The The Amazing Race

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The The Amazing Race
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Winner of Emmy Awards for Best Reality Program, the Amazing Race throws 22 competitors into a planet-wide quest to beat overwhelming odds and cliff-hanger challenges in an all-out battle to win a race around the world - and claim the truly amazing $1 million prize! Teams have to make their way from country to country on everything from bicycles to camels with limited time and cash, facing language barriers and cultural differences. As team after team is eliminated, the field is narrowed down to the final few, and the ultimate global adventure streaks down the stretch to its breathtaking, down-to-the-wire finish!
The best of the reality series crop is back, with 12 teams of 2 players each racing around the world, trying not to be eliminated at a series of checkpoints in which the last team to arrive is booted from the show. CBS chooses teams with relationships containing at least some tension, especially when the situation involves intense pressure. This season includes such duos as two circus clowns, a gay married couple, a father and son, a recently engaged couple, married couples, and best friends.
The show itself is exciting to watch, I like all of the different challenges that they end up having to do. A lot of them look really fun, and I would like to do them. I really really hate that the background music is too loud and it is very difficult to hear the contestants.
I gotta say I hate reality TV. Sure "Survivor" had it's moments, but it got tiresome after awhile. The Amazing Race? Now HERE's a show with variety and personality to match the frantic, fast-paced action with such ingenious use of game set-pieces I couldn't help but dig this show. I watched this series for nine years and it still never fails to entertain me. That's something that can't be said for most reality TV programs; well at least for "American Idol". One of the most moving moments of the show was when they had one of the contestants was a female dwarf but despite her physical limits, she managed to get far near the end of the race. I can vividly recall the the emotions of the host who greeted them at the pit stop; however coming in last place eliminated them from the race. Sorry if that sounded a little poetic but I couldn't help but be touched by his reaction. Still, it's a great show, filled with a surprising amount of suspense. Yes, SUSPENSE. In a reality show; a rarity. Never in the history of TV has a series been this gripping, this entertaining, heartwarming and exciting, and above all, original as The Amazing Race.

Teams cannot check in to the pit stop without all of their travel documents. If they arrive at the pit stop without them, they must go back and retrieve them before they can be officially checked in. In Season 15, Zev and Justin were eliminated because they arrived at the pit stop without a passport and were unable to find it in time.<br/><br/>However if a team loses their passport during a non elimination round, but the following leg does not require them to use their passport to leave the country, they may proceed but must locate and produce their passport on the next leg as seen in Season 21, episode 8. Teams actually purchase four tickets when they travel: two for them, one for the camera man, and one for the sound man, but each team also tapes a shot asking for two tickets to avoid breaking the fourth wall. Season 1 - <a href="/name/nm1177051/">Rob Frisbee</a> &amp; <a href="/name/nm1197515/">Brennan Swain</a> (Lawyers / Best Friends)<br/><br/>Season 2 - <a href="/name/nm1169195/">Chris Luca</a> &amp; <a href="/name/nm1168812/">Alex Boylan</a> (Lifelong Friends)<br/><br/>Season 3 - <a href="/name/nm1294252/">Flo Pesenti</a> &amp; <a href="/name/nm1291127/">Zachary Behr</a> (Friends)<br/><br/>Season 4 - <a href="/name/nm1407132/">Reichen Lehmkuhl</a> &amp; <a href="/name/nm1405899/">Chip Arndt</a> (Married)<br/><br/>Season 5 - <a href="/name/nm0563962/">Chip McAllister</a> &amp; <a href="/name/nm1675830/">Kim McAllister</a> (Married Parents)<br/><br/>Season 6 - <a href="/name/nm1750868/">Freddy Holliday</a> &amp; <a href="/name/nm1746747/">Kendra Bentley</a> (Engaged Models)<br/><br/>Season 7 - <a href="/name/nm1831995/">Uchenna Agu</a> &amp; <a href="/name/nm0732776/">Joyce Agu</a> (Married)<br/><br/>Season 8 - Linz Family (Siblings)<br/><br/>Season 9 - <a href="/name/nm1471688/">BJ Averell</a> &amp; <a href="/name/nm2169427/">Tyler MacNiven</a> (Best Friends)<br/><br/>Season 10 - <a href="/name/nm2063965/">Tyler Denk</a> &amp; <a href="/name/nm2057728/">James Branaman</a> (Models)<br/><br/>Season 11 - <a href="/name/nm2169495/">Eric Sanchez</a> &amp; <a href="/name/nm2167944/">Danielle Turner</a> (Dating)<br/><br/>Season 12 - <a href="/name/nm2851762/">T.K. Erwin</a> &amp; <a href="/name/nm2851236/">Rachel Rosales</a> (Newly Dating)<br/><br/>Season 13 - <a href="/name/nm3108618/">Nick Spangler</a> &amp; <a href="/name/nm3108614/">Starr Spangler</a> (Brother/Sister)<br/><br/>Season 14 - <a href="/name/nm3302462/">Tammy Jih</a> &amp; <a href="/name/nm3302769/">Victor Jih</a> (Brother/Sister)<br/><br/>Season 15 - <a href="/name/nm3603245/">Meghan Rickey</a> &amp; <a href="/name/nm3602909/">Cheyne Whitney</a> (Dating)<br/><br/>Season 16 - <a href="/name/nm3799867/">Daniel Pious</a> and <a href="/name/nm3799812/">Jordan Pious</a> (Brothers)<br/><br/>Season 17 - <a href="/name/nm4066937/">Nat Strand</a> and <a href="/name/nm4066065/">Kat Chang</a> (Best Friends)<br/><br/>Season 18 - <a href="/name/nm3301712/">LaKisha Hoffman</a> and <a href="/name/nm3300963/">Jennifer Hoffman Fowler</a> (Sisters)<br/><br/>Season 19 - <a href="/name/nm4670815/">Ernie Halvorsen</a> and <a href="/name/nm0156954/">Cindy Halvorsen</a> (Engaged)<br/><br/>Season 20 - <a href="/name/nm4871563/">Rachel Brown</a> and <a href="/name/nm4871410/">Dave Brown Jr.</a> (Married)<br/><br/>Season 21 - <a href="/name/nm3742081/">Josh Kilmer-Purcell</a> and <a href="/name/nm2467161/">Brent Ridge</a> (Married)<br/><br/>Season 22 - <a href="/name/nm5506733/">Bates Battaglia</a> and <a href="/name/nm5506817/">Anthony Battaglia</a> (Hockey Brothers)<br/><br/>Season 23 - <a href="/name/nm5956780/">Jason Case</a> and <a href="/name/nm2999863/">Amy Diaz</a> (Dating)<br/><br/>Season 24 - <a href="/name/nm5506848/">David O&#39;Leary</a> and <a href="/name/nm5506785/">Connor O&#39;Leary</a> (Father/Son)<br/><br/>Season 25 - <a href="/name/nm6745545/">Amy DeJong</a> and <a href="/name/nm6745544/">Maya Warren</a> (Lab Partners)<br/><br/>Season 26 - <a href="/name/nm7156399/">Laura Pierson</a> and <a href="/name/nm6419097/">Tyler Adams</a> (Blind Daters)<br/><br/>Season 27 - <a href="/name/nm7581103/">Kelsey Gerckens</a> and <a href="/name/nm3657800/">Joe Buttitta</a> (Dating News Anchors)<br/><br/>Season 28 - <a href="/name/nm7117296/">Dana Alexa</a> and <a href="/name/nm7117295/">Matt Steffanina</a> (Engaged Dancers)<br/><br/>Season 29 - <a href="/name/nm8850669/">Brooke Camhi</a> and <a href="/name/nm8850673/">Scott Flanary</a><br/><br/>Season 30 - <a href="/name/nm9094857/">Cody Nickson</a> and <a href="/name/nm9094861/">Jessica Graf</a> (Dating Reality Stars)  a5c7b9f00b