HaMerotz LaMillion
| המירוץ למיליון HaMerotz LaMillion |
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| Genre |
Reality Game show |
| Created by |
Elise Doganieri Bertram van Munster |
| Presented by | Raz Meirman (2009) Ron Shahar (2010–Present) |
| Theme music composer | John M. Keane |
| Country of origin | Israel |
| Original language(s) | Hebrew |
| No. of seasons | 5 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Michael McKay, Ido Baron |
| Producer(s) | David Gardner |
| Location(s) | See below |
| Cinematography | Ryan Godard |
| Production company(s) | Reshet (2009) activeTV (2009) |
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| Original network |
Channel 2 Reshet |
| Original release | 5 February 2009 – present |
HaMerotz LaMillion (Hebrew: המירוץ למיליון, lit. The Race to the Million) is an Israeli reality game show based on the American series, The Amazing Race.
On 8 April 2008, Israeli TV network Reshet announced plans to produce a local version of the show. It premiered on 5 February 2009, on Channel 2. The show is produced by Reshet and activeTV (producer of The Amazing Race Asia and the first two seasons of The Amazing Race Australia) in association with Disney-ABC and ESPN Television. It was originally hosted by Raz Meirman in the first season.
In April 2009, during the airing of the show, Reshet had begun preparations for a second season. They considered producing a celebrity edition of the show that would have raised the price of producing the show. Reshet had consulted with CBS and agreed it would film two more seasons at the same time to save expenses, a celebrity and non-celebrity editions. On 20 December however, Reshet announced that due to the overall high costs the show would not continue despite two seasons being in the planning stages. However, on 20 September 2010, Reshet reconsidered, and announced a new season. On 11 February 2011, Ron Shahar was announced as the new host of the race, replacing Raz Meirman.
The grand prize for the winning team is ₪1,000,000.
HaMerotz LaMillion is a reality television competition between teams of two, in a race across the world. The race is divided into a number of legs wherein teams travel and complete various tasks to obtain clues to help them progress to a Pit Stop, where teams are given a chance to rest and recover before starting the next leg. The last team to arrive is normally eliminated from the race (except in non-elimination legs, where the last team to arrive may be penalized in the following leg). The final leg of each race is run by the last three remaining teams, and the first to arrive at the final destination wins ₪1,000,000.
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