Warning: massive amount of text ahead. I created a mostly functional race route around the world (all loactions like buildings, businesses, landmarks, etc. are REAL locations and could theoretically actually work in the race). I tried to have a good variety in locations and types of challenges, but it's really hard! I find it a lot harder to complain about challenge design after making this. Even though this could technically happen there are probably some safety concerns in going to South Africa and Lesotho and it's probably not possible for the American Amazing Race to film in Cuba, but I decided to do it anyway. If you have any questions or feedback please let me know!
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RACE #2
Leg 1 (USA - Japan)
Leg 2 (Japan - South Korea)
Leg 3 (South Korea - India)
Leg 4 (India - Oman)
Leg 5 (Oman)
Leg 6 (Oman - South Africa)
Leg 7 (South Africa - Lesotho)
Leg 8 (Lesotho - Greece)
Leg 9 (Greece)
Leg 10 (Greece - North Macedonia)
Leg 11 (North Macedonia - Cuba)
Leg 12 (Cuba - USA)
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LEG 1
USA - Japan
Start at Cloud Gate, Chicago, Illinois
Run to clue at Millenium Monument
Clue #1
Make your way to the Gunma region of Japan, and travel to Sarugakyu Onsen. However, to get your tickets to Japan, you must make your way on foot through the busy streets of Chicago to Navy Pier, where flights will be given out according to the order of your arrival. Flights go to Tokyo, and you must make your own travel arrangements from there.
Flight 1 (5 teams): Chicago - Los Angeles - Tokyo, arrives 8:00 AM
Flight 2 (4 teams): Chicago - Tokyo, arrives 9:30 AM
Flight 3 (2 teams): Chicago - San Francisco - Tokyo, arrives 9:45 AM
Clue #2
Both team members must go into the hot springs and search it for the partly submerged cluebox to get your next clue.
Clue #3
Travel to Sarugakyo Bungy for your next clue.
Clue #4
Roadblock: Who’s ready to take a jump?
Bungy jump at the largest bungy jump in all of Japan at 62 meters, or over 200 feet! Once you’ve taken your leap of faith, you’ll receive your next clue.
Clue #5
Travel to Uenokunirokunomiya Haruna Shrine, Takasaki, for your next clue.
Clue #6
Create one string of paper cranes in Senbazuru. Senbazuru is the crafting of 1000 paper cranes for good luck. Following the demonstration, learn how to craft paper cranes. Once you have created forty of them and strung them together, deliver them to a Shinto priest at Akiba Shrine. He will give you your next clue.
Clue #7
Travel by train to Akihabara, Tokyo, and go to the top of the Tokyo Skytree to receive your next clue.
Clue #8
Roadblock: Who can ‘go’ kart? The teammate who did the first roadblock cannot do this one.
Travel to Akihabari Street Kart 1 and dress up in one of the many ridiculous costumes the company has to offer. Then, join a fifteen minute go-karting tour around the streets of this bustling region and look for three enormous signs in race colors with three different Japanese characters on them. If you can spot and write all three characters down correctly during the rush of Tokyo, you’ll receive your next clue. If you can’t get it right, you’ll have to join the next available tour.
Clue #9
Travel to Horin Park on foot to find the first pit stop! The last team to check in here may be eliminated.
Pit Stop, Leg 1
trip to Canada
last: eliminated
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LEG 2
Japan - South Korea
Clue #1
Fly to Busan, South Korea! Upon arrival, make your way to Beomeo-sa for your next clue.
Fast Forward, Leg 2
Go to Songdo Beach and swim out into the ocean, locating the five whale statues in the water. At each statue, pick up marked letter tiles. Once you have all seven (two statues have two tiles), you can go back to the beach and unscramble the letters that spell out the name of a traditional South Korean delicacy that the other contestants eat at their first challenge. If you get the right word, you’ll be given a clue that takes you straight to the end of the leg.
Clue #2
Master the art of Korean meditation. If you can master all of the moves correctly, then your instructor will give over your next clue.
Clue #3
Head to Taejongdae for your next clue.
Clue #4
Roadblock: Who’s desperate to eat?
Take the marked path over one mile uphill to the marked food stand, and finish one serving of Soondae, a traditional South Korean delicacy that is made of pig intestines and pork blood. Once you have finished the food, you can run down to your partner and get your next clue.
Clue #5
Take the Songdo Marine Cable Car from Songnim Park to Amnam Park to receive your next clue.
Clue #6
Detour: Fish Identity or Fish Delivery
Fish Identity: Go to Jagalchi Fish Market and search for the marked stall. Once there, sort an enormous box of fish and organize them. Once the stall owner approves, put them up for stock in the stall to receive your next clue.
Fish Delivery: Go to Jacky’s Seafood and take three orders and three addresses that need to be delivered. Once you have delivered all the fish to all the correct addresses throughout the Gamcheon Culture Village, you will receive your next clue.
Clue #7
Make your way to the pit-stop at Haedong Yonggungsa. The last team to arrive may be eliminated.
Pit-Stop, Leg 2
-first: trip to Belize
-last: non-elimination
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LEG 3
South Korea - India
Clue #1
Fly to Hyderabad, India, and go to the Charminar for your first clue.
Clue #2
Travel to Ramoji Film City Main Entrance to receive your next clue.
Speed Bump, Leg 3
Make your way to Saha’s Adventure Park and zorb down a steep hill. Once you’ve made it, you can continue racing.
Clue #3
Detour: Birdy Woods or Bollywood
Birdy Woods: Dressing up in clumsy bird costumes, search through Asia’s largest aviary for a cutout of the bird your partner is dressing up as. Once you’ve found the two cutouts, head to the Bonsai Garden. If you match the right bird, you’ll receive your next clue.
Bollywood: Head to Ramoji Movie Magic. Dressing up in traditional Indian outfits, memorize a short dance to the tune of some Bollywood music and perform it to the live audience and judges. If you meet their standards, you’ll receive your next clue.
Clue #4
Head to Nehru Zoological Park where your next clue will be waiting.
Clue #5
Take an amazing elephant ride! With both teammates on the elephant’s back guide it through a short course. If you can reach the end in under two minutes, you’ll receive your next clue.
Clue #6
Make your way to Bidar Fort by public transport for your next clue.
Clue #7
Roadblock: Who’s itching to get etching?
One team member must help in the process of the creation of bidriware. First, you must chisel one section in the piece of bidriware very precisely. Any error and you must restart. If given the clear, then you must then make their way inside Bidar Fort and collect a total of three baskets of soil for the artisans to use later in the process. Finally, you must use some of the soil you collected and coat a piece of bidriware in it. If every part of the challenge was done to the satisfaction of the artisans, you will receive your next clue.
Clue #8
Make your way to the Bahmani Tombs and the pit-stop! The last team to arrive will be eliminated.
Pit-Stop, Leg 3
-first: trip to Japan
-last: eliminated
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LEG 4
India - Oman
Clue #1
Fly to Muscat, Oman! Once you have arrived, make your way to Al Alam Palace, where you will find marked cars waiting outside. Your clue will be waiting on the car.
Clue #2
Drive all the way to the Nizwa Souq in Nizwa, Oman, where you will find nine different tags, each releasing teams at different times the next morning, when you will be given your next clue.
Tag 1: departure at 7:00 AM
Tag 2: departure at 7:05 AM
Tag 3: departure at 7:10 AM
Tag 4: departure at 7:15 AM
Tag 5: departure at 7:20 AM
Tag 6: departure at 7:25 AM
Tags 7-9: departure at 7:30 AM
Clue #3
Detour: Selling Goats or Weighing Dates
Selling Goats: Navigate through the souq to the weekly goat market. You must select a seller and help them sell their goats. First, thoroughly clean five goats so they are ready for selling. Then, parade five goats around the “walking circle,” where potential buyers will inspect which goats to buy. You must finally buy a goat yourself, haggling for a price under 100 riyals, or 260 US dollars. Once you can purchase a goat, you will receive your next clue. Keep the goat for the next challenge.
Weighing Dates: Find the marked stall in the souq that is selling dates. Your goal is to weigh out 200 grams of Ajwa Dates, 175 grams of Barhi Dates, and 125 grams of Hayani Dates. To do this, you must travel across the market to a scale at a different date stall. If you can get the perfect amount of dates, you will receive your next clue. Keep the dates for the next challenge.
Clue #4
Travel on foot to the Contemporary Mosque with either your goat or dates and trade them with the man waiting out front for your next clue.
Clue #5
Make your way back to the souq, and head to Omani Craftsman's House where you will find your next clue.
Clue #6
Roadblock: Who can work and weave?
The teammate participating in this roadblock must help create a small basketwork bowl. After watching the example, you must use the provided materials to finish off the bowl. If it meets the requirement of the shop owner, you will receive your next clue.
Clue #7
Make your way to the pit-stop for this leg of the race, Nizwa Fort! The last team to arrive may be eliminated.
Pit-Stop, Leg 4
-first: continue racing
-last: continue racing
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LEG 5
Oman
Clue #1
Drive yourself to Bimmah Sinkhole in Muscat, Oman! You will receive your next clue after having a cup of delicious locally-made coffee. Caution! Double U-Turn ahead!
Clue #2
Detour: Script Write or Shipwright
Script Write: Drive to Bait al Zubair and go into the Manuscript Room. Using a provided paper and translation guide, figure out what the marked manuscript says in English. If anything is wrong when submitting it, though, you must start completely over.
Shipwright: Drive to Oman Maritime Boatyard and find the marked boat. Oman Maritime has been reviving the craft of making the traditional wooden boats of Oman’s past, and you must help with the process. First, you must hand-sand a small section of the marked vessel. Then, you and your partner must work together to stitch coconut palm fiber through twenty holes, or eighty total stitches. Once you’re done, you’ll receive your next clue.
Clue #3
Make your way to Mutrah Souk for your next clue and the U-Turn board!
Clue #4
Search through the enormous market for one of three marked stalls. One you’ve found a stall, search through their wares for a trinket with a red/yellow flag on the bottom. Give the correct trinket to the shop owner, and they will hand you your next clue.
Clue #5
Drive yourself to Qurum Beach, where you will receive your next clue.
Clue #6
Roadblock: Who will pass the shells?
For this challenge, one team member must watch the demonstration of two fishermen playing a traditional Omani game, Al Hawalees. You must first create a “board” in the sand and collect the required amount of shells to play. You must then challenge a local fisherman. If you can win while following all of the rules correctly, you will receive your next clue.
Clue #7
Make your way to the pit-stop at Wadi Bani Khalid. The last team to check in will be eliminated.
Pit-Stop, Leg 5
-first: trip to Tanzania
-last: eliminated
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LEG 6
Oman - South Africa
Clue #1
Fly out of Oman to Durban, South Africa, on one of two flights.
Flight 1 (2 teams): Muscat - Durban, arrives 7:30 AM
Flight 2 (6 teams): Muscat - Dar es Salaam - Durban, arrives 8:00 AM
Upon touching down, make your way to Moses Mabhida Stadium, where you will find your next clue.
Clue #2
Roadblock: Who will swing for the skies?
One team member must strap in and complete the Big Rush Big Swing, the largest swing in the world! Dive 263 feet down. Once you have finished the swing, you will receive a section and seat number. You will search the stands for your next clue.
Clue #3
Make your way to Umhlanga Lighthouse for your next clue.
Clue #4
Shake it up! In this challenge, you must create Lighthouse Bar’s famous “Umhlanga Schling.” Use the provided recipe to create fifteen drinks to perfection, and you will receive your next clue.
Clue #5
Head to Addington Beach and dig underneath one of the large sandcastles for your next clue.
Clue #6
Detour: Tree or Sea
Tree: For this detour, go to Durban Botanical Gardens. Use a provided golf cart to make your way to the famous Wood’s Cycad, a tree dating back to the age of dinosaurs. It has been cared for here since 1848. Once there, use one of the provided pieces to put together a large 3d puzzle of the tree. Once it has been approved, you will be handed your clue, and you can drive back to the front of the gardens and continue racing.
Sea: Go to uShaka Marine World and help out with some chores! First, help the kitchen staff and prepare 5 pounds of specially made vegetables for some of the aquarium’s fish. Second, travel around the park and take water samples from each of the specified exhibits. Finally, record blood test results taken during routine health check-ups. If you’ve completed all of the steps correctly, you will receive your next clue.
Clue #7
Head to the pit-stop at Suncoast Casino and Entertainment World! The last team to check in may be eliminated.
Pit-Stop, Leg 6
-first: 5k each
-last: eliminated
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LEG 7
South Africa - Lesotho
Clue #1
Drive yourself through Qacha’s Nek and into Lesotho! Once in Lesotho, drive yourself to Maletsunyane Falls where you’ll find your next clue.
Fast Forward, Leg 7
By completing this fast forward, you will skip an overnight rest point and will be able to head directly to the pit-stop. Head to Sehlabathebe National Park. Once there, using the provided map and compass, ride by horseback to the nomadic tribal people’s current village. At the village, help cook pap-pap, a type of porridge common in Lesotho. The first team to complete the challenge will be able to head directly to the pit-stop.
Clue #2
Drive yourself to Seshoeshoe Decor and Fashion Designers in Maseru for your next clue.
Clue #3
Who can cut up a pattern?
One teammate will choose one of the complicated tribal Lesotho designs, and must find five pieces of fabric that match it perfectly. But be careful, the designs have miniscule differences between them. Once you’ve found all of your fabric, cut them at the directed places to receive your next clue.
Clue #4
Make your way to the Subeng River Dinosaur Footprints, where you will find seven tags, each releasing you at a time in the morning when you will receive your next clue.
Tags 1-2: departure at 7:00 AM
Tag 3: departure at 7:20 AM
Tag 4: departure at 7:40 AM
Tags 5-7: departure at 8:00 AM
Clue #5
Detour: Cave or Maze
Cave: For this challenge, go to Liphofung Cave. You must memorize all of the rock paintings in a specified section (15 paintings), and then run approximately a quarter-mile away and select the correct paper cutouts and put them in the right order as they were shown in the cave. When you have everything selected and ordered correctly, you’ll receive your next clue.
Maze: Make your way to the second largest dam in Africa, Katse Dam. Enter the first marked gallery and record the air temperature and the humidity. Use those observations to crack a complicated code, and enter the parallel gallery it directs you into. Be careful, it might be hard to find! If you enter the correct gallery, you will find a boat key, which you must give to the boatmaster. He will then give you a small ride around the reservoir and you’ll receive your next clue.
Clue #6
Drive yourself to Sani Stone Lodge for your next clue.
Clue #7
Help a local Basotho Shephard and their dogs move their sheep to a new grazing location. Don’t let the sheep get away! Once they’ve all been successfully moved, you’ll receive your next clue.
Clue #8
Make your way on foot to the pit-stop at Sani Top Chalet! The last team to check in may be eliminated!
Pit-Stop, Leg 7
-first: trip to Egypt
-last: non-elimination
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LEG 8
Lesotho - Greece
Clue #1
Via Maseru International Airport, make your way to Athens, Greece, known to be the home of the first democracy! From there, make your way to the Theatre of Dionysus on The Acropolis, where you will take part in a U-Turn vote. The two teams with the most votes will be sentenced to an automatic U-Turn when they arrive at the detour. After the vote, teams will be given their next clue.
Clue #2
Fly to Chania, Greece on the island of Crete! Upon touching down, use the provided cars to make your way to the Agora and search for the marked stall.
Speed Bump, Leg 8
Together, team members must eat through a total of twelve Greek figs. Once all of the fruits have been stomached, that team can continue racing.
Clue #3
Detour: Traverse or Immerse
Traverse: Make your way to the Maritime Museum of Crete, and find the small yacht model outside the museum. Your goal is to remember as much as you can without writing it down, then make a half mile walk through the streets of Crete to the yacht harbor, where you must find a marked yacht and rearrange the items until it is just like it was in the model. Once the actual yacht matches the model, you’ll receive your next clue.
Immerse: Travel to Minoan’s World 3D Museum, and get treated to a five minute long “9D movie” on Cretan History which engages all of your senses. If you can answer all five questions correctly, you’ll receive your next clue. However, only two teams can participate in the show at once.
Clue #4
Drive to the Palace of Knossos for your next clue.
Clue #5
Use the provided map to navigate through the ruins, collecting puzzle pieces at each of the marked rooms. Once you have all ten bundles of pieces, head outside and recreate the large painting using the pieces you collected. Once it has been finished, you’ll receive your next clue.
Clue #6
Drive to Cretan Olive Oil Farm for your next clue.
Clue #7
Roadblock: Who is feeling oily?
In this challenge, one teammate will help in the process of creating olive oil. First, set up special tree-shaking equipment and a net, used to efficiently get olives out of the tree without bruising them. You will then sort the olives between bruised and fair. Finally, crush both bruised and fair olives with a traditional granite olive press. Once they have been successfully grinded into a paste, you’ll receive your next clue.
Clue #8
Find the pit-stop along the coast of the small village of Loutro back on the west side of Crete. You will soon discover, however, that the village is completely blocked off from the mainland by mountains, so you will have to find alternate transportation. Hurry, because the last team to arrive will be eliminated.
Pit-Stop, Leg 8
-first: trip to Austria
-last: eliminated
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LEG 9
Greece
Clue #1
Fly back to the mainland in Thessaloniki! When you’ve arrived, search Aristotelous Square for your next clue.
Clue #2
Detour: Serve or Observe
Serve: For this detour head on foot to Bougatsa Giannis, a renowned restaurant in the Ladadika area. You must take the orders of twelve total people and retrieve the correct dishes for them from the kitchen. Each person also has a dessert, which must be retrieved from nearby pastry shop Trigona Elinidi. You may take notes, but if you mess up someone’s order, you must start it over again.
Observe: Go by taxi to the Thessaloniki Science Centre Technology Museum and make your way to the main planetarium. The night sky will be projected above, and will be moving around you at one hour of regular movement per second. Using the provided key, identify five Greek constellations first identified by Claudius Ptolemy- Orion, Ursa Major, Cassiopeia, Centaurus, and Perseus. Be careful, it might be dizzying! Once you’ve found all of the constellations, you’ll be rewarded with your next clue.
Clue #3
Find the Arch of Galerius for your next clue.
Clue #4 Use one of the marked cars to drive yourself for the rest of the leg. Go to the Thessaloniki Concert Hall for your next clue.
Clue #5
Roadblock: Who can blow a note and hold a tune?
Macedonian brass bands are extremely popular in the Macedonia region of Greece, so for this roadblock, learn how to play the trumpet, a popular instrument played in these bands. If you can play a few notes of the folk song with the band, you’ll get your next clue.
Clue #6
Drive to Dalamara Winery. Once there, follow the guide to the directed area, where you must load two empty kegs onto a horse drawn cart. Direct the horse approximately half a mile through the vineyard and return back to the kegs. You will continue to load and deliver a total of eight kegs to receive your next clue.
Clue #7
Drive to Ski Center Voras and take the lift to the top where Kajmakcalan, a chapel right on the border between Greece and North Macedonia is situated. The last team to arrive at this pit-stop may be eliminated.
Pit-Stop, Leg 9
-first: trip to Colombia
-last: eliminated
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LEG 10
Greece - North Macedonia
Clue #1
Drive yourself across the border into North Macedonia to Popova Kula Winery! Once there, pull a tag that departs you at a certain time the next morning.
Tag 1: departure at 8:00 AM
Tag 2: departure at 8:10 AM
Tag 3: departure at 8:20 AM
Tags 4-5: departure at 8:30 AM
Clue #2
Roadblock: Who is a master chef?
The teammate doing this roadblock will use the provided recipe to cook the national dish of North Macedonia, Tavche Gravche, a special type of baked beans. If it is cooked to perfection, you’ll receive your next clue.
Clue #3
Drive yourself to the Millenium Cross in Skopje for your next clue.
Clue #4
Detour: Art Block or Charity Walk
Art Block: Drive to the Art Bridge, which is home to 29 statues of important Macedonian artists and musicians. Wandering on and around the bridge are 29 people dressed up as those artists and musicians. You must match nine total people to their statues. A maximum of three teams can complete this challenge.
Charity Walk: Drive to the Mother Teresa Memorial House and load a trolley cart with a marked group of items that will almost completely fill the trolley. On foot, travel to the SOS Children’s Village National Office where you are to deliver the items. If you do not choose this option, your items will still be donated after the leg.
Clue #5
Drive to the city of Struga, where the North Macedonian national anthem was created. Make your way to the Saint Archangel Michael Cave Church for your next clue.
Clue #6
Teammates must work together to memorize four total stanzas of the Macedonian national anthem- in Macedonian. If you can perform it with the orchestra without forgetting the lyrics, you’ll receive your clue to the next pit-stop.
Clue #7
Drive to the Monastery of St. Naum and the pit-stop! The last team to check in may be eliminated.
Pit-Stop, Leg 10
-first: trip to Indonesia
-last: eliminated
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LEG 11
North Macedonia - Cuba
Clue #1
Make your way back to Skopje, then fly to Havana, Cuba, on two predetermined flights. Once there, go by taxi to Taller Calle 8, a car repair shop, where you will receive your next clue.
Flight 1 (2 teams): Skopje - Paris - Havana, arrives 6:30 AM
Flight 2 (2 teams): Skopje - London - Miami - Havana, arrives 7:10 AM
Clue #2
Roadblock: Who can fix it up?
The teammate doing this roadblock must follow the example to repair one of the classic Cuban cars. If it makes it past inspection, you’ll receive your next clue.
Clue #3
For the remainder of the leg, you’ll have to drive the car you just fixed. Head to Fusterlandia, where you’ll find your next clue.
Clue #4
Find where the attached image is in person throughout the folk neighborhood of Fusterlandia. If you can find where the image actually is and show the judge, you’ll receive your next clue.
Clue #5
Sell the Box or Find the Band
Sell the Box: Drive to Santa Maria del Mar Beach and sell the provided boxes of boxed rum, the “juice box for bug kids.” While never selling any box for under 25 Cuban Pesos, make 375 Cuban Pesos (around fifteen US dollars). Once you’ve made your sales, you’ll receive your next clue.
Find the Band: For this detour, drive to the Cuban Art Factory and observe the large, marked piece of sheet music in the first room. Going from room to room in the factory, try to find the band who is playing the music that was in the first room. You must make your guesses ten minutes apart, so be confident in your answers! Once you have chosen the right band, you’ll be rewarded with your next clue.
Clue #6
Drive to Vinales Valley Tobacco Field and search the marked area for your next clue.
Clue #7
Perfectly roll ten Cuban cigars, five per contestant. Watch the example closely, as any small mistake in rolling the tobacco leaf will cause the cigar to fail. Once all of the cigars have been perfectly rolled, you’ll receive your next clue.
Clue #8
Take a long drive to the eastern side of Cuba and the pit-stop at Ignacio Agramonte Park in Camaguey! The last team to check into the pit-stop will be eliminated.
Pit-Stop, Leg 11
-first: trip to Botswana
-last: eliminated
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LEG 12
Cuba - USA
Clue #1
For the first part of this leg, you’ll be staying in Cuba! Drive yourself using the car you used in the last leg down Neptuno street in Havana, where you will find a guarapo stall with a flag.
Clue #2
Using the hand-press to crush sugarcane, make forty glasses of guarapo. Once all of the glasses have been successfully made, you’ll be handed your next clue.
Clue #3
Drive to the Tropicana Night Club for your next clue.
Clue #4
Roadblock: Who can make it and shake it?
For this challenge, one team member must follow the instructions of the costume designer to create a costume for one of the showgirls. If the costume is made correctly and given a pass, teams will be given their next clue.
Clue #5
Teams must drive to Aeropuerto de La Habana Ciudad Libertad, where you will embark on a charter flight to Key West, Florida, back in the United States. Once in Key West, teams must go to the southernmost point in the continental United States for their next clue.
Clue #6
Make your way to the Ernest Hemingway Home and Museum, where you’ll find your next clue.
Clue #7
Roadblock: Who is a reader, a writer, and a decipherer?
Ernest Hemingway, known for books like The Old Man and the Sea, had a notoriously bad handwriting, with little regards to punctuation or accuracy. One team member must copy one of Hemingway’s notes perfectly, letter for letter, on the provided typewriter. If it was typed perfectly, you will be handed a decoder key which you can use to find the hidden message, which will reveal the location of your final challenge.
Answer: Smathers Beach
Clue #8
Now that you’ve made it to Smathers Beach, you’ll partake in a final challenge. Out in between the marked buoys are bundles of letter tiles. You must dive down to retrieve them and bring them back up to shore. Figure out what you’re supposed to spell out with them, and once you think you have the answer, hang the tiles in order on your clothesline. If you have the correct answer, you’ll be given the final clue.
Answer: United States, Japan, South Korea, India, Oman, South Africa, Lesotho, Greece, North Macedonia, Cuba, United States (teams must figure out that they have to spell out all of the countries they visited in order on the race)
Clue #9
Congratulations! Make your way to the final pit-stop at Fort Zachary Cruise Pier! Go, go, go, the first team to reach the pit-stop will win 1 MILLION dollars!
Pit-Stop, Leg 12
10 countries
4 continents
over 27,000 miles
first: 1 million dollars

God, this took way more words to accurately represent than I anticipated. Sorry.
So my trajectory for a crutch started when I was 18 and deeply afraid of the world around me and having absolutely no confidence in who I was. I went to the casino with friends and loved it. Like, I will never love anything as much as I used to love gambling.
Well that never ends well does it? 11 months off the bet now after six years in active addiction and four years of various degrees of trying.
Problem is I turned to alcohol during the Bad Years and loved that too. I could write my own version of "Drinking: A Love Story" and fill hundreds of pages with memories from the Glory Days, which were 10% about the bonding I had with friends (none of whom I even speak to anymore) and 90% my all-encompassing internal universe blooming into this warm, ethereal world upon contact with alcohol. I was gambling, thinking about gambling, drinking, or thinking about drinking for the vast majority of the time and I honestly didn't think too much of it, even though I had a vague sense of unease about my life and my future every day. I didn't believe the future would happen to me.
And then right before the peak of my gambling addiction where shit just hit the fan -- I mean it was just flying everywhere -- I discovered marijuana from a Spokane Valley dispensary and it scared the piss out of me. Absolutely blasted me away from this world and did it in about 5 seconds, from a single puff on a pipe. Could not walk for the first minute; I remember stumbling toward the couch and hitting my head on the wall. And then two minutes of panic, then thirty minutes of giggly fascination with the universe I found myself in. And then when the trip started to fade, I realized that the whole experience was unbelievably cool and I wanted that again right now. And so I smoked more.
It was shortly after then that I had The Summer From Hell, where I had no job, everything in my life was deeply wrong and I felt it in the core of my being, and I tried to placate myself with weed, constantly. Not just daily, but constantly. I'd wake up and tell myself "today was going to be different", then get high and when noon rolled around and I realized I hadn't actually done anything, a dark cloud would grip me until nightfall. I'd try to pretend it wasn't there, but it knew that I knew that I felt its presence. Then at night everything felt okay. Rinse. Repeat.
My finances were in shambles, I was being kept afloat by monthly checks from dad and those often went into a slot machine or a dispensary and Ramen noodles. I missed rent twice. I had absolutely no confidence in myself and I could not see a path out.
I continued smoking and started becoming convinced that my breathing technique was wrong because I could not get anywhere near as high as I used to. If I was being honest with myself, I saw no noticeable effect at all. I became suicidal and my behavior started becoming more erratic with each passing day. Near the end I would take long drives around the town I was living in at the time trying to feel any sense of calm at all. A drive used to give me that. Now I just felt like I was grasping at straws to keep myself sane. Sometimes I'd get so frustrated that I'd go 100 down a residential street just to try to feel anything remotely good. I remember feeling, really feeling, that the world is a cold, calculating place, that existence itself is not just burdensome but evil. I would call the suicide hotline and sometimes that would help.
I finally broke down and began to recover for my gambling with the help of the only two guys at the Gamblers' Anonymous meeting that one night. I moved back home and started job hunting, no weed was available (that I knew of at the time. I've since learned that weed is always available.). I was actively enjoying my recovery. But two months later (still cannot believe it only took that long) I relapsed.
Since then I found the ideal job for someone in my exact position, with coworkers who I click with and whose company I pretty much universally enjoy. Shortly after I started this job, I found out my cousin smokes and I got back on the weed train. It was nice.
Then one day in the following February, I smoked a batch and after one particular rip, I felt a deep pulsing pain in my chest. I felt my head go ice cold and my heart start to thump. I was absolutely certain I was having a heart attack. I came out and told my dad, he called 911 and then as soon as he connected with someone, I realized that maybe it was just the weed fucking with me. We cancelled the ambulance and I drove myself to the hospital. My dad followed, which I wasn't expecting. So when the doctors asked what was wrong and my dad was right there, I just told them I had a panic attack and they gave me a $50 Ativan. (It turns out that I love Ativan, too.)
The past three years have brought me professional success. I continued smoking off and on during this period and every time now, I get into deep monologues in my head and feel a vague sense of shame that I always try to brush off. I have a hard time parsing out what is authentically me and what is the weed. I come away often feeling disoriented and confused.
Last year I fell in love in Colombia with my first boyfriend and Sinalgen Max, which towards the end I spent $400 on in a single month. During this time I had my first real professional bomb and fell back into gambling at the ground floor casino in the building I was working in. When I came back home, I felt like I was being ripped apart from my own world and coming back home yet again was a traumatic experience, placated by the Ibuprofen bottle full of $135 worth of Sinalgen I had prepared myself with. I regretted not bringing more.
It's been a rocky road since then. My work life is not exceptionally good now: between that and my dive into proper non-functioning alcoholism during the first round of quarantine, I've lost a lot of trust. And my plans to move back to Colombia and live some more months with my boyfriend have been squashed by COVID, which could not have happened at a worse time for me. I miss him everyday and sometimes have a good cry about how much I miss my life down there, but sometimes I feel like I don't deserve to miss it, or that I don't actually miss it and I'm playing tricks on myself. Who moves to Colombia on a whim??
Lately I've been using kratom. A lot. (Me? No!) Like, 'withdrawals when I first stopped' a lot. I quit it for a 3-week span during a time in which I presided over my friends' wedding and it was such a special moment. Immediately after that wedding, on the ride home, I had an honest conversation with myself about how even though I was grateful I was fully immersed in that day, facing my normal reality was making my tummy turn. That cloud. There it is. So I bought a bag and smoked it when I got back home, and the conversation continued.
I'm in Idaho so I'm surrounded by idiots of the highest caliber in this pandemic and god dammit if that just doesn't piss me off and make me want to run away and I can't. So I stopped my Antabuse 11 days ago and I drank and got high again last night and got so, so gloriously fucked up. But I couldn't even maintain a conversation with my boyfriend and in my heart, didn't feel like I even wanted to. I was feeling all the love I needed already within myself from the crossfade -- my absolute favorite high of all.
That realization bothered me this morning. So I smoked to try to ease the disconnect and immediately fell back into the headspace of guilt and feeling disoriented and confused and scared about my life. I don't want to be confused and scared anymore, I've had enough of that feeling to last my damn life. I can escape it for months, even a year or more on some stretches, but it claws its way back into my head and I recognize it like an old friend right away, and I know that once it's lodged in my head it's not going anywhere for awhile. Unless I tell it to be quiet for a bit with a substance or a bet.
Now that I'm not high I Just wanted to get all this out because I always think about typing this and never follow through. Is it stupid that I still feel like my usage isn't the worst thing in the world? Like after typing all this out, my heart is still not convinced. I tell myself that this is in no way hurting me as much as the gambling did, but is that true? I'm in my late 20s now, am I going to be traumatized when I'm 30 because I still don't feel confident in my life trajectory?
I open my journal that I only write in when I'm sober and I see a guy who sounds happy, who is "so grateful" he's "doing this". But I also know that that guy had a constant sense of unease in his heart when he wrote that. Or do I? Does my recall of how I felt back then matter more than what's on the page? I guess that's the thing: I don't trust myself and my own perceptions anymore. And I don't know whether that's my underlying anxiety, the weed, or a genuine judgment about who I am.

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Hello Jamiroquai!
This is the thirteenth META post for a new expansive series I have been wanting to do for some time for the subreddit, "The COMPLETE Year-By-Year Jamiroquai Tour History META'! This information will be eventually added to the Jamiroquai WIKI Page in it's entirety in the future but for the time being, it will be a recurring post series.
All of this information is being imparted to us from the Funkin Site fansite, massive thanks to my pal David Rowe for collecting all this important tour information during the nearly past +30 years of the band history, I hope everyone in the Reddit Jamily enjoys this & MUCH MORE TO COME! Cheers Reddit Jamily!

PREVIOUS POSTS OF THIS SERIES:

• The COMPLETE Year-By-Year Jamiroquai Tour History META | Year #1 | 1992
  
• The COMPLETE Year-By-Year Jamiroquai Tour History META | Year #2 | 1993
  
• The COMPLETE Year-By-Year Jamiroquai Tour History META | Year #3 | 1994
  
• The COMPLETE Year-By-Year Jamiroquai Tour History META | Year #4 | 1995
  
• The COMPLETE Year-By-Year Jamiroquai Tour History META | Year #5 | 1996
  
• The COMPLETE Year-By-Year Jamiroquai Tour History META | Year #6 | 1997
  
• The COMPLETE Year-By-Year Jamiroquai Tour History META | Year #7-#8 | 1998-1999
  
• The COMPLETE Year-By-Year Jamiroquai Tour History META | Year #9-#10 | 2000-2001
  
• The COMPLETE Year-By-Year Jamiroquai Tour History META | Year #11-#12 | 2002-2003
  
• The COMPLETE Year-By-Year Jamiroquai Tour History META | Year #13-#14 | 2004-2005
  
• The COMPLETE Year-By-Year Jamiroquai Tour History META | Year #15 | 2006
  
• The COMPLETE Year-By-Year Jamiroquai Tour History META | Year #16-#18 | 2007-2009
  

The COMPLETE Year-By-Year Jamiroquai Tour History META | Year #19-#20: 2010-2011:

2010

Date Of Gig	Country	Concert & Additional Info
24 Jun 10 (Thu)	UK, London, Debut London	Performed: Revolution, When You Gonna Learn, If I Like It I Do It, Light Years, Virtual Insanity, Too Young To Die, Little L, Alright, Hooked Up, Corner Of The Earth, Space Cowboy, Cosmic Girl, Rock Dust Light Star, Love Foolosophy, Just Another Story, Deeper Underground. Exclusive 'warm-up' gig two days prior to the band supporting Stevie Wonder at the Hard Rock Calling event in London's Hyde Park.
26 Jun 10 (Sat)	UK, London, Hyde Park, Hard Rock Calling	Performed: Revolution, When You Gonna Learn, If I Like It I Do It, Virtual Insanity, Too Young To Die, Little L, Alright, Hooked Up, Space Cowboy, Love Foolosophy, Deeper Underground. Jamiroquai are one of the support acts for Stevie Wonder, who headlines the second day of this three day festival in central London.
02 Jul 10 (Fri)	France, Arras, Main Square Festival	Performed: Revolution 1993, When You Gonna Learn, If I Like It I Do It, Light Years, Cosmic Girl, Black Capricorn Day, Little L, Alright, Love Foolosophy, Deeper Underground
11 Jul 10 (Sun)	Hungary, Zamardi, Balaton Sound Festival	Performed: Revolution 1993, High Times, If I Like It I Do It, Virtual Insanity, Light Years, Little L, Alright, Hooked Up, Corner Of The Earth, Space Cowboy, Cosmic Girl, Rock Dust Light Star, Love Foolosophy, Canned Heat, Deeper Underground
14 Jul 10 (Wed)	Switzerland, Locarno, Moon and Stars Festival	Performed: Revolution, High Times, If I Like It I Do It, Virtual Insanity, Light Years, Little L, Alright, Hooked Up, When You Gonna Learn, Blow Your Mind, Space Cowboy, Cosmic Girl, Rock Dust Light Star, Love Foolosophy, Canned Heat, Deeper Underground
16 Jul 10 (Fri)	Italy, Naples, Neapolis Festival	Performed: Revolution, High Times, If I like It I Do It, Virtual Insanity, Light Years, Little L, Alright, Blow Your Mind, When You Gonna Learn, Hooked Up, Space Cowboy, Cosmic Girl, Rock Dust Light Star, Canned Heat, Love Foolosophy, Deeper Underground
18 Jul 10 (Sun)	France, Carhaix, Festival des Vieilles Charrues	Performed: Revolution, High Times, If I Like It I Do It, Virtual Insanity, Light Years, Little L, Alright, Black Capricorn Day, When You Gonna Learn, Space Cowboy, Cosmic Girl, Love Foolosophy, Canned Heat, Deeper Underground
19 Jul 10 (Mon)	France, Carcassonne, Grand Theatre	Performed: Revolution, High Times, If I Like It I Do It, Virtual Insanity, Light Years, Little L, Alright, Hooked Up, When You Gonna Learn, Space Cowboy, Cosmic Girl, Love Foolosophy, Canned Heat, Deeper Underground
21 Jul 10 (Wed)	France, Nimes, Nimes Arena	Performed: Revolution, When You Gonna Learn, If I Like It I Do It, Light Years, Little L, Cosmic Girl, Alright, Virtual Insanity, Rock Dust Light Star, Too Young To Die, Space Cowboy, Canned Heat, Deeper Underground
23 Jul 10 (Fri)	Switzerland, Paleo Festival	Performed: Revolution, High Times, If I Like It I Do It, Virtual Insanity, Light Years, Little L, Alright, Hooked Up, When You Gonna Learn, Just Another Story, Space Cowboy, Cosmic Girl, Rock Dust Light Star, Love Foolosophy, Canned Heat, Deeper Underground
24 Jul 10 (Sat)	Austria, Vienna, Nova Jazz Festival	No Info
26 Jul 10 (Mon)	Monaco, Monte Carlo, Sporting Club	Performed: Blow Your Mind, High Times, If I Like It I Do It, Virtual Insanity, Light Years, Little L, Alright, Hooked Up, When You Gonna Learn, Black Capricorn Day, Space Cowboy, Cosmic Girl, Love Foolosophy, Canned Heat, Deeper Underground
27 Jul 10 (Tue)	Monaco, Monte Carlo, Sporting Club	Performed: You Give Me Something, High Times, If I Like It I Do It, Virtual Insanity, Light Years, Little L, Alright, Hooked Up/Just Another Story, When You Gonna Learn, Black Capricorn Day, Space Cowboy, Cosmic Girl, Rock Dust Light Star, Love Foolosophy, Canned Heat, Deeper Underground. This is the second of two gigs at the Monte Carlo Sporting Club.
29 Jul 10 (Thu)	Belgium, Tienen, Suikerrock Festival	Performed: Revolution, High Times, If I Like It I Do It, Virtual Insanity, Light Years, You Give Me Something, Little L, Alright, Black Capricorn Day, When You Gonna Learn, Space Cowboy, Cosmic Girl, Love Foolosophy, Canned Heat, Deeper Underground
06 Aug 10 (Fri)	Portugal, Sudoeste Festival	No Info
09 Sep 10 (Thu)	UK, London (Knightsbridge), Mandarin Oriental Hotel	Performed: Love Foolosophy, Smokin Mirrors, LifeLine, Hurtin, Rock Dust Light Star, Blue Skies, White Knuckle Ride. Exclusive press/record-company 'showcase' gig to promote the album Rock Dust Light Star.
28 Sep 10 (Tue)	UK, London, BBC Television Studios, Later with Jools Holland (tv) (broadcast date)	Performed: Rock Dust Light Star, Blue Skies, Deeper Underground
09 Oct 10 (Sat)	Colombia, Bogota, Nem Catacoa Festival	No Info
12 Oct 10 (Tue)	Brazil, Programa do Jo (tv) (broadcast date)	Performed: White Knuckle Ride, Love Foolosophy. Paul Turner did not perform with the band for this television appearance. His place was taken by Dale Davis.
16 Oct 10 (Sat)	Brazil, Sao Paulo, Natura Nos Festival	Performed: Revolution, High Times, If I Like It I Do It, Virtual Insanity, Rock Dust Light Star, Little L, Alright, White Knuckle Ride, Black Capricorn Day, When You Gonna Learn, Cosmic Girl, Blue Skies, Love Foolosophy, Rock Dust Light Star (second version), Canned Heat, Deeper Underground
20 Oct 10 (Wed)	UK, London (Kentish Town), Forum	Performed: Revolution, High Times, Rock Dust Light Star, Little L, Alright, Corner of the Earth, White Knuckle Ride, Black Capricorn Day, Cosmic Girl, Blue Skies, Love Foolosophy, Hurtin', Canned Heat, Deeper Underground. This concert is one of a series of concerts as part of the 'Q Awards 2010.'
22 Oct 10 (Fri)	Switzerland, Basel, Festival Hall, AVO Session Basel	Performed: Revolution, Rock Dust Light Star, Little L, Alright, Cosmic Girl, Black Capricorn Day, Blue Skies, Love Foolosophy, Canned Heat
28 Oct 10 (Thu)	Netherlands, Amsterdam, De Wereld Draait Door (tv)	Performed: Blue Skies (acoustic)
29 Oct 10 (Fri)	Netherlands, Amsterdam, Paradiso	Performed: Revolution, High Times, Little L, Alright (slow version), Hurting, Smoke and Mirrors, Black Capricorn Day, Rock Dust Light Star (acoustic), All Good In The Hood, Love Foolosophy, Cosmic Girl, Deeper Underground
31 Oct 10 (Sun)	UK, London (Wembley), The Fountain Studios, The X Factor (tv)	Performed: White Knuckle Ride. After performing Jay said he had 'reservations before appearing on the show' - and I'm sure the female judges did too after reading the 'quotes' that were printed from Jay in the Sun newspaper (UK) the previous day!
02 Nov 10 (Tue)	Italy, The X Factor (tv)	Performed: White Knuckle Ride
04 Nov 10 (Thu)	UK, London, AIR Studios, BBC Radio 2 In Concert	Performed: Rock Dust Light Star, High Times, Smoke & Mirrors, Little L, Alright, All Good In The Hood, Love Foolosophy, She's A Fast Persuader, Blue Skies, Deeper Underground. 100 pairs of free tickets to this concert were given away by BBC Radio Two (UK). Concert broadcast on BBC Radio Two.
05 Nov 10 (Fri)	UK, London (Camden Town), Jazz Cafe	Performed: Revolution, High Times, Smoke and Mirrors, Hurtin', All Good In The Hood, Little L, Alright, Love Foolosophy, She's A Fast Persuader, Rock Dust Light Star, Blue Skies, White Knuckle Ride, Cosmic Girl, Deeper Underground. This gig was for winners of a competition organised by HMV.
09 Nov 10 (Tue)	Switzerland, Zurich, Kaufleuten	Tickets can be won via the 20min.ch website. This is a small 'showcase' gig.
15 Nov 10 (Mon)	France,Paris, L'Arc	Performed: Rock Light Dust Star, Smoke & Mirrors, All Good In The Hood, Hurtin', She's A Fast Persuader, Alright, White Knuckle Ride, Love Foolosophy, Deeper Underground. This is a private album launch gig promoted by Virgin Radio in France.
15 Nov 10 (Mon)	France, Paris, Grand Journal de Canal+ (tv)	Performed: White Knuckle Ride, Love Foolosophy, Rock Dust Light Star
20 Nov 10 (Sat)	Australia, Sydney (Point Piper), Take 40 Australia Party	Performed: Hurtin', Cosmic Girl, All Good In The Hood, She's A Fast Persuader, Alright, Love Foolosophy, Deeper Underground. An exclusive mansion house was rented in Point Piper to host the Take 40 Australia/Singstar party. The band performed outside in the garden on a stage built on top of a swimming pool!
21 Nov 10 (Sun)	Australia, Sydney, The X Factor (tv)	Performed: Canned Heat. The band performed Canned Heat and Jay sung alongside X-Factor finalist Sally Chatfield.
22 Nov 10 (Mon)	Australia, Sydney, The X Factor (tv)	Performed: White Knuckle Ride
24 Nov 10 (Wed)	Japan, Tokyo, Refreshing (tv)	Performed: White Knuckle Ride
24 Nov 10 (Wed)	Japan, Tokyo (Shinjuku)	Performed: Rock Dust Light Star, White Knuckle Ride. The band performed a short set on a stage set up outside on the streets of Tokyo for the launch of the Azul by Moussy store in Shinjuku. This performance was not officially announced or confirmed, but word spread round and the streets were full of people. Shortly before the band came on stage guitarist Rob Harris tweeted 'About to perform I Shinjuku. Closing down a street, pandemonium.'
28 Nov 10 (Sun)	Germany, Stuttgart, Zapata	Performed: Cosmic Girl, Rock Dust Light Star, Smokin Mirrors, Alright, All Good In The Hood, Hurtin', Lifeline, She's A Fast Persuader, Blue Skies, White Knuckle Ride, Love Foolosophy, Deeper Underground
11 Dec 10 (Sat)	Norway, Oslo, Spektrum Arena, Nobel Peace Prize Concert	Performed: Canned Heat, Lifeline, Virtual Insanity. Following the concert the band performed an impromptu two hour gig at the hotel they were staying at!

2011

Date Of Gig	Country	Concert & Additional Info
21 Jan 11 (Fri)	UK, London, Alan Carr Show (tv) (recording date)	Performed: Lifeline. The show was broadcast on UK television three days after filming.
28 Jan 11 (Fri)	UK, The Sun Sessions (recording date)	Recording of a live 'session' for The Sun newspaper website.
30 Jan 11 (Sun)	UK, London, Comedy Rocks (recording date)	Performed: Lifeline, All Good In The Hood, (and a few little snippets of songs to introduce acts and go in/out of commercial breaks). Jamiroquai are the 'house band' on this ITV comedy television show. The show was recorded on 30 January.
07 Feb 11 (Mon)	France, Paris, Taratata (tv) (recording date)	Performed: Deeper Underground, Rock Dust Light Star, California Soul (by Marlena Shaw), White Knuckle Ride
07 Mar 11 (Mon)	France, Paris, L'Olympia	The band performed a set lasting around 45 minutes at a private show as part of a 15 year celebration of fashion label Paul & Joe during Paris Fashion Week.
18 Mar 11 (Fri)	Switzerland, Zurich, Hallenstadion	Performed: Rock Dust Light Star, Main Vein, Cosmic Girl, All Good In The Hood, Use The Force, Hang It Over, When You Gonna Learn, Blue Skies, Virtual Insanity, Smoke n Mirrors, Little L, Canned Heat, Deeper Underground, Love Foolosophy, Travelling Without Moving, Scam, Hey Floyd, Alright, White Knuckle Ride, Feels Just Like It Should
21 Mar 11 (Mon)	Germany, Hamburg, O2 World	Performed: Rock Dust Light Star, Main Vain, Cosmic Girl, All Good In The Hood, Use The Force, Hang It Over, When You Gonna Learn, Angeline, Little L, Canned Heat, Deeper Underground, Love Foolosophy, Travelling Without Moving, Scam, Hey Floyd, Alright, White Knuckle Ride, Feels Just Like It Should
23 Mar 11 (Wed)	France, Paris, Bercy	Performed: Rock Dust Light Star, Main Vein, Cosmic Girl, Smoke & Mirrors, Use the Force, Hang it Over, You Give Me Something, She's a Fast Persuader, Little L, Canned Heat, Deeper Underground, Love Foolosophy, Travelling Without Moving, (Scam Break), All Good in the Hood, Alright, White Knuckle Ride, Feels Just Like It Should
24 Mar 11 (Thu)	France, CANCELLED: Lyon, Halle Toni Garnier	On the afternoon of the concert the following message was posted at the Jamiroquai facebook page: Due to a tragic accident at the Halle Toni Garnier Arena, the gig at Lyon on 24th March (tonight) is regrettably cancelled. The band were shocked and saddened when told the news, and out of respect immediately felt the right decision was to cancel the show. A police investigation is taking place which would also have prevented the show from happening. We know how disappointed fans will feel, but can only say at this point, the gig will be re-arranged and we will have news of the revised date as soon as possible.
26 Mar 11 (Sat)	Germany, Munich, Olympiahalle	Performed: Rock Dust Light Star, Main Vein, Cosmic Girl, All Good In The Hood, Use The Force, You Give Me Something, Hurtin', Little L, Canned Heat, Deeper Underground, Love Foolosophy, Travelling Without Moving, Hey Floyd, Feels Just Like It Should, Alright, White Knuckle Ride
28 Mar 11 (Mon)	Austria, Vienna, Stadthalle	No Info
30 Mar 11 (Wed)	Italy, Milan, Forum	Performed: Rock Dust Light Star, Main Vein, Cosmic Girl, Smoke and Mirrors, Use the Force, You Give Me Something, Hurtin, Little L, Canned Heat, Deeper Underground, Feels Just Like It Should, Love Foolosophy, Travelling Without Moving, All Good in the Hood, Alright, White Knuckle Ride, When You Gonna Learn
31 Mar 11 (Thu)	Italy, Mantua, Palabam	Performed: Rock Dust Light Star, Main Vein, Cosmic Girl, Smoke & Mirrors, Use the Force, ‎You Give Me Something, Hurtin', Little L, Canned Heat, Deeper Underground, Love Foolosophy, Use the Force, All Good in the Hood, Alright, White Knucle Ride
02 Apr 11 (Sat)	Italy, Turin, Pala Olympico	Performed: Rock Dust Light Star, Main Vein, Cosmic Girl, Smoke & Mirrors, Use The Force, You Give Me Something, Space Cowboy, Little L, Canned Heat, Deeper Underground, Love Foolosophy, Travelling Without Moving, All Good in the Hood, Alright, White Knuckle Ride
03 Apr 11 (Sun)	Italy, Florence, Mandela Forum	Performed: Rock Dust Light Star, Main Vein, Cosmic Girl, Smoke & Mirror, Use the Force, You Give Me Something, Hurtin', She's a Fast Persuader, Little L, Canned Heat, Deeper Underground, Love Foolosophy, ‎Travelling Without Moving, All Good in the Hood, Alright, White Knuckle Ride
05 Apr 11 (Tue)	Luxembourg, Rockhal	Performed: Rock Dust Light Star, Main Vein, Cosmic Girl, Smoke & Mirrors, You Give Me Something, Hurtin', Little L, Canned Heat, Deeper Underground, Love Foolosophy, Space cowboy, Travelling Without Moving, Scam, All Good In The Hood, Alright, White Knuckle Ride
06 Apr 11 (Wed)	Germany, Stuttgart, Porsche Arena	No Info
08 Apr 11 (Fri)	Germany, Berlin, O2 World	No Info
10 Apr 11 (Sun)	Belgium, Brussels, Vorst Nationaal	No Info
12 Apr 11 (Tue)	Germany, CANCELLED: Oberhausen, Konig Pilsener Arena	On the day of the concert Jamiroquai.com posted the following message "Unfortunately owing to illness tonights Jamiroquai concert in Oberhausen has had to be cancelled. We apologise for any inconvenience caused and will advise of the rescheduled date for the concert as soon as we can."
13 Apr 11 (Wed)	Netherlands, Rotterdam, Ahoy	Performed: Rock Dust Light Star, Main Vein, Cosmic Girl, Smoke & Mirrors, You Give Me Something, Hurtin', Little L, Canned Heat, Deeper Underground, Space Cowboy, Love Foolosophy, Travelling Without Moving, All Good In The Hood, Alright, White Knuckle Ride
15 Apr 11 (Fri)	UK, London (Greenwich), O2 Arena	No Info
17 Apr 11 (Sun)	UK, Birmingham, LG Arena	No Info
19 Apr 11 (Tue)	UK, Manchester, MEN Arena	No Info
20 Apr 11 (Wed)	UK, Glasgow, Glasgow SECC	No Info
29 Apr 11 (Fri)	Chile, Santiago, Movistar Arena	No Info
18 May 11 (Wed)	France, Cannes, Hotel Martinez	Private gig during the Cannes Film Festival organised by clothing label Replay.
20 May 11 (Fri)	Argentina, Buenos Aires, Quilmes Rock Festival	Performed: Rock Dust Light Star, Main Vein, Cosmic Girl, You Give Me Something, Lifeline, Little L, Canned Heat, Space Cowboy, Feels Just Like It Should, Love Foolosophy, Corner Of The Earth, Travelling Without Moving, Alright, Deeper Underground, White Knuckle Ride
31 May 11 (Tue)	France, Paris, Casino de Paris	Performed: Rock Dust Light Star, Little L, Canned Heat, Love Foolosophy, Travelling Without Moving, Scam Intro, All Good In The Hood, Alright, Deeper Underground, White Knuckle Ride, Cosmic Girl. Private concert organised by Pression Live.
08 Jun 11 (Wed)	Estonia, Tallin, Saku Arena	No Info
10 Jun 11 (Fri)	Russia, Saint Petersburg, Ice Palace	No Info
12 Jun 11 (Sun)	Russia, Moscow, Crokus City Hall	No Info
14 Jun 11 (Tue)	Ukraine, Kiev, Palace Of Sports	No Info
18 Jun 11 (Sat)	Poland, Warsaw, Orange Festival	No Info
21 Jun 11 (Tue)	Croatia, Zagreb, T-Mobile Festival	No Info
24 Jun 11 (Fri)	Bulgaria, CANCELLED: Razlog, Elevation Festival	Jamiroquai cancelled their appearance at this festival because of an injury to Jay Kay's ankle.
26 Jun 11 (Sun)	Turkey, CANCELLED: Istanbul, Kurucesme Arena	Jamiroquai cancelled their appearance at this festival because of an injury to Jay Kay's ankle.
02 Jul 11 (Sat)	Romania, Mamaia, Orange Summer Party	No Info
03 Jul 11 (Sun)	Former Yugoslavic Republic Of Macedonia, Skopje, Philip-II-Arena	No Info
09 Jul 11 (Sat)	Serbia, Novi Sad, Exit Festival	No Info
13 Jul 11 (Wed)	Germany, CANCELLED: Straubing, Jazz Donau	The concert was unfortunately cancelled on 12 July.
14 Jul 11 (Thu)	Germany, CANCELLED: Mainz, Zollhafen Nordmole	The concert was unfortunately cancelled on 12 July.
16 Jul 11 (Sat)	Switzerland, Bern, Gurten Festival	No Info
17 Jul 11 (Sun)	Germany, Ulm, Radio Festival	No Info
19 Jul 11 (Tue)	France, Arcachon, Velodrome	No Info
21 Jul 11 (Thu)	Italy, Padova, Piazzola Sul Brenta	No Info
22 Jul 11 (Fri)	Italy, Rome, Ippodromo Delle Capannelle	No Info
24 Jul 11 (Sun)	Italy, Lucca, Piazza Napoleone	No Info
26 Jul 11 (Tue)	France, CANCELLED: Bayonne, Arena	This concert was cancelled at the very last minute and the following statement was made the following day. Jay Kay would like to apologise to disappointed fans for the cancellation of last night's show in France. Jay's on-going groin injury has been diagnosed as a hernia which will be need to be operated on later in the summer. Following an MRI scan last week specialists had advised rest but Jay has insisted he wants to try to finish the current run of dates. Doctors have said that provided he manages the pain sufficiently he can continue performing if he feels able. During the course of the past two days the pain flared up again and yesterday he reluctantly decided he did not feel he well enough to perform last night. After two days rest he is hopeful he will be able to complete the remaining 4 shows of the current run, including Toulon tomorrow night. Jay said "I would like to thank fans for their understanding, this is a very frustrating injury and some days the pain is just too extreme to perform to a standard I believe is acceptable. I promise I will do my best to come back out again soon when I'm fully fit and am optimistic I'll be able to pull off the remaining shows of the run."
28 Jul 11 (Thu)	France, Nice, Palais Nikaia	No Info
29 Jul 11 (Fri)	France, Toulon, Six Four Festival	Performed: Black Capricorn Day, Main Vein, Cosmic Girl, High Times, Morning Glory, Little L, Canned Heat, All Good In The Hood, Hey Floyd, Feels Just Like It Should, Love Foolosophy, Travelling Without Moving, Scam, Alright, Deeper Underground, White Knuckle Ride
31 Jul 11 (Sun)	Spain, Barcelona, Poble Espanyol	No Info
03 Aug 11 (Wed)	Spain, Malaga (Auditorium Municipal)	No Info
07 Aug 11 (Sun)	Ibiza Privilege Club	No Info
05 Sep 11 (Mon)	Turkey, Istanbul, Kurucesme Arena	Performed: Rock Dust Light Star, Main Vein, Cosmic Girl, High Times, Little L, Morning Glory (Intro), Canned Heat, All Good In The Hood, Hey Floyd, Feels Just Like It Should, Love Foolosophy, Use The Force (Interlude), Travelling Without Moving, Scam (Break), Alright, Deeper Underground, White Knuckle Ride
09 Sep 11 (Fri)	Italy, Monza, Stadio Brianteo, F1 Rocks	Event organised as part of the Italian F1 Grand Prix.
29 Sep 11 (Thu)	Brazil, Rio de Janeiro (Barra da Tijuca), Olympic Park Rock City, Rock in Rio	Performed: Rock Dust Light Star, Main Vein, Cosmic Girl, High Times, Little L, Morning Glory, Canned Heat, Love Foolosophy, Travelling Without Moving, Deeper Underground, White Knuckle Ride
20 Nov 11 (Sun)	Germany, Oberhausen, Konig Pilsener Arena	Performed: Rock Dust Light Star, Main Vein, Cosmic Girl, High Times, Little L, Canned Heat, All Good In The Hood, Hey Floyd, Feels Just Like It Should, Love Foolosophy, Travelling Without Moving, Scam (break), Alright, Deeper Underground. Due to heavy fog in London on the day of the concert the bandmembers arrived at the venue late with no time for a soundcheck. The concert started slightly later than planned and there were many complaints about the sound quality because of the lack of soundcheck. This is the rescheduled concert that was cancelled on 12 April.
22 Nov 11 (Tue)	France, Paris, Bercy	Performed: Rock Dust Light Star, Main Vein, Cosmic Girl, High Times, Little L, Canned Heat, All Good In The Hood, Hey Floyd, Dynamite, Feels Just Like It Should, Love Foolosophy, Travelling Without Moving, Alright, Deeper Underground, White Knuckle Ride
23 Nov 11 (Wed)	France, Nantes, Zenith Nantes Metropole	Performed: Rock Dust Light Star, Main Vein, Cosmic Girl, High Times, Little L, Canned Heat, All Good In The Hood, Hey Floyd, Use The Force, Love Foolosophy, Travelling Without Moving, Alright, Deeper Underground, White Knuckle Ride
25 Nov 11 (Fri)	France, Strasbourg, Zenith	Performed: Rock Dust Light Star, Main Vein, Cosmic Girl, High Times, Little L, Interlude, Canned Heat, All Good In The Hood, Hey Floyd, Use The force, Love Foolosophy, Travelling Without Moving, Alright, Hurtin', Deeper Underground, White Knuckle Ride
27 Nov 11 (Sun)	France, Limoges, Zenith	No Info
28 Nov 11 (Mon)	France, Toulouse, Zenith	No Info
30 Nov 11 (Wed)	France, Lyon	No Info
03 Dec 11 (Sat)	Belgium, CANCELLED: Antwerp, Lotto Arena	The Jamiroquai Facebook page wrote the following on 28 October - "We are sorry to announce the cancellation of the gig at Lotto Arena, Antwerp (Belgium), on 3rd December. This is due to unforeseen logistical problems, which have led to the difficult decision to cancel the gig. We hope to re-arrange the gig in 2012."
10 Dec 11 (Sat)	UK, Silverstone, Red Bull F1 Racing Team Party	No Info
31 Dec 11 (Sat)	Australia, Sydney, Glebe Island	No Info

I have intentionally left out geography locations and flip flops. I posted this list about 8months ago but its dissapeared from my reddit app but still on if i go on the web page for some reason so this list is mainly for me to keep a record and share my experiences so far , enjoy :-)
1.) N.A.S.A. - North American Space Agency > National Aeronautics And Space Administration
2.) Dr Doolittle > Dr Dolittle
3.) Vasoline > Vaseline
4) SEAN William Scott > Seann William Scott
5.) Hellman's > Hellmann's
6.) Gravy GRANUALS > Granules
7.) Rizzla > Rizla
8.) Creation Of Adam - God's Hand Reaching Down > God's Hand Level With Adam's.
9.) Mona Lisa Not Smiling > Smiling
10.) Ford Logo - F has straight crosspoint > curl on crosspoint.
11.) 1 Moon Landing > 6 Moon Landing's
12.) Karma Sutra > Kama Sutra
13.) Macdonalds > McDonald's
14.) Lion's Can Roar > Lion's Can't Roar
15.) Lion's King Of The Jungle > Tiger's K.O.T.J.
16.) The Diary Of Anne Frank > Diary Of A Young Girl
17.) Statue Of Liberty - Ellis Island > Liberty Island
18.) Marshmellow > Marshmallow
19.) Mary Poppins - Spoonful Of Sugar HELPS The Medicine Go Down > MAKES The Medicine Go Down
20.) Capricorn Sign - A Goat > A Goat Fish
21.) Ford KIA > KI^
22.) Phillips TV > Philips
23.) Little Tykes > Little Tikes
24.) nintendo > Nintendo
25.) Donna Summers > Donna Summer
26.) Doc Martins > Doc Martens
27.) Fabreeze > Febreze
28.) Large HALDRON Collider > Hadron
29.) TOBASCO sauce > Tabasco
30.) HILARY Clinton > Hillary
31.) Chilli > Chili
32.) SAMSUNG > SMSUNG
33.) iPhone > IPhone
34.) Hello Clarice > Good Morning Clarice
35.) E.T. - Opening Credits WHITE > Purple
36.) Goodfellas - Opening Credits WHITE > Red
37.) Wheatabix > Weetabix
38.) Rice CRISPIES > Rice Krispies
39.) Great Pyramid - 4 Sides > 8 Sides
40.) Great Pyramid - Centre > On The Right
41.) Stomach Where The Belly Button Is > Bottom Of Rib Cage
42.) Heart On Left > Left Centre
43.) Committed > Commited
44.) Dilemna > Dilemma
45.) Pajamas > Pyjamas
46.) Griffindor > Gryffindor
47.) T2 - JUDGEMENT Day > Judgment day
48.) I'll Huff And I'll Puff And I'll Blow Your House DOWN > Blow Your House In
49.) MIRROR ,Mirror On The Wall > Magic Mirror
50.) Who's The Fairest Of Them All > One Of All
51.) ' You Want The Truth, You Can't Handle The Truth ' > ' You Can't Handle The Truth '
52.) Sherbert > Sherbet
53.) Buisness > Business
54.) Brussel Sprouts > Brussels Sprouts
55.) Anatomy - Small 1 Piece Liver > Large 2 Lobe Liver
56.) Bill Haley And The Comets > His Comets
57.) Tony The Tiger - Black Nose > Blue Nose
58.) Burma > Myanmar
59.) Film - Jupiter Rising > Jupiter Ascending
60.) Mr Moneybags > Rich Uncle Pennybags
61.) Monopoly - Monacle > No Monacle
62.) Chumbawumba > Chumbawamba
63.) Cruella Deville > Cruella De Vil
64.) ' Take my Strong Hand ' > ' Little Hand '
65.) ' I See White People ' > ' I See Dead People '
66.) Keenan & Kel > Kenan & Kel
67.) ' The Names Bond, James Bond ' > My names Bond, James Bond
68.) Seperate > Separate
69.) Lay-Z-Boy > La-Z-Boy
70.) Jim Carey > Jim Carrey
71.) Cadbury's > Cadbury
72.) Malteasers > Maltesers
73.) First Bond Film - Casino Royale > Dr No
74.) Easter Island Statues - No Hats > Hats
75.) Cindy Doll > Sindy Doll
76.) Laughing Cow - Gold Nose Ring and Gold Earrings > Cheese Wheel Earrings
77.) Carribean > Caribbean
78.) Thinker Statue - Hand On Head > On Chin
79.) Tweedledee & Tweedledum - Propellars On Hats > Tweedledum & Tweedledee - Flags On Hats
80.) Roy Schneider > Roy Scheider
81.) Julius Ceasar > Caesar
82.) Morpheus - ' What If I Told You ' > Not Said
83.) Shaggy's Adam's Apple > No Adam's Apple
84.) Phrase - ' For all Intensive Purposes ' > ' For All Intents And Purposes '
86.) Beckon Call > Beck and Call
87.) Tender Hooks > Tenter Hooks
88.) Madeline McCann > Madeleine McCann
89.) Tumeric > Turmeric
90.) Iburofen > Ibuprofen
91.) Bud Lite > Bud Light
92.) Green Mile mouse - Mr Bojangles > Mr Jingles
93.) Spiderman > Spider-Man
94.) Amelia Earhardt > Amelia Earhart
95.) My True Love GAVE To Me > Sent to me
96.) Quote : ' That's Not A Knife, THIS Is A Knife > That's A Knife
97.) Phrase- Chomp At The Bit > Champ At The Bit
98.) Phrase - All The Range > All The Rage
99.) Whacky Races ' Catch The Pigeon ' > ' Stop The Pigeon '
100.) Kit-Kat > Kit Kat
101.) Warewolf > Werewolf
102.) Wilderbeast > Wildbeest
103.) D.E.A. - Drug Enforcement Agency > Drug Enforcement Administration
104.) Jackson 5 - 5 Members > 7 Members
105.) Term - Card Shark > Card Sharp
106.) Song Lyrics : ' What Is Love, BABY Don't Hurt Me > Lady Don't Hurt Me
107.) Song Lyrics : ' I'm A Barbie Girl, In A Barbie World > The Barbie World
108.) Oliver : ' Please Sir, CAN I HAVE some more > I want some more
109.) Nikolai Tesla > Nikola Tesla
110.) Erwin Schröedinger > Schrödinger
111.) Hanna Barberra > Hanna-Barbera
112.) Frankenstein - ' HE'S Alive ' > It's Alive
113.) Glenfell Tower > Grenfell Tower
114.) Donald Duck - Neck Kerchief > Red Bow Tie
115.) Ficus Plant > Ficus Tree
116.) Margerine > Margarine
117.) Barbeque > Barbecue
118.) Daylight Savings Time > Daylight Saving Time
119.) Sweets - Tootie Frooties > Tootie Fruities
120.) TV Show - Barbaar The Elephant > Babar The Elephant
121.) Cat Food - Whiskers > Whiskas
122.) Klu Klux Klan > Ku Klux Klan
123.) Baron Trump > Barron Trump
124.) Inspector Gadget - Mustache > No Mustache
125.) Henry VIII - Holding Turkey Leg > Not Holding Turkey Leg
126.) Guinness Book Of Records > Guinness World Records
127.) Plane Engines under wing > Engines In Front Of Wing
128.) Dracula - ' I Want To Suck Your Blood ' > Never Said
129.) Scooby Doo - ' We Would Of Gotten Away With It Too, If It Weren't For Those Meddling Kids ' > Never Said
130.) Toys R Us > Toys (Reverse R) Us
131.) Song Lyric : ' RIDING In A One Horse Open Sleigh ' > Gliding In A One Horse ....
132.) Song Lyrics : ' 3 Little Birds, Sat On My Window ' > ' ... Birds , Pitched By My Doorstep '
133.) Song Title - Country Roads > (Take Me Home) Country Roads
134.) ' MERRY Christmas To All And To All A Good Night ' > Happy Christmas To All....
135.) The Grinch Who Stole Christmas > How The Grinch Stole Christmas
136.) Forrest Gump - ' I MAY Not Be A Smart Man, But I Know What Love Is ' > I'm Not A Smart Man..
137.) Meatloaf > Meat Loaf
138.) Barbara Streisand > Barbra Streisand
139.) Tinkerbell > Tinker Bell
140.) Grease Lightning > Greased Lightnin'
141.) WE'RE Gonna Need A Bigger Boat > You're
142.) Selsum Blue > Selsun Blue
143.) Song Lyrics : ' You've Been STRUCK By A Smooth Criminal ' > ' ... Hit By A Smooth Criminal '
144.) Robert Deniro > Robert De Niro
145.) Mother Theresa > Mother Teresa
146.) Cadbury's CREAM Egg > Creme Egg
147.) Absolute Vodka > Absolut Vodka
148.) Song Lyrics : ' How Deep Is Your Love, I Really NEED TO KNOW ' > ' ... Mean To Learn '
149.) Innoculate > Inoculate
150.) Harry Houdini Died Whilst Performing A Magic Trick > Appendicitus In Hospital
151.) Gobstoppers > Gobstopper
152.) Zapruder Film Originally In Black And White > Doesn't Exist
153.) J.F.K. - 4 Seater - 6 Seater
154.) An Interview With A Vampire > ..The Vampire
155.) Michaelangelo > Michelangelo
156.) Cheez Itz > Cheez It
157.) King Tut's Mask - 1 Snake > 2 Snakes
158.) King Tut - 12yr Old When He Died > 19yrs
159.) Jimmy Saville > Savile
160.) Bruce Lee Shot Dead On Set > Died In Hospital With Cerebral Edema
161.) WW1 : 1914 - 1919 > 1914 - 1919
162.) CD+R > Never Existed
163.) Barrack Obama > Barack Obama
164.) Macintosh > McIntosh
165.) Seasame Street > Sesame Street
166.) Big Bird All Yellow > Orange Legs, White Fringe
167.) Jungle Book - ' I Couldn't Be Fonder Of My New Home ' > ' I Couldn't Be Found Of My Home '
168.) Alex The Kidd > Alex Kidd In Miracle World
169.) Acknowledgement > Acknowledgment
170.) Dan Ackroyd > Dan Aykroyd
171.) Courtney Cox > Courteney Cox
172.) Film Title : They Live ! > They Live
173.) Alfa Romero > Alfa Romeo
174.) Tumeric > Turmeric
175.) Doughnuts > Donuts
176.) Toby Maguire > Tobey Maguire
177.) Moby Dick > Moby-Dick
178.) Brylcream > Brylcreem
179.) Heart The Size Of 1 Fist > 2 Fists
180.) Movie Title : Fists Of Fury > Fist Of Fury
181.) Willy Wonka's Hat - Purple > Brown
182.) Willy Wonka Quote : ' You Do know What Happened To The BOY Who Got Everything He Ever Wanted, Don't You? ' > ' Don’t forget what happened to the MAN who suddenly got everything he wanted. '
183.) Life IS Like A Box Of Chocolates > Life WAS Like A Box Of Chocolates
184.) Advisor > Adviser
185.) Cheverolet > Chevrolet
186.) Worcester Sauce > Worcestershire Sauce
187.) Objects In The Mirror MAYBE Closer Than They Appear > .... Are Closer Than They Appear
188.) Betty Eggleton > Eagleton
189.) Airdree > Airdrea
190.) Bubbalicious > Bubblicious
191.) Song Lyrics : ' Don't BREAK My Heart, My Achy Breaky Heart ' > Don't tell My Heart .......
192.) Film Title : Stockade > Cadence
193.) Allah akbar > Allahu Akbar
194.) Latoya Jackson > La Toya Jackson
195.) How To Kill A Mockingbird > To Kill A Mockingbird
196.) Possum > Opossum
197.) Song Lyrics : ' Sweet Dreams Are Made Of THESE ' > ' Sweet Dreams Are Made Of This
198.) Flintstones : ' Wilma, I'm Home ' > Never Said
199.) Star Trek : ' Beam me up, Scotty ' > Never Said
200.) Country - Columbia > Colombia
201.) Movie Title : The Sandlot Kids > The Sandlot
202.) Lionel Ritchie > Lionel Richie
203.) Bette Middler > Bette Midler
204.) Betty Boo > Betty Boop
205.) Song Lyrics : ' The Best Things In Life ARE Free ' > The Best Things In Life They're Free
206.) Song Lyrics : ' Never Meant To Make Your Daughter Cry, I Apologise A THOUSAND Times ' > ' ...... I Apologise A Trillion Times '
207.) Song Lyrics : ' I see A Bad Moon A Rising ' > ' I See The Bad Moon Rising '
208.) Sarah Michelle Geller > Gellar
209.) Pharoah > Pharaoh
210.) Song Lyrics : ' It's A Hard Knock Life ' > ' It's The Hard Knock Life '
211.) Withdrawl > Withdrawal
212.) Toys : Playschool > Playskool
213.) U.S.S.R. - United Soviet Socialist Republic > Union Of Soviet Socialist Republics
214.) Charlie Bit My Finger > Charlie Bit Me
215.) Dawn Of The Planet Of The Apes - Set 8 Years After Original Film > Set 10 Years After
216.) Bolognaise > Bolognese
217.) Oxy Clean > Oxi Clean
218.) Sally Fields > Sally Field
219.) Song Lyrics : ' What Would You DO If I Sang Out Of Tune ' > ' What Would You Think ....... '
220.) Lasagna > Lasagne
221.) Pidgeon > Pigeon
222.) Expresso > Never Existed
223.) War OF The Planet Of The Apes > War FOR The Planet Of The Apes
224.) Battleships Board Game > Battleship
225.) Earwigs Couldn't Fly > Earwigs CAN Fly
226.) Julius Caesar First Emperor Of Rome > Augustus
227.) Ryannair > Ryanair
228.) Boys Stop Growing At Age 21 > Age 16-18
229.) Red Hot Chilli Peppers > Chili Peppers
230.) Cellotape > Sellotape
231.) Transformers : Dark Side Of The Moon > Dark Of The Moon
232.) Song Lyrics : ' Ain't THAT A Kick In The Head ' > ' Ain't LOVE A Kick In The Head
233.) Phrase : ' Just Desserts ' > ' Just Deserts '
234.) Daddy Long Legs > Cellar Spiders
235.) StraightJacket > StraitJacket
236.) Wookie > Wookiee
237.) Movie Title : Up! > Up
238.) Karate kid Headband - Red Rising Sun > White Lotus Flower
239.) Miss Piggy - Mole On Cheek > No Mole
240.) Statue Of Liberty - Bare Ankles > Shackles On Ankles
241.) ' Luke, I Am Your Father ' > ' No, I Am Your Father '
242.) We Are The Champions.. Of The World > No ' Of The World ' At The End
243.) Ghandi > Gandhi
244.) 'Me Tarzan, You Jane' > Never Said
245.) Blue Ribbon > Blue Riband
246.) Doctor Who > Dr Who
247.) ' If You Build It , THEY Will Come ' > ' ... HE Will Come '
248.) 52 U.S. States > 50 States
249.) VW Logo No Gap > Gap
250.) Wiley Coyote > Wile E Coyote
251.) Jack The Ripper Killed 11 > Killed 5
252.) Marseilles, France > Marseille
253.) Raisin Bran - Sun Had Shades > No Glasses
254.) Song Title : Gangster's Paradise > Gangsta's Paradise
255.) Song Title : Hit Me Baby One More Time > Baby One More Time
256.) Can You Smell What The Rock Is Cooking > If You Smell What The Rock Is Cooking
257.) Flintstones : Bam Bam Rubble > Bamm-Bamm Rubble
258.) St John's Ambulance > St John Ambulance
259.) Song Lyrics : 'Footloose, Footloose Kick Off YOUR Sunday Shoes > ' ...THE Sunday Shoes '
260.) Mad Max - Beyond THE Thunderdome > Beyond Thunderdome
261.) Wall Murial > Wall Mural
262.) Heinz Meanz Beanz > Beanz Meanz Heinz
263.) Three Amigos > ¡Three Amigos!
264.) Aladdin - Arabian > Aladdin - Chinese
265.) Beavis And Butthead > Beavis And Butt-Head
266.) Shell Logo : The Word 'SHELL' At The Top With A Shell Image Underneath > No Word At Top
267.) A-Team - Mad Dog Murdock > Howling Mad Murdock
268.) Vick's Vapour Rub > Vick's VapoRub
269.) Cup O' Noodles > Cup Noodles
270.) Charlie And The Chocolate Factory > Willy Wonka And The Chocolate Factory (1971 film)
271.) Cheryl Crow - Sheryl Crow
272.) Pavillion > Pavilion
273.) Videgame : Grand Tourismo > Gran Turismo
274.) Aladdin - Return Of Jafaar > Jafar
275.) Matrix : ' Mr Anderson , We've Been Expecting You ' > Never Said
276.) Soccer Player : Lucas Modric > Luka Modrić
277.) Soccer Player : Roberto Firminio > Roberto Firmino
278.) Soccer Player : Saido Mane > Sadio Mané
279.) Song Lyrics : ' Where The Eagles FLY, On A Mountain High ' > ' Where The Eagles CRY.....
280.) Snow White And The Seven Dwarves > Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs
281.) Little Mermaid - Sebastian Yellow Eyes > Back To White
282.) Roger Rabbit - White Eyes > Blue Eyes
283.) Mr Deeds - ' Want Me To Wipe The Leaves On Your Ficus PLANT, Preston ' > ' ...... Ficus TREE '
284.) ' Wee Willie Winkie RUNNING Through The Town ' > ' ... RUNS Through The Town
285.) Song Lyrics : ' When I Grow Up, I Wanna See The World, Drive Nice Cars, I Wanna Have Boobies ' > ' .... I Wanna Have Groupies '
286.) Film Title : Rocky And Bullwinkle > The Adventures Of Rocky And Bullwinkle
287.) Supermissive Black Hole > Supermassive
288.) Broach > Brooch
289.) Song Title : Promiscious Girl > Promiscuous
290) Film Title : Face Off > Face/Off
291.) Susannah Reid > Susanna
292.) R2D2 - No Wires On Feet > Wires On Feet
293.) C3po - All Gold > Silver Leg, Wires On Stomach, Black Palms, Antenna
294.) Song Lyrics : ' You Scumbag, You Maggot, You Cheap Lousy Faggot, Happy Christmas Your Arse, AND THANK God It's Our Last ' > ' .... I PRAY God It's Our Last
295.) Speech - ' I HAD A Dream ' > ' I HAVE A Dream '
296.) Gettysburg Address : ' Fourscore And Seven Years Ago Our FORFATHERS Brought Forth On This Continent... ' > ' ..... Our FATHERS ..... '
297.) Sex In The City > Sex And The City
298.) Arethra Franklin > Aretha Franklin
299.) Haley's Comet > Halley's Comet
300.) Sonic's Arms Blue > Bare
301.) Paddington Yellow Coat > Blue Coat
302.) U.K. Passport 2 Lions > Lion & A Unicorn
303.) Homer Simpson - 3 Strands Of Hair > 2 Strands Of Hair
304.) Spelling - Villiage > Village
305.) Ronald McDonald's Hair - Fuzzy > Straight

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hi guys I wanted to do this for a while but finally convinced myself that some people might actually be interested
I'm 31 (29 when I started the trip), male, originally from Austria. I lived and worked in Germany and England as a game developer before quitting my job early 2017 to travel the world. Over the course of 18 months my trip took me to all 6 inhabited continents.
I started in southern Africa, flew to east Asia, went down to New Zealand for christmas and new years, back up to South East Asia, over to South America up the west coast from Chile to Colombia and on my (long) way home visited friends in USA, Canada, UK, Netherlands and Germany before coming back home to Austria. (amazing pic of my route)
touristy highlights included driving the coast of South Africa, seeing all kinds of animals in Botswana, amazing beaches in Fiji & NZ, getting amazed by the likes of the Shwedagon Pagoda, Angkor Wat and Borobudur, seeing otherworldy landscapes in Vietnam and especially in the Salar de Uyuni in Bolivia, getting a taste of the Amazon in Bolivia, hiking a lot all over the world with highlights being the 4 day Santa Cruz trek in Huaraz in Peru, the 3day Quilotoa Loop in Ecuador and 2 days in Myanmar from Kalaw to Lake Inle.
personal highlights include living with a local in the middle of nowhere in Botswana for 3 weeks, watching the GSL (Starcraft 2) finals in Seoul in Korea, playing the last game I worked on in a gaming cafe in Penang in Malaysia, conquering my fear of heights doing the 3rd highest bungee in the world in South Africa, winning over $1k in a casino in Sihanoukville in Cambodia, seeing wild dolphins (South Africa & Chile) and whales (Ecuador), and on top of all making friends from all over the world (short term, but I still msg quite a few of them regularly and semi regularly).
the top lowlight of the trip was crashing my scooter in Taitung in Taiwan with the exact low point being the paramedic answering my "am I gonna lose my finger?" question with "maybe". In Malaysia a scooter drove into the door of our Uber when I opened it which resulted in a few angry indian malay men asking me to pay for it (I did in the end, 500rm). other than that nothing really too bad happened so I guess I got kinda lucky.
I had a few points where I thought about going home early but thinking about how much I would hate myself when at home and I still had money from my budget left and thinking "what would I do at home now" always kept me going.
it was an amazing experience and I would recommend it to anyone. If you have any questions about any of the destinations mentioned or pretty much whatever I am more than happy to share my experience (not enough people in real life care enough anyways, so it really makes me happy to share it)
the proof I have is my blog (it's not amazing writing or anything more like so people at home know I'm alive) and my instagram

I'm leaking everything I know about Grand Theft Auto VI.
After seeing what Schreier said about the next Grand Theft Auto being early in development and all the garbage MrBossFTW videos, I decided to ask my friend who started to work at Rockstar in San Diego 4 years ago and has been involved in the development of the game since late 2017 to give me some details about it. Everything he said to me about the game just seemed completely unreal, and after being quiet with this info for more than 3 days now, I can't stop myself from just telling this to the rest of the world. If what he told me is true, then this post might get deleted very quick, so try to copy & paste it somewhere or just screenshot it, also there might be a chance that Rockstar will change some things in the game because of it, and that my friend will be very angry at me and will maybe get suspended from work or he's trolling me and this is just another day of fake GTA VI news, but to me it's just too detailed to be fake. I'm also using a throwaway account. So with this out of the way let's start. The game is 70% finished. The first mentions of the game started way back in late 2011, when the Grand Theft Auto V trailer was launched worldwide. The plan was to make it the biggest game ever, something that nobody has ever seen before, with multiple cities, multiple protagonists, open interiors, realistic mechanics you get the point. Basically the ultimate game and they set it for late 2018, however the game was too heavy for the PS4/XONE hardware, and they also realized they wouldn't finish it in time with Red Dead Redemption 2 being developed around the corner. So they decided to split teams (I don't know the studio names so i will be just saying Team A, B etc) - Team A will be developing RDR2, Team B will be finishing GTA V, Team C starting the development on GTA VI and Team D was operating the next Grand Theft Auto game, which was supposed to be not a full blown sequel, but more like a spin-off (Vice City style - with around 50 missions and one protagonist on the V engine) and release it in 2016, set in areas different from what we saw before (very possibly London, they even left a hint of it in GTA V in that skate park graffiti or whatever it was), however this was scrapped in 2014 and replaced with a TBoGT/TLaD style DLC for GTA V, however this was again scrapped in 2015/16 when they realized how much money they make and can make with Online, so they decided to release bigger DLC's with something that has never been really experienced in GTA (here's the whole thing with MK2 Oppressors etc) and all the money that GTA Online made then was used for GTA VI. So when Red Dead Redemption 2 was finished in 2017, they started to fully focus on Grand Theft Auto VI. They even tested the features that they wanted in the next GTA by placing them in GTA V and RDR2 (I'll say them later). Now I will jump into everything that has currently been developed. The game is set in three different decades in three major cities surrounded by minor ones, with one protagonist for each decade. 1980s (I don't know the exact years but I think it will be something around 1983-1985 because of Rockstar's love for De Palma's Scarface) Vice City fully based on Miami, Medellin (wasn't told of R's version) and some areas in Bolivia and Cuba. Then 1990s (1996 exactly) Liberty City fully based on New York City (this time it will be missing that Soviet-era vibe that was present in GTA IV) and Carcer City based on Chicago with Detroit elements, and finally modern day San Andreas (Los Santos, Blaine County, San Fierro, a big desert town that I don't know the name of, and Las Venturas with missions in modern day Liberty City and modern day Vice City). Now, you won't be able to switch between protagonists like in V. The game will feature time jumps like in Red Dead Redemption 2 (this was actually tested there with the switch from 1899 to 1907), when you finish the 1980's campaign you will jump into the 1990's campaign and then when you finish that you will jump in the modern day campaign. Also, the area unlock system will return, the one that has been present in III, IV, SA, you know, the one with areas blocked until you complete a part of the story. You won't be able to access LC and Carcer before you started the 90's campaign and you won't be able to access the San Andreas before you started the modern day campaign. Now to the caflight mechanics and weapons. I presume some of you may know the mechanics and weapons if you read a leak posted by one of the game testers (he tested just two areas - VC and Carcer). The weapons will change their design during the space between the three campaigns, and there will be many, MANY weapons. Three times the size of V. I wasn't told every single one, but weapons like the Glock, a chainsaw and flamethrower will be returning and some new weapons will be added, the only one I know is the MP5. The car mechanics will be very advanced. For example, a fuel system in a car will be present (similiar to the one used in Mafia II Definitive Edition) and every single vehicle will have more or less fuel, if you steal a car from a pedestrian it will have a random amount of fuel, and if you break into one it might not even have any. The handling is completely reworked and was done with Hangar 13 who have done Mafia III's handling which is in my opinion the best vehicle handling in a game currently. That's all I know to this. And to the flight mechanics will feature a simulation mode and a regular mode. Didn't ask for details on this, but probably a FS2020 style flying and the GTA V style flying. Entering the physics and features. The same ragdoll system used in RDR2 optimized to fit the modern world, object destruction is going to be introduced (yes, you will be able to destroy buildings and this will have major consequences in the game's world, some of them will be very hard to destroy, some of them very easy and some of them won't be destructable at all, I'll tell later but you probably know by now) which will be very present in the ghettos of Carcer City. You will be able to put corpses and alive pedestrians in your trunk, and now murders will have effects. Remember the feature used in Online, that when you steal a car a guy messages you "You stole my fucking car, now you will pay!" type of message? Yeah, this was a test for GTA VI feature. When you murder someone, there is a possibility that some pedestrian will try to kill you for retaliation, or do some harm to your operation. Depends on the importance of the person you will kill (don't know how this system works, but possibly if you kill a gang member you will get drive-by'd or if you kill some random guy a friend of his will try to murder you) and the location and time. The wanted system is reworked, with six stars returning and the six star response is the military. Also, the police's reaction will depend on the city you will be in and the crime you will commit. And the same system that was featured in Mafia III or Watch Dogs that the you have to be snitched on for the cops to appear will be introduced. Interactions will return from RDR2 but more advanced, and for the first time ever a reputation system. I don't know about it that much, nor my friend does, but basically something like this - if you will make a name for yourself in the city the cops will recognize you and peds will fear you. Gunshot wounds and stab wounds will have effect on the player's movement and other, like if you get shot multiple times you won't be able to hold a heavy gun due to your injuries, and a bleeding system is present. And the same thing that was in GTA V with bruises being left after you die will be again present, but this time scars will be introduced. You can literally get a Tony Montana style scar on your face if you get slashed across it very heavily. Business missions will be present, for example, you will have to deliver cocaine from Vice to Bolivia by airplane, something that was tested in the second Trevor mission in V, or you have to reclaim a hood from the rival gang like in SA, but more advanced (I'm getting too ahead of myself). That's all I can recall on this topic. Oh, and the casino system in LV will be heavily present, it was tested in the GTA Online update, almost forgot about it. The soundtrack will be the best in the history of gaming, and I'm serious about it. One of the points behind having two decades is the soundtrack. I don't know about all songs that are in the game, but I know that artists like The Notorious B.I.G., Eminem, Michael Jackson, 2Pac, Hall & Oates, Nas, Nirvana, Metallica, XXXTentacion and Bob Marley are featured. They spent a lot of money to get them in the game. Now, to the cities look and feel. I will keep it short and simple. Everything from 80's Miami will be present in Vice City, if you watched Miami Vice and Scarface you know, modern day VC will look basically the same way modern day Miami does. 90's Liberty will look like 90's New York present in Above the Rim and Juice however with some new features, and the East-West rap beef will be taking place during this time so expect a lot of references to that. The World Trade Center will be featured, however this was a very, very difficult task and R had to pay major bucks to get it. And finally, modern day San Andreas won't also really differ from the real life counterpart, and some new buildings and areas will be added to Los Santos. Online was basically the thing that Schreier leaked. It will be first set in Los Santos and will eventually feature every city. It has been almost made into a full-blown MMO, DLC ideas already there. There will be an option of getting your V Online protagonist to VI, just like when V for next-gens was released. That is all I know on that, because I really don't care about the Online mode and I didn't ask that much. And the final part, the characters and campaign. I'll start with saying who is Jorge Consejo playing, since he already revealed in his CV that he is featured. The answer is a young Martin Madrazo, who will be one of the protagonist's allies. We will also see a young Roman Bellic moving into LC and a young Dwayne Forge before he got locked up who will be one of the protagonist's allies and a very young Playboy X. We will have references to Niko Bellic (he would appear, but Michael Hollick and Rockstar don't really like eachother now), and Michael, Franklin, Trevor and Lamar will make appearances. That's everyone I know that is returning. As for the new characters, there is a lot of them inspired by Scarface and Narcos for the 1980's campaign, Juice and Above the Rim provided a lot of inspiration for the 1996 campaign and I'm pretty sure there will be a character inspired by 2Pac's Bishop. The campaign is like the three eras of GTA. The 80's campaign will be basically about destruction, mayhem, making money and a name for yourself just like in the 2D era games. The 1996 campaign will be like the 3D era one, going from a nobody to one of the biggest criminals in the country and the modern day campaign will be a mix of both, just like the GTA V one. The missions will be 60 each for one campaign, so all added up the game will feature around 180 missions, which is beating GTA: SA's longest campaign in GTA by over 80 missions. I can't even imagine how long the game will take, including random events and the upgraded Strangers & Freaks missions. The protagonists will be heavily inspired by their time periods cultures. We will have a colombian immigrant moving into Vice City with his friend to escape jail in Colombia, a North Holland gangbanger who wants to do something more then living the gang life, but at the same time wants to dominate the city (a mix of both CJ and Franklin) and a man in his late teenage years who wants to get into the criminal life with his friend, after hearing stories and watching movies, you know the type. Also, the protagonists from the two previous campaigns will return in the modern day one, but as older versions of themselves, however there won't be a switch option between them. Oh, and the release date. Currently, the release date is Spring 2021 with a possible delay to Autumn 2021. Sony is currently battling for the game to be a PS5 exclusive for one month and the PC port is set towards Spring/Summer 2022. They want to release the trailer in October 2020, and a week before that they will show the logo which is done for about two years. That's all I know. Now like I said, there is a chance my friend was lying, and all I told you is fake, so take it with a huge grain of salt. However, if it is really true, then just in case I will delete this post in two days, because of legal action. And if I won't do it, then probably someone from Rockstar will take it down.

If you haven't had time to listen to seven hours of podcast interviews, or you didn't retain everything you heard, here are some key points. I didn't think to do this until just now, so I'll be posting it as a work in progress and updating it throughout the afternoon. That way more people will have a chance to read up before the premiere.
Karishma Patel, 37, Personal Injury Trial Lawyer, Houston, TX -First generation Indian-American Her mom was as a legal assistant, and got her a filing job at her law firm when she was 14. "I didn't have other options. I was basically told I was going to be a lawyer and I didn't disagree."She has watched every season and regularly listens to RHAP. She sits close to the TV to study the inflections on people's faces when something is said to them, so that she can think about what that means. But, her parents and husband don't share her enthusiasm for the show. Asked if it's her dark pleasure she says, "It is completely bright. It is a beautiful pleasure of mine, but it is mine and mine only. I haven't been able to find people to share it with." -Doing the show has caused her conflict. "Not only is it not expected, it's not allowed. It's kind of like being a disobedient Indian girl. You're not supposed to be doing this. What you're supposed to be doing is having babies. But I don't care. I'm a risk taker. I'm here to prove to myself that I don't need to listen to anybody else. I don't need permission from anybody else. This is my journey and I'm going to take it. I hope that people watching out there can see that an Indian woman's value does not come from doing what she's told." -She doesn't currently have children, and she says she has some decisions to make as she enters a crossroads and the next stage of her life. -Her law firm told her they'll replace her if they're able to find someone, and she can have her job back if they don't. "I didn't flinch." -Her strategy is to be non-threatening and play a social game. She doesn't look 37, and she wants to use that youthfulness to be disarming. She wants to build relationships other people believe in. She defines success by other people vouching for her loyalty when they go off and have private conversations with one another. "That means I got 'em, because it's actually the other way around." Asked if she wants to find someone she can trust, "I'm not going to be capable of it. I'm too skeptical for that. I overthink things, so I'm not going to be able to trust somebody the way I want to be trusted... If I do, that's the end of my game."
My take: Oh my God. Poor Karishma. Her story hurts my heart. She reminds me so much of myself in her isolation, her defiance and her deep feelings. I worry that her fear of trusting people could get in the way of her forming genuine bonds. But, there's nothing she can do. Society has made her the way she is. I hope she gets a lot of screen time so she can be a star of her favorite show.
Missy Byrd, 24, Military Veteran/App Developer, Tacoma, Washington -Originally from Georgia. Her family was 'decently poor.' She played basketball for the Air Force Academy because she thought it was her ticket out. -She had a brain tumor. She stopped menstruating for a year and two quarters. "I'm not dating anyone but I have breast milk. I'm a literal cow... I would look down and my shirt would be wet, and I thought, 'Dang you're clumsy. I knew you were clumsy, but you're clumsier today than you were yesterday. But it was - it was - uhh - milk." She had crying fits. She developed a stutter and couldn't look at people. Doctors told her she was just stressed. When her dad died she couldn't process emotions normally. She was about to go to the French version of the Air Force Academy, École de l'air, after graduation but because of her mental instability she was removed from school. The military shipped her to the same Air Force base as Sandra (Fort Lewis.) "I don't want to be there. Super sad. Check into the post office - fuck this. Check into the dorms - hate that." The doctor there found the tumor. She got an MRI and all weekend she believed she might have cancer. Over the next year and a half she eliminated the tumor and the symptoms using vitamins. She enlisted and worked logistics. -She made a list of the things she wanted to do now that she was going to live. "The first thing was go see Beyonce. Beyonce costs way too much money for a normal person to go see, but if you've just almost had a near death experience you go see Beyonce, bro!" She was feet away. She drove across the country. She tried weed. -She had an idea for an app, but didn't even have the computer literacy to use social media. She found a veteran's association and asked if she could intern. "They said, 'No, you should build this out yourself. We want to work for you.' I said, 'No, the fuck you don't. Okay, lemme call my grandma.'" She wrote a grant proposal and won a $1,500 office space in the center of Seattle. "Just to do whatever I want. It was like a laboratory for a child. I had Play-Dough up there. I had a white board... Just mind blowing shit when I could have been dead." -She'd seen every episode of Survivor at least three times. She started watching because her Air Force Academy basketball team was getting decimated, and she related to Foa Foa getting decimated in Survivor: Samoa. She added the show to her list. Josh suggests, "The bugs are eating you because they want some of that magic." -She isn't going to tell people her story until she's in the Final 3. "That's that Final 3 magic." She doesn't want to overly rely on strategy. She doesn't want to win individual challenges. She to build a social game and find ways to relate to everyone.
My take: She's so full of exuberance. There's not a negative bone in her body right now. She's too young and her life experience is too necessarily limited to talk around three years of her life. If she shares her story, the beauty of her perspective will cause everyone to fall in love with her and want her to do well. If she doesn't, people will sense that she's hiding a lot. I think she'll figure that out and course correct within the first day. Since she was at the same Air Force base as Sandra and she was a massive fan, does that suggest she knows her?
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Ronnie Bardah, 35, Professional Poker Player, Henderson, Nevada-Born and raised in Brockton, Massachusetts, 20 minutes south of Boston. They were the only Israeli family in town. 50% of the people in Brockton were from Cape Verde, and he considers himself an "honorary Cape Verdian." A couple of his friends were shot and killed at a young age. -He was a good kid and had a good heart, but he was always hustling. In Junior High he was flipping Oatmeal Cakes and Fudge Rounds for a profit. Slinging baseball cards. Both his parents gambled. They were always at the dog tracks or Mohegan Sun. He had his friend make him a fake ID and got stuck with the name Alaja Jones. He went by Al and started playing the casinos. Quit his job at Sears Automotive to play poker full time.-He played Atlantic City, Vegas, then internationally. He had his first big score in 2010 when he took 24th place in the main event for $320,000. Got to keep $150,000 after taxes. "Poker's a hard way to make an easy living. Lots of people try. We risk every day. You have to get to a point when you can manage your bankroll and I've never gone broke in the 16 years I've played." -In one of the most viewed poker hands of all time, he was bluffed out of a million dollar pot by a supermodel on a poker TV show filmed in Monaco. "She made a sick play. She had no idea what she was doing but all the stars were aligned."-He watched Borneo when it aired and got back into it when fellow poker player Anna Khait was on. He calls Jean-Robert, "kinda a lazy guy...He's really good at befriending multi-millionaires." "Anna Khait... is probably the least poker player out of all of us. She played for a couple years." "And then Garrett - He's a very, very smart, smart kid... Self-made millionaire. One of the very, very few." -He only drank water for 7.5 days and lost 25 pounds for his health and to get an idea of the conditions of the show. He thinks he'll thrive in the survival situation. "People like being around me. I like to fucking bust balls and joke." He thinks old school alliances are a good plan, but you have to adapt. He says that like in poker, Survivor players can have every advantage, but they have to really smell it. -He wants Vince out. "There's an Asian Zeke in there. What value does he bring besides ruining people and getting in people's heads? He's a liability in challenges. He looks like a little corn puff. We gotta get him outta here. Sorry to sound so mean but it's the truth."
My take: Ruuuuude. He has no way of knowing how other people on the cast are talking in their interviews, and may assume the trash talk is standard. If he were playing on some seasons it would be. But, in this particular season it sets him apart in an unflattering way, and it seems a part of the tough persona he's built up to escape a scary situation growing up and enter a fantasy career. We'll see whether his tribe thinks he's a straight talking character or a jerk.
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Tom Laidlaw, Former NHL Player, Brampton, Ontario, Canada -He was with the New York Rangers for 7 years and the LA Kings for 4. Now he has his own podcast, True Grit Life (truegritlife.com). Does it with a friend, Kevin Allen, who writes for USA Today. Does motivational speaking. -Growing up on a dairy farm outside Toronto there was a pond to water the cows. It froze over in the winters and he'd play hockey because there wasn't much else to do. Went to Northern Michigan University - four year hockey captain, ranked #1 team in the country. Drafted as a 20 year old. "My buddy had a horse farm. We were cleaning horse shit out of the stalls. There were no cell phones back then. This is 1978. My father got a call at our farm house from the New York Rangers at the draft. Back then nobody went to the draft - it was just teams. They said I'd been drafted in the sixth round. He calls the farm house where I'm working. They bring me up. He says, 'Son, you've been drafted by the Rangers.' I said, 'Great. What do I do now?' He says, 'Finish cleaning the shit out of the stalls.'" -When he played intimidation and fighting was strategy. There were guys tougher than him, but he could fight and he could also play. Problem was, he fought a guy once, and from then on the guy wanted to fight him over and over. -Jerry Bruckheimer, big hockey fan, called the NHL and wanted to get some players on the Amazing Race. Tom had kept himself in shape, he had his passport. They ended up asking him about Survivor. He'd watched it before but not for a while. He wasn't so sure he wanted to play a game where you hurt other people, but friends helped him get his head around it. He was very impressed by Christian's toughness in the endurance challenge. To prepare for the show he studied how he reacted to different situations, how to control his heart heart, etc. He wants the mental challenge.
My take: Tom really ticked me off when he spoiled a couple of outcomes of this season. That's a betrayal of the producers, his cast and the viewers. But, if that hadn't happened I would like him. He's an easy-going, charming guy. His life experiences are a bit different than anyone else who's been on the show, which is what you want.
Vince Moua, 27, Admissions Counselor, Merced, CA -His family is Hmong. His parents lived in Vietnam in the destruction left by the war - dead bodies, guns, people who wanted to kill them. They went to refugee camps in Thailand. Then his dad became a Montana farm hand. He met Vince's mom in the US, but she came from the same place. -Vince is from small town Merced, California - the 209. Few people he knew went anywhere but the UC system and community college. He went to Stanford, one of only 7-10 Hmong. He realized the significance someone can bring to people from the same community. He tried to be pre-med but realized "no, not today." The issues of access he cared about came well before people got to the hospital. He ended up going with education. His mom was a teacher, "But when I was growing up she said, 'Yo, if you become a teacher Imma disown yo ass.' To all of us. But, that's always kinda been my jam." -He lived in South Korea for five years. He taught English in a town. Then in Seoul ahed worked with low and middle income students who wanted to study outside of Korea. -He's a Survivor superfan, who even mentions on his Tinder account that he plans to be on Survivor. His parents were worried about him doing TV because he's not out as gay to his extended family. He comes from a clan where his dad is the "top dog" and Vince is "the next top dog." In the Asian American/Pacific Islander community when you come out, it's your family who faces - in a sense - dishonor. For a long time he distanced himself from his family, hoping they'd all be less hurt if they found out and disowned him. He always tried to find friends who would be there for him should his parents not be. A year ago his mom asked him rhetorically if he was gay. "I was try'n to go around it. I was like, 'Gurl, you don't wanna know! Yo ass keeps asking!' But she kept asking, asking. So finally I told her 'Yeah, I am!' and she was crying. My dad was like, 'Oh, my son!'" But, Vince is fine with who he is and wants to show kids like him that "let's hope that it gets better." Now his parents just want him to win. -He'd like to play an old school strategy but "I'm not afraid to cut a bitch." With the tribe he's going to be Homeboy Vince from the 209, but when he talks to the camera he's going to tell people "Don't underestimate your narratives." This past year with Crazy Rich Asians, he wants people to know that there are some Crazy Hood Ass Asians.
My take: What a character. Vince has a clear point of view - Hmong, blue collar, gay - which is unique to him in Survivor lore. Even though double minorities have sometimes had trouble fitting in socially on Survivor I think somehow he's going to pull it off. As unlikely as this sounds I could even see him being a Cochran-esque winner.
Aaron Meredith, 36, Personal Trainer, Warwick, Rhode Island -He's very keyed up at Ponderosa. Rambling so fast it sounds like you're listening to 1.5x. He's read four books so far - Relentless by Tim Grover, Can't Hurt Me by Dave Goggins, Iron Cowboy by James Lawrence, Harry Potter. -He was an engineer at a building insulation plant. He was miserable, too antsy sitting at a desk. Couldn't focus. So, he drove up and down the East Coast popping kettle corn - from Maine to Florida - traveling with carnies. Bartended for a while. He'd played college football and baseball, lifted since high school, and he and his friends wanted to get "huge and jacked and ripped." The owner of the gym suggested he become a personal trainer. He ended up working mostly with middle aged women and it taught him empathy. Now he owns two women's-only fitness studios. He puts supportive women around one another and offers them the positivity to seek self-growth. -He's also a party boat emcee. Lights, DJ, bar, drinks. He's an extremely social person. -He'd first applied at 23 - 6 or 7 times over the years. He was in the mix for Cook Islands and David vs. Goliath. -He's been married 7 years and has a 5 year old son. His son is a huge fan of Survivor. Libby Vincek is his favorite player. Kara Kay was his next favorite. Aaron is already sure Molly will be his son's favorite. "He has a type. He He likes the attractive blondes. He says, 'I like them because they have a nice face.' I like mommy because she has a nice face too." The boy was very concerned about his dad going on the show. He said, "Dad, I don't want anyone to laugh at you and make fun of you." Aaron said he wanted to win. His son said, "But you might not win." When they watch the show he'll always ask, "Do they like him? Do they like her?" If Aaron is portrayed in a negative light he'll have to sit down with his son and talk. He doesn't want to play a deceitful game, but he will, because he doesn't care how he's portrayed.
My take: His story about his son is one of my favorites from all these interviews. I hope he gets to work with Molly. His adrenaline is too high. I hope he calms down a lot when the game starts. But, someone so social and sweet hearted who can win challenges and take themselves to the end has got to be a contender to win.
Chelsea Walker, 27, Digital Content Editor, Los Angeles, CA -Chelsea just took the cast photo and they put her in the third spot from the bottom, a good omen because a weird number of winners have been in that position. "Your girl's number three. I got this!" -She's a Jersey girl. She went to the University of Maryland. "I didn't do Survivor: Maryland or anything." She studied Broadcast Journalism. She knew the generic emails for NBC Universal and emailed random people until someone replied. Now she's been in LA a year. She did coverage of award shows. Now she works at IMDB, where she helps Kevin Smith with his show. She just interviewed people at SXSW. -She's been watching Survivor since she was 8. She's cried in every interview because this means so much to her. She's trying to explain that at the point she starts crying again. "It's been such a dream of mine and To be told no year after year after year - these past six years have been a total mindfuck. I've basically been called every single year. I've been to finals three times. Survivor is my one true love, but the one year they didn't call me I got really pissed off so I tried out for Big Brother. I ended up becoming the alternate and got my key being filmed and all of that crap. But I don't like that show anyway." -In September 2017 she was at a WeHo bar for her friend's birthday when, "Oh shit that's Jeff Probst." Her girlfriends all know she's obsessed, so she pulled the waiter over and asked what that guy was drinking. So, Chelsea sent another one over. "I told my friends, 'Take my credit card. Split the bill, because I can't come back after I do this. As soon as the waiter drops off the drink I'm like, 'Jeff, this one's on me. You can buy me the next one at finals.' And I just walked out of the restaurant... That was a big move!" They didn't call her again that year, but Jeff still remembered when they talked this year. -She's been working out at four different gyms - weights, pilates, yoga. Push ups. Memorized puzzles. Reading How to Win Friends and Influence People, which she keeps in.a Bible sleeve so people will think she's religious. She also carries Harry Potter because she would trust someone who read HP. She wants to keep it cool. Make one on one connections. Eventually find idols - and not tell anyone she has one - and make calculated moves. "I don't want to be a Jacob. No offense."
My take: Hearing this girl cry from joy because she's so happy to be on the show makes me emotional. She's a real go getter. I wish I were that damn fearless. Truly, I wish I were more like her. I hope her pure zest for life comes across on TV and she doesn't get stuck with a purple edit just because of her age and gender. I also hope no one decides to get threatened by her as a competitive girl and vote her off premerge. I think she'll go far. Hope so.
Dean Kowalski, 28, Account Executive, New York, New York -Referring to himself in the third person, "Dean is 28 years old. As we mentioned, he lives in New York and he prides himself on being a well rounded person when it comes to interests, abilities, personalities... If I'm listening to Drake and Lil Wayne, I gotta go home and cry to This Is Us.. I can play basketball but also think about our place in the universe." He likes to tag basketball courts with a peace symbol with a ball on it which he makes using a stencil. -He structures most of his interview with Josh around an Outwit, Outplay, Outlast format, explaining why he excels at each. -He grew up in an affluent suburb. His dream was to play in the NBA. He was 5"9 3/4, so he set his eyes on college basketball as a realistic alternative. In order to get looks from colleges he went to a school 30 minutes away - top five in the country, Nike would fly them around for games and give them free Jordan sneakers. He was one of only 4 white guys in the whole school and the only one on the team. He played with Kyrie Irving, the #1 overall draft pick. "My friend said you look like the Make a Wish Kid who just wants to be on the team for a day." He played at Colombia University, where he was co-captain his senior year despite averaging two minutes a game. He became a teacher, then did sales for a tech startup in New York. He now sells ads for Google. -He's a fan, but far from a superfan. He started watching Brenda's season. (He thinks it was Nicaragua, but it was actually Carmoan.) He works with a superfan who freaked out when they had a meeting at H&R Block with Carolyn Rivera and they went out to Bourbon Street with her. He kept watching for five years and thought he could do well. He hates when people are all talk, so he sent in a tape. For the video he interviewed random strangers on the street, who had never met him or seen the show, and asked them, "Why am I going to win it?" A barber, a construction worker. He's going to tell people he's in marketing, not sales - people have sales.
My take: I'm just not that into him.
Elaine Stott, 41, Factory Worker, Rockholds, NY -When Josh asks her not to touch the table she asks him, "You seen that Bart Simpson commercial, right? Don't touch my Butterfinger? I'm already hungry thinking about it." -"I had a pretty rough way to go growing up." Her single dad raised her and her three brothers. She was the youngest. "I was raised like one of the boys. Know what I mean? Daddy didn't know how to raise no little girl." He worked 16-17 hour days. The kids raised themselves. "When little children make their own decisions, they make poor ones." She was a hellion. -She's originally from Woodbine, Kentucky, Nick Wilson's hometown. Her god sister went to school with him and she knows him through the grapevine. "We rode on different sides of the track. 20 years ago he coulda been my lawyer, because I was on the other side of the law. I'm not bad. I've just done some things." Public intoxication several times. "I come from a dry county. It's like Footloose. We cross the state line to get a beer and when you come back you're in trouble." She stole a newspaper stand once and had to do community service. "I was a little bit mean." -She went to live with her grandpa and cleaned her act up, by which she means that she started smoking a little weed and playing sports - basketball, softball, track. She played softball and judo in college. "I couldn't do nothing real technical. We had Brazilians on the team who could do flying arm bars. But if I got these claws on you and got ya on the ground I'd waller you to death." In casting she put this guy Will in an armbar. She was gonna choke him but didn't know if she should. -When she graduated, her girlfriend was a college Freshman so she went to all the same parties and ballgames for four years. Then she realized she needed a job. Now she drives a Ford truck for a factory. She's been there 15 years. She works 12 hours, 7 days a week. -Growing up her mom "was always in my life in some sense. She'd never miss a birthday. She'd be homeless, but she'd still call." Elaine and her brothers bought her cars, and places to live, and got her jobs. "In a sense I've been mourning the loss of my mom my whole life." Once Elaine was homeless herself and there was snow on the ground. It was cold, and her teacher took her in. Gave her Christmas presents. Made her go to prom. Survivor was a thing they shared, and the teacher was gonna be Elaine's loved one. But within a one year period the woman lost her daughter, her husband, her dog and then had a stroke. Now "she walks like Frankenstein" and can't go. Elaine got Probst to talk to her, and she can't wait to watch. In October Elaine's biological mom went into a coma. She was on life support, but Elaine wouldn't unplug her. Her mom came out of it and seemed to be doing a lot better only to die very suddenly of a heart attack. -Her girlfriend and her girlfriend's two sons are gonna be watching. The 18 year old doesn't know because he can't keep a secret. The 13 year old helped her lose 20 pounds doing crossfit to come out here. She wants the money, but she really wants "some of that soul searching, that life adventure, that life changing - some of that. You know what I mean? Gimme some of that soup! Lemme eat some of that up! I want this show to build me up, because I feel like it can. I sure hope to hell it don't tear me down."
My take: About 12 sobbing emojis in a row. She's my favorite. If she gets voted out premerge I'm going to go into mourning. And how can you not sort of expect that? I am going to be so upset if they just dismiss her because she's older and looks out of shape and sounds country. If that happens, I want another Second Chance season next year.
Elizabeth Biesel, 26, Olympic swimmer, South Kingstown, Rhode Island -Josh says that Elizabeth was outright identified by one of the other contestants because they'd been watching YouTube videos about how to be a better swimmer. Others guessed she was an Olympian based on her rings tattoo. -She's from the Ocean State. They lived a block away from the beach, so they wanted her to take swimming lessons. She was a rambunctious child and swimming was the only way they could calm her energy. She started breaking records when she was 7 or 8. When she was 13 she made her first national team. At 15 she went to the Olympics. She got good early. Women peak around 22-23, and she ended her career at 24. You couldn't make much money doing it. She swam one of the longer, more grueling races, and her body said "no more." She listened to her body and retired. Some athletes lose their love for swimming because they're embittered by losing by 1/100th of a second, or they leave injured. She left on a good note. Still, if she could swim competitively for the rest of her life, she would. Now she doesn't know who she is or what she's going to do with the rest of her life. Every hour of the day used to have a purpose. Now her days are wide open. She can't keep eating 5,000 calories a day. "It's sort of like I'm mourning the death of Elizabeth Biesel the swimmer." -She was a Survivor fan as a kid because Richard Hatch was from Rhode Island. In her area "Every single household that had a television set was watching Survivor." When they asked her if she'd do the show, she felt pure joy. She said absolutely right away. She's excited about the competition of Survivor. No heated Olympic pools. You're stripped down to your core. She's amazed by the scope of the production apparatus. She's not a schemer. She wants to be a challenge beast - not the best woman but the best overall. She'd love to have a Wendell and Dom relationship with another woman. But, she wants to avoid the drama as long as she can.
My take: Could Chelsea be Wendell to her Dom? She's so wholesome. She's just so "Olympics." I love her and everything she represents. I'd love to see her rocket through the swimming competitions, lapping everyone else. Go Elizabeth.