The Amazing Race 7

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The Amazing Race 7 is the seventh installment of the popular reality television show, The Amazing Race. This installment premiered on March 1, 2005.

Filming began on November 20, 2004 and finished on December 17, 2004.

Results

The teams are:

Red means the team was eliminated.
Blue means the team was the last to arrive at a pit stop in a non-elimination leg of the race. This means that while they were not eliminated, the team was forced to give up all their money and did not receive any money at the beginning of the next leg.
Green means the team won the Fast Forward clue.
A yellow > means that team chose to use the Yield; < indicates the team who received it.

This edition features the first mother/son team.
Season 7 features three reality show alumni. Engaged couple Amber Brkich and Rob Mariano both appeared on Survivor. Brian appeared on a Christmas episode of Fear Factor.
The quick 3 week turnaround time between Season 6 and 7 is due to two main reasons. First, the finale date co-incides with the May sweeps. Second, the early release was intended to ride the recent popularity of the show, despite the unpopular winners of Season 6.
Brian appeared in a Heineken commercial with Jennifer Aniston.[1]
For the first time, a cash prize was given to the winners of a leg of the race; on the first leg, $10,000 went to each teammate (for a total of $20,000) for the winning team.
In an interview with TVGuide.com, host Phil Keoghan mentioned that this season will feature "a couple of new twists and turns that will really engage people. For example, teams that come in last place will face new consequences that we haven't seen before," refering to those teams who finish last on non-elimination legs. [2] [3]
Travelocity replaced previous show regular sponsors American Airlines Vacations and Royal Caribbean Cruises.

Long Beach, California, USA is the starting point. All teams left on one of two flights from Los Angeles International Airport.