Amazing Race Canada Season 3 Grand Prize Announcement!

See...I told you so. This year there will be 12 teams racing! The new batch of teams racing to win prize packages valued at $1 Million will be announced Monday to Thursday of next week. Also note...there are 12 legs! Here is the Bell Media press release, with the highlights added by me:

Amazing Race Canada Season 2 Ups the Ante

CTV announced today that they have sweetened the winnings for the first team to hit the mat at the finish line. The Grand Prize, estimated at 1/2 million, consists of $250,000 in cash, free travel in Business Class for one year to anywhere Air Canada flies (based on 10 trips for two), two Chevy Silverado pick-up trucks, and a lifetime supply of gas courtesy of Petro-Canada (based on 50 years). In addition, teams will compete for individual pit stop prizes from Air Canada and Scotiabank.

CTV will announce this season's teams beginning tomorrow (Tuesday June 17) and through until Friday - presumably 2 or 3 teams per day.

The season premiere is Tuesday, July 8 at 9 P.M. Encore presentations will be shown Saturdays at 8 P.M. and Sundays at 5 P.M.

*information courtesy Bell Media press release June 16 2014  http://www.bellmediapr.ca/Network/CTV/Press/CTVs-THE-AMAZING-RACE-CANADA-Gets-Pumped-Up-with-Super-Premium-Half-a-Million-Dollar-Grand-Prize-

The Amazing Race Canada ... and Thus It Begins. Spoilers That Is!

During last night's finale of The Amazing Race, we were treated to a commercial announcing the premiere date for The Amazing Race Canada. Yep, the premiere is July 15th. The grand Prize is $250,000 and it is the biggest in Canadian TV history. The winners also receive 2...count 'em TWO, Corvette Stingrays and one year of free flights worldwide with Air Canada in Executive 1st Class. There is still no formal announcement as to who the host will be or the teams.

BUT...