Topic: TAR CANADA 8 Speculation and Discussion of the LIVE SPOILERS

[Parasparopagraho]

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"Suggests" =/= "proof"

[Leafsfan.]

Fans of The Amazing Race Canada will have noticed that the duo recently had to leave the show due to testing positive for COVID-19, but fear not! Both Ramsay and Ledlow have been teasing their return to the race telling viewers to "keep watching" to find out what happens next.

https://www.broadway.com/buzz/202519/broadway-besties-catherine-wreford-ledlow-craig-ramsay-on-cancer-friendship-and-joining-forces-for-the-amazing-race-canada/

 

[Xoruz]

So my out-there theory for next week is that they placed a Return Ticket in the leg in a similar manner to how they hid Express Passes during seasons 3-5.

[Parasparopagraho]

Highly unfeasible seeing as Jully/Kathy and Cassie/Jahmeek needed none (nor Arun/Natalia, Dwes/Katherine, and Moe/Mike for that matter).

[stunami]

I didn't see the episode, nor the preview, but are we sure they are just not all let in?
I mean it would make sense, we would be at the same place as the end of episode 3 (with the exception of having Cassie and Jahmeek in there).
This would explain a final 4, instead of a final 3....

[redskevin88]

And how would it affect the roadblock count? The remaining teams have teammates who can only do two-three roadblocks each, while the returning teams have done only three roadblocks.

[Parasparopagraho]

RB clues will simply state that "so-and-so teammate's name" must perform it.

[stunami]

Just finished the episode! And beside that shot of the black card, there is nothing showing us that they don't just all come back.
I feel like it would really be unfair for the two teams who can't return because of covid, especially with one team that was eliminated once and got last on a NEL, that is still there.

I think they are all coming back (with a speedbumb) and we will have something like:

Leg 6, London, ON: 9 teams to 8 (Court & Ali or Dennis & Durrell eliminated)
Leg 7, Prince Edward County, on: 8 teams to 7 (Any teams except our Final 4 can be eliminated from now on)
Leg 8, Ottawa + Montebello (7 teams to 6)
Leg 9: Someonewhere in Ontario (6 teams to 5)
Leg 10: Owen Sound, ON (5 teams to 4)
Finale: Our final 4 in BC

I mean why would we have a final 4, this is the only thing that makes sense!
If not then we finish leg 6 with 7 teams. And with a final 4, this means we have a NEL somewhere, which makes no sense since we have a final 4...

Maybe the black card showed in the preview is an advantage only available to the 6 teams who didn't have Covid? (I would say Cassie and Jahmeek don't really deserve it) Maybe a new twist that is similar to the first class pass from Australia?

[Parasparopagraho]

Without a known finale broadcast date, there's still the remote possibility that it's a ten-leg season a la TARCAN1; that would mean a five-team finale with two elimination points instead of just one like Seasons 25/26.

[Maanca]

Yeah, every leg from here on must be elimination. Now the weird pattern in the number of teams we saw has all come together.

[Parasparopagraho]

Cass & Jah were spotted in Belleville, so the elimination in London is Court & Ali or Darren & Durrell with an outside chance of BBCAN9 cheater and his pop.

[stunami]

Tyson and Cedric were spotted on their way to Belleville!
So they survive the London leg!

[Parasparopagraho]

If this season is indeed eleven episodes long just like the previous four TARCANs, then it might potentially become the first one to spend more than three legs in the same province.

[maf]

With 6 legs left and 6+3 teams they would need to have a double elimination if they are getting down to three teams in the final.
They could even do two double elimination legs and have one non-elimination, all to keep the racers on their toes.

[Joberio]

With 6 legs left and 6+3 teams they would need to have a double elimination if they are getting down to three teams in the final.
They could even do two double elimination legs and have one non-elimination, all to keep the racers on their toes.

There are four in the finale.

[Parasparopagraho]

The One-Way is due to appear soon unless Insight adheres to Season 33's zero U-Turn precedent.

[Xoruz]

So my out-there theory for next week is that they placed a Return Ticket in the leg in a similar manner to how they hid Express Passes during seasons 3-5.

You doubted me.

[stunami]

Next week's episode looks like it's gonna bring the drama!!
Basically anybody except our final 4 can be out, so this should be an exciting end of the race....

also

Credit to Grace Nyman

Amazing Race Canada filming today at the Armoury in Picton.  Contestants are required to make bath bombs that work.

Wow just realized we could see Court's arms in these pictures... oups!
Also lol at team Franella being spotted in London, like they were in last place just walking, but ended up winning the leg!

[Maanca]

So next week is Canada's first ever double-elimination. Presumably, Court & Ali and Cassie & Jahmeek?

[Parasparopagraho]

That's what I was saying.

[Joberio]

So next week is Canada's first ever double-elimination. Presumably, Court & Ali and Cassie & Jahmeek?

Half-right.  It was Cedric & Tychon and Cassie & Jahmeek.

This is interesting, since it now seems like Court & Ali slipped by the spoilers and made it to F6, at least.  Maybe even farther.

[Maanca]

Yeah, I thought Court & Ali were gone by Vernon.

[fossil-racer]

With the on ramp pass twist that we didn't know about, everything does make sense now.

I was always suspicious of the 8 cars that were at the train station but now we know it was indeed 8 teams racing. And sources were right on Cassie/Jahmeek's elimination. They just didn't know it was double

[Parasparopagraho]

The preview for next week showed Montebello so the possibility remains that it's the F6 elimination episode, with the other/second Face-Off in Owen Sound for F5 followed immediately by the finale, i.e. a ten-episode season just like Canada 1.

[Maanca]

There's 4 weeks left until TAR34 premieres (which would have Canada ending the night before). If they say a finale date, then we'll know, but Canada has never before run back-to-back episodes.

Taking that week off for a 4-year-old rerun kinda screwed them.