HaMerotz LaMillion 8

HaMerotz LaMillion 8 is the eighth installment of the reality television show, HaMerotz LaMillion, the Israeli version of The Amazing Race. This season cast features six teams from previous seasons racing against six teams of new racers.

Development[]

This season was filmed in December 2018, immediately after the conclusion of Season 7, with the Starting Line in the Philippines, the location of Season 7's Finish Line. This marks the first time two Amazing Race seasons have been filmed back-to-back.

Teams[]

Yael & Yosiel 1st place Yael & Yosiel Cousins HaMerotz LaMillion 5	Natanel & Assaf 2nd place Natanel & Assaf Childhood Friends	Neta & Omer 3rd place Neta & Omer Siblings HaMerotz LaMillion 6	Ben & Ori 4th place Ben & Ori Brothers HaMerotz LaMillion 5	Shay & Shani 5th place Shay & Shani Her Husband's Best Friend HaMerotz LaMillion 4
Elisa & Ashriel 6th place Ash & Alis Dating Couple	Lian & Eviatar 7th place Lian & Eviatar Married Couple	Gili & Tali 8th place Gili & Tali Siblings	Ann & Yarden 9th place Ann & Yarden Friends HaMerotz LaMillion 6	Vova & Alla 10th place Vova & Alla New Olim & Exes HaMerotz LaMillion 4
Shiri & Noga 11th place Shiri & Noga Identical Twins	Michal & Ruthi 12th place Michal & Ruthi Cousins

Episodes[]

Episode		Air Date	Leg	Destination	First Place	Last Place	Finish
1	"The Launch Event"	6 September 2020	1	Philippines	Lian & Eviatar	Michal & Ruthi	1st Eliminated 12th Place
2	"The All Stars vs. the Rookies"	7 September 2020
3	"First Elimination"	9 September 2020
4	"Shani's Exercise"	14 September 2020	2	Philippines	Ash & Alis	Shiri & Noga	2nd Eliminated 11th Place
5	"Vova & Alla Against Everyone"	15 September 2020
6	"The All Stars War"	16 September 2020
7	"Dramatic Elimination"	21 September 2020
8	"The Move that Changed Everything"	23 September 2020	3	Philippines → Netherlands	Yael & Yosiel	Vova & Alla	3rd Eliminated 10th Place
9	"The Storm Continues"	24 September 2020
10	"Painful Elimination"	28 September 2020
11	"The Mountain of Screams"	3 October 2020	4	Netherlands → Armenia	Nata & Assaf	Ann & Yarden	4th Eliminated 9th Place
12	"The Kardashians"	6 October 2020
13	"The Cruel Mission"	10 October 2020
14	"Surprising Elimination"	13 October 2020
15	"The Accident"	14 October 2020	5	Armenia	Nata & Assaf	Shay & Shani	Non-Elimination Leg
16	"Battle of Knights"	17 October 2020
17	"The Sweet Mission"	21 October 2020
18	"Elimination Before South America"	24 October 2020
18	"Elimination Before South America"	24 October 2020	6	Armenia → Chile	Yael & Yosiel	Gili & Tali	5th Eliminated 8th Place
19	"Adventure in Chile"	28 October 2020
20	"Elimination in Chile"	31 October 2020
21	"The Event that Turned the Season"	1 November 2020	7	Chile	Shay & Shani	Lian & Eviatar	6th Eliminated 7th Place
22	"Shani's Injury"	4 November 2020
23	"The Mission that Dismantled the Teams"	7 November 2020
24	"The Fall of Yael & Yosiel"	8 November 2020
25	"Neta in Intensive Care"	11 November 2020	8	Chile → Ecuador	Nata & Assaf	Ash & Alis	7th Eliminated 6th Place
26	"Elimination Episode"	14 November 2020	8	Chile → Ecuador	Nata & Assaf	Ash & Alis	7th Eliminated 6th Place
27	"Amazon Animals"	18 November 2020	9	Ecuador	Nata & Assaf	Ben & Ori	Non-Elimination Leg
28	"The Families Join"	21 November 2020
29	"Elimination Episode - Part 2"	22 November 2020
30	"Final Country"	24 November 2020	10	Ecuador → Brazil	Yael & Yosiel	Shay & Shani	8th Eliminated 5th Place
31	"The Craziest Elimination in the World"	28 November 2020	10	Ecuador → Brazil	Yael & Yosiel	Shay & Shani	8th Eliminated 5th Place
32	"The "Selfie" Mission"	30 November 2020	None	Recap Episode
33	"Episode Collection"	29 November 2020	11	Brazil	Yael & Yosiel	Ben & Ori	9th Eliminated 4th Place
34	"The Ticket to the Final"	1 December 2020
35	"Who Will Be the Final Three?"	2 December 2020
36	"24 Hours to the Final"	7 December 2020	None	Recap Episode
37	"The Great Final"	8 December 2020	12	Brazil → Israel	Yael & Yosiel	Neta & Omer	3rd Place
37	"The Great Final"	8 December 2020	12	Brazil → Israel	Yael & Yosiel	Nata & Assaf	2nd Place

Leaderboard[]

The following teams participated in the Race. Placements are listed in finishing order:

Place	Team	Leg 1	Leg 2	Leg 3	Leg 4	Leg 5	Leg 6	Leg 7	Leg 8	Leg 9	Leg 10	Leg 11	Leg 12	Average
1	Yael & Yosiel	2	4	1	3<	4<	1	3<	2	4	1	1	1	2.25	0-1
2	Nata & Assaf	3	3	3<	1	1	6<	5	1<	1<	3<	2	2	2.58	0-1
3	Neta & Omer	9	8	2	2	6	5∇	2	5	2	2	3	3	4.08	0-1
4	Ben & Ori	10	9	5	5	5∇	3	4	4	5	4	4		5.28	1-0
5	Shay & Shani	5	2	4	7	8	2	1	3	3	5			4.00	1-0
6	Ash & Alis	4	1	7	6	2	7	6∇	6<					4.88	1-0
7	Lian & Eviatar	1	5	6	4	7	4	7						4.86	0-1
8	Gili & Tali	8	6	8	8	3	8							6.83	0-0
9	Ann & Yarden	7	10	9	9									8.75	0-0
10	Vova & Alla	11<	7⊃	10										9.33	0-0
11	Shiri & Noga	6	11											8.50	0-0
12	Michal & Ruthi	12∇												12.00	0-0
Notes		^[1]^[2]						^[3]	^[4]		^[5]
Legend: The team finished in first place The team finished in last place and was eliminated from the race The team finished in last place in a non-elimination leg The team that won The Amazing Race The team that crossed the Finish Line second The team that crossed the Finish Line third ∇ The team that lost the Double Battle > The team used the Yield < Recipient of the Yield Same symbols (^, ~, +, -, =, ) denote the teams that worked together during an Intersection*
Notes: 1: Due to Lian's fear of water, Shay & Shani forfeited a match in the Double Battle, allowing Lian & Eviatar to receive their next clue. 2: Michal & Ruthi forfeited the final match of the Double Battle and received a 15-minute penalty. 3: Nata & Assaf forfeited a match in the Double Battle, allowing Neta & Omer to receive their next clue. 4: Yael & Yosiel initially arrived 1st, but hadn't found their ticket to disembark the bus by the time they arrived at the Pit Stop and were turned back. Nata & Assaf checked in during this time, dropping them to 2nd place. 5: Ben & Ori and Shay & Shani arrived on the mat nearly simultaneously. After a review of the video footage determined Shani was the last person to step on the mat, Shay & Shani were eliminated.

Voting history[]

Teams may vote to choose either U-Turn or Yield. The team with the most votes received the U-Turn or Yield penalty, depending on the respective leg.

	Yield	U-Turn	Yield	Yield	Yield	Yield	Yield	Yield		Yield	Yield
Leg #	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8		9	10
Recipient	Vova & Alla	Vova & Alla	Natanel & Assaf	Yael & Yosiel	Yael & Yosiel	Natanel & Assaf	Yael & Yosiel	Natanel & Assaf	Ash & Alis	Natanel & Assaf	Natanel & Assaf
Vote	3–2–2–1–1–1–1–1	4-2-2-1-1-1	4-2-2-1-1	4-3-1-1	4-3-1	3-2-1-1-1	2-1-1-1-1-1	2-2-1-1		3-1-1	3-1-1
Voter	Team's Vote
Ben & Ori	Yael & Yosiel	Yael & Yosiel	Natanel & Assaf	Natanel & Assaf	Natanel & Assaf	Natanel & Assaf	Neta & Omer	Natanel & Assaf		Natanel & Assaf	Natanel & Assaf
Natanel & Assaf	Shay & Shani	Vova & Alla	Yael & Yosiel	Yael & Yosiel	Yael & Yosiel	Yael & Yosiel	Yael & Yosiel	Yael & Yosiel		Yael & Yosiel	Yael & Yosiel
Neta & Omer	Michal & Ruthi	Natanel & Assaf	Natanel & Assaf	Natanel & Assaf	Natanel & Assaf	Natanel & Assaf	Ben & Ori	Ash & Alis		Ben & Ori	Ben & Ori
Shay & Shani	Shiri & Noga	Ash & Alis	Ash & Alis	Yael & Yosiel	Yael & Yosiel	Ash & Alis	Ash & Alis	Ash & Alis		Natanel & Assaf	Natanel & Assaf
Yael & Yosiel	Ben & Ori	Ben & Ori	Vova & Alla	Natanel & Assaf	Natanel & Assaf	Natanel & Assaf	Natanel & Assaf	Natanel & Assaf		Natanel & Assaf	Natanel & Assaf
Ash & Alis	Shay & Shani	Vova & Alla	Vova & Alla	Shay & Shani	Shay & Shani	Shay & Shani	Shay & Shani	Shay & Shani
Lian & Eviatar	Ann & Yarden	Ben & Ori	Yael & Yosiel	Yael & Yosiel	Yael & Yosiel	Yael & Yosiel	Yael & Yosiel
Gili & Tali	Vova & Alla	Vova & Alla	Ann & Yarden	Yael & Yosiel	Yael & Yosiel	Neta & Omer
Ann & Yarden	Natanel & Assaf	Lian & Eviatar	Natanel & Assaf	Gili & Tali
Vova & Alla	Natanel & Assaf	Natanel & Assaf	Natanel & Assaf
Shiri & Noga	Vova & Alla	Vova & Alla
Michal & Ruthi	Vova & Alla

Trivia[]

First season of HaMerotz LaMillion to feature returning racers.

Franchise[]

First season of The Amazing Race to be filmed immediately following another.
Fewest Roadblocks with 1.
Fewest Detours with 1.
Second season to visit Armenia after The Amazing Race 28.
Second longest gap between filming and premiere date, 21 months.

Israel[]

First season where the Starting Line is not in Israel.

External links[]

The Amazing Race Season Index
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