Jet Lag: The Game | |
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Genre | Reality competition |
Created by | Sam Denby Adam Chase Ben Doyle |
Original language | English |
No. of seasons | 11 |
No. of episodes | 64 |
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Production company | Wendover Productions |
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Network | Nebula, YouTube |
Release | May 25, 2022 – present |
Jet Lag: The Game is an American travel competition web series produced for the streaming platform Nebula and also released on YouTube. Created in May 2022 by Sam Denby, Adam Chase, and Ben Doyle, each season features a contest that sends players to achieve a geographical objective in different parts of the world, some of which are inspired by board games. As of September 2024 [update] , the show has released eleven seasons, with another season currently being released, Hide and Seek across Japan.
As of September 2024, [update] the show has been streamed for over one million hours on Nebula. [1] It has also amassed 737,000 subscribers on YouTube and accumulated over 73.8 million views on the platform.
Jet Lag: The Game was created by Sam Denby, founder of Wendover Productions and chief content officer of streaming platform Nebula, with writers Adam Chase and Ben Doyle, [2] all of whom compete each season. The first season was released on May 25, 2022. [3] [4]
Jet Lag's format was partially developed during a previous Wendover show, Half as Interesting's Crime Spree, which had Chase and Doyle pursuing Denby as he attempted to break obscure state laws across the United States. [4] Denby has also cited The Amazing Race as "a point of inspiration" [5] and the British panel show Taskmaster as inspiration for some of the show's various challenges. [6] [7]
The show is created primarily for streaming on Nebula, whose paying subscribers support its relatively expensive per-video budget. Episodes are released first on Nebula and a week later on YouTube. [5]
Each season features a game structure unique to the geographic area and transportation modalities available there. [8] The first official season required teams to travel to U.S. states to claim a Connect Four–style row or column. Later seasons had the contestants circumnavigate the globe via air travel, play tag across western Europe, "claim" the most U.S. states via challenges, drive the vertical length of New Zealand, compete in a game of capture the flag across increasingly large portions of Japan, [9] race from the northernmost to southernmost towns in continental America, compete in a game of hide-and-seek in Switzerland and Japan, and a traveling gambling game in Australia.
Players must complete challenges to earn cash (in some seasons real currency, in others in-game coins) which provide the ability to continue traveling as well as, in later seasons, purchase power-ups. [4] Many of the seasons have involved challenges that result in players, usually Doyle, becoming drunk. [8] Players may also be subject to curses, which restrict the player's travels (e.g. only being permitted to take transportation leaving on odd minutes of the hour) or adds an undesirable element to the game (e.g. requiring the player to listen to Tom Lehrer's "The Elements" on repeat until they reach the next city). [4]
Beginning in season five, Chase and Doyle introduced a recurring segment, "The Snack Zone", in which they offer short reviews of food items unique to their location. The following season, Denby and his guest, Strange Parts creator Scotty Allen, spun off a competing snack-based segment, "Choo Choo Chew". [8]
Team format changes across seasons. In the Tag Across Europe and Hide + Seek seasons, two of the trio form a team, while the other member is on their own, rotating out when the objective has been met. In other seasons the trio are joined by another internet personality, often other Nebula educational content creators - in such cases Chase and Doyle compete as their own team while Denby allies with the guest. The series has featured YouTubers Brian McManus, Joseph Pisenti, Toby Hendy, Scotty Allen, and Michelle Khare as guests. [10]
Filming locations are chosen based on the availability of "strong, frequent, reliable, or semi-reliable, public transportation", according to Denby; while seasons have taken place partially or completely using cars, the team felt they lacked the strategic intrigue of public transit. [8] To address the climate impacts of the show's use of air travel, Wendover purchases Gold Standard carbon offsets worth ten times the show's estimated emissions. "We knew from the get go that we would get some criticism for what is clearly somewhat frivolous travel", Denby told The Globe and Mail . [11]
Jet Lag is filmed using iPhone 13 Pros and Røde lavalier microphones, a configuration that Denby says allows the competitors to focus on creating content rather than cinematography. [5]
Aside from the series itself, the Jet Lag crew also produces additional series-related content exclusively available to Nebula subscribers. Two companion videos titled The Layover were released after seasons 3 and 4; [12] [13] these later gave way to a companion podcast, likewise named The Layover, which started concurrently with season 5 of the series. The companion videos and podcast both serve to discuss game design and production details from a behind-the-scenes perspective, with some The Layover episodes released between Jet Lag seasons focusing on travel tips and games. [14] [ better source needed ] Videos containing outtakes have started being released on Nebula since season 8. [15] [ better source needed ]
As of season 12, Jet Lag has visited 15 countries across four continents.[ citation needed ]
Rank | Country | Seasons visited |
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1 | United States | 4 (1, 2, 4, 8) |
2 | Australia | 2 (2, 10) |
Belgium | 2 (3, 7) | |
France | 2 (3, 7) | |
Germany | 2 (3, 7) | |
Italy | 2 (2, 11) | |
Japan | 2 (6, 12) | |
Netherlands | 2 (2, 7) | |
Switzerland | 2 (9, 11) | |
10 | Fiji | 1 (2) |
Luxembourg | 1 (7) | |
Mexico | 1 (2) | |
New Zealand | 1 (5) | |
Singapore | 1 (2) | |
Slovenia | 1 (11) |
The show was nominated in the editing category of the 13th Streamy Awards. [16] As of September 2024, the show has been streamed for more than 1 million hours on Nebula and has received 729,000 YouTube subscribers, and over 71.4 million views. [1] [17]
As of September 2024, Jet Lag: The Game has released eleven seasons. [10] [18] [19] [20] A twelfth season was announced one week after the end of Season 11; it is filmed in Japan.
Season | Title | Episodes | Originally aired | Location | Guest | Winner(s) | Game | ||
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First aired | Last aired | ||||||||
1 | Connect 4 | 3 | May 25, 2022 | June 1, 2022 | Western United States | Brian McManus | Sam Denby & Brian McManus | Connect Four via "claiming" U.S. states | |
2 | Circumnavigation | 5 | June 29, 2022 | July 28, 2022 | Earth | Joseph Pisenti | Adam Chase & Ben Doyle | Race to circumnavigate the world | |
3 | Tag EUR It | 7 | September 7, 2022 | October 19, 2022 | Western Europe | — | Adam Chase | A game of tag across Western Europe | |
4 | Battle 4 America | 5 | December 7, 2022 | January 4, 2023 | United States | Brian McManus | Adam Chase & Ben Doyle | "Claim" the most U.S. states before time runs out | |
5 | Race to the End of the World | 8 | March 1, 2023 | April 19, 2023 | New Zealand | Toby Hendy | Sam Denby & Toby Hendy | Drive the length of New Zealand, unlocking paths via challenges | |
6 | Capture the Flag | 7 | May 31, 2023 | July 12, 2023 | Japan | Scotty Allen | Adam Chase & Ben Doyle | A game of capture the flag across Japan, starting in Tokyo | |
7 | Tag EUR It 2 | 6 | September 6, 2023 | October 11, 2023 | Western Europe | — | Ben Doyle | A game of tag across Western Europe | |
8 | Arctic Escape | 6 | December 13, 2023 | January 17, 2024 | United States | Michelle Khare | Sam Denby & Michelle Khare | A race from Utqiagvik, Alaska to Key West, Florida | |
9 | Hide + Seek | 5 | February 28, 2024 | March 27, 2024 | Switzerland | — | Adam Chase | A game of hide-and-seek across Switzerland | |
10 | Au$tralia | 6 | May 15, 2024 | June 19, 2024 | Australia | Toby Hendy | Sam Denby & Toby Hendy | "Claim" the most regions of Australia before time runs out | |
11 | Tag EUR It 3 | 6 | August 21, 2024 | September 25, 2024 | Southern Europe | — | Sam Denby | A game of tag across Southern Europe | |
12 | Hide + Seek: Japan | TBA | December 4, 2024 | TBA | Japan [21] | — | TBA | A game of hide-and-seek across Japan |
The first season premiered on May 25, 2022. Starting at Chicago O'Hare Airport, Denby and Brian McManus (host of the YouTube channel Real Engineering) compete against Chase and Doyle to claim U.S. states from the 22 west of the Mississippi River in a game of geographical Connect 4, the goal is to claim 4 states in a row on a direct east–west or north–south line. Teams must travel to their target state's capitol building, draw a challenge card at random, then successfully complete it within the state to claim it for their team.
By the end of the game, Chase and Doyle had claimed Colorado, Oregon, Arizona, Utah, and Wyoming, whereas Denby and McManus had claimed California, Nevada, and Idaho. Both teams ultimately converged at Helena, Montana to complete their line of four states, with Denby and McManus drawing a card that allowed them to claim the state immediately, thereby connecting four states and winning the game.
The second season premiered on June 29, 2022. Starting and finishing at Denver Union Station in Denver, Colorado, Denby and Joseph Pisenti (host of the YouTube channel RealLifeLore) compete against Chase and Doyle to be the first to circumnavigate the world. To count as a circumnavigation, each team must travel at least 22,859 mi (36,788 km) and cross all meridians. Teams started with a $1,000 travel budget and could earn more by completing challenges selected from a deck of cards. Once a team completed a challenge, the same challenge cannot be completed by the opposing team. To encourage onward travel, the second challenge completed within a 300 mi (480 km) radius is worth half the stated value, and any subsequent challenge is worth one quarter of its stated value.
During the game, though the two teams took different routes across the world (Denby and Pisenti via Cancún and Amsterdam; Chase and Doyle via New York City and Milan), they both reached Singapore on the same day. Here, both teams aimed to complete some of the same challenges, with Chase and Doyle succeeding in completing several of them before Denby and Pisenti were able to do so. Denby and Pisenti were stranded in Singapore due to an inadequate budget to travel on, while Chase and Doyle were able to finish the journey back to Denver via Sydney, Nadi, and Los Angeles to win the game.
The third season premiered on September 7, 2022. Starting at the Place Ducale in Charleville-Mézières, France, Denby, Chase and Doyle play a game of tag. Taking turns being "it", the runner must attempt to reach their destination: Zermatt, Switzerland for Denby; Jersey for Chase; and Borkum, Germany for Doyle. After 45 minutes the other two players begin to pursue the runner with the goal of tagging them. The chasers can track the runner using GPS tracking. The runner must complete challenges drawn randomly from a deck of cards to earn coins, which are then used to purchase transport, with the cost based on time and mode. The runner can veto any challenge (i.e. refuse to complete it) at the cost of a 30-minute penalty, during which they may only move on foot and cannot draw new challenges. They can also purchase power-ups, such as turning their tracker off for 10 minutes. A player wins instantly once they reach their destination. In the event that no player has reached their destination at the end of the third day, the winner is determined by whoever's destination is closest to the current runner. [4]
Towards the end of the game, Chase, the runner at the time, made his way to the Champagne-Ardenne TGV station in Bezannes, France, a meager 3 mi (4.8 km) into his win area. Chase, knowing that time in the game was running out, immediately ventured out into the surrounding countryside to make it difficult for the chasers to reach him. Denby and Doyle, taking a taxi, managed to catch Chase and tag him, but Doyle as the new runner could not escape Chase's win area in time, and the game ended with a victory for Chase.
The fourth season premiered on December 7, 2022. Starting in Times Square, New York City, Denby and Brian McManus, returning as a guest for the first time since Season 1, compete against Chase and Doyle to claim the most U.S. states (plus the District of Columbia) in four days. Both teams have a travel budget of $3,000, with an extra $1,000 added at the beginning of each day. Both teams draw a hand of seven cards, each containing a challenge. To claim a state, they must complete the challenge on one of their cards while in the state; once completed, the card is discarded and a new card is drawn to replace it. Each completed challenge also awards a number of tokens which can be used to purchase power-ups, such as the ability to swap two cards with the opposing team or cross into another state by car, which is otherwise only allowed through a flight or public transportation. A team can steal a state from the opposing team by challenging the opposing team to a battle, provided they have claimed two bordering states. After a 30-minute warning, a competitive challenge is drawn from a separate deck; the winner of the challenge is awarded the state and the opposing team cannot challenge for the state again. At the end of the four days, each team earns one point for every state they hold, with a two-point area bonus awarded to the team that holds the largest land area; the team with the most points is the winner.
Denby and McManus, losing a battle challenge for Maryland early in the game and gradually trailing in the number of claimed states in general, decided to base their strategy around obtaining the two-point area bonus, claiming the large states of Texas and California. After competing with Chase and Doyle to claim Arizona, Denby and McManus initiated a battle challenge for the Chase and Doyle-held state of Nevada, which would have tied the game in the event that Denby and McManus succeeded. The result of this challenge was decided by popular vote on Twitter, which Chase and Doyle won. Chase and Doyle eventually flew to claim the state of Alaska, putting the two-point area bonus firmly out of reach of Denby and McManus, who acknowledged their defeat soon afterward, losing by a combined score of 9 to 14.
The fifth season premiered on March 1, 2023. Starting in Cape Reinga (the most northern point of New Zealand) Denby and Toby Hendy compete against Chase and Doyle, embarking on a road trip to be the first to reach Lookout Point in Bluff in the far south of the country. The teams must follow pre-made routes across the country, competing in challenges based on the local area placed across the state highway network. Once one team has completed the challenge, the roadblock is cleared for both teams. Teams may veto a challenge but must wait a predetermined amount of time before the roadblock opens; some roadblocks cannot be vetoed and force the team onto a longer diversion route. The winner of the challenge is awarded a number of coins which they can use to purchase power-ups, such as the ability to skip roadblocks, place down roadblocks to slow down the other team, place a curse on the other team, or purchase a dart for a Nerf gun that both teams carry with them. If a player is physically hit with a Nerf dart by a member of the opposing team, they are forced to serve a 30-minute penalty wherein they and their teammate are not allowed to progress in the game.
The two teams were closely matched to start off the game, switching lead positions several times and reaching the city of Auckland at the same time, directly competing against each other to complete the city's challenge and earn the right to advance first. Partially because Chase and Doyle were affected by a curse card that slowed down their movement, Denby and Hendy were able to complete the challenge first and take the lead out of Auckland. Denby and Hendy eventually boarded the first ferry across the Cook Strait between Wellington and Picton, building up a several hour lead over Chase and Doyle. However, due to ferry docking delays, this lead was somewhat cut down as they entered South Island. Even though the trailing Chase and Doyle managed to draw a curse card that forced their opponents onto a less efficient route in the southern half of South Island, Denby and Hendy were able to reach Lookout Point first, winning the game.
The sixth season premiered on May 31, 2023. Starting at Tokyo Station, Denby and Scotty Allen (host of the YouTube channel Strange Parts) compete against Chase and Doyle in a game of capture the flag across Japan. Each team must attempt to capture the opponents' flags and bring it back to their own territory without being caught. The flag locations are vending machines and the flag is represented by an item purchased from that vending machine. To travel in the opponent's territory, team members must complete challenges drawn randomly from a deck of cards to earn coins, which are then used to purchase transport. If a team member is caught, they forfeit all their coins to the opposition and are sent back to Tokyo Station, where they must serve a 30-minute penalty before resuming the game. The teams can also place "towers" which affect a certain radius around the location they are placed and force opposing players within that radius into a certain restriction: for example, only being allowed to move while carrying pizza or only being allowed to walk sideways.
The game was divided into three rounds, worth one, two, and three points respectively, with each round covering a progressively larger area of Japan. Chase and Doyle won the first two rounds, but Denby and Allen won the third, putting both teams at an even three points and forcing the game to go into a sudden death tiebreaker round. In the bonus round, the players were not allowed to place towers, and instead competed in a best-of-seven format to collect flags in Tokyo itself. Chase and Doyle were able to outmaneuver Denby and Allen to win the game, prevailing in the bonus round by a score of four collected flags to one.
The seventh season premiered on September 6, 2023. Starting in Charleville-Mézières again, Denby, Chase and Doyle repeat the game format from season 3, but with the player destinations rotated: Denby this time is aiming for Jersey; Chase for Borkum, Germany; and Doyle for Zermatt, Switzerland.
Early in the game, Chase as the runner was able to stay ahead of the chasers for over 20 hours of game time and eventually reach Emden, the final stop en route to his target location of Borkum, before finally getting tagged there while waiting for an infrequent ferry. This made for the single longest continuous run seen in a Tag season, as well as the closest any runner ever got to their destination.[ citation needed ] In the final episode of the season, Doyle, the runner at the time, arrived in Metz after narrowly avoiding the chasers in Howald, Luxembourg. Initially intending to take a train to Nancy, Doyle noticed an infrequent train to the small town of Bar-le-Duc, relatively deep into his win area. Doyle knew that if he could make this connection without the chasers boarding the same train, then the next runner would not have a way to get out of his win area before the game ended. Before Doyle could board this train, Denby and Chase arrived at Metz train station and frantically searched the building for Doyle, who hid from the chasers in a photo booth and ultimately managed to make the connection. When the chasers caught up with Doyle in Bar-le-Duc, they declared him the winner of the season.
The eighth season premiered on December 13, 2023. Starting in the northern extreme of the United States in Utqiagvik, Alaska, Denby and Michelle Khare compete against Chase and Doyle to be the first to reach the southernmost point of the continental United States in Key West, Florida. Teams complete challenges selected from a common pool called the flop to earn tickets, which allows them to take a specified form of transportation (plane, train, or rental car) with restrictions on distance and destination. There are also challenges in the flop which allow the team to steal a ticket from the other team. There are four challenges in the flop at any time, with a new challenge drawn once a challenge is completed, and the entire flop replaced at the beginning of each day. Each team may hold three tickets at a time.
After winning the first challenge of the game as judged by popular vote on Twitter, Denby and Khare were the first to leave Utqiagvik as well as Alaska as a whole, building up a lead over Chase and Doyle early in the game. After all traveling through Seattle, Washington, Denby and Khare took a route including Boise, Idaho; Salt Lake City, Utah; Montrose, Colorado; Dallas, Texas; Birmingham, Alabama; and Atlanta, Georgia. Meanwhile, Chase and Doyle went through the cities of Denver, Colorado; Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Chicago, Illinois; Connellsville, Pennsylvania; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; and Atlanta, Georgia. Twice in the game, Denby and Khare were able to complete a challenge to steal a ticket from Chase and Doyle, which ultimately contributed to their victory. Denby and Khare were able to reach Key West while Chase and Doyle were still in Atlanta.
The ninth season premiered on February 28, 2024. Starting in Lucerne, Switzerland, Denby, Chase, and Doyle compete against each other in a four-day-long game of hide-and-seek across Switzerland. All players may only move on foot or by railway; alternate means of transport such as buses, cars, or cable cars are prohibited. The player designated as the hider is given a lead of 2 hours and 30 minutes to travel to an undisclosed location of their choosing, after which the two seekers are free to chase them down. To get clues to the hider's location, the seekers may ask any of a series of pre-set questions from various categories, which the hider must respond to truthfully. No question can be repeated in a given round, and there is a 30-minute delay between questions from the same category. For each question asked, the hider receives in-game coins, which can be used to purchase curses that hinder the chasers, with severity based on dice rolls. The hider may roam their immediate vicinity (defined as a circle of a half-mile radius) until the seekers reach the same locality. The hider must then move to a single hiding place and remain there. When the hider is found, one of the seekers becomes the next hider based on a pre-set rotation. The player with the longest single round of hiding is named the winner.
Based on a random draw, the order of hiders was set at Chase first, Doyle second, and Denby third. In Chase's first run, he hid in the town of Hospental atop its castle, and was reached by the seekers after 4 hours and 39 minutes. In the next run, Doyle hid in the village of Merlischachen, strategically misdirecting the seekers towards Zug instead. Even after correctly identifying Doyle's town, it took the seekers several hours to find Doyle's hiding spot underneath a slide at a secluded playground, putting his hiding time at 9 hours and 36 minutes. In the game's third run, Denby hid in the city of Winterthur, where the seekers were stalled for over five hours attempting to pinpoint his hiding location within a forest on the outskirts of the city, putting Denby's hiding time at 7 hours and 23 minutes. This was followed by the final and winning run by Chase, as he outwitted the seekers by taking a train to Thun, then running to Steffisburg just before his hiding time ran out. As he could not have made a train to Steffisburg in the allotted time, Denby and Doyle rejected it as a possibility. In the end, Denby and Doyle never reached Steffisburg, awarding the win to Chase when he exceeded Doyle's previous best time.
Toby Hendy returned as the guest competitor for season 10, which premiered on May 15, 2024. [22] The format involved two teams of two traveling across Australia and completing challenges to make claims to eight regions (the six states, and the two internal territories of the Australian Capital Territory and the Northern Territory). Teams were able to deposit money from their budget into the region they currently occupied; whichever team had the highest total deposited in a region claimed it. The team with the most regions claimed at the end of four days won the game.
Teams began near the Sydney Opera House in Sydney, New South Wales with a A$1,000 budget for travel expenses and region deposits. They could earn money by completing challenges, most of which consisted of a wager with a known multiplier ranging from ×1.5 to ×4.0. Teams had to state the amount they would stake on a multiplier challenge before starting it. Failing to meet the challenge's conditions would lose their stake; successful completion won back their stake, times the multiplier. Additionally, there were steal challenges where teams had to stake a listed percentage of their total current funds against the same percentage of their opponents'; successful completion stole that amount from the opponents. The available daily challenges for a given region were confirmed by visiting a virtual challenge board in that region, located at a notable landmark in major cities and towns (for example, the Sydney Opera House). Cash infusions of A$250 were provided at the start of each day and a welcome bonus of A$750 was awarded to the first team to arrive in a region.
Early in the game, Denby and Hendy claimed New South Wales in Sydney; Queensland in Gold Coast; and the Australian Capital Territory in Canberra. Meanwhile, Chase and Doyle claimed Tasmania in Hobart; South Australia in Adelaide; Victoria in Melbourne; and the Northern Territory in Alice Springs. Denby and Hendy then took South Australia and Victoria from Chase and Doyle, while Chase and Doyle took Queensland in Brisbane from Denby and Hendy. On the final day, Chase and Doyle planned to fly direct to Canberra to claim the Australian Capital Territory and then quickly travel to Queanbeyan across the border in New South Wales to claim both regions. However, non-stop flights from Brisbane to Canberra were booked out, so they flew to Sydney instead, claiming New South Wales from Denby and Hendy. Based on a false assumption that Denby and Hendy were flying to Tasmania, Chase and Doyle flew to Melbourne to claim Victoria back. Denby and Hendy had in fact flown to the Gold Coast Airport on the New South Wales–Queensland border, claiming both states in quick succession to win the season by a score of four to three.
The eleventh season premiered on August 21, 2024. Denby, Chase, and Doyle repeated the game format from seasons 3 and 7, but with a new starting point and final destinations. Starting in Ferrara, Italy, Denby aimed for Lyon, France; Chase for Bratislava, Slovakia; and Doyle for Capri, Italy. [23]
Chase was randomly selected to run first. He made it to Nova Gorica, a Slovenian town on the border with Italy, before the chasers caught up with him. Denby was next in the rotation. After getting to Bassano del Grappa, Denby struggled to solve a puzzle box challenge. After giving up on the challenge and serving his time penalty, Denby chose to attempt to amass as many coins as possible. He twice used a power up that gave him double coins on his next draw and then drew a Curse card with a high coin value before he was tagged. Doyle's first run was largely unsuccessful, only making it back to the starting point of Ferrara. On his second run, Chase managed to evade the chasers twice while being at the same train station as them before he was tagged in Castelfranco Veneto. Using the high coin balance from his first run and some fortuitous train schedules, Denby was able to build a multi-hour gap from the chasers as he efficiently made his way to Switzerland, far into his win region. He chose to travel to Hospental Castle, the location he and Doyle had found Chase hiding in season 9. He was tagged with less than one hour left in the game and declared the winner.
The twelfth season premiered on December 4, 2024. Denby, Chase, and Doyle will play a modified version of the game format from season 9, competing in Japan. The six-day game includes a new selection of seeker questions as well as the addition of a deck of cards for the hider that provide curses and other tools, such as hider time bonuses. [24]
Doyle went first, hiding in the small town of Yamadera in Yamagata Prefecture. After bonus cards were applied, he achieved a total hiding time of 9 hours and 59 minutes. Chase went next and hid near Tobiyama Castle Site Station in Tochigi Prefecture, where he achieved a time of 7 hours and 41 minutes. Denby went next and hid in Narita International Airport in Chiba Prefecture.
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The Chase Australia is an Australian television quiz show based on the British program of the same name. It is broadcast on the Seven Network and premiered on 14 September 2015. Four contestants play against an opponent, known as the "chaser", who plays for the bank. The show was originally hosted by Andrew O'Keefe until July 2021, when he was replaced by Larry Emdur. The series began with Brydon Coverdale, Anne Hegerty, Matt Parkinson and Issa Schultz as chasers, with Mark Labbett joining in 2016. Shaun Wallace appeared as a guest chaser in 2018, and Cheryl Toh has appeared as a chaser since 2019. Mara Lejins joined as a chaser in 2022, and David Poltorak joined in 2024. Brandon Blackwell also appeared as a guest in 2024.
Bygg Ida Sofia Mabergs is a Swedish curler from Gävle. She currently plays lead on Team Anna Hasselborg. With the Hasselborg rink, she won the gold medal in women's curling at the 2018 Winter Olympics.
Sam Denby is an American YouTuber who created the edutainment YouTube channels Wendover Productions and Half as Interesting, and the travel competition show Jet Lag: The Game, alongside other projects. Across all of Denby's channels, he has accumulated more than 1 billion views and more than 7.8 million subscribers. He is the chief content officer of streaming service Nebula.
Toby Hendy is a New Zealand science communicator and YouTuber who focuses on educational content relating to physics, mathematics and astronomy.
Michelle Asha Khare is an American YouTuber, television host, actress, and former professional cyclist. She is best known for her YouTube show Challenge Accepted and HBO Max's Karma.
Riley Patterson is an American professional football kicker for the Cleveland Browns of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Memphis Tigers and has previously played in the NFL for the Detroit Lions, Jacksonville Jaguars, and New York Jets as well.