HaMerotz LaMillion 3


The third season of HaMerotz LaMillion is an Israeli reality television game show based on the American series, The Amazing Race. The third installment of the series features 11 teams of two with a pre-existing relationship in a race around the world to win ₪1,000,000.
This season premiered on 11 May 2013 on Channel 2 with the finale on 31 August 2013 and hosted by Ron Shahar.
Newlyweds Talia Gorodess and Koby Windzberg were the winners of the third season of HaMerotz LaMillion

Production

Development

The racecourse for this season included four continents and seven countries. At the start of the Race, two legs were run in Israel with the possibility of one team being eliminated in each leg. This season also incorporated two new twists with the Salvage Pass and the Double U-Turn. The Salvage Pass, which was previously seen in The Amazing Race Australia 2 and The Amazing Race Philippines 1, was awarded to the team that came in first on the second leg and gave that team the opportunity to save the team that came in last or receive a time advantage at the beginning of the third leg. Two U-Turns this season were designated as Double U-Turns, in which the team that received the most votes for a U-Turn were given the opportunity to U-Turn another team.

Casting

In August 2012, Reshet began casting for a third season of HaMerotz LaMillion, with final applications due on 31 December 2012.
After they being eliminated on Leg 6, Shimi Edri proposed to Yasmin Nagorni, who accepted. The two were married on 3 October 2013, in a ceremony attended by Debbie & Dana, Eliran & Itzik, Ma'ayan & Bat-El, Romi & Coral, and Talia & Koby.

Results

The following teams participated in the Race, with their relationships at the time of filming. Note that this table is not necessarily reflective of all content broadcast on television due to inclusion or exclusion of some data. Placements are listed in finishing order:
  1. Andrea & Ronnie arrived at the Pit Stop in last place. However, Ronit & Liran used their Salvage Pass to save Andrea & Ronnie from elimination.
  2. Andrea & Ronnie withdrew from the Race after Ronnie suffered a leg injury that sustained during the Roadblock.
  3. The Double U-Turn appeared after the first of two Detours and targeted teams were only required to perform both tasks of that Detour.

    Voting history

Teams may vote to choose either U-Turn or Yield. The team with the most votes received the U-Turn or Yield penalty, depending on the respective leg. In Leg 4 and 11 which contain Double U-Turn, all teams voted on the first U-Turn, but the team who was U-Turned was given the opportunity to use the second U-Turn for their own.

Episode Titles

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Prizes

Leg 1 (Israel)

Airdate: 11 May 2013
In the first Detour of the Race, teams had to choose between אליעזר והגזר and המפוזר מכפר אז״ר. In Eliezer and the Carrot, teams had to convince 20 passers-by to donate their clothes, which teams would tie into a rope that they could use to pull a giant carrot out of the ground and receive their next clue. In Babar Azar, teams had to deliver 12 sacks across a marked field. However, one team member would have to move on their knees behind the other, mimicking a train engine. After completing the deliveries, the conductor would flip a sign and give teams their clue.
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Airdate: 15 May 2013
For the very first Double Battle of the Race, one team member from each team would be held in the air by a pulley, facing down. They would have to hold onto their partner in a bear hug and keep them in the air. The first person to drop their partner would lose. The team that lost the final Double Battle had to wait out a fifteen-minute penalty.
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Airdate: 18 May 2013, 22 May 2013, 29 May 2013
In the first Roadblock of the Race, one team member would participate in the sport of bullfighting. They would dress as a matador, let the bull pass through the cape, and then plant a ribbon on him to receive their next clue.
In the Detour, teams had to choose between פלמנקו and מקרנה. In Flamenco, teams had to learn a series of Flamenco dance moves. They then had to travel to Villa Rosa and perform before a panel of judges. If they are impressed, teams would receive their next clue. In Macarena, teams had to dress up in 90's-esque outfits and stand like statues in a store window. Outside the window was a button, and if a passer-by pushed the button, teams had to perform the Macarena. Once 15 pedestrians pushed the button, teams would get their next clue.
In the Double Battle, one team member from each team had to search through a pile of tomatoes, looking for one with a marker inside. While they were doing this, their teammates would team up with a group of locals to pelt the opposing team with tomatoes, like during the Spanish La Tomatina festival. The team that lost the final Double Battle had to wait out a fifteen-minute penalty.
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Airdate: 1 June 2013, 5 June 2013, 8 June 2013
In this leg's Roadblock, one team member had to stick their hand into one of three pots, each filled with something disgusting; maggots, mice or rotten meat. They had to retrieve a numbered card, which would determine how long their partner would have to hold two heavy buckets up above their shoulders to receive their next clue.
In the Detour, teams chose between מלך השטיחים and מלך הסרנדות. In King of Rugs, teams had to travel to Plaza de España, where one team member had to ride on their partner's shoulders and clean a rug by beating it. Once the rug was clean, teams would receive their next clue. In King of Serenades, teams had to join a group of troubadours and sing a serenade in Hebrew to a local female. They had to hand over a violet to the local every time the word "violet" was sung. Halfway through the song, tea members had to switch who was singing and who was handing over the flowers. Once teams completed the serenade, they would receive their next clue.
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Airdate: 12 June 2013, 15 June 2013, 19 June 2013
In the Detour, teams had to choose between מארי אנטואנט and צמר גפן מתוק. In Marie Antoinette, teams had to eat a selection of raw ingredients used in baking a cake, flour, an egg, oil, sugar, baking soda, cocoa powder, and edible candles, to receive their next clue. In Cotton Candy, teams would receive a large serving of cotton candy and had to finish it before the one rotation of a carousel to receive their next clue. Each team member was only allowed to use one hand to hold onto the cotton candy, and if they could not finish it before the ride stopped, then they would have to start again.
In the Double Battle, two teams would compete against each other on a French fashion catwalk in underwear, either their own or some provided fashionable underwear. They would be judged by a panel of professionals on their poise and style, their timing and their charisma. The judges would choose one team as a winner and give them the next clue. The team that lost the final Double Battle had to wait out a fifteen-minute penalty.
In the Roadblock, one team member had to dress up as Quasimodo, the Hunchback of Notre Dame, including an "hump" on their back. A woman dressed as Esmeralda would give team members a key, and they had to use the key to unlock the one love lock hidden amongst hundreds of locks to receive their next clue. For every lock that didn't unlock, their partner had ring a bell to declare their failure in love.
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Airdate: 22 June 2013, 26 June 2013, 29 June 2013
For the only Fast Forward in the Race, one teams had to play frescoball with a Brazilian couple. Teams would find out when they arrived that the task took place on a nude beach, and so all participants had to play in the nude. Each team member would have to work together with one member of the couple each to keep a ball in the air for 30 hits to win the Fast Forward award.
In the Roadblock, one team member had to take a harrowing glider ride from the top of Pedra Bonita back down to the beach. Once they landed, they had to swim out into the waves to reunite with their partner, who was sitting on a surfboard.
In the Detour, teams had to choose between כדורגל and קפה. In Football, teams had to play a game of the one in the middle with a group of local football players. They would stand in the middle, and would have to get the ball away from a group of four. They would pass it to their partner, who had to score a goal against a local goalkeeper. If they fail to score a goal, they have to play One in the Middle again. In Coffee, teams had to find a cafe, where the owner would prepare five pots of different kinds of coffee. One team member had to drink a glass of the coffee, while the other had to taste the mixture. They had to work together to figure out which mix went with which kind of coffee.
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Airdate: 6 July 2013, 10 July 2013, 13 July 2013
In the Double Battle, teams had to balance a tray of 12 daiquiris between one hand from each team member, and carry them from the Floridita Bar to the Hotel Ambos Mundos through a street festival. Whoever spilled the least liquid below the red line would win the Double Battle. If it was a tie, then whoever made it to the hotel first would win. The team that lost the final Double Battle had to wait out a fifteen-minute penalty.
In the Detour, teams chose between מסיבה קובנית and מספרה קובנית. In Cuban Party, teams had to hand out bandanas to at least 40 locals and lead them dancing down the streets. In Cuban Barbershop, teams had to convince two local men on the street to undergo a beauty treatment, involving shampooing their hair, massaging their scalp, and shaving their facial hair.
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Airdate: 17 July 2013, 20 July 2013
In the Double Battle at Soplillar Village, two teams at the time had to compete in a horse-drawn cart race, following a series of flags into a full race course all the way to the finish line. The team that lost the final Double Battle had to wait out a fifteen-minute penalty.
In the Detour, teams had to choose between שוד בים and שוד באוויר. In Robbery at Sea, teams had to retrieve all of the items from a boat moored just off shore, carrying them through the waves with only their arms. After all the items had been delivered to shore, they would also have to carry the pirate in the boat to shore on their shoulders. However, they had to carry at least one of the objects along with the pirate. In Robbery in the Air, teams would both be suspended in a net hanging in the air. They had to use ropes to pull themselves towards a hanging flag and satchel of money, which they had to grab. If they dropped one of the items, they had to restart.
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Airdate: 24 July 2013, 27 July 2013, 31 July 2013, 3 August 2013
In the Double Battle, teams would have to play a simplified version of strip poker against each other. Each team would be dealt a card, and the team with the lower card would have to take off an article of clothing. Aces were high. This would continue until one team refused to take off anything else. The losing team would be forced to walk the streets naked while wearing a cardboard box with the humiliating message of "I just lost a game of strip poker". The team that lost the final Double Battle had to wait out a fifteen-minute penalty.
In the leg's first Roadblock, one team member had to enter a revolving glass door and change out of their Elvis costume and into a superhero outfit within 20 seconds while the door rotated. Then, they had to carry both their partner and a cut-out design of a car, keeping both off the ground and the car above their head, and search the Las Vegas Strip for a woman dressed as a princess outside of the Golden Nugget Hotel & Casino to get their next clue.
For the leg's second Roadblock, the team member that did not perform the previous Roadblock had to perform a skyjump off the Stratosphere Tower before receiving their next clue.
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Airdate: 7 August 2013, 10 August 2013
For the final Roadblock of the Race, one team member had to be buried alive in a wooden crate, simulating the actions of the American Mafia, and had to remain buried for 10 minutes without panicking to receive their next clue.
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Airdate: 17 August 2013, 21 August 2013, 28 August 2013
In the final Double Battle of the Race at Flagstaff Nordic center, teams would compete in a two-person dog sledding relay race. Each team member could only race while in possession of the snow globe. The team that finished first would get to continue with the Race. The team that lost the final Double Battle had to wait out a fifteen-minute penalty.
In this leg's first Detour, teams had to choose between לאסוף or לסחוב. In Collect, teams had to stack firewood until they made a perfectly rectangular stack that was at least 2 meters high. In Haul, both team members had to put on snowshoes and carry two people on their backs around a marked course through the woods. A maximum of three teams would be able to complete each side of the Detour simultaneously.
In the second Detour, teams had to choose between רודיאו and קאנטרי. In Rodeo, both team members had to ride on a mechanical bull and stay on for 30 sequences of the ride to receive their next clue. In Country, teams had to learn how to perform a country yodel. If teams could perform yodeling accompaniment to an acoustic song to the satisfaction of an audience, they would receive their next clue.
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Airdate: 29 August 2013
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Airdate: 31 August 2013
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The third season had a 28.9% average household rating across the season.