HaMerotz LaMillion 3

 is the third installment of the reality television show, HaMerotz LaMillion, the Israeli version of The Amazing Race. It will premiere on May 11, 2013 on Israeli television.

Ron Shahar returns to host for Season 3.

Teams

 * Main article: HaMerotz LaMillion 3 Teams

Results
The following teams participated in the Race, with their relationships at the time of filming. Placements are listed in finishing order:


 * Click on the icons in the column headings to re-sort the columns. An * indicates that the contestant appeared on more than one season.

Route

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Leg 1 -Israel

 * Starting Line:Haifa, Israel  (Port of Haifa) (Starting Line)
 * Ein Shemer
 * Caesarea (Caesarea Maritima)


 * Additional tasks
 * At the Port of Haifa, teams needed to retrieve their next clue from the top of a large shipping container, which included crossing a rope ladder from one container to another and then crossing a large gap. They would be provided with an assortment of items which they could use however they wanted to get to the top. These items included ladders, hooks, a yoga ball, and a key which, unbeknownst to teams, would unlock a door halfway up that contained an extra ladder. Teams could take as many items that they needed, although it may be difficult to transport certain items up with them.


 * In the Detour, teams had to choose between Eliezer and the Carrot and Babar Azar (Hebrew) . In Eliezer and the Carrot, teams must convince 20 passers-by to donate their clothes, which teams would tie into a rope that they could use to pull a giant carrot out of the ground. In Babar Azar, teams would have to deliver 12 sacks across a marked field. However, one team member would have to move on their knees behind the other, mimicking a train engine. Once the conductor is satisfied, he will flip a sign, signalling their success, and give them their clue.



Leg 2 - Israel

 * Yakum (Double-Battle)
 * Tel Aviv (Herods Hotel)
 * Latrun (Mini Israel)
 * Additional tasks


 * In the Double-Battle at Kibbutz Yakum, one team member from each team would be held in the air by a pulley, facing down. They would have to hold onto their partner in a bear hug and keep them in the air. The first person to drop their partner would lose.
 * After completing the Double-Battle, teams would find an informational flyer on the hood of their cars. They had to use these to decipher their next destination; the Herods Hotel.
 * At the Herods Hotel, teams were required to pay 100 Qirsh to gain entry. They had to figure out that this equaled 1 new shekel.
 * Upon entry of the hotel, teams must find Chana Rubina and listen to her recite a poem by Natan Alterman in old Hebrew and then listen to a record of one of his songs. They must use this song to figure out which suite to go to and tell a nearby man at a typewriter. If they guess the correct suite, they will go there and find an Alterman impersonator, who will direct them to the suite of Tel Aviv's first mayor, Meir Dizengoff. They would then sample some soup. They must then travel to the dining room, where they will find hundred bowls of soup. Using only their sense of taste, they must find the same soup that they sampled in the suite to get their next clue. However, teams would have to completely consume any bowl of soup they sampled.
 * Teams needed to search the models of Mini Israel to find a clue directing them to their first destination; Madrid, Spain.

Leg 3 -  Spain

 * Flight from Madrid, Israel  (Ben Gurion Airport) to Madrid, Spain (Madrid–Barajas Airport)
 * Moralzarzal (Matador Stadium near Plaza San Miguel Arcángel)
 * Madrid (Amor de Dios and Villa Rosa or Calle de Fuencarral shops)
 * Madrid (Calle de Ave Maria)
 * Madrid (Martinez's Vegetable Shop, Doctor Castelo Street)
 * Madrid (Fernán Núñez Palace)
 * Brunete (Plaza Mayor) (Double-Battle)
 * Madrid (Puerta del Sol)
 * Madrid (Torre Picasso)
 * In the first Roadblock of the race, one team member would have to participate in the sport of bullfighting. Teams would dress as a matador and would have to let the bull pass through the cape, and then plant a ribbon on him. If successful, they will receive their next clue. In the Detour, teams had to choose between Flamenco and Macarena. In Flamenco, teams had to learn a series of Flamenco dance moves. They then had to travel (in costume) to Villa Rosa and perform before a panel of judges. If they are impressed, teams will receive their next clue. In Macarena, teams had to dress up in 90's-esque outfits and stand like statues in a store window. Outside the window was a button, and if a passer-by pushed the button, teams had to perform the Macarena. Once 15 pedestrians pushed the button, teams would get their next clue.


 * Additional note
 * Teams are given the option to hire a driver for the first half of the leg, but they had to provide all directions.
 * Additional tasks
 * At Martinez's Vegetable Shop, teams had to put on fake mustaches and pile 50 cauliflowers into their cars and keep them there until the end of the leg. However, once the cauliflowers were all in the car, teams could only walk by linking their arms together and remaining back-to-back.
 * Upon arrival at the Fernán Núñez Palace, teams had to solve a puzzle. An hourglass would be flipped and teams had to search through the mansion for a collection of items, each with its Hebrew name written out. Teams had to figure out that all of these items contain the same letters which, when scrambled, would spell out "Salvador Dali", which was the password to open a door and receive their next clue. If they could not figure this out before the hourglass emptied, they would instead have to solve a surrealist jigsaw puzzle, which had an unusual configuration for completion (Not an exact rectangle). Teams were still required to walk back-to-back until they entered the challenge area.
 * After the above challenge, teams would have to stick their heads inside a cage full of 4000 flies and, without using their hands, eat an apple covered in honey. They also had to spread honey on their fake mustaches.
 * In the Double-Battle at Plaza Mayor, one team member from each team had to search through a pile of tomatoes, looking for one with a marker inside. While they were doing this, their teammates would team up with a group of locals to pelt the opposing team with tomatoes, like during the Spanish Tomatina festival.
 * At Puerta del Sol, teams needed to dress up as Don Quixote and Sancho Panza, and must perform a series of chivalric tasks for Spanish locals. They must carry someone, help someone carry their bags, act as a stepstool, place a cloth over a puddle, and give someone a ride on a hobby horse.
 * Teams' final clue is an ID for Pablo Picasso (with the name partially blanked out), which teams had to use to figure out the location of the Pit Stop; Torre Picasso.

Leg 4 -  Spain

 * Madrid (Madrid Atocha railway station) to Córdoba (Córdoba train station)
 * Córdoba (Hammam Al Andalus)
 * Córdoba (Museum of the Inquisition)
 * Córdoba (Statue of Maimonides)
 * Córdoba (Cordoba train station) to Seville (Sevilla-Santa Justa train station)
 * Seville (Calle de Sierpes)
 * Seville (Seville Cathedral)
 * Seville (Plaza de España or Calle de Sierpes)
 * Seville (Torre del Oro)
 * Seville (Taberna Sol y Sombra)
 * Seville (Estadio de La Cartuja)
 * Seville (Metropol Parasol)

Leg 5 - France

 * Flight from Seville (San Pablo Airport) to Paris, France (Charles de Gaulle Airport)
 * Paris (Passerelle Debilly)
 * Paris (Théâtre Le Ranelagh)
 * Paris (Place Marcel-Aymé or Rue d'Assas)
 * Paris (Montmartre)
 * Paris (Place du Tertre)
 * Paris (Le Salon des Miroirs - Passage Jouffroy) (Double-Battle)
 * Paris (Pont des Arts)
 * Paris (Pavillon Kléber)
 * Paris (Arc de Triomphe)

Leg 6 -Brazil

 * Flight from Paris (Charles De Gaulle Airport) to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil  (Rio de Janeiro–Galeão International Airport)
 * Copacabana (Rua Anita Garibaldi)
 * Copacabana (Copacabana Beach)
 * São Conrado (Pepino Beach)
 * São Conrado (Abricó Beach)
 * Rocinha (Paniel's key stand)
 * Rocinha (Porta do Céu)
 * Rocinha (Lookout)
 * Rio de Janeiro (Federal University of Rio de Janeiro)
 * Rio de Janeiro (Arpoador Park)

Leg 7 - Cuba

 * Flight from Rio de Janeiro (Rio de Janeiro-Galeão International Airport) to Havana, Cuba (José Martí International Airport)
 * Havana (H. Upmann Cigar Factory)
 * Old Havana (Floridita to Hotel Ambos Mundos) (Double-Battle)
 * Old Havana (Santería Priestess Residence)
 * Old Havana (Hospital Street - Callejon Hamel)
 * Old Havana (Cathedral Square)
 * Old Havana (Cathedral of Havana or O'Reilly Street Barbershop)
 * Old Havana (Old Havana Pub)
 * Havana (Hitchhiking Pick-up)
 * Havana (Hotel Nacional de Cuba)

Leg 8 - Cuba

 * Zapata Peninsula (Zapata Swamp)
 * Soplillar (Wagon with a Horse) (Double-Battle)
 * Campismo Popular Beach
 * Campismo Popular Beach (Green Bar)
 * Campismo Popular Beach (Green Bar)