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[edit] Amazing Race
Keep up the good work with the Race pages. I'm tied up with work right now so it's good to see other ppl pick up the slack. :-) --Madchester 00:50, 3 February 2006 (UTC)
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[edit] Wow
Wow Hans you really are the Wikipedian. Making the AAA Travel High School Challenge page as well as working on The Amazing Race page. My hat goes off to you. -- Antwon
This page lists some trivia and miscellaneous information about the reality television program The Amazing Race.
[edit] General Notes
- In all, there have been 244 different contestants on The Amazing Race representing 112 teams over ten seasons. All seasons have featured 11 teams of two, except for Seasons 3, 4 and 10 with 12 teams of two, and Season 8, the special Family Edition that featured 10 families of four.
- There have been 60 coed teams, 28 all-male teams, and 24 all-female teams.
- Seven beauty queens have competed on the Race, three of them in Season 5. They are:
- Christie Lee Woods - Miss Texas Teen USA and Miss Teen USA 1995, Season 5
- Nicole O'Brian - Miss Texas Teen USA 2000 (first runner-up to Miss Teen USA), Miss Texas USA 2003 (second runner-up to Miss USA
- Erica Shay - Miss Pennsylvania Teen USA 1995, Season 5
- Kelly McCorkle - Miss South Carolina 2002 (semi-finalist at Miss America), Season 7
- Brittney Rogers - Miss Louisiana USA 2003, Season 8
- Kandice Pelletier - Miss New York 2005, Season 10
- Dustin-Leigh Konzelman - Miss California 2005, Season 10
[edit] The Amazing Race (USA) records
[edit] Participation Records
- Oldest Participant: Don St. Clair, 69, on Season 6, and Meredith Smith, 69, on Season 7
- Oldest Average Age: Meredith (Smith) & Gretchen (Smith), 69 and 66 respectively (an average of 67.5), on Season 7
- Youngest Participant: Austin Black, 8, on The Amazing Race: Family Edition
- Youngest Average Age: The Weaver Family: Linda, 46; Rebecca, 19; Rachel, 16; Rolly, 14 (an average age of 19), on The Amazing Race: Family Edition
- Most Participants in a Season: 40, on The Amazing Race: Family Edition
- Least Participants in a Season: 22, on Seasons 1, 2, 5, 6, 7, and 9.
- Most Teams in a Season: 12, on Seasons 3, 4, and 10.
- Least Teams in a Season: 10, on Season 8's Family Edition.
[edit] Race Records
- Most Legs Won: Colin & Chrstie (6), on Season 5]. If the "fake-out" Pit Stops of certain double-length legs are counted, then Eric & Jeremy, of Season 9, have also won six legs.
- Most Consecutive Legs Won: Colin & Christie (3), on Season 5, and BJ & Tyler (3), on Season 9
- Most Legs Won by the Winning Team: Rob & Brennan (5), on Season 1
- Fewest Legs Won by the Winning Team: Flo & Zach (Season 3), Reichen & Chip (Season 4, Freddy & Kendra (Season 6), and the Linz Family (Season 8; one leg each
- Oldest Team to Win a Leg: Fran & Barry (ages 61 and 63, respectively), on Season 9
- Youngest Team to Win a Leg: The Weaver Family (ages 14, 16, 19, and 46), on Season 8
- Longest Lasting Team to Never Place First: Linda & Karen (Season 5), who never won any of the 12 legs they participated in
- Most Last Place Finishes: Joe & Bill, on Season 1, finished four legs in last place, however, were saved on their first last-place finish by a penalty assesed to Nancy & Emily. Their next two last-place finishes were on non-elimination legs. On the Final Leg, they were notified that the Race had finished while they were still completing tasks from earlier in the leg. David & Mary, of Season 10 were officially declared last place twice, but were eliminated on a third leg after having been assessed a 30-minute penalty.
- Most Roadblocks Completed: Chip (of Chip & Kim) and Brandon (of Brandon & Nicole), on Season 5, both completed 11 out of 12 possible Roadblocks. Tian (of Tian & Jaree), on Season 4, holds the record for most Roadblocks completed by a team member whose teammate didn't complete any, at 6.
[edit] Race Route records
- Longest Race route: Season 5's, at 72,000 miles
- Shortest Race route: Season 8's, at 11,000 miles
- Most Legs in Each Hemisphere:
- Most Countries Visited: 12 (USA, Mexico, United Kingdom, Portugal, Spain, Morocco, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam), on Season 3
- Least Countries Visited: 4 (USA, Panama, Costa Rica, Canada), on Season 8
- Most Continents Visited: 6 (North America, South America, Europe, Africa, Asia, Oceania), on Season 5
- Least Continents Visited: 1 (North America), on Season 8
- Most Visited Country: India, on Seasons The Amazing Race 1, 4, 5, 7, and 10
- Most Visited Foreign City: Bangkok, Thailand, on Seasons 1, 2, and 9
- Most Visited U.S. States: California (Seasons 2, 4, 5, 7) and Hawaii (Seasons 2, 3, 4, 6)
- Countries visited that have yet to field Pit Stops: Canada (Seasons 5 and 8), Spain (Season 3), Kenya (Season 5), and Finland (Season 10)
- Most Legs Spent on each continent:
- North America: all legs of Season 8
- South America: Season 7, four legs
- Europe: Season 6, six legs, one of which was double-length, making for a total of seven single-length legs
- Africa: Seasons 1, 5, and 10, three legs each
- Asia: Season 10, six legs
- Oceania: Season 2, four legs
- Longest distance between two consecutive Pit Stops: Leg 4, Season 5, when teams traveled from San Carlos de Bariloche, Argentina, to St. Petersburg, Argentina, a total distance of 9,300 miles
- Shortest distance between two consecutive Pit Stops: Leg 10, Season 1, when teams traveled from Krabi, Thailand, to Ao Nang, Thailand, a distance of about 25 miles
- Northernmost destination: Reykjavik, Iceland, on Season 6
- Southernmost destination: Queenstown, New Zealand, on Season 2
- Most Crossings of the Equator: Six times, on Season 5
- Most Crossings of the Prime Meridian: Three times, on Season 6
- Race locales that have been used twice:
- Juyong Pass, also known as Juyongguan Pass, China, a Detour in Season 1 and a Pit Stop in Season 10
- Gas Works Park, Seattle, the Finish Line in Season 3 and the Starting Line in Season 10
- Johannesburg International Airport, route markers in Season 1 and Season 7.
- Red Rocks Amphitheatre, Denver, the Starting Line and the Finish Line of Season 9
[edit] Winners of The Amazing Race
Season | Names | On-Screen Relationship | Ages | Gender Make-Up | Home State | Final City | Runner Up | Runner Up Relationship | Winner's Unique Distinction |
The Amazing Race 1 | Rob Frisbee & Brennan Swain | "Lawyers/Best Friends" | 27 & 29 | Male/Male | California | New York City | Frank Mesa & Margarita Mesa (New York) | Separated Parents | Only winners to have ever won the first leg |
The Amazing Race 2 | Chris Luca & Alex Boylan | "Lifelong Friends" | 24 & 24 | Male/Male | Massachusetts (living in Florida) | San Francisco | Tara Lynch & Wil Steger (California) | Separated Couple | First winning team to come in last place twice |
The Amazing Race 3 | Flo Pesenti & Zach Behr | "Friends" | 23 & 22 | Female/Male | New York | Seattle | Teri Pollack & Ian Pollack (Florida) | Married Parents | First coed couple to win |
The Amazing Race 4 | Reichen Lehmkuhl & Chip Arndt | "Married" | 28 & 36 | Male/Male | California | Phoenix | Kelly & Jon (Florida) | Engaged | Openly homosexual couple, first married couple to win |
The Amazing Race 5 | Chip McAllister & Kim McAllister | "Married Parents" | 46 & 44 | Male/Female | California | Dallas | Colin Guinn & Christie Lee Woods (Texas) | Dating | First African-American couple, oldest couple to win |
The Amazing Race 6 | Freddy Holliday & Kendra Bentley | "Engaged Models" | 34 & 25 | Male/Female | Pennsylvania | Chicago | Kris Perkins & Jon Buehler (California & Arizona | Long-Distance Dating | Largest |
Pearl Islands | Sandra Diaz-Twine | 29 | Female | Washington | 6-1 | Lillian Morris (Ohio) | Female | Hispanic-American | |
All-Stars | Amber Brkich | 25 | Female | Pennsylvania | 4-3 | Rob Mariano (Mass.) | Male | Later wed runner-up Mariano, also played on The Amazing Race | |
Vanuatu | Chris Daugherty | 34 | Male | Ohio | 5-2 | Twila Tanner (Missouri) | Female | Only male in final 7 | |
Palau | Tom Westman | 41 | Male | New York | 6-1 | Katie Gallagher (Calif.) | Female | Oldest Sole Survivor | |
Guatemala | Danni Boatwright | 30 | Female | Kansas | 6-1 | Stephenie LaGrossa (NJ). | Female | Former Miss Kansas | |
Panama | Aras Baskauskas | 24 | Male | California | 5-2 | Danielle DiLorenzo (Florida - originally from Boston) | Female | Youngest male Sole Survivor |