Pretty excited for the premiere Wednesday (1/5/22). Not a big reality TV guy, but love to travel and thnk they always produce/edit this show well.

After a blah season of Survivor, TAR almost always delivers for me. Let me know if y'all have seen any previews.

Hincemm said:

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Pretty excited for the premiere Wednesday (1/5/22). Not a big reality TV guy, but love to travel and thnk they always produce/edit this show well.

After a blah season of Survivor, TAR almost always delivers for me. Let me know if y'all have seen any previews.

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Ill watch it and look forward to it.

I loved last seasons winners (Will is an Aggie too), but found the teamwork element annoying. Need some drama amongst the participants.

Fascinated to see how they filmed it with covid.

Amazing race has always been one of my favorite reality shows. Even the family season was kind of fun. It has drama of things like survivor and big brother without the "vote you off the island" stuff. Yes teams can trip you up but as long as you don't come in last (most legs) you stay in. As stated above I didn't necessarily like the half the teams making a pact to pick off the rest but it is what it is. Just different strategy.

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Be interesting what demographics will come into play this time?

Will it be as woke as Survivor?

Southlake said:

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Be interesting what demographics will come into play this time?

Will it be as woke as Survivor?

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Most definitely. CBS mandated at least 50% of their reality show casts have to be Black/Indigenous/POC, and 25% of budget has to go to creators/producers that are BIPOC. It's a baked in certainty.

Tabasco said:

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Southlake said:

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Be interesting what demographics will come into play this time?

Will it be as woke as Survivor?

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Most definitely. CBS mandated at least 50% of their reality show casts have to be Black/Indigenous/POC, and 25% of budget has to go to creators/producers that are BIPOC. It's a baked in certainty.

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Source?

Hincemm said:

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Tabasco said:

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Southlake said:

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Be interesting what demographics will come into play this time?

Will it be as woke as Survivor?

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Most definitely. CBS mandated at least 50% of their reality show casts have to be Black/Indigenous/POC, and 25% of budget has to go to creators/producers that are BIPOC. It's a baked in certainty.

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Source?

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https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.cnbc.com/amp/2020/11/09/cbs-reality-shows-must-now-have-50percent-non-white-casts-network-says.html

I did see a trailer for the show on cbs last night and by the looks of it i feel like it was filmed pre covid as no where in any of it (the contestants or the places they travel) is anyone wearing masks (I know not everyone has mask mandates but there wasn't a single one throughout the trailer)

Edit to add the clip.

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I did see a trailer for the show on cbs last night and by the looks of it i feel like it was filmed pre covid as no where in any of it (the contestants or the places they travel) is anyone wearing masks (I know not everyone has mask mandates but there wasn't a single one throughout the trailer)

Edit to add the clip.

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Crazy. I knew obviously the last season filmed pre-covid, but they held it for like a year longer than usual.

This season is not pre covid according to this link.

https://www.kget.com/community/ricks-reviews/the-amazing-race-finally-gets-back-on-track/

Edit to add that they started this season pre covid, halted in feb 2020, and resumed with protocols it seems

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This season is not pre covid according to this link.

https://www.kget.com/community/ricks-reviews/the-amazing-race-finally-gets-back-on-track/

Edit to add that they started this season pre covid, halted in feb 2020, and resumed with protocols it seems

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That makes sense, now that you say that i remember hearing about them being stuck somewhere mid covid and had to halt production at one point, I guess i just assumed that was the previous season that happened to not this one. So all in all it will be interesting to see. So i guess these seasons are filmed more in advance from airing than I thought they were.

The Holderness family is in this! For some reason I thought they were next season. They have some funny videos online.

I'm kind of confused. Does this mean that they film multiple seasons at once? This was three legs in when Covid hit and was suspended. But wasn't last season during Covid as well?

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I'm kind of confused. Does this mean that they film multiple seasons at once? This was three legs in when Covid hit and was suspended. But wasn't last season during Covid as well?

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I think last season was 100% filmed pre covid but then they held releasing the season for about a year. Then the start of this one was filmed then had to stop in Feb 2020.

Legs 1-3 are pre-COVID. Remaining legs are during/post-COVID.

Correct. In the preview for next week they show Phil's announcement about the suspension of filming.

This has promise of a good season. The two flight attendants are having so much fun. The the Holderness husband and the guy from the Love Island couple are both over-thinking morons, but the Holderness's are funny.

The big black dude with the short round wife is an a-hole. The pink twins are obnoxious.

And yes there is a gay married black couple, so a two-fer there.

The best friends, with the wrongly-imprisoned guy, are my pick to win.

I kind of liked the first team that was eliminated, wouldn't have minded if the twins had been eliminated. So far there isn't a team I totally dislike (I know that will change as the season goes on, it always does) but good first 2 hours. I always enjoy TAR, Phil's other show tough as nails has been a good filler while the TAR was not on.

It will be interesting to see how the year and a half break impacts the racers. That gave teams time to reflect on their weaknesses or get in better shape. Also, how will the time impact the older contestants.

Twins are dumb and annoying. Won't last long.

Cool that the guys who stopped the terrorist on the train in Paris are there.

What's with Penn Holdernesses hair??? Big goof.

Flight attendents are cool and fun. My pick to win. (And, I fly International and all the FAs are my moms age)

Both flight attendants have a bad case of vocal fry.

Currently, like several teams. I'm sure that will change soon.

So 4 out of the 9 remaining teams dumped out during the 19 month break. Can't say I'm surprised between relationships that become strained/end, commitments that you can't run off again and miss, and some that may be hesitant due to safety

Man that audio/sound during the bagpipes challenge was brutal. We get the point, you don't need to make my ears bleed.

I'm not a huge fan of them bringing other teams back. Sounds like it turned into an all-stars vs. newbie situation.

So the married YouTube guys and the couple that met on the other reality show are gone, right?

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So the married YouTube guys and the couple that met on the other reality show are gone, right?

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Hope so! Very annoying teams IMO.

I'm not gonna fault anyone for not knowing how to drive, but I don't understand how anyone can knowingly come on this show not knowing how to drive let alone operate a standard. Bye.

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So the married YouTube guys and the couple that met on the other reality show are gone, right?

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Yeah, from what I could tell, it was Youtube guys, terrorist stoppers, new reality couple, and the NC couple (asian wife) that were gone

Wonder who they are bringing back. Please not the afghanimals.

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sburg2007 said:

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So the married YouTube guys and the couple that met on the other reality show are gone, right?

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Yeah, from what I could tell, it was Youtube guys, terrorist stoppers, new reality couple, and the NC couple (asian wife) that were gone

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The NC couple was like 6-7 months pregnant when they re-started the race, so that was understandable withdrawal. The reality couple broke up in March 2020 so I guess they just decided they didn't want to go back

per the web, the Race brought back the two previously eliminated teams (singing cops and daughter/father) and re-started with 7 teams

Ag_N_Houston said:

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I'm not a huge fan of them bringing other teams back. Sounds like it turned into an all-stars vs. newbie situation.

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I thought they just brought back the teams that had already been eliminated this season?

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per the web, the Race brought back the two previously eliminated teams (singing cops and daughter/father) and re-started with 7 teams

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I'm glad. If they bring back Brendan and Rachel again EVER, I'm gonna puke.

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I'm not gonna fault anyone for not knowing how to drive, but I don't understand how anyone can knowingly come on this show not knowing how to drive let alone operate a standard. Bye.

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I've been saying this for several seasons. You know before you sign up you will likely go to a country that are primarily standard transmission vehicles and there is always 1 or 2 teams that can't drive standard. If you don't know how its best for you and your team mate learn how to drive standard based on possibility being part of a road block.