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The Amazing Race 11 (also known as The Amazing Race: All-Stars) is the 11th installment of the reality television show The Amazing Race. The Amazing Race 11 featured eleven teams of two — ten returning teams from previous editions, and a dating couple who had met and competed against each other on a previous season — in a race around the world.

The eleventh cycle premiered on February 18, 2007 at 8:00 p.m. EST, 7:00 CST for one hour, and the season finale was on May 6, 2007.

Dating couple Eric Sanchez and Danielle Turner, who had competed on opposing teams on The Amazing Race 9, won this edition of the race, becoming the first team to win the Race without any prior first-place finishes.

A DVD was released on May 1, 2013, courtesy of Amazon's CreateSpace program.

Production

Development and filming

The surrounding docks of the Charles Deering Historical Estate located outside of Miami was the starting line of The Amazing Race: All-Stars.

As early as 2004, there had been talk about an all-star edition, with speculation that it would occur during the eighth season, just like Survivor. These rumors were fueled by reports that Season 4 winner Reichen Lehmkuhl had been invited to appear in a future all-star Race. Speculation continued for the next few years, particularly after CBS aired all-star editions of their two other reality competition series Survivor and Big Brother. On September 28, 2006 CBS ordered an 11th season of The Amazing Race; in November 2006, the network officially acknowledged that an all-star edition was in production. Host Phil Keoghan was originally skeptical that an all-star edition was feasible. Over time, Keoghan felt that "as we got more and more really good teams, it (All-Stars) just seemed like it had to happen."

This season of the Race traveled a little over 45,000 miles (72,000 km) across 30 cities and six continents.

This season was the second season (after season 5) to visit every inhabitable continent. The new locales visited in this season were Ecuador, Mozambique, Poland, Macau, and Guam. This was the last season in the US series to feature the Yield. As of 2025, this is also the last season that did not start or finish in Los Angeles.

Six legs of this race were won by all-female teams (4 by Dustin & Kandice and 2 by Charla & Mirna) setting a record which would later be matched in season 17.

Cast

See also: List of The Amazing Race (U.S. TV series) contestants

This season's 11 teams were selected from past contestants, going back among the first ten seasons. Keoghan personally submitted a list of 15 teams that he thought should return. Ten of them were chosen. The one he didn't choose was Eric and Danielle, who did not previously race together. Keoghan said, "I didn't think of that new combination, which actually is a really good one." He also added that the production team's goal for the race "wasn't to pick the best racers", but "to pick the teams that have earned the most attention over the last 10 seasons". Despite the "All-Stars" title, only one team, Uchenna and Joyce, was a winner of a previous season. Some former racers were angered by their omission from All-Stars, most notably Chip and Kim (Season 5) and BJ and Tyler (Season 9) who publicly criticized CBS' casting process. Colin and Christie (Season 5) were expected to be in All-Stars but could not participate due to Christie's pregnancy. Flo Pesenti and Drew Riker (who began dating after meeting during Season 3) were invited to participate, but Flo reportedly declined for two reasons: she felt the first race had brought out the worst in her, and her season 3 winning partner Zach Behr was not invited to join her. The newly created team for All-Stars thus became Eric and Danielle.

The full list of returning teams (and their prior race placements) are:

• From Season 1:
  • Joseph "Joe" Baldassare and Bill Bartek, life partners, 3rd place
  • Kevin O'Connor and Andrew Feinberg, fraternity brothers, 4th place
• From Season 2:
  • Oswald Mendez and Danny Jimenez, best friends, 4th place
• From Season 3:
  • John Vito Pietanza and Jill Aquilino, formerly dating (dating in Season 3), 5th place
  • Teri and Ian Pollack, married, 2nd place
• From Season 5:
  • Charla Faddoul and Mirna Hindoyan, cousins, 6th place; Charla is an achondroplastic dwarf
• From Season 7:
  • Uchenna and Joyce Agu, married, 1st place
  • Rob and Amber Mariano (née Brkich), newlyweds (engaged in Season 7), 2nd place
• From Season 9:
  • Eric Sanchez and Danielle Turner, dating, 2nd place and 8th place. In their original season, Eric and Danielle were on competing teams; Eric raced with his friend Jeremy Ryan and Danielle with her childhood friend Danielle "Dani" Torchio.
• From Season 10:
  • David, Jr., and Mary Conley, married, 6th place
  • Dustin Seltzer (née Konzelman), Miss California 2005, and Kandice Pelletier, Miss New York 2005, best friend beauty pageant queens, 4th place

Marketing

This season introduced the Elimination Station feature on the official website. A series of 13 web episodes presented the eliminated contestants living together in a common house in their sequester location in Acapulco, Mexico. The series was viewable only in the United States and was available on the Innertube video streaming service on the CBS website, with a new episode debuting immediately following the airing of each new Amazing Race episode in the Pacific time zone.

Results

The following teams participated in the Race, with their relationships at the time of filming. Note that this table is not necessarily reflective of all content broadcast on television due to inclusion or exclusion of some data. Placements are listed in finishing order:

Team	Relationship	Position (by leg)													Roadblocks4
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	85	9	10	11	12	13
Eric & Danielle	Dating	4th	4th	3rd	2nd	6th	5th	5th	5th+	3rd<	4th	3rd<8	2nd	1st	Eric 6, Danielle 6
Dustin & Kandice	Beauty Queens	6th	6th	4th2	5th	2nd	4th	1st	3rd^	1st>	2nd	1st	1st	2nd	Dustin 5, Kandice 5
Charla & Mirna	Cousins	8th	8th	8th	7th	1st	1st	4th	4th^	2nd	3rd	2nd	3rd	3rd	Charla 6, Mirna 5
Oswald & Danny	Best Friends	2nd	2nd	5th	1st	4th	2nd	2nd	1stƒ~	4th	1stƒ	4th>	4th9		Oswald 4, Danny 4
Uchenna & Joyce	Married	7th	5th	2nd	6th	7th	3rd3	3rd	1stƒ~	5th7					Uchenna 3, Joyce 3
Joe & Bill	Life Partners	5th	3rd	7th	4th	5th	6th	6th	6th+6						Joe 2, Bill 4
Teri & Ian	Married Parents	3rd	7th	6th	3rd	3rd	7th								Teri 2, Ian 3
Rob & Amber	Newlyweds	1st	1st	1st	8th										Rob 1, Amber 2
David & Mary	Coalminer and Wife	9th	9th	9th											David 1, Mary 1
Kevin & Drew	Lifelong Friends	10th	10th1												Kevin 1, Drew 0
John Vito & Jill	Formerly Dating	11th													John Vito 0, Jill 0

• A red team placement indicates that the team was eliminated.
• An underlined blue team's placement indicates that the team came in last on a non-elimination leg of the race and was "Marked for Elimination"; if the team did not finish 1st on the next leg, they would receive a 30-minute penalty.
• A green ƒ indicates that the team won a Fast Forward clue.
• Matching colored symbols (pink +, brown ^, and magenta ~) indicate teams who worked together during part of the leg as a result of an Intersection.
• A yellow > means that team chose to use the Yield; < indicates the team who received it.

1. ^ Kevin & Drew received a penalty for not taking the car they used during leg 1 in order to depart on the second leg. It is not known how long the penalty was, or when it was served.
2. ^ Dustin & Kandice initially arrived 4th, but they had missed the clue to the Detour, having simply arrived by chance at one of the options (finished the detour). They were forced to backtrack and retrieve the missed clue at the end of the Detour and return to the Pit Stop. This did not affect their placement.
3. ^ Upon their arrival, Uchenna and Joyce were issued a 30-minute penalty for being "marked for elimination" and not arriving 1st. This did not affect their placement.
4. ^ Two legs contained unaired Roadblocks. It is only known that Danielle completed the one in Leg 7. Images from CBS' official website show Mirna and Danielle completing the one in leg 13.
5. ^ Due to an Intersection, Uchenna & Joyce and Oswald & Danny were able to work together to complete the Fast Forward, thus both teams were able to skip all remaining tasks and head directly to the Pit Stop, and both teams were declared 1st.
6. ^ Joe & Bill initially arrived 5th, but were issued a 30-minute penalty for being "marked for elimination" and not arriving 1st. During this time, Eric & Danielle – the only team trailing Joe & Bill at that point – were able to check in shortly after Joe & Bill arrived and were eliminated before the 30 minutes elapsed.
7. ^ Uchenna & Joyce missed a connecting flight in Frankfurt and did not arrive in Kuala Lumpur until hours after the other teams had already checked in at the Pit Stop. They were not shown performing any of the tasks, yet were shown only proceeding from the Batu Caves Route Marker directly to the Pit Stop for elimination. Joyce confirmed in a post-race interview that she had done the newspaper recycling Roadblock prior to being eliminated. Her unaired performance is included in this tally.
8. ^ Eric & Danielle initially arrived 2nd, but were issued a 30-minute penalty for being "marked for elimination" and not arriving 1st. With approximately 14 minutes left of their penalty time, Charla & Mirna checked in during their penalty time, dropping them to 3rd.
9. ^ Oswald & Danny had been "marked for elimination", however, since they checked in last, they were eliminated without the 30-minute penalty being issued.

Episode title quotes

Episode titles are often taken from quotes made by the racers.

1. "I Told You Less Martinis and More Cardio" – Oswald
2. "Beauty Is Sometimes Skin Deep" – Charla
3. "I'm Sorry I'm Wearing a Bathing Suit; It Is Very Weird, I Know" – Mirna
4. "No Babies on The Race!" – A letter from Jeremy and Dani to Eric and Danielle, read aloud by Eric
5. "You Need to Watch Your Jokes, Guy" – Joe
6. "We're Going to Trade You for Food Now" – Oswald
7. "If I Were in Town, I'd Ask for Your Number" – Oswald
8. "The Way You Look, Yeah" – A local in Kuala Lumpur to Kandice (non-racer)
9. "We Are Trying to Make Love, Not War" – Mirna
10. "Good Doing Business With You" – Dustin
11. "Oh My God, the Teletubbies Go to War" – Oswald
12. "Low to the Ground, That's My Technique" – Charla

Prizes

Unless otherwise noted, prizes were awarded to the first team to check in for each leg.

• Leg 1 - A trip to the Four Seasons Resort, Whistler Lodge in Whistler, British Columbia, Canada provided by Travelocity.
• Leg 2 - An off-road motorcycle for each member.
• Leg 3 - A home gym for each member.
• Leg 4 - A trip to the Royal Lahaina Resort in Maui provided by Travelocity.
• Leg 5 - A trip to Aruba provided by Travelocity.
• Leg 6 - A 12-foot (4 m) catamaran for each team member.
• Leg 7 - A trip to Puerto Rico provided by Travelocity.
• Leg 8 - A trip to St. Lucia provided by Travelocity. Although two teams arrived in first place, there was only one prize offered. Oswald & Danny decided to award the prize to Uchenna & Joyce.
• Leg 9 - A retro-scooter for each team member.
• Leg 10 - A trip to Hong Kong during Chinese New Year provided by Travelocity.
• Leg 11 - A Yamaha Waverunner for each member.
• Leg 12 - An all-terrain vehicle for each member.
• Leg 13 - $1,000,000

Elimination Station

The first five teams eliminated were sequestered at a villa in Acapulco, Mexico to await the finale. Subsequent eliminated teams telephoned the villa to inform the teams at the villa of their elimination, but continued to run the race as decoys to throw off spoilers to the final outcome of the race. The sequestered teams met up with the decoy teams in the final destination city to cheer on the final three teams as they crossed the Finish Line

CBS posted short videos on its website after each episode aired in the Pacific time zone to show the eliminated teams interacting at the villa.

• After Leg 1, John Vito & Jill were the first eliminated and sent to the villa. While there, they were guessing who would be eliminated next. They thought it would either be Charla & Mirna or Kevin & Drew.
• After Leg 2, Kevin & Drew were the second team eliminated and sent to the villa. While there, Kevin, Drew, and John Vito were arguing over what a stoop was. Later, they guessed Charla & Mirna would be eliminated next.
• After Leg 3, David & Mary were the third team eliminated and sent to the villa. David recounted how he was misdirected by several Chilean locals over breakfast. Later, Jill shows David & Mary the master suite they saved for the first married couple. Later, Drew guessed Teri & Ian might be eliminated next.
• After Leg 4, Rob & Amber became the fourth team eliminated and sent to the villa. Rob and Amber were welcomed very nicely. John Vito and Jill even said they were a strong team. Later, they guessed that the next elimination would be Eric & Danielle.
• Leg 5 was a non-elimination leg. The four eliminated teams sat around waiting for another team, only to hear John Vito and Kevin figure out that it must be a non-elimination leg. They spent time on a beach overlook, and back at the villa, Rob dragged Mary into the pool.
• After Leg 6, Teri & Ian were the fifth team eliminated and sent to the villa. Drew put on a displeased face for the camera when they arrived. A disgruntled Ian revealed that he believed Oswald & Danny are ruthless racers with no character, saying that when he worked with them in Ushuaia to book flights, they deliberately booked him a different flight and did not confirm it. He said that the same thing happened when Eric & Danielle worked with Oswald and Danny. He also predicted that either Dustin & Kandice or Uchenna & Joyce would win.
• Leg 7 was a non-elimination leg. John Vito and Jill pondered about this non-elimination round. Ian expressed how he and Teri bonded with Joe & Bill and Eric & Danielle as a result of their spending consecutive days together in airports. Amber did tattoos for entertainment.
• After Leg 8, Joe & Bill were the sixth team eliminated. The eliminated teams got a call from them are were sad to hear that Joe & Bill were eliminated from the race. Mary asked Joe & Bill who they think should win. Bill said that he would love to see Uchenna & Joyce or Charla & Mirna win. The guests talked about the call the next morning. In a confessional, Kevin and Drew said that since they were so close to the Finish Line, they would see Joe & Bill where the Race finishes.
• After Leg 9, Uchenna & Joyce were the seventh team eliminated. They called the villa and told the eliminated teams about their flight problem that led to their elimination. The teams at the villa expressed disappointment at Uchenna & Joyce's elimination, and Amber tells them they would meet up at the Finish Line. Prior to the call, Drew questioned why Dustin & Kandice need to participate in the Race when they had already won beauty pageants. Amber took exception to this, having won Survivor: All-Stars prior to her original season of The Amazing Race.
• Leg 10 was a non-elimination leg. The eliminated teams waited for another team, only to discover that the leg was non-elimination. Amber taught Mary how to swim, allowing her to overcome her long-held fear of swimming.
• Leg 11 was a non-elimination leg. The eliminated teams waited for a phone call from the next eliminated team, but give up after several days without a phone call. John Vito came up with the idea of throwing an awards party to commemorate the end of their stay at the villa. Each racer drew another racer's name and presented him or her with funny and sometimes touching gifts.
• After Leg 12, Oswald & Danny were the eighth and final team eliminated and were sent to the End City. The five teams at the villa departed to the End City in order to cheer the remaining teams as they run to the Finish Line. At the End City, they reunited with Joe & Bill, Uchenna & Joyce, and newly eliminated Oswald & Danny. Oswald and Danny said they would like to see Charla & Mirna win the race, while some of the other teams reiterated who they would like to see win.
• Leg 13 was the final leg of The Amazing Race: All-Stars. Some of the eliminated teams shared their opinions on the winners and the runners-up. The final three admited to their final joys and disappointments.

Race summary

Final Route Map

Destinations	Air travel    Rail travel    Water travel    Bus travel Helicopter travel    Bicycle travel    Gondola travel
Route Markers	Detour    Roadblock    Fast Forward    Yield    Intersection    Pit Stop

Leg 1 (United States → Ecuador)

Teams traveled to Cotopaxi National Park in Ecuador for the first Pit Stop of this season of The Amazing Race.

Airdate: February 18, 2007

• Palmetto Bay, Florida, United States (Charles Deering Historic Estate) (Starting Line)
• Miami (Miami International Airport) to Quito, Ecuador (Mariscal Sucre International Airport)
• Quito (Plaza de San Francisco)
• Quito (Pim's Restaurant) (Overnight Rest)
• Napo Province (Cotopaxi National Park - Hacienda Yanahurco)
• Napo Province (Cotopaxi National Park - Mirador Cotopaxi)

In the first Detour of the race, teams had to choose between Wrangle It or Recover It. In Wrangle It, teams had to help local cowboys lasso, tie down, and groom one wild horse whose hooves grow so long that they prevent them from walking properly. Team members had to use traditional tools to clip its hooves to a safe length and to trim its mane and tail. In Recover It, one team member had to put on an historical military uniform. Then, the team must search the field for three items missing from the uniform: an epaulette, a button and a sword.

Additional task

• At Pim's Restaurant, teams pulled a number to receive three different departure times for the next morning, 7:00, 7:15 and 7:30. At the departure time, teams had provided a map and find these cars and drive themselves to Cotopaxi National Park.

Leg 2 (Ecuador → Chile)

For the Detour, teams traveled to the Chuquicamata copper mine. The "By Hand" task involved a dump truck, similar to the one pictured.

Airdate: February 25, 2007

• Quito (Mariscal Sucre International Airport) to Santiago, Chile (Comodoro Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport)
• Santiago (Codelco Corporate Headquarters)
• Santiago (Comodoro Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport) to Calama (El Loa Airport)
• Calama (Chuquicamata)
• San Pedro de Atacama (Valle de la Muerte or Death Valley)

The Roadblock for this leg was to enter the ground floor boardroom and search the boardroom for letters of the alphabet that were on display. Teams needed to figure out that the majority of the letters when unscrambled would spell out one of the ten destinations inscribed on the plaques hanging on the wall. When they think they solved the puzzle, which was Chuquicamata, they had to show their answer to the security guard who would hand them their next clue if they were correct. The Detour was By Hand or By Machine. In By Hand, teams had to choose a two-ton tire and, by properly aligning the bolts and washers, finish securing it to a dump truck. In By Machine, each team member had to take a turn driving a huge front loader to transfer enough gravel to cover a marked yellow line on a stick.

Leg 3 (Chile)

The Petrohué River in Chile's Los Lagos Region was the site of this Leg's Detour.

Airdate: March 4, 2007

• San Pedro de Atacama (Iglesia de San Pedro de Atacama)
• Calama (El Loa Airport) to Puerto Montt (El Tepual Airport)
• Metri (Centro Acuicultura y Ciencias del Mar, Universidad de Los Lagos)
• Vicente Pérez Rosales National Park (Petrohué River, La Maquina)
• Vicente Pérez Rosales National Park (Playa Petrohué)

For the Roadblock on this leg of the race, one team member had to choose an 1800-gallon fish-breeding tank, jump in, and catch and transfer all 80 flounder from the breeding tank to a holding tank at the other end of the farm. Once finished, their clue would be revealed at the bottom of the tank. The Detour was a choice between Vertical Limit or River Wild. In Vertical Limit, teams had to walk 200 yards (200 m) to a cliff where both team members needed to complete a 40-foot (12 m) rock climb. Each team member would grab one half of their clue at the top of the climb. In River Wild, teams had to backtrack two miles (3 km) to the banks of Rio Petrohué where they would complete a two and a half mile white water rafting course through level 3 and 4 rapids.

Leg 4 (Chile → Argentina)

Ushuaia, one of the southernmost cities in the world, was visited by teams in Argentina.

Airdate: March 11, 2007

• Puerto Montt (El Tepual Airport) to Punta Arenas (Carlos Ibanez Del Campo International Airport)
• Punta Arenas (Lord Lonsdale's Shipwreck)
• Punta Arenas (Plaza Muñoz Gamero and Nautilus or Plaza)
• Punta Arenas (Carlos Ibanez Del Campo International Airport) to Ushuaia, Tierra del Fuego, Argentina (Ushuaia International Airport)
• Ushuaia (Playa Larga)
• Ushuaia (Bahia Lapataia) to Isla Redonda (Post Office)
• Isla Redonda (Mastil de General Belgrano)

Teams chose between Navigate It or Sign It for this leg's Detour. In Navigate It, teams had to use a map of Punta Arenas to get to the Plaza Muñoz Gamero where a sailor would hand them a compass. Then, using the compass, the teams needed to walk directly south to find the Nautilus Building, a deep-sea salvage business. In Sign It, teams had to choose a pole and building supplies and carry them up a flight of stairs to Magellan's Map. Using the map as a reference, teams needed to figure out his journey around the world began and ended in Seville. Then, they had to build a traditional local signpost listing in order the fourteen ports of call in his voyage. While the signs didn't have to point in the right direction, all the cities had to be spelled correctly. The Roadblock on this leg was to sort through 1,600 pieces of mail and find one of two messages addressed to their team, written by one of the other teams from their season. The team member then had to read the message inside it to their partner, after which they received their next clue.

Additional tasks

• At Carlos Ibanez Del Campo International Airport in Punta Arenas, teams signed up for a charter flight to Ushuaia, Argentina, three hours apart, which were for 8:00 am and 11:00 am on the next day.
• Upon arriving in Bahia Lapataia, teams had to take a number. A boat that departed every 20 minutes would then take two teams to Isla Redonda.

Leg 5 (Argentina → Mozambique)

The Fortaleza de Maputo was the Pit Stop on the teams' stop in Mozambique.

Airdate: March 18, 2007

• Ushuaia (Martial Glacier)
• Ushuaia (Ushuaia International Airport) to Maputo, Mozambique (Maputo International Airport)
• Bilene, Gaza (Apopo Training Field)
• Maputo (Praça dos Trabalhadores)
• Maputo (Maputo Central Market or Market de Janet)
• Maputo (Fortaleza de Maputo Template:Pt icon)

For the Roadblock, one team member had to use a rat to find a race marker above a deactivated mine. Once their rat gave the signal that it found something, an Apopo Mine Technician would search the area. When the Race marker was found, the team would receive their next clue. This leg's Detour was Pamper or Porter. In Pamper, teams had to travel half a mile to the Maputo Central Market, choose a nail polish kit, and convince people to pay them to paint their nails, which in Maputo is a job usually performed by men. Teams needed to earn at least 30 meticals, which is about one U.S. dollar, to receive their next clue. In Porter, teams made their way two miles to Market de Janet where they would use their bare hands to fill 10 large 45-pound bags with coal and sew each of them shut. Then, teams had to carry one of the ten heavy bags to a specified address where the owner would hand them their next clue.

Additional task

• At the Martial Glacier, Teams have to use an avalanche beacon to search the glacier for another beacon buried in the snow.

Leg 6 (Mozambique → Zanzibar, Tanzania)

To reach the island of Zanzibar, teams rode on dhows.

Airdate: March 25, 2007

• Maputo (Maputo International Airport) to Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (Julius Nyerere International Airport)
• Dar es Salaam (Ferry Terminal) to Zanzibar
• Zanzibar City (Kiosk)
• Zanzibar City (Beyt al Chai hotel or Kijangwani Lumber Yard)
• Kikungwi (Maasai Village)
• Stone Town (Ngome Kongwe)

The Detour for this leg was Solve It or Schlep It. In Solve It, teams had to make their way one third of a mile to the Beyt al Chai hotel where they would put together a 62-piece puzzle that recreates an image from a style of local artwork known as Tinga Tinga. In Schlep It, teams made their way one mile to the Kijangwani Lumber Yard. Once there, they had to choose a local handcart and load two 50-pound logs into their cart. Once loaded, teams had to travel more than a mile to deliver the logs to a shipyard. This leg's Roadblock had one team member learn how to use a traditional wooden weapon called a rungu used by members of the Maasai people by throwing it 65 feet (20 m) to destroy clay targets in order to retrieve their next clue from inside.

Additional task

• Upon arriving at Dar es Salaam Ferry Terminal, teams must pull a number to one of these four separate times through a dhow to the island of Zanzibar.

Leg 7 (Zanzibar, Tanzania → Poland)

Warsaw's Łazienki Palace was the Pit Stop on this Leg of the Race.

Airdate: April 1, 2007

• Zanzibar City (Zanzibar International Airport) to Warsaw, Poland (Warsaw Frédéric Chopin Airport)
• Warsaw (Czapski Palace)
• Warsaw (Prymas Palace or Escada Boutique and Panoramik Laboratory)
• Warsaw (Łazienki Park - Statue of King Jan III Sobieski) (Unaired)
• Warsaw (Łazienki Palace)

The Detour was Perfect Pitch or Perfect Angle. In Perfect Pitch, teams had to make their way three-quarters of a mile to the Prymas Palace and choose a grand piano. Then, they needed to use the provided tools to tune one key of the keyboard. Once the concert pianist played a piece of Chopin's music and determined that their piano was in tune, he would hand them their next clue. In Perfect Angle, teams made their way approximately half a mile to the Escada Boutique to pick up a mannequin and carry it another 400 yards (400 m) to the Panoramik Laboratory. Once there, teams had to use an x-ray machine to locate a clue embedded somewhere inside their mannequin which needed to be positioned at a very specific angle for the image to capture the name of their next destination and commemorate Marie Curie. The unaired Roadblock required teams to row a boat out onto the reflecting pool in front of the palace. The objective is unknown.

Leg 8 (Poland)

Teams visited the Auschwitz concentration camp and paid tribute to the millions killed during the Holocaust.

Airdate: April 1, 2007

• Warsaw (Monument of the Polish Underground State and the Home Army) to Oświęcim (Auschwitz-Birkenau)
• Kraków (Juliusz Słowacki Theatre)
  • Kraków (Fire Guard Tower and Town Hall Tower)
• Kraków (Old market restaurant or Old Jewish Quarter)
• Sułoszowa (Pieskowa Skała)

At the Intersection, teams had to join with one other team to complete tasks and make decisions together until further notice, including completing the Fast Forward. In this Fast Forward, teams had to climb a set of stairs up two different towers (the tower of St. Mary's Basilica and the Town Hall Tower located in the Main Market Square) and count how many stairs there were. They then had to add up the result and tell it to a guard, if correct, the two teams would win the Fast Forward. The Detour for this leg of the race was Eat It Up or Roll It Out. In Eat It Up, the intersected teams would make their way one and a half miles to an old market. Once there, each team member had to use traditional methods to make one three-inch length of Polish kiełbasa (sausage). After finishing, the teams would be served eight feet of cooked kiełbasa. Once each person ate two feet of sausage, the teams would receive their next clue. In Roll It Out, the intersected teams would make their way one and a half miles to the J. Mazurek bakery in the Old Jewish Quarter and properly roll out twenty bagels. When finished, they would make their way on foot one quarter of a mile to a nearby restaurant with a delivery of fresh bagels for the headwaiter. After the Detour, teams were no longer Intersected. In the Roadblock, one team member had to don a full suit of authentic medieval armor and lead a horse half a mile through the forest to the castle gates. Once at the castle, they had to deliver the horse to the stable boy, enter the courtyard, and search for the Pit Stop.

Additional tasks

• At the Auschwitz Concentration Camp, teams lit a memorial candle on the railroad tracks to honor those who lost their lives during the Holocaust.

Leg 9 (Poland → Malaysia)

In Malaysia, one of the Detour choices was to make a batik cloth using a traditional technique (this picture was taken in Yogyakarta, Indonesia).

Airdate: April 8, 2007

• Kraków (John Paul II International Airport Kraków-Balice) to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (Kuala Lumpur International Airport)
• and Kuala Lumpur to Gombak (Batu Caves)
• Kampung Baru, Kuala Lumpur (Kampung Baru Mosque)
• Kuala Lumpur (Dewan Lama or Chow Kit Bomba)
• Kuala Lumpur (Taman Sri Hartamas Neighborhood - Newspaper Truck)
• Kuala Lumpur (Carcosa Seri Negara)

The Detour for this leg of the race was a choice between Artistic Expression or Cookie Confection. In Artistic Expression, teams needed to travel one third of a mile on foot to Dewan Lama. Once there, they had to use an ancient technique known as batik to exactly duplicate one of three patterns onto and then dye a 45-square-foot (4 m²) piece of cloth. In Cookie Confection, teams made their way on foot half a mile to Chow Kit Bomba and had to search through 600 boxes of traditional Malaysian festive cookies, by biting into them, and find the one cookie that had a black licorice center. The Roadblock on this leg of the race was a nod to Malaysia's eco-friendly practice of recycling. Team members had to choose a bicycle with a side cart attached and then scour the neighborhood Taman Sri Hartamas for residents willing to give them their used newspapers. Once they had collected enough newspapers to make a stack eight hands (approximately 6 feet (1.8 m)) high, they would receive their next clue.

Leg 10 (Malaysia → Hong Kong, China)

The Happy Valley Racecourse at the Hong Kong Jockey Club was the Pit Stop for this Leg of the Race.

Airdate: April 15, 2007

• Kuala Lumpur (Kuala Lumpur International Airport) to Hong Kong , China (Hong Kong International Airport)
• Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon (Hankow Road – Sun Wah Kiu Laundry)
  • New Kowloon (Kai Tak Airport)
• Kowloon (Tonkin Street or Nga Tsin Wai Road)
• Star Ferry Pier, Central, Hong Kong Island
• Kennedy Town (ex-Kennedy Town Police Quarter)
• Causeway Bay (Victoria Park)
• Happy Valley (Happy Valley Racecourse)

In the second of only two Fast Forwards on the race, teams had to travel 5 miles (8.0 km) to a film set located at the former Kai Tak Airport where a high-speed stunt was being filmed for an action movie. When they arrived, they had to get in a car with a professional stunt driver and complete a stunt course, involving sharp turns and the car flipping over. After completing the stunt course, the team would win the Fast Forward. This leg's detour was Kung Fu Fighting or Lost in Translation. In Kung Fu Fighting, teams had to travel 5 miles (8.0 km) to Tonkin Street and find a nearby building (the former Cheung Sha Wan Police Quarters). Once there, they had to climb up an 11-story bamboo scaffold while avoiding an ongoing battle between stunt kung fu experts to reach the top and retrieve their next clue. In Lost in Translation, teams needed to make their way 4 miles (6.4 km) to Kowloon City and find Nga Tsin Wai Road. Once there, they had to search among hundreds of similar-looking Chinese signs for the specific sign shown in a photo in their clue. When they matched the photo with the correct store sign, the owner would hand them their next clue. In the Roadblock for this leg, one teammate had to kick down doors, and search the rooms behind the doors for their clue.

Additional task

• At the Victoria Park, Teams had to pull a model boat carrying a Travelocity gnome from one end of a pond to the other without having the gnome fall into the water.

Leg 11 (Hong Kong, China → Macau, China)

The Macau Tower was the site of a Roadblock on this Leg.

Airdate: April 22, 2007

• Hong Kong (Hong Kong – Macau Ferry Terminal) to Macau (Outer Harbour Ferry Terminal by TurboJET)
• Macau (Macau Tower)
• Macau (Jardim de Lou Lim Ioc)
• Taipa (Trilho da Taipa Pequena 2000 Park)

Right outside the elevator in the inner rim in Macau Tower was the second of two Yields in the race. In the Roadblock for this leg of the race, teams had to perform the world's tallest Skyjump, walking around the outer rim of the observation deck, and then take a tethered jump off of the tower. The Detour for this leg of the race was Noodle or Dragon. In Noodle, teams had to make two bundles of traditional Chinese noodles. In Dragon, teams had to carry a dragon head and drum and carry it 3⁄4 mile (1.2 km) to Nam Van Lake to find the one dragon boat the dragon's head matched.

Additional tasks

• After exiting the ferry to Macau, teams met a man with a rickshaw who would give them their next clue.
• After the Detour, teams had to locate a marked Mini Moke and drive themselves to the Pit Stop.

Leg 12 (Macau, China → Guam, USA)

B-52 bombers were featured in one side of the Detour in Guam.

Airdate: April 29, 2007

• Macau (Hong Kong-Macau Ferry Pier, Macau) to Hong Kong (Hong Kong-Macau Ferry Pier, Hong Kong by TurboJET)
• Hong Kong (Hong Kong International Airport) to Tamuning, Guam , USA (Antonio B. Won Pat International Airport)
• Yigo (Andersen Air Force Base)
• Santa Rita (Orote Peninsula - US Naval Base)
• Umatac (Fort Nuestra Señora de la Soledad)

In the Detour for this leg of the race, teams had to choose between Care Package or Engine Care. In Care Package, teams must fill a 500 pound package with various humanitarian aid items for a neighboring island. Once complete, the teams must then board a C-17 Globemaster and participate in an air drop training exercise. Though easier, the mission would take at least half an hour. In Engine Care, teams had to clean an engine pod and associated flap section on the wing of a B-52 bomber until one of the base's sergeants feels the portion of the plane is clean enough. In the Roadblock, teams had to perform a search and rescue mission. Using a GPS receiver, team members had to find a pilot in the Guam forest, receive new GPS co-ordinates from him, locate the landing zone, and signal for a helicopter to pick them up and bring them back to the naval base.

Leg 13 (Guam, USA → United States)

Teams visited the old San Francisco Mint for the final task on the Race.

Airdate: May 6, 2007

• Tamuning (Antonio B. Won Pat International Airport) to Honolulu, Hawaii (Honolulu International Airport)
• Honolulu (Kamaka Air Hangar)
• Lanai (Kaumalapau Harbor) (Unaired)
• Lanai (Shipwreck Beach)
• Honolulu, Hawaii (Honolulu International Airport) to Oakland, California (Oakland International Airport)
• San Francisco (Grateful Dead House) (Unaired)
• San Francisco (San Francisco's Old Mint)
• San Francisco (San Francisco Botanical Garden)

In the Detour for this leg of the race, teams had to choose between Under or Over. In Under, teams had to swim into a cave where their next clue would be anchored to the floor of the cave. In Over, teams had to use a paddle board to reach a buoy that had their next clue. Photos on the official CBS website suggest that the unaired Roadblock involved jumping off a cliff into the water below, as Mirna and Danielle were shown doing this task in the photos. Footage of Charla & Mirna approaching jeeps with the clue inside each jeep after their helicopter landed in Lanai suggest that the location of the Roadblock was most likely in Hawaii before the Detour, though the exact location is unknown.

Additional tasks

• At the Kamaka Air Hangar, teams must sign in one of three helicopters that will take them to Lanai.
• At Shipwreck Beach, teams had to run down a mile of beach and then kayak to a buoy near a World War II ship relic to retrieve their next clue.
• At the San Francisco Mint, in the Race's final task, one team member answered four questions relating to their opinion of other teams on the race, with the answers corresponding to a four digit code that that team member entered to lock a safe containing their final clue. The other team member then had 10 minutes to guess his or her teammate's answers and enter the same code to unlock the safe. If they guessed correctly, the safe would open and allow their final clue to be retrieved. If the 10 minutes elapsed without a correct guess, a guard would hand them their final clue.

Ratings

Canadian ratings

Order	Episode	Viewers (millions)	Rank
1	"I Told You Less Martinis And More Cardio"	1.99	#10
3	"I'm Sorry I'm Wearing a Bathing Suit; It Is Very Weird, I Know"	1.94	#10
4	"No Babies on the Race"	2.06	#6
5	"You Need to Watch Your Jokes, Guys"	1.82	#6
6	"We’re Going to Trade You for Food Now"	1.96	#7
7	"If I Were In Town, I'd Ask For Your Number"	1.04	#24
8	"The Way You Look, Yeah"	1.69	#9
9	"We Are Trying To Make Love, Not War"	1.96	#8
10	"Good Doing Business With You"	1.91	#5
11	"Oh My God, the Teletubbies Go to War"	1.97	#9
12	"Low to the Ground, That's My Technique"	2.03	#8

External links

• Official website