Topic: TARC 9 Speculation and Discussion of the LIVE Spoilers

[Brannockdevice]

Urgh Toronto is so disapointing....

Wonder what the penultimate leg will be, but I'm also thinking we are going to have a East Coast finale (Halifax or St-John's)

It’s a real shame people don’t enjoy Toronto legs.  Living there I love seeing places that I pass by on the daily being used.  Since US doesn’t come to Canada it’s the only real opportunity to see the city used for the race.

No one complains about New York being a finish line city in TAR US.

I mean for what it’s worth I much prefer cities not named New York and Los Angeles to host finales, which is why it’s been so refreshing to see the revolving door of new cities since season 29.

Also I feel like comparing New York and Toronto is like comparing apples to oranges.

[kyleisalive]

Also I feel like comparing New York and Toronto is like comparing apples to oranges.

Is this a caliber thing?  Canada's largest city for the U.S.'?

If you don't like Toronto that's cool, but this seems like arbitrary opinion to me.  Again, a bit disappointed people are eager to preemptively be put off by my hometown, but okay.

[Jjw26]

So if the final 4 was in fact today either we missed a leg somewhere (maybe in Quebec), there is 1 less leg this season or today was an NEL at the final 4 and we have one more leg until the final(I hate those personally so I'm going to pretend that's not the case until proven otherwise). If it's not the last one, we might be looking at the final leg being ran this weekend.

[Maanca]

To be fair, a lot of seasons have done that. It leaves the final elimination in suspense for another week, assuming they don't do like last year's finale.

[gamerfan09]

Could also be further cost-cutting, TARCAN1 was 10 legs, 2-4 were 12, 5-8 were 11, maybe we're back to 10? It's also possible we had another Keep on Racing in Quebec and that's when our final non-elim was.

[Jjw26]

Okay the guy with the photo of Deven & Amanda and Kayleen & Tyler said that Deven & Amanda showed up an hour before Kayleen & Tyler and that Kayleen & Tyler "showed up 5th" (assuming he means 4th). Eyewitness testimonies can be inaccurate a lot of the time so take that with a grain of salt.

[stunami]

Also it’s possible that they had a F5 elimination leg and this is F4 NEL
We can have one more leg before the finale

[Jjw26]

Also it’s possible that they had a F5 elimination leg and this is F4 NEL
We can have one more leg before the finale

There are certain things that have been posted that make me believe that the final is sooner rather than later.

[Maanca]

The next leg will tell. If they're climbing a bridge or doing something big like that, then you know it's a finale.

[Jjw26]

Okay the guy with the photo of Deven & Amanda and Kayleen & Tyler said that Deven & Amanda showed up an hour before Kayleen & Tyler and that Kayleen & Tyler "showed up 5th" (assuming he means 4th).

NEVERMIND miscommunication. Kayleen & Tyler showed up an hour before Deven & Amanda.

[fossil-racer]

Okay the guy with the photo of Deven & Amanda and Kayleen & Tyler said that Deven & Amanda showed up an hour before Kayleen & Tyler and that Kayleen & Tyler "showed up 5th" (assuming he means 4th).

NEVERMIND miscommunication. Kayleen & Tyler showed up an hour before Deven & Amanda.

So Deven and Amanda was last then?

[Jjw26]

So Deven and Amanda was last then?

The guy admitted that he's never seen the show so it's possible that he could be confused about where they placed, but it seems they at the very least finished behind Tyler & Kayleen.

[angelbaby09]

any chances this might be a non elimination leg? if its 11 leg season we still have 2 legs to film

[Jjw26]

any chances this might be a non elimination leg? if its 11 leg season we still have 2 legs to film

Always the chance, but there's also always the chance that we missed a leg somewhere else or that the budget was cut and we only have 10 legs. We know nothing for certain just certain things point to that we only have two more days left of filming (but those thing could also be wrong we'll see only time will tell).

[gamerfan09]

Three of the four teams speculated to be our F4 seen at the mat... should be very interesting to see if the finale is next!

[Maanca]

Edit: My bad. Wrong Tyler.

[Avid]

any chances this might be a non elimination leg? if its 11 leg season we still have 2 legs to film

The maths adds up, since leg7 was a KOR, I think they eliminated in leg 8 and top 4 were safe in leg 9..leg 10 Won't b so kind imo

[Jjw26]

The maths adds up, since leg7 was a KOR, I think they eliminated in leg 8 and top 4 were safe in leg 9..leg 10 Won't b so kind imo

I think you got your legs mixed up. Leg 6, according to Gamer's timeline, was KOR final 6 and leg 7 was final 6 elimination. Final 5 was in Quebec. God only knows what happens after that.

[Brannockdevice]

Also I feel like comparing New York and Toronto is like comparing apples to oranges.

Is this a caliber thing?  Canada's largest city for the U.S.'?

If you don't like Toronto that's cool, but this seems like arbitrary opinion to me.  Again, a bit disappointed people are eager to preemptively be put off by my hometown, but okay.

I mean that TAR Canada using Toronto is not quite the same as TARUS using New York City. Here's a few reasons why I think this.

For one, the Toronto area has hosted tasks in Seasons 1, 3, 6, 8 and 9, which at this point is over half of the seasons. Down south, the New York City area has hosted tasks in Seasons 1, 8, 10, 21, 25 and 27. This is only six of the 35 so far, so New York City has a much smaller presence in the American show than Toronto does in the Canadian show.

Furthermore, we are neglecting the fact that, excluding season 8, the American show exclusively travels internationally. New York City hosting the finale of Season 21 (for example) is just not the same as Toronto hosting Leg 6 of TAR Canada 6.

I'll leave off with mentioning that I never said I disliked Toronto, please don't put words in mouth.

[Parasparopagraho]

Toronto's only appeared on four consecutive seasons inclusive versus Los Angeles from 12 to 29.

[Jack3257]

Toronto's only appeared on four consecutive seasons inclusive versus Los Angeles from 12 to 29.

Toronto has had a LEG in four consecutive season, which is different than LA having a start line before they immediately fly to a foreign country.

[OMGitsGARRET]

I fear we may have missed the finale... I think it might have been yesterday. Either that or it'll be done today but I think it may have already finished.

Look for Halifax area/Eastern Passage, Nova Scotia sightings.

[Parasparopagraho]

Toronto's only appeared on four consecutive seasons inclusive versus Los Angeles from 12 to 29.

Toronto has had a LEG in four consecutive season, which is different than LA having a start line before they immediately fly to a foreign country.

Correction: LA had finales on 17 and 25 rather than Starting Lines.

In any case, TO > that eighteen season chain in SoCal

[Parasparopagraho]

I fear we may have missed the finale... I think it might have been yesterday. Either that or it'll be done today but I think it may have already finished.

Look for Halifax area/Eastern Passage, Nova Scotia sightings.

There's no reason to fret until the F4 start reappearing on socials.

[Leafsfan]

Some delayed sightings of people seeing teams, I will just enclose the screenshots in an IMGUR post to avoid clogging up the thread.

Adventure Bay Water Park - one of the locations on the Windsor leg (other Detour option maybe?)

This is in the same Complex as the Aquatic Centre

https://www.citywindsor.ca/mayorandcouncil/family-aquatic-complex/pages/family-aquatic-complex.aspx