OK. I know this is soooooo late, but I just found this thread, and wanted to share something without you.
You posted (LOOOOOOOOOONG AGO) about a Spanish reality called La vuelta al mundo en 80 días, that is "Around the Globe within 80 days" or something like that. I have to say that noone bet for it in Spain, and it became the biggest disappointment to Reality (Road) Programmes Fans. It was supposed to be a kind of Amazing race, but much different. Teams were sent, for example, to Italy for a week. On Tuesday, they had a gymkhana in Venice, on Thursday they completed another one in Firenze and on Saturday, it was held in Rome, for example. Then, in a LIVE show hosted from Madrid, Spain, they connected LOOOOOTS of times with the place they were. That became in a complete disaster, because it slowed things down so much... Then, the team who took the most time overall, was "marled for elimination". Then, after some other tasks, two more teams were also "marked for elimination". Then, PEOPLE HAD TO VOTE! That was AWFUL! So, you could win the "race" just by being nice to people watching you and just win the last week's tasks. That was a complete horrible programme which wanted to be a **** and became the biggest one ever done!!
I also have to say that, if you have any Spanish questions or whatever, you can ask me for translate and I'll be glad to help you.