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TAR Australia 9 (Celebrity Edition 3) Ongoing SHOW Discussion

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NumfarPTB:
Caught up with legs 8 and 9, all designed with very cool tasks.
Although the Columbo leg, oddly felt a bit slow paced, probably due to the sudden drop of number of teams, more than usual, the fact that we had the gap between the airings, made it even more odd, as we were coming from a freaking hellish KOR.

Aesha and Scott whoa, were able to pull a Jet and Cord. Congrats.

A lot of cool things with Tuk-tuks during all these Sri-Lanka legs.

Show contentWith 5 teams left, and 6 legs still to go, gotta assume there is probably 3 more non-elim. Sad to lose Mel before the Taiwan legs, considering she have Singaporean parents, would have been curious to see if that might have played into some sort of advantage, though as we seen through both legs 8 and 9, cooking and make-up knowloedge, ended-up not helping that much in very specific challenges.
From the edits, they seem to be building to some sort of rivalry between Aesha & Scott and Rob & Georgie, wouldn't be surprised if both were F3, with hopefully the Currys or Epiphany and Gretel completing the pack.
Curious what they will feature from my home-country beyond Taipei, heading south even if briefly, like TAR12 is something I am hoping for, at least one of the challenges might be in a HuaLien or somewhere around that from the preview. 

Xoruz:
Loved seeing Sigiriya again on TAR after 20 years with much more focus. I genuinely want to know what they were think in first having a snake charming task and then trying to execute it safely. Much of the focus all came down to the Detour. If pain and the risk for injury leads a team to take a penalty, then I will never criticize that. Even still, the dancing was the easier of the tasks, yet most of the teams chose to paint and fell behind. It was also fun seeing them drive the tuktuks.

Show contentFirst to worst to first for Aesha & Scott. Quite a rollercoaster. Right when we get the personal story bump(TM) for Mel & Leah, they go home.

G.B.:
I really don't understand why they don't allow teams to switch Detours in the celebrity version. It seems like such an arbitrary choice and all it does is lead to teams taking more penalties, which is unappealing to viewers, when instead we might get a lot more interesting drama from them wanting to try switching to the other task. No other edition of the race does this, so it's just a really odd design choice.

Maanca:

--- Quote from: G.B. on September 30, 2025, 11:56:25 PM ---I really don't understand why they don't allow teams to switch Detours in the celebrity version. It seems like such an arbitrary choice and all it does is lead to teams taking more penalties, which is unappealing to viewers, when instead we might get a lot more interesting drama from them wanting to try switching to the other task. No other edition of the race does this, so it's just a really odd design choice.

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Agreed, I hate this. It makes teams look like quitters who are not.

Xoruz:
Much like Sri Lanka, Taiwan had a bit of a pop in visits in the 2010s and then nothing for over 10 years. They did not tell teams anything during the reflexology path challenge, which led to unexpected moments like kissing feet. The first Face Off being virtual dodgeball was a bit random, but it wasn't overtly physical and pretty doable in a short time. The Face Off also wasn't a guaranteed killer as it came down to the singing and dancing Detour. Show contentThey never really explained how Luke & Scott passed Gretel & Epiphany in the cab ride to the Pit Stop, though it didn't matter either way with the Virtual Pit Stop.

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