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Redskevin88's TAR 33 News & Recaps *Contains Spoilers*

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redskevin88:
I'll be posting news and recaps on this thread as hopefully Season 33 will progress and be aired.

redskevin88:
Survivor 41 has begun airing, with the first episode aired last Thursday morning (Singapore time) while the Amazing Race has restarted filming its 33rd season.

Survivor 41 was filmed in Fiji in April, just before the COVID situation got worse worldwide. Cast and production members arrived in groups and were quarantined in Fiji for 14 days before filming began, and it was shot over 26 days instead of the usual 39 days. Unlike recent seasons, the contestants were divided into three tribes, last used in Season 35.

Meanwhile, the Amazing Race has restarted filming for Season 33, with Reality Fan Forum reporting that eight teams have been flown to Europe for the restart via a chartered private plane, with sightings of teams in Corsica, France, and Greece, and filming in Switzerland.

Filming for Season 33 had been paused at the start of the coronavirus pandemic, with three episodes filmed. It is uncertain if all the original teams will be on the race, with speculation that some eliminated teams might return, and how the original legs will be aired. COVID-19 will also affect the route, with most of Asia and Australia off-limits.

https://redshopeweekly2016.wordpress.com/2021/09/27/survivor-41-airing-while-tar-33-begins-filming/

redskevin88:
CBS has announced that The Amazing Race 33 will premiere on television starting from January 5th (Jan 6th Singapore time). Unlike previous seasons, CBS has not revealed the distance traveled nor the countries visited. According to spoilers, the United Kingdom, France, Greece, and Switzerland are among the countries visited, with the finale in Los Angeles.

This season is also the first season where 50% of the cast must be Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) following an incident involving a racist comment made against an Asian-American cast member on Big Brother, whose host is an Asian-American, Julie Chen-Moonves.

Season 33 had started filming just before the COVID-19 pandemic began, and paused filming in March 2020, pausing for more than 18 months before filming again in late-September 2021. Teams flew to destinations via private jet, and there was speculation that teams were provided with GPS maps and specially rented cars to avoid the use of public transport like taxis and reduce interaction with locals.

New alliance-sharing rules are believed to have been put in place for this season following last season’s fiascos involving the “Mine-Five” Alliance, with COVID-19 social distancing protocols also probably playing a part.

https://redshopeweekly2016.wordpress.com/2021/11/13/the-amazing-race-33-will-premiere-on-january-5th/

redskevin88:
The Amazing Race has made its return to television, with the world deep into the COVID-19 pandemic that my friends and I thought would last the most 40 days? It’s been two years since then and we all have to adapt and so does the race, although the premiere and the next two episodes were shot pre-pandemic. The cast looks interesting, with what I believe to be a highly recruited cast. I suspect the show is on its last legs, although, thanks to the pandemic, with travel restricted, it has been a distraction of sorts. I have not cried for a long time, but watching the first few minutes of TAR 33 brought tears to my eyes.

The cast is headlined by the Holderness couple Kim & Penn, 2015 Thalys train attack heroes Anthony Sadler & Spencer Stone, and “Singing Cops” Michael Norwood & Moe Badger. Oh and a “couple” from another CBS show, this time even less famous than normal. Kim & Penn are also the first racers with ADHD and anxiety issues, they are the first racers with a mental disability since Zev from TAR 15.

Just like in Season 28, teams flew from their hometown to their first destination, London, England with a video message from Phil. When they landed in London, they made their way to Trafalgar Square and searched among 500 men dressed as phone boxes for their next clue. The clue at the phone boxes directed teams to Canada Gate at Buckingham Palace where teams found Phil and the detour. The Detour was Artist Den or Digiben. In Artist Den, teams assembled a mural to receive their next clue, while in Digiben, teams must find Bobby in Parliament Square along with Little Ben and DJ Digiben. After the detour, teams had to find “Queen Elizabeth” and “Boris Johnson” to get their next clue, which directed them to the pit stop.

Connie & Sam and Lulu & Lala fell behind early, putting them in a fight for last place. However, Michael & Moe made a mistake at the detour, starting to paste before assembling their mural.

It was a three-way race to the pit stop for first, with Anthony & Spencer, Raquel & Cayla, and Ryan & Dusty. Anthony & Spencer arrived first and won a trip to the Turks & Caicos, which hopefully they will be able to take when they finally get their prize. Michael & Moe almost caught up, but they got lost, allowing Lulu & Lala to catch up, and they were eliminated from the race.

https://redshopeweekly2016.wordpress.com/2022/01/08/the-amazing-race-33-episode-1-leg-1-recap/

redskevin88:
This leg and the previous leg aired as part of a two-hour premiere. Many have said that this leg feels kind of rushed, like the producers were trying to film as many legs as possible before any COVID lockdown and trying to keep contestants in the United Kingdom for ease of travel. Personally, I think they should have done Leg 2 as a hybrid England/Scotland countryside leg, then have Leg 3 in Glasgow.

The race continued in London, England with teams making their way to the Mail Rail at the London Post Office Railway. There the first Roadblock of the race required teams to search through thousands of envelopes and packages for one displaying the TAR logo. Penn & Ray begin overthinking the Roadblock and are stuck.

Teams then travel to Leicester Square, The Detour was Bullseye, Mate or Decorate. In Bullseye, teams are given three darts and must hit a bullseye on each attempt to get their next clue. In Decorate, teams must arrange fruit on a cake to mimic a country in the European Union (France & Germany). To everyone’s surprise, Norway is not a European Union nation, and neither is Britain (Brexit occurred just before they started filming, on Feb 1, 2020).

There is a five-way race to the pit stop as teams faced taxi troubles to due road works & the bad weather. The next clue directs teams to Phil at Russell Square Tube Station where they will have a cup of tea with Phil…and it’s a Keep on Racing leg.

https://redshopeweekly2016.wordpress.com/2022/01/10/the-amazing-race-33-episode-2-leg-2-recap/

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