I actually don’t think words can describe the excitement I am feeling for TAR to be so close to going back to filming! It’s been a long 19 months or so since TAR33 was “first” filmed and I just can’t wait to discover what locations teams travel to and what tasks they complete!I'm wondering if Bertram and Elise stuck to their word from last season when they said they would seriously take a closer look at the loophole of teams assisting others DURING tasks which are specifically about arrangement, attention to detail, anything involving achieving an answer. Because if nothing changed, how would we know if this trend will continue? I find it an oversight that teammates aren't able to help each other during Roadblocks, but other racers can. I've always found that odd ever since it really got shown during the Brooke vs. metal strainer moment, but TAR32 definitely capitalized on it.
Plus, I’m sure Season 33 can’t be much worse then Season 32! :lol: :funny: I actually do think we are going to be heading in a completely new direction and exciting direction for the franchise and, quite frankly, I can’t wait to find out where we go!
The TAR private jet is giving very much Total Drama World Tour vibes.
One thing I think we should all try to do is to keep any criticisms about the route to a minimum. It’s quite possible we could see three or four legs in a row in the same country, no new countries, etc.; the normal stuff we moan about normally in terms of the route.
We are all so grateful to be starting again, and I think it’s safe to say any route should be gratefully accepted! Production will probably have replacements, replacements of the replacements, and replacements of those replacements in the can in case a certain country’s COVID situation changes rapidly.
All that being said, let’s be grateful for any route that comes our way!! <3
This is awesome. Plus, the whole airplane investment gives us a hint: TAR has a long future on air. :luvya:
I guess leg 4 and 3 will be in London or Belfast or UK. Then we shall see how the plane moves... But I have a feeling that since 3 teams may b out, means less crew, less contestants. 7 teams don't need a private plane.... That's where they will wing it with other carriers..Am just guessing..what do u think :welcome: :didimiss: :)x
The devil works hard, but the Amazing Race crew works harder... }:>..no leaked pics in a week, and we are monitoring the tar plane, social media.. But nothing. They have all there bases covered this season...heading into week 2 in 2 days....on the other hand ray hasn't posted anything in a while, he is a frequent instagram poster....but Caro posted....hmmm. could ray have..but no I doubt itAt least now we know they are taking socially distancing VERY seriously :conf:
I guess leg 4 and 3 will be in London or Belfast or UK. Then we shall see how the plane moves... But I have a feeling that since 3 teams may b out, means less crew, less contestants. 7 teams don't need a private plane.... That's where they will wing it with other carriers..Am just guessing..what do u think :welcome: :didimiss: :)x
Wouldn't bother me either way.
I'm just glad we have a race out there filming, with many of the contestants able to return, and whether they choose to pay mention to the previous filming in the first episode or not, I won't mind. Or if they release the footage as a special as well, either way is fine to me. And this is coming from someone who was there for the entire 2020 first leg in London and was probably filmed helping teams also. I'm just happy most of them are out there racing and get to experience this new race.
I feel more excited than I have for a long time about a new season. The cast is diverse, there are several contestants over 45, there are going to be lots of cool changes in production (the TAR airplane, self-driving, how do they navigate and ask for directions while keeping safe from COVID, less big populated areas for clues). It would be cool if they could do some charter flights to separate teams here and there so that we get the feeling of teams fighting for flights etc. but in a TAR-controlled way. For example, they could have landed in London Stansted and then chartered two flights (5 teams of each) to create some flight drama...just my two cents!
Well, if it's a whole new cast, one thing we know for sure is CBS' new 50% diversity rule will kick in for TAR as with Survivor and BB. Which I'm cool with, though TAR always was better at that already than the other two.
Well, if it's a whole new cast, one thing we know for sure is CBS' new 50% diversity rule will kick in for TAR as with Survivor and BB. Which I'm cool with, though TAR always was better at that already than the other two.
Well, if it's a whole new cast, one thing we know for sure is CBS' new 50% diversity rule will kick in for TAR as with Survivor and BB. Which I'm cool with, though TAR always was better at that already than the other two.
BUT it isnt a whole new cast. It is the SAME CAST minus two teams. WHere did you see that misinformation??
Well, if it's a whole new cast, one thing we know for sure is CBS' new 50% diversity rule will kick in for TAR as with Survivor and BB. Which I'm cool with, though TAR always was better at that already than the other two.
BUT it isnt a whole new cast. It is the SAME CAST minus two teams. WHere did you see that misinformation??
Is it confirmed that only two teams from the original cast are not racing this time? Were these two teams replaced by two brand new teams or did the season start with 9 teams only?
Well, if it's a whole new cast, one thing we know for sure is CBS' new 50% diversity rule will kick in for TAR as with Survivor and BB. Which I'm cool with, though TAR always was better at that already than the other two.
BUT it isnt a whole new cast. It is the SAME CAST minus two teams. WHere did you see that misinformation??
Is it confirmed that only two teams from the original cast are not racing this time? Were these two teams replaced by two brand new teams or did the season start with 9 teams only?
We have 3 unidentified teams. One or more of them could be not racing.
All identified teams are accounted for. :tup:
Hi guys.. On the winner of s29 insta story ,there is talk of tar 34 ...where can we talk about 34 .coz 33 ,if Greece passes by, then forget about sightings https://instagram.com/stories/therealbcamhi/2669919870152121440?utm_medium=share_sheet :-[
I was very patient but this is seriously geting annoying. :groan: They are filming this for almost 2 weeks and there is still no live sighting?
Hi guys.. On the winner of s29 insta story ,there is talk of tar 34 ...where can we talk about 34 .coz 33 ,if Greece passes by, then forget about sightings https://instagram.com/stories/therealbcamhi/2669919870152121440?utm_medium=share_sheet :-[
So 8 teams returned to continue racing.I'm assuming that it's
Highly rumoured that Ray & Caro and Connie & Sam are not in this time. So who is 3rd not racing team then?
I really hope that it's one of the MM teams, I do now want half of the teams in F8 being MM teams.
We know exactly where they are racing right now but still no sightings. :-(
:'(
Spoiling was supposed to be fun and good. I am seriously annoyed, lol.
LMAO, insert crying Rachel.
This is so thrilling! I am looking forward to the season more than ever with giant missing puzzle pieces in every corner. With us being led solely by word-of-mouth so far, we may possibly be having the season play out like old-school viewing of the show. I remember before I joined RFF (pre-TAR19) that the locations were all surprises to me following each end credit preview and it kept me eager for the next episode for so long, and it still is the case when I arrived here - especially while live updating episodes. Here's to hoping we do get photo evidence in more days to come just so we can see the teams again, but I am not complaining about the lack of sightings.
Love European countries, I would have no problem if they spend half the season there. Hehehe
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I'm loving this spoiler season, with so much more thinking to go through! It really is like old school TAR detective work!
Also much appreciation for trying new regions in old countries, particularly for Corsica (the east and south instead of the north and west from TAR 6), and Greece (the northeast instead of Athens and the west from TAR 9 and TAR 29). Jury's out for England, Switzerland, and Italy though!
Love European countries, I would have no problem if they spend half the season there. Hehehe
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If having an all-Europe race is what it takes for us to film, I’m all for it! I’m so grateful we can get back to doing what we love!
Yes, and there have been amazing new locations. Glasgow, Thessaloniki. We haven't been to Corsica in a long time, we visited Corsica in S.6. Portugal is an underused country last visited in S.23
I would have preferred though a leg in Ireland, missed opportunity rather than (3) legs in United Kingdom. 2 is okay with me though.
I just cannot wait for this to air. I do not want to wait for a long time like S.32 especially the latter was bad and I waited a long time for it. Hopefully the production team made some drastic changes to prevent a Mine Five 2.0 or any strategy taken from their book which I never want to see on TAR ever again.
Yes, and there have been amazing new locations. Glasgow, Thessaloniki. We haven't been to Corsica in a long time, we visited Corsica in S.6. Portugal is an underused country last visited in S.23
I would have preferred though a leg in Ireland, missed opportunity rather than (3) legs in United Kingdom. 2 is okay with me though.
I just cannot wait for this to air. I do not want to wait for a long time like S.32 especially the latter was bad and I waited a long time for it. Hopefully the production team made some drastic changes to prevent a Mine Five 2.0 or any strategy taken from their book which I never want to see on TAR ever again.
That and I believe we haven't had a leg in Milan in a while along with Zurich. The last visit to Milan and Zurich merely used them as airport connections.
Milan had a roadblock on TAR 29
Gotta agree with you totally hoping there is no more Mine Five set ups. It’s no longer a race at that point. It shouldn’t be called the Amazing Race at that point. Something more like The Amazing Coalition Games. JMHOLove European countries, I would have no problem if they spend half the season there. Hehehe
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If having an all-Europe race is what it takes for us to film, I’m all for it! I’m so grateful we can get back to doing what we love!
I just cannot wait for this to air. I do not want to wait for a long time like S.32 especially the latter was bad and I waited a long time for it. Hopefully the production team made some drastic changes to prevent a Mine Five 2.0 or any strategy taken from their book which I never want to see on TAR ever again.
Gotta agree with you totally hoping there is no more Mine Five set ups. It’s no longer a race at that point. It shouldn’t be called the Amazing Race at that point. Something more like The Amazing Coalition Games. JMHOLove European countries, I would have no problem if they spend half the season there. Hehehe
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If having an all-Europe race is what it takes for us to film, I’m all for it! I’m so grateful we can get back to doing what we love!
I just cannot wait for this to air. I do not want to wait for a long time like S.32 especially the latter was bad and I waited a long time for it. Hopefully the production team made some drastic changes to prevent a Mine Five 2.0 or any strategy taken from their book which I never want to see on TAR ever again.
I'm actually quite excited for this season. We are not 100% sure about all the racers, we only know some of the locations and we have a single sighting of only one team!
It's almost like watching TAR 1!
I'm actually quite excited for this season. We are not 100% sure about all the racers, we only know some of the locations and we have a single sighting of only one team!
It's almost like watching TAR 1!
If that is the finish line, then that’s a hilarious downgrade from last season’s finish line lol
If that is the finish line, then that’s a hilarious downgrade from last season’s finish line lol
It's like a dollar store version of the last finish line :funny: :funny:
If that is the finish line, then that’s a hilarious downgrade from last season’s finish line lolIt's TAR-season-that-shall-not-be-named, but reversed. :-[
where every single POC in this diverse cast is likely eliminated by the finale.
Three of the best teams of the season (IMO) who were not in the alliance were all recruits (Michelle & Victoria, Kaylynn & Haley, DeAngelo & Gary).
where every single POC in this diverse cast is likely eliminated by the finale.
Three of the best teams of the season (IMO) who were not in the alliance were all recruits (Michelle & Victoria, Kaylynn & Haley, DeAngelo & Gary).
Isn't Raquel latina?
Both FF teams mentioned were regular people who just happened to be recruited, imo. They are not typical gimmick recruits like singing cops or YouTube parents.
Also not too high on this cast either. A majority of them are people you could hear about while watching random Daytime TV reruns. Now I'm not someone who will knock on the show for recruiting people. Just look at TAR32. Three of the best teams of the season (IMO) who were not in the alliance were all recruits (Michelle & Victoria, Kaylynn & Haley, DeAngelo & Gary). TAR29 was a very recruit heavy season and that season still absolutely ruled.
Also not too high on this cast either. A majority of them are people you could hear about while watching random Daytime TV reruns. Now I'm not someone who will knock on the show for recruiting people. Just look at TAR32. Three of the best teams of the season (IMO) who were not in the alliance were all recruits (Michelle & Victoria, Kaylynn & Haley, DeAngelo & Gary). TAR29 was a very recruit heavy season and that season still absolutely ruled.
DeAngelo & Gary were in on the Mine-Five Alliance. Too bad they didn't realize that TAR had a final three not four.
PREMIERES JANUARY 5! :D
I’m guessing it’s the first two legs
So we're ringing in the New Year right. :yes:
Cannot wait to live update for this long-anticipated special season! :cheer:
I hope we'd be able to see the planned Lulea leg in Sweden in a future TAR season someday.
I almost kind of wonder why they didn't just go out and film that leg to get another episode in the can before the shutdown considering the shutdown happened in the early morning hours of February 28th and the teams could have flew over to Lulea and completed the leg before the day was over, especially if everything was already set up. But I guess they thought better safe than sorry?
Yuck @ Detours in a premiere, especially these low-budget tasks that look lifted from the Australian or Canadian versions.
Yuck @ Detours in a premiere, especially these low-budget tasks that look lifted from the Australian or Canadian versions.
The Australian and Canadian versions of the race actually had good tasks.
Based on the preview, I am VERY confused as to how the shutdown will be handled. Are they skipping the three UK legs entirely? Editing out the teams that didn’t return? The starting line video vary much felt like they intend to use it in episode 1, not episode 4.
CBS couldn't even be bothered to have the cast bios up in time on the website.
I'm just curious how we had a 20,000-mile race when we all know that the race only visited Europe.I always measure out the miles per race using Google Maps's "measure distance" tool and they have always been off. I mean season 5 is around 45,000 miles and season 32 was 31,000 not 33,000.
I'm just curious how we had a 20,000-mile race when we all know that the race only visited Europe.
I'm just curious how we had a 20,000-mile race when we all know that the race only visited Europe.
Isn't the video footage in the preview of Phil saying that from episode 1...? Like as in before the shutdown when they were doing the original route?
CBS couldn't even be bothered to have the cast bios up in time on the website.
Officially four days now and they're still not up and the CBS page isn't even updated with the new key art or the fact that we have a new season airing. :didimiss:
"Via CBS team: "Unfortunately, the CBS site does not plan to post full bios this year. If anything changes we'll let you know."CBS couldn't even be bothered to have the cast bios up in time on the website.
Officially four days now and they're still not up and the CBS page isn't even updated with the new key art or the fact that we have a new season airing. :didimiss:
:groan:"Via CBS team: "Unfortunately, the CBS site does not plan to post full bios this year. If anything changes we'll let you know."CBS couldn't even be bothered to have the cast bios up in time on the website.
Officially four days now and they're still not up and the CBS page isn't even updated with the new key art or the fact that we have a new season airing. :didimiss:
Ewww at gatekeeping what kinds of tasks should be allowed in a premier
I'm fine with it as long as there's at least one other substantial task, not just clue, detour, pitstop.
https://parade.com/1316615/mikebloom/the-amazing-race-33-producers-covid-interview/
We were supposed to have the first visit to Nepal for TAR33 :'(
Are we sure that wasn’t an attempt at Nepal when they were trying to rescramble after legs were cancelled? That’s what I thought he meant
Are we sure that wasn’t an attempt at Nepal when they were trying to rescramble after legs were cancelled? That’s what I thought he meant
Original Route of TAR 33 would've been:
- 2 Legs of U.K. (London & Glasgow)
- 1 Leg of Sweden (Lulea)
- 1 Leg of Latvia (Riga)
- 2 Legs of Austria (Salzburg)
- 1 Leg of Nepal (Kathmandu)
- 1 Leg of Vietnam (Hue & Da Nang)
- 1 Leg of New Zealand (Auckland)
- 1 Leg of Uruguay (Montevideo)
- 1 Leg of Bolivia (La Paz)
Original Route of TAR 33 would've been:
- 2 Legs of U.K. (London & Glasgow)
- 1 Leg of Sweden (Lulea)
- 1 Leg of Latvia (Riga)
- 2 Legs of Austria (Salzburg)
- 1 Leg of Nepal (Kathmandu)
- 1 Leg of Vietnam (Hue & Da Nang)
- 1 Leg of New Zealand (Auckland)
- 1 Leg of Uruguay (Montevideo)
- 1 Leg of Bolivia (La Paz)
I don’t think we have heard of any for Latvia / New Zealand / Uruguay / Bolivia
What we have heard of for the South America part was Peru I think?
Original Route of TAR 33 would've been:First problem it’s this is that there were three legs in the UK (2 in London, 1 in Glasgow) As to the rest of it, source please?
- 2 Legs of U.K. (London & Glasgow)
- 1 Leg of Sweden (Lulea)
- 1 Leg of Latvia (Riga)
- 2 Legs of Austria (Salzburg)
- 1 Leg of Nepal (Kathmandu)
- 1 Leg of Vietnam (Hue & Da Nang)
- 1 Leg of New Zealand (Auckland)
- 1 Leg of Uruguay (Montevideo)
- 1 Leg of Bolivia (La Paz)
I wonder why the editors didn't show Lulu and Lala switching Detours from Darts to Cakes? Would've added more drama. I thought the Darts Detour was way too easy, so it would've been good to show a team struggle enough on it to actually switch Detours.Maybe they didn't struggle with it, but only switched after a first attempt. ???
https://i.redd.it/1x4oblsb10a81.png
I dislike the starting from home angle. I think the TAR start line is a sacred place that needs to always be present! I didn't care for the social media season start, nor this one.
The way I see it, the starting line is pointless anyways nowadays so doesn’t matter if it’s virtual or not. Only 1 flight offered in 31 and 32 and separate flights edited out in 30. This means 29 was the last starting line that episode wise actually mattered30 had a public start (as well as being part of a memory challenge) and 31 had a starting line challenge (with a specific reward awarded). Can’t really say the starting line was pointless.
Well, in terms of cities hosting a double-leg, this one did clear the low bar set by Guangzhou.It cleared it by several miles. :clap2:
The second leg is clearly worse than the first leg by having a really unbalanced detour (dart is clearly easier).Not for those who don't know how to play darts. I would have struggled at that one.
Well, in terms of cities hosting a double-leg, this one did clear the low bar set by Guangzhou.It cleared it by several miles. :clap2:
No kids' activities or somersaults!
After watching the premiere, and getting to know the teams & their personalities on a more deep & personal level, I just have to say it:Show contentBEST. TOP 3. EVER.
After watching the premiere, and getting to know the teams & their personalities on a more deep & personal level, I just have to say it:Show contentBEST. TOP 3. EVER.Show contentAgreed. The large amount of fans the Holderness family brought to the show will certainly be pleased. Happy for Ryan as well, he deserves this after 10 destroyed years of his life.
The flight attendants, thus far, I'm neutral on
I understand that the promotion this season is heavily based on social media but this is a new level of lazy.
The CBS website main page has only been advertising "Good Sam" as premiering on January 5 at 10 PM. Undercover Boss is also currently listed as "Premieres Friday Jan. 7". Absolutely nothing about TAR premiering on January 5.
The TAR page itself is STILL using the Season 32 key art (even though everywhere else has been updated). It's STILL just saying "Now Streaming". It's STILL showing nothing but Season 32 stuff unless you scroll down to see Season 33 previews in the video tab. The cast was revealed almost a MONTH ago.
The season premieres in 3 days. This is just a minor nitpicking since TAR being back is always the most important thing but the handling of the pre-show press has been ridiculous at this point.
I wanted to see Loch Lomund :'(Same! I am very sad!
I wanted to see Loch Lomund :'(Same! I am very sad!
I can’t believe TAR hasn’t done an Outlander-related task, although they did use a location for Phil’s announcement that was used as the 1968-era Harvard University for Brianna and Claire, if that counts.
I know it was an extraordinary and unprecedented situation, but it just feels wrong that only 5 of the 9 teams were able to return. If 7 or 8 can make it, you live with it and proceed. But 5 feels too low, and that it maybe should have been rescheduled, or the season redone with new teams. Just my opinion.I fully disagree. These teens put in the time to be here on the race. They deserve to resume where they left off. For the teams who can't come back, it's terrible, but it's tough cookies. This was the only apparent time they could do it, and they couldn't. Not the show's fault.
Does anyone know why Anthony and Spencer were unable to return?
Does anyone know why Anthony and Spencer were unable to return?While there are things that happened with Spencer later in 2020 after production was suspended, it’s not possible from what is available in online searches to say those things were related to the team not returning to resume filming.
I can’t believe TAR hasn’t done an Outlander-related task, although they did use a location for Phil’s announcement that was used as the 1968-era Harvard University for Brianna and Claire, if that counts.
It's probably not cheap to get the rights from Diana Gabaldon and Starz, but yeah. I was thinking the same thing. :)
Does anyone know why Anthony and Spencer were unable to return?
One of them was injured
We have never seen any reporting other than Spencer was hospitalized for some undisclosed reason in Paris while waiting to give testimony in the trial of the terrorist and his accomplices in August or September of 2020. I doubt there would have been a visa issue in any event as both Anthony and Spencer are naturalized French citizens as well as American citizens and could have traveled using that status. We simply have no available public information out there.Does anyone know why Anthony and Spencer were unable to return?.
One of them was injured
I saw someone else say Spencer was stuck in France trying to renew his Visa and could not get it done in time
We. Have never seen any reporting other than Spencer was hospitalized for some undisclosed reason in Paris while waiting to give testimony in the trial of the terrorist and his accomplices in August or September of 2020. I doubt there would have been a visa issue in any event as both Anthony and Spencer are naturalized French citizens as well aAs American citizens and could have traveled using that status. We simply have no available public information out there.Does anyone know why Anthony and Spencer were unable to return?.
One of them was injured
I saw someone else say Spencer was stuck in France trying to renew his Visa and could not get it done in time
These upcoming Swiss tasks look as recycled as from previous visits to the country as the Glaswegian ones were from Season 22.
I saw someone else say Spencer was stuck in France trying to renew his Visa and could not get it done in time
These upcoming Swiss tasks look as recycled as from previous visits to the country as the Glaswegian ones were from Season 22.
Well due to a certain pandemic that was going on, the TAR team has bigger and more important things to do than put on their thinking caps and come up with creative tasks and legs. I think we should be thankful given that we know in hindsight the race had a narrow window to film before the coronavirus situation got worse and could have gotten dangerous and difficult to film.
These upcoming Swiss tasks look as recycled as from previous visits to the country as the Glaswegian ones were from Season 22.
I love the restart! And how they invited (is it official? it seems so on Wiki) the eliminated teams back. A little sad Anthony and Spencer can't return because they genuinely have a shot of winning, but the other three teams don't really have much editing from the start for me to know them that much either. Happy that one of them got a baby boy though!
I've been very uninterested with the tasks so far. I don't know why but it doesn't feel magical anymore. Hopefully the pace picks up!
You know it's rough when Lulu & Lala are better than 3/7 teams!!
You know it's rough when Lulu & Lala are better than 3/7 teams!!
Yeahhhhh this is not the strongest crop of racers. Definitely was not helped by (arguably) 3 of the stronger teams dropping out. We were left with Akbar and Sheridan who....inspiring but a 8th-12th place finish in other seasons, Lulu and Lala who are your middle of the pack, surprise you and get 6th ish team. Michael and Moe who somehow found a way to compete in two amazing race legs and get eliminated in both of them, Arun and Natalia who cannot navigate....
Penn and Kim and Ryan and Dusty are by far the strongest teams left in this race and it's not even close. Without knowing spoilers bc i slacked this season heavy on that end (which i actually like because it'll make it slightly more enjoyable), i fully expect those two to cake walk to final 3. Cayla and Raquel sneak in as number 3 just because the rest....just....are not making a final 3.
So, the Instagram TAR account has done a why we didn’t return video…
And it turns out Cato has a German passport! How? what! why!? I thought you had to be a US passport holder to be on TAR? (Because of visas, passport control etc)
Does this mean if I only moved to the US I could apply and be on TAR!?
So, the Instagram TAR account has done a why we didn’t return video…
And it turns out Cato has a German passport! How? what! why!? I thought you had to be a US passport holder to be on TAR? (Because of visas, passport control etc)
Does this mean if I only moved to the US I could apply and be on TAR!?
So, the Instagram TAR account has done a why we didn’t return video…
And it turns out Cato has a German passport! How? what! why!? I thought you had to be a US passport holder to be on TAR? (Because of visas, passport control etc)
Does this mean if I only moved to the US I could apply and be on TAR!?
I'm a bit disappointed that they didn't take a few minutes to do the "why we didn't return" as part of the show. Many of us don't have Instagram. I don't really know why, but as excited as I was for the last episode it did nothing for me. I watched it twice and it just didn't hold my attention. I'm sure part of it was that I was rooting for Anthony & Spencer, but my favorite teams have been eliminated early before and I still found the show fun to watch. Hopefully it was a one off bad episode for me.
tar33 wikipedia page is sore on the eyes
tar33 wikipedia page is sore on the eyes
I know, the leg summaries are bland now. Some Wikipedia mod decided a few months back that national flags should only ever be used on pages for diplomatic purposes, and wiped them off every TAR page. A TV show doesn't qualify, even one about traveling different countries.
So, the Instagram TAR account has done a why we didn’t return video…
And it turns out Cato has a German passport! How? what! why!? I thought you had to be a US passport holder to be on TAR? (Because of visas, passport control etc)
Does this mean if I only moved to the US I could apply and be on TAR!?
I'm a bit disappointed that they didn't take a few minutes to do the "why we didn't return" as part of the show. Many of us don't have Instagram. I don't really know why, but as excited as I was for the last episode it did nothing for me. I watched it twice and it just didn't hold my attention. I'm sure part of it was that I was rooting for Anthony & Spencer, but my favorite teams have been eliminated early before and I still found the show fun to watch. Hopefully it was a one off bad episode for me.
I really hate the IG UI, was hoping to find the clip on Youtube, but no luck. Here's a direct link. I don't think one needs an IG account to watch it.
https://www.instagram.com/tv/CZATlZSpE2t/
As someone who holds dual citizenship and does hold passports from two different countries, that's not something that uncommon.
On Caro's case, I speculate that she holds a green card, but has not yet become a fully US citizen, which probably is what allowed her to compete, but as she lacked the latter, she doesn't have a US passport.
So, the Instagram TAR account has done a why we didn’t return video…
And it turns out Cato has a German passport! How? what! why!? I thought you had to be a US passport holder to be on TAR? (Because of visas, passport control etc)
Does this mean if I only moved to the US I could apply and be on TAR!?
I'm a bit disappointed that they didn't take a few minutes to do the "why we didn't return" as part of the show. Many of us don't have Instagram. I don't really know why, but as excited as I was for the last episode it did nothing for me. I watched it twice and it just didn't hold my attention. I'm sure part of it was that I was rooting for Anthony & Spencer, but my favorite teams have been eliminated early before and I still found the show fun to watch. Hopefully it was a one off bad episode for me.
On Caro's case, I speculate that she holds a green card, but has not yet become a fully US citizen, which probably is what allowed her to compete, but as she lacked the latter, she doesn't have a US passport.
Do we have a source on the 10 legs? I know it’s on Wikipedia but I mean the actual source
This makes more sense. I wonder how this would have played out in terms of getting stuck at borders. She might have been quicker through passport control for all these EU countries had the race continued.
But am I right in thinking they now hold you at the airport until me everyone is through passport control?
There are no 2 hour episodes on the schedule, right?Do we have a source on the 10 legs? I know it’s on Wikipedia but I mean the actual source
There are five more episodes (finale is March 2nd). The Survivor 42 two hour premiere is on 3/9.
At least we're finally getting out of English-speaking Europe and will have a meaningful elimination tonight. 1 continent route, 4 teams dropped out and the only 2 eliminated brought back, these past couple weeks have felt like those horrible Midwest legs of Family Edition that took 3 weeks to eliminate someone.
Maybe its just me, but with 33 I'm quickly reaching the point where I wish CBS would do like 30 and burn off the rest with 2 episodes a week :duno:
At least we're finally getting out of English-speaking Europe and will have a meaningful elimination tonight. 1 continent route, 4 teams dropped out and the only 2 eliminated brought back, these past couple weeks have felt like those horrible Midwest legs of Family Edition that took 3 weeks to eliminate someone.
Maybe its just me, but with 33 I'm quickly reaching the point where I wish CBS would do like 30 and burn off the rest with 2 episodes a week :duno:
At least we're finally getting out of English-speaking Europe and will have a meaningful elimination tonight. 1 continent route, 4 teams dropped out and the only 2 eliminated brought back, these past couple weeks have felt like those horrible Midwest legs of Family Edition that took 3 weeks to eliminate someone.
Maybe its just me, but with 33 I'm quickly reaching the point where I wish CBS would do like 30 and burn off the rest with 2 episodes a week :duno:
Last night leg's editing was pretty good. It had instances of watching the first Switzerland leg as well where the adrenaline and classic race music really elevated the commotion of the race. I just wish Phil could elaborate on the tasks beforehand like in the early half of the series when routes were the primary emphasis of the show, rather than teams trying to "teach" us the details of the tasks through confessionals.At least we're finally getting out of English-speaking Europe and will have a meaningful elimination tonight. 1 continent route, 4 teams dropped out and the only 2 eliminated brought back, these past couple weeks have felt like those horrible Midwest legs of Family Edition that took 3 weeks to eliminate someone.
Maybe its just me, but with 33 I'm quickly reaching the point where I wish CBS would do like 30 and burn off the rest with 2 episodes a week :duno:
I mean tbf europe was the only possible continents who were safe to visit at the time the (rest of the race of this) season was produced.
As for the the post pandemic hiatus eps, im honestly surprised and impressed with the production. The designs are better if not great, the editing is better, we get to see old TAR vibes with it (which i kind find it ironic since they never advertise it as back to basic TAR). Its a really good comeback for TAR so far. Great casts as well
Hot take - I don't mind the recruiting as much as the "stacking" we've been getting these past few seasons.
TAR30 = The eventual Final Five was all the five strongest teams of the season.
TAR31 = The TAR teams steamrolled all the non-TAR teams as they put some of the strongest TAR teams ever vs. complete newbies.
TAR32 = The Mine Five, as polarizing as they were, were objectively the Top 4 strongest teams of the season (Eswar & Aparna being the stragglers that left at Final 5).
TAR33 = The COVID shutdown made it so that it's Ryan & Dusty and Kim & Penn as the clear frontrunners without fail. And surprise, surprise, they make the Final 3 based on our spoilers.
I know it's probably hard to determine what makes a good team race-ability wise during casting, but this is the fourth season in a row where the endgame is relatively predictable. The last time we had a truly unpredictable/balanced season was TAR29.
Hoping 34 and the future is better, because one of the things I really do love about this season is the way the restrictions have allowed them to film safely while also bringing the Race closer to its roots with the self-driving and navigation mattering more than the tasks. In an environment where every competitive RTV format keeps modernizing and modernizing to the detriment of the original format (see: Survivor and Big Brother), it's nice to see TAR go more back to its roots even though this was definitely caused by the shutdown.
Our current format with more countries instead of Europe to the route + a balanced cast + more self-navigation + no shutdown = bigger potential for the future.
Raquel confirmed on her Insta that her and Cayla were recruited. Are Arun & Natalia the only team who actually applied for this season or were they recruited as well?
I am just so dissaponted by TAR casting... This is ridicilous. They are recruting even ordinary people now, see both sisters teams from last season.
Raquel confirmed on her Insta that her and Cayla were recruited. Are Arun & Natalia the only team who actually applied for this season or were they recruited as well?
I am just so dissaponted by TAR casting... This is ridicilous. They are recruting even ordinary people now, see both sisters teams from last season.
I don't know if this would classify as recruited but Arun & Natalia were aporoached by casting.
Raquel confirmed on her Insta that her and Cayla were recruited. Are Arun & Natalia the only team who actually applied for this season or were they recruited as well?
I am just so dissaponted by TAR casting... This is ridicilous. They are recruting even ordinary people now, see both sisters teams from last season.
I don't know if this would classify as recruited but Arun & Natalia were aporoached by casting.
Arun & Natalia applied for TAR32. It's just a case of casting revisiting old apps.
A dolmades-making Roadblock and the country hosting that task fails to be named in the preview?
For shame!
Hi , first time poster here. I’m aware spoilers are limited to the final 3 teams, but I haven’t been able to find the post revealing which 3 made the final. Is this season a little more of a mystery because of the restart? Could someone point me in the right direction please?
Ugh, the Mizzou Boys stay on the podium AND it's another season with a double French leg while every Greek visit remains a single episode!Them giving us a sneak peak of the Pitstop for the coming Leg 8, I think we will be getting two kegs in Greece.
Ugh, the Mizzou Boys stay on the podium AND it's another season with a double French leg while every Greek visit remains a single episode!Them giving us a sneak peak of the Pitstop for the coming Leg 8, I think we will be getting two kegs in Greece.
Hi , first time poster here. I’m aware spoilers are limited to the final 3 teams, but I haven’t been able to find the post revealing which 3 made the final. Is this season a little more of a mystery because of the restart? Could someone point me in the right direction please?
I don't know if I'm liking the group departures thing... I don't like the first group working together, so maybe having teams leave alone at a 5 mins difference would be better?
And i Reallllllly think producer made a mistake by having that first leg back (Leg 4) be an elimination point. I would have done:
Leg 4: NEL
Leg 5: 7 to 6 teams
Leg 6: KOR
Leg 7: 6 to 5
Leg 8: 5 to 4 (to mix it up a bit)
Leg 9: NEL
Leg 10: 4 to 3
I guess having one teams drop out the night before the race re-started kinda messed up the plan for the NEL/EL schedule but still...I feel like it's Arun/Natalia being safe from NEL every 2-3 legs, and even without spoilers, I would be able to guess our final 3.
Fingers crossed for an unadvertised/unannounced surprise U-Turn that knocks the Mizzou Boys down to a fourth place check-in.
Fingers crossed for an unadvertised/unannounced surprise U-Turn that knocks the Mizzou Boys down to a fourth place check-in.
No U-Turn but a rock gave you your wish
Rumour's got it that there was a lot of eleventh-bour editing, which would also explain the shortened opening sequence for the majority of the season's broadcast.
What a refreshing, fun, and solid season, despite the circumstances. The casts might be the stars but the production crew were the unsung hero for their effort to make the race a solid and fun one despite the difficult situations they have to face.
What a refreshing, fun, and solid season, despite the circumstances. The casts might be the stars but the production crew were the unsung hero for their effort to make the race a solid and fun one despite the difficult situations they have to face.
When you put it that way, the throwback task felt like another tribute to production. The foley is also an important member of the crew behind the scenes.