HaMerotz LaMillion

המירוץ למיליון
HaMerotz LaMillion
Genre Reality
Game show
Created by Elise Doganieri
Bertram van Munster
Presented by Raz Meirman (2009)
Ron Shahar (2010–Present)
Theme music composer John M. Keane
Country of origin Israel
Original language(s) Hebrew
No. of seasons 5
Production
Executive producer(s) Michael McKay
Producer(s) David Gardner
Location(s) See below
Cinematography Ryan Godard
Production company(s) Reshet (2009)
activeTV (2009)
Release
Original network Channel 2
Reshet
Original release 5 February 2009 – present

HaMerotz LaMillion (Hebrew: המירוץ למיליון, lit. The Race to the Million) is an Israeli reality game show based on the American series, The Amazing Race.

On 8 April 2008, Israeli TV network Reshet announced plans to produce a local version of the show. It premiered on 5 February 2009, on Channel 2. The show is produced by Reshet and activeTV (producer of The Amazing Race Asia and the first two seasons of The Amazing Race Australia) in association with Disney-ABC and ESPN Television. It was originally hosted by Raz Meirman in the first season.

In April 2009, during the airing of the show, Reshet had begun preparations for a second season. They considered producing a celebrity edition of the show that would have raised the price of producing the show.[1] Reshet had consulted with CBS and agreed it would film two more seasons at the same time to save expenses, a celebrity and non-celebrity editions.[2] On 20 December however, Reshet announced that due to the overall high costs the show would not continue despite two seasons being in the planning stages.[3] However, on 20 September 2010, Reshet reconsidered, and announced a new season.[4] On 11 February 2011, Ron Shahar was announced as the new host of the race, replacing Raz Meirman.[5]

The grand prize for the winning team is 1,000,000.

The Race

HaMerotz LaMillion is a reality television competition between teams of two, in a race across the world. The race is divided into a number of legs wherein teams travel and complete various tasks to obtain clues to help them progress to a Pit Stop, where teams are given a chance to rest and recover before starting the next leg. The last team to arrive is normally eliminated from the race (except in non-elimination legs, where the last team to arrive may be penalized in the following leg). The final leg of each race is run by the last three remaining teams, and the first to arrive at the final destination wins 1,000,000.

Teams

For a list of contestants, see List of HaMerotz LaMillion contestants.

Each of the teams are composed of two individuals who have some type of relationship to each other.

Route Markers

Route Markers are yellow and red flags that mark the places where teams must go. Most Route Markers are attached to the boxes that contain clue envelopes, but some may mark the place where the teams must go in order to complete tasks, or may be used to line a course that the teams must follow.

Clues

For more details on the different clues, see The Amazing Race § Clues.

Most clues are directly adopted from the original American version:

Obstacles

For more details on the different obstacles, see The Amazing Race § Obstacles.

In addition to performing tasks teams may encounter the following that could potentially slow them down:

In season 1, the Yield and U-Turn rules were similar to the original rules in the American version; The Yield and U-Turn only appeared sporadically and a single team can utilise their power to Yield/U-Turn another team at the Yield/U-Turn board only once in the entire race.

In season 2, a new rule regarding the Yield and U-turn was introduced. The Yield and U-Turn now appeared more often (almost every leg) and instead of a single team using their power to affect another team, all teams are now required to vote for the team they wish to Yield or U-turn (Depending on the leg). Sometime during the leg, teams will encounter a board with their pictures. Here, they could choose from photographs of the teams and place the one they want to Yield/U-Turn below their pictures faced backwards. Sometime later in the leg, they will encounter another board where they would have to pull down their pictures on the board to reveal if they have been Yielded or U-Turned. The team/s with the most votes will receive the penalty. Teams that pull down their picture and get a red will get the penalty and the pictures of the teams that Yielded/U-Turned them. Those that get a green are free to continue the race.

In season 3, the "Double U-Turn" was introduced. In addition to the rules above, the team that gets U-Turned is free to U-Turn another team of their choosing.

Legs

At the beginning of each leg, teams receive an allowance of cash to cover expenses during the race (except for the purchase of airline tickets, which are paid-for by credit cards provided by the race).

Teams then have to follow clues and Route Markers that will lead them to the various destinations and tasks they will face. Modes of travel between these destinations include commercial and chartered airplanes, boats, trains, taxis, buses, and rented vehicles provided by the show, or the teams may simply travel by foot. Each leg ends with a twelve-hour Pit Stop where teams are able to rest and where teams that arrive last are progressively eliminated from the race until only three teams remain..

Differing from most of the other franchises of the series, the season finale is filmed as the program is being broadcast.

Non-elimination legs

Each race has a number of pre-determined non-elimination legs, in which the last team to arrive at the Pit Stop is not eliminated and is allowed to continue on the race. There is no single elimination penalty in this version of the show:

Rules and penalties

Most of the rules and penalties are adopted directly from the American edition, but in some cases this version has been seen to have a unique set of additional rules.

Seasons

On 20 December 2009, Reshet originally announced it had cancelled the show and that a second season would not be made. However, in September 2010, Reshet reconsidered, and announced a new season.

Season Broadcast Winners Teams Host
Premiere Date Finale Date
1 February 5, 2009 (2009-02-05) June 11, 2009 (2009-06-11) Guy Osadon & Shay Kahana 10 Raz Meirman
2 October 25, 2011 (2011-10-25) February 11, 2012 (2012-02-11) Bar Ben-Vakil & Inna Broder 11 Ron Shahar
3 May 11, 2013 (2013-05-11) August 31, 2013 (2013-08-31) Talia Gorodess & Koby Windzberg
4 November 22, 2014 (2014-11-22) March 28, 2015 (2015-03-28) Shay Gavriel & Shani Alon 14
5 May 17, 2016 (2016-05-17) September 26, 2016 (2016-09-26) Amit & Raz Gal

Countries and locales visited

As of the fourth season, HaMerotz LaMillion has visited 30 countries and 6 continents.

Countries that HaMerotz LaMillion has visited are shown in color.
Asia Africa Europe Oceania South America North America

  1. ^Note a : Including Hong Kong Hong Kong and Macau Macau (1).

Number of times visited

Asia

Rank Country Seasons visited Pit Stops
1 Israel Israel All 6
2 China China 2 (1, 2) 4
Vietnam Vietnam 2 (1, 5) 3
3 Georgia (country) Georgia 1 (4) 2
Thailand Thailand 1 (2) 2
Sri Lanka Sri Lanka 1 (2) 2
Taiwan Taiwan 1 (3) 2
Singapore Singapore 1 (2) 2
South Korea South Korea 1 (5) 1
India India 1 (5) 1
Japan Japan 1 (1) 1
Cambodia Cambodia 1 (5) 1

North America

Rank Country Seasons visited Pit Stops
1 United States United States 1 (3) 3
Costa Rica Costa Rica 1 (4) 2
Cuba Cuba 1 (3) 2

South America

Rank Country Seasons visited Pit Stops
1 Argentina Argentina 1 (4) 2
Bolivia Bolivia 1 (4) 2
Brazil Brazil 1 (3) 1

Europe

Rank Country Seasons visited Pit Stops
1 Italy Italy 1 (5) 2
Spain Spain 1 (3) 2
Finland Finland 1 (4) 2
Hungary Hungary 1 (2) 2
France France 1 (3) 1
United Kingdom United Kingdom 1 (4) 1
Croatia Croatia 1 (2) 1
Sweden Sweden 1 (4) 1
Romania Romania 1 (5) 1
Poland Poland 1 (2) 1
Czech Republic Czech Republic 1 (2) 1
Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina 1 (2) 0

Africa

Rank Country Seasons visited Pit Stops
1 Namibia Namibia 1 (5) 2
South Africa South Africa 1 (1) 2
Tanzania Tanzania 1 (5) 1

Oceania

Rank Country Seasons visited Pit Stops
1 Australia Australia 2 (1, 5) 3
New Zealand New Zealand 1 (1) 2

    References

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