HAMEROTZ LAMILLION - Season 4 - Leg 1A I am in the beating heart of the world's religions, the city of Jerusalem. From here, where the eyes of millions of people around the world are drawn, in a few minutes, Israeli teams will jump into the fourth season of The Amazing Race. Teams have no idea what’s about to happen and against whom they are going to compete in a journey around the world. All they are told is that they must reach the starting line, the Montefiore windmill in Mishkenot Sha'ananim, the first neighborhood built outside the city walls. This is going to be an exciting and thrilling season, surprising and full of humor and in the end one team, the winning team, will win ₪1,000,000. The seven teams are: Shay & Shani, her husband's best friend. When asked what ethnicity you’re from, what do you say? Obviously Kurdish, what? Why don't you say half Kurdish half Moroccan? Because my mother has also become Kurdish now. I'm Shay, 28, I run a poultry farm. Hi. Shani is the wife of my best friend. ‘And my girlfriend too.’ We've talked about this already. You are my girlfriend in the framework that you are Ronen's wife. What are you being weird for? I'm not being weird. You don’t have to shout at me, I'm telling it to you original, I'm not being weird. If you're not Ronen's wife, you will not be my girlfriend. Forget it, let's talk about it later. My name is Shani Alon, I'm 27, soon I'll be 28. On July 7th. Beautiful. So if he is not my friend, how does he know my date of birth? We are from Ein Yaakov moshav. ‘We’. I'm from Ein Yaakov moshav, she's originally from Ma’alot, she just slipped into the moshav. This is the original. They have this part of the seat, the one of yesteryear, it... They are ancient. I'm not ancient, you can’t say. Yes, you are ancient. Because I do not, I... If I come now and just tell you... You should not put anything. You see? He moves away. As if it's a nurse's hug, it's not a hug now that... I don’t want the hugs, why do I need those hugs? So you're ancient. Shay! What, you're completely insane, what are you kidding? You... There’ll be, there will be gossip, there will be talk. No gossip, you know me, know the nature of the relationship, know what, whit, whut, what gossip? First time, you know, people hear that this one went with that one's. No, you do say it like that. Don’t... What do you mean ‘Don’t’? It does not work that way. People will think that, they’ll talk. Will they say Shay went with Ronen's wife? It's a different phrasing, it's not the way you like it, the way you show it. Shani, hold on tight and stop being a girl. What is it... She's going to get me out of here, but I have to, I have to work on myself. I will do yoga in the morning. Yes, he will do yoga in the morning, meditation. I, I have a problem, I have... Vipassana, everything you do. Vipassana? Yes. Open your dictionary? What is Vipassana? No matter who says, what he says and how much he says, we came to win and I believe that together we will take the million. ‘Like’. Vova & Alla, exes. I really like Justin Bieber, he's very handsome. I ‘Like’ him on Instagram all the time. Hi, my name is Alla. I immigrated to Israel from Ukraine five years ago. I'm Vladimir, a technical worker at HOT. When I immigrated, my father told me to go and work. Borax in Bonjour, Bonjour department she worked in, and really liked that place. I did not like that place. I cried after work every day. Vova is the first person I knew in the country. We knew each other, Alla was standing outside smoking a cigarette. Don’t say that, my parents are watching this, what smoking? So ...? They do not know Hebrew. So... Okay. Okk. We started talking, getting to know each other. Like, she realized I work in a prepared food department, that I make meat. And all the time I would come to him and say, Vova, bring me some meat. His boss tells him, ‘tell her not to come, she ate everything he gave her’. How much she eats. From what I know of her... But enough, tell what you like. I love a good life. But you do not have a good life, what... That's why I love. How do you like it? You know? Like a dream. Vova is a gentleman, he makes me feel like a queen. What, is that not true? No, when we are together at home no. Shut up, come on? At your house? Yes. Well, yes, because it's your house. Why should I wash dishes after you? Really. I want the million. My mother is now in Ukraine, there is a war, I want to bring her here. I have not seen her in five years. There’s fear. There is a fear of everything. But it’s an appealing, interesting fear. We're going to win it. Strong. Daniel and Meiri, business partners. What a laugh, come on, let's sit down, let's do it... I'm Meiri Shemesh, 24 years old from Jerusalem, a business administration student. I'm Daniel Topaz, 25, a student. Registered as a student. Yes! Listen, you're such a zero. Meiri and I are friends with emotion. We're not another pair of friends. Daniel does not have to say a word, he does not have to open his mouth for me to know what he feels, what he wants and what he has in him. We see ourselves in the future as businessmen for everything. I'll be less humble, we're already businessmen for everything. I may not have made a breakthrough like Waze, but it will come. OK. They were 32 years old, I have another seven years potentially to make the biggest breakthrough in the state of Israel. Ladies... I won’t even say ‘I do not have time’. I totally want the word Dudu Topaz to return to a positive connotation. Like who wouldn't want that about their dad? To me he is terribly reminiscent of Dudu. All your reactions, all your statements, your shifts, this is Dudu. And all your ambitions and style of speech, everything. He most closely resembles Dudu in appearance and character. It's me, what? It's my model. I came to convey a message. Also to show that it is really possible to move on, and after dad's death, I went through a harder time than all of them and moved on. I went through the death of a media dad. And the tragic circumstances that made it even more difficult made the situation, and I moved on. If I kept going, anyone could. What would dad say? Dad would tell me, go, but you’ll miss what you don’t win. Yochi and Linor, friends. You know, I’m not gonna start. Really?! Don’t start with me. I'll tell you why you shouldn’t begin with her. A popsicle would melt faster. I am Yochi, I am 23. I am Linor Fahima, 24, from Kiryat Ata. It's like ... you're fixing your shoe in the middle of me talking. Does it seem to you that the camera isn’t on yet? We are friends, for about two years. Exclamation mark. Full of exclamation marks. We met ... when I went out to "Clara", Linor was there with her ex-partner and from there it was history. This. No, that’s too short. Start from the beginning, detail, add details, glitter, glam and such. Standing there with the orange dress and such, you caught me from a distance, neon color, and stuff. More, more. I will explain the level of relationship between us. I'm supposedly the annoying one, but she's the annoying one. And she has her regular sentence, you're out of sync. Like what, like I'm an iPhone? Although we are from two different worlds, we have found the connection between us. I come from an ultra-Orthodox family, I have 12 brothers and sisters. Full. At the age of 15 I left home, and left my religion about two years later. My process started when I met someone and fell in love with him and it did not suit my parents, so I prefered to give up the family and leave home for him. I too come from a religious home, there will always be this clash between the worlds. My dad, he does not agree that I will be wearing tights, so imagine you will be with an adult. If he sees me on TV, he will deny me anyway. I love you. My sister sent me a message, either you put on skirts, or you change your last name. Or you change your last name. These are the options to be a part of. So neither this nor that. All the success of the race is teamwork, and when necessary I will maintain it. She will be scared, she will cry, she will complain at first, but in the end she will do it. As if in life, say, on my own initiative, I would not go on a hot air balloon. Or a submarine in the middle of the sea. Not in my life. But if I kill myself, I survive in my soul. We'll bring the million. Inshallah. Inshallah. In Arabic she says this, she will not say a Jewish prayer, do you understand? Ah. Pnina and Hen, a businesswoman and her daughter. Can anyone give me some... Where is the makeup artist? How do I look? One minute. Touch it up if I have some small fringes. Is the hair okay? Is the makeup beautiful? The makeup looks good. [Producer] Pnina, you're perfect. You call her Pnina, I call her Mom, so... No, I have another name. “Fanoona”. Doesn’t matter. The most I want in the world is that everyone knows who Pnina Rosenblum really is. Who is Pnina Rosenblum, the housewife, the mother, the mother-in-law. Because everyone sees her shell and being a fighter, and all this toughness and all this competition. And I want them to see that... They will just break this shell and see who she really is, from within. Can I take a picture with you? I'm very glad they saw me like that, in slippers and such. I heard there was a swimsuit, I brought the bikini, do not worry. I'm all wet, out of the water. Let them see that even at 59 you can look the best in the world. I brought you a map. You need to look for the shortest way to get somewhere. She is so similar to me in so many things. She's me, she's a gem, it's unbelievable, she... We have not started yet and it is already doing good for our relationship. I don’t know what will come. Don’t stop for a second, it's a waste of time. All right, all right, let's stop, let's stop. I think you're a shorter thread than me, no? How did I know she would say that. The only thing I do fear is that she will not pamper me like that, that she will really show everyone how much she is really capable of doing things and how much she is a fighter and that she will not give up on herself. I don’t want too high expectations, it's scary, even more scary for me, such high expectations. I can say I will do my best. I really really promise to stay as long as possible and try to make it to the end. I'm stuck with you. Irit and Sinai, mother and daughter. Does it bother you that I'm putting my hand here? Well, uh, I’ll put it down. No, no, it does not bother me, I didn’t feel it at all, I'm in the... Sorry. Go on, go on. Say stuff. My name is Irit, I’m from Ein Harod. I am Sinai’s mother.. Sinai! Sinai! Come on and... I'm in a very, very fun field, which is physical education. Motivation, Sinai, Motivation... Now it's my turn, right? Thanks. No, wait, how's the connection? But you, do you want to keep talking? Yes. Say stuff. Heel, hands, hands, hands. I'm Sinai, I'm an aspiring physical education teacher because I have not yet finished my studies. This is it, so wait a minute, listen, do you want to listen to what I did? Yes. It seems to me that we are really opposites, me and my mother. Enough, well, don’t bother, come on. There are arguments and there’s crying, and that's okay. Because we, I think we're getting to the edge. All the time we get to some end. Yow! What a nag, God! Sinai-chuk. Enough! My mom is really anxious about what will be in the race. Right. And me, I'm terribly the opposite. You bought the things, you did it, you looked at it. She just gets me in... you put me in your anxieties. True, true, I said, everything scares me. I'm afraid of being cold, I'm afraid of being warm, the language, the culture. To go out into the unknown. Something that is, that I don’t know where. Constantly striving more and more and more and in the end if it will lead me to victory, then definitely, why not? I want to win! I'm coming to the competition. I want to win! Yes OK. Definitely. Tiltil and Mizrahi, childhood friends. Tiltil, what, he’s a brother, with the soul of a dad'. He's a "brother," but not from the same mother. If I could get him pregnant, I would get him pregnant too. I am Shay Mizrahi, 37 years old, working in money exchange. Say change. ‘Money conversion’... Currency exchange, you know. Big deal. What, you're now sitting in "Kapulski"? I'm Tiltil, I'm 38. I'm a ceremonial driver by profession. Meaning, Taxi. Him, he’s no taxi driver, no ceremonial driver, courier... Yes? He’s a crybaby. Now you drove ten minutes, 50 shekels to take me. What 50 shekels? Excluding sales tax, Social Security, income tax, health tax, Idi Amin tax. Everything you have is taken from you. Where is the fuel? What, I'm traveling on water? Diesel, diesel, daddy. Diesel, diesel does not cost money, you simpleton. Will they answer for free? No, it's not free, but okay, what do you do, one for 30 miles? Well, she asked me, what’s your answer? So answer. Thanks. What’s the word, my brother? What's new? Where are you? Where am I? At work, daddy. We have known each other since the age of seven, eight, in the neighborhood, when we used to play football together. Yes. He was faster than the ball. As a kid he used to run, literally, it was impossible to catch him. He was a missile-missile (Til-Til) running right into me, strapped under the wheels of the car and I got out, like a cat. We may look like this, you know, partly cloudy to fine, but we do not like it at all. No, they would not think in the house that some such picnickers came and that. We are not such great geniuses either, but we are not lovers at all and we, we have knowledge, and I am a champion in...I love history, and I, don’t look at me like I barely have a meter on me, I am not a sucker at all. And also Mizrahi. Thanks. Thanks. The race is going to be for me something that I might overcome my fears and such and make a man out of me. No, not good. What a jerk. I'm screwed. This season, for the first time in the history of the race the rules are changing. In addition to the seven couples currently competing in Jerusalem, seven other couples are also making their way to the north of the country, who are also competing for the flight tickets to the first destination of the race The groups do not know about each other and they will find out about each other just a moment before boarding the plane. Which of the teams will board the plane and return home as the winning team? A surprising season, a million shekels and one huge world. It's time to get going on The Amazing Race. Welcome to the fourth season of The Amazing Race. I see you're a little excited. Rightly so. The race will challenge you, surprise you, excite you. You will visit distant lands, cut off from family, friends, everyday life. The only people you can count on are yourself and your race partner. At the end of the journey only one team, the team that will reach the finish line first, will return home with a million shekels and with the title of the winning team of the fourth season. I see Ron Shahar, I see the couples on the right, on the left... And it’s happening, this is it. And I say, I'm in The Amazing Race fourth season! I'm digesting it. You're seven teams right now, but pay attention. Wow, I have a weak heart. I told you. One couple standing here will not get to board the flight to the first destination out in the world. I look at Yash (Shay), Yash looks at me and I say to myself with eyes, Yash (Shay), there is no way we are seven teams. I've already considered dividing it into seven, the whole million. 750,000 shekels divided by seven. No need to run all over the world, no need for Jaras, everyone will take 107 thousand, we'll finish the story. When I give the signal the game will start and you will have to run to your bags, where the first clue of The Amazing Race awaits you. I look at the other couples and I tell Hen-chuk, I'm the oldest of them all here. You look like the youngest of them all, so what do you care what everyone looks like? Really? What, only the youngest? Just one second, and what else? I wish you all a strong race, a fast race, but do me a favor, race safe. Ready? Yes! The world is waiting for you. Get ready... Go! Crazy excitement. We're holding the first envelope of The Amazing Race, I’m sure we'll remember that envelope. Good luck. We’re off. Love you. The opening task of the race. OK. In order to get the next clue you have to climb up a ladder. The ladder begins in the ground