HaMerotz LaMillion 4 is the fourth season of HaMerotz LaMillion (, lit. The Race to the Million), an Israeli reality television game show based on the American series The Amazing Race. It featured 14 teams of two with a pre-existing relationship in a race around the world to win ₪1,000,000.
This season premiered on 22 November 2014 on Channel 2 with the finale on 28 March 2015 and was hosted by Ron Shahar.
Shani Alon and her husband's best friend Shay Gavriel were the winners of this season.
Production
Development and filming
The season introduced a new Starting Line twist and contained two different first legs that started in different locations. Each of the legs resulted in the elimination of the last team in Israel. The 14 teams were split into two groups of seven and each of the groups ran in one of the alternative first legs, while being unaware of the existence of the second group.
The season visited four continents and eight countries covering a distance of more than , including the first time that an Amazing Race franchise visited the nation of Georgia, which hadn't been visited by the original American version at the time but would later be visited on the 28th season in 2016.
The results of the final leg (as well as the overall placement) were determined when teams had checked-in at the Pit Stop mat at Estancia La Republica in Argentina. However, teams had to fly back to Israel and make their way to the Moshe Aviv Tower in Tel Aviv before revealing the actual outcome of the season and the winning team.
Cast
The cast for this season included politician and businesswomen Pnina Rosenblum, singer Roni Duani and actress Yael Duani, model Alexa Dol, and MTV music editor Tom Baum.
On 8 June 2020, Inbal "Tzuki" Nativ died at the age of 35 after a two year battle with cancer.
Future appearances
Shay & Shani and Vova & Alla competed on HaMerotz LaMillion 8.
Tom Baum appeared on the third leg of the subsequent season as a clue giver.
In mid-2015, Liron "Tiltil" Orfeli competed on the seventh season of the Israeli edition of Survivor and won the season. "Tiltil" then appeared on the ninth season of the Israeli edition of Big Brother along with Season 2 contestant Adel Bespalov and Season 6 contestant Neta Barazani as part of a second wave of houseguests with a secret assignment in order to earn their way into the Big Brother house. "Tiltil" and Neta were unable to earn a spot in the house. Ruth "Alexa Dol" Dolgakov later competed on the ninth season of Survivor with Season 5 contestant Jonathan "Joezi" Zirah. Alexa was the fifth person voted off of the show and finished in 13th place. Alla Aibinder competed on and won the eleventh season of Survivor in 2021.
Results
The following teams participated in this 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:
Key
A team placement means the team was eliminated. An underlined leg number indicates that there was no mandatory rest period at the Pit Stop and all teams were ordered to continue racing. An underlined team placement indicates that the team came in last and was not eliminated. An team placement indicates that the team was the last to arrive at a Pit Stop in a non-elimination leg. An indicates that there was a Double Battle on this leg, while an indicates the team that lost the Double Battle and received a 15-minute penalty. A indicates the team who received a U-Turn; indicates that the team voted for the recipient; A indicates that the team was granted an exclusive U-Turn in a Double U-Turn; indicates the team who received it; and around a leg number indicates that the Double U-Turn was available for that leg but not used. A indicates the team who received a Yield; indicates that the team voted for the recipient. Matching colored symbols (, , and ) indicate teams who worked together during part of the Leg as a result of an Intersection.