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The Amazing Race Host Phil Keoghan Discusses Travel In Middle East

« Extreme Makeover Home Edition: Hall Family Door Knock | Home February 23, 2011 02:30:10 by Allyson Wells The Amazing Race premiered last week on CBS and sent the contestants down under to Australia.  Reality TV Magazine recently revealed some of the countries you can expect to see the contestants visit this season.  However, host Phil Keoghan has confirmed that there are some locations that viewers should not expect to see the racers travel through. With all the recent civil unrest  and governments collapsing in the Middle East, Egypt is definitely out of the question.  Phil spoke with the NY Post and said, “Egypt is off the map for us right now.  There are certain countries off-limits right now.  We’re not going to go to Afghanistan right now.”  Phil explained that the show has had security issues in the past.  “We’d been to Argentina a number of times, but there was a time we were shooting and we heard there was some political unrest there.  It ended up not amount to much, but...

The Amazing Race: Getting Engaged In The Middle East

« Extreme Makeover Home Edition: Lighthouse School and Sweatt Family | Home November 14, 2010 07:13:58 by Allyson Wells This week on The Amazing Race, the remaining teams depart Russia for the Middle East.  One team takes advantage of a scenic location and gets engaged!  Chad and Stephanie oversleep and Gary and Mallory get lost in a major way.  Can these racers overcome their setbacks and avoid elimination?  In St. Petersburg, at the Peter and Paul fortress, Nat and Kat get to depart first at 1:06 am.  They fly to Muscat, Oman for further instructions.  Nat thinks it has been challenging to do the race as a diabetic, but is managing.  Brook and Claire are second to depart and Claire doesn’t want to disappoint Brook.  Nick feels like he is constantly stressed out on the race.  Mallory remarks how happy she is to spend time with her dad. At the travel agency, the teams arrive to book their flights.  Jill and Thomas wonder where Chad and Stephanie are.  It turns out Chad and Stephanie a...