HaMerotz LaMillion 2 is the second season of HaMerotz LaMillion (, lit. The Race to the Million), an Israeli reality television game show based on the American series The Amazing Race. The show's second season featured 11 teams of two (in pre-existing relationships) in a race around the world to win ₪1,000,000. On 11 February 2011, Ron Shahar was announced as the show's new host, replacing Raz Meirman. The second season premiered on 25 October 2011 and ended on 11 February 2012. The season finale was filmed on 11 January 2012 in Singapore. Painter and saleswoman Bar Ben-Vakil and Inna Broder were the winners of this season. Production Development and filming On 20 December 2009, Reshet announced that it had cancelled the show and that a second season would not be made. However, in September 2010, Reshet reconsidered, and Channel 2 greenlit the second season on 20 September 2010. Most filming was done in a 28-day period from 30 March to 26 April 2011, with the last leg taped on 11 January 2012. The second season spanned nine countries. Eight were previously unvisited, including Croatia, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Singapore, Sri Lanka and Thailand, as well as the first visit by an Amazing Race franchise to Bosnia and Herzegovina. China was the only previously visited nation from the previous season featured on this season. This season introduced a franchise-first twist for the Yield and U-Turn, dubbed as a "Yield/U-Turn Vote", where during a certain point on the leg, each team could cast a vote against one team on whom they wished to Yield (which was held at the Pit Stop) or U-Turn (held during the Detour) depending on the leg. Teams (and any multiple teams in the event of a tie) who received more votes would be subjected to a Yield/U-Turn. This season also featured its first double elimination in the Israeli series when in one leg, two teams were eliminated: one at the airport in Israel, and the other at the end of the leg. This season also introduced the Double Battle where teams had to compete head-to-head in a pre-determined challenge, where winning teams can move on to the next challenge, while the losing team had to wait for new challengers. The team who lost the last "Double Battle" would face a time penalty. Croatian-born Israeli former footballer Đovani Roso appeared as a Pit Stop greeter during