Talk:The Amazing Race 8

Final Leg in Toronto?
In the preview of the finale, if you play it slow, you can actually see when the Linzs get out of the bus, on that bus it clearly label Grand Toronto and the airport scene they shown is mostly likely taken from Person Int'l of Toronto mouselmm 03:12, 7 December 2005 (UTC)
 * No, it's at a state park/golf course in NY state. --Madchester 08:13, 7 December 2005 (UTC)

LINDA'S A LESBIAN???
what is this comment i'm seeing in the "in-race" about lesbian engagements and linda weaver?? a prank, or something verifiable? -hans
 * She's marrying another guy. She could be closet lez for all I know, but there's no evidence to suggest that she is.  Just someone taking shots at Mama Weaver. --Madchester 06:20, 29 December 2005 (UTC)

Godlewskis' Performance
Before this season Linda & Karen were the top female team ever, followed by Kami & Karli then Nancy & Emily. how would the Godlewskis' performance rank as far as when they are compared to these teams?
 * Unfair comparison due to many factors: the other teams were not that competitive because some have children, and because of that, the challenges are also somewhat watered down. Then there's the whole being out of your comfort zone factor(being stuck in an American airport is way different than having to spend 20 hours in an Indian one).--Chicbicyclist 14:03, 25 January 2006 (UTC)

States/Provinces vs. Countries
Since this race was mostly in the United States, should we recognize states and provinces instead of countries? It isn't fair that we use states but not Panamanian, Costa Rican anmd Canadian provinces (there are, I checked). Or we could recognize countries like: Leg 1- United States Leg 2- United States Leg 3- United States

What do you think? 69.37.53.136 13:59, 2 January 2006 (UTC)\

It's okay. This race, unlike others, went by a state-by-state scale rather than a country-by-country scale; listing countries for every leg is unnecessary. Royboycrashfan 12:18, 28 January 2006 (UTC)


 * At every pitstop there is a mat and a small monitor, the monitor shows the Location of the leg for example China/Italy/India, For this season however, they shown States like Montana/Utah/Arizona. I think it will be most suitable if we use the offical "monitor" version mouselmm 16:52, 29 January 2006 (UTC)

On the same topic, would anyone object to provincial flags for Quebec and Ontario to be listed, much as the state flags are for the US? Radagast 22:02, 15 February 2006 (UTC)
 * The problem with that is that you'll also need to add the appropriate flags for the states/provinces in Costa Rica, Panama, etc. I don't think it's necessary to add Canadian provincial flags. The race actually placed emphasis on individual US states in their advertising and finish mats, but not for any other local jurisdiction in other countries. --Madchester 22:41, 15 February 2006 (UTC)
 * True enough. My only argument in return would be that we have given the names of the Canadian provinces, but not the Panamanian or Costa Rican ones; that indicates a different level of cultural understanding in that way. But the Race didn't mention it (though there were no formal pit stops on Canadian soil), so it's best to leave it be. Radagast 13:01, 16 February 2006 (UTC)
 * When I did my copyedit I went ahead and raised the prominence of Canadian provinces Quebec and Ontario to the section title for the final leg. (Something similar had been done with "Puero Rico, US" on an earlier season.)  I think there's a big distinction between Canadian provinces and the states/provinces of Costa Rica, Panama, etc.  Canada is geographically very large and begs specificity for a travel-oriented discussion.  Quebec and Ontario are distinct nations.  Also, Canada and the US have a special relationship, which is really rather obvious here as Canada and the US share first broadcast rights, and Canadian ratings are often included with the Amazing Race articles (in fact, in this one there are Canadian ratings but no US ratings).  I did not include provincial flags, however, as I feel the article already has an overabundance of icons. Reidgreg (talk) 03:55, 28 January 2017 (UTC)
 * I disagree with the use of Canadian provinces in the section title. In international versions of TAR such as Canada and Asia 5, states/provinces are only listed when majority of the legs are held in that country. While Canada and the US may have a special relationship, they are ultimately separate countries. On the point of Quebec and Ontario being distinct nations, the same can be said for England and Scotland, but they are not included in section titles. Penguin407 (talk) 01:39, 19 July 2017 (UTC)

Weaver Roadblocks
In an interview, the Weavers said that they didn't do the final map puzzle Roadblock (can't remember the exact link, but it was that Reality Reel website). So should the article still say they did the same amount of roadblocks as the Bransens and Linzes? --HansTAR 04:54, 6 February 2006 (UTC)

South america?
just to be pedantic, but since they went to Panama City does that mean they went to South America since it is on the south/east side of the canal? -- Astrokey44 |talk 13:52, 3 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Well in the South America article it says: "Geopolitically, all of Panama – including the segment east of the Panama Canal in the isthmus – is often considered a part of North America alone and among the countries of Central America." So, they only stayed in 1 continent that season. --Madchester 15:00, 3 March 2006 (UTC)

THE FINAL LEG TITLE
Before anybody deletes the title of the last leg, let me say something. In season 9, it was a double length leg of three countries Brazil - Russia - Germany. In this season we should do the same. States in this race are kind of treated like countries, so I think it should be Montana, USA - Canada - New York, USA. Anchorage 11:49, 21 April 2006 (UTC)

Someone died in the race?
I thought Weaver family's dad died at the Talladega Superspeedway after the party bike. Or maybe because I skipped the commericals and partially skipped what happened in between. OhanaUnited 07:18, 22 December 2006 (UTC)
 * He died in some racing accident prior to the amazing race appearence of the Weavers; he died due to an accident at Daytona . This would have been about a year prior, roughly.   But best we know, no primary or secondary relatives to any of the racers died durng the race. --Masem 14:02, 22 December 2006 (UTC)

Article about the Moab, Utah incident
Is there any link to the article about where the producers stopped at the Utah diner and left the full leg text? - Patricknoddy 4:27pm, January 8, 2007 (EST)
 * Yeah. Twice the article says to look at the External Links, but there is no longer a link down there. Could we please use references? They work better...This is for the cancelled leg in Belieze and the clue information in Utah. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.68.233.150 (talk) 02:40, 21 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Why has no-one fixed this! They STILL say to look in the External Links. We either need to find references or delete these entries. Shadow2 (talk) 05:12, 23 March 2009 (UTC)
 * If no-one's going to fix this, I'm going to remove it myself. You have a week. Shadow2 (talk) 05:12, 23 March 2009 (UTC)

Rolly Weaver & Linz brother wrestling, final episode?
I saw on the previews that there was an incident at an airport between Rolly Weaver and one of the Linz brothers in the final episode, but I had to tape it and subsequently missed the event. Can someone please enlighten me as to what happened? - Starpossum 07:33, 4 February 2007 (UTC)

They were apparently running to the AirLine counter and both of them wanted to be the first in line. It wasn't an intentional fight. It was kinda exaggerated by their team members though. DanielTAR

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Problems with Canada
Okay, we're having some discrepencies about the provinces of Canada they visited. I know earlier we agreed to go by what was said on the "Pit Stop TV" (ie: State names for the USA and country names for Panama & Costa Rica). However, there was no Pit Stop in Canada, so we have nothing to go for. The question is: do we identify the specific provinces or not? Currently we have flags for Ontario and Quebec on the page, but the title says "Montana, USA → Canada → New York, USA"Shadow2 (talk) 18:54, 16 February 2009 (UTC)

North America misleading to include Costa Rica and Panama?
Ok, back in April I edited the North America statement to be North America and Central America. Now, I'll acknowledge that I was probably in the wrong there, and my comment was definitely wrong. Even so, that doesn't change the fact that "North America" is misleading.

The reason it is misleading is best understood by reading the Wikipedia description of North America. It says "The term North America may mean different things to different people in the world according to the context. Usage other than that of the entire continent includes" it goes on to list several alternative usages.

These alternative usages are, in my experience, very common. I myself, when I use the term "North America", often times am thinking of Mexico, U.S., Canada, and perhaps Greenland. I definitely am not thinking of Costa Rica or Panama. For those, I would use the term "Central America"

Now, the latest edit does specifically mention Costa Rica a few words after the North America reference. When I originally saw the problem, it wasn't that way. I guess that might be enough to appease my dislike for the usage, although I'm still not certain.--Jasonphos (talk) 15:01, 27 October 2010 (UTC)

Legs?
There's a situation in the legs of the show, Phil described the Pit Stop in Montana (Green Valley Ranch) was in fact the 11th Pit Stop and the Highway 287 was the 10th? Making it sure that Legs 10 and 11 are part of Superleg? ApprenticeFan work 08:45, 19 December 2012 (UTC)

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Race Summary needs a copy edit
Hello, I came on here to correct a Wikilink that happened to be in the race summary section. I noticed that the summary seems to have some issues with the written English - words are missing from sentences, sentences run together, just not making sense in parts. It would be helpful if someone with knowledge of the show could clean up that summary section so it reads better. TheBlinkster (talk) 13:29, 17 May 2015 (UTC)
 * I did a copyedit on it (have been systematically working through several seasons). There were a couple really rough patches.  A couple things I didn't understand:

These could use clarification by someone knowledgable with the subject matter. Reidgreg (talk) 03:57, 28 January 2017 (UTC)
 * Leg 1: At the Washington Crossing Historic Park between New Jersey and Pennsylvania, teams had to relive American history by choosing a rowboat to cross the Delaware River into New Jersey with four boats per one team. Four boats per one team means that every person in a four-person team has their own boat.  This seems way too weird to be accurate, but I'm not sure what the real meaning should be.  It was in the first leg, so there were ten teams and the inverse (ie: 4 teams per one boat) doesn't make sense, either.
 * Leg 8: The Detour was a choice between Bearing or Bailing. For both Detours, the teams traveled by motorized raft to Horseshoe Bend along the Colorado River. In Bearing, teams had to choose a color-coded card with unique compass coordinates. They then followed the coordinates to the next card until they located three locations on three different islands to find the same card on each island. Once they had three cards, they could exchange them for the next clue. A compass gives a bearing, not coordinates. I'm not sure what compass coordinates is supposed to mean, and it gets worse from there, leaving the whole description rather confusing.
 * Cast: the article on Queen Bees indicates Stassi finished in 6th, not 7th.

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Relevance of Hurricane Katrina
Is the bit about Hurricane Katrina really relevant here? The main topic is about season 8, while the sub topic is about filming and development. Seems a bit fluffy to me, as I'd look at the article for information on the season, and I'd look in the Development and filming for info on developing and filming, which doesn't seem to have to do with what happened to the families afterwards. Opinions? --L1ght5h0w (talk) 20:48, 25 June 2016 (UTC)
 * Key information relating to racers (such as deaths, marriage, etc.) after the race that are otherwise not notable but sourcable have been included in these articles. So yes, in this case it is notable. --M ASEM (t) 20:54, 25 June 2016 (UTC)
 * It's notable, but it didn't belong under Production as this happened afterwards. I moved it down to Cast with the post-race notes Masem mentioned. Reidgreg (talk) 03:56, 28 January 2017 (UTC)

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Production section
"all race locations were inside North America"..

Are Panama and Costa Rica North America? 2804:14D:5CE6:A2E1:455D:80D8:C127:DC4 (talk) 16:22, 19 May 2017 (UTC)


 * I know it’s a late response, but yes. Bgsu98 (talk) 05:05, 20 September 2022 (UTC)

Leg 1 yield
There is nothing outside of Wikipedia to even SUGGEST that there was a yield available for this leg. CIA Mike (talk) 05:04, 10 August 2017 (UTC)
 * I support the removal of this, in light of there being no sources. I originally reverted CIA Mike because they blanked content without an explanation. Sportsfan 1234 (talk) 13:44, 10 August 2017 (UTC)

Misleading source
Link #2 on the "References" section does not say anything about the unused Fast Forward in leg 6. Is there another page on that forum from that date and time that says anything about it? Lamp301 (talk) 05:20, 26 March 2018 (UTC)