History Characters / TheAmazingRaceCanada2

[-United States original: [[Characters/TheAmazingRace1 1]] | [[Characters/TheAmazingRace2 2]] | [[Characters/TheAmazingRace3 3]] | [[Characters/TheAmazingRace4 4]] | [[Characters/TheAmazingRace5 5]] | [[Characters/TheAmazingRace6 6]] | [[Characters/TheAmazingRace7 7]] | [[Characters/TheAmazingRaceFamilyEdition 8: Family Edition]] | [[Characters/TheAmazingRace9 9]] | [[Characters/TheAmazingRace10 10]] | [[Characters/TheAmazingRaceAllStars2007 11: All-Stars]] | [[Characters/TheAmazingRace12 12]] | [[Characters/TheAmazingRace13 13]] | [[Characters/TheAmazingRace14 14]] | [[Characters/TheAmazingRace15 15]] | [[Characters/TheAmazingRace16 16]] | [[Characters/TheAmazingRace17 17]] | [[Characters/TheAmazingRaceUnfinishedBusiness 18: Unfinished Business]] | [[Characters/TheAmazingRace19 19]] | [[Characters/TheAmazingRace20 20]] | [[Characters/TheAmazingRace21 21]] | [[Characters/TheAmazingRace22 22]] | [[Characters/TheAmazingRace23 23]] | [[Characters/TheAmazingRaceAllStars2014 24: All-Stars]] | [[Characters/TheAmazingRace25 25]] | [[Characters/TheAmazingRace26 26]] | [[Characters/TheAmazingRace27 27]] | [[Characters/TheAmazingRace28 28]] | [[Characters/TheAmazingRace29 29]] | [[Characters/TheAmazingRace30 30]] | [[Characters/TheAmazingRace31 31: Reality Showdown]] | [[Characters/TheAmazingRace32 32]] | [[Characters/TheAmazingRace33 33]] | [[Characters/TheAmazingRace34 34]]\\

''Australia'': [[Characters/TheAmazingRaceAustralia1 1]] | [[Characters/TheAmazingRaceAustralia2 2]] | [[Characters/TheAmazingRaceAustraliaVNewZealand 3: Australia v New Zealand]] | [[Characters/TheAmazingRaceAustralia4 4]] | [[Characters/TheAmazingRaceAustralia5 5]] | [[Characters/TheAmazingRaceAustralia6 6: Around the World]]\\
''Canada'': [[Characters/TheAmazingRaceCanada1 1]] | '''2''' | [[Characters/TheAmazingRaceCanada3 3]] | [[Characters/TheAmazingRaceCanada4 4]] | [[Characters/TheAmazingRaceCanada5 5]] | [[Characters/TheAmazingRaceCanada6 6: Heroes Edition]] | [[Characters/TheAmazingRaceCanada7 7]] | [[Characters/TheAmazingRaceCanada8 8]]-]]]]]

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After the first season of ''The Amazing Race Canada'' proved to be such a ratings hit, CTV immediately renewed it for a second season. It aired in the following summer, in the wake of Characters/TheAmazingRace24, and airing almost concurrently with Characters/TheAmazingRaceAustraliaVNewZealand. Unlike the first season, it traveled outside of Canada, though only for two legs each in China and France, and expanded from nine teams to eleven, and ten legs to 12.

After the first season of ''The Amazing Race Canada'' proved to be such a ratings hit, CTV immediately renewed it for a second season. It aired in the following summer, in the wake of [[TheAmazingRace24 the second All-Stars]], and airing almost concurrently with Characters/TheAmazingRaceAustraliaVNewZealand. Unlike the first season, it traveled outside of Canada, though only for two legs each in China and France, and expanded from nine teams to eleven, and ten legs to 12.

* NeverLiveItDown: [[InUniverse Pete himself said he would never be able to show his face again]] after his horrible shooting performance at the Biathlon Roadblock.

* EpicFail[=/=]NeverLiveItDown: As they were well established as hockey players, they expected themselves to breeze through the Hockey Detour in Leg 6. They easily made the first four shots, but had trouble getting the puck in the 5-hole, to the point that they needed 57 shots (4 shots for the first four targets, and 53 shots to hit the 5-hole), more than any other team, including Sukhi & Jinder (who couldn't even stand on their skates, but only needed 39 shots). [[BeatThemAtTheirOwnGame Pierre & Michel and Mickey & Pete ended up passing them as a result.]] [[{{InUniverse}} They mentioned how embarassing this was for them multiple times.]][[note]]Shawn speculated in an "After the Race" episode that their experience may have worked against them, causing them to over-think their shot. Also, Meaghan's injured hand may have come into play here as most of her shots looked flimsy at best.[[/note]]

** NeverLiveItDown: Jinder [[{{InUniverse}} said these exact words during the "After The Race" segment regarding the Fast Forward]]. To rub this in even further, the host presented Sukhi & Jinder a frame with one of the drawings that were done, fortunately with some of the bits smudged over.

* NeverLiveItDown: During the Dancing Detour in the fourth leg, [[{{InUniverse}} Rex commented how his fellow ballet dancers would make fun of him for not getting it right on their first attempt.]]

* OldShame: [[{{InUniverse Mickey expressed this]] about him taking cosmetology in high school, which he did in order to take machine shop.

* NeverLiveItDown: [[{{In-Universe}} Pete himself said he would never be able to show his face again]] after his horrible shooting performance at the Biathlon Roadblock.

* OldShame: [[{{In-Universe}} Mickey expressed this]] about him taking cosmetology in high school, which he did in order to take machine shop.

* EpicFail[=/=]NeverLiveItDown: As they were well established as hockey players, they expected themselves to breeze through the Hockey Detour in Leg 6. They easily made the first four shots, but had trouble getting the puck in the 5-hole, to the point that they needed 57 shots (4 shots for the first four targets, and 53 shots to hit the 5-hole), more than any other team, including Sukhi & Jinder (who couldn't even stand on their skates, but only needed 39 shots). [[BeatThemAtTheirOwnGame Pierre & Michel and Mickey & Pete ended up passing them as a result.]] [[{{In-Universe}} They mentioned how embarassing this was for them multiple times.]][[note]]Shawn speculated in an "After the Race" episode that their experience may have worked against them, causing them to over-think their shot. Also, Meaghan's injured hand may have come into play here as most of her shots looked flimsy at best.[[/note]]

* EliminationHoudini: [[{{In-Universe}} Jon called it "miraculous" that they had made it to the finale after all their struggles.]]

** NeverLiveItDown: Jinder [[{{In-Universe}} said these exact words during the "After The Race" segment regarding the Fast Forward]]. To rub this in even further, the host presented Sukhi & Jinder a frame with one of the drawings that were done, fortunately with some of the bits smudged over.

* {{Squick}}: [[{{In-Universe}} Their reaction]] to modeling nude together to win the Fast Forward, being siblings and all.

* ParanoiaFuel: [[{{In-Universe}} After Alain finished the shooting Roadblock in one try,]] Audrey asked Alain to remind her to never let him buy a gun.

* NeverLiveItDown: During the Dancing Detour in the fourth leg, [[{{In-Universe}} Rex commented how his fellow ballet dancers would make fun of him for not getting it right on their first attempt.]]

** However, as was revealed later, there was an unaired U-Turn present. Considering everyone was gunning for them to be U-Turned at that point, it was likely that the real reason for using the Express Pass was to avoid the U-Turn, which would then make it GenreSavvy. As was revealed by spoiler photos, they were U-Turned by Rex & Bob at that mat (as well as Sukhi & Jinder getting U-Turned by Alain & Audrey), which was wasted due to their usage of the Express Pass.

* GenreSavvy:
** Seeing that Natalie & Meaghan and Sukhi & Jinder were at the Hockey Detour, they correctly surmised that no one had taken the Fast Forward and they decided to go for it. However, the difficulty of the task, combined with Michel using the Express Pass to bypass the Roadblock in that leg meant that they finished second during the leg.
** After failing at the Mentos Roadblock a couple of times, and unable to pick out her own mistakes after staring at her piece for so long, Audrey noticed that she did see a couple of Pete's mistakes. She suggested to Pete that they point out each other's mistakes to get ahead of the struggling Michel and Rob.

* GenreSavvy: They were able to jump ahead of the other teams in Hong Kong, as they were the only team to research that they would need to catch a blue cab at the airport.

* HeyItsThatGuy: [[{{In-Universe}} In the third leg, a tourist recognized Rex Harrington, from his dancing career]].

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After the first season of ''The Amazing Race Canada'' proved to be such a ratings hit, CTV immediately renewd it for a second season. It aired in the following summer, in the wake of [[TheAmazingRace24 the second All-Stars]], and airing almost concurrently with Characters/TheAmazingRaceAustraliaVNewZealand. Unlike the first season, it traveled outside of Canada, though only for two legs each in China and France, and expanded from nine teams to eleven, and ten legs to 12.

* HeyItsThatGuy: [[{{In-Universe}} While in Hong Kong, a tourist from Toronto recognized Rex.]]

Compared to the [[Characters/TheAmazingRaceCanada1 previous season]], the biggest improvement was the cast, which featured a wider variety of interesting teams[[note]]whereas the first season relied heavily on Jet & Dave to provide entertainment[[/note]], including several teams that could be considered outright villains, something the first season lacked. While course design was also considered to be an improvement (featuring a wider variety of tough mental challenges, and travel outside of the country for the first time, while not sacrificing any of the difficulty that had made the first season's course so interesting), there were areas in which Detour choices were not always equal, with one almost always being noticeably easier than the other, and the finale featured two luck tasks along with two tasks that usually heavily favor all-male teams. Also, the course was far too forgiving on teams who made huge mistakes, with teams easily making up hours of time deficits on multiple occasions[[note]]RubberbandAI helping two teams who stumbled hours behind the others to catch up almost immediately (with one team being saved this way ''twice''), and a poorly placed Non-Elimination point, after a Fast Forward, allowed the team who went for and failed to survive anyway, negating the risk of the Fast Forward[[/note]]. The level of competition was disappointingly low, as one team consistently smoked the other teams to win more than half the legs, while the other teams were all largely average or inconsistent[[note]]said team had nine top two finishes, only one other team even managed four, and had a finishing average (1.83) almost two placement points better than the next best team (3.67)[[/note]]. Despite the season's overall rockiness, there were plenty of memorable moments. As well, the finale featured three likable teams, and with an unexpected end result, this season was considered to be more successful than the previous one.

Compared to the [[Characters/TheAmazingRaceCanada1 previous season]], the biggest improvement was the cast, which featured a wider variety of interesting teams[[note]]whereas the first season relied heavily on Jet & Dave to provide entertainment[[/note]], including several teams that could be considered outright villains, something the first season lacked. While course design was also considered to be an improvement (featuring a wider variety of tough mental challenges, and travel outside of the country for the first time, while not sacrificing any of the difficulty that had made the first season's course so interesting), there were areas in which Detour choices were not always equal, with one almost always being noticeably easier than the other, and the finale featured two luck tasks along with two tasks that usually heavily favor all-male teams. Also, the course was far too forgiving on teams who made huge mistakes, with teams easily making up hours of time deficits on multiple occasions[[note]]RubberbandAI helping two teams who stumbled hours behind the others to catch up almost immediately (with one team being saved this way ''twice''), and a poorly placed Non-Elimination point, after a Fast Forward, allowed the team who went for and failed to survive anyway, negating the risk of the Fast Forward[[/note]]. The level of competition was disappointingly low, as one team consistently smoked the other teams to win more than half the legs, while the other teams were all largely average or inconsistent[[note]]said team had nine top two finishes, only one other team even managed four, and had a finishing average (1.83) almost two placement points better than the next best team (3.67)[[/note]]. Despite the season's overall rockiness, the finale featured three likable teams, and with an unexpected end result, this season was considered to be more successful than the previous one.

* WhoIsThisGuyAgain: At the distilling Roadblock in leg 7, Sukhi asked Mickey if it was Pierre or Michel who was doing the Roadblock. Pete could not tell either.[[note]]It was Pierre[[/note]]

* BeatThemAtTheirOwnGame: They were the second team to finish the Hockey detour in Leg 6, just behind Pierre & Michel, and ahead of Olympic Hockey Players Natalie & Meaghan who started the Detour before them.