7 changes I would like to see on the amazing race

Labels: , , Posted by hcfoo on Thursday, December 14, 2006 @ 3:50 PM

Be it the US or the Asian edition, there are a few changes I would like to see on the show.

  1. There's a lack of transparency in the non-elimination leg. The producers can eliminate or not eliminate whoever they want. For example, if I'm not wrong, BJ & Tyler from season 9 survived twice from being eliminated and eventually won. In the Asian edition, it's very clear that the producers would like to keep "favourites" Sandy & Francesca from being eliminated in the first round.
  2. I wonder why must there be models on The Amazing Race (TAR) and The Amazing Race Asia (TARA)? There are a lot of beautiful people out there and they are not necessary models.
  3. Choosing Allan Wu as the host of TARA is obviously a mistake. This guy is so stiff and fake. If you watch AXN Xtreme Macau, the host Alex Niu, in my humble opinion, did a better job than Allan. Well, there's no way to regret now. Looking at the success of TARA probably we just have to accept him and see some improvement over time.
  4. I'm glad that season 10 omitted the "strip all cash" from contestants who survived the non-elimination leg. TARA should stop stripping cash too in the future season because I think begging people for money isn't very nice.
  5. The contestants rely too much on the locals and taxi drivers to bring them to places instead of self-navigation. Perhaps the producers should implement new rule to disallow locals to ride or join the contestants in their car. I prefer to watch contestants display their navigation skill rather than paying taxi drivers to bring them to places.
  6. There are too many advertisement and product placement in the recent TAR. As for TARA, we can see them every week from Ford to Sony Walkman MP3 and MSN. During the last leg on TARA, contestant need to take a picture of their partner while performing the jump at Sky Tower with Sony Ericsson Cybershot camera. And the week before, teams have to record a video with Sony HD Cam.
  7. I hope to see alliance being formed in TARA. I'm not sure why no teams form alliance to oust the others. It will be more fun than seeing teams minding their own business. The Six Packs alliance (Cho bros, Kentucky and Alabama) of season 10 did a great job and went really far.

 

2 drop shot(s):

  1. pelf said,

    They have to have models so that we don't complain about the "ugly" contestants. Pretty people/models brings them more viewership - because nobody wants to watch "ugly" people on Amazing Race. And yea, nobody likes watching a show when people cannot speak proper English..

    That's just my opinion =)

    on 5:54 PM  


  2. Phil said,

    I'd like to see 5 changes.

    1. You need not be model-beautiful or speak with an American accent to be a participant. Otherwise it becomes another Xtreme Macau show and you might as well import Lucy Liu from Hollywood. TARA is meant to be a race in Asia between all-Asian teams, AND above all a reality show right?

    2. Have truly all-Asian teams like you mean it. Thais and Hongkies who look and sound like Brits? Didn't know their native physique has changed so fast.

    3. Allow participants to speak their native language with subtitles for viewers. It adds a nice and original twist. (The 2 Indonesian boys in TARA speaking English to people in their native Indonesia was a joke. Indonesians just don't do that and contrived shows are embarrassing to watch.)

    4. Yeah, agree with your #6. The in-your-face product placement was getting a bit much. Wonder why they don't dare do it in the regular American series.

    5. Have meaningful challenges. The TARA challenges are downright lame compared to the pace and intensity of the original Amazing Race. I mean what has prawn-shelling and pushing bakso carts from A to B got to do with ingenuity and strategy.

    The Allan Wu chap is okay lah, better him than Alan Tsang I say. He just don't need to be overly dramatic.

    on 7:04 PM  


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