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TAR Australia 8 (Celebrity Edition 2) Ongoing SHOW Discussion

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Xoruz:
23 years and there has never been a leg in Johannesburg until now.

In all fairness, it was nice to see a large South African city that's not Cape Town. They really want to trip teams up with eating tasks. Half of the legs so far have had one. Show contentI was stunned with that ending. I thought Jett & Lily were safe. Didn't know it was that close.

Also, what was that sequence with Havana & Steph in the elevator?  :funny:

NumfarPTB:
Really enjoy when they make teams use public transportation,
Curious about the detour situation. Leg 2 did state that stations were limited for that leg. Leg 3 and 4 did not state specifically, but from the way teams spreadout through the challenges it seems like so. If swapping are not allowed, it is just weird. Some teams missing the first train weren't hindered that much, as they were still able to catch up during the detour.
What about this race efforts to make teams eat feet and heads part of the challenges. Calling it KFC is a funny thing.
Happy that the leg didn't just conclude at the RB, and it kept going with another ARI.Impressive how long teams were stuck there mostly at the same time, Loved how teams that found the clue tried to be conspicous and hide it. And it was gorgeous sight, as most top teams arrived during sundown, until it became a night race.
We had this last season, but is this another season with two fairly strong FF teams, competing for top spots.  The ladies on the footrace for the mat was very exciting. Sad this was an elimination leg, was almost hoping this would be a non-elim.

BourkieBoy:
Episode 3 Thoughts

Finally caught up on Leg 3 last night (I warned y'all that I've been busy!  :lol: :funny:)

I personally found this leg to most the most boring episode of the season so far. Sure, the scenery looked amazing, but I found the tasks to be extremely boring and slow. Thought that the brick moulding task was the most interesting task of the leg, but I've always felt this task is better in a country like India or Malawi. Wasn't fussed with either of the Detour tasks, but appreciated the history and cultural traditions of Walk Like An Incan (after learning all about the Incans in a History class in school :funny:). Found Dress Like An Incan to easily be the worst task of the leg

Didn't mind the llama Roadblock, as it was funny to see some different team's reaction to the animal and I liked how the Pit Stop was in a tricky location and teams had to be smart as to where to find it

Show contentDevastated to see Cyrell & Eden go. They were my favorite team of the season by far (but so revealed to see my second favorite team, Billy & Oscar survive). Cyrell's fight with Christian over nothing was hilarious :lol: :funny:
Really looking forward to our trio of South African legs

Xoruz:
One aspect that helps TAR stand out is the interactions with locals. That was lost a bit due to COVID, but it came out in full force this leg. We genuinely got some inspiring moments like with the Tillies at the drum task as well as funny moments during the Detour. It was also funny that the bicycle task was either the easiest thing ever for some racers or the most frustrating thing for others to the point that it led to a penalty.

Show contentBrooke & Adam have become one of my favorite, so I was happy to see them win.

NumfarPTB:
Great leg about interaction with the locals, the challenges just appeared easy, but there was a certain level of difficulty through all of it.
I am liking Brooke and Adam as well. Such a fun leg for them.

Show contentA KOR?! It seems both Australia and Canada have both been avoiding straight Non-elim by having more KOR in place of them (including whatever oddity Canada did with that Voting Uturn board), which eliminates designing handicaps for the last team, while the US solution has been getting rid of non-elim legs altogether. Which probably was anti-climatic for the team serving a penalty at the pit-stop.

--- Quote from: BourkieBoy on September 20, 2024, 11:50:08 PM ---Episode 3 Thoughts
Finally caught up on Leg 3 last night (I warned y'all that I've been busy!  :lol: :funny:)

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Will be joining you on catching-up late when they head out for the next country for the next set of legs. Will be flying out for a few days for work, and not sure how much I'll be able to watch while away from home. Might be able to catch-up to legs 7 and 8 just as they're airing leg 9.

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