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TAR Australia 9 (Celebrity Edition 3) Ongoing SHOW Discussion

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NumfarPTB:
Australia really - really -  love to use eating challenges don't they.
I would have gone to the veg side as well, almost luck for someone from the juice side pushing to the front, for a minute.
Beau's thing of chit-chating with the greeter became more awkward than usual.
Overall a fun start of the Uzbekistan adventure. Do expect one of the upcoming legs in the country to be a non-elim.

Xoruz:
Cannot tell you how elated I was when I figured out that they were going to Uzbekistan. Well maybe second to the show itself because they really made a point of telling us how no other version of TAR has gone to Uzbekistan. Central Asia is rare enough in general so it's nice that Australia continues to break new grounds. The architecture alone in this episode was something to behold. They really like eating tasks more than any other version, and just as a reminder, the fat was the same as the Kazakhstan Fast Forward from TAR 13. At least we got to hear commentary from Melissa this time about food. The Detour was quite difficult as the pomegranate had high variance along with a language barrier, and the vegetable task required a bit of skill. The dance task was certainly on the harder end, and I got flashbacks to the last dance Intersection in Agra. Nice start in a new country.

BourkieBoy:
Episode 5 Thoughts

Wow. I have nothing to say about that episode but wow. Tonight's episode was my favorite TAR Australia episode in many years. I think it's because of the location (the Soviet era apartment buildings and Cold War discussion did it for me I think) and how the episode was run in the rain and ended at night

We start off the episode at the raisin factory (seems that there was a cluebox at the entrance to the factory, but was edited out?), where the teams have remove the stalk off 1 kilo of raisins - this would be extremely hard as judging 1 kilo of raisins would be quite deceiving one would think. Then off we go to the Detour - both of these choices were awesome. In terms of Fix It, it would of been quite time consuming to beat, wash and trim the rug to acceptable standards (that judge was creeping me out!), while Fill Up was by far my favorite eating task so far - who knew eating so much sumelack (which is just wheat and flour mixed together) would make the teams violently ill (let's just say I was glad I'd eaten my dinner before this had started)

The Roadblock for this leg was also very underrated! Having to find just one correct key open the padlocked garage to reveal the car and the next clue would of been extremely frustrating after no success multiple times. I'm surprised teams managed to drive those old manual cars so well, with only Gretel stalling the car!

The Pit Stop at the abandoned waterpark was also a fantastic location

Overall, this was by far my favorite leg of the season - it's going to take something pretty incredible to top this!

Show contentThank goodness for the non-elimination leg saving Fev & Leni! My childhood hero lives on to fight another day! You were right with your observation Numfar!

Xoruz:
Last leg focused on the Silk Road era, and this leg focused on the Soviet era. If you're doing two legs in the same city, this is the approach. On top of that, this leg was brutal. The raisins, the carpet, the sumalak, and the Lada. Not to mention the rain on top of that. Show contentIf there was any leg that was a NEL after all that, I'm glad it's this one.

NumfarPTB:
Agreed fantastic leg, and really happy for it being a non-elim.
Also happy for the team who won this leg.

Show contentDonkeys are back, in the same season that also features Taiwan. LOL.

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