a new home and was moved to Kōbe, as the city is known for its love of music and is considered to be the birthplace of jazz in Japan. Today, the monument is the starting point for the final leg of the Amazing Race.*
https://www.youtube.com/v/mYKE0q49jiU
All teams will leave the pit stop between 7:00 AM and 8:00 AM.
Clue: Say good bye to Elvis as you head back to the United States but one of his prized possessions holds your next clue. Find his 1962 Lockheed JetStar 6 airplane and the clue inside it. You have $575 for this leg of the race.
Teams will have to figure out that this jet has been sitting empty for over 30 years in the Roswell Aircraft Boneyard, located at the Roswell International Air Center. Teams may have also noticed that 575, the amount of money received for this leg of the race is the area code of Roswell and much of Eastern New Mexico.
https://youtube.com/v/K21WZK3Zck0
All teams traveled from Kōbe to Osaka's Kansai International airport via taxi (approximately $200 USD) and were on the same set of flights to Roswell.
**Transportation in the spoiler tag below**
Show content**There is a long layover in Dallas but it allows for them to rest and for production to put them up a nice hotel at DFW for the night before an early flight to Roswell and a full day of racing. :lol:**
Upon arriving in Roswell, New Mexico and retrieving the clue at Elvis' jetstar:
Clue: Find the marked 2020 Toyota Land Cruisers in the airport parking lot and drive yourself to the International UFO Museum and Research Center. Retrieve your next clue from the aliens inside the main enterance.
The town of Roswell (population 48,366) was made famous by the UFO incident of 1947, where a US Army Air Forces balloon crashed in the nearby village of Corona. Rampant speculation that this balloon was a "flying disc" spread and conspirators believe that the military found the UFO and has been covering it up ever since. Today, Roswell's tourism industry is heavily based on aerospace engineering and ufology museums and businesses, as well as alien-themed and spacecraft-themed iconography.
At the UFO Museum:
Roadblock: Who wants to Walk in Space?
**Transportation (After picking the player for the roadblock, teams had to walk to the nearby Roswell UFO Spacewalk.)**
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In this roadblock, the chosen team member will have to go into the UFO Spacewalk and search their surroundings inside it for the location of their next clue. If they complete it without finding the location, they will have go back to the beginning and search through it again. Each trip through could take up to an additional 5-10 minutes. If they are correct, they can leave and drive to the next clue.
https://www.youtube.com/v/gjDe7GFYMB4https://www.youtube.com/v/q4a4e0UgveM
Clue (at 0:55 of the first video):
The team member doing the roadblock will have to figure out that the text is above is what they are looking for. Once they do so, teams can drive to Trinity, which is the site of the worlds first nuclear bomb test, conducted by the US Army in 1945 as part of the Manhattan Project. Today, the site is part of the White Sands Missile Range, so when teams get there, they will be accompanied by US military personnel to enter. Teams are looking for the obelisk at the Trinity Site ground zero, where their next clue awaits.
https://www.youtube.com/v/H0G8CaT-EDg
**Transportation**
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Upon retrieving the next clue:
Clue: Drive yourself to the town of Mescalero on the Mescalero Apache Reservation. Find the St. Joseph Apache Mission church for your next clue.
**Transportation**
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Upon arriving in Mescalero (population 3,156) and finding the church:
Clue: Crown Dancing is a very old and sacred dance tradition in the Mescalero reservation. According to Apache belief, the dance was taught to the Apaches by the mountain spirits as a means of healing. The Crown Dancers are the mountain spirits and they believe that Usen, the Creator, sent them to the Apache to teach them to live in harmony.
Now working with your teammate and under instruction from the local tribe members, learn and complete a 60 second piece of crown dancing to receive your next clue.
https://www.youtube.com/v/B2c92b-kTL0
Upon finishing the crown dancing:
Clue: Drive to the nearby Old Road Restaurant for your next clue.
**Transportation**
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Roadblock: Who can stuff it under pressure? The person who did the UFO Spacewalk roadblock can not do this one.
In this roadblock, the chosen team member will have to learn how to make New Mexican stuffed sopapillas, pillow-shaped fried pastry dough stuffed with either savory or sweet ingredients. The team member will have to roll out the dough, stuff, and fry 10 sopapillas. The catch is that the each sopapilla will have a different stuffing, one specific to the cuisine of a country previously visited on the race. There will additional stuffings to choose from so if the team member picks a wrong one, they will have to remake it. When all ten are correct and up to the chefs standards, teams will receive their next clue.
https://www.youtube.com/v/EZqKweMV9WM
**Countries/Stuffings:**
Show content1. Jamaica - Jerk Pork
2. Spain - Paella
3. Iceland - Hakarl
4. Norway - Rakfisk
5. Belgium - Chocolate
6. Italy - Mascarpone cheese
7. Israel - Falafel
8. India - Butter Chicken
9. Philippines - Balut
10. Japan - Kobe Beef
*Upon completion of the roadblock.*
Clue: Drive to the town of Alamogordo and make your way to Balloon Fiesta Park for your next clue.
**Transportation**
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*Upon arrival at the balloon park in Alamogordo (population 30,403):*
Clue: Choose a marked hot air balloon and search through a 100 nylon flags to find the flags of the 10 countries that you visited on the race. When you have them all, sew them on to the balloon envelope in the order you visited these countries during the race using the template provided. When your hot air balloon guide has checked everything and it is correct, teams will receive their next clue.
**Correct order**
Show contentJamaica, Spain, Iceland, Norway, Belgium, Italy, Israel, India, Philippines, Japan
Clue: Travel via the hot air balloon you just decorated to the nearby White Sands National Park (about 15-20 minute ride), the finish line of the race. With over 275 square miles of desert, White Sands is the world's largest gypsum dune field.
From the air above and using the provided binoculars if needed, search for the finish mat. When you have found it, your guide will land the balloon in the marked area. Then, use the provided sleds to sled down the sand dunes and run to the mat. This is it. GO GO GO!!!!
https://www.youtube.com/v/PCoXUeY9aKw
**Hot Air Balloon Transportation to Finish Line**
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Kamineko:
Design #4 - ZBC Company
[Kelso, California]
Show contentOpen this link:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ZO6ZXEqt_DQ7gQ2cwT8qL4mNXv6zi9ukWPd4IDdAPLk/edit?usp=sharing
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