HaMerotz LaMillion 7 is the seventh season of HaMerotz LaMillion (Hebrew: המירוץ למיליון, lit. The Race to the Million), an Israeli reality competition show based on the American series The Amazing Race. It featured 12 teams of two with a pre-existing relationship in a race around the world to win ₪1,000,000.
The season premiered on 15 July 2019 on Channel 13 with the finale on 22 September 2019 and was hosted by Ron Shahar.
Models Matija "Tia" Galili and Fatima "Fay" Jakite were the winners of this season.
In October 2018, news broke that Reshet would be filming the seventh and eighth seasons of HaMerotz LaMillion back-to-back with filming set to begin in November and into December.[2] This is the first Amazing Race franchise to film two installments during a 54-day production.[3]
Filming for the seventh season began on 4 November 2018, when passersby noticed a crane and Amazing Race flags on the grounds of the Knesset. SpeakerYuli-Yoel Edelstein later confirmed in a statement that the Knesset was being used as a filming location for HaMerotz LaMillion as part of the seventieth anniversary celebration of the establishment of the legislature.[1] The next day, the teams were spotted at Ben Gurion Airport.[4]
The season visited two continents and eight countries and was the first time that an Amazing Race franchise visited Nepal, a country which has yet to be visited by the original American edition.
This season also included a companion series that aired on ZOOM entitled Zoom in on the Race, which featured comedians Duvdevani and Kovach following the filming of the season.[5]
On June 19, 2019, the cast photos were posted on the show's Instagram page with the cast bios released five days later. The cast for this season included former child actresses Noy and Hadar Karako.[6] Tia & Fay were part of the cast of HaMerotz LaMillion 6 but were removed before filming and replaced with another team due to a missing travel visa.[7] Haviv and Itzhak Maman were previously contestants on Eyal Golan Is Calling You.[8] Gili is the mother of Yarden, who raced on the previous and subsequent seasons, and previously appeared on episode twenty-eight of the sixth season during a video chat with her daughter, while she was racing in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan.[9][10]
The following teams participated in the season, 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:[11]
Ared team placement means the team was eliminated.
Ablue team placement indicates that the team was the last to arrive at a Pit Stop in a non-elimination leg.
Anunderlined blue team's placement indicates that the team came in last on a non-elimination leg and were on a second flight that arrived two hours after the other teams during the subsequent leg.
Anorange + indicates that there was a Double Battle on this leg, while an orange − indicates the team that lost the Double Battle and received a 15-minute penalty.
Ayellow <, orange «, olive ≤orred « indicates the team who received a Yield; >, », ≥ and » indicates that the team voted for the recipient.
Abrown ⊂ indicates the team who received a U-Turn; ⊃ indicates that the team voted for the recipient.
Matching colored symbols (teal +, magenta °, orange *, olive ~, brown ^ and fuchsia –) indicate teams who worked together during part of the leg as a result of an Intersection.
Italicized results indicate the position of the team at the midpoint of a two-part leg.
Notes
^ab During the Intersection, Hadar fell and injured her arm; unfit to continue, Noy & Hadar did not complete the remainder of the leg, and instead they were directly sent to the Pit Stop for elimination. Yehoudit & Zohar, who were intersected along with Noy & Hadar, were forced to quit the Intersection; however, they were not issued a penalty.
^ Yehoudit & Zohar elected to forfeit the final match of the Double Battle and accept the 15-minute penalty.
^ Leg 11 was a combined double-length leg. The placements listed in the first column reflect the order teams finished the sticky tofu task.
The prize for each leg, with the exception of Leg 11, was awarded to the first place team for that leg. Gift cards were provided by Shufersal Travel, and the ₪1,000,000 was provided by Harel Group. The prizes were:
At the Knesset, teams had to enter Chagall State Hall and study ten photographs of significant events that occurred at the legislature and the date associated with each photograph. When ready, teams would be taken in a boom lift to a wooden beam suspended over Rothschild Street that they had to climb up 30 metres (98 ft) by inserting metal pegs into holes. After reaching the top, teams had to place the ten photographs with their correct dates to receive their next clue.
After team completed the first task, they had to find a marked Škoda KodiaqorŠkoda Karoq parked on Rothschild Street with a driver that would take teams to their next destination.
At Netzer Sereni, teams had to use poles to push a basket of citrus fruit up an angled beam without letting the fruit fall until the basket locks in place at the top to receive their next clue.
At Habima Square, teams had to find a person with physical proof that they were departing on a flight from Ben Gurion Airport within the next 24 hours and bring that person, who would receive a US$200 JR/Duty Freegift card, to Habima Square to receive their next clue.
In this season's first Roadblock, one team member had to don a virtual reality headset and watch footage of animals crawling on themselves for 30 minutes. In reality, the animals were crawling on a mannequin, and hospital staff were using props to make team members believe that the animals were on them. Team members would be attached to a pulse oximeter, and if their pulse exceeded 90 beats per minute, the 30-minute clock would stop until team members could lower their pulse. Once the time expired, teams would receive their next clue. Before leaving the hospital, teams would discover if they had been Yielded.
Additional tasks
At Atlas Trading Company, teams had to transport a hand truck loaded with bags of spices through the streets of Bo-Kaap and deliver the bags to three houses with the same numbers printed on the bags' tags and the same color as the bags. While transporting the bags, each team member had to hold a tray with three bowls of spices. If they brought the bags to the correct houses, teams would receive receipts that they had to bring back to Atlas Trading Company in exchange for their next clue.
At the quays in the Port of Cape Town, teams would vote for the team they wish to Yield. They would then discover an Intersection and had to agree to work with another team. The newly Intersected teams had to stand on a rotating platform above Table Bay. Each team member had to walk across a narrow beam from one pillar of the platform to the next one. Then, all of the team members would open a box that would reveal a number. Finally, one team member had to climb down a rope to a box with a combination lock and had to unlock their next clues by combining the four numbers (2357). If a team member fell off the platform or if teams' time limit of 10 minutes expired, they would have to perform the task again. After completing the task, teams were no longer Intersected.
At Victoria Wharf Shopping Centre, teams had to encourage twenty-four passersby to place puzzle pieces on their heads. Teams then had to properly arrange their volunteers so that the pieces formed an image of South African PresidentNelson Mandela to receive their next clue.
At Hout Bay Harbour, teams had to clean and then shuck oysters until they found a pearl to receive their next clue directing them to the Pit Stop, where the Yielded teams would have to wait out a 15-minute penalty.
For this season's first Double Battle, teams had to dress as penguins and then one member from each team would face off in a square. The first team member that pushed their opponent would win a round, and the first team to win two rounds would receive their next clue, while the losing team had to wait for another team. The team that lost the final Double Battle had to wait out a 15-minute penalty.
Additional tasks
At Groot Constantia, teams had to roll a leaky barrel full of wine through the vineyard and past a few obstacles. At the other end of the vineyard, teams had to fill wine bottles with the remaining wine. When teams filled 25 bottles, they would receive their next clue. Before leaving the wine estate, teams would vote for the team they wished to Yield.
At Cape Town Stadium, teams had to navigate a ball up a board filled with holes using ropes attached to their knees, which were secured with a brace, until they could drop the ball into the goal at the top to receive their next clue.
At Sea Point Promenade, teams would discover if they had been Yielded.
At Green Point Lighthouse, one team member would be strapped to a spinning propeller and had to drop produce, placed into their mouth by their partner, into a basket that lists the Afrikaans name, written in Hebrew, for the produce. After dropping eight pieces of produce into the appropriate baskets, teams would receive their next clue.
At the Castle of Good Hope, team members would be secured to each other with a ball and chain and had to use a map to find the one key they could use to free themselves to receive their next clue. Teams could only carry the balls when walking on stairs.
At Kraaifontein Integrated Waste Management Facility, teams had to search through the trash on a conveyor belt for one piece of trash marked with an Amazing Race flag. Teams had to properly sort any recyclable items they picked up. Once teams found the correct piece of trash, they could exchange it for their next clue directing them to the Pit Stop, where the Yielded team would have to wait out a 15-minute penalty.
For this leg's Double Battle, each team would be suspended in a net much like a silkworm in a chrysalis and had to use a saw attached to a pole to cut the ten ropes near their net. The first team to cut the correct rope holding them up, drop to the ground, and emerge as butterflies would receive their next clue, while the losing team had to wait for another team. Teams also had to be careful as one of their own ropes would drop their opponents. The team that lost the final Double Battle had to wait out a 15-minute penalty.
Additional tasks
At Batoka Sky Aerodrome, one team member would board a microlight and would be taken on a flight above Victoria Falls. They would be in communication with their partner via a two-way radio and had to describe what they saw to their partner, who had to fill in a map of the Zambia-Zimbabwe border along the Zambezi River with the missing landmarks to receive their next clue. If the map was incorrect after the flight was complete, teams would have to wait 15 minutes while the microlight was refueled before they could attempt the task again.
Outside Batoka House, teams would vote for the team they wished to Yield.
At Livingstone Reptile Park, teams had to feed Nile crocodiles meat that they tied onto a pole with an attached magnet. Using the magnet, teams had to collect fifteen images of crocodiles, five of each color from three enclosures, to receive their next clue.
At Simoonga Village, teams had to pick up a solar panel and carry it to a work station. There, they had to connect the solar panel to a radio and tune it to the correct frequency to hear their next clue.
At Nona Lodge, one team member had to study a list of diseases and their local treatment. Their partner would choose a disease, and the team member that studied the list had to direct a doctor to perform the corresponding treatment for their partner. If the team member was given the correct treatment, teams would receive their next clue. If the treatment was incorrect or if the sick contestant asked for the treatment to stop, they would have to attempt the task again. Before leaving Nona Lodge, teams would discover if they had been Yielded.
At Kubu Zambezi Campsite, teams would find stone towers like the EpworthBalancing Rocks found on Zimbabwean dollar banknotes. They had to deconstruct the towers until they found a $100 trillion banknote underneath one; however, teams had to reconstruct any tower they looked under. When teams found the banknote, they could exchange it for their next clue directing them to the Pit Stop, where the Yielded team would have to wait out a 15-minute penalty.
In this season's final Roadblock, one team member was harnessed to a gorge swing before free-falling 70 metres (230 ft) into the Batoka Gorge and swinging 95 metres (312 ft) across the Zambezi before receiving their next clue after returning atop the ledge.
For this leg's Double Battle, each team had to stand atop a beam above a pool. One team member had to transfer six balls to baskets so that the combined colors of the balls would form the color of the basket, while their partner swung large bags to knock their opponents into the water. The first team to get all of their balls in the appropriate baskets would receive their next clue, while the losing team had to wait for another team. The team that lost the final Double Battle had to wait out a 15-minute penalty.
Additional tasks
At Victoria Falls Railway Station, teams had to become porters by watching a video on a tablet computer of a family describing their belongings, which teams had to stack onto a cart and then load them onto a train's goods wagon to receive their next clue. Before they left the rail yard, teams would vote for the team they wished to Yield. Teams could then make fruit smoothies at the fruit stand from sponsor ספרינג (Spring).
At Elephant Hills Resort Golf Course, one team member had to pull a rope attached to a platform that their partner was sitting on. The dizzy team member then had to throw a spear at animal statues and hit the four invertebrates, a beetle, a snail, a butterfly, and a spider, to receive their next clue.
At Monde Village, each team member had to fill a bucket, bowl, or pitcher with water from a well and then carry the item full of water on their heads to a hut, where teams had to transfer the water to a pot. Once the pot was filled to a line, teams would receive their next clue.
At Mpisi Village, teams would discover if they had been Yielded. Then, one team member would enter a tub while their partner scrubbed them with a bar of soap. Teams had to keep scrubbing until they found a Zimbabwe Birdsoapstone carving inside one of the five bars of soap that they could exchange for their next clue directing them to the Pit Stop, where the Yielded team would have to wait out a 15-minute penalty.
This season's first Detour was a choice between דודו (Dodo) or צב (Turtle). In Dodo, each team member had to don a dodo costume. Then, one team member had to pick up an egg with their beak and transfer the egg to their partner's beak without touching the egg. That person had to deposit the egg in a nest, and after depositing two eggs, teams would receive their next clue. In Turtle, teams had to don an Aldabra giant tortoise costume with one team member on top of their partner, who was blindfolded and serving as the legs, serving as the eyes of their blindfolded partner. Working together, teams had to gather two stems of leaves from a stand and place them in a basket to receive their next clue.
Additional tasks
At Pointe d'Esny Beach, each team member would be towed on a tube behind a boat. Once the boat was up to speed, team members had to grab four pairs of colored velcro stripes that when combined would form the flag of Mauritius to receive their next clue. Teams then had to make their way to Club Nautique de Pointe d'Esny vote for the team they wished to U-Turn.
At Riambel Beach, one team member would be blindfolded and had to work with their partner to pick bottles of water by the neck using two sticks. If teams dropped the bottle, they had to return to the start and refill the bottle with water from the Indian Ocean. At the end of the beach, teams had to fill a cylinder with their water and retrieve a disc that they could exchange for their next clue. Before leaving Riambel Beach, teams could make fruit smoothies at the fruit stand from sponsor ספרינג (Spring).
At J&J Auditorium, one team member had to watch a dance performance and teach it to their partner, who then had to correctly perform it on a stage to receive their next clue.
In the sugarcane field, one team member had to cover themselves with syrup and then sugar before searching the field for a bucket that they had to fill with their sugar to receive their next clue.
At La Baraque Sugarcane Mill, teams had to search an immense pile of sugarcane for one marked with an Amazing Race flag to receive their next clue.
For this leg's Double Battle, one member from each team had to fill a plate with food from a buffet. The partner of the team member with the heavier plate would have ten minutes to eat all of the food to win a round, otherwise their opponents would win the round. The team that won two rounds would receive their next clue, while the losing team had to wait for another team. The team that lost the final Double Battle had to wait out a 15-minute penalty.
Additional tasks
At Le Morne Beach, teams had to dig up a treasure chest that had an image of the key needed to unlock the chest. Teams then had to swim out to a collection of jars with keys in the Indian Ocean and find the one jar that contained the key that would unlock the chest and their next clue. Before leaving Le Morne Beach, teams would vote for the team they wished to Yield.
At Jet Ranch, teams had to unscramble Hebrew lettered tiles to spell a Mauritian landmark. When they had a guess, one team member had to climb to the top of a pole and hop from pole to pole to reach a board, where they had to use their tiles to spell their guess. When teams had the correct answer of שוק הירקות (Vegetable Market), they would receive their next clue.
At Mahébourg Market, one team member had to place a wooden disc around their head while their partner stacked 180 tomatoes one the board and deliver them to a vendor to receive their next clue.
Outside the Mesnil Post Office, teams would discover if they had been Yielded. Then, teams had choose bundles of letters that they had to sort into mailboxes with the letters' destinations until they found one that had an address not listed on any of the mailboxes and contained a card with the location of the Pit Stop, where the Yielded team would have to wait out a 15-minute penalty.
At Ratna Park, one team members had to identify the ten ingredients in a lassi and toss them to their partner. Once the correct ingredients were caught, teams would receive their next clue. Before leaving the park, teams voted for the team they wished to Yield.
At Swayambhunath, teams had to carry puzzle pieces up 421 steps to the stupa, where they had to assemble the pieces to form the flag of Nepal to receive their next clue. Before leaving, teams could eat Nature Valleygranola bars.
At the Marmot Store, teams had to pick up rock-climbing equipment and carry them throughout the city much like the SherpasonMount Everest. They then had to convince a tourist to walk with them to Chabad House and teach them the answers to a list of questions about common aspects of Israel. After arriving, the tourist would be quizzed in Hebrew by RabbiChezki Lifshitz in a game called אחי ישראלי (Israeli Brother), and if seven questions were answered correctly, teams would receive their next clue. If the tourist answered any question incorrectly, teams had to find another tourist.
At Royal Nepal Golf Club, one team member had to wrap up their partner with cloth by rolling them down a hill. Then, they had to fully dye the cloth using a traditional vegetable dye before unrolling their partner to receive their next clue. Before leaving the golf course, teams would discover if they had been Yielded.
At Kailash Hill, teams had to remove lokta paper from one of several drying racks and use a black light to find the location of the next Pit Stop, where the Yielded team would have to wait out a 15-minute penalty, written in invisible ink. Teams had to remake any paper they removed before making another choice.
For this leg's Double Battle, teams had to push a bicycle carrying offerings of food past several obstacles with one member of each team wearing a mask of a Hindu deity. At the start of the course, the team member without the mask would learn which offering belonged to which deity and fill the glasses beneath four deities at the end of the course with the correct offerings up to the line. The first team to fill all four glasses with the correct offerings would receive their next clue, while the losing team had to wait for another team. The team that lost the final Double Battle had to wait out a 15-minute penalty.
This season's final Detour was a choice between להכות (Hit) or לזהות (Identify). In Hit, one team member would be attached to a harness and swung by their partner to strike a gong. Once the gong registered a sound between 86 and 93 decibels, teams would receive their next clue. In Identify, one team member would don headphones while their partner listened to one of seven gongs. After hearing the gong, they had to recreate the sound to their partner, who then had to identify which gong was struck to receive their next clue.
Additional tasks
Outside the Crowne Plaza Kathmandu-Soaltee, teams would find a provided vehicle that would take them to Kanti Bhairab Temple, where in an adjacent field one team member had to enter a pool of mustard oil and collect mustard seed grains using a basket. Their partner had to use a bamboo pole with a hook to retrieve the basket and transfer the grains to a larger basket. Once the grains reached a marked line, teams would receive their next clue. Before leaving, teams would vote for the team they wished to Yield and could eat Nature Valleygranola bars.
At Drikung Kagyu Rinchen Ling Monastery, one team member had to retrieve seven components of a first aid kit from covered bins filled with ice water while their partner lied in an ice bath with the list of needed items. Once the kit was assembled, it would be attached to a bunch of balloons and sent up to "climbers stuck on Mount Everest", and teams would receive their next clue.
At the stone breaking site, one team member had to hold up a basket of heavy stones on a pulley while their partner transferred stones from a pile to a scale. If the basket touched the ground, teams had to stop. Once the combined weight of both team members in stones was transferred to the scale, teams would receive their next clue. Inside a nearby store, teams would discover if they had been Yielded.
At Pottery Square, teams had to search amongst 120 pots for one with exactly 50 coins, the interior of which was painted gold. If the pot wasn't golden inside, teams had to deposit all of the coins into a larger pot before making another choice. Once they found the correct pot, they could exchange it for their next clue directing them to the Pit Stop, where the Yielded team would have to wait out a 15-minute penalty.
For this season's final Double Battle, one member of each team had to stand between two walls on pegs. Alternating turns, the other member from each team had to spin a Bingo cage to dispense a ball containing instructions of where their partner had to move their hands or feet much like the game Twister. The first team to lose two rounds by falling twice would lose the Double Battle and had to wait for another team, while their opponents would receive their next clue. The team that lost the final Double Battle had to wait out a 15-minute penalty.
Additional tasks
On Nanjing Road, teams had to find a person that met five listed characteristics: a person with sunglasses, three credit cards, and cosmetics who was either a 1.75-metre (5.7 ft) tall man with a size 44 shoe or a 1.68-metre (5.5 ft) tall woman with a size 38 shoe. Once teams found the a person, they would receive a clue, which instructed one team member to propose to the person they found while their partner recorded the proposal on a hand-held camera to receive their next clue.
Outside the Shanghai Fashion Store, teams would vote for the team they wished to Yield.
Outside the Z-Cherry Theater, teams would discover if they had been Yielded. Then, team members had to dress themselves in full Chinese opera makeup and costume and then learn a performance using a tablet computer provided by sponsor Hot. Once teams could correctly perform the routine onstage, they would receive their next clue.
At Doya Studio, teams had to record a segment for a shopping channel. Teams would be given a box with a product that they had to explain with a one sentence hint written on the box to guide them. Once teams completed the segment, the host would tell them how many products were correctly explained. If any products were incorrectly explained, teams had to wait 10 minutes before making another attempt. Once all the products were correctly explained, teams would receive their next clue.
Outside the candy store, one team member had to smell twelve toothpastes and describe the smell to their partner, who had to search the store for the food scent within each toothpaste to receive their next clue directing them to the Pit Stop, where the Yielded teams would have to wait out a 15-minute penalty.
Atop the Jin Mao Tower, teams had to walk out onto the Skywalk, 340 metres (1,120 ft) off the ground, and have themselves photographed while recreating five extreme poses on the ledge to receive their next clue.
At Robopark, teams had to search the store for the Zeriks robot and would discover that the robot had a tablet computer showing their loved ones. When their conversation ended, teams would receive their next clue.
At Shanghai Magic Jungle, teams had to change into traditional Chinese clothing while in a small box within nine minutes to receive their next clue.
At Golden Square, teams had to convince 25 passersby to eat a candy apple to receive their next clue.
At North Main Street Boat Quay, teams would find bamboo poles that they had to transport to a traditional Chinese medicine pharmacy to receive their next clue.
At Guanglaotai Stinky Tofu Restaurant, each team member had to create stinky tofu necklaces of twenty cubes to receive their next clue. If teams didn't want to make the necklaces, each team member had to eat a plate of sticky tofu.
The next day at China Rush Travel Agency, teams were told that the semi-finals were not over and that they had to fly to Manila in the Philippines.
After arriving in Manila, teams had to find a jeepney that would take them to the CCP Open Grounds, where teams would find a large cube that one team member had to stay on top of the entire time their partner rolled it through a course to receive their next clue. Before leaving, teams could make fruit smoothies at the fruit stand from sponsor ספרינג (Spring).
At Star City, one team member had to answer a series of questions their partner had to match while riding the Star Frisbee. If team members didn't match their answers, they would have to wait out a 10-minute penalty before making another attempt. Once team members had the same answers for eight questions, they would receive their next clue.
Manila (Ninoy Aquino International Airport) to Tel Aviv, Israel (Ben Gurion Airport)
Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv District (Kenshoo Tel Aviv)
Tel Aviv (Eretz Israel Museum)
Additional tasks
At the start of the leg, teams rode a yachtonManila Bay before returning to the RealShip Yacht Pier, where one team member had to walk across surfboards that spanned the gap between two stacks of shipping containers to retrieve the flags of the countries they visited during the season. They would be held up by their partner, who was suspended above them on a zip line and could only collect four flags after a crossing. After returning to the start, they had to place the flags in chronological order to receive their next clue.
At Bonifacio High Street, teams had to encourage 50 people to line up with a mattress behind each of them before falling like dominoes to receive their next clue.
At Philippine-Israel Friendship Park, teams were informed that the competition had not ended and were instructed to travel to Kenshoo Tel Aviv in Tel Aviv. Teams were released from Ben Gurion Airport in the same order they arrived at Philippine-Israel Friendship Park.
At Kenshoo Tel Aviv, teams had to open four puzzle boxes with clues to the location of the Finish Line leading them to figure out that it was located at the first Pit Stop: Eretz Israel Museum.
Air travel 
Rail travel 
Water travel 
Bus travel 
Helicopter travel 
Bicycle travel 
Gondola travel
צומת (Detour) 
מחסום (Roadblock) 
עצור (Yield) 
מסלול משותף (Intersection) 
סיבוב פרסה (U-Turn) 
דו–קרב (Double Battle) 
נקודת סיום (Pit Stop)
