The Amazing Race 8
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The Amazing Race 8 is the eighth installment of the reality television show The Amazing Race
. The Amazing Race 8 differed from previous installments of The Amazing Race in that instead of pairs of adults with a pre-existing relationship, this race featured ten families of four and allowed the participation of minors as young as 8. The Race returned to the original teams of two adults for The Amazing Race 9
. Filming ran from July 7, 2005 to July 31, 2005. The show premiered on Tuesday, September 27, 2005 and concluded on December 13, 2005.
Siblings Nick, Alex, Megan, and Tommy Linz were the winners of this Race. At 19 and 21 years of age respectively, Tommy and Megan became the youngest male and female to win the race (Starr Spangler of Season 13
later equalled Megan's record).
and Costa Rica
. Filming took place on July 7–31, 2005.
Route Markers were colored yellow and white with black lining, similar to the yellow & white Route Markers of Season 1 (and in contrast to the yellow & red of all other seasons). As with Season 7
, the winners of the race were revealed in an online betting scandal well before the airing of the final episode.
For this race, the supplied credit card
covers not only airfare, but also gasoline
. Previously, gasoline had to be purchased with the supplied cash. The rule change was made necessary by the fact that most of the transportation takes place in car
s rather than airplane
s.
During Leg 1, Renee Rogers fell at the starting line and suffered a concussion
. The Rogers family did not realize the severity of the injury until they had gone to a hospital after being eliminated from the race the next leg.
The limits on individual Roadblock attempts, found in Seasons 6
and 7
, did not apply to this season. Furthermore, some Roadblocks in this edition required the participation of two team members. Also, for the first time since season 5
, a mid-race leg (4) was aired without a Roadblock.
At the end of Leg 4, The Schroeder family was eliminated in New Orleans, their hometown. One month after the end of the race, their home was severely damaged by Hurricane Katrina
. They evacuated their New Orleans home due to Hurricane Katrina and stayed with the Rogers family in Shreveport, Louisiana
for a short period of time. Denny Rogers even supplied a truck to help the Schroeders evacuate the flood-ravaged area. The Schroeder home was seriously damaged and was being rebuilt at the time of the show's airing.
During Leg 6, at Poás Volcano
, the clue envelope appeared to contain Fast Forward instructions; however, this was not mentioned or described, perhaps because no team took advantage, or because plans for the task fell through. The Fast Forward in Leg 5 was introduced as the only one in the race when the show was televised. An online source http://forums.televisionwithoutpity.com/index.php?showtopic=2766846&st=1106 claims that the task was simply not used, and all references were excised.
According to an interview with Wally Bransen on RFFRadio, Hurricane Emily
forced producers to cancel a leg in Belize
. Teams had an extra day off in Costa Rica after Leg 6.
After the Linz family were named the official winners, it was revealed that the Bransen and Weaver Families would compete in the "Final Amazing Challenge". The two families would race back and forth between the last roadblock of the race (a map of North and Central America) and a set of 12 clueboxes, each of which contained an icon, representing something the families did on the race. The object of the challenge was to race (as a family) out to the clueboxes, get the icons one at a time, and then place them on the appropriate place on the map. Whichever team finished this challenge first would win a brand new GMC Yukon XL, the same vehicle that had been used on the race. The Bransen family won the challenge and the vehicle.
In an RFF Radio podcast interview with Wally Bransen, he said that the Linzes beat them to the finish mat by one or two minutes in the final leg therefore making it the third closest finish ever. The Weavers finished in third place a "hour or two" later.
toured major cities in the United States (Cleveland, Detroit, Chicago
, St. Louis
, Kansas City
, Denver, Albuquerque
, Phoenix
, and Los Angeles) to scout contestants for the race. Final casting interviews took place in Las Vegas
.
The full list of families participated the race (with their relationships), listed in alphabetical order:
Kevin and Drew from season 1
made a cameo appearance during the first leg of the race, handing out clues for teams in New York
at a hot dog
stand.
According to Wally Bransen, an 11th Family (Flanders) were supposed to be on the race but were axed at the last minute. The cause for this remains unknown.
Linda Weaver wore a t-shirt with the name "Chris" on it for many legs of the race. Contrary to popular belief, Chris was not the name of her late husband, but her fiancé. Weaver's husband, Roy, was killed in an accident when he was run over by a race car at Daytona International Speedway
in 2004. She reluctantly participated in two challenges directly related to racing. One was a go-kart
race in Arizona, and the other involved traveling around Talladega Superspeedway
in a bicycle.
Billy and Carissa Gaghan wrote introductions for "My Ox is Broken", a book about the Amazing Race.
Stassi Schroeder later appeared in Queen Bees and she later finished 7th place.
The first Detour of the race was Build it or Buggy It. In Build It, teams needed to use the materials provided to build a miniature, working watermill
. In Buggy It, teams must transport a traditional Amish
buggy along a 1.5 miles (2.4 km) course with two members riding in it.
Additional tasks
In this leg's Roadblock, one team member had to whisper a code phrase ("The sky is blue") to spies walking in the area around the Tidal Basin. Of the fifty spies, ten would reply with another phrase ("The sea is green"). Once they had found one of the spies and they exchanged their briefcases with the spy's briefcase to receive their next clue. In this leg's Detour, teams choose between Heat of the Battle and Heat of the Night, were both part of a full scale American Civil War
reenactment
. In Heat of the Battle, teams had to transport five wounded soldiers to a tent. Heat of the Night had racers take a keg of kerosene to a table. Once there, they had to fill 20 oil lamp
s with the kerosene
and light them. After completing the Detour, the teams had to grab a Civil War flag and take it to the nearby pit stop.
Additional task
Dulles
(Washington Dulles International Airport
) to Charleston, South Carolina
(Charleston International Airport
)
In this leg's Detour, the team choices were Forrest Gump or Muddy Waters. In Forrest Gump, teams had to drive 7 miles (11.3 km) to Wando Shrimp Co. and hop onto a shrimp boat. Then, they use their hands to de-head 200 pounds (90.7 kg) of shrimp
to receive their next clue. In Muddy Waters, teams had drive 37 miles (59.5 km) to Ridgeville
and find Ridgeville Mud Run. Then, teams drove a 4X4 SUV
through an obstacle course to a 400 feet (121.9 m) gulley filled with mud. They had to make one complete round course before receiving their next clue. If they got stuck, they would have to wait to be towed out. Once towed out, they would have to restart the course. In this leg's Roadblock, two members from each team rode a centrifuge
at 3.2g
. If the teams enjoy the 3.2g and they would get their next clue.
Additional task
In the Roadblock, teams had to climb to the top of the World's Largest Office Chair. It is a similar to unaired Roadblock in leg 10 of season three. In this leg's Detour, teams choose between Work or Play. In Work, teams used a two-person handsaw to cut slices off a log
12 inches (30.5 cm) in diameter. Once they cut four slices of it, a log sawyer would give them their clue. In Play, teams made their way to a riverboat
where they played a game of "21
" against a professional dealer. To win a round, the hand of each team member needed to total more than the dealer's hand, or the dealer must bust (the dealer's hand goes over 21). When the team won three rounds, a dealer would earn their clue.
Additional tasks
, Panama
(Tocumen International Airport
) Panama City to Gamboa
(Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
's Gamboa Field Station)
In the Race's only aired Fast Forward, team members had to find a crane
at the Pacific side of Panama Canal
– Pier 14 in Balboa
. Once there, the family must split into pairs and each pair would perform on tandem bungee jump 140 feet (42.7 m) above sea level. When all members completed the drop, they would win the Fast Forward. In this leg's Detour, teams had to choose between Rhythm or Coos. Both Detours traveled by Red Devil Bus (also known as ). In Rhythm, teams required to travel at Casco Viejo
. They visited several locations to collect four musical instruments – saxophone
(in Teatro Nacional de Panamá), trumpet
(in Escuela Simón Bolívar), conga drum (in Casa Góngora) and trombone
(Instituto Nacional de Cultura). Once they retrieved all the instruments, they delivered them by foot to Take Five Jazz and Wine where a band leader would hand their next clue. In Coos, teams travel to El Parque Metropolitan and use binoculars and search within the rainforest canopy for wooden replicas of five local bird species. They had to circle the correct bird species discovered on a chart on the provided bird identification card. When all five were circled, they presented the card to the bird expert to get their next clue. However, if they circled the wrong birds, they would repeat the task until getting it right. In this leg's Roadblock, one team member to had to play baseball
. They stepped onto a plate
and get a base hit
or home run
of a championship local little leaguer. Each player would get a maximum of 3 pitches
to turned it back. If they don't get the hit, they went to the end of the line. When they finally got on base, the umpire would get their next clue.
Additional task
Panama City (Terminal Nacional de Trasporte) to San Jose
, Costa Rica
(Tica Bus Terminal)
In this leg's Roadblock, one team member from each team searched through 800 pounds (362.9 kg) of coffee bean
s to find the one red colored bean. Once found, the plantation manager would give them their next clue. In this leg's Detour, teams had to choose between Relic or Ripe. In Relic, teams travel to a nearby rainforest and traverse six road bridges while searching for four Mayan
relics. After delivering each of these relics to the archaeologist, they would receive the next clue. In Ripe, teams travelled to Frutas Selectas del Tropico (a banana plantation) where they were to gather 15 bushels of banana
s and load them on hanging tracks. Then using a local pulling system, they hauled them to the distribution center and the foreman would give their next clue.
In this leg's Detour, teams had to choose between Brush or Barrel. In Brush, teams had travel 10 miles (16.1 km) to Taller Eloy Alfaro in Sarchí
and painted two cartwheels. Once there, they must choose two of these harshly painted cartwheels, then they followed the pattern on a painted section to finish decorating the wheel. When the artist approved their work, they would receive their clue. In Barrel, teams travel 10 miles (16.1 km) to Ingenio La Argentina (a Sugarcane factory) and had to load a tractor with a 1 tonne (0.984203533290685 LT) of harvested sugarcane
. Then, they transported them 6 miles (9.7 km) to a rum factory of Fabrica Nacional de Licores. After delivering the cane, they searched a warehouse to find a hidden marked barrel rack among dozens of rum barrels which contained their clue. In this leg's Roadblock, one team member drove 50 laps in a Superkart
to get their next clue.
Additional task
In this leg's Roadblock, one team member had to fly in a fighter plane
and following the pilot's direction, pilot the plane to perform a 360 degree loop in the air. Once the loop was completed, they would land and get their next clue. In this leg's Detour, teams had to choose between choices in Horseshoe Bend
along Colorado River
were Bearing or Bailing. Both detours are travel on a motorized raft. In Bearing, teams had to choose five color coded cards to a unique compass
coordinate. Then, they used a compass to follow the coordinate to the next card and to located three locations on three different islands in a same color coded card in each island, and they exchanged them into a clue. In Bailing, teams had to pour water into a boat until it submerged. Then, using only their hands and tools provided, they had bail water out of the boat to lighten it enough to carry onshore. Once the boat had been carried across a line in the sand, they would receive their next clue.
In this leg's Detour, teams had a choice between Ride Down or Drop Down. Both Detours traveled to Bull Canyon. In Ride Down, teams chose bikes and rode a 6 miles (9.7 km) course down into the mountain. In Drop Down, teams completed a two-stage rappel 270 feet (82.3 m) down into a same mountain. Once at the bottom, they had to follow the marked path. At the end of both Detours, they could get their next clue. In this leg's Roadblock, one team member had to put on ski
s, rode a 60 feet (18.3 m) ramp and did a ski jump into the Olympic pool to get their next clue.
Additional tasks
In the leg's first Detour, teams had to choose between Spike It or Steam It. In Spike It, teams used old-time materials and tools to complete a 20 feet (6.1 m) section of railway track. In Steam It, teams used buckets to fill the tender of an old-time steam locomotive
with nearly 400 pounds (181.4 kg) of coal
. In both Detours, teams would need to hire a railway engineer to approve their work before receiving their next clue. In the leg's first Roadblock, two team members mount horses and took six cattle from a holding pen and herd down into 0.25 mile (0.402335 km) into a corral. Once it completed, the cowboy would get their next clue.
In the leg's second Detour, teams had to choose between Pioneer Spirit or Native Tradition. In Pioneer Spirit, teams had to attach four wheels to a covered wagon
, hook up a team of horses, and drive along a 0.25 mile (0.402335 km) course. In Native Tradition, teams had to use a materials and traditional tools provided to build a teepee
. In the leg's second Roadblock, two team members chose a colored flags and attached them into Buick Lucerne
golf cart. Then, they drove to the golf course while searched for colored balls on the same colors of a golf cart they picked. Once the task completed, the golf pro would receive their next clue.
Additional tasks
Billings
(Billings Logan International Airport
) to Montreal
, Quebec
, Canada
(Montréal-Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport
)
In this leg's Detour of the first half, teams had a choice between Slide It or Roll It. In Slide It, teams traveled to Macdonald Campus
to participate a sport of curling
. Each team member glide a granite stone 120 feet (36.6 m) down the ice and to the house target. Once team member gets a stone into the house or touches a house with a total of 4 targets, they would receive their next clue. In Log it, teams traveled to Morgan Arboretum
and to use lumberjack
tools to roll four wooden logs
along within 100 feet (30.5 m) course and in order to receive their next clue from the lumberjack. In the leg's Roadblock of the first half, one team member to successfully complete a flying trapeze
maneuver known as a catch in order to receive their clue.
In this leg's Detour of the second half, teams had a choice between Ship or Shoe. In Ship, teams sailed across Toronto Harbour
to Kajama
through Queen's Quay
. One team member climbed 100 feet (30.5 m) at the top of the mast and retrieve a nautical flag
. Once they retrieved the flag, they would receive their next clue. In Shoe, teams traveled to Bata Shoe
Museum
where they would chose a pair of shoe
and search through 100 standing women to a woman with a fit of pairing shoe had chosen. In the race's final Roadblock, one team member had to use 71 giant jigsaw puzzle
and would complete a map of Central
and North America
(excluding West Indies). Once the puzzle was completed, teams were allowed to go to the Finish Line.
After the race ended, CBS hosted "The Final Amazing Challenge" on the official website, where the second and third place teams competed for a GMC Yukon
. By using the map completed in the final Roadblock, the Weaver and Bransen Families ran out to one of twelve clue boxes at a time, pikcing up cutouts representing tasks they performed on the Race. They then had to place the cutout on the map, and then go back to get another cutout. The first team to have all twelve cutouts in the right locations on the map won.
Additional tasks
commented that "Half the fun of The Amazing Race has always been watching the inter and intra-couple bickering that goes with being chronically late and lost in a foreign land. Seeing parents yell at their children in exotic New Jersey? Not so fun". USA Today
shared similar opinions, adding that "the idea of being trapped in the back seat for a forced cross-country family drive comes closer to a nightmare relived than a dream come true." Racers were also disappointed that they did not have a chance to travel to more exotic locations; in one episode Marion Paolo commented "Why are we going to Phoenix, Arizona
for? I want to go to New Zealand!", a statement that also summed up the general opinion of the season.
In hindsight, the production team has admitted that the concept of a Family Edition "looked good on paper" but failed in execution, since child racers limited foreign travel for that season. Creators Bert Van Munster and Jonathan Littman doubt that the family format will be revived in the future.
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 8 differed from previous installments of The Amazing Race in that instead of pairs of adults with a pre-existing relationship, this race featured ten families of four and allowed the participation of minors as young as 8. The Race returned to the original teams of two adults for 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...
. Filming ran from July 7, 2005 to July 31, 2005. The show premiered on Tuesday, September 27, 2005 and concluded on December 13, 2005.
Siblings Nick, Alex, Megan, and Tommy Linz were the winners of this Race. At 19 and 21 years of age respectively, Tommy and Megan became the youngest male and female to win the race (Starr Spangler of Season 13
The Amazing Race 13
The Amazing Race 13 is the 13th installment of the reality television competition series The Amazing Race. It featured 11 teams of two, each with a preexisting relationship, in a race around the world....
later equalled Megan's record).
Development and filming
The eighth season of The Amazing Race spanned 11,000 miles. In addition to also having easier challenges, the Race also placed less emphasis on international travel as numerous legs were contained within the continental United States, and all race locations were inside North America. The new countries of the race were PanamaPanama
Panama , officially the Republic of Panama , is the southernmost country of Central America. Situated on the isthmus connecting North and South America, it is bordered by Costa Rica to the northwest, Colombia to the southeast, the Caribbean Sea to the north and the Pacific Ocean to the south. The...
and Costa Rica
Costa Rica
Costa Rica , officially the Republic of Costa Rica is a multilingual, multiethnic and multicultural country in Central America, bordered by Nicaragua to the north, Panama to the southeast, the Pacific Ocean to the west and the Caribbean Sea to the east....
. Filming took place on July 7–31, 2005.
Route Markers were colored yellow and white with black lining, similar to the yellow & white Route Markers of Season 1 (and in contrast to the yellow & red of all other seasons). As with Season 7
The Amazing Race 7
The 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...
, the winners of the race were revealed in an online betting scandal well before the airing of the final episode.
For this race, the supplied credit card
Credit card
A credit card is a small plastic card issued to users as a system of payment. It allows its holder to buy goods and services based on the holder's promise to pay for these goods and services...
covers not only airfare, but also gasoline
Gasoline
Gasoline , or petrol , is a toxic, translucent, petroleum-derived liquid that is primarily used as a fuel in internal combustion engines. It consists mostly of organic compounds obtained by the fractional distillation of petroleum, enhanced with a variety of additives. Some gasolines also contain...
. Previously, gasoline had to be purchased with the supplied cash. The rule change was made necessary by the fact that most of the transportation takes place in car
Automobile
An automobile, autocar, motor car or car is a wheeled motor vehicle used for transporting passengers, which also carries its own engine or motor...
s rather than airplane
Fixed-wing aircraft
A fixed-wing aircraft is an aircraft capable of flight using wings that generate lift due to the vehicle's forward airspeed. Fixed-wing aircraft are distinct from rotary-wing aircraft in which wings rotate about a fixed mast and ornithopters in which lift is generated by flapping wings.A powered...
s.
During Leg 1, Renee Rogers fell at the starting line and suffered a concussion
Concussion of the brain
Concussion, from the Latin concutere or the Latin concussus , is the most common type of traumatic brain injury...
. The Rogers family did not realize the severity of the injury until they had gone to a hospital after being eliminated from the race the next leg.
The limits on individual Roadblock attempts, found in Seasons 6
The Amazing Race 6
The Amazing Race 6 is the sixth installment of the reality television series The Amazing Race. It premiered on November 16, 2004, and concluded on February 8, 2005.Freddy Holliday & Kendra Bentley were the winners of this Race....
and 7
The Amazing Race 7
The 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...
, did not apply to this season. Furthermore, some Roadblocks in this edition required the participation of two team members. Also, for the first time since 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....
, a mid-race leg (4) was aired without a Roadblock.
At the end of Leg 4, The Schroeder family was eliminated in New Orleans, their hometown. One month after the end of the race, their home was severely damaged by Hurricane Katrina
Hurricane Katrina
Hurricane Katrina of the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season was a powerful Atlantic hurricane. It is the costliest natural disaster, as well as one of the five deadliest hurricanes, in the history of the United States. Among recorded Atlantic hurricanes, it was the sixth strongest overall...
. They evacuated their New Orleans home due to Hurricane Katrina and stayed with the Rogers family in Shreveport, Louisiana
Shreveport, Louisiana
Shreveport is the third largest city in Louisiana. It is the principal city of the fourth largest metropolitan area in the state of Louisiana and is the 109th-largest city in the United States....
for a short period of time. Denny Rogers even supplied a truck to help the Schroeders evacuate the flood-ravaged area. The Schroeder home was seriously damaged and was being rebuilt at the time of the show's airing.
During Leg 6, at Poás Volcano
Poás Volcano
The Poás Volcano, in Spanish Volcán Poás, is an active stratovolcano in central Costa Rica. Poás has erupted 39 times since 1828.- Crater lakes :...
, the clue envelope appeared to contain Fast Forward instructions; however, this was not mentioned or described, perhaps because no team took advantage, or because plans for the task fell through. The Fast Forward in Leg 5 was introduced as the only one in the race when the show was televised. An online source http://forums.televisionwithoutpity.com/index.php?showtopic=2766846&st=1106 claims that the task was simply not used, and all references were excised.
According to an interview with Wally Bransen on RFFRadio, Hurricane Emily
Hurricane Emily (2005)
Hurricane Emily was a powerful, early season tropical cyclone that caused significant damage across the Caribbean Sea to Mexico. A Cape Verde-type hurricane, the storm formed on July 10, 2005, in the central Atlantic Ocean before passing through the Windward Islands on July 14...
forced producers to cancel a leg in Belize
Belize
Belize is a constitutional monarchy and the northernmost country in Central America. Belize has a diverse society, comprising many cultures and languages. Even though Kriol and Spanish are spoken among the population, Belize is the only country in Central America where English is the official...
. Teams had an extra day off in Costa Rica after Leg 6.
After the Linz family were named the official winners, it was revealed that the Bransen and Weaver Families would compete in the "Final Amazing Challenge". The two families would race back and forth between the last roadblock of the race (a map of North and Central America) and a set of 12 clueboxes, each of which contained an icon, representing something the families did on the race. The object of the challenge was to race (as a family) out to the clueboxes, get the icons one at a time, and then place them on the appropriate place on the map. Whichever team finished this challenge first would win a brand new GMC Yukon XL, the same vehicle that had been used on the race. The Bransen family won the challenge and the vehicle.
In an RFF Radio podcast interview with Wally Bransen, he said that the Linzes beat them to the finish mat by one or two minutes in the final leg therefore making it the third closest finish ever. The Weavers finished in third place a "hour or two" later.
Cast
In March 2005, host Phil KeoghanPhil Keoghan
Philip John "Phil" Keoghan is a New Zealand-born television personality, best known for hosting the U.S. version of The Amazing Race on CBS, since its 2001 debut. He is also the creator and host of No Opportunity Wasted, which has been produced in the United States, New Zealand, and Canada...
toured major cities in the United States (Cleveland, Detroit, Chicago
Chicago
Chicago is the largest city in the US state of Illinois. With nearly 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the Midwestern United States and the third most populous in the US, after New York City and Los Angeles...
, St. Louis
St. Louis, Missouri
St. Louis is an independent city on the eastern border of Missouri, United States. With a population of 319,294, it was the 58th-largest U.S. city at the 2010 U.S. Census. The Greater St...
, Kansas City
Kansas City, Missouri
Kansas City, Missouri is the largest city in the U.S. state of Missouri and is the anchor city of the Kansas City Metropolitan Area, the second largest metropolitan area in Missouri. It encompasses in parts of Jackson, Clay, Cass, and Platte counties...
, Denver, Albuquerque
Albuquerque, New Mexico
Albuquerque is the largest city in the state of New Mexico, United States. It is the county seat of Bernalillo County and is situated in the central part of the state, straddling the Rio Grande. The city population was 545,852 as of the 2010 Census and ranks as the 32nd-largest city in the U.S. As...
, Phoenix
Phoenix, Arizona
Phoenix is the capital, and largest city, of the U.S. state of Arizona, as well as the sixth most populated city in the United States. Phoenix is home to 1,445,632 people according to the official 2010 U.S. Census Bureau data...
, and Los Angeles) to scout contestants for the race. Final casting interviews took place in Las Vegas
Las Vegas, Nevada
Las Vegas is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Nevada and is also the county seat of Clark County, Nevada. Las Vegas is an internationally renowned major resort city for gambling, shopping, and fine dining. The city bills itself as The Entertainment Capital of the World, and is famous...
.
The full list of families participated the race (with their relationships), listed in alphabetical order:
- Aiello – Tony, Kevin, Matt and David; father- and sons-in-law
- Kevin, Matt, and David are all married to Tony's daughters
- Black – Reggie, Kim, Kenneth and Austin; father, mother, and sons
- Bransen – Walter "Wally", Elizabeth "Beth", Lauren and Lindsay; father and daughters
- Gaghan – Bill, Tammy, Billy and Carissa; father, mother, son, and daughter
- Godlewski – Michelle, Sharon, Christine and Tricia; sisters
- Linz – Nick, Alex, Megan and Tommy; brothers and sister
- Paolo – Tony, Marion, DJ and Brian; father, mother, and sons
- Rogers – Denny, Renee, BrittneyBrittney Rogers-Career:In 2003 she won the title Miss Louisiana USA, having previously placed 2nd runner-up at the Miss Louisiana Teen USA 2000 pageant. She represented Louisiana at the Miss USA 2003 pageant held in San Antonio, Texas, where she failed to place. The pageant was won by Susie Castillo of...
and Brock; father, mother, son, and daughter - Schroeder – Mark, Char, Stassi and Hunter; father, step-mother, daughter, and son
- Stassi and Hunter are Mark's children by previous marriage
- Weaver – Linda, Rebecca, Rachel and Rolly; widowed mother, daughters, and son
Kevin and Drew from season 1
The Amazing Race 1
The Amazing Race is the first installment of the reality television show The Amazing Race...
made a cameo appearance during the first leg of the race, handing out clues for teams in New York
New York City
New 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...
at a hot dog
Hot dog
A hot dog is a sausage served in a sliced bun. It is very often garnished with mustard, ketchup, onions, mayonnaise, relish and/or sauerkraut.-History:...
stand.
According to Wally Bransen, an 11th Family (Flanders) were supposed to be on the race but were axed at the last minute. The cause for this remains unknown.
Linda Weaver wore a t-shirt with the name "Chris" on it for many legs of the race. Contrary to popular belief, Chris was not the name of her late husband, but her fiancé. Weaver's husband, Roy, was killed in an accident when he was run over by a race car at Daytona International Speedway
Daytona International Speedway
Daytona International Speedway is a race track in Daytona Beach, Florida, United States. Since opening in 1959, it has been the home of the Daytona 500, one of the most prestigious races in NASCAR. In addition to NASCAR, the track also hosts races of ARCA, AMA Superbike, Grand-Am and Motocross...
in 2004. She reluctantly participated in two challenges directly related to racing. One was a go-kart
Go-kart
thumb|A [[Kart racing|racing kart]] at the [[Commission Internationale de Karting|CIK-FIA]] European Championship 2008A go-kart is a small four-wheeled vehicle...
race in Arizona, and the other involved traveling around Talladega Superspeedway
Talladega Superspeedway
Talladega Superspeedway is a motorsports complex located north of Talladega, Alabama, United States. It is located on the former Anniston Air Force Base just outside the small city of Lincoln. It was constructed by International Speedway Corporation, a business controlled by the France Family, in...
in a bicycle.
Billy and Carissa Gaghan wrote introductions for "My Ox is Broken", a book about the Amazing Race.
Stassi Schroeder later appeared in Queen Bees and she later finished 7th place.
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:| Family | Relationship | Position (by leg) | Roadblocks performed | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | ||||||
| Linz Family | Siblings | 9th | 2nd | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 2nd | 3rd | 2nd | 1st | 3rd | 2nd | 2nd | 1st | Nick 5, Alex 4, Megan 2, Tommy 3 |
| Bransen Family | Dad and Daughters | 7th | 6th | 1st | 1st | 3rd | 3rd | 4th | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 1st | 2nd | Wally 4, Beth 5, Lauren 3, Lindsay 2 | |
| Weaver Family | Widow and Kids | 3rd | 1st | 5th | 5th | 2nd | 5th | 2nd | 3rd | 2nd | 3rd | 3rd | 3rd | Linda 2, Rebecca 3, Rachel 2, Rolly 6 | |
| Godlewski Family | Sisters | 1st | 3rd | 4th | 4th | 4th | 1st | 1st | 3rd | 4th | Michelle 4, Sharon 5, Christine 2, Tricia 1 | ||||
| Paolo Family | Dad, Mom and Kids | 6th | 8th | 6th | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 4th | Tony 1, Marion 1, DJ 2, Brian 2 | ||||||
| Gaghan Family | Dad, Mom and Kids | 2nd | 7th | 7th | 6th | 5th | Bill 2, Tammy 2, Billy 1, Carissa 1 | ||||||||
| Schroeder Family | Dad, Step-Mom and Kids | 5th | 4th | 3rd | Mark 2, Char 0, Stassi 1, Hunter 0 | ||||||||||
| Aiello Family | Father and Sons-in-law | 8th | 5th | Tony 0, Kevin 0, Matt 1, David 2 | |||||||||||
| Rogers Family | Dad, Mom and Kids | 4th | Denny 0, Renee 0, Brittney 1, Brock 0 | ||||||||||||
| Black Family | Dad, Mom and Kids | Reggie 0, Kim 0, Kenneth 0, Austin 0 | |||||||||||||
- A team placement indicates that the team was eliminated.
- An team placement indicates that the team was the last to arrive at a pit stop in a non-elimination leg of the race. The teams were forced to relinquish all of their money and belongings (except for passports and the clothes on their back) for the remainder of the race. In addition, they were not allotted money for the next leg.
- A indicates that the team won a Fast Forward clue. If placed next to a leg number, this indicates that the Fast Forward was available for that leg but not used.
- A indicates that the team chose to use the Yield; indicates the team who received it; around a leg number indicates a leg where the Yield was available but not used.
- Italicized results indicate the position of the team at the mid-point of a two-episode leg.
- Underlined results indicate the position of the team at the mid-point of a two-hour final leg.
- An additional task in Leg 4 was presented to teams as a Roadblock but was aired as a miscellaneous task. This roadblock tally is not included for this leg even though every team was shown having a particular member performing it.
- Leg 10 was double-length, with two Detours and two Roadblocks, and shown over two episodes. The placements listed in the first column reflect the order teams arrived at the leg's halfway point
- Leg 11 was also double-length, with two Detours and two Roadblocks; this leg, however, was shown over a single two-hour episode.
- The Weaver Family was not shown performing the Roadblock on air, as the Linz and Bransen Families had already crossed the Finish Line. The interview after the race with the family revealed that Rebecca was the team member who did the Roadblock.
- The Bransen Family won "The Final Amazing Challenge" task shown on the CBS website after the end of the race.
Episode title quotes
Episode titles are often taken from quotes made by the racers.- "Go, Mommy, Go! We Can Beat Them!" – Billy Gaghan
- "How Do We Know We Aren't Going to Get Shot?" – Carissa Gaghan
- "I Don't Kiss I Make Out" – Stassi Schroeder
- "Think Like An Office Chair" – Rachel Weaver
- "We're Getting Out of the Country, Girls" – Tommy Linz
- "I'm Sick of Doing Stuff I Can't Do" – Linda Weaver
- "You Look Ridiculous" – Phil Keoghan
- "How's That Face Feel?" – Megan Linz
- "Don't Talk To Me Like I Was An Animal Or Something" – Christine Godlewski
- "The Family Christmas Card" – Wally Bransen
- "25 Days, 50 Cities, And More Than 600 Consecutive Hours Together as a Family" – Phil Keoghan
Prizes
Individual prizes were awarded to the first family to complete each leg.- Leg 1 – $20,000 cash
- Leg 2 – Trip to the FairmontFairmont Hotels and ResortsFairmont Hotels & Resorts is a Canadian-based operator of luxury hotels and resorts. Currently, Fairmont operates properties in 18 countries including Canada, the United States, Mexico, Bermuda, Barbados, United Kingdom, Monaco, Germany, Switzerland, Egypt, Kenya, Tanzania, South Africa, the...
Southampton, BermudaBermudaBermuda is a British overseas territory in the North Atlantic Ocean. Located off the east coast of the United States, its nearest landmass is Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, about to the west-northwest. It is about south of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, and northeast of Miami, Florida...
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 3 – Gasoline for life for each team member from BPBPBP p.l.c. is a global oil and gas company headquartered in London, United Kingdom. It is the third-largest energy company and fourth-largest company in the world measured by revenues and one of the six oil and gas "supermajors"...
and ARCOARCOAtlantic Richfield Company is an oil company with operations in the United States as well as in Indonesia, the North Sea, and the South China Sea. It has more than 1,300 gas stations in the western part of the United States. ARCO was originally formed by the merger of East Coast-based Atlantic...
. - Leg 4 – Universal Orlando ResortUniversal Orlando ResortUniversal Orlando Resort is a theme park resort in Orlando, Florida. It is wholly owned by NBCUniversal and its affiliates. The resort consists of two theme parks , Universal CityWalk , and three Loews Hotels...
package at Orlando, FloridaOrlando, FloridaOrlando is a city in the central region of the U.S. state of Florida. It is the county seat of Orange County, and the center of the Greater Orlando metropolitan area. According to the 2010 US Census, the city had a population of 238,300, making Orlando the 79th largest city in the United States...
provided by Travelocity - Leg 5 – Gamboa Rainforest Resort package at the Panama CanalPanama CanalThe Panama Canal is a ship canal in Panama that joins the Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean and is a key conduit for international maritime trade. Built from 1904 to 1914, the canal has seen annual traffic rise from about 1,000 ships early on to 14,702 vessels measuring a total of 309.6...
, PanamaPanamaPanama , officially the Republic of Panama , is the southernmost country of Central America. Situated on the isthmus connecting North and South America, it is bordered by Costa Rica to the northwest, Colombia to the southeast, the Caribbean Sea to the north and the Pacific Ocean to the south. The...
provided by Travelocity - Leg 6 – Individual "wild rides" with a choice of a Segway HT, a VespaVespaVespa is an Italian brand of scooter manufactured by Piaggio. The name means wasp in Italian.The Vespa has evolved from a single model motor scooter manufactured in 1946 by Piaggio & Co. S.p.A...
, a jet skiJet skiJet Ski is the brand name of a personal watercraft manufactured by Kawasaki Heavy Industries. The name is sometimes mistakenly used by those unfamiliar with the personal watercraft industry to refer to any type of personal watercraft; however, the name is a valid trademark registered with the...
or an all-terrain vehicleAll-terrain vehicleAn all-terrain vehicle , also known as a quad, quad bike, three wheeler, or four wheeler, is defined by the American National Standards Institute as a vehicle that travels on low pressure tires, with a seat that is straddled by the operator, along with handlebars for steering control...
, courtesy of the Wild Bean Cafe at BP. - Leg 7 – Trip to BelizeBelizeBelize is a constitutional monarchy and the northernmost country in Central America. Belize has a diverse society, comprising many cultures and languages. Even though Kriol and Spanish are spoken among the population, Belize is the only country in Central America where English is the official...
from Travelocity - Leg 8 – A Jay-Flight 27 B.H. Travel Trailer compliments of Jayco.
- Leg 9 – Trip for four to the Teton Mountain Lodge in Jackson HoleJackson, WyomingJackson is a town located in the Jackson Hole valley of Teton County, Wyoming, United States. The population was 8,647 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Teton County....
, WyomingWyomingWyoming is a state in the mountain region of the Western United States. The western two thirds of the state is covered mostly with the mountain ranges and rangelands in the foothills of the Eastern Rocky Mountains, while the eastern third of the state is high elevation prairie known as the High...
provided by Travelocity. - Leg 10 – A new 2006 full-size Buick LucerneBuick LucerneThe Buick Lucerne is a full-size car sold by the Buick division of General Motors. Introduced at the 2005 Chicago Auto Show, the Lucerne replaced both the Park Avenue and the LeSabre for the 2006 model year, and was sold through the 2011 model year...
luxury sedan. - Leg 11 – $1,000,000
- Final Amazing Challenge – A GMC Yukon XLChevrolet TahoeThe Chevrolet Tahoe are full-size SUVs from General Motors. Chevrolet and GMC sold two different-sized SUVs under their Blazer/Jimmy model names through the early 1990s. This situation changed when GMC rebadged the full-size Jimmy as the Yukon in 1992...
SUV
Leg 1 (New York → New Jersey → Pennsylvania)
- New York City,
, United States 
(Empire–Fulton Ferry State Park) (Starting Line) - New York City (SoHoSoHoSoHo is a neighborhood in Lower Manhattan, New York City, notable for being the location of many artists' lofts and art galleries, and also, more recently, for the wide variety of stores and shops ranging from trendy boutiques to outlets of upscale national and international chain stores...
– Eastern Mountain SportsEastern Mountain SportsEastern Mountain Sports is an outdoor apparel and equipment retailer in the U.S. Northeast headquartered in Peterborough, New Hampshire.EMS sells outdoor equipment and clothing from both name brands and its own EMS line...
) - New York City (Hot Dog Stand on East 91st Street)
- Washington Crossing, PennsylvaniaWashington Crossing, PennsylvaniaWashington Crossing, Pennsylvania, is a small unincorporated village located in Upper Makefield Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, with a zip code of 18977. Formerly known as "Taylorsville," it is most famous for Washington's crossing of the Delaware River on Christmas of 1776 during the...
(Washington Crossing State ParkWashington Crossing State ParkWashington Crossing State Park is a state park in the U.S. state of New Jersey that is part of Washington's Crossing, a U.S. National Historic Landmark area. It is located in the Titusville section of Hopewell Township in Mercer County, north of Trenton along the Delaware River...
) and Titusville, New JerseyTitusville, New JerseyTitusville is an unincorporated area located within Hopewell Township, in Mercer County, New Jersey, United States. The area includes a post office with its own ZIP code , a small village of homes, and a large park dedicated to George Washington's crossing of the Delaware River in...
(Washington Crossing Historic ParkWashington Crossing Historic ParkWashington Crossing Historic Park is a 500-acre site operated by The Friends Of Washington Crossing Historic Park. The park is headquartered in the village of Washington Crossing located in Upper Makefield Township in Bucks County, Pennsylvania...
) - Philadelphia (Fairmount ParkFairmount ParkFairmount Park is the municipal park system of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It consists of 63 parks, with , all overseen by the Philadelphia Department of Parks and Recreation, successor to the Fairmount Park Commission in 2010.-Fairmount Park proper:...
– Belmont Plateau) (Overnight Rest) - Mount JoyMount Joy, PennsylvaniaMount Joy is a borough in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 6,765 at the 2000 census.-Name and origin:Mount Joy is often named in lists of "delightfully-named towns" in Pennsylvania Dutchland, along with Intercourse, Blue Ball, PenisPallooza, Amish Land, Dick-in-Hand...
(Brubaker Family Farm) - LancasterLancaster, PennsylvaniaLancaster is a city in the south-central part of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. It is the county seat of Lancaster County and one of the older inland cities in the United States, . With a population of 59,322, it ranks eighth in population among Pennsylvania's cities...
(Rohrer Family Farm)
The first Detour of the race was Build it or Buggy It. In Build It, teams needed to use the materials provided to build a miniature, working watermill
Watermill
A watermill is a structure that uses a water wheel or turbine to drive a mechanical process such as flour, lumber or textile production, or metal shaping .- History :...
. In Buggy It, teams must transport a traditional Amish
Amish
The Amish , sometimes referred to as Amish Mennonites, are a group of Christian church fellowships that form a subgroup of the Mennonite churches...
buggy along a 1.5 miles (2.4 km) course with two members riding in it.
Additional tasks
- At Eastern Mountain Sports, teams had to pick up camping gear for the rest of the race.
- At Washington Crossing State Park, teams had to choose a rowboat to cross the Delaware RiverDelaware RiverThe Delaware River is a major river on the Atlantic coast of the United States.A Dutch expedition led by Henry Hudson in 1609 first mapped the river. The river was christened the South River in the New Netherland colony that followed, in contrast to the North River, as the Hudson River was then...
into New JerseyNew JerseyNew Jersey is a state in the Northeastern and Middle Atlantic regions of the United States. , its population was 8,791,894. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York, on the southeast and south by the Atlantic Ocean, on the west by Pennsylvania and on the southwest by Delaware...
, retrieve a 13-star flag, and row the boat back to the Pennsylvania shore to observe a flag folding ceremony to get their next clue. - At Fairmount Park, teams had to take an eagle scout and pitch tents to receive one of three departure times for the next day.
Leg 2 (Pennsylvania → Washington, D.C. → Virginia)
- YorkYork, PennsylvaniaYork, known as the White Rose City , is a city located in York County, Pennsylvania, United States which is in the South Central region of the state. The population within the city limits was 43,718 at the 2010 census, which was a 7.0% increase from the 2000 count of 40,862...
(Haines Shoe HouseHaines Shoe HouseThe Haines Shoe House is a shoe-shaped house in Hallam, Pennsylvania, along the Lincoln Highway.Modeled after a work boot, the house was built by shoe salesman Mahlon Haines in 1948 as a form of advertisement...
) - Washington, D.C.
(United States CapitolUnited States CapitolThe United States Capitol is the meeting place of the United States Congress, the legislature of the federal government of the United States. Located in Washington, D.C., it sits atop Capitol Hill at the eastern end of the National Mall...
– Reflecting Pool) - Washington, D.C. (Third Street)
- Washington, D.C. (Tidal BasinWest Potomac ParkWest Potomac Park is a U.S. national park in Washington, D.C., adjacent to the National Mall. It includes the parkland that extends south of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, from the Lincoln Memorial to the grounds of the Washington Monument...
) - Middleburg, VirginiaMiddleburg, VirginiaMiddleburg is a town in Loudoun County, Virginia, United States with a population of approximately 976 as of July 2010.-History:The town was established in 1787 by American Revolutionary War Lieutenant Colonel and Virginia statesman, Levin Powell. He purchased the land for Middleburg at $2.50 per...
(Welbourne Manor)
In this leg's Roadblock, one team member had to whisper a code phrase ("The sky is blue") to spies walking in the area around the Tidal Basin. Of the fifty spies, ten would reply with another phrase ("The sea is green"). Once they had found one of the spies and they exchanged their briefcases with the spy's briefcase to receive their next clue. In this leg's Detour, teams choose between Heat of the Battle and Heat of the Night, were both part of a full scale American Civil War
American Civil War
The American Civil War was a civil war fought in the United States of America. In response to the election of Abraham Lincoln as President of the United States, 11 southern slave states declared their secession from the United States and formed the Confederate States of America ; the other 25...
reenactment
American Civil War reenactment
American Civil War reenactment is an effort to recreate the appearance of a particular battle or other event associated with the American Civil War by hobbyists known as Civil War reenactors or Civil War recreationists...
. In Heat of the Battle, teams had to transport five wounded soldiers to a tent. Heat of the Night had racers take a keg of kerosene to a table. Once there, they had to fill 20 oil lamp
Kerosene lamp
The kerosene lamp is a type of lighting device that uses kerosene as a fuel. This article refers to kerosene lamps that have a wick and a tall glass chimney. Kerosene lanterns that have a wick and a glass globe are related to kerosene lamps and are included here as well...
s with the kerosene
Kerosene
Kerosene, sometimes spelled kerosine in scientific and industrial usage, also known as paraffin or paraffin oil in the United Kingdom, Hong Kong, Ireland and South Africa, is a combustible hydrocarbon liquid. The name is derived from Greek keros...
and light them. After completing the Detour, the teams had to grab a Civil War flag and take it to the nearby pit stop.
Additional task
- At the Haines Shoe House, Teams had to search the giant shoe for their next clue.
- At Third Street, teams had to search for a limousineLimousineA limousine is a luxury sedan or saloon car, especially one with a lengthened wheelbase or driven by a chauffeur. The chassis of a limousine may have been extended by the manufacturer or by an independent coachbuilder. These are called "stretch" limousines and are traditionally black or white....
where an unseen contact would give them a briefcaseBriefcaseA briefcase is a narrow box-shaped bag or case used mainly for carrying papers and other documents and equipped with a handle. Lawyers commonly use briefcases to carry briefs to present to a court, hence the name...
which they would take to Tidal Basin.
Leg 3 (Virginia → South Carolina → Alabama)
Dulles, Virginia
Dulles, Virginia is an unincorporated area located in Loudoun County, Virginia, part of the Washington Metropolitan Area. The headquarters of Orbital Sciences Corporation, GeoEye, and ODIN technologies and the former headquarters of MCI Inc...
(Washington Dulles International Airport
Washington Dulles International Airport
Washington Dulles International Airport is a public airport in Dulles, Virginia, 26 miles west of downtown Washington, D.C. The airport serves the Baltimore-Washington-Northern Virginia metropolitan area centered on the District of Columbia. It is named after John Foster Dulles, Secretary of...
) to Charleston, South Carolina
Charleston, South Carolina
Charleston is the second largest city in the U.S. state of South Carolina. It was made the county seat of Charleston County in 1901 when Charleston County was founded. The city's original name was Charles Towne in 1670, and it moved to its present location from a location on the west bank of the...
(Charleston International AirportCharleston International Airport
Charleston International Airport is a joint civil-military airport located in the city of North Charleston, Charleston County, South Carolina, USA. The airport serves the needs of the entire South Carolina Lowcountry. The airport has two runways and is operated under a joint-use agreement with...
)
- Charleston (The BatteryBattery Park (Charleston)Battery Park , which includes a park known as White Point Gardens, is a landmark promenade in Charleston, South Carolina famous for its stately antebellum homes. First used as a public park in 1837, it became a place for artillery during the American Civil War...
) Charleston (Charleston Visitor Center) to Huntsville, AlabamaHuntsville, AlabamaHuntsville is a city located primarily in Madison County in the central part of the far northern region of the U.S. state of Alabama. Huntsville is the county seat of Madison County. The city extends west into neighboring Limestone County. Huntsville's population was 180,105 as of the 2010 Census....
- Huntsville (U.S. Space & Rocket Center – Edward O. Buckbee Hangar)
- Huntsville (U.S. Space & Rocket Center – Rocket Park – Saturn VSaturn VThe Saturn V was an American human-rated expendable rocket used by NASA's Apollo and Skylab programs from 1967 until 1973. A multistage liquid-fueled launch vehicle, NASA launched 13 Saturn Vs from the Kennedy Space Center, Florida with no loss of crew or payload...
) - Huntsville (U.S. Space & Rocket Center – Space Shuttle Pathfinder)
In this leg's Detour, the team choices were Forrest Gump or Muddy Waters. In Forrest Gump, teams had to drive 7 miles (11.3 km) to Wando Shrimp Co. and hop onto a shrimp boat. Then, they use their hands to de-head 200 pounds (90.7 kg) of shrimp
Shrimp
Shrimp are swimming, decapod crustaceans classified in the infraorder Caridea, found widely around the world in both fresh and salt water. Adult shrimp are filter feeding benthic animals living close to the bottom. They can live in schools and can swim rapidly backwards. Shrimp are an important...
to receive their next clue. In Muddy Waters, teams had drive 37 miles (59.5 km) to Ridgeville
Ridgeville, South Carolina
Ridgeville is a town in Dorchester County, South Carolina, United States. The population was 1,690 at the 2000 census. As defined by the U.S. Office of Management and Budget, and used by the U.S...
and find Ridgeville Mud Run. Then, teams drove a 4X4 SUV
Sport utility vehicle
A sport utility vehicle is a generic marketing term for a vehicle similar to a station wagon, but built on a light-truck chassis. It is usually equipped with four-wheel drive for on- or off-road ability, and with some pretension or ability to be used as an off-road vehicle. Not all four-wheel...
through an obstacle course to a 400 feet (121.9 m) gulley filled with mud. They had to make one complete round course before receiving their next clue. If they got stuck, they would have to wait to be towed out. Once towed out, they would have to restart the course. In this leg's Roadblock, two members from each team rode a centrifuge
High-G training
High-G training is done by aviators and astronauts who are subject to high levels of acceleration . It is designed to prevent a g-induced Loss Of Consciousness , a situation when g-forces move the blood away from the brain to the extent that consciousness is lost.Incidents of acceleration-induced...
at 3.2g
G-force
The g-force associated with an object is its acceleration relative to free-fall. This acceleration experienced by an object is due to the vector sum of non-gravitational forces acting on an object free to move. The accelerations that are not produced by gravity are termed proper accelerations, and...
. If the teams enjoy the 3.2g and they would get their next clue.
Additional task
- At Charleston Visitor Center, teams had to sign-up a charter bus. The first bus depart at 3:00 pm and the second bus two hours later and they would travel to a mystery destination.
- Upon arriving at Rocket Park, teams need to enter the space mission and search for the computers, log on onto their AOL account to receive the video clue from Phil.
Leg 4 (Alabama → Mississippi → Louisiana)
- AnnistonAnniston, AlabamaAnniston is a city in Calhoun County in the state of Alabama, United States.As of the 2000 census, the population of the city is 24,276. According to the 2005 U.S. Census estimates, the city had a population of 23,741...
(World's Largest Office Chair) - TalladegaTalladega, AlabamaTalladega is a city in Talladega County, Alabama, United States. At the 2000 census the population was 15,143. The city is the county seat of Talladega County. Talladega is approximately 50 miles east of Birmingham, Alabama....
(International Motorsports Hall of FameInternational Motorsports Hall of FameThe International Motorsports Hall of Fame is a Hall of Fame dedicated to enshrining those who have contributed the most to auto racing either as a driver, owner, developer or engineer...
) - Talladega (Talladega SuperspeedwayTalladega SuperspeedwayTalladega Superspeedway is a motorsports complex located north of Talladega, Alabama, United States. It is located on the former Anniston Air Force Base just outside the small city of Lincoln. It was constructed by International Speedway Corporation, a business controlled by the France Family, in...
) - Hattiesburg, MississippiHattiesburg, MississippiHattiesburg is a city in Forrest County, Mississippi, United States. The population was 44,779 at the 2000 census . It is the county seat of Forrest County...
(Southern Colonel Mobile Homes) (Overnight Rest) - RichlandRichland, MississippiRichland is a city in Rankin County, Mississippi, United States. The population was 6,027 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Jackson Metropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:Richland is located at ....
(BPBPBP p.l.c. is a global oil and gas company headquartered in London, United Kingdom. It is the third-largest energy company and fourth-largest company in the world measured by revenues and one of the six oil and gas "supermajors"...
stationFilling stationA filling station, also known as a fueling station, garage, gasbar , gas station , petrol bunk , petrol pump , petrol garage, petrol kiosk , petrol station "'servo"' in Australia or service station, is a facility which sells fuel and lubricants...
) - Madisonville, LouisianaMadisonville, LouisianaMadisonville is a town in St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 677 at the 2000 census. It is part of the New Orleans–Metairie–Kenner Metropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:...
(Fairview-Riverside State ParkFairview-Riverside State ParkFairview-Riverside State Park is a tourist attraction east of Madisonville, Louisiana. Its is set along the banks of the Tchefuncte River. Within the park is the Otis House Museum, built during the 1830s, which was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1999. Visitors go to...
) - New OrleansNew Orleans, LouisianaNew Orleans is a major United States port and the largest city and metropolitan area in the state of Louisiana. The New Orleans metropolitan area has a population of 1,235,650 as of 2009, the 46th largest in the USA. The New Orleans – Metairie – Bogalusa combined statistical area has a population...
(French QuarterFrench QuarterThe French Quarter, also known as Vieux Carré, is the oldest neighborhood in the city of New Orleans. When New Orleans was founded in 1718 by Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville, the city was originally centered on the French Quarter, or the Vieux Carré as it was known then...
– Preservation HallPreservation HallPreservation Hall is a noted jazz performance hall located at 726 St. Peter Street in the French Quarter of New Orleans, Louisiana. It hosts nightly concerts featuring a rotating roster of bands. The bands of Preservation Hall typically perform jazz in the New Orleans style.Despite the fame of the...
)
In the Roadblock, teams had to climb to the top of the World's Largest Office Chair. It is a similar to unaired Roadblock in leg 10 of season three. In this leg's Detour, teams choose between Work or Play. In Work, teams used a two-person handsaw to cut slices off a log
Logging
Logging is the cutting, skidding, on-site processing, and loading of trees or logs onto trucks.In forestry, the term logging is sometimes used in a narrow sense concerning the logistics of moving wood from the stump to somewhere outside the forest, usually a sawmill or a lumber yard...
12 inches (30.5 cm) in diameter. Once they cut four slices of it, a log sawyer would give them their clue. In Play, teams made their way to a riverboat
Riverboat
A riverboat is a ship built boat designed for inland navigation on lakes, rivers, and artificial waterways. They are generally equipped and outfitted as work boats in one of the carrying trades, for freight or people transport, including luxury units constructed for entertainment enterprises, such...
where they played a game of "21
Blackjack
Blackjack, also known as Twenty-one or Vingt-et-un , is the most widely played casino banking game in the world...
" against a professional dealer. To win a round, the hand of each team member needed to total more than the dealer's hand, or the dealer must bust (the dealer's hand goes over 21). When the team won three rounds, a dealer would earn their clue.
Additional tasks
- At the Talladega Superspeedway, teams had to choose a bike then complete one lap around the Superspeedway. Once they completed a 2.6 miles (4.2 km) ride, a race official would give them their next clue.
- Upon arrival at Southern Colonel Mobile Homes, teams had to search through the thirty-seven mobile homes for one of three departure times (leaving 20 minutes apart) for the next day. The teams then had to "rough it" in the mobile home where they found their time.
- At the BP station, teams had to solve the riddle "What is the Pelican State?" to discover the next destination, Louisiana.
Leg 5 (Louisiana → Panama)
New Orleans (Louis Armstrong International Airport) to Panama CityPanama City
Panama is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Panama. It has a population of 880,691, with a total metro population of 1,272,672, and it is located at the Pacific entrance of the Panama Canal, in the province of the same name. The city is the political and administrative center of the...
, Panama
Panama
Panama , officially the Republic of Panama , is the southernmost country of Central America. Situated on the isthmus connecting North and South America, it is bordered by Costa Rica to the northwest, Colombia to the southeast, the Caribbean Sea to the north and the Pacific Ocean to the south. The...
(Tocumen International AirportTocumen International Airport
Tocumen International Airport is an international airport located from Panama City, Panama. In 2006, it underwent a major expansion and renovation program in order to modernize and improve its facilities...
) Panama City to Gamboa
Gamboa, Panama
Gamboa is a small town in the Republic of Panama. It was one of a handful of permanent Canal Zone townships, built to house employees of the Panama Canal and their dependents. The name Gamboa is the name of a tree of the quince family.- Location :...
(Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
The Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute in Panama, the only bureau of the Smithsonian Institution based outside of the United States, is dedicated to understanding biological diversity. What began in 1923 as small field station on Barro Colorado Island in the Panama Canal Zone has developed...
's Gamboa Field Station)
- Barro Colorado IslandBarro Colorado IslandBarro Colorado Island is located in the man-made Gatun Lake in the middle of the Panama Canal. The island was formed when the waters of the Chagres River were dammed to form the lake. When the waters rose, they covered a significant part of the existing rainforest, and the hilltops remained as...
(Smithsonian Tropical Research InstituteSmithsonian Tropical Research InstituteThe Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute in Panama, the only bureau of the Smithsonian Institution based outside of the United States, is dedicated to understanding biological diversity. What began in 1923 as small field station on Barro Colorado Island in the Panama Canal Zone has developed...
)- BalboaBalboa, PanamaBalboa is a district of Panama City, located at the Pacific entrance to the Panama Canal.- History :The town of Balboa, founded by the United States during the construction of the Panama Canal, was named after Vasco Núñez de Balboa, the Spanish conquistador credited with discovering the Pacific Ocean...
(Pier 14)
- Balboa
- Panama City (Estadio Juan Demostenes Arosemena )
- Panama City (Miraflores LocksMiraflores (Panama)Miraflores is the name of one of the three locks that form part of the Panama Canal and the name of the small lake that separates these locks from the Pedro Miguel locks upstream. In the Miraflores locks, vessels are lifted in three stages totalling 8 m, allowing them to transit to or from the...
)
In the Race's only aired Fast Forward, team members had to find a crane
Crane (machine)
A crane is a type of machine, generally equipped with a hoist, wire ropes or chains, and sheaves, that can be used both to lift and lower materials and to move them horizontally. It uses one or more simple machines to create mechanical advantage and thus move loads beyond the normal capability of...
at the Pacific side of Panama Canal
Panama Canal
The Panama Canal is a ship canal in Panama that joins the Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean and is a key conduit for international maritime trade. Built from 1904 to 1914, the canal has seen annual traffic rise from about 1,000 ships early on to 14,702 vessels measuring a total of 309.6...
– Pier 14 in Balboa
Balboa, Panama
Balboa is a district of Panama City, located at the Pacific entrance to the Panama Canal.- History :The town of Balboa, founded by the United States during the construction of the Panama Canal, was named after Vasco Núñez de Balboa, the Spanish conquistador credited with discovering the Pacific Ocean...
. Once there, the family must split into pairs and each pair would perform on tandem bungee jump 140 feet (42.7 m) above sea level. When all members completed the drop, they would win the Fast Forward. In this leg's Detour, teams had to choose between Rhythm or Coos. Both Detours traveled by Red Devil Bus (also known as ). In Rhythm, teams required to travel at Casco Viejo
Casco Viejo, Panama
Casco Viejo , also known as Casco Antiguo or San Felipe, is the historic district of Panama City. Completed and settled in 1673, it was built following the near-total destruction of the original Panamá city, Panamá Viejo in 1671, when the latter was attacked by pirates...
. They visited several locations to collect four musical instruments – saxophone
Saxophone
The saxophone is a conical-bore transposing musical instrument that is a member of the woodwind family. Saxophones are usually made of brass and played with a single-reed mouthpiece similar to that of the clarinet. The saxophone was invented by the Belgian instrument maker Adolphe Sax in 1846...
(in Teatro Nacional de Panamá), trumpet
Trumpet
The trumpet is the musical instrument with the highest register in the brass family. Trumpets are among the oldest musical instruments, dating back to at least 1500 BCE. They are played by blowing air through closed lips, producing a "buzzing" sound which starts a standing wave vibration in the air...
(in Escuela Simón Bolívar), conga drum (in Casa Góngora) and trombone
Trombone
The trombone is a musical instrument in the brass family. Like all brass instruments, sound is produced when the player’s vibrating lips cause the air column inside the instrument to vibrate...
(Instituto Nacional de Cultura). Once they retrieved all the instruments, they delivered them by foot to Take Five Jazz and Wine where a band leader would hand their next clue. In Coos, teams travel to El Parque Metropolitan and use binoculars and search within the rainforest canopy for wooden replicas of five local bird species. They had to circle the correct bird species discovered on a chart on the provided bird identification card. When all five were circled, they presented the card to the bird expert to get their next clue. However, if they circled the wrong birds, they would repeat the task until getting it right. In this leg's Roadblock, one team member to had to play baseball
Baseball
Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each. The aim is to score runs by hitting a thrown ball with a bat and touching a series of four bases arranged at the corners of a ninety-foot diamond...
. They stepped onto a plate
Baseball field
A baseball field, also called a ball field or a baseball diamond, is the field upon which the game of baseball is played. The terms "baseball field" and "ball field" are also often used as synonyms for ballpark.-Specifications:...
and get a base hit
Hit (baseball)
In baseball statistics, a hit , also called a base hit, is credited to a batter when the batter safely reaches first base after hitting the ball into fair territory, without the benefit of an error or a fielder's choice....
or home run
Home run
In baseball, a home run is scored when the ball is hit in such a way that the batter is able to reach home safely in one play without any errors being committed by the defensive team in the process...
of a championship local little leaguer. Each player would get a maximum of 3 pitches
Pitch (baseball)
In baseball, a pitch is the act of throwing a baseball toward home plate to start a play. The term comes from the Knickerbocker Rules. Originally, the ball had to be literally "pitched" underhand, as with pitching horseshoes. Overhand throwing was not allowed until 1884.The biomechanics of...
to turned it back. If they don't get the hit, they went to the end of the line. When they finally got on base, the umpire would get their next clue.
Additional task
- At Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, teams had to search a man named Ricardo Diaz, who would give their next clue.
Leg 6 (Panama → Costa Rica)
San José, Costa Rica
San José is the capital and largest city of Costa Rica. Located in the Central Valley, San José is the seat of national government, the focal point of political and economic activity, and the major transportation hub of this Central American nation.Founded in 1738 by order of Cabildo de León, San...
, Costa Rica
Costa Rica
Costa Rica , officially the Republic of Costa Rica is a multilingual, multiethnic and multicultural country in Central America, bordered by Nicaragua to the north, Panama to the southeast, the Pacific Ocean to the west and the Caribbean Sea to the east....
(Tica Bus Terminal)
- San Jose (Parqueo Publico Adrian)
- Poás Volcano National ParkPoás Volcano National ParkPoás Volcano National Park, in Spanish , is a National Park that covers an area of approximately ; the summit is . One of the attractive features about Poás is that you can get all the way to the edge of the crater...
- AlajuelaAlajuelaAlajuela is the second largest city in Costa Rica after the capital, San José. It is also the capital of the namesake province. Because of its location in the Costa Rican Central Valley, Alajuela is nowadays englobed in the conurbation of Great Metropolitan Area...
(Doka Estate) - JacoJaco, Costa RicaJacó is a coastal city, in the county of Garabito in Costa Rica's Puntarenas province. Located in the Central Pacific Region, on the pacific coast of Costa Rica. Jacó is approximately one hour by car from San José and Costa Rica's primary International Airport . Manuel Antonio National Park is...
(Roca Loca Surf Shop) - QueposQueposQuepos is a city in Puntarenas Province, Costa Rica. It is served by the Quepos-La Managua airport. It is located at around . It is home to approximately 14,000 people....
(Malecon)
In this leg's Roadblock, one team member from each team searched through 800 pounds (362.9 kg) of coffee bean
Coffee bean
A coffee bean is a seed of a coffee plant. It is the pit inside the red or purple fruit often referred to as a cherry. Even though they are seeds, they are referred to as 'beans' because of their resemblance to true beans. The fruits - coffee cherries or coffee berries - most commonly contain two...
s to find the one red colored bean. Once found, the plantation manager would give them their next clue. In this leg's Detour, teams had to choose between Relic or Ripe. In Relic, teams travel to a nearby rainforest and traverse six road bridges while searching for four Mayan
Maya civilization
The Maya is a Mesoamerican civilization, noted for the only known fully developed written language of the pre-Columbian Americas, as well as for its art, architecture, and mathematical and astronomical systems. Initially established during the Pre-Classic period The Maya is a Mesoamerican...
relics. After delivering each of these relics to the archaeologist, they would receive the next clue. In Ripe, teams travelled to Frutas Selectas del Tropico (a banana plantation) where they were to gather 15 bushels of banana
Banana
Banana is the common name for herbaceous plants of the genus Musa and for the fruit they produce. Bananas come in a variety of sizes and colors when ripe, including yellow, purple, and red....
s and load them on hanging tracks. Then using a local pulling system, they hauled them to the distribution center and the foreman would give their next clue.
Leg 7 (Costa Rica → Arizona)
- Quepos (Playa Maracas)
- GreciaGreciaGrecia translated means Greece, the country.Grecia is the capital city of the canton of Grecia in the province of Alajuela in Costa Rica. It is also the name of the distrito that includes the city. The district of Grecia covers an area of 6.86 km², and has a population of 15,457...
(La Iglesia de Metal) AlajuelaAlajuelaAlajuela is the second largest city in Costa Rica after the capital, San José. It is also the capital of the namesake province. Because of its location in the Costa Rican Central Valley, Alajuela is nowadays englobed in the conurbation of Great Metropolitan Area...
(Juan Santamaría International AirportJuan Santamaría International AirportJuan Santamaría International Airport is located in Alajuela Province, about from downtown San José, Costa Rica. It is a hub airport for TACA/Lacsa, and focus city airport for Copa Airlines. It is named after Costa Rica's national hero Juan Santamaría, a courageous drummer boy who died in 1856...
) to Phoenix, ArizonaPhoenix, ArizonaPhoenix is the capital, and largest city, of the U.S. state of Arizona, as well as the sixth most populated city in the United States. Phoenix is home to 1,445,632 people according to the official 2010 U.S. Census Bureau data...
, USA (Sky Harbor International Airport) - ChandlerChandler, Arizona-Demographics:As of the Census of 2010, there were 236,123 people, 86,924 households, and 60,212 families residing in the city. The racial makeup of the city was 73.3% White, 4.8% Black or African American, 1.5% Native American, 8.2% Asian, 0.2% Pacific Islander, 21.9% Hispanic or Latino, and 8.3%...
(Bondurant School of High Performance Driving) - Fountain Hills (Fort McDowell Adventures)
In this leg's Detour, teams had to choose between Brush or Barrel. In Brush, teams had travel 10 miles (16.1 km) to Taller Eloy Alfaro in Sarchí
Sarchí
Sarchí is the capital city of the canton of Valverde Vega also known as Sarchí in the province of Alajuela in Costa Rica.The district of Sarchí covers an area of 15.11 km² , including the central area of the city. It has a population of 6,912...
and painted two cartwheels. Once there, they must choose two of these harshly painted cartwheels, then they followed the pattern on a painted section to finish decorating the wheel. When the artist approved their work, they would receive their clue. In Barrel, teams travel 10 miles (16.1 km) to Ingenio La Argentina (a Sugarcane factory) and had to load a tractor with a 1 tonne (0.984203533290685 LT) of harvested sugarcane
Sugarcane
Sugarcane refers to any of six to 37 species of tall perennial grasses of the genus Saccharum . Native to the warm temperate to tropical regions of South Asia, they have stout, jointed, fibrous stalks that are rich in sugar, and measure two to six metres tall...
. Then, they transported them 6 miles (9.7 km) to a rum factory of Fabrica Nacional de Licores. After delivering the cane, they searched a warehouse to find a hidden marked barrel rack among dozens of rum barrels which contained their clue. In this leg's Roadblock, one team member drove 50 laps in a Superkart
Kart racing
Kart racing or karting is a variant of open-wheel motorsport with small, open, four-wheeled vehicles called karts, go-karts, or gearbox/shifter karts depending on the design. They are usually raced on scaled-down circuits...
to get their next clue.
Additional task
- At the start of the leg, one team member had to swim to a buoy that had their clue attached to it.
Leg 8 (Arizona)
- MesaMesa, ArizonaAccording to the 2010 Census, the racial composition of Mesa was as follows:* White: 77.1% * Hispanic or Latino : 26.54%* Black or African American: 3.5%* Two or more races: 3.4%* Native American: 2.4%...
(Phoenix-Mesa Gateway AirportPhoenix-Mesa Gateway AirportPhoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport , formerly Williams Gateway Airport and Williams Air Force Base , is a commercial airport located in the southeastern area of the city of Mesa, Arizona, and southeast of Phoenix, in Maricopa County, Arizona, United States. The airport is owned and operated by the...
– Fighter Combat International) - Grand CanyonGrand CanyonThe Grand Canyon is a steep-sided canyon carved by the Colorado River in the United States in the state of Arizona. It is largely contained within the Grand Canyon National Park, the 15th national park in the United States...
(Lipan Point) - PagePage, ArizonaPage is a city in Coconino County, Arizona, United States, near the Glen Canyon Dam and Lake Powell. According to 2005 Census Bureau estimates, the population of the city is 6,794.-Geography:Page is located at ....
(Glen Canyon DamGlen Canyon DamGlen Canyon Dam is a concrete arch dam on the Colorado River in northern Arizona in the United States, just north of Page. The dam was built to provide hydroelectricity and flow regulation from the upper Colorado River Basin to the lower. Its reservoir is called Lake Powell, and is the second...
) - Page (Antelope Point – Lake PowellLake PowellLake Powell is a huge reservoir on the Colorado River, straddling the border between Utah and Arizona . It is the second largest man-made reservoir in the United States behind Lake Mead, storing of water when full...
)
In this leg's Roadblock, one team member had to fly in a fighter plane
Fighter aircraft
A fighter aircraft is a military aircraft designed primarily for air-to-air combat with other aircraft, as opposed to a bomber, which is designed primarily to attack ground targets...
and following the pilot's direction, pilot the plane to perform a 360 degree loop in the air. Once the loop was completed, they would land and get their next clue. In this leg's Detour, teams had to choose between choices in Horseshoe Bend
Horseshoe Bend, Arizona
Horseshoe Bend is the name for a horseshoe-shaped meander of the Colorado River located near the town of Page, Arizona, in the United States. The bend is locally known as "King Bend." It is located five miles downstream from the Glen Canyon Dam and Lake Powell within Glen Canyon National...
along Colorado River
Colorado River
The Colorado River , is a river in the Southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico, approximately long, draining a part of the arid regions on the western slope of the Rocky Mountains. The watershed of the Colorado River covers in parts of seven U.S. states and two Mexican states...
were Bearing or Bailing. Both detours are travel on a motorized raft. In Bearing, teams had to choose five color coded cards to a unique compass
Compass
A compass is a navigational instrument that shows directions in a frame of reference that is stationary relative to the surface of the earth. The frame of reference defines the four cardinal directions – north, south, east, and west. Intermediate directions are also defined...
coordinate. Then, they used a compass to follow the coordinate to the next card and to located three locations on three different islands in a same color coded card in each island, and they exchanged them into a clue. In Bailing, teams had to pour water into a boat until it submerged. Then, using only their hands and tools provided, they had bail water out of the boat to lighten it enough to carry onshore. Once the boat had been carried across a line in the sand, they would receive their next clue.
Leg 9 (Arizona → Utah)
- Monument ValleyMonument ValleyMonument Valley is a region of the Colorado Plateau characterized by a cluster of vast sandstone buttes, the largest reaching above the valley floor. It is located on the northern border of Arizona with southern Utah , near the Four Corners area...
, UtahUtahUtah is a state in the Western United States. It was the 45th state to join the Union, on January 4, 1896. Approximately 80% of Utah's 2,763,885 people live along the Wasatch Front, centering on Salt Lake City. This leaves vast expanses of the state nearly uninhabited, making the population the...
(John FordJohn FordJohn Ford was an American film director. He was famous for both his westerns such as Stagecoach, The Searchers, and The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, and adaptations of such classic 20th-century American novels as The Grapes of Wrath...
's Point) - Arches National ParkArches National ParkArches National Park is a U.S. National Park in eastern Utah. It is known for preserving over 2000 natural sandstone arches, including the world-famous Delicate Arch, in addition to a variety of unique geological resources and formations....
(Elephant Butte) - MoabMoab, UtahMoab is a city in Grand County, in eastern Utah, in the western United States. The population was 4,779 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat and largest city in Grand County. Moab hosts a large number of tourists every year, mostly visitors to the nearby Arches and Canyonlands National Parks...
(Gemini Bridges) - Green RiverGreen River, UtahGreen River is a city in Emery County, Utah, United States. The population was 973 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Green River is located at , on the banks of the Green River, after which the city is named. The San Rafael Swell region is to the west of Green River, while Canyonlands National Park...
(Green River State Park) (Overnight Rest) - Heber CityHeber, UtahHeber City is a city in Wasatch County, Utah, United States. The population was 7,297 at the 2000 census. Heber City was founded by English emigrants who were members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the late 1850s, and is named after the Mormon apostle Heber C. Kimball. It is...
(970 Little Sweden Rd.) - Park CityPark City, UtahPark City is a town in Summit and Wasatch counties in the U.S. state of Utah. It is considered to be part of the Wasatch Back. The city is southeast of downtown Salt Lake City and from Salt Lake City's east edge of Sugar House along Interstate 80. The population was 7,558 at the 2010 census...
(Utah Olympic ParkUtah Olympic ParkThe Utah Olympic Park is a winter sports park built for the 2002 Winter Olympics, and is located east of Salt Lake City near Park City, Utah, United States. During the 2002 games the park hosted the bobsleigh, skeleton, luge, ski jumping, and nordic combined events. It still serves a training...
) - Salt Lake CitySalt Lake City, UtahSalt Lake City is the capital and the most populous city of the U.S. state of Utah. The name of the city is often shortened to Salt Lake or SLC. With a population of 186,440 as of the 2010 Census, the city lies in the Salt Lake City metropolitan area, which has a total population of 1,124,197...
(Rooftop of City LibrarySalt Lake City Public LibraryThe Salt Lake City Public Library system's main branch building is an architecturally unique structure in Salt Lake City, Utah. It is located at 210 East, 400 South, across from the Salt Lake City and County Building and Washington Square.-History:...
)
In this leg's Detour, teams had a choice between Ride Down or Drop Down. Both Detours traveled to Bull Canyon. In Ride Down, teams chose bikes and rode a 6 miles (9.7 km) course down into the mountain. In Drop Down, teams completed a two-stage rappel 270 feet (82.3 m) down into a same mountain. Once at the bottom, they had to follow the marked path. At the end of both Detours, they could get their next clue. In this leg's Roadblock, one team member had to put on ski
Ski
A ski is a long, flat device worn on the foot, usually attached through a boot, designed to help the wearer slide smoothly over snow. Originally intended as an aid to travel in snowy regions, they are now mainly used for recreational and sporting purposes...
s, rode a 60 feet (18.3 m) ramp and did a ski jump into the Olympic pool to get their next clue.
Additional tasks
- At the Elephant Butte, teams must choose two team members on each two teams and had to fly by helicopter to the summit of Elephant Butte to retrieve their clue.
- At Green River State Park, teams would be stay for the night and they would receive departure times 15 minutes apart.
- At Heber City, teams had to find Bart the BearBart the BearBart the Bear was an Alaskan Kodiak Bear that appeared in several Hollywood films. Previously, Bart's mother appeared in the films Grizzly and Day of the Animals. Animal trainers Doug Seus and Lynne Seus of Wasatch Rocky Mountain Wildlife, Inc., in Heber City, Utah, trained Bart...
, who had their next clue in his mouth.
Leg 10 (Utah → Wyoming → Montana)
- Park City (Park City High SchoolPark City High SchoolPark City High School is a High School in the state of Utah, USA. It is located at 1752 Kearns Blvd in Park City, Utah. This school was used as a destination location in the reality show, The Amazing Race where teams helped to inflate and ride a hot air balloon. It's well known for it's notable...
) - Heber City (Heber Valley RailwayHeber Valley Historic RailroadThe Heber Valley Historic Railroad is a heritage railroad based in Heber City, Utah. It operates passenger excursion trains along a line between Heber City and Vivian Park, which is located in Provo Canyon. The HVRR carries over 94,000 passengers a year....
) - Bonneville Salt Flats (Tree of UtahMetaphor: The Tree of UtahMetaphor: The Tree of Utah, sometimes called the Tree of Life, is an sculpture that was created by the Swedish artist Karl Momen in the 1980s and dedicated in 1986. It is located in the desolate Great Salt Lake Desert of Utah on the north side of Interstate 80 about 25 miles east of Wendover...
) - Garden CityGarden City, UtahGarden City is a town in Rich County, Utah, United States. The population was 562 at the 2010 census. Garden City sits on the shores of Bear Lake and is a popular summer resort destination town.-History:...
(Bear Lake Rendezvous Beach) (Overnight Rest) - Big Piney, WyomingBig Piney, WyomingBig Piney is a town in Sublette County, Wyoming, United States. The population was 408 at the 2000 census.-History:Big Piney is the oldest settlement in Sublette County. It was founded in 1879, when rancher Daniel B...
(Dunham Ranch) - Yellowstone National ParkYellowstone National ParkYellowstone National Park, established by the U.S. Congress and signed into law by President Ulysses S. Grant on March 1, 1872, is a national park located primarily in the U.S. state of Wyoming, although it also extends into Montana and Idaho...
(Old FaithfulOld Faithful GeyserOld Faithful is a cone geyser located in Wyoming, in Yellowstone National Park in the United States. Old Faithful was named in 1870 during the Washburn-Langford-Doane Expedition and was the first geyser in the park to receive a name...
) - MoranMoran, WyomingMoran is an unincorporated community in south central Teton County, Wyoming, United States, which serves as one of the principal fee collection entrances to Grand Teton National Park. It lies in Grand Teton National Park northeast of the city of Jackson, the county seat of Teton County, at the...
(Pinto Ranch – 15200 Highway 287) - DuboisDubois, WyomingDubois is a town in Fremont County, Wyoming. The population was 962 at the 2000 census, although it nearly doubles in the summer with many part-time residents.-Geography:...
(Turtle Ranch) (Overnight Rest) - Dubois (Open Plateau)
- CodyCody, WyomingCody is a city in Park County, Wyoming, United States. It is named after William Frederick Cody, primarily known as Buffalo Bill, from William Cody's part in the creation of the original town. The population was 9,520 at the 2010 census...
(Irma HotelIrma HotelThe Irma Hotel is a landmark in Cody, Wyoming. It was built by William F. "Buffalo Bill" Cody, the city's co-founder and namesake who named it after his daughter Irma Cody...
) - Red Lodge, MontanaRed Lodge, MontanaRed Lodge is a city in and the county seat of Carbon County, Montana, United States. It is part of the Billings, Montana Metropolitan Statistical Area...
(Red Lodge Mountain Golf CourseRed Lodge Mountain ResortRed Lodge Mountain Resort is an alpine ski area located in south-central Montana along the eastern front of the Beartooth Mountains, west of the town of Red Lodge, Montana....
– Tenth Tee) - AbsarokeeAbsarokee, MontanaAbsarokee is a census-designated place in Stillwater County, Montana, United States, approximately 14 miles south of Columbus on Highway 78. It is named after the Crow Indians who formerly inhabited the land. The population was 1,234 at the 2000 census...
(Larry Arnold's Green Meadow Ranch)
In the leg's first Detour, teams had to choose between Spike It or Steam It. In Spike It, teams used old-time materials and tools to complete a 20 feet (6.1 m) section of railway track. In Steam It, teams used buckets to fill the tender of an old-time steam locomotive
Locomotive
A locomotive is a railway vehicle that provides the motive power for a train. The word originates from the Latin loco – "from a place", ablative of locus, "place" + Medieval Latin motivus, "causing motion", and is a shortened form of the term locomotive engine, first used in the early 19th...
with nearly 400 pounds (181.4 kg) of 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...
. In both Detours, teams would need to hire a railway engineer to approve their work before receiving their next clue. In the leg's first Roadblock, two team members mount horses and took six cattle from a holding pen and herd down into 0.25 mile (0.402335 km) into a corral. Once it completed, the cowboy would get their next clue.
In the leg's second Detour, teams had to choose between Pioneer Spirit or Native Tradition. In Pioneer Spirit, teams had to attach four wheels to a covered wagon
Covered wagon
The covered wagon, also known as a Prairie schooner, is an icon of the American Old West.Although covered wagons were commonly used for shorter moves within the United States, in the mid-nineteenth century thousands of Americans took them across the Great Plains to Oregon and California...
, hook up a team of horses, and drive along a 0.25 mile (0.402335 km) course. In Native Tradition, teams had to use a materials and traditional tools provided to build a teepee
Tipi
A tipi is a Lakota name for a conical tent traditionally made of animal skins and wooden poles used by the nomadic tribes and sedentary tribal dwellers of the Great Plains...
. In the leg's second Roadblock, two team members chose a colored flags and attached them into Buick Lucerne
Buick Lucerne
The Buick Lucerne is a full-size car sold by the Buick division of General Motors. Introduced at the 2005 Chicago Auto Show, the Lucerne replaced both the Park Avenue and the LeSabre for the 2006 model year, and was sold through the 2011 model year...
golf cart. Then, they drove to the golf course while searched for colored balls on the same colors of a golf cart they picked. Once the task completed, the golf pro would receive their next clue.
Additional tasks
- At the High School park, teams had to help inflate a hot air balloonHot air balloonThe hot air balloon is the oldest successful human-carrying flight technology. It is in a class of aircraft known as balloon aircraft. On November 21, 1783, in Paris, France, the first untethered manned flight was made by Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier and François Laurent d'Arlandes in a hot air...
. There, they can get on board for scenic ride across the Utah countryside. Upon landing, teams would receive their next clue. - At the Rendezvous Beach, teams had to get to Garden City as quick as possible, because they would receive departure times 15 minutes apart.
- Upon the arrival of Yellowstone National Park, teams had to watch Old Faithful erupt with the fireman at Yellowstone. The Godlewskis saw it in the car but had to wait another 90 minutes to see it with the man.
- After finished the Detour of the second half, teams instructed the clue ("Do you know the hotel named after Buffalo BillBuffalo BillWilliam Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody was a United States soldier, bison hunter and showman. He was born in the Iowa Territory , in LeClaire but lived several years in Canada before his family moved to the Kansas Territory. Buffalo Bill received the Medal of Honor in 1872 for service to the US...
's daughter?") – refers to Irma, and they instructed to Irma Hotel. Upon the entering of that hotel, teams had to dress in period clothing, then take a picture with Buffalo Bill.
Leg 11 (Montana → Quebec → Ontario → New York)
Billings, Montana
Billings is the largest city in the U.S. state of Montana, and is the principal city of the Billings Metropolitan Area, the largest metropolitan area in over...
(Billings Logan International Airport
Billings Logan International Airport
-Top Destinations:-External links:* , official site...
) to Montreal
Montreal
Montreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...
, Quebec
Quebec
Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....
, CanadaCanada
Canada 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...
(Montréal-Pierre Elliott Trudeau International AirportMontréal-Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport
Montréal-Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport or Montréal-Trudeau, formerly known as Montréal-Dorval International Airport, is located on the Island of Montreal, from Montreal's downtown core. The airport terminals are located entirely in Dorval, while the Air Canada headquarters complex...
)
- Montréal (Square-Victoria Metro StationSquare-Victoria (Montreal Metro)Square-Victoria is a station on the Orange Line of the Montreal Metro rapid transit system, operated by the Société de transport de Montréal...
– Centre CDP Capital Passageway, Underground CityUnderground City, MontrealMontreal's Underground City is the set of interconnected complexes in and around Downtown Montreal, Quebec, Canada...
) - Montréal (Expo 67Expo 67The 1967 International and Universal Exposition or Expo 67, as it was commonly known, was the general exhibition, Category One World's Fair held in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, from April 27 to October 29, 1967. It is considered to be the most successful World's Fair of the 20th century, with the...
– American pavilionMontreal BiosphèreThe Biosphère is a museum in Montreal dedicated to the environment. It is located at Parc Jean-Drapeau, on Île Sainte-Hélène in the former pavilion of the United States for the 1967 World Fair Expo 67.- Expo 67 :...
) - Montréal (Trapezium – La Porte J)
- Montréal (Stade OlympiqueOlympic Stadium (Montreal)The Olympic Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in the Hochelaga-Maisonneuve district of Montreal, Quebec, Canada built as the main venue for the 1976 Summer Olympics...
) Montréal (St-Hubert Airport) to TorontoTorontoToronto is the provincial capital of Ontario and the largest city in Canada. It is located in Southern Ontario on the northwestern shore of Lake Ontario. A relatively modern city, Toronto's history dates back to the late-18th century, when its land was first purchased by the British monarchy from...
, OntarioOntarioOntario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa....
(Toronto City Centre Airport) - Toronto (CN TowerCN TowerThe CN Tower is a communications and observation tower in Downtown Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Standing tall, it was completed in 1976, becoming the world's tallest free-standing structure and world's tallest tower at the time. It held both records for 34 years until the completion of the Burj...
– []) - Toronto (Port LandsPort LandsThe Port Lands of Toronto, Ontario, Canada are an industrial and recreational neighbourhood located about 5 kilometres south-east of downtown, located on the former Don River delta and most of Ashbridge's Bay....
) - QueenstonQueenston, OntarioQueenston is located 5 km north of Niagara Falls, Ontario in the Town of Niagara-on-the-Lake. The community is bordered by Highway 405 and the Niagara River; its location on the Niagara Escarpment led to the establishment of the now-defunct Queenston Quarry in the area...
(Queenston Boat Ramp – Whirlpool Jet Boat Tours) - LewistonLewiston (town), New YorkLewiston is a town in Niagara County, New York United States. The population was 16,262 at the 2010 census. The town and its contained village are named after Morgan Lewis, a governor of New York....
, 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 (Joseph Davis State Environmental ParkJoseph Davis State ParkJoseph Davis State Park is located in the Town of Porter in Niagara County, New York. The park is near the Niagara River. This park has a free 27-hole disc golf course with restrooms and campground nearby. It has a finishing point of The Amazing Race: Family Edition when the Linz family had...
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In this leg's Detour of the first half, teams had a choice between Slide It or Roll It. In Slide It, teams traveled to Macdonald Campus
Macdonald Campus
The Macdonald Campus of McGill University houses its Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, School of Dietetics and Human Nutrition, and the McGill School of Environment.- History :...
to participate a sport of curling
Curling
Curling is a sport in which players slide stones across a sheet of ice towards a target area. It is related to bowls, boule and shuffleboard. Two teams, each of four players, take turns sliding heavy, polished granite stones, also called "rocks", across the ice curling sheet towards the house, a...
. Each team member glide a granite stone 120 feet (36.6 m) down the ice and to the house target. Once team member gets a stone into the house or touches a house with a total of 4 targets, they would receive their next clue. In Log it, teams traveled to Morgan Arboretum
Morgan Arboretum
The Morgan Arboretum is a forested reserve, situated on the McGill University Macdonald Campus in Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue on the western tip of the island of Montreal, in Quebec, Canada...
and to use lumberjack
Lumberjack
A lumberjack is a worker in the logging industry who performs the initial harvesting and transport of trees for ultimate processing into forest products. The term usually refers to a bygone era when hand tools were used in harvesting trees principally from virgin forest...
tools to roll four wooden logs
Logging
Logging is the cutting, skidding, on-site processing, and loading of trees or logs onto trucks.In forestry, the term logging is sometimes used in a narrow sense concerning the logistics of moving wood from the stump to somewhere outside the forest, usually a sawmill or a lumber yard...
along within 100 feet (30.5 m) course and in order to receive their next clue from the lumberjack. In the leg's Roadblock of the first half, one team member to successfully complete a flying trapeze
Trapeze
A trapeze is a short horizontal bar hung by ropes or metal straps from a support. It is an aerial apparatus commonly found in circus performances...
maneuver known as a catch in order to receive their clue.
In this leg's Detour of the second half, teams had a choice between Ship or Shoe. In Ship, teams sailed across Toronto Harbour
Toronto Harbour
Toronto Harbour or Toronto Bay is a bay on the north shore of Lake Ontario, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is a natural harbour, protected from Lake Ontario waves by the Toronto Islands. It is a commercial port on the Great Lakes as well as a recreational harbour...
to Kajama
Kajama
Kajama was built at Nobiskrug shipyard in Rendsburg, Germany and launched on July 26, 1930 under the name Wilfred. She was a three-masted cargo schooner as you see her now. Captain Wilhem Wilckens was her owner and master and he operated from the homeport of Hamburg from 1930 until 1960.In 1960 she...
through Queen's Quay
Queen's Quay (Toronto)
Queen's Quay is a prominent street in the Harbourfront neighbourhood of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The street was originally commercial in nature due to the many working piers along the waterfront...
. One team member climbed 100 feet (30.5 m) at the top of the mast and retrieve a nautical flag
International maritime signal flags
The system of international maritime signal flags is one system of flag signals representing individual letters of the alphabet in signals to or from ships...
. Once they retrieved the flag, they would receive their next clue. In Shoe, teams traveled to Bata Shoe
Bata Shoes
Bata Shoes is a large, family owned shoe company based in Bermuda but currently headquartered in Lausanne, Switzerland, operating 3 business units worldwide – Bata Metro Markets, Bata Emerging Markets and Bata Branded Business. It has a retail presence in over 50 countries and production...
Museum
Bata Shoe Museum
The Bata Shoe Museum is a museum in downtown Toronto, Canada that collects, researches, preserves, and exhibits footwear from around the world. It offers four exhibitions, three of which are time-limited, as well as lectures, performances and family events....
where they would chose a pair of shoe
Shoe
A shoe is an item of footwear intended to protect and comfort the human foot while doing various activities. Shoes are also used as an item of decoration. The design of shoes has varied enormously through time and from culture to culture, with appearance originally being tied to function...
and search through 100 standing women to a woman with a fit of pairing shoe had chosen. In the race's final Roadblock, one team member had to use 71 giant jigsaw puzzle
Jigsaw puzzle
A jigsaw puzzle is a tiling puzzle that requires the assembly of numerous small, often oddly shaped, interlocking and tessellating pieces.Each piece usually has a small part of a picture on it; when complete, a jigsaw puzzle produces a complete picture...
and would complete a map of Central
Central America
Central America is the central geographic region of the Americas. It is the southernmost, isthmian portion of the North American continent, which connects with South America on the southeast. When considered part of the unified continental model, it is considered a subcontinent...
and North America
North America
North America is a continent wholly within the Northern Hemisphere and almost wholly within the Western Hemisphere. It is also considered a northern subcontinent of the Americas...
(excluding West Indies). Once the puzzle was completed, teams were allowed to go to the Finish Line.
After the race ended, CBS hosted "The Final Amazing Challenge" on the official website, where the second and third place teams competed for a GMC Yukon
GMC Yukon
The GMC Yukon refers to the basic platform used in both long and short versions of the truck chassis. Its main articles are here:*Chevrolet Suburban formerly GMC Suburban*Chevrolet Tahoe...
. By using the map completed in the final Roadblock, the Weaver and Bransen Families ran out to one of twelve clue boxes at a time, pikcing up cutouts representing tasks they performed on the Race. They then had to place the cutout on the map, and then go back to get another cutout. The first team to have all twelve cutouts in the right locations on the map won.
Additional tasks
- At Stade Olympique, teams had to ride on a golf cart to Parc OlympiqueOlympic Park, MontrealThe Olympic Park is a district in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, which was home to many of the venues from the 1976 Summer Olympics....
and enter it through the one door large enough for them to drive through to the stadium. - Upon entering at Stade Olympique, teams had to search through 56,000 stadium seats for one of three charter flight departure times for the mystery destination, five minutes apart.
- At the CN Tower, teams had to take an elevator to the observation deck. On the deck, they would need a binoculars to search through the city streets for the next clue standby near route marker.
- At the Jet Boat Tours, teams had to choose a jet boat from the boat ramp, took a ride up on Niagara Gorge. Teams got their next clue from the buoy. Teams were instructed by the clue to take their same jet boat across the border to Lewiston, New York, their final destination city.
Criticisms and reactions
Fans, critics, and racers were lukewarm over the format changes implemented in this edition of The Amazing Race. The main issues were the lack of international travel and watered down challenges tailored to families. The expanded cast also made it more difficult to develop individual story lines. Entertainment WeeklyEntertainment Weekly
Entertainment Weekly is an American magazine, published by the Time division of Time Warner, that covers film, television, music, broadway theatre, books and popular culture...
commented that "Half the fun of The Amazing Race has always been watching the inter and intra-couple bickering that goes with being chronically late and lost in a foreign land. Seeing parents yell at their children in exotic New Jersey? Not so fun". USA Today
USA Today
USA Today is a national American daily newspaper published by the Gannett Company. It was founded by Al Neuharth. The newspaper vies with The Wall Street Journal for the position of having the widest circulation of any newspaper in the United States, something it previously held since 2003...
shared similar opinions, adding that "the idea of being trapped in the back seat for a forced cross-country family drive comes closer to a nightmare relived than a dream come true." Racers were also disappointed that they did not have a chance to travel to more exotic locations; in one episode Marion Paolo commented "Why are we going to Phoenix, Arizona
Phoenix, Arizona
Phoenix is the capital, and largest city, of the U.S. state of Arizona, as well as the sixth most populated city in the United States. Phoenix is home to 1,445,632 people according to the official 2010 U.S. Census Bureau data...
for? I want to go to New Zealand!", a statement that also summed up the general opinion of the season.
In hindsight, the production team has admitted that the concept of a Family Edition "looked good on paper" but failed in execution, since child racers limited foreign travel for that season. Creators Bert Van Munster and Jonathan Littman doubt that the family format will be revived in the future.
Canadian ratings
| Order | Episode | Viewers (millions) | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Go, Mommy, Go! We Can Beat Them!" | 2.62 | #5 |
| 2 | "How Do We Know We Aren't Going to Get Shot?" | 2.34 | #4 |
| 3 | "I Don't Kiss, I Make Out" | 2.30 | #4 |
| 4 | "Think Like An Office Chair" | 2.65 | #5 |
| 5 | "We're Getting Out of the Country, Girls" | 2.14 | #5 |
| 6 | "I'm Sick of Doing Stuff I Can't Do" | 2.14 | #5 |
| 7 | "You Look Ridiculous" | 2.12 | #8 |
| 8 | "How's That Face Feel?" | 2.20 | #7 |
| 9 | "Don't Talk To Me Like I Was An Animal Or Something" | 1.97 | #9 |
| 10 | "The Family Christmas Card" | 2.25 | #5 |
| 11 | "25 Days, 50 Cities, And More Than 600 Consecutive Hours Together as a Family" | 2.66 | #1 |