The Amazing Race 11
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The Amazing Race 11 is the 11th installment of the reality television show The Amazing Race
. The Amazing Race 11 featured eleven teams of two — ten returning teams from previous editions, and a dating couple who had met and competed against each other on a previous season — in a race around the world.
The eleventh cycle premiered on February 18, 2007 at 8:00 p.m. EST, 7:00 CST for one hour, and the season finale was on May 6, 2007.
Dating couple Eric Sanchez and Danielle Turner, who had competed on opposing teams on The Amazing Race 9
, won this edition of the Race.
. These rumors were fueled by reports that Season 4
winner Reichen Lehmkuhl
had been invited to appear in a future all-star Race. Speculation continued for the next few years, particularly after CBS aired all-star editions of their two other reality competition series Survivor
and Big Brother. On September 28, 2006 CBS ordered an 11th season of The Amazing Race; in November 2006, the network officially acknowledged that an all-star edition was in production. Host Phil Keoghan was originally skeptical that an all-star edition was feasible. Over time, Keoghan felt that "as we got more and more really good teams, it (All-Stars) just seemed like it had to happen."
Shortly after filming of the Race completed, approximately late December 2006, a detailed boot-list spoiler surfaced and quickly circulated among several Internet discussion boards. The list showed a completely accurate elimination order, including the exact order of finish for the final three teams.
This season was the second season (after season 5) to visit every inhabitable continent. The new countries visited in this season were Ecuador
, Mozambique
, Poland
and Macao
. None of those countries have been visited since.
Six legs of this race were won by all-female teams (4 by Dustin & Kandice and 2 by Charla & Mirna) setting a record which would later be matched in season 17.
, 6
, and 8
). Keoghan personally submitted a list of 15 teams that he thought should return. Ten of them were chosen. The one he didn't choose was Eric and Danielle, who did not previously race together. Keoghan said, "I didn't think of that new combination, which actually is a really good one." He also added that the production team's goal for the race "wasn't to pick the best racers", but "to pick the teams that have earned the most attention over the last 10 seasons". (Despite the "All-Stars" title, only one team, Uchenna and Joyce, was a winner of a previous season.) Some former racers were angered by their omission from All-Stars, most notably Chip and Kim (Season 5
) and BJ and Tyler (Season 9)
who publicly criticized CBS' casting process. Colin and Christie
(Season 5) were expected to be in All-Stars but could not participate due to Christie's pregnancy. Flo Pesenti and Drew Riker (who began dating after meeting on The Amazing Race 3) were invited to participate, but Flo reportedly declined for two reasons: she felt the first race had brought out the worst in her, and her TAR3 winning partner Zach Behr was not invited to join her. The newly created team for All-Stars thus became Eric and Danielle.
Dustin
and Kandice
from Season 10
and Charla and Mirna from Season 5
became the 2nd and 3rd out of the 7 all-female teams (to date) to make the final 3 respectively.
The full list of returning teams (and their prior race placements) are:
Records
video streaming service on the CBS website, with a new episode debuting immediately following the airing of each new Amazing Race episode in the Pacific time zone
.
in Acapulco
, Mexico
to await the finale. Subsequent eliminated teams telephoned the villa to inform the teams at the villa of their elimination, but continued to run the race as decoys to throw off spoilers to the final outcome of the race. The sequestered teams met up with the decoy teams in the final destination city to cheer on the final three teams as they crossed the Finish Line
CBS posted short videos on its website after each episode aired in the Pacific time zone to show the eliminated teams interacting at the villa.
In the first Detour of the race, teams had to choose between Wrangle It or Recover It. In Wrangle It, teams had to help local cowboys lasso, tie down, and groom one wild horse whose hooves grow so long that they prevent them from walking properly. Team members had to use traditional tools to clip its hooves to a safe length and to trim its mane and tail. In Recover It, one team member had to put on an historical military uniform. Then, the team must search the field for three items missing from the uniform: an epaulette, a button and a sword.
Additional task
Quito (Mariscal Sucre International Airport) to Santiago
, Chile
(Comodoro Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport
)
The Roadblock for this leg was to enter the ground floor boardroom and search the boardroom for letters of the alphabet that were on display. Teams needed to figure out that the majority of the letters when unscrambled would spell out one of the ten destinations inscribed on the plaques hanging on the wall. When they think they solved the puzzle, which was Chuquicamata, they had to show their answer to the security guard who would hand them their next clue if they were correct. The Detour was By Hand or By Machine. In By Hand, teams had to choose a two-ton tire and, by properly aligning the bolts and washers, finish securing it to a dump truck. In By Machine, each team member had to take a turn driving a huge front loader to transfer enough gravel to cover a marked yellow line on a stick.
For the Roadblock on this leg of the race, one team member had to choose an 1800-gallon fish-breeding tank, jump in, and catch and transfer all 80 flounder
from the breeding tank to a holding tank at the other end of the farm. Once finished, their clue would be revealed at the bottom of the tank. The Detour was a choice between Vertical Limit or River Wild. In Vertical Limit, teams had to walk 200 yards (182.9 m) to a cliff where both team members needed to complete a 40 feet (12 m) rock climb. Each team member would grab one half of their clue at the top of the climb. In River Wild, teams had to backtrack two miles (3 km) to the banks of Rio Petrohué where they would complete a two and a half mile white water rafting course through level 3 and 4
rapids.
Puerto Montt (El Tepual Airport) to Punta Arenas
, Magallanes and Antartica Chilena Region (Carlos Ibanez Del Campo International Airport
)
Teams chose between Navigate It or Sign It for this leg's Detour. In Navigate It, teams had to use a map of Punta Arenas to get to the Plaza Muñoz Gamero where a sailor would hand them a compass. Then, using the compass, the teams needed to walk directly south to find the Nautilus Building, a deep-sea salvage business. In Sign It, teams had to choose a pole and building supplies and carry them up a flight of stairs to Magellan
's Map. Using the map as a reference, teams needed to figure out his journey around the world began and ended in Seville
. Then, they had to build a traditional local signpost listing in order the fourteen ports of call in his voyage. While the signs didn't have to point in the right direction, all the cities had to be spelled correctly. The Roadblock on this leg was to sort through 1,600 pieces of mail and find one of two messages addressed to their team, written by one of the other teams from their season. The team member then had to read the message inside it to their partner, after which they received their next clue.
Additional tasks
For the Roadblock, one team member had to use a rat to find a race marker above a deactivated mine. Once their rat gave the signal that it found something, an Apopo Mine Technician would search the area. When the Race marker was found, the team would receive their next clue. This leg's Detour was Pamper or Porter. In Pamper, teams had to travel half a mile to the Maputo Central Market, choose a nail polish kit, and convince people to pay them to paint their nails, which in Maputo is a job usually performed by men. Teams needed to earn at least 30 meticals
, which is about one U.S. dollar, to receive their next clue. In Porter, teams made their way two miles to Market de Janet where they would use their bare hands to fill 10 large 45-pound bags with coal and sew each of them shut. Then, teams had to carry one of the ten heavy bags to a specified address where the owner would hand them their next clue.
Additional task
Maputo (Maputo International Airport) to Dar es Salaam
, Tanzania
(Julius Nyerere International Airport
) Dar es Salaam (Ferry Terminal) to Zanzibar
The Detour for this leg was Solve It or Schlep It. In Solve It, teams had to make their way one third of a mile to the Beyt al Chai hotel where they would put together a 62-piece puzzle that recreates an image from a style of local artwork known as Tinga Tinga. In Schlep It, teams made their way one mile to the Kijangwani Lumber Yard. Once there, they had to choose a local handcart and load two 50-pound logs into their cart. Once loaded, teams had to travel more than a mile to deliver the logs to a shipyard. This leg's Roadblock had one team member learn how to use a traditional wooden weapon called a rungu
used by members of the Maasai people by throwing it 65 feet (20 m) to destroy clay targets in order to retrieve their next clue from inside.
Additional task
, Poland
(Warsaw Frederic Chopin Airport
)
The Detour was Perfect Pitch or Perfect Angle. In Perfect Pitch, teams had to make their way three-quarters of a mile to the Prymas Palace
and choose a grand piano. Then, they needed to use the provided tools to tune one key of the keyboard. Once the concert pianist played a piece of Chopin
's music and determined that their piano was in tune, he would hand them their next clue. In Perfect Angle, teams made their way approximately half a mile to the Escada
Boutique to pick up a mannequin
and carry it another 400 yards (365.8 m) to the Panoramik Laboratory. Once there, teams had to use an x-ray
machine to locate a clue embedded somewhere inside their mannequin which needed to be positioned at a very specific angle for the image to capture the name of their next destination and commemorate Marie Curie
. The unaired Roadblock required teams to row a boat out onto the reflecting pool in front of the palace. The objective is unknown.
Warsaw (Monument of the Polish Underground State and the Home Army
) to Brzezinka
(Auschwitz-Birkenau)
At the Intersection, teams had to join with one other team to complete tasks and make decisions together until further notice, including completing the Fast Forward. In this Fast Forward, teams had to climb a set of stairs up two different towers (the tower of St. Mary's Basilica
and the Town Hall Tower located in the Main Market Square
) and count how many stairs there were. They then had to add up the result and tell it to a guard, if it is correct, the two teams would win the Fast Forward. The Detour for this leg of the race was Eat It Up or Roll It Out. In Eat It Up, the intersected teams would make their way one and a half miles to an old market. Once there, each team member had to use traditional methods to make one three-inch length of Polish kiełbasa (sausage). After finishing, the teams would be served eight feet of cooked kiełbasa. Once each person ate two feet of sausage, the teams would receive their next clue. In Roll It Out, the intersected teams would make their way one and a half miles to the J. Mazurek bakery in the Old Jewish Quarter
and properly roll out twenty bagels. When finished, they would make their way on foot one quarter of a mile to a nearby restaurant with a delivery of fresh bagels for the headwaiter. After the Detour, teams were no longer Intersected. In the Roadblock, one team member had to don a full suit of authentic medieval armor and lead a horse half a mile through the forest to the castle gates. Once at the castle, they had to deliver the horse to the stable boy, enter the courtyard, and search for the Pit Stop.
Additional tasks
Kraków (John Paul II International Airport Kraków-Balice
) to Sepang
, Selangor
, Malaysia
(Kuala Lumpur International Airport
) Sepang (Kuala Lumpur International Airport ERL station
) to Kuala Lumpur
(Putra Komuter station
/Sentul Komuter station
) Kuala Lumpur to Gombak
, Selangor (Batu Caves
)
The Detour for this leg of the race was a choice between Artistic Expression or Cookie Confection. In Artistic Expression, teams needed to travel one third of a mile on foot to Dewan Lama. Once there, they had to use an ancient technique known as batik
to exactly duplicate one of three patterns onto and then dye a 45 square feet (4 m²) piece of cloth. In Cookie Confection, teams made their way on foot half a mile to Chow Kit Bomba and had to search through 600 boxes of traditional Malaysian festive cookies, by biting into them, and find the one cookie that had a black licorice center. The Roadblock on this leg of the race was a nod to Malaysia's eco-friendly practice of recycling. Team members had to choose a bicycle with a side cart attached and then scour the neighborhood Taman Sri Hartamas for residents willing to give them their used newspapers. Once they had collected enough newspapers to make a stack eight hands (approximately six ft) high, they would receive their next clue
, China
(Hong Kong International Airport
)
In the second of only two Fast Forwards on the race, teams had to travel 5 miles (8 km) to a film set located at the former Kai Tak Airport
where a high-speed stunt was being filmed for an action movie. When they arrived, they had to get in a car with a professional stunt driver and complete a stunt course, involving sharp turns and the car flipping over. After completing the stunt course, the team would win the Fast Forward. This leg's detour was Kung Fu Fighting or Lost in Translation. In Kung Fu Fighting, teams had to travel 5 miles (8 km) to Tonkin Street
and find a nearby building (the former Cheung Sha Wan Police Quarters). Once there, they had to climb up an 11-story bamboo scaffold while avoiding an ongoing battle between stunt kung fu experts to reach the top and retrieve their next clue. In Lost in Translation, teams needed to make their way 4 miles (6.4 km) to Kowloon City
and find Nga Tsin Wai Road
. Once there, they had to search among hundreds of similar-looking Chinese signs for the specific sign shown in a photo in their clue. When they matched the photo with the correct store sign, the owner would hand them their next clue. In the Roadblock for this leg, one teammate had to kick down doors, and search the rooms behind the doors for their clue.
Additional task
Hong Kong (Hong Kong – Macau Ferry Terminal) to Macau
(Outer Harbour Ferry Terminal by TurboJET
)
Right outside the elevator in the inner rim in Macau Tower was the second of two Yields in the race. In the Roadblock for this leg of the race, teams had to perform the world's tallest Skyjump, walking around the outer rim of the observation deck, and then take a tethered jump off of the tower. The Detour for this leg of the race was Noodle or Dragon. In Noodle, teams had to make two bundles of traditional Chinese noodles. In Dragon, teams had to carry a dragon head and drum and carry it ¾ of a mile to Nam Van Lake
to find the one dragon boat
the dragon's head matched.
Additional tasks
Macau (Hong Kong-Macau Ferry Pier, Macau) to Hong Kong (Hong Kong-Macau Ferry Pier, Hong Kong by TurboJET) Hong Kong (Hong Kong International Airport) to Tamuning
, Guam
, USA 
(Antonio B. Won Pat International Airport
)
In the Detour for this leg of the race, teams had to choose between Care Package or Engine Care. In Care Package, teams must fill a 500 pound package with various humanitarian aid
items for a neighboring island. Once complete, the teams must then board onto a transport plane and participate in an air drop training exercise. Though easier, the mission would take at least half an hour. In Engine Care, teams had to clean an engine pod and associated flap section on the wing of a B-52 bomber until one of the base's sergeants feels the portion of the plane is clean enough. In the Roadblock, teams had to perform a search and rescue
mission. Using a GPS receiver, team members had to find a pilot in the Guam forest, receive new GPS co-ordinates from him, locate the landing zone, and signal for a helicopter to pick them up and bring them back to the naval base.
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Tamuning, Guam (Antonio B. Won Pat International Airport) to Honolulu
, Hawaii
(Honolulu International Airport
)
In the Detour for this leg of the race, teams had to choose between Under or Over. In Under, teams had to swim into a cave where their next clue would be anchored to the floor of the cave. In Over, teams had to use a paddle board to reach a buoy that had their next clue. Photos on the official CBS website suggest that the unaired Roadblock involved jumping off a cliff into the water below, as Mirna and Danielle were shown doing this task in the photos. Footage of Charla & Mirna approaching jeeps with the clue inside each jeep after their helicopter landed in Lanai suggest that the location of the Roadblock was most likely in Hawaii before the Detour, though the exact location is unknown.
Additional tasks
The Amazing Race (U.S. TV series)
The Amazing Race is an American reality game show in which teams of two or four race around the world against other teams, with the first-place team winning $1,000,000. As the original version of the Amazing Race franchise, the CBS program has been running since 2001 and is airing its nineteenth...
. The Amazing Race 11 featured eleven teams of two — ten returning teams from previous editions, and a dating couple who had met and competed against each other on a previous season — in a race around the world.
The eleventh cycle premiered on February 18, 2007 at 8:00 p.m. EST, 7:00 CST for one hour, and the season finale was on May 6, 2007.
Dating couple Eric Sanchez and Danielle Turner, who had competed on opposing teams on The Amazing Race 9
The Amazing Race 9
The Amazing Race 9 is the ninth installment of the American reality television show The Amazing Race. This season featured eleven teams of two with a pre-existing relationship in a race around the world to win one million dollars. The show premiered on Tuesday, February 28, 2006 and concluded on...
, won this edition of the Race.
Development and filming
As early as 2004, there had been talk about an all-star edition, with speculation that it would occur during the eighth season, just like SurvivorSurvivor (U.S. TV series)
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. These rumors were fueled by reports that Season 4
The Amazing Race 4
The Amazing Race 4 is the fourth installment of the reality television show on US television The Amazing Race. The Amazing Race 4 featured 12 teams of two, with a pre-existing relationship, in a race around the world...
winner Reichen Lehmkuhl
Reichen Lehmkuhl
Reichen Lehmkuhl, , is an American former reality show winner, model, and occasional actor...
had been invited to appear in a future all-star Race. Speculation continued for the next few years, particularly after CBS aired all-star editions of their two other reality competition series Survivor
Survivor: All-Stars
Survivor: All-Stars is the eighth season of the United States reality show Survivor. It was filmed in 2003 and debuted in the United States on CBS on February 1, 2004 after Super Bowl XXXVIII. It was set on the Pearl Islands of Panama, where the previous Survivor: Pearl Islands had just finished...
and Big Brother. On September 28, 2006 CBS ordered an 11th season of The Amazing Race; in November 2006, the network officially acknowledged that an all-star edition was in production. Host Phil Keoghan was originally skeptical that an all-star edition was feasible. Over time, Keoghan felt that "as we got more and more really good teams, it (All-Stars) just seemed like it had to happen."
Shortly after filming of the Race completed, approximately late December 2006, a detailed boot-list spoiler surfaced and quickly circulated among several Internet discussion boards. The list showed a completely accurate elimination order, including the exact order of finish for the final three teams.
This season was the second season (after season 5) to visit every inhabitable continent. The new countries visited in this season were Ecuador
Ecuador
Ecuador , officially the Republic of Ecuador is a representative democratic republic in South America, bordered by Colombia on the north, Peru on the east and south, and by the Pacific Ocean to the west. It is one of only two countries in South America, along with Chile, that do not have a border...
, Mozambique
Mozambique
Mozambique, officially the Republic of Mozambique , is a country in southeastern Africa bordered by the Indian Ocean to the east, Tanzania to the north, Malawi and Zambia to the northwest, Zimbabwe to the west and Swaziland and South Africa to the southwest...
, Poland
Poland
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
and Macao
Mação
Mação is a municipality in Portugal with a total area of 400.0 km² and a total population of 7,763 inhabitants.The municipality is composed of eight parishes, and is located in the Santarém District....
. None of those countries have been visited since.
Six legs of this race were won by all-female teams (4 by Dustin & Kandice and 2 by Charla & Mirna) setting a record which would later be matched in season 17.
Cast
This season's 11 teams were selected from past contestants, representing seven of the series' first ten editions (omitting Seasons 4The Amazing Race 4
The Amazing Race 4 is the fourth installment of the reality television show on US television The Amazing Race. The Amazing Race 4 featured 12 teams of two, with a pre-existing relationship, in a race around the world...
, 6
The Amazing Race 6
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, and 8
The Amazing Race 8
The Amazing Race 8 is the eighth installment of the reality television show The Amazing Race...
). Keoghan personally submitted a list of 15 teams that he thought should return. Ten of them were chosen. The one he didn't choose was Eric and Danielle, who did not previously race together. Keoghan said, "I didn't think of that new combination, which actually is a really good one." He also added that the production team's goal for the race "wasn't to pick the best racers", but "to pick the teams that have earned the most attention over the last 10 seasons". (Despite the "All-Stars" title, only one team, Uchenna and Joyce, was a winner of a previous season.) Some former racers were angered by their omission from All-Stars, most notably Chip and Kim (Season 5
The Amazing Race 5
The Amazing Race 5 is the fifth installment of the American reality television show The Amazing Race. The Amazing Race 5 featured 11 teams of two, with a pre-existing relationship, in a race around the world....
) and BJ and Tyler (Season 9)
The Amazing Race 9
The Amazing Race 9 is the ninth installment of the American reality television show The Amazing Race. This season featured eleven teams of two with a pre-existing relationship in a race around the world to win one million dollars. The show premiered on Tuesday, February 28, 2006 and concluded on...
who publicly criticized CBS' casting process. Colin and Christie
Christie Lee Woods
Christie Lee Woods is an American model, actress and the first woman from Texas to capture the Miss Teen USA crown ....
(Season 5) were expected to be in All-Stars but could not participate due to Christie's pregnancy. Flo Pesenti and Drew Riker (who began dating after meeting on The Amazing Race 3) were invited to participate, but Flo reportedly declined for two reasons: she felt the first race had brought out the worst in her, and her TAR3 winning partner Zach Behr was not invited to join her. The newly created team for All-Stars thus became Eric and Danielle.
Dustin
Dustin-Leigh Konzelman
Dustin Leigh Seltzer , born February 6, 1982, is a beauty queen and reality television contestant from Puyallup, Washington who has competed in the Miss America pageant and appeared on The Amazing Race 10 as well as The Amazing Race All-Stars.- Pageantry :Konzelman held the Miss San Diego 2005...
and Kandice
Kandice Pelletier
Kandice Pelletier is a beauty queen from Marietta, Georgia who has competed in the Miss America pageant and on two series of the reality television show The Amazing Race.-Education:...
from Season 10
The Amazing Race 10
The Amazing Race 10 is the tenth installment of the reality television show The Amazing Race. The Amazing Race 10 features twelve teams of two with a pre-existing relationship in a race around the world....
and Charla and Mirna from Season 5
The Amazing Race 5
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became the 2nd and 3rd out of the 7 all-female teams (to date) to make the final 3 respectively.
The full list of returning teams (and their prior race placements) are:
- From Season 1The Amazing Race 1The Amazing Race is the first installment of the reality television show The Amazing Race...
:- Joseph "Joe" Baldassare and Bill Bartek, life partners, 3rd place
- Kevin O'Connor and Andrew Feinberg, fraternityFraternities and sororitiesFraternities and sororities are fraternal social organizations for undergraduate students. In Latin, the term refers mainly to such organizations at colleges and universities in the United States, although it is also applied to analogous European groups also known as corporations...
brothers, 4th place
- From Season 2The Amazing Race 2The Amazing Race 2 is the second installment of the reality television show The Amazing Race. The Amazing Race 2 featured 11 teams of two with a pre-existing relationship in a race around the world...
:- Oswald Mendez and Danny Jimenez, best friends, 4th place
- From Season 3The Amazing Race 3The Amazing Race 3 is the third installment of the reality television show, The Amazing Race. This season featured 12 teams of two, with a pre-existing relationship, in a race around the world, making it the first season to have 12 teams...
:- John Vito Pietanza and Jill Aquilino, formerly dating (dating in Season 3), 5th place
- Teri and Ian Pollack, wife and husband, 2nd place
- From Season 5The Amazing Race 5The Amazing Race 5 is the fifth installment of the American reality television show The Amazing Race. The Amazing Race 5 featured 11 teams of two, with a pre-existing relationship, in a race around the world....
:- Charla FaddoulCharla Baklayan FaddoulCharla Baklayan Faddoul along with teammate Mirna Hindoyan were known as "The Cousins" and "Mirna & Schmirna" on The Amazing Race 5 and The Amazing Race: All-Stars television shows...
and Mirna Hindoyan, cousins, 6th place; Charla is an achondroplastic dwarfAchondroplasiaAchondroplasia dwarfism occurs as a sporadic mutation in approximately 85% of cases or may be inherited in an autosomal dominant genetic disorder that is a common cause of dwarfism...
- Charla Faddoul
- From Season 7The Amazing Race 7The Amazing Race 7 is the seventh installment of the reality television show The Amazing Race. The Amazing Race 7 features 11 teams of two, each with a pre-existing relationship, in a race around the world...
:- Uchenna and Joyce Agu, husband and wife, 1st place
- RobRob MarianoRobert Carlo "Boston Rob" Mariano is an American television personality, widely known for appearing in several reality shows, including Survivor, and The Amazing Race with his wife, Amber Brkich Mariano. Mariano won Survivor: Redemption Island and the $1,000,000 prize after competing on the show...
and Amber MarianoAmber MarianoAmber Joy Mariano is an American television personality and winner of Survivor: All-Stars, after appearing as a contestant on one of its predecessors, Survivor: The Australian Outback...
(néeMarried and maiden namesA married name is the family name adopted by a person upon marriage. When a person assumes the family name of her spouse, the new name replaces the maiden name....
Brkich), newlywed husband and wife (engaged in Season 7), 2nd place
- From Season 9The Amazing Race 9The Amazing Race 9 is the ninth installment of the American reality television show The Amazing Race. This season featured eleven teams of two with a pre-existing relationship in a race around the world to win one million dollars. The show premiered on Tuesday, February 28, 2006 and concluded on...
:- Eric Sanchez and Danielle Turner, dating, 2nd place and 8th place
- From Season 10The Amazing Race 10The Amazing Race 10 is the tenth installment of the reality television show The Amazing Race. The Amazing Race 10 features twelve teams of two with a pre-existing relationship in a race around the world....
:- David, Jr., and Mary Conley, coal miningCoal miningThe goal of coal mining is to obtain coal from the ground. Coal is valued for its energy content, and since the 1880s has been widely used to generate electricity. Steel and cement industries use coal as a fuel for extraction of iron from iron ore and for cement production. In the United States,...
husband and wife, 6th place - Dustin SeltzerDustin-Leigh KonzelmanDustin Leigh Seltzer , born February 6, 1982, is a beauty queen and reality television contestant from Puyallup, Washington who has competed in the Miss America pageant and appeared on The Amazing Race 10 as well as The Amazing Race All-Stars.- Pageantry :Konzelman held the Miss San Diego 2005...
(née Konzelman) and Kandice PelletierKandice PelletierKandice Pelletier is a beauty queen from Marietta, Georgia who has competed in the Miss America pageant and on two series of the reality television show The Amazing Race.-Education:...
, Miss CaliforniaMiss CaliforniaFor the state pageant affiliated with Miss USA, see Miss California USAThe Miss California competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of California in the Miss America pageant. Delegates from the states of California, Ohio and Oklahoma have each won the title of Miss...
2005 and Miss New YorkMiss New YorkThe Miss New York competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of New York in the Miss America pageant. Miss New York has twice won the Miss America Crown. Also, when city representatives were common at the national pageant, Bess Myerson won as Miss New York City in...
2005, 4th place
- David, Jr., and Mary Conley, coal mining
Records
- Eric and Danielle are the first team to ever win the race without ever winning a previous leg. This was then equaled by The Amazing Race 18The Amazing Race 18The Amazing Race 18 is the eighteenth installment of the reality television show The Amazing Race. The Amazing Race 18 features eleven teams of two – each returning from a previous edition – in a race around the world for a $1 million prize.The eighteenth cycle started on Sunday,...
winners Kisha and Jen.
- Oswald and Danny became the first ever team to place in the same position (4th) in two races. This record was also equaled in The Amazing Race 18The Amazing Race 18The Amazing Race 18 is the eighteenth installment of the reality television show The Amazing Race. The Amazing Race 18 features eleven teams of two – each returning from a previous edition – in a race around the world for a $1 million prize.The eighteenth cycle started on Sunday,...
, when Kent and Vyxsin came in 5th for a second time. - Eric Sanchez has set a race record as a person by traveling 25 legs during his appearance in season 9 and All-star while Dustin & Kandice set a record as a team by taveling 24 legs
Marketing
This season introduced the Elimination Station feature on the official website. A series of 13 web episodes presented the eliminated contestants living together in a common house in their sequester location in Acapulco, Mexico. The series was viewable only in the United States and was available on the InnertubeInnertube
CBS Innertube is a broadband video channel launched by CBS in May 2006. The channel offers original web-only shows, as well as rebroadcasts of CBS's regular shows. This service is currently only available in the United States...
video streaming service on the CBS website, with a new episode debuting immediately following the airing of each new Amazing Race episode in the Pacific time zone
Pacific Time Zone
The Pacific Time Zone observes standard time by subtracting eight hours from Coordinated Universal Time . The clock time in this zone is based on the mean solar time of the 120th meridian west of the Greenwich Observatory. During daylight saving time, its time offset is UTC-7.In the United States...
.
Results
The following teams participated in the Race, 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:| Team | Relationship | Position (by leg) | Roadblocks | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | ||||
| Eric & Danielle | Dating | 4th | 4th | 3rd | 2nd | 6th | 5th | 5th | 5th | 3rd | 3rd | 2nd | 1st | Eric 6, Danielle 4 | |
| Dustin & Kandice | Beauty Queens | 6th | 6th | 4th | 5th | 2nd | 4th | 1st | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 2nd | Dustin 5, Kandice 5 |
| Charla & Mirna | Cousins | 8th | 8th | 8th | 7th | 1st | 1st | 4th | 4th | 2nd | 3rd | 2nd | 3rd | 3rd | Charla 6, Mirna 4 |
| Oswald & Danny | Best Friends | 2nd | 2nd | 5th | 1st | 4th | 2nd | 2nd | 1st | 4th | 1st | Oswald 4, Danny 4 | |||
| Uchenna & Joyce | Married | 7th | 5th | 2nd | 6th | 3rd | 3rd | 1st | Uchenna 3, Joyce 3 | ||||||
| Joe & Bill | Life Partners | 5th | 3rd | 7th | 4th | 5th | 6th | Joe 2, Bill 4 | |||||||
| Teri & Ian | Married Parents | 3rd | 7th | 6th | 3rd | 3rd | Teri 2, Ian 3 | ||||||||
| Rob & Amber | Newlyweds | 1st | 1st | 1st | Rob 1, Amber 2 | ||||||||||
| David & Mary | Coalminer and Wife | 9th | 9th | David 1, Mary 1 | |||||||||||
| Kevin & Drew | Lifelong Friends | 10th | Kevin 1, Drew 0 | ||||||||||||
| John Vito & Jill | Formerly Dating | John Vito 0, Jill 0 | |||||||||||||
- A team placement indicates that the team was eliminated.
- An team's placement indicates that the team came in last on a non-elimination leg of the race and was "Marked for Elimination"; if the team did not finish 1st on the next leg, they would receive a 30-minute penalty.
- A indicates that the team won a Fast Forward clue.
- Matching colored symbols indicate teams who worked together during part of the leg as a result of an Intersection.
- A means that team chose to use the Yield; indicates the team who received it.
- Dustin & Kandice initially arrived 4th, but they had missed the clue to the Detour, having simply arrived by chance at one of the options (finished the detour). They were forced to backtrack and retrieve the missed clue at the end of the Detour and return to the Pit Stop. This did not affect their placement.
- Uchenna & Joyce initially arrived 3rd, but were issued a 30 minute penalty for being "marked for elimination" and not arriving 1st. This did not affect their placement.
- The Roadblock count does not include the results of any unaired Roadblocks.
- Due to an Intersection, Uchenna & Joyce and Oswald & Danny were able to work together to complete the Fast Forward, thus both teams were able to skip all remaining tasks and head directly to the Pit Stop and awarded 1st for both teams.
- Joe & Bill initially arrived 5th, but were issued a 30 minute penalty for being "marked for elimination" and not arriving 1st. During this time, Eric & Danielle – the only team trailing Joe & Bill at that point – were able to check in shortly after Joe & Bill arrived and were eliminated before the 30 minutes elapsed.
- Uchenna & Joyce missed a connecting flight early in Leg 9 and were not shown performing any of the tasks; they were shown proceeding from the Batu Caves Route Marker directly to the Pit Stop for elimination. Joyce confirmed in a post-race interview that she had done the newspaper recycling Roadblock prior to being eliminated. Her unaired performance is included in this tally.
- Eric & Danielle initially arrived 2nd, but were issued a 30 minute penalty for being "marked for elimination" and not arriving 1st. With approximately 14 minutes left of their penalty time, Charla & Mirna checked in during their penalty time, dropping them to 3rd.
- Oswald & Danny had been "marked for elimination", however, since they checked in last, they were eliminated without the 30-minute penalty.
Episode title quotes
Episode titles are often taken from quotes made by the racers.- "I Told You Less Martinis And More Cardio" – Oswald
- "Beauty Is Sometimes Skin Deep" – Charla
- "I'm Sorry I'm Wearing A Bathing Suit; It Is Very Weird, I Know" – Mirna
- "No Babies On The Race!" – A letter from Jeremy and Dani to Eric and Danielle, read aloud by Eric
- "You Need To Watch Your Jokes, Guy" – Joe
- "We're Going To Trade You For Food Now" – Oswald
- "If I Were In Town, I'd Ask For Your Number" – Oswald
- "The Way You Look, Yeah" – A local in Kuala Lumpur to Kandice
- "We Are Trying To Make Love, Not War" – Mirna
- "Good Doing Business With You" – Dustin
- "Oh My God, The Teletubbies Go To War" – Oswald
- "Low to the Ground, That's My Technique" – Charla
Prizes
Unless otherwise noted, prizes were awarded to the first team to check in for each leg.- Leg 1 - A trip to the Four Seasons Resort, Whistler Lodge in Whistler, British ColumbiaWhistler, British ColumbiaWhistler is a Canadian resort town in the southern Pacific Ranges of the Coast Mountains in the province of British Columbia, Canada, approximately north of Vancouver...
, CanadaCanadaCanada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
provided by TravelocityTravelocityTravelocity is an online travel agency and wholly owned subsidiary of Sabre Holdings Corporation, which was a publicly traded company until taken private by Silver Lake Partners and Texas Pacific Group in March 2007...
. - Leg 2 - An off-road motorcycle for each member.
- Leg 3 - A home gym for each member.
- Leg 4 - A trip to the Royal Lahaina Resort in MauiMauiThe island of Maui is the second-largest of the Hawaiian Islands at and is the 17th largest island in the United States. Maui is part of the state of Hawaii and is the largest of Maui County's four islands, bigger than Lānai, Kahoolawe, and Molokai. In 2010, Maui had a population of 144,444,...
provided by Travelocity. - Leg 5 - A trip to ArubaArubaAruba is a 33 km-long island of the Lesser Antilles in the southern Caribbean Sea, located 27 km north of the coast of Venezuela and 130 km east of Guajira Peninsula...
provided by Travelocity. - Leg 6 - A 12 feet (4 m) catamaranCatamaranA catamaran is a type of multihulled boat or ship consisting of two hulls, or vakas, joined by some structure, the most basic being a frame, formed of akas...
for each team member. - Leg 7 - A trip to Puerto RicoPuerto RicoPuerto Rico , officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico , is an unincorporated territory of the United States, located in the northeastern Caribbean, east of the Dominican Republic and west of both the United States Virgin Islands and the British Virgin Islands.Puerto Rico comprises an...
provided by Travelocity. - Leg 8 - A trip to St. Lucia provided by Travelocity. Although two teams arrived in first place, there was only one prize offered. Oswald & Danny decided to award the prize to Uchenna & Joyce.
- Leg 9 - A retro-scooter for each team member.
- Leg 10 - A trip to Hong KongHong KongHong Kong is one of two Special Administrative Regions of the People's Republic of China , the other being Macau. A city-state situated on China's south coast and enclosed by the Pearl River Delta and South China Sea, it is renowned for its expansive skyline and deep natural harbour...
during Chinese New Year provided by Travelocity. - Leg 11 - A Yamaha Waverunner for each member.
- Leg 12 - An all-terrain vehicle for each member.
- Leg 13 - $1,000,000
Elimination Station
The first five teams eliminated were sequestered at a villaVilla
A villa was originally an ancient Roman upper-class country house. Since its origins in the Roman villa, the idea and function of a villa have evolved considerably. After the fall of the Roman Republic, villas became small farming compounds, which were increasingly fortified in Late Antiquity,...
in Acapulco
Acapulco
Acapulco is a city, municipality and major sea port in the state of Guerrero on the Pacific coast of Mexico, southwest from Mexico City. Acapulco is located on a deep, semi-circular bay and has been a port since the early colonial period of Mexico’s history...
, Mexico
Mexico
The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...
to await the finale. Subsequent eliminated teams telephoned the villa to inform the teams at the villa of their elimination, but continued to run the race as decoys to throw off spoilers to the final outcome of the race. The sequestered teams met up with the decoy teams in the final destination city to cheer on the final three teams as they crossed the Finish Line
CBS posted short videos on its website after each episode aired in the Pacific time zone to show the eliminated teams interacting at the villa.
- After Leg 1, John Vito & JillThe Amazing Race 3The Amazing Race 3 is the third installment of the reality television show, The Amazing Race. This season featured 12 teams of two, with a pre-existing relationship, in a race around the world, making it the first season to have 12 teams...
were the first eliminated and sent to the villa. While there, they were guessing who would be eliminated next. They thought it would either be Charla & MirnaThe Amazing Race 5The Amazing Race 5 is the fifth installment of the American reality television show The Amazing Race. The Amazing Race 5 featured 11 teams of two, with a pre-existing relationship, in a race around the world....
or Kevin & DrewThe Amazing Race 1The Amazing Race is the first installment of the reality television show The Amazing Race...
. - After Leg 2, Kevin & DrewThe Amazing Race 1The Amazing Race is the first installment of the reality television show The Amazing Race...
were the second team eliminated and sent to the villa. While there, Kevin, Drew, and John Vito were arguing over what a stoopStoopStoop may refer to:* Adrian Stoop , English-naturalised rugby union player* Georgie Stoop , English professional tennis player* Urban stoop, a small staircase or porch* a mild form of kyphosis...
was. Later, they guessed Charla & Mirna would be eliminated next. - After Leg 3, David & MaryThe Amazing Race 10The Amazing Race 10 is the tenth installment of the reality television show The Amazing Race. The Amazing Race 10 features twelve teams of two with a pre-existing relationship in a race around the world....
were the third team eliminated and sent to the villa. David recounted how he was misdirected by several ChileChileChile ,officially the Republic of Chile , is a country in South America occupying a long, narrow coastal strip between the Andes mountains to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west. It borders Peru to the north, Bolivia to the northeast, Argentina to the east, and the Drake Passage in the far...
an locals over breakfast. Later, Jill shows David & Mary the master suiteSuiteIn music, a suite is an ordered set of instrumental or orchestral pieces normally performed in a concert setting rather than as accompaniment; they may be extracts from an opera, ballet , or incidental music to a play or film , or they may be entirely original movements .In the...
they saved for the first married couple. Later, Drew guessed Teri & IanThe Amazing Race 3The Amazing Race 3 is the third installment of the reality television show, The Amazing Race. This season featured 12 teams of two, with a pre-existing relationship, in a race around the world, making it the first season to have 12 teams...
might be eliminated next. - After Leg 4, Rob & AmberThe Amazing Race 7The Amazing Race 7 is the seventh installment of the reality television show The Amazing Race. The Amazing Race 7 features 11 teams of two, each with a pre-existing relationship, in a race around the world...
became the fourth team eliminated and sent to the villa. Rob and Amber were welcomed very nicely. John Vito and Jill even said they were a strong team. Later, they guessed that the next elimination would be Eric & DanielleThe Amazing Race 9The Amazing Race 9 is the ninth installment of the American reality television show The Amazing Race. This season featured eleven teams of two with a pre-existing relationship in a race around the world to win one million dollars. The show premiered on Tuesday, February 28, 2006 and concluded on...
. - Leg 5 was a non-elimination leg. The four eliminated teams sat around waiting for another team, only to hear John Vito and Kevin figure out that it must be a non-elimination leg. They spent time on a beach overlook, and back at the villa, Rob dragged Mary into the pool.
- After Leg 6, Teri & IanThe Amazing Race 3The Amazing Race 3 is the third installment of the reality television show, The Amazing Race. This season featured 12 teams of two, with a pre-existing relationship, in a race around the world, making it the first season to have 12 teams...
were the fifth team eliminated and sent to the villa. Drew put on a displeased face for the camera when they arrived. A disgruntled Ian revealed that he believes Oswald & DannyThe Amazing Race 2The Amazing Race 2 is the second installment of the reality television show The Amazing Race. The Amazing Race 2 featured 11 teams of two with a pre-existing relationship in a race around the world...
are ruthless racers with no character, saying that when he worked with them in UshuaiaUshuaiaUshuaia may refer to the following:*Ushuaia, a city in Argentina.**Ushuaia Department, an administrative division**Ushuaia River**Ushuaia International Airport**Colegio Nacional de Ushuaia, National School of Ushuaia....
to book flights, they deliberately booked him a different flight and did not confirm it. He said that the same thing happened when Eric & Danielle worked with Oswald and Danny. He also predicted that either Dustin & Kandice or Uchenna & Joyce would win. - Leg 7 was a non-elimination leg. John Vito and Jill ponder about this non-elimination round. Ian expresses how he and Teri bonded with Joe & Bill and Eric & Danielle as a result of their spending consecutive days together in airports. Amber does tattoos for entertainment.
- After Leg 8, Joe & BillThe Amazing Race 1The Amazing Race is the first installment of the reality television show The Amazing Race...
were the sixth team eliminated. The eliminated teams got a call from them are were sad to hear that Joe & Bill were eliminated from the race. Mary asks Joe & Bill who they think should win. Bill says that he would love to see Uchenna & JoyceThe Amazing Race 7The Amazing Race 7 is the seventh installment of the reality television show The Amazing Race. The Amazing Race 7 features 11 teams of two, each with a pre-existing relationship, in a race around the world...
or Charla & Mirna win. The guests talk about the call the next morning. In a confessional, Kevin and Drew said that since they were so close to the Finish Line, they would see Joe & Bill where the Race finishes. - After Leg 9, Uchenna & Joyce were the seventh team eliminated. They called the villa and told the eliminated teams about their flight problem that led to their elimination. The teams at the villa expressed disappointment at Uchenna & Joyce's elimination, and Amber tells them they would meet up at the Finish Line. Prior to the call, Drew questions why Dustin & Kandice need to participate in the Race when they had already won beauty pageants. Amber takes exception to this, having won Survivor: All-StarsSurvivor: All-StarsSurvivor: All-Stars is the eighth season of the United States reality show Survivor. It was filmed in 2003 and debuted in the United States on CBS on February 1, 2004 after Super Bowl XXXVIII. It was set on the Pearl Islands of Panama, where the previous Survivor: Pearl Islands had just finished...
prior to her original season of The Amazing Race. - Leg 10 was a non-elimination leg. The eliminated teams waited for another team, only to discover that the leg was non-elimination. Amber taught Mary how to swim. Mary overcome the fear of not being able to swim for a long time.
- Leg 11 was a non-elimination leg. The eliminated teams await a phone call from the next eliminated team, but give up after several days without a phone call. John Vito came up with the idea of throwing an awards party to commemorate the end of their stay at the villa. Each racer drew another racer's name and presented him or her with funny and sometimes touching gifts.
- After Leg 12, Oswald & Danny were the eighth and final team eliminated and were sent to the End City. The five teams at the villa depart to the End City in order to cheer the remaining teams as they run to the Finish Line. At the End City, they reunite with Joe & Bill, Uchenna & Joyce, and newly eliminated Oswald & Danny. Oswald and Danny say they would like to see Charla & Mirna win the race, while some of the other teams reiterate who they would like to see win.
- Leg 13 was the final leg of The Amazing Race: All-Stars. Some of the eliminated teams share their opinions on the winners and the runners-up. The final three admit to their final joys and disappointments.
Race summary
Leg 1 (United States → Ecuador)
- Palmetto BayPalmetto Bay, FloridaPalmetto Bay is a Miami suburban incorporated village in Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States. The population was 24,469 at the 2000 census.Palmetto Bay includes two census-designated places defined in the 2000 census, Cutler and East Perrine.-History:...
, FloridaFloridaFlorida is a state in the southeastern United States, located on the nation's Atlantic and Gulf coasts. It is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the north by Alabama and Georgia and to the east by the Atlantic Ocean. With a population of 18,801,310 as measured by the 2010 census, it...
, United StatesUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
(Charles Deering Historic EstateCharles Deering EstateCharles Deering Estate was the Florida home of Charles Deering until 1927 when he died at the estate.-Description:...
) (Starting Line) MiamiMiami, FloridaMiami is a city located on the Atlantic coast in southeastern Florida and the county seat of Miami-Dade County, the most populous county in Florida and the eighth-most populous county in the United States with a population of 2,500,625...
(Miami International AirportMiami International AirportMiami International Airport , also known as MIA and historically Wilcox Field, is the primary airport serving the South Florida area...
) to QuitoQuitoSan Francisco de Quito, most often called Quito , is the capital city of Ecuador in northwestern South America. It is located in north-central Ecuador in the Guayllabamba river basin, on the eastern slopes of Pichincha, an active stratovolcano in the Andes mountains...
, Pichincha ProvincePichincha ProvincePichincha is a province of Ecuador located in the northern sierra region; its capital and largest city is Quito. It is bordered by Imbabura & Esmeraldas to the north, Cotopaxi & Santo Domingo de los Tsáchilas to the south, Napo & Sucumbíos to the east, and Esmeraldas & Santo Domingo de los...
, EcuadorEcuadorEcuador , officially the Republic of Ecuador is a representative democratic republic in South America, bordered by Colombia on the north, Peru on the east and south, and by the Pacific Ocean to the west. It is one of only two countries in South America, along with Chile, that do not have a border...
(Mariscal Sucre International AirportMariscal Sucre International AirportMariscal Sucre International Airport is the international airport serving Quito, the capital city of Ecuador. It is named after Venezuelan born Antonio José de Sucre, known as the "Gran Mariscal de Ayacucho" , a hero of Ecuadorian and Latin American independence...
) - Quito (Plaza de San Francisco)
- Quito (Pim's Restaurant) (Overnight Rest)
- Napo ProvinceNapo ProvinceNapo is a province in Ecuador. Its capital is Tena. The province contains the Napo River. The province is low developed without much industrial presence. The thick rainforest is home to many natives that remain isolated by preference, descendents of those who fled the Spanish invasion in the Andes,...
(Cotopaxi National ParkCotopaxi National ParkCotopaxi National Park is a protected area in Ecuador situated in the Cotopaxi Province, Napo Province and Pichincha Province. The volcano that lends its name to the park is located within its boundaries. Cotopaxi volcano is one of the tallest active volcanoes in the world.Cotopaxi is located an...
- Hacienda Yanahurco) - Napo Province (Cotopaxi National Park - Mirador Cotopaxi)
In the first Detour of the race, teams had to choose between Wrangle It or Recover It. In Wrangle It, teams had to help local cowboys lasso, tie down, and groom one wild horse whose hooves grow so long that they prevent them from walking properly. Team members had to use traditional tools to clip its hooves to a safe length and to trim its mane and tail. In Recover It, one team member had to put on an historical military uniform. Then, the team must search the field for three items missing from the uniform: an epaulette, a button and a sword.
Additional task
- At Pim's Restaurant, teams pulled a number to receive three different departure times for the next morning, 7:00, 7:15 and 7:30. At the departure time, teams had provided a map and find these cars and drive themselves to Cotopaxi National ParkCotopaxi National ParkCotopaxi National Park is a protected area in Ecuador situated in the Cotopaxi Province, Napo Province and Pichincha Province. The volcano that lends its name to the park is located within its boundaries. Cotopaxi volcano is one of the tallest active volcanoes in the world.Cotopaxi is located an...
.
Leg 2 (Ecuador → Chile)
Santiago, Chile
Santiago , also known as Santiago de Chile, is the capital and largest city of Chile, and the center of its largest conurbation . It is located in the country's central valley, at an elevation of above mean sea level...
, Chile
Chile
Chile ,officially the Republic of Chile , is a country in South America occupying a long, narrow coastal strip between the Andes mountains to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west. It borders Peru to the north, Bolivia to the northeast, Argentina to the east, and the Drake Passage in the far...
(Comodoro Arturo Merino Benítez International AirportComodoro Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport
Comodoro Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport , also known as Pudahuel Airport and Santiago International Airport, located in Pudahuel, north-west of downtown Santiago, is Chile's largest aviation facility and the busiest international air passenger gateway to the country...
)
- Santiago (CodelcoCodelcoCODELCO is the Chilean state owned copper mining company formed in 1976 from the foreign owned copper companies that were nationalised in 1971. The headquarters are in Santiago and the seven-man board of directors is appointed by the President of the Republic...
Corporate Headquarters) Santiago (Comodoro Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport) to CalamaCalama, ChileCalama is a city and commune in the Atacama Desert in northern Chile. It is the capital of El Loa Province, part of the Antofagasta Region. Calama is one of the driest cities in the world with average annual precipitation of just . The River Loa, Chile's longest, flows through the city...
, Antofagasta RegionAntofagasta RegionThe II Antofagasta Region is one of Chile's fifteen first-order administrative divisions. It comprises three provinces, Antofagasta, El Loa and Tocopilla...
(El Loa Airport) - Calama (ChuquicamataChuquicamataChuquicamata, or "Chuqui" as it is more familiarly known, is by digged volume the biggest open pit copper mine in the world, located in the north of Chile, 215 km northeast of Antofagasta and 1,240 km north of the capital, Santiago...
) - San Pedro de Atacama (Valle de la Muerte or Death Valley)
The Roadblock for this leg was to enter the ground floor boardroom and search the boardroom for letters of the alphabet that were on display. Teams needed to figure out that the majority of the letters when unscrambled would spell out one of the ten destinations inscribed on the plaques hanging on the wall. When they think they solved the puzzle, which was Chuquicamata, they had to show their answer to the security guard who would hand them their next clue if they were correct. The Detour was By Hand or By Machine. In By Hand, teams had to choose a two-ton tire and, by properly aligning the bolts and washers, finish securing it to a dump truck. In By Machine, each team member had to take a turn driving a huge front loader to transfer enough gravel to cover a marked yellow line on a stick.
Leg 3 (Chile)
- San Pedro de Atacama (Iglesia de San Pedro de Atacama) Calama (El Loa Airport) to Puerto MonttPuerto MonttPuerto Montt is a port city and commune in southern Chile, located at the northern end of the Reloncaví Sound in the Llanquihue Province, Los Lagos Region. The commune spans an area of and had a population of 175,938 in 2002. It is located 1,055 km to the south of the capital, Santiago...
, Los Lagos RegionLos Lagos RegionLos Lagos Region is one of Chile's 15 regions, which are first order administrative divisions, and comprises four provinces: Chiloé, Llanquihue, Osorno and Palena. The region contains the country's second largest island, Chiloé, and the second largest lake, Llanquihue.Its capital is Puerto Montt;...
(El Tepual AirportEl Tepual AirportEl Tepual International Airport is a commercial and private aviation facility which serves the touristic area of Puerto Montt, Chile.-History:...
) - Metri (Centro Acuicultura y Ciencias del Mar, Universidad de Los Lagos)
- Vicente Pérez Rosales National ParkVicente Pérez Rosales National ParkVicente Pérez Rosales National Park is located in Los Lagos Region, Llanquihue Province, of Chile. Its western entrance is close to the Ensenada locality, northeast of the provincial capital of Puerto Montt, and from Puerto Varas along Ruta CH-225. This national park covers about and is almost...
(Petrohué RiverPetrohué RiverPetrohué River is a Chilean river located in the Los Lagos Region of Chile. It originates from Todos los Santos Lake in the Vicente Pérez Rosales National Park...
, La Maquina) - Vicente Pérez Rosales National Park (Playa Petrohué)
For the Roadblock on this leg of the race, one team member had to choose an 1800-gallon fish-breeding tank, jump in, and catch and transfer all 80 flounder
Flounder
The flounder is an ocean-dwelling flatfish species that is found in coastal lagoons and estuaries of the Northern Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.-Taxonomy:There are a number of geographical and taxonomical species to which flounder belong.*Western Atlantic...
from the breeding tank to a holding tank at the other end of the farm. Once finished, their clue would be revealed at the bottom of the tank. The Detour was a choice between Vertical Limit or River Wild. In Vertical Limit, teams had to walk 200 yards (182.9 m) to a cliff where both team members needed to complete a 40 feet (12 m) rock climb. Each team member would grab one half of their clue at the top of the climb. In River Wild, teams had to backtrack two miles (3 km) to the banks of Rio Petrohué where they would complete a two and a half mile white water rafting course through level 3 and 4
International Scale of River Difficulty
The International Scale of River Difficulty is a standardized scale used to rate the safety of a stretch of river, or a single rapid. The grade reflects the technical difficulty and skill level required associated with the section of river...
rapids.
Leg 4 (Chile → Argentina)
Punta Arenas, Chile
Punta Arenas is a commune and the capital city of Chile's southernmost region, Magallanes and Antartica Chilena. The city was officially renamed Magallanes in 1927, but in 1938 it was changed back to Punta Arenas...
, Magallanes and Antartica Chilena Region (Carlos Ibanez Del Campo International Airport
Carlos Ibanez Del Campo International Airport
Presidente Carlos Ibáñez International Airport is an airport serving the city of Punta Arenas in southern Chile in the Patagonia region of South America. Because of high amounts of tourism, it handles a large number of passengers per year...
)
- Punta Arenas (Lord Lonsdale's Shipwreck) Punta Arenas (Carlos Ibanez Del Campo International Airport) to UshuaiaUshuaiaUshuaia may refer to the following:*Ushuaia, a city in Argentina.**Ushuaia Department, an administrative division**Ushuaia River**Ushuaia International Airport**Colegio Nacional de Ushuaia, National School of Ushuaia....
, Tierra del Fuego ProvinceTierra del Fuego Province (Argentina)Tierra del Fuego is an Argentine province entirely separated from mainland Argentina by the Strait of Magellan. It includes:* The eastern part of the Isla Grande of Tierra del Fuego archipelago and the Staten Island.* Argentina's claims to the Falkland Islands and to...
, ArgentinaArgentinaArgentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...
(Ushuaia International AirportUshuaia International AirportUshuaia International Airport is located south of the center of Ushuaia, a city on the island of Tierra del Fuego in the Tierra del Fuego Province of Argentina. The Airport is officially claimed by Argentina as the airport for the disputed Falkland Islands....
) - Ushuaia (Playa Larga) Ushuaia (Bahia Lapataia) to Isla Redonda (Post Office)
- Isla Redonda (Mastil de General Belgrano)
Teams chose between Navigate It or Sign It for this leg's Detour. In Navigate It, teams had to use a map of Punta Arenas to get to the Plaza Muñoz Gamero where a sailor would hand them a compass. Then, using the compass, the teams needed to walk directly south to find the Nautilus Building, a deep-sea salvage business. In Sign It, teams had to choose a pole and building supplies and carry them up a flight of stairs to Magellan
Ferdinand Magellan
Ferdinand Magellan was a Portuguese explorer. He was born in Sabrosa, in northern Portugal, and served King Charles I of Spain in search of a westward route to the "Spice Islands" ....
's Map. Using the map as a reference, teams needed to figure out his journey around the world began and ended in Seville
Seville
Seville is the artistic, historic, cultural, and financial capital of southern Spain. It is the capital of the autonomous community of Andalusia and of the province of Seville. It is situated on the plain of the River Guadalquivir, with an average elevation of above sea level...
. Then, they had to build a traditional local signpost listing in order the fourteen ports of call in his voyage. While the signs didn't have to point in the right direction, all the cities had to be spelled correctly. The Roadblock on this leg was to sort through 1,600 pieces of mail and find one of two messages addressed to their team, written by one of the other teams from their season. The team member then had to read the message inside it to their partner, after which they received their next clue.
Additional tasks
- At Carlos Ibanez Del Campo International Airport in Punta Arenas, teams signed up for a charter flight to Ushuaia, Argentina, three hours apart, which were for 8:00 am and 11:00 am on the next day.
- Upon arriving in Bahia Lapataia, teams had to take a number. A boat that departed every 20 minutes would then take two teams to Isla Redonda.
Leg 5 (Argentina → Mozambique)
- Ushuaia (Martial Glacier) Ushuaia (Ushuaia International Airport) to MaputoMaputoMaputo, also known as Lourenço Marques, is the capital and largest city of Mozambique. It is known as the City of Acacias in reference to acacia trees commonly found along its avenues and the Pearl of the Indian Ocean. It was famous for the inscription "This is Portugal" on the walkway of its...
, MozambiqueMozambiqueMozambique, officially the Republic of Mozambique , is a country in southeastern Africa bordered by the Indian Ocean to the east, Tanzania to the north, Malawi and Zambia to the northwest, Zimbabwe to the west and Swaziland and South Africa to the southwest...
(Maputo International AirportMaputo International AirportMaputo International Airport , also known as Lourenço Marques Airport, is an airport located northwest of the center of Maputo, the largest city and capital of Mozambique. It is the largest airport in Mozambique, and hub for LAM Mozambique Airlines and Kaya Airlines...
) - Bilene (Apopo Training Field)
- Maputo (Praça dos Trabalhadores)
- Maputo (Fortaleza de Maputo )
For the Roadblock, one team member had to use a rat to find a race marker above a deactivated mine. Once their rat gave the signal that it found something, an Apopo Mine Technician would search the area. When the Race marker was found, the team would receive their next clue. This leg's Detour was Pamper or Porter. In Pamper, teams had to travel half a mile to the Maputo Central Market, choose a nail polish kit, and convince people to pay them to paint their nails, which in Maputo is a job usually performed by men. Teams needed to earn at least 30 meticals
Mozambican metical
The metical is the currency of Mozambique, abbreviated with the symbol MZN or MTn. It is nominally divided into 100 centavos.-First metical :...
, which is about one U.S. dollar, to receive their next clue. In Porter, teams made their way two miles to Market de Janet where they would use their bare hands to fill 10 large 45-pound bags with coal and sew each of them shut. Then, teams had to carry one of the ten heavy bags to a specified address where the owner would hand them their next clue.
Additional task
- At the Martial Glacier, Teams have to use an avalanche beacon to search the glacier for another beacon buried in the snow.
Leg 6 (Mozambique → Tanzania → Zanzibar)
Dar es Salaam
Dar es Salaam , formerly Mzizima, is the largest city in Tanzania. It is also the country's richest city and a regionally important economic centre. Dar es Salaam is actually an administrative province within Tanzania, and consists of three local government areas or administrative districts: ...
, Tanzania
Tanzania
The United Republic of Tanzania is a country in East Africa bordered by Kenya and Uganda to the north, Rwanda, Burundi, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the west, and Zambia, Malawi, and Mozambique to the south. The country's eastern borders lie on the Indian Ocean.Tanzania is a state...
(Julius Nyerere International AirportJulius Nyerere International Airport
Julius Nyerere International Airport -History:The German colonial Government built the first airport in Tanganyika at Kurasini in Temeke District in 1918. It was called Mkeja Airport....
) Dar es Salaam (Ferry Terminal) to Zanzibar
Zanzibar
Zanzibar ,Persian: زنگبار, from suffix bār: "coast" and Zangi: "bruin" ; is a semi-autonomous part of Tanzania, in East Africa. It comprises the Zanzibar Archipelago in the Indian Ocean, off the coast of the mainland, and consists of numerous small islands and two large ones: Unguja , and Pemba...
- Zanzibar CityZanzibar CityZanzibar City is the capital and largest city of Zanzibar, in Tanzania. It is located on the west coast of Unguja, the main island of the Zanzibar Archipelago, roughly opposite to Dar es Salaam across the Zanzibar Channel...
(Kiosk) - Kikungwi (Maasai Village)
- Zanzibar City (Ngome Kongwe)
The Detour for this leg was Solve It or Schlep It. In Solve It, teams had to make their way one third of a mile to the Beyt al Chai hotel where they would put together a 62-piece puzzle that recreates an image from a style of local artwork known as Tinga Tinga. In Schlep It, teams made their way one mile to the Kijangwani Lumber Yard. Once there, they had to choose a local handcart and load two 50-pound logs into their cart. Once loaded, teams had to travel more than a mile to deliver the logs to a shipyard. This leg's Roadblock had one team member learn how to use a traditional wooden weapon called a rungu
Rungu (weapon)
For the Zambian tribe , see Rungu A rungu is a wooden throwing club or baton bearing special symbolism and significance in certain East African tribal cultures. It is especially associated with Maasai morans who have traditionally used it in warfare and for hunting...
used by members of the Maasai people by throwing it 65 feet (20 m) to destroy clay targets in order to retrieve their next clue from inside.
Additional task
- Upon arriving at Dar Es Salaam Ferry Terminal, teams must pull a number to one of these four separate times through a dhowDhowDhow is the generic name of a number of traditional sailing vessels with one or more masts with lateen sails used in the Red Sea and Indian Ocean region. Some historians believe the dhow was invented by Arabs but this is disputed by some others. Dhows typically weigh 300 to 500 tons, and have a...
to the island of ZanzibarZanzibarZanzibar ,Persian: زنگبار, from suffix bār: "coast" and Zangi: "bruin" ; is a semi-autonomous part of Tanzania, in East Africa. It comprises the Zanzibar Archipelago in the Indian Ocean, off the coast of the mainland, and consists of numerous small islands and two large ones: Unguja , and Pemba...
.
Leg 7 (Zanzibar → Poland)
Zanzibar City (Zanzibar International Airport) to WarsawWarsaw
Warsaw is the capital and largest city of Poland. It is located on the Vistula River, roughly from the Baltic Sea and from the Carpathian Mountains. Its population in 2010 was estimated at 1,716,855 residents with a greater metropolitan area of 2,631,902 residents, making Warsaw the 10th most...
, Poland
Poland
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
(Warsaw Frederic Chopin AirportWarsaw Frederic Chopin Airport
Warsaw Chopin Airport is an international airport located in the Włochy district of Warsaw, Poland. Poland's busiest airport, Warsaw Chopin handles just under 50% of the country's air passenger traffic....
)
- Warsaw (Czapski PalaceCzapski PalaceThe Czapski Palace is a substantial palace in the center of Warsaw, at 5 Krakowskie Przedmieście. It is considered one of the most distinguished examples of rococo architecture in Poland's capital....
) - Warsaw (Łazienki Park - Statue of King Jan III Sobieski) (Unaired)
- Warsaw (Łazienki Palace)
The Detour was Perfect Pitch or Perfect Angle. In Perfect Pitch, teams had to make their way three-quarters of a mile to the Prymas Palace
Primate's Palace, Warsaw
Primate's Palace is a historical palace at the Senatorska Street in the Śródmieście district of Warsaw, Poland.-History:The construction of the palace began in 1593, from the initiative of the Bishop of Płock Wojciech Baranowski. After he became the Primate of Poland, he transformed the palace to...
and choose a grand piano. Then, they needed to use the provided tools to tune one key of the keyboard. Once the concert pianist played a piece of Chopin
Frédéric Chopin
Frédéric François Chopin was a Polish composer and virtuoso pianist. He is considered one of the great masters of Romantic music and has been called "the poet of the piano"....
's music and determined that their piano was in tune, he would hand them their next clue. In Perfect Angle, teams made their way approximately half a mile to the Escada
Escada
Escada is an international luxury fashion group in women's designer clothing. The company has a presence in about 60 different countries. Its main sales markets are North America, western and eastern Europe and Asia. It filed bankruptcy in August 2009, and was acquired by Megha Mittal, in November...
Boutique to pick up a mannequin
Mannequin
A mannequin is an often articulated doll used by artists, tailors, dressmakers, and others especially to display or fit clothing...
and carry it another 400 yards (365.8 m) to the Panoramik Laboratory. Once there, teams had to use an x-ray
X-ray
X-radiation is a form of electromagnetic radiation. X-rays have a wavelength in the range of 0.01 to 10 nanometers, corresponding to frequencies in the range 30 petahertz to 30 exahertz and energies in the range 120 eV to 120 keV. They are shorter in wavelength than UV rays and longer than gamma...
machine to locate a clue embedded somewhere inside their mannequin which needed to be positioned at a very specific angle for the image to capture the name of their next destination and commemorate Marie Curie
Marie Curie
Marie Skłodowska-Curie was a physicist and chemist famous for her pioneering research on radioactivity. She was the first person honored with two Nobel Prizes—in physics and chemistry...
. The unaired Roadblock required teams to row a boat out onto the reflecting pool in front of the palace. The objective is unknown.
Leg 8 (Poland)
Armia Krajowa
The Armia Krajowa , or Home Army, was the dominant Polish resistance movement in World War II German-occupied Poland. It was formed in February 1942 from the Związek Walki Zbrojnej . Over the next two years, it absorbed most other Polish underground forces...
) to Brzezinka
Brzezinka
Brzezinka is a village in southern Poland, located about from Oświęcim , in the district of Gmina Oświęcim, Oświęcim County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship.- General information :...
(Auschwitz-Birkenau)
- KrakówKrakówKraków also Krakow, or Cracow , is the second largest and one of the oldest cities in Poland. Situated on the Vistula River in the Lesser Poland region, the city dates back to the 7th century. Kraków has traditionally been one of the leading centres of Polish academic, cultural, and artistic life...
(Juliusz Słowacki Theatre)- Kraków (Main Market SquareMain Market Square, KrakówThe Main Market Square in Kraków is the most important market square of the Old Town in Kraków, Poland and a principal urban space located at the center of the city...
)
- Kraków (Main Market Square
- Sułoszowa (Pieskowa Skała)
At the Intersection, teams had to join with one other team to complete tasks and make decisions together until further notice, including completing the Fast Forward. In this Fast Forward, teams had to climb a set of stairs up two different towers (the tower of St. Mary's Basilica
St. Mary's Basilica, Kraków
St. Mary's Basilica , is a Brick Gothic church re-built in the 14th century , adjacent to the Main Market Square in Kraków, Poland...
and the Town Hall Tower located in the Main Market Square
Main Market Square, Kraków
The Main Market Square in Kraków is the most important market square of the Old Town in Kraków, Poland and a principal urban space located at the center of the city...
) and count how many stairs there were. They then had to add up the result and tell it to a guard, if it is correct, the two teams would win the Fast Forward. The Detour for this leg of the race was Eat It Up or Roll It Out. In Eat It Up, the intersected teams would make their way one and a half miles to an old market. Once there, each team member had to use traditional methods to make one three-inch length of Polish kiełbasa (sausage). After finishing, the teams would be served eight feet of cooked kiełbasa. Once each person ate two feet of sausage, the teams would receive their next clue. In Roll It Out, the intersected teams would make their way one and a half miles to the J. Mazurek bakery in the Old Jewish Quarter
Kazimierz
Kazimierz is a historical district of Kraków , best known for being home to a Jewish community from the 14th century until the Second World War.-Early history:...
and properly roll out twenty bagels. When finished, they would make their way on foot one quarter of a mile to a nearby restaurant with a delivery of fresh bagels for the headwaiter. After the Detour, teams were no longer Intersected. In the Roadblock, one team member had to don a full suit of authentic medieval armor and lead a horse half a mile through the forest to the castle gates. Once at the castle, they had to deliver the horse to the stable boy, enter the courtyard, and search for the Pit Stop.
Additional tasks
- At the Auschwitz Concentration Camp, teams lit a memorial candle on the railroad tracks to honor those who lost their lives during the Holocaust.
Leg 9 (Poland → Malaysia)
John Paul II International Airport Kraków-Balice
-Traffic:Figures in MillionsThe busiest international routes are to London and Dublin.-Getting there:In addition to road access by private car or taxi, other options are:-By train:...
) to Sepang
Sepang
Sepang is a town and district located in the southern part of the state of Selangor in Malaysia. Formerly a small town, Sepang grew to several recent developments...
, Selangor
Selangor
Selangor also known by its Arabic honorific, Darul Ehsan, or "Abode of Sincerity") is one of the 13 states of Malaysia. It is on the west coast of Peninsular Malaysia and is bordered by Perak to the north, Pahang to the east, Negeri Sembilan to the south and the Strait of Malacca to the west...
, Malaysia
(Kuala Lumpur International AirportKuala Lumpur International Airport
Kuala Lumpur International Airport , or KLIA serves the capital city of Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, and is one of Southeast Asia's largest airports. It is also Malaysia's main international airport. It is situated in the Sepang district, in the south of the state of Selangor, about from Kuala Lumpur...
) Sepang (Kuala Lumpur International Airport ERL station
Kuala Lumpur International Airport ERL station
Kuala Lumpur International Airport ERL station or KLIA ERL station is served by Express Rail Link Sdn. Bhd. in Kuala Lumpur International Airport , Malaysia...
) to Kuala Lumpur
Kuala Lumpur
Kuala Lumpur is the capital and the second largest city in Malaysia by population. The city proper, making up an area of , has a population of 1.4 million as of 2010. Greater Kuala Lumpur, also known as the Klang Valley, is an urban agglomeration of 7.2 million...
(Putra Komuter station
Putra Komuter station
Putra Komuter station is a Malaysian commuter train halt in Kuala Lumpur named in part after the Putra World Trade Centre located nearby. The halt forms part of a common KTM Komuter railway line shared by both the Rawang-Seremban Route and the Sentul-Port Klang Route...
/Sentul Komuter station
Sentul Komuter station
The Sentul Komuter station is a Malaysian commuter train station formerly known as Sentul railway station and is located in the east side of and named after Sentul, Kuala Lumpur. The station forms part of Sentul-Port Klang KTM Komuter train services, and is the northern terminus of the service...
) Kuala Lumpur to Gombak
Gombak
Gombak is a district located in the state of Selangor, Malaysia. The district was created on February 1, 1974, the same day when Kuala Lumpur was declared a Federal Territory. Until 1997, Rawang was the district capital; the capital has been moved to Bandar Baru Selayang. Gombak borders Kuala...
, Selangor (Batu Caves
Batu Caves
Batu Caves , is a limestone hill, which has a series of caves and cave temples, located in Gombak district, north of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. It takes its name from the Sungai Batu or Batu River, which flows past the hill. Batu Caves is also the name of the nearby village.The cave is one of the...
)
- Kuala Lumpur (Kampung Baru - Kampung Baru Mosque)
- Kuala Lumpur (Taman Sri Hartamas NeighborhoodSri HartamasSri Hartamas or Taman Sri Hartamas is an affluent residential township in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Sri Hartamas is located in Kuala Lumpur, under jurisdiction of the Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur and the Mayor of Kuala Lumpur...
- Newspaper Truck) - Kuala Lumpur (Carcosa Seri NegaraCarcosa Seri NegaraCarcosa Seri Negara is a luxury hotel on two adjacent hills inside the Lake Gardens, Kuala Lumpur. It is owned by the Malaysian Government. The hotel includes two colonial mansions, one named Carcosa, the other Seri Negara.-Carcosa:...
)
The Detour for this leg of the race was a choice between Artistic Expression or Cookie Confection. In Artistic Expression, teams needed to travel one third of a mile on foot to Dewan Lama. Once there, they had to use an ancient technique known as batik
Batik
Batik is a cloth that traditionally uses a manual wax-resist dyeing technique. Batik or fabrics with the traditional batik patterns are found in Indonesia, Malaysia, Japan, China, Azerbaijan, India, Sri Lanka, Egypt, Nigeria, Senegal, and Singapore.Javanese traditional batik, especially from...
to exactly duplicate one of three patterns onto and then dye a 45 square feet (4 m²) piece of cloth. In Cookie Confection, teams made their way on foot half a mile to Chow Kit Bomba and had to search through 600 boxes of traditional Malaysian festive cookies, by biting into them, and find the one cookie that had a black licorice center. The Roadblock on this leg of the race was a nod to Malaysia's eco-friendly practice of recycling. Team members had to choose a bicycle with a side cart attached and then scour the neighborhood Taman Sri Hartamas for residents willing to give them their used newspapers. Once they had collected enough newspapers to make a stack eight hands (approximately six ft) high, they would receive their next clue
Leg 10 (Malaysia → Hong Kong)
Sepang (Kuala Lumpur International Airport) to Hong KongHong Kong
Hong Kong is one of two Special Administrative Regions of the People's Republic of China , the other being Macau. A city-state situated on China's south coast and enclosed by the Pearl River Delta and South China Sea, it is renowned for its expansive skyline and deep natural harbour...
, ChinaChina
Chinese civilization may refer to:* China for more general discussion of the country.* Chinese culture* Greater China, the transnational community of ethnic Chinese.* History of China* Sinosphere, the area historically affected by Chinese culture...
(Hong Kong International AirportHong Kong International Airport
Hong Kong International Airport is the main airport in Hong Kong. It is colloquially known as Chek Lap Kok Airport , being built on the island of Chek Lap Kok by land reclamation, and also to distinguish it from its predecessor, the closed Kai Tak Airport.The airport opened for commercial...
)
- Tsim Sha TsuiTsim Sha TsuiTsim Sha Tsui , often abbreviated as TST, is an urbanized area in southern Kowloon, Hong Kong. The area is administratively part of the Yau Tsim Mong District. Tsim Sha Tsui East is a piece of land reclaimed from the Hung Hom Bay now east of Tsim Sha Tsui...
, KowloonKowloonKowloon is an urban area in Hong Kong comprising the Kowloon Peninsula and New Kowloon. It is bordered by the Lei Yue Mun strait in the east, Mei Foo Sun Chuen and Stonecutter's Island in the west, Tate's Cairn and Lion Rock in the north, and Victoria Harbour in the south. It had a population of...
(Hankow RoadHankow RoadHankow Road is a road between Salisbury Road and Haiphong Road in Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon, Hong Kong. It was initially named as Garden Road. To avoid confusion with Garden Road on the Hong Kong Island, it was renamed to Hankow, a city in China. Before 1904, the area south of Austin Road was...
– Sun Wah Kiu Laundry)- New KowloonNew KowloonNew Kowloon is an area in Kowloon, Hong Kong, bounded in the south by Boundary Street, and in the north by the ranges of the Lion Rock, Beacon Hill, Tate's Cairn and Kowloon Peak...
(Kai Tak AirportKai Tak AirportKai Tak Airport was the international airport of Hong Kong from 1925 until 1998. It was officially known as the Hong Kong International Airport from 1954 to 6 July 1998, when it was closed and replaced by the new Hong Kong International Airport at Chek Lap Kok, 30 km to the west...
) Star Ferry Pier, Central, Hong Kong IslandHong Kong IslandHong Kong Island is an island in the southern part of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. It has a population of 1,289,500 and its population density is 16,390/km², as of 2008...
- New Kowloon
- Kennedy TownKennedy TownKennedy Town is at the western end of Sai Wan on Hong Kong Island in Hong Kong. It was named after Arthur Edward Kennedy, the 7th Governor of Hong Kong from 1872 to 1877...
(ex-Kennedy Town Police Quarter) - Causeway BayCauseway BayCauseway Bay is a heavily built-up area of Hong Kong, People's Republic of China, located on the Hong Kong Island, and covering parts of Wan Chai and Eastern districts. The Chinese name is also romanized as Tung Lo Wan as in Tung Lo Wan Road...
(Victoria ParkVictoria Park, Hong KongVictoria Park is a public park in Hong Kong, named after Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom. It is located in Causeway Bay, on the north of Hong Kong Island, between Causeway Bay and Tin Hau MTR stations...
) - Happy ValleyHappy Valley, Hong KongHappy Valley is a mostly residential suburb of Hong Kong, located in the northern part of Hong Kong Island. Administratively, it is part of Wan Chai District....
(Happy Valley RacecourseHappy Valley RacecourseHappy Valley Racecourse is one of the two racecourses for horse racing in Hong Kong. It is located in Happy Valley on Hong Kong Island, surrounded by Wong Nai Chung Road and Morrison Hill Road.-History:...
)
In the second of only two Fast Forwards on the race, teams had to travel 5 miles (8 km) to a film set located at the former Kai Tak Airport
Kai Tak Airport
Kai Tak Airport was the international airport of Hong Kong from 1925 until 1998. It was officially known as the Hong Kong International Airport from 1954 to 6 July 1998, when it was closed and replaced by the new Hong Kong International Airport at Chek Lap Kok, 30 km to the west...
where a high-speed stunt was being filmed for an action movie. When they arrived, they had to get in a car with a professional stunt driver and complete a stunt course, involving sharp turns and the car flipping over. After completing the stunt course, the team would win the Fast Forward. This leg's detour was Kung Fu Fighting or Lost in Translation. In Kung Fu Fighting, teams had to travel 5 miles (8 km) to Tonkin Street
Tonkin Street
Tonkin Street is a street between Sham Shui Po and Cheung Sha Wan of New Kowloon in Hong Kong. It runs northeast to southwest and crossing many major roads in the Cheung Sha Wan...
and find a nearby building (the former Cheung Sha Wan Police Quarters). Once there, they had to climb up an 11-story bamboo scaffold while avoiding an ongoing battle between stunt kung fu experts to reach the top and retrieve their next clue. In Lost in Translation, teams needed to make their way 4 miles (6.4 km) to Kowloon City
Kowloon City
Kowloon City is an area in Kowloon, Hong Kong. It is named after the Kowloon Walled City, and is administratively part of Kowloon City District....
and find Nga Tsin Wai Road
Nga Tsin Wai Road
Nga Tsin Wai Road is a major road linking Kowloon Tsai and Kowloon City in Hong Kong. It extends Lancashire Road at the junction with La Salle Road at the east and go round south of Kowloon Tsai Park...
. Once there, they had to search among hundreds of similar-looking Chinese signs for the specific sign shown in a photo in their clue. When they matched the photo with the correct store sign, the owner would hand them their next clue. In the Roadblock for this leg, one teammate had to kick down doors, and search the rooms behind the doors for their clue.
Additional task
- At the Victoria Park, Teams had to pull a model boat carrying a TravelocityTravelocityTravelocity is an online travel agency and wholly owned subsidiary of Sabre Holdings Corporation, which was a publicly traded company until taken private by Silver Lake Partners and Texas Pacific Group in March 2007...
gnome from one end of a pond to the other without having the gnome fall into the water.
Leg 11 (Hong Kong → Macau)
Macau
Macau , also spelled Macao , is, along with Hong Kong, one of the two special administrative regions of the People's Republic of China...
(Outer Harbour Ferry Terminal by TurboJETTurboJET
TurboJET is the brand name for the operations of the Hong Kong-headquartered Shun Tak-China Travel Ship Management Limited , which was established from the joint venture between Shun Tak Holdings Limited and China Travel International Investment Hong Kong Limited in July 1999...
)
- Macau (Macau TowerMacau TowerMacau Tower Convention & Entertainment Centre , also known as Macau Tower, is a tower located in the former Portuguese colony of Macau, now a Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China. The tower measures 338 m in height from ground level to the highest point...
) - Macau (Jardim de Lou Lim IocLou Lim Ieoc GardenLou Lim Ieoc Garden is a garden in Macau's mainland section. The garden was built in 1906 by local merchant Lou Kau as part of his residence. It was later turned over to the Macau government in 1974 as a public park....
) - TaipaTaipaTaipa is the smaller of the two islands in the Chinese special administrative region of Macao .- Geography :It is 2.5 kilometres from Macau Peninsula and east of the Lesser Hengqin Island of Zhuhai, Guangdong Province...
(Trilho da Taipa Pequena 2000 Park)
Right outside the elevator in the inner rim in Macau Tower was the second of two Yields in the race. In the Roadblock for this leg of the race, teams had to perform the world's tallest Skyjump, walking around the outer rim of the observation deck, and then take a tethered jump off of the tower. The Detour for this leg of the race was Noodle or Dragon. In Noodle, teams had to make two bundles of traditional Chinese noodles. In Dragon, teams had to carry a dragon head and drum and carry it ¾ of a mile to Nam Van Lake
Nam Van Lake
Nam Van Lake is one of two man made lakes in the Macau Peninsula. It is located at the southern end of the peninsula.The lake was once a bay , created when the causeway partially closed off the bay. The project to close the lake began in 1991 to attract more development in Macau...
to find the one dragon boat
Dragon boat
A dragon boat is a human-powered watercraft traditionally made, in the Pearl River delta region of southern China - Guangdong Province, of teak wood to various designs and sizes. In other parts of China different woods are used to build these traditional watercraft...
the dragon's head matched.
Additional tasks
- After exiting the ferry to Macau, teams met a man with a rickshaw who would give them their next clue.
- After the Detour, teams had to locate a marked Mini MokeMini MokeThe Mini Moke is a vehicle based on the Mini and designed for the British Motor Corporation by Sir Alec Issigonis. The name comes from "Mini"—the car with which the Moke shares many parts—and "Moke", which is an archaic dialect term for donkey...
and drive themselves to the Pit Stop.
Leg 12 (Macau → Guam)
Tamuning, Guam
Tamuning, also known as Tamuning-Tumon-Harmon is a municipality or "village" located on the western shore of the island of Guam. The village of Tamuning can be viewed as the economic center of Guam, containing Tumon , Harmon Industrial Park, and commercial districts in other parts of the...
, Guam
Guam
Guam is an organized, unincorporated territory of the United States located in the western Pacific Ocean. It is one of five U.S. territories with an established civilian government. Guam is listed as one of 16 Non-Self-Governing Territories by the Special Committee on Decolonization of the United...
, USA (Antonio B. Won Pat International AirportAntonio B. Won Pat International Airport
Antonio B. Won Pat International Airport , also known as Guam International Airport, is an airport located in Tamuning and Barrigada, three miles east of the capital city of Hagåtña in the U.S. territory of Guam. It is named for Antonio Borja Won Pat, the first delegate from Guam to the United...
)
- YigoYigo, GuamYigo is the northernmost village of the United States territory of Guam, and is the location of Andersen Air Force Base. The municipality of Yigo is larger than any other village on the island in terms of area....
(Andersen Air Force BaseAndersen Air Force BaseAndersen Air Force Base is a United States Air Force base located approximately northeast of Yigo in the United States territory of Guam....
) - Santa RitaSanta Rita, GuamSanta Rita is a village located on the southwest coast of the United States territory of Guam with hills overlooking Apra Harbor. According to the 2000 census it has a population of 7,500, down from 11,857 in 1990....
(Orote PeninsulaOrote PeninsulaThe Orote Peninsula is a four kilometre-long peninsula jutting from the west coast of Guam. It forms the southern coast of Apra Harbor, and its westernmost tip, Point Udall, is also Guam's westernmost point...
- US Naval Base) - UmatacUmatac, GuamUmatac is a village on the south-western coast of the island of Guam. The month of March in Chamorro is "Umatalaf," or "to catch guatafi," which is believed to be the root word of Umatac. The village's population has decreased since the island's 2000 census...
(Fort Nuestra Señora de la Soledad)
In the Detour for this leg of the race, teams had to choose between Care Package or Engine Care. In Care Package, teams must fill a 500 pound package with various humanitarian aid
Humanitarian aid
Humanitarian aid is material or logistical assistance provided for humanitarian purposes, typically in response to humanitarian crises including natural disaster and man-made disaster. The primary objective of humanitarian aid is to save lives, alleviate suffering, and maintain human dignity...
items for a neighboring island. Once complete, the teams must then board onto a transport plane and participate in an air drop training exercise. Though easier, the mission would take at least half an hour. In Engine Care, teams had to clean an engine pod and associated flap section on the wing of a B-52 bomber until one of the base's sergeants feels the portion of the plane is clean enough. In the Roadblock, teams had to perform a search and rescue
Search and rescue
Search and rescue is the search for and provision of aid to people who are in distress or imminent danger.The general field of search and rescue includes many specialty sub-fields, mostly based upon terrain considerations...
mission. Using a GPS receiver, team members had to find a pilot in the Guam forest, receive new GPS co-ordinates from him, locate the landing zone, and signal for a helicopter to pick them up and bring them back to the naval base.
Leg 13 (Guam → United States)
Honolulu, Hawaii
Honolulu is the capital and the most populous city of the U.S. state of Hawaii. Honolulu is the southernmost major U.S. city. Although the name "Honolulu" refers to the urban area on the southeastern shore of the island of Oahu, the city and county government are consolidated as the City and...
, Hawaii
Hawaii
Hawaii is the newest of the 50 U.S. states , and is the only U.S. state made up entirely of islands. It is the northernmost island group in Polynesia, occupying most of an archipelago in the central Pacific Ocean, southwest of the continental United States, southeast of Japan, and northeast of...
(Honolulu International Airport
Honolulu International Airport
Honolulu International Airport is the principal aviation gateway of the City & County of Honolulu and the State of Hawaii and is identified as one of the busiest airports in the United States, with traffic now exceeding 21 million passengers a year and rising.It is located in the Honolulu...
)
- Honolulu (Kamaka Air Hangar)
- LanaiLanaiLānai or Lanai is the sixth-largest of the Hawaiian Islands. It is also known as the Pineapple Island because of its past as an island-wide pineapple plantation. The only town is Lānai City, a small settlement....
(Kaumalapau Harbor) (Unaired) - Lanai (Shipwreck Beach) Honolulu, Hawaii (Honolulu International Airport) to OaklandOakland, CaliforniaOakland is a major West Coast port city on San Francisco Bay in the U.S. state of California. It is the eighth-largest city in the state with a 2010 population of 390,724...
, CaliforniaCaliforniaCalifornia is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
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In the Detour for this leg of the race, teams had to choose between Under or Over. In Under, teams had to swim into a cave where their next clue would be anchored to the floor of the cave. In Over, teams had to use a paddle board to reach a buoy that had their next clue. Photos on the official CBS website suggest that the unaired Roadblock involved jumping off a cliff into the water below, as Mirna and Danielle were shown doing this task in the photos. Footage of Charla & Mirna approaching jeeps with the clue inside each jeep after their helicopter landed in Lanai suggest that the location of the Roadblock was most likely in Hawaii before the Detour, though the exact location is unknown.
Additional tasks
- At the Kamaka Air Hangar, teams must sign in one of three helicopters that will take them to Lanai.
- At Shipwreck Beach, teams had to run down a mile of beach and then kayak to a buoy near a World War II ship relic to retrieve their next clue.
- At the San Francisco Mint, in the Race's final task, one team member answered four questions relating to their opinion of other teams on the race, with the answers corresponding to a four digit code that that team member entered to lock a safeSafeA safe is a secure lockable box used for securing valuable objects against theft or damage. A safe is usually a hollow cuboid or cylinder, with one face removable or hinged to form a door. The body and door may be cast from metal or formed out of plastic through blow molding...
containing their final clue. The other team member then had 10 minutes to guess his or her teammate's answers and enter the same code to unlock the safe. If they guessed correctly, the safe would open and allow their final clue to be retrieved. If the 10 minutes elapsed without a correct guess, a guard would hand them their final clue.
Canadian ratings
| Order | Episode | Viewers (millions) | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "I Told You Less Martinis And More Cardio" | 1.99 | #10 |
| 3 | "I'm Sorry I'm Wearing a Bathing Suit; It Is Very Weird, I Know" | 1.94 | #10 |
| 4 | "No Babies on the Race" | 2.06 | #6 |
| 5 | "You Need to Watch Your Jokes, Guys" | 1.82 | #6 |
| 6 | "We’re Going to Trade You for Food Now" | 1.96 | #7 |
| 7 | "If I Were In Town, I'd Ask For Your Number" | 1.04 | #24 |
| 8 | "The Way You Look, Yeah" | 1.69 | #9 |
| 9 | "We Are Trying To Make Love, Not War" | 1.96 | #8 |
| 10 | "Good Doing Business With You" | 1.91 | #5 |
| 11 | "Oh My God, the Teletubbies Go to War" | 1.97 | #9 |
| 12 | "Low to the Ground, That's My Technique" | 2.03 | #8 |