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Discuss what happens on the show without future spoilers.
Teaser Episode 1
https://www.youtube.com/v/ihp7xb3g8Z8
Premiere date: 8:00 PM, 06 July 2019 (+07 GMT) on VTV3
Livestream: https://vtvgo.vn/xem-truc-tuyen-kenh-vtv3-3.html
Official Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cuocduakythuvn/?fref=nf
Official Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwf3JXtYPSyqWnwMic-cs7Q
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So excited for new season. #teamyellow #teamblue :clap2:
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Amazing how TAR has been having a dry spell, and now four seasons are coming out at nearly the same time!
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Wow, a new twist in this year is that the Express Pass will expired after ONE leg. That means if the team wins the Express Pass in Leg 1, the team can only use it in Leg 2. Multiple Express Passes will be awarded during the race.
Moreover, it seems to be that Yield will be used in this season.
Source: https://www.yan.vn/cuoc-dua-ky-thu-la-gi-co-nhung-ai-tham-gia-gameshow-nay-205362.html?fbclid=IwAR1PrnH2OWSy_7h4PU2eJ3W8k-HDagpAQ0GTmR4658D3BMsc3y1WkSHykJY
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That's an interesting new take on the Express Pass
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That's very interesting! I think that's a fresh take on the Express Pass. I wonder how teams can win one. Whether a Leg prize or randomly finding one or having an extra task or requirement to existing task.
Looking forward to the premiere tonight! Hope they will still upload the full episodes to their official YT.
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According to the episode, the Express Pass can also be used to save another team. So I guess the number of Express Passes will approximately be equal to the number of NEL. And the second leg might be an another NEL.
Some impression with the first episode:
- Even though every tasks are Route Info in the first leg, these is actually a "modified" detour (teams are forced to do one task from four tasks based on luck), and a double Roadblock.
- Both members of the gray team do not know how to read. (However, I appreciate that they speak completely in Vietnamese, unlike some other teams).
- The time penalty for the first task is 20 minutes.
- One member of yellow team is an environmentalist, and she tried to cut the grass in the right way.
- The black team broke the machine in the "modified" detour and needed to do the task by hand :O
- One girl in team white gave up the last task and decided to receive the time penalty. Seeing the team might finish in last place, she decided to give up the penalty and complete the task :lol:
- The first leg is a NEL.
- Since the two bottom teams decide to check in at the same time, they are both marked for elimination in the next leg. They will not have any money for the next leg.
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Two teams taking a NEL penalty. Is that a first?
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Two teams taking a NEL penalty. Is that a first?
Probably since most other franchises don't have ties. This leg was already playing a little loose with task structure, so why not end the leg with an NEL tie. :lol:
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Haven't watched the ep yet. So is the Express Pass basically the Salvage Pass now?
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Haven't watched the ep yet. So is the Express Pass basically the Salvage Pass now?
Teams can either skip a task or save another team.
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The first episode was a borefest.
It was worse than TARVN standard. :groan:
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Why on earth do they air TAR Vietnam on a Saturday night? :funny:
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Welcome back everyone! This was a .......weird start.
As you probably know by now, I need a lot of help building Wiki pages for the Vietnam Race. Thanks already for BVD providing some info.
As always, I am looking for Full names, Hometowns and Ages of all contestants
Looks like the Wikipedia page has actually been updated for this first leg, which usually doesn't happen, so that's luckily the only question I have at this point. Since no-one was eliminated yet, there's also no rush. Also, was White/Green's penalty at the Pit Stop, or at the task site?
This is the same S.T that was eliminated first in Season 2, right?
Team Orange needs to wear orange clothing. Those shirts were absolutely definitely Red :Y
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Wiki page (https://realityfanwiki.obfuscatereality.com/index.php?title=The_Amazing_Race_Vietnam_2019) is up. Let me know if anything's wrong.
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I also love the 300 million Vietnamese Dong prize!
How crazy! :funny:
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I also love the 300 million Vietnamese Dong prize!
How crazy! :funny:
Well, it equals to about 12,800 USD, so what?
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It's not nearly as impressive as it sounds when you convert it to USD. I learned that when I wrote the Wikipedia summary for that Deal or No Deal Fast Forward from last season.
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Yeah, seems like you need to know about different denominations for every currency. Not every currency in the world starts at 1 as "the equivalent of 1 dollar". Some start at 1000, etc. Learn more about inflation, thanks. And also, not every 1 of any currencies in the world feels like 1 Australian dollar.
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Some impression with the second episode:
- The 5-minute rule is applied to this race.
- All team is not provided any money for this leg of the race :lol: . So the last two teams receive no disadvantage.
- The motorbike Route Info is dangerous. The teams need to chase the drone, and some drivers might not be able to both focus on the road and the drone at the same time.
- The gray team felt off the cliff. One team member (Johnny) hit his face on the ground, lost a tooth, and experienced double vision afterward. Both team members need ~30 minutes after that to stabilize. Many other teams also felt during that task.
- The Detour: Do or Eat. Do: The teams have to make 5 kilogram of noodle to receive the next clue. Eat: Each team member has to eat 3 bowls of noodles, so there are 6 bowls in total.
- The white team decides to switch the member who performs the Roadblock. According to the rules of previous season, the team will receive a 2-hour penalty.
- The members of the green team help each other during the Roadblock. They might also receive a penalty, so maybe that is why both the penalties are not shown.
- I think the plan is to finish the race at night, but because it was too dangerous to drive in the dark, a task is moved to the next day.
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Chasing a drone on a motorbike? Yes, I'd say that's dangerous :o
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I liked this episode much more than the premiere. I think also because the Leg's format was more "normal" too.
The motorbike task was basically the TARAu/TARPH sand dunes/clue under a basket task, except much more physical and dangerous. I didn't get the drone part though since they just had to follow the road/path, didn't they?
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I was angry about White team not receiving a penalty, until I learned here about Green's penalty also. Way to make it really confusing, producers. I mean, in Season 4 they had the two last place teams wait out a penalty even though it didn't mean anything. A casual viewer might think it's totally unfair that the team is eliminated...
The teams have to make 5 kilogram of noodle to receive the next clue.
Are you sure? They were making those thin edible things (Bánh tráng) from Season 3, didn't they? I feel like it would take a LOT of those to make up 5kg...
Here's who I identified as doing the Roadblock. Tell me if any of these are wrong:
ORANGE: Minh Triệu
BLACK: Quốc Thiên
GREEN: Chu Minh Vũ
PINK: MLee
RED: Emma
WHITE: Hoàng Hạnh (Before switch)
BROWN: S.T Sơn Thạch
BLUE: Đỗ Mỹ Linh
GREY: Huy Trần
YELLOW: Lệ Hằng
Also, here is how I interpreted the dirt bike challenge. Let me know if this is inaccurate:
The teams have to 'chase' the Sting bottle that flew away on a drone. The 'story' being presented is that the bottle flew away, and then hid itself somewhere on the course, as if it was alive. But, besides the drone flying away at the beginning to show this story, they didn't ACTUALLY have to chase it. The task itself was to find it hidden.
Can anyone confirm the length of Green's penalty? Since it's not shown, I'm just going to assume it's also 2 hours long.
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- The white team decides to switch the member who performs the Roadblock. According to the rules of previous season, the team will receive a 2-hour penalty.
They receive no penalty because they can switch once in this Roadblock.
- The members of the green team help each other during the Roadblock. They might also receive a penalty, so maybe that is why both the penalties are not shown.
I think they receive no penalty as well. No penalty rule about helping each other in Roadblock in TARV. You can see that they help each other a lot in previous seasons.
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- The white team decides to switch the member who performs the Roadblock. According to the rules of previous season, the team will receive a 2-hour penalty.
They receive no penalty because they can switch once in this Roadblock.
Oy... Do I still just count this as White Team female's Roadblock only?
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The teams have to make 5 kilogram of noodle to receive the next clue.
Sorry, I did not translate carefully. The teams have to make noodle from 5 kilogram of ingredients (including water). As a result, they only need to make about 15.
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The motorbike task was basically the TARAu/TARPH sand dunes/clue under a basket task, except much more physical and dangerous. I didn't get the drone part though since they just had to follow the road/path, didn't they?
The drone is supposed to lead the teams to the right direction. I think because it was not safe anymore, the producers decide to get rid of the drone.
Edit: Some teams thought that they need to catch the drone to get the clue.
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Also, here is how I interpreted the dirt bike challenge. Let me know if this is inaccurate:
The teams have to 'chase' the Sting bottle that flew away on a drone. The 'story' being presented is that the bottle flew away, and then hid itself somewhere on the course, as if it was alive. But, besides the drone flying away at the beginning to show this story, they didn't ACTUALLY have to chase it. The task itself was to find it hidden.
Oh! That makes sense. It's actually kind of fun and cute and definitely a nice product placement task.
The drone is supposed to lead the teams to the right direction. I think because it was not safe anymore, the producers decide to get rid of the drone.
Edit: Some teams thought that they need to catch the drone to get the clue.
But then again, since some teams thought they had to actually chase after it, then it's definitely not the safest task. Especially when they're going up and down those hills. Though the non-driving team member could've been the lookout if needed.
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I haven't looked at this version for a while, I saw the first two seasons and I remember a funny woman who was an absolute disaster with some American guy.
Looking at the two episodes here, it's definitely tough. I appreciate the climbing and a bit of danger with bikes (as there was on the Canadian version recently). Climbing up a ladder is definitely much harder than just rappelling (what the US version normally does). Also hitchhiking with trucks than just using taxis or buses.
It's interesting to hear the explanation of the end of the first leg, I assumed they had been told it was a non-elimination and so just checked in together. So only one of those two teams could be eliminated in the second leg? I assumed the drones were just meant to guide them in the direction they had to go, I had no idea it dropped a bottle.
Amazing how TAR has been having a dry spell, and now four seasons are coming out at nearly the same time!
Which is the 4th? I know there's this, Canada and Israel.
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I think he means how 31 just ended. Australia was recently announced but that's it for now.
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The teams having to walk up the mountain at the start of the Leg and then hitchhiking gave me the Pekin Express feels. It was actually kind of refreshing watching it on a TAR :clap2:
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I did mean 31, yes.
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Are the two guys on team Green not related to each other? I assumed "Vũ" was their shared family name, and I thought one was using "family name last" style while the other was using "family name first" style.
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Are the two guys on team Green not related to each other? I assumed "Vũ" was their shared family name, and I thought one was using "family name last" style while the other was using "family name first" style.
No, Chu is also a common family name in Vietnam, so I think Vũ's family name is Chu.
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Well, that was dumb. Yellow and Black teams quit the rowing TO the Detour, so that means they just don't complete the Detour at all? Really now...
Wikipedia says both dudes on Black team completed a Roadblock, but I swore Quốc Thiên did both of them so far. Can somebody verify this? Nevermind, I see I was mistake on Leg 2.
I don't understand the Detour at all. Per Wikipedia, it's a choice between carrying up 10 bricks or 15 pieces of tofu? Why would anyone choose bricks?! There has to be something else to the Tofu side, right??
I'm guessing there was no location name given for the island Huong Giang was on, right? It's just one of the thousands of Ha Long Bay islets :/
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When the yellow team started their 2 hour penalty, they were each carrying those large branches. Was that part of the penalty?
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It was an okay Leg. Leg 2 was much better still.
Do they not plan on the Legs taking so long and going past sunset? :lol: I was surprised they allowed the last two teams to still do the ropes course in the dark.
I assume all the hiking took the most time. But they still started around 8-9am I think it was.
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...Is this a Dating/Blind Date thing, like TAR26? I just looked at the "other Wiki" page for this season and they're all listed as dating each other. All except Green and White.
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I don't understand the Detour at all. Per Wikipedia, it's a choice between carrying up 10 bricks or 15 pieces of tofu? Why would anyone choose bricks?! There has to be something else to the Tofu side, right??
I'm guessing there was no location name given for the island Huong Giang was on, right? It's just one of the thousands of Ha Long Bay islets :/
Some teams choose bricks because they can use a strickle to carry all 10 bricks to the destination. Meanwhile, if they choose to carry tofu, they can only use a dish, which is unstable (especially when you still need to walk a rocky road).
Huong Giang said that the location is Ḥn (Khủng / Phủ) Hà. There is no list of islands in Ha Long Bay, so I cannot find the exact name.
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When the yellow team started their 2 hour penalty, they were each carrying those large branches. Was that part of the penalty?
Yes, that's a part of the penalty.
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I don't understand BHD at all. They made the same mistakes every year in game set-up, penalties and edit and they don't learn any lessons. :carryon:
They always use hard physical challenges to create dramas and then when the physical challenges are not hard enough, it becomes a snoozefest.
BHD, contact to me for next season (if any), I will advise you for free.
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Far be it for me to make any unfounded accusations but it is rather...convenient...that after a penalty was served two teams checked in at the exact same time right to the second on a leg right before a double elimination. :duno:
That blindfolded obstacle task was great though :cheer:
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It happened again? :o
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Far be it for me to make any unfounded accusations but it is rather...convenient...that after a penalty was served two teams checked in at the exact same time right to the second on a leg right before a double elimination. :duno:
This leg is a NEL. However, there is indeed a double elimination next leg.
The last two teams will receive a 1 hour 30 minute penalty at the start of the next leg.
Impression:
- The team is not provided enough money to travel ~50 km on taxi. I do not know if the producers call the cabs for the teams or not, but while the taxi of one team has a higher rate than those of other teams, and one taxi is free :O
- The time penalty for the roadblock is 15 minutes :idgit
- The reason for penalty of the gray team
(https://i.kym-cdn.com/entries/icons/original/000/024/196/sign.jpg)
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What is it with this season and double NEL?
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They may have been non-elimination legs anyway? But they think there's more drama if two teams are on the mat?
I am skipping through some of this, despite the great scenery of the rich Viet natural areas. Somehow the editing doesn't create suspense, the camera placements are rarely closeup as well when they need to be at some points. Some of that could be budget constraints. Maybe timed tasks could add an extra degree of suspense. Even in a more interesting task like the blindfolded one it just feels like a succession of teams passing through and it taking ages to show it. Obviously I'd get more from it if I knew the language but the drama doesn't really come through to me.
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It was a pretty good episode and Leg. The editing is obviously slower on TARV, but I guess I'm used to it with TARV and TAR China already.
One reason I'm enjoying these episodes is seeing teams hiking through the jungle all day (like 11am to at least 6/7pm right?) and swimming through caves at night! This is stuff you'd never see on TARUS (lol) so it's very fun and interesting to see here.
I definitely don't believe that the last team arrived right at the very second the penalty ended lol But then again, they really didn't follow the directions, so if they had done it correctly, there would be no penalty in the first place. :duno:
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The funniest thing to me though was the selective blurring of the Sting logo :funny:
(https://i.imgur.com/gJE9qUC.jpg)
They even put a red box over it sometimes:
(https://i.imgur.com/1kA5Bck.jpg)
I didn't get it especially since isn't Sting the show's major sponsor and I assume this task was just the usual product placement :funny:
(https://i.imgur.com/wi9j2Cj.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/kR8Dy5o.jpg)
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The will go to North Korea this season???? :o
Source: http://kenh14.vn/cuoc-dua-ky-thu-2019-lua-chon-trieu-tien-quoc-gia-bi-an-nhat-the-gioi-cho-chang-dua-o-nuoc-ngoai-20190728101315046.chn (even kenh14 is trash but all of their rumours are true)
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That would be shocking!
I thought they were just going to Show content
Thailand
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My jaw has just dropped if they really are. TAR Vietnam's got some balls of reinforced steel, it seems.
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This season is weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeird...
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The white teams are the villains this year. The guy always has a scowl on his face and they're always arguing.
Fans are accusing the girl of peeking while blindfolded.
I'm just watching for Ky Duyen's 100cm rack.
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I'm always thrown off by the pink team because in the confessionals Quoc Ahn always seems like he's sad or upset so I always assume they're eliminated :funny: I know it's not his personality because he's usually always happy during the Leg lol
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I'm always thrown off by the pink team because in the confessionals Quoc Ahn always seems like he's sad or upset so I always assume they're eliminated :funny: I know it's not his personality because he's usually always happy during the Leg lol
Pink team eliminated?
(https://i.imgur.com/i0O2kL8.png)
Oh yeah, this season is so gripping. You never know who's going to be on top and on bottom...
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I'm always thrown off by the pink team because in the confessionals Quoc Ahn always seems like he's sad or upset so I always assume they're eliminated :funny: I know it's not his personality because he's usually always happy during the Leg lol
I think part of it is those confessionals were clearly filmed after the fact - Mlee's pink dye has completely faded by the time they filmed them.
If I understood Vietnamese I'd be upset since people's facial expressions pretty much spoil who does well or not well (with the exception of Lương Gia Huy, who always looks annoyed at Hoàng Hạnh) but since I don't it's super helpful lol.
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The yellow team/BQs also had a confessional in front of a bridge and not in front of the TARV background or indoors, different from everyone else. So I assumed they had gotten eliminated too. lol
Being used to TAR Canada filming confessionals after the Race ended too (and how obvious they usually are), I should know not to base eliminations on how they look in the confessionals. :funny: But actually, me not understanding Vietnamese does the opposite. I always assume their facial expressions are spoilers since I don't know what they're saying! :lol:
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And the winning streak is broken.
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Best episode so far, full of dramas (Orange, Yellow, Grey and White), good challenges (both physical and skills), Brown winning streak broken, close pit stop race, and the EP will be used to save a team next episode.
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It was a great Leg.
Even crazier when the first and last place teams started the Leg almost 2 hours apart, but all (?) teams were at the balls at the same time?
And another all day Leg too. TARUS weeps at the thought of a Leg lasting more than 3 hours :lol:
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The season has been gaining steam after a shaky start, and it was great to see the teams in the back actually have a chance since I thought that they would be doomed due to their delayed start.
And another all day Leg too. TARUS weeps at the thought of a Leg lasting more than 3 hours :lol:
Personally, I'm glad the leg lasted one day instead of two because delaying one task for the next day typically kills the momentum of the episode.
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Can someone confirm to me who did the Roadblock this leg from ORANGE team, BLACK team and YELLOW team? Wikipedia and I seem to disagree (and I can't tell Orange and Black teams apart from each other)
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The season has been gaining steam after a shaky start, and it was great to see the teams in the back actually have a chance since I thought that they would be doomed due to their delayed start.
And another all day Leg too. TARUS weeps at the thought of a Leg lasting more than 3 hours :lol:
Personally, I'm glad the leg lasted one day instead of two because delaying one task for the next day typically kills the momentum of the episode.
Definitely I love these whole day Legs.
But if they plan long Legs like this, they should at least plan the last task or two to still be safe to complete in the dark so there's no overnight rest in the middle of the Leg and teams can still finish.
The first task was pretty straightforward on paper, but I assume it was the rowing upstream that made it absolutely difficult. And then having to carry the heavy bananas after already being exhausted trying to row in place, basically (lol) made it a very physical task.
The Detour was a good, very typical TAR task. The carving was also nice and different, but when it was being described, I expected the results to be a little more polished :lol: They were very lenient with the teams haha
The Road Block was simple, but good as well since it comes after a very long day.
Navigating and driving around seemed to take a long time as well.
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Can someone confirm to me who did the Roadblock this leg from ORANGE team, BLACK team and YELLOW team? Wikipedia and I seem to disagree (and I can't tell Orange and Black teams apart from each other)
And I think these are the teams and who did the RBs?
Orange (Minh Triệu & Kỳ Duyên): Kỳ Duyên
Black (Quốc Thiên & Anh Quân): Quốc Thiên
Yellow: H'Hen Niê
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Yeah, every time I think I know which one is Quốc Thiên, I'm wrong...
Wikipedia says H'Hen has done three RBs, but I only count her as having done the ones on Leg 3 and Leg 5 (this leg)
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Yeah, every time I think I know which one is Quốc Thiên, I'm wrong...
Wikipedia says H'Hen has done three RBs, but I only count her as having done the ones on Leg 3 and Leg 5 (this leg)
She did last week's RB too with the buffalo crossing the river.
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In Vietnam do not ask women directions. Always ask taxi drivers or policemen.
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So Vietnam's brought in the Salvage Pass, basically
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A shorter Leg (in terms of tasks), but alright. Obviously a physical Road Block in the heat in the middle of the day. The Detour was unbalanced I guess since the puzzle side of the Detour was much more straightforward than the wakeboarding that requires a lot of practice and skill/experience.
Has another TAR done the Tower of Hanoi puzzle before? I know the Head to Head in TAR31 is a similar, modified version. But I feel like I've seen a task like it before where the teams/contestants had no idea how to solve it. So maybe not as easy as it sounds?
Again another task in the pitch black darkness! lol I am surprised no one cut their knees open falling on the rocks. I know I probably would have :lol: But it was a good, creative task. Should've been sponsored by a phone company. lol
And I wonder if the FF clue was completely unreadable all wet and the crew just gave them the clue in the end :lol:
Ultimately, the Leg was decided at the Detour.
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Has another TAR done the Tower of Hanoi puzzle before? I know the Head to Head in TAR31 is a similar, modified version. But I feel like I've seen a task like it before where the teams/contestants had no idea how to solve it. So maybe not as easy as it sounds?
Again another task in the pitch black darkness! lol I am surprised no one cut their knees open falling on the rocks. I know I probably would have.
TAR Norge did a Tower of Hanoi puzzle next to the actual Tower of Hanoi.
Even without the darkness, it was surprising that the blindfold didn't cause more tripping especially on the steep hill near the well.
Yeah that Detour wasn't balanced and was pretty much was the deciding factor.
For the people that speak Vietnamese, what was the logic for saving the team?
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Has another TAR done the Tower of Hanoi puzzle before? I know the Head to Head in TAR31 is a similar, modified version. But I feel like I've seen a task like it before where the teams/contestants had no idea how to solve it. So maybe not as easy as it sounds?
Again another task in the pitch black darkness! lol I am surprised no one cut their knees open falling on the rocks. I know I probably would have.
TAR Norge did a Tower of Hanoi puzzle next to the actual Tower of Hanoi.
Even without the darkness, it was surprising that the blindfold didn't cause more tripping especially on the steep hill near the well.
Yeah that Detour wasn't balanced and was pretty much was the deciding factor.
For the people that speak Vietnamese, what was the logic for saving the team?
They are two cute and fun girls and are a good team just been unlucky so they should get a 2nd chance.
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I totally even forgot about the express pass. Did it expire this Leg? Or did they just want to save them.
Also was it teased at the end of the last episode that there was a possibility the express pass could be used? I was definitely surprised at the beginning of the ep.
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Those that speak Vietnamese: was there reference to how many Fast Forwards would be on the race? Given that there's basically three 'tiers' of teams - tan/pink, yellow/blue, orange/gray/white - I'm surprised Lê Xuân Tiền & Đỗ Mỹ Linh were able to do it uncontested (mind you judging from the distance they covered getting to the falls if they failed it they would likely have been eliminated so good on them for finishing :tup:)
(eta @dryedmangoez wiki suggests the EP could either be used to skip a task or save a team; they had a confessional last ep with it so I'm guessing it was to set up that they were saving one of the teams eliminated on that leg)
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It is the only fast forward in the season. Luong Gia Huy mentioned that when interviewed that he wanted to do it but it was already taken.
My Linh (blue team) is absolutely getting blasted on social media for doing nothing on the fast forward and most of the season so far.
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It is the only fast forward in the season. Luong Gia Huy mentioned that when interviewed that he wanted to do it but it was already taken.
My Linh (blue team) is absolutely getting blasted on social media for doing nothing on the fast forward and most of the season so far.
Since there were two, the task should've had each team member take a key I think so both team members had something to do.
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For the people that speak Vietnamese, what was the logic for saving the team?
A strategy is that if two or more teams form an alliance and decide to finish the leg at the same time, the teams behind them will start 10 minutes / 15 minutes / 20 minutes after the alliance in the next leg because of the five minute rule.
And we will have a North Korean leg this season:
https://www.facebook.com/cuocduakythuvn/videos/2121605948148223
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Wow. Wow...it's true.
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Thanks for the answers.
Absolutely shocking that the rumor turned out to be true. Very interested to see this leg. :o
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Vietnam only does one country a season, so are they not going to
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Vietnam only does one country a season, so are they not going to Show content
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That was from a random editor on Wikipedia with no citation. It wasn't a ruse.
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OMG!!!! I can't believe that they are going to NORTH KOREA!
:cheer: :cheer: :cheer: :cheer:
That's so AMAZING!
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My Linh (blue team) is absolutely getting blasted on social media for doing nothing on the fast forward and most of the season so far.
What about Hoang Hanh? She did NO Roadblocks. The only one she selected to do, she swapped with her partner anyway. This hasn't happened since Tian & Jaree...
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I don't know how to feel about this Leg in North Korea lol
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IIRC, that weird meeting between Trump and Kim Jong-un took place in Vietnam, didn't it? Maybe Kim saw the show on TV while he was there and paid them like a million dollars to come play in his backyard.
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Sorry, G.B. lol. I know you don't like being spoiled on future locations, but this is one that naturally merited some discussion
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So I can't even imagine how the logistics work for a North Korean Leg. Will every team have a government escort the entire time? I doubt teams are gonna be running around places like they usually do.
:idgit :lol:
But hey, all the teams got out of North Korea and back to Vietnam safely, so I guess everything was alright.
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Sorry, G.B. lol. I know you don't like being spoiled on future locations, but this is one that naturally merited some discussion
Especially it being North Korea... oh welp I'm interested with this leg
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Eh, I'll allow it. Your punishment shall be only four years in purgatory instead of the usual five. (Lightning flashes somewhere in the distance)
In other news, I went over to Pyongyang on Google Maps to scope out the area before they (presumably) head there...There's some WEIRD stuff on that map. Somebody's been putting a whole bunch of fake stuff on there and somehow it's sticking around and not caught by google. There's a Burger King, a KFC, a bunch of restaurants named after Pokemon, Thanos Cafe, the "Fu Kin Duck"...
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Confirmed!
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The last leg was way better than the previous one for the tasks which felt more important to me than whether the teams were all together (which was because the tasks weren't judged that hard or were relatively easy). I'd no idea there was a salvage pass but I identified there was a fast forward, and it wasn't that easy to get either so that was worthwhile too. The tasks on water (except the fast forward which was ok) are still arranged/filmed quite boringly, but once that was over it was a very good leg.
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At least TARVN visit another countries, I'm very disappointed when I know TAR Canada doesn't have any international leg this season!
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Did viewers complain about teams riding ostriches, otherwise why was that aspect of the Detour completely cut?
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Yeah, they really made a point to avoid (or crop out) the ostriches. I assumed it was so people wouldn't get upset.
It was an okay Leg. The Road Block was good. The Detour was okay. And the last task in the tunnel was fun.
Also, what was the message scrolling at the bottom of the screen during the episode?
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Yeah, they really made a point to avoid (or crop out) the ostriches. I assumed it was so people wouldn't get upset.
It was an okay Leg. The Road Block was good. The Detour was okay. And the last task in the tunnel was fun.
Also, what was the message scrolling at the bottom of the screen during the episode?
The message was, we are using infrared cameras to show you inside the tunnel.
Episode was ok. Should have had the detour and u-turn before the roadblock.
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Single u-turns can be a simple elimination which is why they were taken out of the US version. The tasks were good, I like the idea of being in the dark like on some BB tasks, but felt sorry for the unsuspecting animals.
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Did the host mention a penalty for Grey team at the end, for violating the traffic laws earlier? I heard her say mười lăm phút.
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Did the host mention a penalty for Grey team at the end, for violating the traffic laws earlier? I heard her say mười lăm phút.
Yes. That is the penalty for the traffic law violation.
(I think it should be 30 minutes, but I think the rules are more lenient this season).
And it seems like we are having an alliance of Brown, Pink, Orange, and Blue teams. When Blue team arrived at the pit stop, we can see the motorbike of Brown team in the parking lot. Maybe the alliance decided to check in together, but the producers did not allow them to do so (or the Yellow team suddenly arrived and messed up the plan of the original plan of the alliance).
It is revealed that there is also another "selling stuffs" task that is all cut.
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Also, Da Lat again...?
Is "Huy Trần" his full name?
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It looked like some teams were helping each other in the blind task which resulted in it being even easier than it should have been and reducing the drama.
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It is revealed that there is also another "selling stuffs" task that is all cut.
When? Where?
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It is revealed that there is also another "selling stuffs" task that is all cut.
When? Where?
According to the Facebook of one member of the blue team, after the task in the tunnel, teams need to travel to a market near Hoa Binh Theater to perform a flower selling task.
https://ione.vnexpress.net/tin-tuc/sao/viet-nam/le-xuan-tien-giai-thich-nghi-van-doi-xanh-duoc-sap-xep-de-ve-nhat-tai-cuoc-dua-ky-thu-3969568.html (https://ione.vnexpress.net/tin-tuc/sao/viet-nam/le-xuan-tien-giai-thich-nghi-van-doi-xanh-duoc-sap-xep-de-ve-nhat-tai-cuoc-dua-ky-thu-3969568.html)
The Blue team also reveals that:
- The team actually did not complete the Roadblock and received a 1h44' penalty: 1h30' for quitting the Roadblock and 14 minutes for breaking 7 eggs in the first attempt.
- Because of a production difficulty, the Blue team gets some "time credits" and becomes the first team in this leg of the race.
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Interesting! I did wonder how they were able to catch up. I assumed teams had difficulty in the tunnel. But perhaps teams had more trouble in the flower selling.
They did spend half the episode on the RB which I think was too long anyway.
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Do we know if Blue team got the penalty at the RB site, or at the Pit Stop?
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Do we know if Blue team got the penalty at the RB site, or at the Pit Stop?
At the RB site. They just didn't show it.
They must have caught up at the detour (soccer)
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Do we know if Blue team got the penalty at the RB site, or at the Pit Stop?
I think the Blue team received the penalty at the RB site. The team said that after the RB, they were left far behind other teams.
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Got it! Wiki all updated.
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Got it! Wiki all updated.
The final task of the last leg is shown here :D. According to the clue, each team needs to sell 50 flowers to at least 10 different people. The price of each flower is 3000 VND (~0.13 USD).
https://youtu.be/CweluNHJSzY?t=1184
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With leg 8 has been done this week...
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It means we get to see North Korea leg? Whoaaaaaaa
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Was a pretty fun episode this week, and I think a lot of us will be talking about next week's episode.
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I imagine it's gonna be a very linear leg.
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TAR Vietnam about to visit North Korea feels so awesome, yet so surreal.
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Good episode, but kind of a Linear Leg. It was such a typical big city/urban Leg lol But alright. Happy to see the BQs get a win though. Sad about the Pink Team. I really liked them.
They were very lenient with the dubbing task it seems, but I much prefer this improv than TARC's Lion King dub RB lol
They made up for it by being very strict with the Detour it seems.
The Pyongyang Leg looks like a Leg that could easily be staged in South Korea. lol I agree it could be a very Linear Leg if they are being watched the entire time. Of course, Vietnam and North Korea have a much friendlier relationship. But it really will be a surreal episode, I think.
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How did the pink team fall so far behind? They got the memorization task first try when 3 other teams had to redo but got to the theater last.
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It seemed like a very Linear Leg. The only points where teams were able to get ahead was at the dubbing when Brown Team passed the Blue Team who were taking too much time coming up with lines. And then at the Detour where the BQs/Yellow Team were able to do the makeup faster than the other teams. Otherwise, the placements were all the same.
Especially when the RB was first come, first served. Teams were already in an order at the start. Pink Team didn't seem to have any chance to catch up.
Is there a special reason teams got the clue directly from Song Luan at the start of the Leg?
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Wow. Pink team are dressed in completely different (and weird?) clothing and MLee looks like total crap in the confessionals. GEE, I wonder if they were eliminated...
Anyway, I MUST have misunderstood something about the Detour. To me, it sounds like the choice was...
A) Put on makeup and costumes, or...
B) Put on makeup and costumes and then ALSO learn and perform an opera scene.
I mean, unless I missed something, then no wonder everybody chose the first one! (???)
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Wow. Pink team are dressed in completely different (and weird?) clothing and MLee looks like total crap in the confessionals. GEE, I wonder if they were eliminated...
Anyway, I MUST have misunderstood something about the Detour. To me, it sounds like the choice was...
A) Put on makeup and costumes, or...
B) Put on makeup and costumes and then ALSO learn and perform an opera scene.
I mean, unless I missed something, then no wonder everybody chose the first one! (???)
For the second choice, someone else will draw the makeup for them so that the team does not need to put on the makeup by themselves. It is still obvious that the second option is much longer and is not significantly easier than the first one.
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Also, what was with the really, really poor overdubbing during the Roadblock every time somebody said "Thanh Po Ho Chi Minh"? Did the editors really expect us to believe that was what they were actually saying in that moment? That was some of the worst dubbing I've ever seen... What was going on? Was everybody saying Sai Gon instead, or something?
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I thought the other side of the Detour was to play the music only. Not the actual performance in makeup and costume?
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https://tuoitrenews.vn/news/lifestyle/20190812/amazing-race-vietnam-under-fire-for-challenge-that-threatens-coral-reef/50957.html
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https://phunuphapluat.vn/cuoc-dua-ky-thu-2019-minh-trieu-ky-duyen-st-son-thach-binh-an-xay-ra-mau-thuan-tai-chang-dua-trieu-tien-159020.html
According to this article, because of local rules in North Korea, a special rule will be applied in the North Korean leg.
I guess that the teams will go to the task locations and perform the tasks together, the producer will record the time the teams used to finish that task, and at the Pit Stop, the final result will be revealed :O.
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Yeah, I assumed there would be some restrictions like that. You're not going have foreigners running around Pyongyang like they normally would elsewhere. lol and eeek at the same time.
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Yeah you cant take, motorbikes, taxis or stop and ask the locals for directions.
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What intrigues me the most about international TAR is seeing locations from another country's perspective and seeing countries TAR US hasn't gone to or can't go to. I've wondered for some time if a leg in DPRK was possible from TAR China for example, but I always thought that it would be a logistical nightmare (reading an interview with a TARV producer, it took several months to get permission to film). So, I still in awe that this leg actually happened.
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The fact that this leg was kept a secret to this cast until they reached Beijing is a little crazy and a little disturbing. Even if Vietnam has better relations with DPRK than the West, their reactions reading the clue said everything. Any leg in Pyongyang was going to be limited compared to other locations, and this leg was as competitive as it was going to be despite limitations. In a leg that visited Pyongyang, how is the most surprising thing the return of the final 4 finale?
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Is this the first non-US season to have 4 teams in the final leg?
They probably did it this way for compensation because of how restrictive this country would be.
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Is this the first non-US season to have 4 teams in the final leg?
They probably did it this way for compensation because of how restrictive this country would be.
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Kind of, as far as I remember, and makes sense.
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The men in suits hovering around the teams during the Leg were obviously their handlers for the day, making sure everything went according to the specific, detailed and well-orchestrated plan. Very ominous and strange.
What intrigues me the most about international TAR is seeing locations from another country's perspective and seeing countries TAR US hasn't gone to or can't go to. I've wondered for some time if a leg in DPRK was possible from TAR China for example, but I always thought that it would be a logistical nightmare (reading an interview with a TARV producer, it took several months to get permission to film). So, I still in awe that this leg actually happened.
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The fact that this leg was kept a secret to this cast until they reached Beijing is a little crazy and a little disturbing. Even if Vietnam has better relations with DPRK than the West, their reactions reading the clue said everything. Any leg in Pyongyang was going to be limited compared to other locations, and this leg was as competitive as it was going to be despite limitations. In a leg that visited Pyongyang, how is the most surprising thing the return of the final 4 finale?
The most surprising thing is the simple fact that they went there. We were never going to get anything shocking or surprising from the actual Leg and episode since it obviously had to be carefully orchestrated.
The pungmul and the hangul tasks were both something you could easily stage south of the DMZ too. The only North Korean-specific things in the episode were the men in suits and the ceremony at the monument to the elder Kims.
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Anyway, what are the relationships of the teams? Like I see "Blind Dating" for a lot of them. What does that mean? Did they not know each other before the Race? I know they're all celebs. Were they just put together by the show?
Like for example, MLee and Quoc Anh are listed as "Blind Dating," but they've known each other for a few years and have even been rumored to be actually dating since they filmed her MV before. I'm confused lol
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The point of this leg was just the producers wanting to prove they could push the envelope, I suppose.
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The dancing task was the best part, the guy who had to do it on his own definitely wasn't a dancer. I'm assuming on the lettering task there was a time penalty for each mistake made. I was curious how they were using their hands/fingers to remember it.
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The dancing task was the best part, the guy who had to do it on his own definitely wasn't a dancer. I'm assuming on the lettering task there was a time penalty for each mistake made. I was curious how they were using their hands/fingers to remember it.
The time limit for the dancing task is 2 hours. After the time limit, the teams must try again and again until they pass.
The time penalty was 5 minutes for each mistake in the lettering task.
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Anyway, what are the relationships of the teams? Like I see "Blind Dating" for a lot of them. What does that mean? Did they not know each other before the Race? I know they're all celebs. Were they just put together by the show?
Like for example, MLee and Quoc Anh are listed as "Blind Dating," but they've known each other for a few years and have even been rumored to be actually dating since they filmed her MV before. I'm confused lol
Are you talking about on the other Amazing Race wiki? I asked about that in this thread weeks ago but nobody answered me.
This leg was really nice. I actually really enjoyed it and I was impressed by the amount of...freedom(?) they had, relatively speaking of course. The media portrays North Korea as a place where you need government and military permission just to walk to your mailbox, but it's really nice to see normal, everyday life in Pyongyang. Despite whatever the government may be like, North Korea does in fact have mothers walking the street with their little kids in tow, men walking to work, smiling older ladies running a museum, etc.
Do Orange team get a penalty?
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Anyway, what are the relationships of the teams? Like I see "Blind Dating" for a lot of them. What does that mean? Did they not know each other before the Race? I know they're all celebs. Were they just put together by the show?
Like for example, MLee and Quoc Anh are listed as "Blind Dating," but they've known each other for a few years and have even been rumored to be actually dating since they filmed her MV before. I'm confused lol
Are you talking about on the other Amazing Race wiki? I asked about that in this thread weeks ago but nobody answered me.
This leg was really nice. I actually really enjoyed it and I was impressed by the amount of...freedom(?) they had, relatively speaking of course. The media portrays North Korea as a place where you need government and military permission just to walk to your mailbox, but it's really nice to see normal, everyday life in Pyongyang. Despite whatever the government may be like, North Korea does in fact have mothers walking the street with their little kids in tow, men walking to work, smiling older ladies running a museum, etc.
Do Orange team get a penalty?
As far as I understood, they got a penalty for the wrong words written or something? For each letter, if they're wrong, they'd get 5 minutes penalty each–and so that team got 20 something as far as I remember.
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I mean a non-elimination penalty for the next leg.
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I mean a non-elimination penalty for the next leg.
No, Orange team did not receive any penalty.
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I mean a non-elimination penalty for the next leg.
No, Orange team did not receive any penalty.
I'm guessing they also didn't count it as a Keep on Racing leg like TAR25 and TAR26 did?
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I mean a non-elimination penalty for the next leg.
No, Orange team did not receive any penalty.
I'm guessing they also didn't count it as a Keep on Racing leg like TAR25 and TAR26 did?
Nope, they're just making it up as they go.
Vietnamese netizens are pretty unimpressed with this season. They think it's fixed as the celebrity teams have pretty much gone out in order of fame.
The three Miss Vietnam's (H'hen Nie, My Linh and Ky Duyen) are the most popular and are still in it. Ky Duyen has been saved twice (salvage pass and non-elimination with no penalty).
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I guess it's good for me who isn't familiar with any of the teams, except for H'hen Nie, so I wouldn't know who's the next popular team thus next eliminated hehe
I've enjoyed the season. I feel like the editing seems a little quicker this season than previous ones? Or maybe it's been a long 3 years that I don't remember the last season.
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I've enjoyed the season. I feel like the editing seems a little quicker this season than previous ones? Or maybe it's been a long 3 years that I don't remember the last season.
You are definitely misremembering. I just rewatched Season 5 (All-Stars) recently, which had some of the slowest editing evvvvvvvvvvver. I used to have good memories of that season, but watching it again it was soooooo boring...
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This episode aired on Lệ Hằng's birthday, so it had to be a treat to become champions on that day.
Congratulations Lệ Hằng and H'Hen Niê :conf:
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So! The Leg seemed to have been decided at the insane raft task. I don't think I've ever seen so much trouble with building rafts before on TAR! lol The two huge barrels seem to have given teams all that trouble. And the Blue and Red teams must have fallen so far behind because of it.
The puzzles task was alright. Seems like a simple task on paper, but it gets teams thinking on the Final Leg which isn't normally the case. I certainly wouldn't have gotten the 29-1=30 part of the task lol
The Sting Road Block was pretty much like previous Sting challenges and jump off and grab tasks from other TARs too.
The balloons in the pool to bring up the treasure chest was amazing to me. I never realized you could do that :funny: It makes sense though considering balloons float on the water of course.
At the final memory task/quiz it seems like Yellow Team had to sit out a penalty (from a wrong answer?) since they were seen sitting off to the side while the Brown Team were starting to answer questions.
But on the way to the Finish Line, it looks like the two teams had run into each other. Strange!
https://i.imgur.com/UNWgVoV.jpg (https://i.imgur.com/UNWgVoV.jpg)
But overall, a physical Final Leg and unlike TARC, I actually wouldn't have minded any of these four teams winning :clap2: :funny:
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So nice how TARV has a fans day/finale watch party with fans.
https://www.facebook.com/cuocduakythuvn/posts/2092056380894162
TARUS would never :funny:
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From this article:
http://m.kenh14.vn/st-son-thach-binh-an-co-nhung-chang-btc-cuoc-dua-ky-thu-muon-doi-nau-cham-lai-mot-chut-20190908123812796.chn
The final was actually 2 days.
The yellow team won by 2 minutes. S.T says that a group of fans pointed them in the wrong direction.
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The raft and puzzle tasks must have been on the first day with the rest on the second day. It was getting pretty late when the teams were finishing their rafts and at the puzzles.
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Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeelllllllllll that's all she wrote.
After recently rewatching TARV5 I can say this was an improvement over that awful season, but TAR Vietnam is still plagued with so many problems. It's the kind of thing where unfortunately, I don't see it improving. Not unless they get a much larger budget.
That being said, it was nice to FINALLY have a final leg that WASN'T in Ho Chi Minh City!
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Correct me if I'm wrong because I'm terrible at faces, S.T started doing the final Roadblock and then he switched with Binh An, right?
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Correct me if I'm wrong because I'm terrible at faces, S.T started doing the final Roadblock and then he switched with Binh An, right?
Yes
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Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeelllllllllll that's all she wrote.
After recently rewatching TARV5 I can say this was an improvement over that awful season, but TAR Vietnam is still plagued with so many problems. It's the kind of thing where unfortunately, I don't see it improving. Not unless they get a much larger budget.
That being said, it was nice to FINALLY have a final leg that WASN'T in Ho Chi Minh City!
V5 is unfortunately remembered for the death of that cameraman in Australia :(