Topic: TAR 33 (2nd Try!) Bitch, Moan, and Squeal HERE! (Spoilers)

[ianthebalance]

Penn is correct: it does sound like someone singing “oatmeal” 

[Parasparopagraho]

Ew @ the pointlessness of a Detour in the premiere when it should strictly be Roadblocks and/or Active Route Info tasks only by now.

[ianthebalance]

Ewww at gatekeeping what kinds of tasks should be allowed in a premier

[Philimination]

I'm fine with it as long as there's at least one other substantial task, not just clue, detour, pitstop.

[Parasparopagraho]

Ewww at gatekeeping what kinds of tasks should be allowed in a premier

First and foremost, the correct spelling is premiere; secondly, that logistic sloppiness is what led to the show's uninterrupted string of Emmy losses for the last half-decade, but go off.

[Parasparopagraho]

I'm fine with it as long as there's at least one other substantial task, not just clue, detour, pitstop.

Au contraire, nothing about the structure of one or two RBs alongside an ARI before the first Mat needed any fixing.

[ianthebalance]

Bruh are you really trying to argue that the emmys saw that there weren’t always a roadblock and detour in every leg and decided not to award TAR because of that?

[LandonM170]

Are we even sure there is only a Detour and not a Route Info Task also?

[Kiwi Jay]

The teams leave Heathrow and electric taxi to Trafalgar Square where they have to search among some 500 men dressed as iconic red phone-boxes, where only a select number have clues (RI task). The next clue instructs them to travel on foot to Buckingham Palace and search outside the front for the next clue. (RI search). The clue outside Buckingham is where Phil was waiting for teams - it's a Detour and is a choice between something at the Horse Guards Palace if I recall correctly, and the Mess Hall in Covent Garden (art space). I followed teams to the Mess Hall. From here they receive a RI instructing them to travel by taxi into the heart of Soho and find the Queen and Boris Johnson having tea at The Shipping News (RI). From here the Queen gives teams the RI instructing them to travel by taxi to the pitstop inside the National History Museum.

So, not just a detour and a RI or two. There are three RI's and one is an ARI task to search among the men at Trafalgar for the next clue. Some were there for a little while before moving on.

Enjoy TAR33 everyone. Aren't we INCREDIBLY lucky to be able to see another season of this incredible show, amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The fact production got teams back to Europe for Switzerland, Italy, Corsica, Greece and Portugal AT ALL is a triumph, and hopefully 34 will see them travel to some other continents later this year. So excited to see this season play out, having been there for the first and a bit of the second leg. What a great cast, very diverse. Again - still yearn for the older couple over 60 - but this cast has several over-40s which is lovely to see after a very young 32 cast.

[gamerfan09]

I understand that the promotion this season is heavily based on social media but this is a new level of lazy.

The CBS website main page has only been advertising "Good Sam" as premiering on January 5 at 10 PM. Undercover Boss is also currently listed as "Premieres Friday Jan. 7". Absolutely nothing about TAR premiering on January 5.

The TAR page itself is STILL using the Season 32 key art (even though everywhere else has been updated). It's STILL just saying "Now Streaming". It's STILL showing nothing but Season 32 stuff unless you scroll down to see Season 33 previews in the video tab. The cast was revealed almost a MONTH ago.

The season premieres in 3 days. This is just a minor nitpicking since TAR being back is always the most important thing but the handling of the pre-show press has been ridiculous at this point.

[I ♥ TAR]

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[cbacbacba1]

https://parade.com/1316615/mikebloom/the-amazing-race-33-producers-covid-interview/

We were supposed to have the first visit to Nepal for TAR33 

[Maanca]

https://parade.com/1316615/mikebloom/the-amazing-race-33-producers-covid-interview/

We were supposed to have the first visit to Nepal for TAR33 

My wishlist country. Figures it'd be a scrapped route that finally gets there, huh?

At least TAR Israel spent a couple legs there 2 seasons ago, so I've already gotten to see it featured once.

[ianthebalance]

Are we sure that wasn’t an attempt at Nepal when they were trying to rescramble  after legs were cancelled? That’s what I thought he meant

[H_E_L_L_O]

Are we sure that wasn’t an attempt at Nepal when they were trying to rescramble  after legs were cancelled? That’s what I thought he meant

I’m interpreting it like this as well, that Nepal and Thailand were on the reroute that included South America (and logically it likely also included Australia or New Zealand).

[Leafsfan.]

Are we sure that wasn’t an attempt at Nepal when they were trying to rescramble  after legs were cancelled? That’s what I thought he meant

Doesn't sound like that. Sounds like Nepal was on the original route with Thailand.

We also know Austria (close to Italy) and Vietnam were also believed to be on the original route.

[BourkieBoy]

Man, I would of loved to have see Nepal debut on the original route. So robbed! Hopefully we see it on the next season? 

On another aspect, I thought that it was discussed here previously, but I thought that the whole of Asia was going to be skipped in the 1st run of TAR33? So, how can that article discuss possible legs in Thailand and we speculate Vietnam was going to be visited, when the producers confirmed in an interview after the Race that the whole of Asia was going to be skipped, should they of completed all 12 legs in the first run of TAR33...

[TARUSAFan]

Missed opportunity with the Nepal leg. That would have been the 93rd country on the US version. I do hope in the future, TAR visits  100 countries.

[PikaBelleChu]

Original Route of TAR 33 would've been:

- 2 Legs of U.K. (London & Glasgow)
- 1 Leg of Sweden (Lulea)
- 1 Leg of Latvia (Riga)
- 2 Legs of Austria (Salzburg)
- 1 Leg of Nepal (Kathmandu)
- 1 Leg of Vietnam (Hue & Da Nang)
- 1 Leg of New Zealand (Auckland)
- 1 Leg of Uruguay (Montevideo)
- 1 Leg of Bolivia (La Paz)

[cbacbacba1]

Original Route of TAR 33 would've been:

- 2 Legs of U.K. (London & Glasgow)
- 1 Leg of Sweden (Lulea)
- 1 Leg of Latvia (Riga)
- 2 Legs of Austria (Salzburg)
- 1 Leg of Nepal (Kathmandu)
- 1 Leg of Vietnam (Hue & Da Nang)
- 1 Leg of New Zealand (Auckland)
- 1 Leg of Uruguay (Montevideo)
- 1 Leg of Bolivia (La Paz)

I don’t think we have heard of any for Latvia / New Zealand / Uruguay / Bolivia
What we have heard of for the South America part was Peru I think?

[H_E_L_L_O]

Original Route of TAR 33 would've been:

- 2 Legs of U.K. (London & Glasgow)
- 1 Leg of Sweden (Lulea)
- 1 Leg of Latvia (Riga)
- 2 Legs of Austria (Salzburg)
- 1 Leg of Nepal (Kathmandu)
- 1 Leg of Vietnam (Hue & Da Nang)
- 1 Leg of New Zealand (Auckland)
- 1 Leg of Uruguay (Montevideo)
- 1 Leg of Bolivia (La Paz)

I don’t think we have heard of any for Latvia / New Zealand / Uruguay / Bolivia
What we have heard of for the South America part was Peru I think?

I think this also the first time we hear of two legs in Austria.

[theschnauzers]

Original Route of TAR 33 would've been:

- 2 Legs of U.K. (London & Glasgow)
- 1 Leg of Sweden (Lulea)
- 1 Leg of Latvia (Riga)
- 2 Legs of Austria (Salzburg)
- 1 Leg of Nepal (Kathmandu)
- 1 Leg of Vietnam (Hue & Da Nang)
- 1 Leg of New Zealand (Auckland)
- 1 Leg of Uruguay (Montevideo)
- 1 Leg of Bolivia (La Paz)

First problem it’s this is that there were three legs in the UK (2 in London, 1 in Glasgow) As to the rest of it, source please?

[OMGitsGARRET]

I wonder why the editors didn't show Lulu and Lala switching Detours from Darts to Cakes? Would've added more drama. I thought the Darts Detour was way too easy, so it would've been good to show a team struggle enough on it to actually switch Detours.

https://i.redd.it/1x4oblsb10a81.png

[Robin4]

Oh, I thought the darts detour looked really hard personally.

[RachelLeVega]

I wonder why the editors didn't show Lulu and Lala switching Detours from Darts to Cakes? Would've added more drama. I thought the Darts Detour was way too easy, so it would've been good to show a team struggle enough on it to actually switch Detours.

https://i.redd.it/1x4oblsb10a81.png

Maybe they didn't struggle with it, but only switched after a first attempt.

And we did see Connie & Sam and Arun & Natalia misfiring the darts a lot too.