The Amazing Race 10
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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.
Friends and professional models Tyler Denk
and James Branaman were the winners of this Race.
, Kuwait
, Mauritius
, Madagascar
, Finland
and Ukraine
. None of those countries have been visited since. It was also the first season to (nearly) circumnavigate
the globe in a generally westwardly fashion, crossing the Pacific Ocean in the first leg and crossing the Atlantic on the final leg. Most other seasons tranversed the globe in a generally eastwardly direction.
The Amazing Race 10 saw the show's very first double elimination when in one leg, it eliminated 2 teams: one halfway through the leg, and the other at the end. It also introduced a new race marker: the Intersection. It involved having two teams work together for all future tasks until otherwise instructed. If no other team was available when one team read the Intersection clue, they were required to wait for another team to show up before proceeding. The Intersection was also shown in conjunction with a Fast Forward, with the first team pairing to win to earn the Fast Forward for both teams.
Additionally, the penalty for coming in last on a non-elimination leg was also changed. Instead of being stripped of money and possessions, the last place team was Marked for elimination. This means that at the following leg, they need to be in first place or else they will be issued a 30-minute penalty at the mat, possibly allowing teams finishing behind them to overtake them in the final placings for that leg.
During the Vietnam legs, all route markers were coloured yellow
and white
rather than red
and yellow so as to avoid confusion with the flag of the vanquished South Vietnam
. The 2nd Vietnamese leg was also the first time in race history in which teams received race money in local currency.
During the Ukraine leg, Phil was detained for two days. The United States ambassador worked all night to free him.
Post-race interviews told Lyn about her house was ransacked, just prior to returning to New York City for the post-race interview circuit. She also remarried her first husband, Chris.
Episode 4 which contained Leg 4 was selected by CBS for The Amazing Race nomination in the 2007 Emmy Awards, and garnered five total nominations, including one for the Outstanding Reality-Competition Program
. The episode won the latter award, winning for the show its fifth Outstanding Reality-Competition Award in a row.
The cast of The Amazing Race 10 was increased to 12 teams for the first time since Season 4
. It included Muslim
best friends, an Indian American
couple, college cheerleaders, boyfriends, Korean-American brothers, a team member with a prosthetic leg, the Race's first openly lesbian racers, recovered drug addicts, beauty pageant queens, and a pair of single African-American mothers.
Lyn and Karlyn made history by becoming the first out of the 7 all-female teams (to date) to make the final 3.
Dustin and Kandice along with David and Mary were selected to race in The Amazing Race All-Stars
, where David & Mary were the 3rd team eliminated in the 3rd leg and Dustin & Kandice won 4 legs (Legs, 7, 9, 11, and 12). And then at the final leg, they were so close to become the 1st all-female team ever to win the race but they finished in 2nd Place ultimately lost the one million dollar grand prize and "The Amazing Race: All Stars" winners title to Eric & Danielle who competed on opposing teams on The Amazing Race 9
. David and Mary also appeared on The View where they received gifts from the show, including vacations, a Ford Explorer
, and a new house. Jamie was later crowned Miss South Carolina USA
2008, and competed in the Miss USA Pageant in Las Vegas on April 11, 2008.
While Peter & Sarah were portrayed as a newly dating and bickering couple on the race (to the extent that Sarah "broke up" with Peter during their elimination in Kuwait), Sarah revealed that they were friends whose "dating" was non-existent and created to give them an interesting storyline.
The first Roadblock of The Amazing Race 10 was one team member had to eat an indulge in delicacy of fish eyes out of a bowl, which is commonly a Chinese delicacy
. The Detour was Labor or Leisure. In Labor, teams had to travel 1 mile by pedicab to Run De Li Market where they needed to use traditional Chinese bricks and methods to pave a 45 square feet (4 m²) section of sidewalk in a specific pattern. In Leisure, teams had take a pedicab to Beihai Park
to take part of a Chinese relaxation method known as Taiji Bailong, which they need to successfully balancing a ball on a paddle to earn their next clue.
Additional tasks
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Beijing
to Erenhot
, Inner Mongolia
(Erlian Train Station) Erenhot
, Inner Mongolia
(Erlian Train Station) to Ulaanbaatar
, Mongolia
(Ulaanbaatar train station
)
The Detour for this leg was Take It Down or Fill It Up. In Take It Down, teams had to take down the canvas walls and roof of traditional nomadic shelters known as yurt
, roll it up, and attach it to a camel. In Fill it Up, teams must take a cart and they had to take four water containers pulled by a hynik, an ox-like animal indigenous to Mongolia, to the river. Then they had to fill the containers up at a stream, bring them back by their hynik, and fill a barrel to the designated line. A nomad would give them their next clue. The Roadblock had one team member string a traditional Mongolian bow and shoot a flaming arrow to hit a target 160 feet (49 m) away. After hitting the target, the team could run to the pit stop at the pavilion on a hill.
Additional task
In this leg's Roadblock, one team member had to choose a Vietnamese bicycle with a basket of flowers and sell enough to make at least 80,000₫ (dong VND - approximately USD $5). Whatever money they earned, they were allowed to keep. In the Detour, teams chose between Fuel and Fowl. In Fuel, teams had to travel to the home of Nguyĕn Văn Thuý and make 30 round coal
bricks, a traditional Vietnamese fuel source, by putting wet coal in a traditional press. In Fowl, teams travelled to Nhà Thò where they had to construct an intricate Vietnamese birdcage using traditional local materials.
Additional task
In this leg's Roadblock, one team member had to use a mechanical ascender
to climb 90 feet (27.4 m) the sheer face of the cliff at Hon Yen Ngua, take their clue, and then rappel down. The Detour was Over or Under. Teams were taken to the water by a junk
, then given a sampan
to row. In Over, teams had to row to a provisions ship, load the provisions, then row a sampan to a floating village to make deliver goods to the specific addresses on their invoice. When finished, teams must row back to the provisions ship and present the finished invoice to the captain who would give them their next clue. In Under, teams had to take a marked buoy and then take a sampan to a pearl farm, choose a line of buoys and grab 30 baskets hauling them out of the sea and onto their boats. Then, they had deliver the baskets to a pearl farmer to receive their next clue.
Additional tasks
(Haiphong Train Station
) to Hanoi (Hanoi Train Station
) Hanoi (Noi Bai International Airport) to Chennai
, Tamil Nadu
, India
(Chennai International Airport
) Chennai
to Mamallapuram
The Detour in this leg was Wild Things or Wild Rice. In Wild Things, teams had to make their way 9 miles (14.5 km) to Madras Crocodile Bank
, locate pit 16 and help the workers wrangle a marsh crocodile
to move it to a new pit. In Wild Rice, teams made their way 200 yards (182.9 m) to Sri Sthala Sayana Perumal Temple and choose an outline of a traditional floral design shown on the temple floor. Using a picture for reference, they had to use colored powder made from rice to color it in so that it matched the picture. For the Roadblock, one team member had to sit through a driver's education class, then navigate India's frenzied streets for a driving test while driving on the left-hand side of the road. Once they obtained an Indian driver's license, they received the next clue.
Chennai (Chennai International Airport
) to Kuwait City
, Kuwait
(Kuwait International Airport
)
In this Fast Forward, teams were required to wear a protective gear and use a flame retardant shield to retrieve the Fast Forward from a cluebox next to a simulated oil fire at the oil well on 6th Ring Road, braving temperatures of over 1000 °F (537.8 °C). In the Roadblock on this leg, one team member had to climb a ladder to the top of one of the Kuwait Towers 610 feet (185.9 m) above the ground. At the top, they received a satchel
filled with puzzle pieces. They then had to go to the ground and assemble the puzzle to reveal the name of the street which was their next destination. The Detour on this leg was Manual or Automatic. In Manual, teams drove to an area known as Souk Sulabiya and had to fill ten 110 pounds (49.9 kg) bags of camel feed up to a marked line. Once filled, they had to transport them 100 yards (91.4 m) to a pallet and properly stack them to get their next clue. In Automatic, teams went to the Kuwait Camel Racing Club where they used a walkie-talkie to operate a voice activated robotic jockey
attached to a camel. Once the camel ran a 140 yards (128 m) course, a wrangler would give them their next clue.
Kuwait City (Kuwait International Airport
) to Plaine Magnien, Mauritius
(Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam International Airport
)
In this leg's Detour, teams had to choose between Salt or Sea. In Salt, teams had to search through three giant piles of salt, the key of the country's economy, for a salt shaker containing their next clue. In Sea, teams had to choose a boat captain, then travel by motorboat to an island called Île aux Benitiers 2.5 miles (4 km) away. Once there, they had to search the island using a map to find the boat's sail. After finding it, they had to carry it back to the boat, attach it, and sail back. While no Roadblock was shown for this leg of the race, a Roadblock clue is clearly visible in Dustin and Kandice's hands in one of the stills for the episode on the show's website.
Additional task
) to Antananarivo
, Madagascar
(Ivato International Airport)
In this Fast Forward, the intersected teams had to travel 2.5 miles (4 km) to Analakely Market and eat one full serving of cow lips, a local delicacy. When they cleaned their plates, the two teams would win the Fast Forward. The Detour on this leg of the Race was Long Sleep or Short Letter. In Long Sleep, teams travelled by van 2.2 miles (3.5 km) to an open market where they had to deliver 8 covered mattresses through the streets of Antananarivo to a certain address. When the delivery was complete, the homeowner handed them their next clue. In Short Letter, teams travelled by van 3.5 miles (5.6 km) to a paper working station where they had to work together to successfully make 28 pieces of handcrafted paper. Once the artisan signaled they had correctly made their paper, they would receive their next clue. After the Detour, teams were no longer Intersected. The Roadblock on this leg was to go to stairs filled with rubber stamp
vendors across the steep staircases and find four vendors with a matching stamp to imprint (boat
, train
, plane and car
) on their clues. Once finished, they would proceed to the Pit Stop, where their teammate was waiting.
Antananarivo (Ivato International Airport) to Helsinki
, Finland
(Helsinki-Vantaa International Airport)
Helsinki (Helsinki-Vantaa International Airport) to Kiev
, Ukraine
(Boryspil Airport
)
In the first Detour, teams had to decide between Swamp This or Swamp That. Both options are methods by which Finnish athletes keep themselves in shape during the warmer months. In Swamp This, teams have to put a pair of cross country skis through bog
, and trudge through 1 miles (1.6 km) course of a muddy field. In Swamp That, teams had to take an obstacle course through bog. They are need to crawl, climb and carry each other, and proceed to finish line to get their next clue. The Roadblock for this half of the leg was to had to ride a bike down a steep hill to search the Lohja mine for a marked dig site and get a piece of limestone
. Then, after attaching the limestone into a bike, they had to go back to the start point and had to use tools to break it open to get their next clue which was inside of the limestone.
On the second half of the leg, the Roadblock consisted of taking a Soviet T-64 Tank
through one and a half mile oval-shaped training course used at the simulated military exercises in Ukraine's premiere tank school. Once they successfully completed the course, the officer would hand their next clue. The second Detour was a choice between Make the Music or Find the Music. In Make the Music, teams traveled 3 miles (4.8 km) to Dance & Groove, a hip hop
/dance club in Kyiv and had to perform a rap song incorporating the names of all of the nations visited so far on the Race. The judge would approve their show and give their next clue. In Find the Music, the teams had to go 2.5 miles (4 km) to Ukrainian National Music Academy
. Once there, they had to search through thousands of pieces of sheet music of Tchaikovsky
's Concert Fantasy for Piano and Orchestra. When they had the correct music, they needed to search 120 practice rooms for one of six pianists to perform the piece for them. Once the pianist completed the piece, they would get their next clue. In both Detours, teams had to dress up to blend in with the people.
Additional tasks
Kiev (Boryspil Airport) to Ouarzazate
, Morocco
(Ouarzazate Airport
)
The Roadblock on this leg had one team member act like ancient gladiators
by racing horse chariot
s. While racing, they would have to pull down two colored flags that match their horse. Once they possessed both flags, the Charioteer would give them their next clue. This leg's Detour was Throw It or Grind It. In Throw It, teams traveled 4 miles (6.4 km) to Guedara to a pottery shop where they had to make two clay pots. The potter would give them their next clue once the pots were made to his specifications. In Grind It, teams traveled 4 miles (6.4 km) towards Ouarzazate to North Africa Horse. They had to choose crushing mills use to grind 77 pounds (34.9 kg) of olives and pack them into bags. When they have properly crushed the olives with pressure bags, the olive miller would give them their next clue. Each Detour selection only had three workstations, which were first come-first serve. After completing the Detours, teams drove on the road to Marrakech until they reached a marker, where they turned off into the desert to the camp that served as the Pit Stop.
Additional task
In this Roadblock, teams entered the market, and had to find a stall and where they would receive 1 pound (0.45359237 kg) of camel meat which they had to bring to a stall, grind it, and then skewer it so a chef could prepare a traditional Moroccan recipe and so they could then eat it. Once they finished, the chef would give them their next clue. In this leg's Detour, teams between choose Lug It or Lob It. In Lug It, teams had to get into giant costumes known as "gigantes y cabezudos
" and then walk a distance along Las Ramblas to over a mile in them to find a female giant in Plaça de Sant Felip Neri to receive their next clue. In Lob It, teams had to travel to Colònia Güell and took part in a tomato festival
. They had to search a giant pile of tomatoes and find one with a clue inside. While they were searching, locals threw tomatoes at them as done in the Spanish festival.
In the final Roadblock of the race, one team member had to perform a 13000 feet (3,962.4 m) tandem skydive with a skydive instructor. The other team member remaining in the plane would be treated to a surprise nosedive. The skydiver parachuted down onto Omaha Beach
. Once finished, the person who did the Roadblock was taken to Bayeux train station
in a military jeep. While the non-participating member took the taxi and reunited with their partner. In the last Detour of the race, teams had to choose between Art and Fashion. In Art, they had to go to an art studio, pick up a painting
, and then take the painting through the streets of Paris to a painter who was waiting on a landing by the Seine
to complete (Quai d'Orleans, Pont de la Tournelle
is seen in the background). Once the painting was finished, they would receive their next clue. In Fashion, teams had to travel by foot to Anatomy Fashion Studio where they had to make a jacket, using the tools and materials provided, and put it on a mannequin
for display. Once the designer approved their work, she would give them their next clue.
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 10 features twelve teams of two with a pre-existing relationship in a race around the world.
Friends and professional models Tyler Denk
Tyler Denk
Tyler Denk is an American male model notable for his appearance on tenth season of The Amazing Race, which he had won along with teammate James Branaman...
and James Branaman were the winners of this Race.
Development and Filming
The Amazing Race 10 spanned 40,000 miles and covered 4 continents and 13 countries, making this the season with the most number of countries visited. Amongst them, 6 were previously unvisited countries, including MongoliaMongolia
Mongolia is a landlocked country in East and Central Asia. It is bordered by Russia to the north and China to the south, east and west. Although Mongolia does not share a border with Kazakhstan, its western-most point is only from Kazakhstan's eastern tip. Ulan Bator, the capital and largest...
, Kuwait
Kuwait
The State of Kuwait is a sovereign Arab state situated in the north-east of the Arabian Peninsula in Western Asia. It is bordered by Saudi Arabia to the south at Khafji, and Iraq to the north at Basra. It lies on the north-western shore of the Persian Gulf. The name Kuwait is derived from the...
, Mauritius
Mauritius
Mauritius , officially the Republic of Mauritius is an island nation off the southeast coast of the African continent in the southwest Indian Ocean, about east of Madagascar...
, Madagascar
Madagascar
The Republic of Madagascar is an island country located in the Indian Ocean off the southeastern coast of Africa...
, Finland
Finland
Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...
and Ukraine
Ukraine
Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...
. None of those countries have been visited since. It was also the first season to (nearly) circumnavigate
Circumnavigation
Circumnavigation – literally, "navigation of a circumference" – refers to travelling all the way around an island, a continent, or the entire planet Earth.- Global circumnavigation :...
the globe in a generally westwardly fashion, crossing the Pacific Ocean in the first leg and crossing the Atlantic on the final leg. Most other seasons tranversed the globe in a generally eastwardly direction.
The Amazing Race 10 saw the show's very first double elimination when in one leg, it eliminated 2 teams: one halfway through the leg, and the other at the end. It also introduced a new race marker: the Intersection. It involved having two teams work together for all future tasks until otherwise instructed. If no other team was available when one team read the Intersection clue, they were required to wait for another team to show up before proceeding. The Intersection was also shown in conjunction with a Fast Forward, with the first team pairing to win to earn the Fast Forward for both teams.
Additionally, the penalty for coming in last on a non-elimination leg was also changed. Instead of being stripped of money and possessions, the last place team was Marked for elimination. This means that at the following leg, they need to be in first place or else they will be issued a 30-minute penalty at the mat, possibly allowing teams finishing behind them to overtake them in the final placings for that leg.
During the Vietnam legs, all route markers were coloured yellow
Yellow
Yellow is the color evoked by light that stimulates both the L and M cone cells of the retina about equally, with no significant stimulation of the S cone cells. Light with a wavelength of 570–590 nm is yellow, as is light with a suitable mixture of red and green...
and white
White
White is a color, the perception of which is evoked by light that stimulates all three types of color sensitive cone cells in the human eye in nearly equal amounts and with high brightness compared to the surroundings. A white visual stimulation will be void of hue and grayness.White light can be...
rather than red
Red
Red is any of a number of similar colors evoked by light consisting predominantly of the longest wavelengths of light discernible by the human eye, in the wavelength range of roughly 630–740 nm. Longer wavelengths than this are called infrared , and cannot be seen by the naked eye...
and yellow so as to avoid confusion with the flag of the vanquished South Vietnam
Flag of the Republic of Vietnam
The flag of South Vietnam was designed by Emperor Thành Thái in 1890 and was revived by Emperor Bảo Đại in 1948. It was the flag of the former State of Vietnam from 1949 to 1955 and later of the Republic of Vietnam from 1955 until April 30, 1975 when the south unconditionally surrendered to the...
. The 2nd Vietnamese leg was also the first time in race history in which teams received race money in local currency.
During the Ukraine leg, Phil was detained for two days. The United States ambassador worked all night to free him.
Post-race interviews told Lyn about her house was ransacked, just prior to returning to New York City for the post-race interview circuit. She also remarried her first husband, Chris.
Episode 4 which contained Leg 4 was selected by CBS for The Amazing Race nomination in the 2007 Emmy Awards, and garnered five total nominations, including one for the Outstanding Reality-Competition Program
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Reality-Competition Program
Outstanding Reality-Competition Program is a Primetime Emmy Award given out during the primetime telecast since 2003.The Amazing Race won consecutively every year since the category's inception until Top Chef ended its streak in 2010...
. The episode won the latter award, winning for the show its fifth Outstanding Reality-Competition Award in a row.
Cast
Applications were accepted through January 20, 2006 (one week later than the original deadline). Semi-finalist interviews occurred in late February/early March, followed by finalist interviews in Los Angeles during late March and early April. Filming ran from May 27, 2006 to June 24, 2006.The cast of The Amazing Race 10 was increased to 12 teams for the first time since 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...
. It included Muslim
Muslim
A Muslim, also spelled Moslem, is an adherent of Islam, a monotheistic, Abrahamic religion based on the Quran, which Muslims consider the verbatim word of God as revealed to prophet Muhammad. "Muslim" is the Arabic term for "submitter" .Muslims believe that God is one and incomparable...
best friends, an Indian American
Non-resident Indian and Person of Indian Origin
A Non-Resident Indian is an Indian citizen who has migrated to another country, a person of Indian origin who is born outside India, or a person of Indian origin who resides permanently outside India. Other terms with the same meaning are overseas Indian and expatriate Indian...
couple, college cheerleaders, boyfriends, Korean-American brothers, a team member with a prosthetic leg, the Race's first openly lesbian racers, recovered drug addicts, beauty pageant queens, and a pair of single African-American mothers.
Lyn and Karlyn made history by becoming the first out of the 7 all-female teams (to date) to make the final 3.
Dustin and Kandice along with David and Mary were selected to race in The Amazing Race All-Stars
The Amazing Race 11
The Amazing Race 11 is the 11th installment of the reality television show The Amazing Race...
, where David & Mary were the 3rd team eliminated in the 3rd leg and Dustin & Kandice won 4 legs (Legs, 7, 9, 11, and 12). And then at the final leg, they were so close to become the 1st all-female team ever to win the race but they finished in 2nd Place ultimately lost the one million dollar grand prize and "The Amazing Race: All Stars" winners title to Eric & Danielle who 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...
. David and Mary also appeared on The View where they received gifts from the show, including vacations, a Ford Explorer
Ford Explorer
The Ford Explorer is a sport-utility vehicle sold in North America and built by the Ford Motor Company since 1990, as a replacement for the smaller but related Ford Bronco II. It is manufactured in Chicago, Illinois...
, and a new house. Jamie was later crowned Miss South Carolina USA
Miss South Carolina USA
The Miss South Carolina USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state South Carolina in the Miss USA pageant. The pageant has been produced by RPM Productions since 1980....
2008, and competed in the Miss USA Pageant in Las Vegas on April 11, 2008.
While Peter & Sarah were portrayed as a newly dating and bickering couple on the race (to the extent that Sarah "broke up" with Peter during their elimination in Kuwait), Sarah revealed that they were friends whose "dating" was non-existent and created to give them an interesting storyline.
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 performed | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | |||||
| Tyler Tyler Denk Tyler Denk is an American male model notable for his appearance on tenth season of The Amazing Race, which he had won along with teammate James Branaman... & James |
Models Model (person) A model , sometimes called a mannequin, is a person who is employed to display, advertise and promote commercial products or to serve as a subject of works of art.... |
1st | 2nd | 2nd | 3rd | 6th | 6th | 2nd | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 1st | 3rd | 1st | Tyler 5, James 6 |
| Rob & Kimberly | Dating | 5th | 6th | 3rd | 1st | 3rd | 3rd | 3rd | 3rd | 4th | 3rd | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | Rob 6, Kimberly 5 |
| Lyn & Karlyn | 9th | 9th | 6th | 6th | 5th | 4th | 5th | 5th | 3rd | 4th | 2nd | 2nd | 3rd | Lyn 5, Karlyn 7 | |
| Beauty Queens Beauty contest A beauty pageant or beauty contest, is a competition that mainly focuses on the physical beauty of its contestants, although such contests often incorporate personality, talent, and answers to judges' questions as judged criteria... |
4th | 5th | 4th | 7th | 2nd | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 2nd | Dustin 6, Kandice 5 | ||||
| Erwin & Godwin | Brothers | 7th | 8th | 1st | 4th | 4th | 5th | 4th | 4th | 5th | Erwin 4, Godwin 5 | ||||
| David & Mary | Coalminer and Wife | 10th | 7th | 7th | 5th | 1st | David 4, Mary 3 | ||||||||
| Peter & Sarah Sarah Reinertsen Sarah Reinertsen is an American athlete. She was the first female leg amputee to complete the Ironman Triathlon World Championship in Kona, Hawaii.... |
Recently Dating | 3rd | 1st | 5th | 2nd | 1st | Peter 4, Sarah 2 | ||||||||
| Tom & Terry | Boyfriends | 8th | 4th | 8th | Tom 2, Terry 2 | ||||||||||
| Duke & Lauren | Father/Daughter | 2nd | 3rd | Duke 2, Lauren 1 | |||||||||||
| Kellie & Jamie | Cheerleaders Cheerleading Cheerleading is a physical activity, sometimes a competitive sport, based on organized routines, usually ranging from one to three minutes, which contain the components of tumbling, dance, jumps, cheers, and stunting to direct spectators of events to cheer on sports teams at games or to participate... |
6th | Kellie 1, Jamie 1 | ||||||||||||
| Vipul & Arti | Married | Vipul 1, Arti 0 | |||||||||||||
| Bilal & Sa'eed | Best Friends | Bilal 1, Sa'eed 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; indicates a leg where the Yield was available but not used.
- ^ Leg 1 was a double-elimination leg. Bilal & Sa'eed were eliminated first when they arrived last at a designated midway checkpoint (see below). Vipul & Arti were later eliminated for arriving last at the Pit Stop.
- Kellie took, but failed to complete, the Roadblock in Leg 2. Already in last, Kellie & Jamie then checked into the Pit Stop, without issuing a 4-hour penalty because they came in last place and were eliminated.
- Tom & Terry initially arrived 2nd, but were issued a 30 minute penalty for traveling on motorcycles, which had been specifically prohibited for safety reasons. Six teams were able to check in during their penalty time, dropping them to 8th.
- During the leg, Peter & Sarah had fallen so far behind that all the other teams had already checked into the Pit Stop before the couple even arrived at the Detour. When they finally found their next Route Marker at Souk Sulabiya, instead of performing the Detour, Peter & Sarah were instructed to go directly to the Pit Stop, where they were eliminated.
- The Roadblock count does not include the results of any unaired Roadblocks.
- Due to an Intersection, Tyler & James and Rob & Kimberly 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.
- David & Mary initially arrived 5th, but were issued a 30 minute penalty for being "marked for elimination" and not arriving 1st. During this time, Lyn & Karlyn – the only team trailing David & Mary at that point – were able to check in, thus David & Mary were eliminated with only 20 minutes left of their penalty time.
- Leg 9 was double-length, with two Detours and two Roadblocks, shown over two episodes. The placements listed in the first column reflect the order teams arrived at the leg's halfway point.
- Dustin & Kandice had been "marked for elimination;" however, since they arrived last, they were eliminated without being issued the 30 minute penalty.
Episode title quotes
Titles for episodes are often taken from quotes made by the racers. The quotes are sometimes slightly changed for humorous effect.- "Real Fast! Quack, Quack!" – Mary
- "Can Horses Smell Fear?" – Kimberly
- "Oh, Wow! It’s Like One of Those Things You See on TV!" – Mary
- "I Know Phil, Little Ol’ Gorgeous Thing" – Mary
- "I Covered His Mouth, Oh My Gosh!" – Dustin
- "Maybe Steven SeagalSteven SeagalSteven Frederic Seagal is an American action film star, producer, writer, martial artist, guitarist and reserve deputy sheriff. A 7th-dan black belt in Aikido, Seagal began his adult life as an Aikido instructor in Japan...
[sic] Will See Me And Want Me to Be in One of His Movies" – Mary - "I Wonder If This Is Going to Make My Fingers Pickle" – Tyler
- "He Can't Swim But He Can Eat Cow Lips!" – Tyler
- "Being Polite Sucks Sometimes" – Godwin
- "Lookin' Like a Blue-Haired Lady on a Sunday Drive" – Lyn
- "We Just Won't Die, Like Roaches" – Karlyn
- "Dude, I'm Such a Hot Giant Chick Right Now!" – James
- "Say Your Deepest Prayers Ever!" – Tyler
Prizes
Unless otherwise noted, prizes were awarded to the first team to check in for each leg.- Leg 1 - $20,000.
- Leg 2 - A trip to MexicoMexicoThe 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...
, including swimming with dolphins and traveling in the forest on an ATV from 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 3 - A state of the art home theater system.
- Leg 4 - A jet-ski for each team member.
- Leg 5 - A home gym center for each team member.
- Leg 6 - A trip to a resort in JamaicaJamaicaJamaica is an island nation of the Greater Antilles, in length, up to in width and 10,990 square kilometres in area. It is situated in the Caribbean Sea, about south of Cuba, and west of Hispaniola, the island harbouring the nation-states Haiti and the Dominican Republic...
. - Leg 7 - A motor-scooter for each team member.
- Leg 8 - A trip to the Kona coast on Hawaii's Big Island, including a helicopter tour.
- Leg 9 - A trip to Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, including swimming with dolphins and cruising through the jungle canopy.
- Leg 10 - A SprintSprint NextelSprint Nextel Corporation is an American telecommunications company based in Overland Park, Kansas. The company owns and operates Sprint, the third largest wireless telecommunications network in the United States, with 53.4 million customers, behind Verizon Wireless and AT&T Mobility...
phone with a year's subscription for each team member. During the leg, teams were instructed to pick up a good luck charm from Antiquitte du Sud which they could exchange for some "good fortune" at the Pit Stop. The team with the charm that matched the one carried by the Berber greeter won this prize (though it so happened that the first team to arrive had the matching charm). - Leg 11 - A trip to BarbadosBarbadosBarbados is an island country in the Lesser Antilles. It is in length and as much as in width, amounting to . It is situated in the western area of the North Atlantic and 100 kilometres east of the Windward Islands and the Caribbean Sea; therein, it is about east of the islands of Saint...
, including swimming with turtles and a spa package from Travelocity. - Leg 12 - $1,000,000.
Race summary
Leg 1 (United States → China)
- Seattle, Washington, United StatesUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
(Gas Works ParkGas Works ParkGas Works Park in Seattle, Washington is a 19.1 acre public park on the site of the former Seattle Gas Light Company gasification plant, located on the north shore of Lake Union at the south end of the Wallingford neighborhood. Gas Works park contains remnants of the sole remaining coal...
) (Starting Line) SeattleSeattle, WashingtonSeattle is the county seat of King County, Washington. With 608,660 residents as of the 2010 Census, Seattle is the largest city in the Northwestern United States. The Seattle metropolitan area of about 3.4 million inhabitants is the 15th largest metropolitan area in the country...
(Seattle-Tacoma International AirportSeattle-Tacoma International AirportThe Seattle–Tacoma International Airport , also known as Sea–Tac Airport or Sea–Tac , is an American airport located in SeaTac, Washington, at the intersections of State Routes 99 and 509 and 518, about west of Interstate 5...
) to BeijingBeijingBeijing , also known as Peking , is the capital of the People's Republic of China and one of the most populous cities in the world, with a population of 19,612,368 as of 2010. The city is the country's political, cultural, and educational center, and home to the headquarters for most of China's...
, ChinaChinaChinese 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...
(Beijing Capital International AirportBeijing Capital International AirportBeijing Capital International Airport, is the main international airport serving Beijing, China. It is located northeast of Beijing's city center in an enclave of Chaoyang District that is surrounded by rural Shunyi District. The airport is owned and operated by the Beijing Capital...
) - Beijing (Gold House Restaurant)
- Beijing (Forbidden CityForbidden CityThe Forbidden City was the Chinese imperial palace from the Ming Dynasty to the end of the Qing Dynasty. It is located in the middle of Beijing, China, and now houses the Palace Museum...
- Meridian GateMeridian GateThe Meridian Gate is the southern gate of the Forbidden City. It has five arches. The three central arches are close together; the two flanking arches are farther apart from the three central arches...
) (Overnight Rest and Elimination point) - Beijing (HouhaiHouhaiHouhai is a lake and its surrounding district in central Beijing, one of the three parts of Shichahai. In recent years it has become famous for nightlife because it is home to many popular restaurants, bars, and cafes....
) - Beijing (Great Wall of ChinaGreat Wall of ChinaThe Great Wall of China is a series of stone and earthen fortifications in northern China, built originally to protect the northern borders of the Chinese Empire against intrusions by various nomadic groups...
– JuyongguanJuyongguanJuyongguan or Juyong Pass is located in an -long valley named "Guangou" which is inside Changping County more than from Beijing City. It is one of the three greatest passes of the Great Wall of China. The other two passes are Jiayuguan and Shanhaiguan....
)
The first Roadblock of The Amazing Race 10 was one team member had to eat an indulge in delicacy of fish eyes out of a bowl, which is commonly a Chinese delicacy
Chinese cuisine
Chinese cuisine is any of several styles originating in the regions of China, some of which have become highly popular in other parts of the world – from Asia to the Americas, Australia, Western Europe and Southern Africa...
. The Detour was Labor or Leisure. In Labor, teams had to travel 1 mile by pedicab to Run De Li Market where they needed to use traditional Chinese bricks and methods to pave a 45 square feet (4 m²) section of sidewalk in a specific pattern. In Leisure, teams had take a pedicab to Beihai Park
Beihai Park
Beihai Park is an imperial garden to the northwest of the Forbidden City in Beijing. First built in the 10th century, it is amongst the largest of Chinese gardens, and contains numerous historically important structures, palaces and temples. Since 1925, the place has been open to the public as a...
to take part of a Chinese relaxation method known as Taiji Bailong, which they need to successfully balancing a ball on a paddle to earn their next clue.
Additional tasks
- At the Meridian Gate in Forbidden City, teams picked a slot in one of three departure times, all of which were in the following morning. The last team to arrive at the gate was not given a morning departure time and was eliminated.
- Before entering the Great Wall, teams had to use a rope to scale the Wall and climb to the pit stop.
Leg 2 (China → Mongolia)
Beijing
Beijing , also known as Peking , is the capital of the People's Republic of China and one of the most populous cities in the world, with a population of 19,612,368 as of 2010. The city is the country's political, cultural, and educational center, and home to the headquarters for most of China's...
to Erenhot
Erenhot
Erenhot is a city located in the Gobi Desert, in the Xilin Gol league of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region of the People's Republic of China . It has 16,330 inhabitants and the elevation is...
, Inner Mongolia
Inner Mongolia
Inner Mongolia is an autonomous region of the People's Republic of China, located in the northern region of the country. Inner Mongolia shares an international border with the countries of Mongolia and the Russian Federation...
(Erlian Train Station) Erenhot
Erenhot
Erenhot is a city located in the Gobi Desert, in the Xilin Gol league of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region of the People's Republic of China . It has 16,330 inhabitants and the elevation is...
, Inner Mongolia
Inner Mongolia
Inner Mongolia is an autonomous region of the People's Republic of China, located in the northern region of the country. Inner Mongolia shares an international border with the countries of Mongolia and the Russian Federation...
(Erlian Train Station) to Ulaanbaatar
Ulaanbaatar
Ulan Bator or Ulaanbaatar is the capital and largest city of Mongolia. An independent municipality, the city is not part of any province, and its population as of 2008 is over one million....
, Mongolia
Mongolia
Mongolia is a landlocked country in East and Central Asia. It is bordered by Russia to the north and China to the south, east and west. Although Mongolia does not share a border with Kazakhstan, its western-most point is only from Kazakhstan's eastern tip. Ulan Bator, the capital and largest...
(Ulaanbaatar train stationUlaanbaatar train station
Ulaanbaatar Station is located in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.The station is the centre of regional and international traffic in Mongolia. The Trans-Mongolian Railway passes through the station. It is the largest station in Mongolia....
)
- Ulaanbaatar (Choijin Lama MonasteryChoijin Lama MonasteryThe Choijin Lama Temple is a Buddhist monastery in Ulan Bator, the capital of Mongolia.Actually a group of four temples originally occupied by the Choijin Lama Luvsankhaidav, the brother of the ruler Bogd Khan, who was the state oracle at the same time. The complex was begun in 1904 and completed...
) - Terelj (Gorkhi-Terelj National ParkGorkhi-Terelj National ParkGorkhi-Terelj National Park is one of the national parks of Mongolia. The Terelj tourist zone has a number of "tourist camps" . It is connected with Ulan Bator by a paved road...
) - Gachuurt, Ulaanbaatar (Hotel Mongolia)
The Detour for this leg was Take It Down or Fill It Up. In Take It Down, teams had to take down the canvas walls and roof of traditional nomadic shelters known as yurt
Yurt
A yurt is a portable, bent wood-framed dwelling structure traditionally used by Turkic nomads in the steppes of Central Asia. The structure comprises a crown or compression wheel usually steam bent, supported by roof ribs which are bent down at the end where they meet the lattice wall...
, roll it up, and attach it to a camel. In Fill it Up, teams must take a cart and they had to take four water containers pulled by a hynik, an ox-like animal indigenous to Mongolia, to the river. Then they had to fill the containers up at a stream, bring them back by their hynik, and fill a barrel to the designated line. A nomad would give them their next clue. The Roadblock had one team member string a traditional Mongolian bow and shoot a flaming arrow to hit a target 160 feet (49 m) away. After hitting the target, the team could run to the pit stop at the pavilion on a hill.
Additional task
- At the Choijin Lama Monastery, teams observed a Buddhist ceremony.
- Upon arriving at Gorkhi-Terelj National Park, teams had to put on traditional Mongolian army hats and ride 2.5 miles (4 km) on a horse.
Leg 3 (Mongolia → Vietnam)
- Ulaanbaatar (Chinggis Khaan Hotel) Ulaanbaatar (Chinggis Khaan International AirportChinggis Khaan International AirportChinggis Khaan International Airport is the international airport serving Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. It is 18 km southwest of the capital. It is the largest international air facility in the country...
) to HanoiHanoiHanoi , is the capital of Vietnam and the country's second largest city. Its population in 2009 was estimated at 2.6 million for urban districts, 6.5 million for the metropolitan jurisdiction. From 1010 until 1802, it was the most important political centre of Vietnam...
, VietnamVietnamVietnam – sometimes spelled Viet Nam , officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam – is the easternmost country on the Indochina Peninsula in Southeast Asia. It is bordered by China to the north, Laos to the northwest, Cambodia to the southwest, and the South China Sea –...
(Noi Bai International AirportNoi Bai International AirportNoi Bai International Airport in Hanoi, the capital of Vietnam, is the largest in the north of the country. It is 28 miles from the city centre. The travel time from the city centre is 30–45 minutes.-Facilities:...
) - Hanoi (Hỏa Lò Prison aka "Hanoi Hilton"Hanoi HiltonHỏa Lò Prison, later sarcastically known to American prisoners of war as the "Hanoi Hilton", was a prison used by the French colonists in Vietnam for political prisoners and later by North Vietnam for prisoners of war during the Vietnam War....
) - Hanoi (Old Quarter in Hoan KiemHoan KiemHoàn Kiếm is an urban district of Hanoi, the capital city of Vietnam, named after the scenic Hoan Kiem Lake.Hoan Kiem district is the downtown and commercial centre of Hanoi...
- Thoa Flower Shop in 55 Hang Ma Street) Hanoi (Ben Xe Gia Lam Bus Station) to Phố Vác - Phố Vác (Dinh Vác Temple)
- Phố Vác (Canh Dong Dia)
In this leg's Roadblock, one team member had to choose a Vietnamese bicycle with a basket of flowers and sell enough to make at least 80,000₫ (dong VND - approximately USD $5). Whatever money they earned, they were allowed to keep. In the Detour, teams chose between Fuel and Fowl. In Fuel, teams had to travel to the home of Nguyĕn Văn Thuý and make 30 round coal
Coal
Coal is a combustible black or brownish-black sedimentary rock usually occurring in rock strata in layers or veins called coal beds or coal seams. The harder forms, such as anthracite coal, can be regarded as metamorphic rock because of later exposure to elevated temperature and pressure...
bricks, a traditional Vietnamese fuel source, by putting wet coal in a traditional press. In Fowl, teams travelled to Nhà Thò where they had to construct an intricate Vietnamese birdcage using traditional local materials.
Additional task
- At the Hanoi Hilton, teams had to search the grounds for John McCainJohn McCainJohn Sidney McCain III is the senior United States Senator from Arizona. He was the Republican nominee for president in the 2008 United States election....
's flying suit to receive their next clue.
Leg 4 (Vietnam)
- Hanoi (Ly Thai To Garden) Hanoi (Ben Xe Gia Lam Bus Terminal) to Ha LongHa LongHạ Long also known as Hong Gai, Hon Gai and Hongay, is the capital city of Quang Ninh province, Vietnam. The city mainly lies on Bai Tu Long Bay, which is part of the Hạ Long Bay. It is located at about 160 km northeast of Hanoi...
, Quang Ninh ProvinceQuang Ninh ProvinceQuảng Ninh is a large province located along the northeastern coast of Vietnam. The province is home to Ha Long Bay, a World Heritage Site. The provincial capital is Ha Long. Nearly 80 per cent of the province is mountainous with abundant land, forest water and mineral resources. Nearly 90 per...
(Ben Xe Bai Chay) - Ha Long (Hydrofoil Harbor) (Unaired)
- Ha Long (Halong BayHalong BayHa Long Bay is a UNESCO World Heritage Site, and a popular travel destination, located in Quang Ninh province, Vietnam. Administratively, the bay belongs to Hạ Long City, Cẩm Phả town, and part of Van Don district. The bay features thousands of limestone karsts and isles in various sizes and shapes...
– Hon Yen Ngua) - Ha Long (Halong Bay – Sung Sot Cave)
- Ha Long (Halong Bay – Soi Sim Island)
In this leg's Roadblock, one team member had to use a mechanical ascender
Jumar
An ascender is a mechanical device used for ascending on a rope. One such device is a Jumar, named after the Swiss factory which developed the first tool for sale in 1958. The device's name also leads to the term Jumaring for the process of using such a device...
to climb 90 feet (27.4 m) the sheer face of the cliff at Hon Yen Ngua, take their clue, and then rappel down. The Detour was Over or Under. Teams were taken to the water by a junk
Junk (ship)
A junk is an ancient Chinese sailing vessel design still in use today. Junks were developed during the Han Dynasty and were used as sea-going vessels as early as the 2nd century AD. They evolved in the later dynasties, and were used throughout Asia for extensive ocean voyages...
, then given a sampan
Sampan
A sampan is a relatively flat bottomed Chinese wooden boat from long. Some sampans include a small shelter on board, and may be used as a permanent habitation on inland waters. Sampans are generally used for transportation in coastal areas or rivers, and are often used as traditional fishing boats...
to row. In Over, teams had to row to a provisions ship, load the provisions, then row a sampan to a floating village to make deliver goods to the specific addresses on their invoice. When finished, teams must row back to the provisions ship and present the finished invoice to the captain who would give them their next clue. In Under, teams had to take a marked buoy and then take a sampan to a pearl farm, choose a line of buoys and grab 30 baskets hauling them out of the sea and onto their boats. Then, they had deliver the baskets to a pearl farmer to receive their next clue.
Additional tasks
- At the start of the leg, teams may receive 588,000₫ (dong VND - approximately USD $37).
- At Ly Thai To Garden, Teams may listen the location of their next clue from the megaphone: Ben Xe Bai Chay at Ha Long Bay.
Leg 5 (Vietnam → India)
HaiphongHaiphong
, also Haiphong, is the third most populous city in Vietnam. The name means, "coastal defence".-History:Hai Phong was originally founded by Lê Chân, the female general of a Vietnamese revolution against the Chinese led by the Trưng Sisters in the year 43 C.E.The area which is now known as Duong...
(Haiphong Train Station
Hai Phong Railway Station
Hai Phong Railway Station is one of the main railway stations on the Hanoi-Hai Phong Railway in Vietnam. It serves the city of Hai Phong.It is also the terminus of the Sino-Vietnamese Railway, a French engineered narrow gauge railway completed in 1910, which was the first railway line to the...
) to Hanoi (Hanoi Train Station
Hanoi Railway Station
Hanoi Railway Station is one of the main railway stations on the North-South Railway in Vietnam. It serves the city of Hanoi. The station is located at 120 Le Duan Street, Cua Nam Ward, Hoan Kiem District of Hanoi and is the starting point of five railway lines leading to almost every Vietnamese...
) Hanoi (Noi Bai International Airport) to Chennai
Chennai
Chennai , formerly known as Madras or Madarasapatinam , is the capital city of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, located on the Coromandel Coast off the Bay of Bengal. Chennai is the fourth most populous metropolitan area and the sixth most populous city in India...
, Tamil Nadu
Tamil Nadu
Tamil Nadu is one of the 28 states of India. Its capital and largest city is Chennai. Tamil Nadu lies in the southernmost part of the Indian Peninsula and is bordered by the union territory of Pondicherry, and the states of Kerala, Karnataka, and Andhra Pradesh...
, India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
(Chennai International AirportChennai International Airport
Chennai International Airport , formerly known as Madras International Airport is located in Tirusulam, south of Chennai , India...
) Chennai
Chennai
Chennai , formerly known as Madras or Madarasapatinam , is the capital city of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, located on the Coromandel Coast off the Bay of Bengal. Chennai is the fourth most populous metropolitan area and the sixth most populous city in India...
to Mamallapuram
- Mamallapuram (Vallavar Arts & Crafts) Mamallapuram to ChennaiChennaiChennai , formerly known as Madras or Madarasapatinam , is the capital city of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, located on the Coromandel Coast off the Bay of Bengal. Chennai is the fourth most populous metropolitan area and the sixth most populous city in India...
- Chennai (Karthik Driving School)
- Chennai (Chettinad House)
The Detour in this leg was Wild Things or Wild Rice. In Wild Things, teams had to make their way 9 miles (14.5 km) to Madras Crocodile Bank
Madras Crocodile Bank Trust
The Madras Crocodile Bank Trust and Centre for Herpetology is a reptile zoo and herpetology research station, located south of the city of Chennai, in state of Tamil Nadu, India. The centre is both a registered trust and a recognized zoo under the Wildlife Act, 1972 and is India's leading...
, locate pit 16 and help the workers wrangle a marsh crocodile
Mugger Crocodile
The mugger crocodile , also called the Indian, Indus, Persian, or marsh crocodile, is found throughout the Indian subcontinent and the surrounding countries...
to move it to a new pit. In Wild Rice, teams made their way 200 yards (182.9 m) to Sri Sthala Sayana Perumal Temple and choose an outline of a traditional floral design shown on the temple floor. Using a picture for reference, they had to use colored powder made from rice to color it in so that it matched the picture. For the Roadblock, one team member had to sit through a driver's education class, then navigate India's frenzied streets for a driving test while driving on the left-hand side of the road. Once they obtained an Indian driver's license, they received the next clue.
Leg 6 (India → Kuwait)
Chennai International Airport
Chennai International Airport , formerly known as Madras International Airport is located in Tirusulam, south of Chennai , India...
) to Kuwait City
Kuwait City
-Suburbs:Although the districts below are not usually recognized as suburbs, the following is a list of a few areas surrounding Kuwait city:Al-Salam ""السلام"" -Economy:...
, Kuwait
Kuwait
The State of Kuwait is a sovereign Arab state situated in the north-east of the Arabian Peninsula in Western Asia. It is bordered by Saudi Arabia to the south at Khafji, and Iraq to the north at Basra. It lies on the north-western shore of the Persian Gulf. The name Kuwait is derived from the...
(Kuwait International AirportKuwait International Airport
Kuwait International Airport is located in Farwaniyah, Kuwait, south of Kuwait City. It serves as hub for Jazeera Airways and Kuwait Airways. A portion of the airport complex is designated as Al Mubarak Air Base, which contains the headquarters of the Kuwait Air Force, as well as the Kuwait Air...
)
- Kuwait City (Kuwait TowersKuwait TowersThe Kuwait Towers are three towers of reinforced concrete in Kuwait City. The main tower is 187 metres high and serves as a restaurant and water tower. It also has a Viewing Sphere which rises to 123 metres above sea level and completes a full turn every 30 minutes. The second tower is 145.8 metres...
)- Kuwait City (6th Ring Road)
- Kuwait City (Souk Al-Gharabally)
- Kuwait City (Al Sadiq Water Towers)
In this Fast Forward, teams were required to wear a protective gear and use a flame retardant shield to retrieve the Fast Forward from a cluebox next to a simulated oil fire at the oil well on 6th Ring Road, braving temperatures of over 1000 °F (537.8 °C). In the Roadblock on this leg, one team member had to climb a ladder to the top of one of the Kuwait Towers 610 feet (185.9 m) above the ground. At the top, they received a satchel
Satchel (bag)
A satchel is a bag, often with a strap. The strap is often worn so that it diagonally crosses the body, with the bag hanging on the opposite hip, rather than hanging directly down from the shoulder. They are tradionally used for carrying books....
filled with puzzle pieces. They then had to go to the ground and assemble the puzzle to reveal the name of the street which was their next destination. The Detour on this leg was Manual or Automatic. In Manual, teams drove to an area known as Souk Sulabiya and had to fill ten 110 pounds (49.9 kg) bags of camel feed up to a marked line. Once filled, they had to transport them 100 yards (91.4 m) to a pallet and properly stack them to get their next clue. In Automatic, teams went to the Kuwait Camel Racing Club where they used a walkie-talkie to operate a voice activated robotic jockey
Robot jockey
A robot jockey is commonly used on camels in camel racing as a replacement for human jockeys. Developed since 2004, the robotic jockeys are slowly phasing out the use of human jockeys, which in the case of camel racing in Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, United Arab Emirates, and Qatar, often employs small...
attached to a camel. Once the camel ran a 140 yards (128 m) course, a wrangler would give them their next clue.
Leg 7 (Kuwait → Mauritius)
Kuwait International Airport
Kuwait International Airport is located in Farwaniyah, Kuwait, south of Kuwait City. It serves as hub for Jazeera Airways and Kuwait Airways. A portion of the airport complex is designated as Al Mubarak Air Base, which contains the headquarters of the Kuwait Air Force, as well as the Kuwait Air...
) to Plaine Magnien, Mauritius
Mauritius
Mauritius , officially the Republic of Mauritius is an island nation off the southeast coast of the African continent in the southwest Indian Ocean, about east of Madagascar...
(Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam International AirportSir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam International Airport
Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam International Airport , known as SSR Airport or previously as Plaisance Airport, is an international airport serving the island country of Mauritius. The airport is located at Plaine Magnien, near Plaisance and southeast of Port Louis, the capital of Mauritius...
)
- Grand BaieGrand BaieGrand Baie, is a seaside village and large tourist beach in the district of Rivière du Rempart on the island of Mauritius. The village is on the western side of the northernmost point of Mauritius and was the site of the British Invasion of Île de France in November 1810.Grand Baie may well be the...
(Isla Mauritia boat) (Unaired) - Case Noyale (Post Office)
- Bel OmbreBel Ombre (Mauritius)Bel Ombre is a coastal resort at the extreme south of Mauritius. There are holiday facilities there....
(Château Bel Ombre)
In this leg's Detour, teams had to choose between Salt or Sea. In Salt, teams had to search through three giant piles of salt, the key of the country's economy, for a salt shaker containing their next clue. In Sea, teams had to choose a boat captain, then travel by motorboat to an island called Île aux Benitiers 2.5 miles (4 km) away. Once there, they had to search the island using a map to find the boat's sail. After finding it, they had to carry it back to the boat, attach it, and sail back. While no Roadblock was shown for this leg of the race, a Roadblock clue is clearly visible in Dustin and Kandice's hands in one of the stills for the episode on the show's website.
Additional task
- When they arrived at the harbor, teams had to swim to the boat, which was anchored in Grand Baie.
Leg 8 (Mauritius → Madagascar)
Plaine Magnien (Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam International AirportSir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam International Airport
Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam International Airport , known as SSR Airport or previously as Plaisance Airport, is an international airport serving the island country of Mauritius. The airport is located at Plaine Magnien, near Plaisance and southeast of Port Louis, the capital of Mauritius...
) to Antananarivo
Antananarivo
Antananarivo , formerly Tananarive , is the capital and largest city in Madagascar. It is also known by its French colonial shorthand form Tana....
, Madagascar
Madagascar
The Republic of Madagascar is an island country located in the Indian Ocean off the southeastern coast of Africa...
(Ivato International Airport)
- Antananarivo (Lac Anosy – Black Angel statue)
- Antananarivo (Analakely Market)
- Antananarivo (Tohotohobato Ambondrona Analakely)
- Antananarivo (Cathedral Andohalo)
In this Fast Forward, the intersected teams had to travel 2.5 miles (4 km) to Analakely Market and eat one full serving of cow lips, a local delicacy. When they cleaned their plates, the two teams would win the Fast Forward. The Detour on this leg of the Race was Long Sleep or Short Letter. In Long Sleep, teams travelled by van 2.2 miles (3.5 km) to an open market where they had to deliver 8 covered mattresses through the streets of Antananarivo to a certain address. When the delivery was complete, the homeowner handed them their next clue. In Short Letter, teams travelled by van 3.5 miles (5.6 km) to a paper working station where they had to work together to successfully make 28 pieces of handcrafted paper. Once the artisan signaled they had correctly made their paper, they would receive their next clue. After the Detour, teams were no longer Intersected. The Roadblock on this leg was to go to stairs filled with rubber stamp
Rubber stamp
Rubber stamping, also called stamping, is a craft in which some type of ink made of dye or pigment is applied to an image or pattern that has been carved, molded, laser engraved or vulcanized, onto a sheet of rubber. The rubber is often mounted onto a more stable object such as a wood, brick or an...
vendors across the steep staircases and find four vendors with a matching stamp to imprint (boat
Boat
A boat is a watercraft of any size designed to float or plane, to provide passage across water. Usually this water will be inland or in protected coastal areas. However, boats such as the whaleboat were designed to be operated from a ship in an offshore environment. In naval terms, a boat is a...
, train
Train
A train is a connected series of vehicles for rail transport that move along a track to transport cargo or passengers from one place to another place. The track usually consists of two rails, but might also be a monorail or maglev guideway.Propulsion for the train is provided by a separate...
, plane and car
Čar
Čar is a village in the municipality of Bujanovac, Serbia. According to the 2002 census, the town has a population of 296 people.-References:...
) on their clues. Once finished, they would proceed to the Pit Stop, where their teammate was waiting.
Leg 9 (Madagascar → Finland → Ukraine)
Helsinki
Helsinki is the capital and largest city in Finland. It is in the region of Uusimaa, located in southern Finland, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland, an arm of the Baltic Sea. The population of the city of Helsinki is , making it by far the most populous municipality in Finland. Helsinki is...
, Finland
Finland
Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...
(Helsinki-Vantaa International Airport)
- Helsinki (Kappeli Café) Helsinki (Helsinki Central railway stationHelsinki Central railway stationHelsinki Central railway station is a widely recognised landmark in central Helsinki, Finland, and the focal point of public transport in the Greater Helsinki area. The station is used by approximately 200,000 passengers per day, making it Finland's most-visited building...
) to TampereTampereTampere is a city in southern Finland. It is the most populous inland city in any of the Nordic countries. The city has a population of , growing to approximately 300,000 people in the conurbation and over 340,000 in the metropolitan area. Tampere is the third most-populous municipality in...
(Tampere railway stationTampere railway stationThe Tampere railway station is a functionalist building in Tampere, Finland, designed by Eero Seppälä and Otto Flodin, completed in 1936. The 36-metre clock tower was later added because the Finnish railway bureau required it...
) - YlöjärviYlöjärviYlöjärvi is a town and a municipality in Western Finland located west of Tampere.The town has a population of and covers an area of of which is water. The population density is . The population has increased rapidly in recent years, in 1990 it was slightly over 18,000.Ylöjärvi was founded as...
(Soppeenharjun koulu ) Tampere (Tampere railway station) to TurkuTurkuTurku is a city situated on the southwest coast of Finland at the mouth of the Aura River. It is located in the region of Finland Proper. It is believed that Turku came into existence during the end of the 13th century which makes it the oldest city in Finland...
(Turku Central railway stationTurku Central railway stationThe Turku Central railway station is a railway station in the VII District of Turku, Finland. It has VR services to Helsinki and towards Joensuu...
) - LohjaLohjaLohja , is a town and municipality of Finland.It is located in the province of Southern Finland and is part of the Uusimaa region. The town has a population of and covers an area of ofwhich is water...
(Tytyri Limestone Mine) - Helsinki (Helsinki Olympic StadiumHelsinki Olympic StadiumThe Helsinki Olympic Stadium , located in the Töölö district about from the center of the Finnish capital Helsinki, is the largest stadium in the country, nowadays mainly used for hosting sports events and big concerts. The stadium is best known for being the center of activities in the 1952...
Tower)
Helsinki (Helsinki-Vantaa International Airport) to Kiev
Kiev
Kiev or Kyiv is the capital and the largest city of Ukraine, located in the north central part of the country on the Dnieper River. The population as of the 2001 census was 2,611,300. However, higher numbers have been cited in the press....
, Ukraine
Ukraine
Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...
(Boryspil AirportBoryspil Airport
Boryspil International Airport is an international airport located west of Boryspil, east of Kiev. It is Ukraine's largest airport, serving the major part of international flights of the country, and is one of three airports that serve Kiev, along with the smaller Zhulyany Airport and Gostomel...
)
- Oster (169th District Training Centre, Ukrainian Ground ForcesArmored Force (Ukraine)Armored Force along with Mechanized Infantry form the basis of the Ukrainian Ground Forces. They execute tasks of holding the occupied areas, lines and positions tasks of enemy’s impacts repelling, of penetrating enemy’s defense lines, of defeating the enemy forces, of capturing the important...
or Oster Tank School) - Kiev (Apartment 33)
- Kiev (Great Patriotic War MuseumMuseum of the Great Patriotic War, KievThe National Museum of the History of the Great Patriotic War is a memorial complex commemorating the German-Soviet War located in the southern outskirts of the Pechersk district of Kiev, the capital of Ukraine, on the picturesque hills on the right-bank of the Dnieper River.The museum has moved...
)
In the first Detour, teams had to decide between Swamp This or Swamp That. Both options are methods by which Finnish athletes keep themselves in shape during the warmer months. In Swamp This, teams have to put a pair of cross country skis through bog
Bog
A bog, quagmire or mire is a wetland that accumulates acidic peat, a deposit of dead plant material—often mosses or, in Arctic climates, lichens....
, and trudge through 1 miles (1.6 km) course of a muddy field. In Swamp That, teams had to take an obstacle course through bog. They are need to crawl, climb and carry each other, and proceed to finish line to get their next clue. The Roadblock for this half of the leg was to had to ride a bike down a steep hill to search the Lohja mine for a marked dig site and get a piece of limestone
Limestone
Limestone is a sedimentary rock composed largely of the minerals calcite and aragonite, which are different crystal forms of calcium carbonate . Many limestones are composed from skeletal fragments of marine organisms such as coral or foraminifera....
. Then, after attaching the limestone into a bike, they had to go back to the start point and had to use tools to break it open to get their next clue which was inside of the limestone.
On the second half of the leg, the Roadblock consisted of taking a Soviet T-64 Tank
T-64
The T-64 is a Soviet main battle tank, introduced in the early 1960s. It was used solely by the Soviet Army in its front-line divisions and was a more advanced counterpart to the T-62...
through one and a half mile oval-shaped training course used at the simulated military exercises in Ukraine's premiere tank school. Once they successfully completed the course, the officer would hand their next clue. The second Detour was a choice between Make the Music or Find the Music. In Make the Music, teams traveled 3 miles (4.8 km) to Dance & Groove, a hip hop
Hip hop music
Hip hop music, also called hip-hop, rap music or hip-hop music, is a musical genre consisting of a stylized rhythmic music that commonly accompanies rapping, a rhythmic and rhyming speech that is chanted...
/dance club in Kyiv and had to perform a rap song incorporating the names of all of the nations visited so far on the Race. The judge would approve their show and give their next clue. In Find the Music, the teams had to go 2.5 miles (4 km) to Ukrainian National Music Academy
Kiev Conservatory
The Tchaikovsky National Academy of Music is a Ukrainian state institution of higher music education. Its courses include postgraduate education.-History:...
. Once there, they had to search through thousands of pieces of sheet music of Tchaikovsky
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (Russian: Пётр Ильи́ч Чайко́вский ; often "Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky" in English. His names are also transliterated "Piotr" or "Petr"; "Ilitsch", "Il'ich" or "Illyich"; and "Tschaikowski", "Tschaikowsky", "Chajkovskij"...
's Concert Fantasy for Piano and Orchestra. When they had the correct music, they needed to search 120 practice rooms for one of six pianists to perform the piece for them. Once the pianist completed the piece, they would get their next clue. In both Detours, teams had to dress up to blend in with the people.
Additional tasks
- At the Kappeli Cafe, teams had to log onto their AOL e-mail to get an e-mail clue from their families.
- At the Helsinki Olympic Stadium, teams had to do a face first rappel known as an Angel Dive down the Helsinki Olympic Tower.
- After rappelling down the Helsinki Olympic Tower, teams were given a clue to fly to the capital of the country that is home to ChernobylChernobylChernobyl or Chornobyl is an abandoned city in northern Ukraine, in Kiev Oblast, near the border with Belarus. The city had been the administrative centre of the Chernobyl Raion since 1932....
.
Leg 10 (Ukraine → Morocco)
Ouarzazate
-See also:* Tizi n'Tichka: The mountain pass that leads to Ouarzazate* List of Movies shot in Morocco-External links:* at IMDb...
, Morocco
Morocco
Morocco , officially the Kingdom of Morocco , is a country located in North Africa. It has a population of more than 32 million and an area of 710,850 km², and also primarily administers the disputed region of the Western Sahara...
(Ouarzazate AirportOuarzazate Airport
Ouarzazate Airport is an airport serving Ouarzazate, a city in the Souss-Massa-Draâ region in Morocco. The airport served over 95 thousand passengers in the year 2008.-Facilities:...
)
- Ouarzazate, KasbahKasbahA kasbah or qassabah is a type of medina, Islamic city, or fortress .It was a place for the local leader to live and a defense when a city was under attack. A kasbah has high walls, usually without windows. Sometimes, they were built on hilltops so that they could be more easily defended...
District (Antiquittés du Sud) - Ouarzazate (Atlas Film Studios)
- Idelssan (Café La Pirgola)
- near MarrakechMarrakechMarrakech or Marrakesh , known as the "Ochre city", is the most important former imperial city in Morocco's history...
in the Atlas MountainsAtlas MountainsThe Atlas Mountains is a mountain range across a northern stretch of Africa extending about through Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia. The highest peak is Toubkal, with an elevation of in southwestern Morocco. The Atlas ranges separate the Mediterranean and Atlantic coastlines from the Sahara Desert...
(Nomadic BerberBerber peopleBerbers are the indigenous peoples of North Africa west of the Nile Valley. They are continuously distributed from the Atlantic to the Siwa oasis, in Egypt, and from the Mediterranean to the Niger River. Historically they spoke the Berber language or varieties of it, which together form a branch...
Camp)
The Roadblock on this leg had one team member act like ancient gladiators
Gladiator
A gladiator was an armed combatant who entertained audiences in the Roman Republic and Roman Empire in violent confrontations with other gladiators, wild animals, and condemned criminals. Some gladiators were volunteers who risked their legal and social standing and their lives by appearing in the...
by racing horse chariot
Chariot
The chariot is a type of horse carriage used in both peace and war as the chief vehicle of many ancient peoples. Ox carts, proto-chariots, were built by the Proto-Indo-Europeans and also built in Mesopotamia as early as 3000 BC. The original horse chariot was a fast, light, open, two wheeled...
s. While racing, they would have to pull down two colored flags that match their horse. Once they possessed both flags, the Charioteer would give them their next clue. This leg's Detour was Throw It or Grind It. In Throw It, teams traveled 4 miles (6.4 km) to Guedara to a pottery shop where they had to make two clay pots. The potter would give them their next clue once the pots were made to his specifications. In Grind It, teams traveled 4 miles (6.4 km) towards Ouarzazate to North Africa Horse. They had to choose crushing mills use to grind 77 pounds (34.9 kg) of olives and pack them into bags. When they have properly crushed the olives with pressure bags, the olive miller would give them their next clue. Each Detour selection only had three workstations, which were first come-first serve. After completing the Detours, teams drove on the road to Marrakech until they reached a marker, where they turned off into the desert to the camp that served as the Pit Stop.
Additional task
- At Antiquittés du Sud, teams receive a pendantPendantA pendant is a loose-hanging piece of jewellery, generally attached by a small loop to a necklace, when the ensemble may be known as a "pendant necklace". A pendant earring is an earring with a piece hanging down. In modern French "pendant" is the gerund form of “hanging”...
for a good luck charm and bring it to the pit stop.
Leg 11 (Morocco → Spain)
- CasablancaCasablancaCasablanca is a city in western Morocco, located on the Atlantic Ocean. It is the capital of the Grand Casablanca region.Casablanca is Morocco's largest city as well as its chief port. It is also the biggest city in the Maghreb. The 2004 census recorded a population of 2,949,805 in the prefecture...
(Quartier des Habous) Casablanca (Mohammed V International AirportMohammed V International AirportMohammed V International Airport is an airport operated by ONDA . Located in Province of Nouaceur, a suburb 30 km south-east of Casablanca, it is the busiest airport in Morocco with almost 7.25 million passengers passing through the airport in 2010...
) to BarcelonaBarcelonaBarcelona is the second largest city in Spain after Madrid, and the capital of Catalonia, with a population of 1,621,537 within its administrative limits on a land area of...
, SpainSpainSpain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...
(Barcelona Airport) - Barcelona (Parc del Laberint d'HortaParc del Laberint d'HortaThe Parc del Laberint d'Horta del Laberint d'Horta) is an historical garden in the Horta-Guinardó district in Barcelona, and the oldest of its kind in the city...
) - Barcelona (Palau Nacional de MontjuicMuseu Nacional d'Art de CatalunyaThe Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya , abbreviated as MNAC, is a museum of Catalan visual art located in Barcelona, Catalonia. It is housed in the Palau Nacional, built for the 1929 World's Fair...
)
In this Roadblock, teams entered the market, and had to find a stall and where they would receive 1 pound (0.45359237 kg) of camel meat which they had to bring to a stall, grind it, and then skewer it so a chef could prepare a traditional Moroccan recipe and so they could then eat it. Once they finished, the chef would give them their next clue. In this leg's Detour, teams between choose Lug It or Lob It. In Lug It, teams had to get into giant costumes known as "gigantes y cabezudos
Gigantes y cabezudos
Many Spanish festivals include costumed figures known as gigantes y cabezudos, roughly, “Giants and Big-Heads”, or, in Catalan, gegants i capgrossos...
" and then walk a distance along Las Ramblas to over a mile in them to find a female giant in Plaça de Sant Felip Neri to receive their next clue. In Lob It, teams had to travel to Colònia Güell and took part in a tomato festival
Tomatina
La Tomatina is a festival that is held in the Valencian town of Buñol, a town located 30 km inland from the Mediterranean Sea in which participants throw tomatoes and get involved in this tomato fight purely for fun...
. They had to search a giant pile of tomatoes and find one with a clue inside. While they were searching, locals threw tomatoes at them as done in the Spanish festival.
Leg 12 (Spain → France → United States)
- Barcelona (Sagrada FamíliaSagrada FamiliaThe ' , commonly known as the Sagrada Família, is a large Roman Catholic church in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, designed by Catalan architect Antoni Gaudí...
) Barcelona (Barcelona Airport) to ParisParisParis is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
, FranceFranceThe French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
(Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport/Paris-Orly Airport) - Paris (Eiffel TowerEiffel TowerThe Eiffel Tower is a puddle iron lattice tower located on the Champ de Mars in Paris. Built in 1889, it has become both a global icon of France and one of the most recognizable structures in the world...
) Paris (Gare Saint-LazareGare Saint-LazareParis Saint-Lazare is one of the six large terminus train stations of Paris. It is the second busiest in Paris, behind the Gare du Nord, handling 274,000 passengers each day.-History:...
) to CaenCaenCaen is a commune in northwestern France. It is the prefecture of the Calvados department and the capital of the Basse-Normandie region. It is located inland from the English Channel....
, Basse-Normandie (Gare de CaenGare de CaenCaen, Gare de l'Ouest or Gare Calvados, is the main and now only station serving the city of Caen. The station stands on the main line from Paris to Cherbourg and although it mainly is an intercity station many regional trains use the station. Typical services link Caen to Lisieux, Evreux, Paris,...
) - CarpiquetCarpiquetCarpiquet is a commune in the Calvados department in the Basse-Normandie region in northwestern France. Caen – Carpiquet Airport is located in Carpiquet.-Geography:Carpiquet is on the western side of the Caen metropolitan area...
(Caen-Carpiquet AirportCaen - Carpiquet AirportCaen la Mer Airport or Aéroport de Caen la Mer is an airport located in Carpiquet and 6 km west of Caen, both communes of the Calvados département in the Basse-Normandie région of France....
) BayeuxBayeuxBayeux is a commune in the Calvados department in Normandy in northwestern France.Bayeux is the home of the Bayeux Tapestry, which depicts the events leading up to the Norman conquest of England.-Administration:Bayeux is a sub-prefecture of Calvados...
(Gare de BayeuxGare de BayeuxGare de Bayeux is the station for the town of Bayeux, Calvados. It is situated on the Mantes-la-Jolie–Cherbourg railway. It is a small station with trains to Cherbourg, Caen and Paris as well as regional trains to Rennes .-References:*...
) to Paris (Gare Saint-Lazare) - Paris (Place de la ConcordePlace de la ConcordeThe Place de la Concorde in area, it is the largest square in the French capital. It is located in the city's eighth arrondissement, at the eastern end of the Champs-Élysées.- History :...
) Paris (Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport) to New York CityNew York CityNew York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...
, New YorkNew YorkNew York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...
, USA (John F. Kennedy International AirportJohn F. Kennedy International AirportJohn F. Kennedy International Airport is an international airport located in the borough of Queens in New York City, about southeast of Lower Manhattan. It is the busiest international air passenger gateway to the United States, handling more international traffic than any other airport in North...
/Newark Liberty International AirportNewark Liberty International AirportNewark Liberty International Airport , first named Newark Metropolitan Airport and later Newark International Airport, is an international airport within the city limits of both Newark and Elizabeth, New Jersey, United States...
) - New York City (Daily News BuildingDaily News BuildingThe Daily News Building, also known as The News Building, is a Art-Deco skyscraper located at 220 East 42nd Street in Manhattan in New York City. Built in 1929, it was headquarters for the New York Daily News until the mid-1990s...
) - New York City (AlamoAlamo (sculpture)Alamo, also known as the Astor Place Cube, or simply The Cube, is an outdoor sculpture by Bernard Rosenthal, located on Astor Place, on the island of Manhattan in New York City. It takes the form of a black cube, long on each side, mounted on a corner. The cube is made of Cor-Ten steel and weighs...
) - GarrisonGarrison, New YorkGarrison is a hamlet in Putnam County, New York, United States. It is part of the town of Philipstown and is on the east side of the Hudson River, across from the United States Military Academy at West Point...
(St. Basil AcademySaint Basil Academy (Garrison, New York)Saint Basil Academy is a residential school for at-risk students run by the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America in Garrison, New York, United States...
)
In the final Roadblock of the race, one team member had to perform a 13000 feet (3,962.4 m) tandem skydive with a skydive instructor. The other team member remaining in the plane would be treated to a surprise nosedive. The skydiver parachuted down onto Omaha Beach
Omaha Beach
Omaha Beach is the code name for one of the five sectors of the Allied invasion of German-occupied France in the Normandy landings on 6 June 1944, during World War II...
. Once finished, the person who did the Roadblock was taken to Bayeux train station
Gare de Bayeux
Gare de Bayeux is the station for the town of Bayeux, Calvados. It is situated on the Mantes-la-Jolie–Cherbourg railway. It is a small station with trains to Cherbourg, Caen and Paris as well as regional trains to Rennes .-References:*...
in a military jeep. While the non-participating member took the taxi and reunited with their partner. In the last Detour of the race, teams had to choose between Art and Fashion. In Art, they had to go to an art studio, pick up a painting
Painting
Painting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a surface . The application of the medium is commonly applied to the base with a brush but other objects can be used. In art, the term painting describes both the act and the result of the action. However, painting is...
, and then take the painting through the streets of Paris to a painter who was waiting on a landing by the Seine
Seine
The Seine is a -long river and an important commercial waterway within the Paris Basin in the north of France. It rises at Saint-Seine near Dijon in northeastern France in the Langres plateau, flowing through Paris and into the English Channel at Le Havre . It is navigable by ocean-going vessels...
to complete (Quai d'Orleans, Pont de la Tournelle
Pont de la Tournelle
Pont de la Tournelle , is an arch bridge spanning the river Seine in Paris.-History:The location of the Pont de la Tournelle is the site of successive structures....
is seen in the background). Once the painting was finished, they would receive their next clue. In Fashion, teams had to travel by foot to Anatomy Fashion Studio where they had to make a jacket, using the tools and materials provided, and put it on a mannequin
Mannequin
A mannequin is an often articulated doll used by artists, tailors, dressmakers, and others especially to display or fit clothing...
for display. Once the designer approved their work, she would give them their next clue.
Additional tasks
- At the start of the leg, the clue received at the start point instructed them to find "a church that has been under construction for over 124 years": the Sagrada FamíliaSagrada FamiliaThe ' , commonly known as the Sagrada Família, is a large Roman Catholic church in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, designed by Catalan architect Antoni Gaudí...
. - At the Daily News BuildingDaily News BuildingThe Daily News Building, also known as The News Building, is a Art-Deco skyscraper located at 220 East 42nd Street in Manhattan in New York City. Built in 1929, it was headquarters for the New York Daily News until the mid-1990s...
, teams were only given a photograph of the AlamoAlamo (sculpture)Alamo, also known as the Astor Place Cube, or simply The Cube, is an outdoor sculpture by Bernard Rosenthal, located on Astor Place, on the island of Manhattan in New York City. It takes the form of a black cube, long on each side, mounted on a corner. The cube is made of Cor-Ten steel and weighs...
and were told to travel there by foot. Once they found the Alamo, the teams had to find a woman in a yellow cap who would give them their final clue.
Canadian ratings
| Order | Episode | Viewers (millions) | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Real Fast! Quack, Quack!" | 2.14 | #6 |
| 2 | "Can Horses Smell Fear?" | 2.11 | #8 |
| 3 | "Oh, Wow! It’s Like One of Those Things You See on TV!" | 1.89 | #10 |
| 4 | "I Know Phil, Little Ol’ Gorgeous Thing" | 1.55 | #12 |
| 5 | "I Covered His Mouth, Oh My Gosh!" | 2.17 | #8 |
| 6 | "Maybe Steven Segal Will See Me And Want Me to Be in One of His Movies" | 2.23 | #8 |
| 7 | "I Wonder If This Is Going to Make My Fingers Pickle" | 1.94 | #6 |
| 8 | "He Can't Swim But He Can Eat Cow Lips!" | 2.04 | #8 |
| 9 | "Being Polite Sucks Sometimes" | 2.11 | #6 |
| 10 | "Lookin' Like a Blue-Haired Lady on a Sunday Drive" | 1.89 | #12 |
| 11 | "We Just Won't Die, Like Roaches" | 2.13 | #8 |
| 12 | "Dude, I'm Such a Hot Giant Chick Right Now!" | 2.07 | #6 |
| 13 | "Say Your Deepest Prayers Ever!" | 2.02 | #4 |