Holding out hope for an Amazing Race stop in Russell

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The Amazing Race Canada will not be stopping in Russell this year. Although that’s not to say host Jon Montgomery hasn’t tried.

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The Amazing Race Canada will not be stopping in Russell this year. Although that’s not to say host Jon Montgomery hasn’t tried.

“I’m as disappointed by that as anybody because, man, I want to see my hometown featured on The Amazing Race — but everybody wants to see their hometown featured,” he says, adding Russell isn’t out of the running for future seasons. “I’ve got my fingers crossed and I sell them on it every year.”

Montgomery, who holds an Olympic gold medal in the skeleton event, now lives in Victoria, and has hosted The Amazing Race Canada since 2013.

Supplied A new batch of contestants is ready to compete in the seventh season of The Amazing Race Canada, which begins July 2 at 8 p.m. on CTV.
Supplied A new batch of contestants is ready to compete in the seventh season of The Amazing Race Canada, which begins July 2 at 8 p.m. on CTV.

The seventh season of the reality show begins July 2 (CTV, 8 p.m.), when 10 teams of two kick off a cross-country competition to win a cash prize of $250,000, two new vehicles and a trip around the world.

A Winnipeg father-son team, Tim Hague Sr. and Tim Hague Jr., won the first season of The Amazing Race Canada, which aired in 2013; they were the first parent-child team to win The Amazing Race in any of its franchises around the world.

Montgomery likens the first day of the race to the first day of school.

“You know you’ve got this long-ass school year ahead of you and it’s going to be weighty, but you know it’s going to be exciting as well,” he says.

Winnipeg was featured prominently last season — with challenges at the Royal Winnipeg Ballet, The Forks and the Canadian Museum of Human Rights — but Montgomery won’t say if the show makes a return to the province this year.

While there are no racers from Manitoba, season 7 does feature the show’s first-ever team from Saskatchewan in sisters Lauren and Joanne Lavoie.

“It’s another beautifully, brilliantly casted season, which captures the essence of our country — that we are diverse,” Montgomery says.

Jon Montgomery is the host of The Amazing Race Canada. (Supplied)
Jon Montgomery is the host of The Amazing Race Canada. (Supplied)

“These differences that we have with one another are worth celebrating.”

The key for team success, according to Montgomery, is to be able to fight and move on.

He also recommends exes stay far away from the competition.

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Dave and Irina: married couple from Quebec

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Nicki and Aisha: best friends from Ontario

Sarah and Sam: teammates from Ontario

Trish and Amy: friends from Ontario

Lauren and Joanne: sisters from Saskatchewan

Anthony and James: married couple from Alberta

Aarthy and Thinesh: dating couple from British Columbia

Jet and Dave: best friends from Ontario and viewer favourites from season one

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