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Re: TAR 36: Bitch, Moan & Squeal Here! *POSSIBLE SPOILERS!*
« Reply #150 on: June 22, 2023, 07:47:22 AM »
If they're gonna enter Europe, I'm gonna bet my cash on either Latvia / Slovakia / Slovenia.  :)x :2hearts:

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Re: TAR 36: Bitch, Moan & Squeal Here! *POSSIBLE SPOILERS!*
« Reply #151 on: June 22, 2023, 07:57:18 AM »
With all this discussion & speculation of the Middle East possibly being the next destination - you do release that the TAR Detectives have repeatedly stated Qatar is a "no-go zone" right?

Qatar was tried in Season 25, but there was huge problems with Elise or something (the Detectives can probably explain this better then me!) As a result, if the Middle East is visited, it'll probably be a UAE/Oman/Kuwait/Bahrain re-visit, because of course, Saudi Arabia is also a no-go zone with their historical & current treatment of women...

Qatar at the last minute pulled the filming permits, making it impossible to shoot there.


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« Reply #152 on: June 22, 2023, 08:10:03 AM »
Morgan and Lena are still in it!  :cheer:  :conf:

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« Reply #153 on: June 22, 2023, 08:22:28 AM »
Personally I don’t have an issue with the 3 countries so far? In what world is Vietnam overused lol this would be its 7th season out of 36.

As for Thailand and India, it’s just cool to see those legs ran with so many teams (as opposed to being endgame legs). Language barrier alone makes them more difficult on the teams.

My one complaint though is the CASTING. Where is the diversity??? 34 had only 2 non-POC teams I believe. This one seems like it’s 60-70% non-POC. And don’t come at me for complaining about this because SO SO many seasons (both early and modern) lacked diversity so there’s no reason we can’t have a streak of POC-dominated casts.
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« Reply #154 on: June 22, 2023, 08:34:02 AM »
Did CBS get rid of 50% BIPOC rule? I am trying really hard but I can not count 13 BIPOC people in this cast.


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« Reply #155 on: June 22, 2023, 08:37:30 AM »
Did CBS get rid of 50% BIPOC rule? I am trying really hard but I can not count 13 BIPOC people in this cast.
I think Ashley could be Latina which would bring the number to 50%, but impossible to know for certain until we ID her officially.

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« Reply #156 on: June 22, 2023, 08:39:07 AM »
Did CBS get rid of 50% BIPOC rule? I am trying really hard but I can not count 13 BIPOC people in this cast.

it's definitely 50%, they would have made sure of it

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« Reply #157 on: June 22, 2023, 08:40:31 AM »
Personally I don’t have an issue with the 3 countries so far? In what world is Vietnam overused lol this would be its 7th season out of 36.

As for Thailand and India, it’s just cool to see those legs ran with so many teams (as opposed to being endgame legs). Language barrier alone makes them more difficult on the teams.

My one complaint though is the CASTING. Where is the diversity??? 34 had only 2 non-POC teams I believe. This one seems like it’s 60-70% non-POC. And don’t come at me for complaining about this because SO SO many seasons (both early and modern) lacked diversity so there’s no reason we can’t have a streak of POC-dominated casts.

CBS would have made sure it is 50% just because someone appears white in bad quality photos doesn't mean they are/don't have another racial background

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« Reply #158 on: June 22, 2023, 08:43:23 AM »
I could be wrong but I thought the POC people were

Andrea & Malaina
Morgan & Lena
John & Greg
Jocelyn & Victor
Elizabeth & Iliana
Liam & Yeremi
and Ian

Which would be exactly 13?

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« Reply #159 on: June 22, 2023, 09:38:49 AM »
Looking back on it, the only season that has had four legs in southeast Asia was season 19. Considering how much I absolutely loved that season, I am absolutely okay with this route so far.
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« Reply #160 on: June 22, 2023, 09:39:55 AM »
Riding elephants? They’ll never learn

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« Reply #161 on: June 22, 2023, 12:25:35 PM »
In what world is Vietnam overused lol this would be its 7th season out of 36.
In the past eight seasons it's been visited three times now. I'm fine with going back to countries soon after a visit if they are going to new cities in the country and not the same two (for Vietnam it's Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh). If Cần Thơ was the only visited city in Vietnam, I will be fine with that. I just don't want another Ho Chi Minh leg for a bit, as we just had two legs in the city in 31.

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« Reply #162 on: June 22, 2023, 12:40:52 PM »
Iam happy that we get to see Asia again. But please do some new things like night leg in Bangkok, and other places in India other then a city. They have been to three times now. Season 32 did a great job, with India then.
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« Reply #163 on: June 22, 2023, 01:36:33 PM »
Israel could be a contender for the ME because the issues with getting their passport stamped have mostly been fixed. I think they're down to only a half dozen or so countries that won't stamp your passport if you've been there and they're mostly places they won't go like Iran and Pakistan.

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« Reply #164 on: June 22, 2023, 01:51:04 PM »
Israel could be a contender for the ME because the issues with getting their passport stamped have mostly been fixed. I think they're down to only a half dozen or so countries that won't stamp your passport if you've been there and they're mostly places they won't go like Iran and Pakistan.

I remember the speculation while TAR34 was in neighboring Jordan, but they'll never go there. Israel's too much of a politically-charged issue to the US, CBS would get dumped on for making it look good.

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« Reply #165 on: June 23, 2023, 03:49:28 AM »
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« Reply #166 on: June 23, 2023, 09:15:28 AM »
Israel could be a contender for the ME because the issues with getting their passport stamped have mostly been fixed. I think they're down to only a half dozen or so countries that won't stamp your passport if you've been there and they're mostly places they won't go like Iran and Pakistan.

I remember the speculation while TAR34 was in neighboring Jordan, but they'll never go there. Israel's too much of a politically-charged issue to the US, CBS would get dumped on for making it look good.

I think the most realistic Middle Eastern destinations are Oman, Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates. I know they love to go to Dubai but I wouldn’t mind a revisit to Abu Dhabi!
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« Reply #167 on: June 23, 2023, 09:38:30 AM »
Is it just me hoping them going north to Nepal or Central Asia then go to Europe

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« Reply #168 on: June 23, 2023, 09:54:37 AM »
Fun fact: Australia 2 also went to Jaipur with exactly ten teams.

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« Reply #169 on: June 23, 2023, 10:29:25 AM »
What do we think the odds are that production brings back U-Turns?


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« Reply #170 on: June 23, 2023, 10:52:19 AM »
What do we think the odds are that production brings back U-Turns?

They might. In 33 the reasoning was "given what's going on in the world, we don't want mean-spirited gameplay", then in 34 they shifted more toward "it's unfair with the group starts".

That's all moot now that we're back to commercial flights.

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« Reply #171 on: June 23, 2023, 10:54:43 AM »
im thinking uae or something first in middle east next

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« Reply #172 on: June 23, 2023, 12:34:31 PM »
What do we think the odds are that production brings back U-Turns?

They might. In 33 the reasoning was "given what's going on in the world, we don't want mean-spirited gameplay", then in 34 they shifted more toward "it's unfair with the group starts".

That's all moot now that we're back to commercial flights.

I thought the reasoning was just because they wanted teams off the race course asap? To limit exposure.

Hopefully they are back in 36. We need drama to keep the episodes interesting.

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« Reply #173 on: June 23, 2023, 12:59:09 PM »
I thought the reasoning was just because they wanted teams off the race course asap? To limit exposure.

Hopefully they are back in 36. We need drama to keep the episodes interesting.

Ah yeah, probably. I'm just remembering articles where Phil talked about the measures they took.

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« Reply #174 on: June 23, 2023, 01:02:26 PM »
I live in Abu Dhabi and summer officially started a few days ago. It feels like over 40 degrees every day!! I doubt they will come to the Gulf region this time of year. Don't think Production would want teams collapsing from heat exhaustion