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TAR Australia 9 (Celebrity Edition 3) Ongoing SHOW Discussion
NMC:
Just catching up with this Season now, and been thoroughly enjoying it. One thing that's kinda weird and been bugging me though is that nobody's running. Not to clue boxes, not to the Pitstop, not to taxis. Not anywhere! :duno:
During Leg 1 one of the racers (or maybe it was Beau) said something about teams not being allowed to run because production can't keep up with them, but is that actually legit? I just don't get it? :groan:
G.B.:
--- Quote from: NMC on September 16, 2025, 10:19:55 AM ---During Leg 1 one of the racers (or maybe it was Beau) said something about teams not being allowed to run because production can't keep up with them, but is that actually legit? I just don't get it? :groan:
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Beau says a lot of goofy stuff, but it is actually true that teams need to stay close enough to their camera crew so they can actually, y'know, be filmed. Cameramen are always in really good physical shape, but at the same time it was a steep hill with stairs and such so keeping up was probably a little more difficult.
Really needless of Beau to try to make a joke out of it, because that's just going to fuel the conspiracy theories that the show is rigged/staged. I loved Beau when he first started, but I'm kinda getting tired of him trying SO HARD to be funny all the time.
NMC:
Like you say, Beau drawing attention to it just didn't make sense, because now I'm just aware of the fact no one's running around. Just walking at a brisk pace.
I've just never seen any other version, or even previous Aus season for that matter, stop the racers from actually, you know, RUNNING a race!
Only thing I can think is either their camera crew aren't as fit as usual, or.. and this is leaning more into the conspiracy side of things, they were trying to make things more fair for the less fit teams. Aka, Steph and Gretal. Highly doubt it's that second option though.
G.B.:
I've seen a few "Live Sighting" videos where they have to have teams hold for just a moment while the cameras catch up. It's never very long, usually only a few seconds, or maybe a touch longer if they have to cross a street or something. Like I said, that was a very steep hill so it probably wasn't easy for them to move to where they needed to be. The one I remember specifically is from Season 27, when one team asked a local for help (who started filming) but the crew told them to wait until they could cross the street and film the interaction. It was only about 30-ish seconds.
To nip something else in the bud, there's none of this happening when teams are in a footrace to the Pit Stop or something like a "pull a number to get your spot in line" area, because the Pit Stop and task locations have extra cameramen hanging around.
Xoruz:
Murphy's law was out in full force this leg. They really went off the beaten path for this episode. The Speed Bump was a bit lame since they hid the keys in the seatback. The Detour was delightfully deceptive as the better smelling one required more finesse and skill. The farming and donkeys brought back memories from 17 and 12. The Roadblock was a bit lenient in judging as they focused more on maintaining breaths while blowing the horn rather than hitting the exact note.
Show contentDom & Marx were quite a shocking boot. From fumbling at the cheese balls to planting the potatoes wrong, it's shocking that they finished the leg so high and still got eliminated.
For the first ever version to visit Uzbekistan, TAR Australia did a really good job in showing off multiple aspects of the country. Hopefully it gets revisited someday.
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