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Heyltslori
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09-15-2001

Monday, January 26, 2009 - 10:18 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Heyltslori a private message Print Post    
Season Spoilers can be posted here.

Reader234
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OK Lori - had to do it - googled for spoilers - there's a boot list!

The consensus seems to be that final 5 will consist of Margie/Luke, Cara/Jaime, Mark/Michael, Tammy/Victor, Christie/Jodi.

Linda/Steve were already pegged as boot # 1 weeks ago.

Amanda & Kris were supposedly spotted on a later leg. Preston & Jennifer are slated to be the earlier-exiting couple of the two young dating couples, as no evidence was found of them past the first leg, Switzerland. They're most likely the second boot (unless Steve & Linda somehow manage to get through Switzerland) or the third.

Second episode title revealed "Your Target Is Your Partner's Face". The leg will race in Germany and Austria.

Reader234
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I'm going to try and post the map

TAR

ok its too big...
http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c228/angelmum3/posting%20gifs/TARmap.jpg

this computer is too old for me to edit in photobucket - so if you want to try and post - i did snag it off another website while looking for spoilers

Reader234
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more epi one spoiler

Locarno & Interlaken, Switzerland (November 1-2)

SwissMiss08 posted Nov 1 2008
Is the Amazing Race in Locarno, Ticino?
posted Nov 1 2008

• I live in Ticino, the southern part of Switzerland. Today I saw two separate groups of two people with backpacks running around town, followed by a cameraman and a 4th person. I noticed they were speaking American English.
This was especially strange because I normally hear American-accented English perhaps once or twice a month, even though this place is pretty touristy. Additionally, I saw these Americans talking to a PRIEST outside of church and being filmed doing so. Seriously, what tourists talk to a priest (on camera)?
Short of waiting for season 14 to air, is there any way to find out if this was, in fact, the Amazing Race.

Roadblock Verzasca dam

cba suggests
This post above caught my eye - I've been to Verzasca valley myself on an excursion during my time as geology student at the Swiss federal institute of technology in Zurich.

There's Lago di Vogrono, a reservoir lake and the dam bordering its end, Dam Verzasca was featured in a James Bond Movie ("Goldeneye"). 007 does a bungy-jump from that dam, which is a very popular thing to do among tourists! There's not really anything else thrilling going on in that valley (except for geology of course ) so I'll pick up that spoiler/speculation and, if correct, guess we'll see some bungee jumping as a task or a maybe even a roadblock?

AMAZING photos and a map on RFF
http://forum.realityfanforum.com/index.php/topic,18316.0.html

Reader234
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contestant spoilers

Contestants
* based on photo and witness evidence
•Linda & Steve Cole no evidence beyond leg 1 out leg 2
•Jennifer Hopka & Preston McCamy no evidence beyond leg 1 (out leg 1)
•Mel & Michael White photo evidence in Germany/Salzburg (leg 2)
•LaKisha & Jennifer Hoffman last witnessed in Romania (leg 3)
•Amanda Blackledge & Kris Klicka last witnessed in Romania (leg 3) out leg 4
•Victoria & Brad Hunt last witnessed in Romania (leg 3) out leg 3
•Jodi Wincheski & Christie Volkmer last witnessed in Romania (leg 3) out leg 6
•Mark Michael Munoz last witnessed in Romania (leg 3) & "maybe" China/airport heading to Guilin (leg 10)
•Tamara & Victor Jih last witnessed on a Bangkok to Phuket flight (leg 7)
•Margie & Luke Adams Phuket, photo evidence (leg 7)
•Cara Rosenthal & Jaime Edmondson eyewitness reports spotted in China airport heading to Hawaii (final leg 11)

**(Two older men, witnessed on a Bangkok to Phuket flight (leg 7) )

+++ remember that during the last legs they may fly recently eliminated teams to the same area as the race as "decoys". Thus just because Jaime and Cara are the only team reported to be seen flying from China to Hawai'i may or may NOT mean they are in top three.

Tntitanfan
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I think Mel and Michael White are far more likely to be described as "two older men" than the Munoz brothers -

Tntitanfan
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Back to say that although the brothers are older (48 and 51,)I have to think that the most salient characteristic a person would notice would be their short statues.

Wilsonatmd
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01-23-2001

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here's the full course-

Start: Los Alamitos, California, United States

PS 1. Stechelberg, Switzerland
PS 2. Salzburg, Austria
PS 3. Bran, Romania
PS 4. Krasnoyarsk, Russia
PS 5. Novosibirsk, Russia
PS 6. Jaipur, India
PS 7. Phuket, Thailand
PS 8. Bangkok, Thailand
PS 9. Guilin, China
PS 10. Beijing, China
PS 11. Beijing, China

Finish: Maui, Hawaii, United States

Pamy
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damn! I wish they would put this info out before it starts. I would have loved to see them off in Los Al. Fun thing will be which airport they use. Depending on time of day the OC airport may be faster. I believe LA is about halfway to LAX or OC

Pamy
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Dra, we could use the AR box updated when you have a chance. Thanks!! YOU are amazing!!!

Reader234
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More spoilers for the next episode:


Re: TAR14 EP2: Your Target Is Your Partner’s Face (Germany)
« Reply #4 on: February 08, 2009, 01:18:34 PM »

Very appropriate title.

So we have:

Travel from Interlaken by train or car

Arrive in Ruhpolding, Germany

ROADBLOCK - Paragliding

Drive through Berchtesgaden to Schoenau am Konigsee

DETOUR - (1) Cake in the Face, or (2) Segway around the lake

Question:

Do teams have a pit stop in Bavaria, or do they drive the short distance to Salzburg?

If they go to Salzburg, then find Schloss Helbrunn.

Pit Stop. The second team is eliminated.

Reader234
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and from the screen cap last night and the google map from
http://forum.realityfanforum.com/index.php/topic,18349.25.html
(go to the next page as well)

the thought is the wind could have messed up the paragliding and so Linda was given the option to walk down the mountain, so a member used google map to point out where the paagliders were and where Linda ended up!

That link also shows the pictures of 2 contestants at the pie/cake throw, one has a clean floor and one group's (marge and luke) floor was filled with cake... also caps of others doing the segway

Reader234
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•TEAMS TRAVEL TO TRANSYLVANIA WHERE THEY MUST SEARCH THROUGH BURIED COFFINS FOR THEIR NEXT CLUE, WHILE A FIRST PLACE TEAM FINDS THEMSELVES STARING DOWN ELIMINATION AFTER AN UNEXPECTED DETOUR, ON "THE AMAZING RACE," MARCH 1 ON CBS
"I'm Not Wearing That Girls Leotard!" (Romania) - Teams scour the Transylvania countryside for buried coffins, while one of the Race's frontrunners finds themselves at the back of the pack when their plane makes an unexpected landing, on THE AMAZING RACE 14, Sunday, March 1 (8:00-9:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network.

•The teams go to Romania and have to learn a gymnastic routine in order to advance. One team gets lost and doubts their decisions - catch all the action on the next Amazing Race Sundays on CBS!

•Teams scour the Transylvanian countryside for buried coffins outside of Dracula's castle and a first place team falls to the back of the pack when their plane is forced to make an unexpected landing.

Timelines:

Thanks to apskips:
Nov. 4 leg 3 depart Salzburg for Bucharest, with several late-night flight options:
through Munich drive back from Salzburg early evening, then LH3424 2130 0025 MUC OTP
through Frankfurt OS269 1830 1950 SGZ FRA connecting to LH3416 2030 0005 FRA OTP

Nov. 6 arrival in Bucharest after midnight; transfer to train to get to Brasov
morning train departures: Bucharest Nord 2358 arr. Brasov 0246 or dep. 0630 0922 or dep. 0730 1019 or dep. 0616 1051(note: nobody would want this) or 0830 1124 or 0942 1254 or 1130 1404

tasks in Brasov and nearby Transylvania
pit stop in Transylvania (includes Brasov)

Thanks to mwooden:
EP03: Salzburg, Austria to Bran, Romania
Air Date: MAR 1
Film Date: NOV 5-7
Tasks:
[Route Info]: Fly to Bucharest, Romania
[Route Info]: Find Romanian Olympic Preparation Center in Bucharest
[Roadblock]: Perform gymnastic tasks (Performed by Mike, Tammy, Mark, Jamie, Kisha, Margie)
[Route Info]: Find Gara de Nord train station, travel to Brasov, find Black Church
[Detour]: Coffin excavation at Bran Castle or Vardo building (?) at Gypsy Village (Amanda/Kris)
[Pitstop]: Bran (location?)
Spotted Teams: Tammy/Victor, Cara/Jamie, Lakisha/Jennifer, Mark/Michael, Christie/Jodi




Tntitanfan
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I know about those unexpected delays! On my last cruise our ship had to put back to Puerto Rico when a lady had a heart attack, and the seas were too rough for a helicopter medivac!

She made it!

Reader234
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TAR14 EP4: 'It Was Like a Caravan of Idiots'(Siberia)

It Was Like a Caravan of Idiots (Siberia)
The teams travel from Romania to Siberia on the fourth leg of the race. Once there, they must choose to either stack a large pile of wood or apply shutters to a house. The pairs also learn about a new twist to the race that leaves one duo scrambling to stay in the competition.

Clues:
*DURING THE RACE'S FIRST-EVER VISIT TO SIBERIA, TEAMS MUST TRUDGE THROUGH A HARSH RUSSIAN WINTER IN SEARCH OF A FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT,
AND A NEW TWIST LEAVES ONE TEAM FIGHTING FOR THEIR SURVIVAL IN THE GAME
*Teams travel to Siberia, the show's first- ever visit,
**where a first place team quickly learns how it feels to be last,
***and when a new twist is revealed, one Team is left scrambling for their survival in the game
*One team hits another with a Blind U-turn sending shockwaves throughout the Race and teams must make it through a Russian winter.


Detour: Stack or Construct
Stack- Follow the marked path to the woodwork (?). Then, gingerly build a wall of firewood by stacking one pile of wood into a neat, traditional formation to receive your next clue
Construct - Follow the marked path to the workshop. Then, using all the provided pieces, assemble a set of siberian shutters. Then, install them on a nearby house so that they are working properly in order to receive your next clue.

Teams did not arrive in Brasov until 0920 and they had the RAODBLOCK and DETOUR to contend with. With the exception of Brad/Victoria, they should finsh at between noon and 4pm. After the pitstop, they have about a 3 hour drive in the middle of the night (more during the day time) to get to Bucharest airport between 3am and 7am. The best route Bucharest to Kransnojarsk after 3am is one of these 3 combinations probably taken by the 3 leading teams:

There are 3 choices for the first flight, OA382 OTP ATH 0940 1115 or OA942 OTP ATH 0945 1205 or TK1444 OTP IST 1050 1215
Second flight is SU296 ATH SVO 1310 1730 or TK1415 IST SVO 1335 1740
Third flight for all 3 is SU779 SVO KJA 1055 0540+1
Note: there are also inferior routes through Paris or Frankfurt requiring leaving earlier.

The next best combination, used probably by all other teams, is:
OTP BUD RO9233 1040 1110
BUD DME MA106 1440 1910
Moscow DME Krasnojarsk (KJA) S7071 2220 0645+1

Note for all routes that transportation systems in Russia are set up to funnel through Moscow(logical in the case of goingn from Buchrest to Krasnojarsk but not very logical for Novosibirsk to Delhi.

Tntitanfan
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Great info, Teach!

Reader234
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The clues from commercials tell us the "new twist" is the

blind U turn - does that mean that you are blindsided by a u turn? does that mean you have to blindly pick someone (no choice) to u turn??

hmmmm much speculation...

the harsh Russian Winter - according to filming schedule wasnt that harsh - but it was dern cold for sure!! In thevideo diary of Phil the stacking of the firewood the people helping (in addition to vodka apparantly LOL) they made 3 stacks, then dismantled the first stack - so the AR guys would stack that 1st one up - with the known wood - and the last row the wood froze to the ground.. cold!!

Reader234
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FROM THE FRIGID COLD TO THE SWELTERING HEAT, THE TEAMS MUST ADJUST TO AN INDIAN COUNTRYSIDE THAT MOVES SOME TO TEARS, AND ONE TEAM LOSES THEIR BELONGINGS, ON "THE AMAZING RACE," MARCH 22 ON CBS
"Alright Guys, We're At War!" (India) -

-Racers are moved to tears upon seeing slumdog conditions in the Indian countryside.

*As the race heats up, Teams face a roadblock made of camel feed
-One racer surprises their teammate and smokes the Roadblock when they think outside the bucket.


* a speed bump the size of an elephant
....and one duo must perform a Speed Bump that requires them to put makeup on an elephant.
--and a Speed Bump has one team testing their makeup skills on an elephant.


*One team leaves their bags in a taxi's trunk, only to have the driver depart without them
...and a detour made more complicated by an impatient taxi driver,
-Car 54 where are you?-One team leaves their bags in the trunk of a taxi and gets ditched by its driver

Reader234
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Following info is from realityfanforum.com:

QUOTE>
Wait, so the Detour could go as follows:

Bike Detour - Mark/Mike (either a miscellaneous task or we just don't see Mark if the camel thing is the Roadblock)
Horse Detour - Mel/Mike, Margie/Luke, Tammy/Victor, Cara/Jaime (I seem to recall that they wore the same headdress as the others when they were looking for the cabs)

based on commercials - post from reality fan forum

Btw, Puddin, I do believe you about K/J making it to Thailand, head wrap or not....

Dr. Rox,
You may not be aware of the flight schedules. The first flight from Delhi into Jaipur does not arrive until 0630 and the second 0645. Then there would be the typical 30 mintues to get the camera and sound crew set up and ready to go. Finally, the airport is 8 miles from Jaipur. That sounds close, but if you have ever been there(you probably have; I definitely have) the outskirts have the traffic congestion and chaos of all large Indian cities. It could take an hour to get to the elephants. I would do the camels first since it does not require navigating through the city to get there. but assuming it is elephants first, then it would be at least 0800 before anything could reasonably happen.

EDITOR's NOTE - I subsequently discovered that sunrise in Jaipur was 0645 on Nov. 13 and 0646 on Nov. 14. All of India is one time zone, which means that Jaipur is relatively west within that time zone.

(there is a tv guide shot of k/J one of them, with a description of the next leg Phukut) which leads the speculation that k/j makes it thru tonight and Jodie/Christie may be out??? It could be a red herring!)


Tammy/Victor, Mel/Mike and Luke/Margie wear the orange/red head wraps and scarves. Jamie/Cara wear the pink or magenta head wrap and scarves. I assume that is part of the "Begging for Rupees" for the poor detour. Mark/Michael are doing the other side of the detour it seems to me, the bicycle "moving van" deal.

I haven't the foggiest idea where the speed bump comes in.......whether it is first, last or in the middle. I just hope it is first and they can get it done quick. The long shadows in the camel task, the roadblock, look to me to be later in the day than the detour.


This picture of the camel task is very early - I figure around 7:45 am just after the sun rises above the hills - so about 50 minutes after the official sunrise.

(picture reading the clue w/ camel very near - from commercial)

*As the race heats up, Teams face a roadblock made of camel feed
-One racer surprises their teammate and smokes the Roadblock when they think outside the bucket.
Trying to figure out this cagey "smokes" "bucket" and the image of LaKisha with the camel at the roadblock. Came across an interesting http://www.indiamike.com/india/rajasthan-f26/bikaner-camel-safari-t2072/ post about a man who both smokes through his ears and whistles through his nose (as we saw on the extended commercial):
"Unfortunately we missed the Ear Smoking Man. I note that he can also whistle through his nose. It may be that the priests at the rat temple thought that this array of talents posed an unacceptable risk of competition?"

They use painted elephants at the Amber Fort to take tourists up the hill to the fort. I think the CBS preview photo is from the elephant stables near the fort.

My guess is airport to Amber Fort - do "feed the camel" roadblock - Christie and Jodi do "Paint Your Pony Elephant" Speedbump near the fort - then downtown for more fun in India.

/QUOTE
(from realityfanforum.com)

Tntitanfan
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Thanks for makin this info availale, Reader! You rock!

Reader234
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mazing Race 14 Episode: "Rooting Around in People's Mouths Could Be Unpleasant (Thailand)"
Episode Synopsis: The teams continue to compete in Thailand on the eighth leg of the race, with a pit stop in Bangkok. Phil Keoghan is the host. Original Air Date: Apr 12, 2009

Bangkok, Thailand ( Nov 16 -)

Quote from: Neobie on January 13, 2009, 11:54:04 PM
Might have a reason why Pit Stop arrivals are so late in Guilin...

Post 223 by Nickasingh, from Sucks (thanks hakushu8 for bringing it over!)

Had the incredible luck to connect in Bangkok for a couple of hours, and was able to gather that an "adventure company" was holding an event here at the Phayathai Palace on the 16th of November, and that the point of contact worked for... World Race Productions! (This is our race, guys!)

Other places which may or may not be locations (I can't tell for sure if I completely understood the lady I talked to, but it's worth a look) are...

this place... and

this place!

It's a huge rush getting from Phuket on the 15th, Bangkok on the 16th, to Guilin on the 17th - but it's possible, and the whole point of the race, isn't it? More info in the timetables thread!


photo credit Nickasingh as posted at sucks

Quote from: hakushu8 on December 23, 2008, 09:15:37 AM
Kinda weird that a month AFTER filming, the flag is still there.
Quote from: puddin on December 23, 2008, 07:01:55 PM
If I were Nickasingh I probably would have swiped it

And... glad to report that I am now the proud (and very illegal) owner of official Amazing Race paraphernalia!

Reader234
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(I need to find out how Alginger brings the screencaps over!) they post screen caps, and analyze from the commercials:


In 2 weeks
Phil: the teams karaoke in Bangkok and Mark and Micheal make a critical mistake ..
Michael: we have to get our backpacks!
Phil: and the gloves come off ..
Mark: ..you'd rather be eliminated and take your clothes home
Michael: thats (ridiculous?)
Mark: thats the problem, you don't want the million dollars (something something just want to play?)

I don't think there's a FF next leg, because there is an unaired FF in Phuket. But I'm quite sure that it will be a NEL. Then another NEL in China... probably in Beijing...

Next On The Amazing Race
Rooting Around In People's Mouths Could Be Unpleasant (Thailand)

One racer's Roadblock goes up in smoke. -Victor/Tammy?

Lesson not learned from Toni and Dallas last season - one team goes to the mat without their passports. -Mark/Michael "critical mistake"

A racer wanders through Bangkok-barefoot. -Luke?

one racer goes hours out of the way to retrieve "mementos". -Kisha/Jen?

I'm starting to think that this leg is an elimination...

here is a person on Koh Samui who has offered an interpretation of what "So Bang Po" means:

The word Bang Po is most certainly a geographic location, a “village” ... in Thailand.

The actual word in Thai which is pronounced “sor” or “so” means “bamboo stump or clump” or “violin”.

Pronounce it slightly differently and it means “neck” or “professor” or “ Celsius” or “causal diarrhea”.

So, we could have "casual diarrhea" of the mouth. That fits karoake pretty well, whether it's done in the Bang Po sector of Bangkok or not.

(that's all they have so far - and we have to wait 2 weeks to find out how Margie is doing!)

Tntitanfan
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Not a spoiler, except of my Sunday evening viewing pleasure, but TAR is not on here tonight. Rather we are being shown THREE hours - or more - of the Academy of Country Music Awards!

Smokey
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Same here, Tnt. :-( I'm in NE Ohio. I am guessing it's like this everywhere.

Texasdeb
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bummer