HaMerotz LaMillion 1
| המירוץ למיליון Ha'Merotz La'Million |
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| Season run | February 5 – June 11, 2009 |
| Filming dates | November 2008 – December 2008, May 30, 2009 |
| No. of episodes | 20 (22 including recap) |
| Presenter | Raz Meirman |
| Winning team | Shay Kahana & Guy Osadon |
| Season statistics | |
| Continents visited | 3 |
| Countries visited | 7 |
| Cities visited | 16 |
| No. of legs | 10 |
| Distance traveled | 42,000 km (26,000 mi) |
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HaMerotz LaMillion (Hebrew: המרוץ למיליון, lit. The Race to the Million) is an Israeli reality television game show based on the American series, The Amazing Race. The first installment of the series features 10 teams of two with a pre-existing relationship in a race around the world to win ₪1,000,000.
This season premiered on February 5, 2009 on Channel 2 with the finale on June 11, 2009 and was hosted by Raz Meirman.
Business partners Shay Kahana & Guy Osadon are the winners of this season.
Differing from most of the other franchises of the series, the last leg of the race was not filmed back-to-back with the previous legs. It was filmed on 30 May 2009, months after the penultimate leg had been filmed; during the broadcast of the actual show. The theme song was different than the original US version theme song, and it was in the style of Israel.
On December 20, 2009, Reshet announced that it had cancelled the show and that a second season would not be made. However, on September 2010, Reshet reconsidered, and announced that a second season would be made.
The following teams participated in the Race, with their relationships at the time of filming. Note that this table is not necessarily reflective of all content broadcast on television due to inclusion or exclusion of some data. Placements are listed in finishing order:
Airdates: February 5, 12, 2012
The Detour was a choice between מים (Meym - Water) or שמים (Shemeym - Sky). In Water, teams had to rappel down a waterfall and add up the three numbers posted on the side. In Sky, teams had to do a scary zipline. In the first Roadblock of HaMerotz LaMillion, one of the team member had to perform a bungee jump down Bloukrans Bridge.
The Detour for this leg of the race was דרך היין (Derkh HaYayn - Wine Road) or דרך הכוונת (Derkh Hekhvenet - Through the Sight). In Wine Road, teams had to travel to Nelson Vineyard and carry one empty barrel, and fill it with wine. In Through the Sight, teams had to travel to Valley Gun Club and shoot to six Flying Discs. In this Roadblock, one team member had to make a fast lap of two minutes into the Killarney Race Track.
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