The Amazing Race 10
Template:Infobox Television Amazing Race The Amazing Race 10 is the tenth installment of the popular reality television show, The Amazing Race. The Amazing Race 10 will feature twelve teams of two, with a pre-existing relationship, in a race around the world. Applications were accepted through January 20, 2006 (one week later than the original deadline). Semi-finalist interviews occurred in late February/early March, followed by finalist interviews in Los Angeles during late March and early April. Filming began in May 2006. [1] The season began with a special 90-minute premiere on September 17, 2006. [2]
This edition of the race promises new "twists and surprises" though these will be revealed as the Race unfolds, the first of these was an elimination at a point other than a Pit Stop, the first time the show has done this.
Results
The following teams participated in the Race, with their relationships at the time of filming. Placements are listed in finishing order:
| Team | Relationship | Position (by leg) | Roadblocks performed | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | |||
| Tyler & James | Models/Recovering Drug Addicts | 1st | Tyler 0, James 1 | |||||||||||
| Duke & Lauren | Father/Daughter | 2nd | Duke 1, Lauren 0 | |||||||||||
| Peter & Sarah | Recently Dating | 3rd | Peter 1, Sarah 0 | |||||||||||
| Dustin & Kandice | Beauty Queens | 4th | Dustin 0, Kandice 1 | |||||||||||
| Rob & Kimberly | Dating | 5th | Rob 1, Kimberly 0 | |||||||||||
| Kellie & Jamie | Cheerleaders | 6th | Kellie 0, Jamie 1 | |||||||||||
| Erwin & Godwin | Brothers | 7th | Erwin 1, Godwin 0 | |||||||||||
| Tom & Terry | Boyfriends | 8th | Tom 0, Terry 1 | |||||||||||
| Lyn & Karlyn | Single Moms/Friends | 9th | Lyn 0, Karlyn 1 | |||||||||||
| David & Mary | Coalminer and Wife | 10th | David 0, Mary 1 | |||||||||||
| Vipul & Arti | Married | 11th | Vipul 1, Arti 0 | |||||||||||
| Bilal & Sa'eed | Best Friends | 12th1 | Bilal 1, Sa'eed 0 | |||||||||||
Template:FnbBilal & Sa'eed were the last team to arrive at the Meridian Gate in the Forbidden City, where teams got start times for the next morning. There were only 11 times; they were eliminated in the middle of the leg.
Template:FnbLeg 1 was a double-elimination leg. Bilal & Sa'eed were eliminated first halfway through the leg (see above note), while Vipul & Arti were eliminated at the pit stop.
- 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 the team was not eliminated. The penalty on a non-elimination leg is that teams are forced to give up all their money and belongings, will not receive any money at the beginning of the next leg and are not allowed to collect any money until the leg actually begins for the team. There is not, however, a penalty allotted to teams who arrive last on the last leg of the race.
- 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; <> indicates a leg where the Yield was available but not used.
Trivia
General
- This is the first season to feature two Asian American teams: Erwin & Godwin and Vipul & Arti. Kathy from Season 3 was until this season the only Asian American contestant in TAR history. This is also the first season to feature an Indian American team (Vipul & Arti), a Muslim American team (Bilal & Sa'eed), an amputee (Sarah Reinertsen of Peter & Sarah, who has an artificial leg), and the race's first open lesbian (Lauren of Duke & Lauren).
- This is the first season to cross the Pacific Ocean in the first leg, as the first legs of previous seasons had teams crossing the Atlantic Ocean or staying on the North America/South America landmass first.
- Dustin Leigh Konzelman and Kandice Pelletier are former Miss America contestants. Konzelman held the title Miss California 2005 and Pelletier was Miss New York 2005. The beauty queens are two among seven former pageant contestants to compete on The Amazing Race. One other Amazing Race competitor, Kelly McCorkle (Miss South Carolina 2002) of Season 7, has competed in Miss America,.
- This is the third season to feature 12 teams, the other two being Season 3 and Season 4.
- This was the first season two teams were eliminated in the same leg. In leg one, Bilal & Sa'eed were eliminated after arriving last at the Meridian Gate in order to secure a departure time the next morning. (They were eliminated just 10 minuites after the TV Debut). Vipul & Arti were eliminated after arriving last at the pitstop.
In-Race
- A Roadblock was performed in episode 1. This is the first time a Roadblock has been aired in the first leg of a season (Season 1 had an ostrich egg eating Roadblock, but it was only shown as an extra feature on the DVD).
Prizes
Leg 1 - $10,000 cash for each team member.
Race locations
The Race's starting point is Kite Hill in Seattle, Washington's Gasworks Park, which also served as the finish line in Season 3
Leg 1 (United States → People's Republic of China)
- Seattle, Washington, USA
(Gasworks Park) (Starting Line) 
Seattle (Seattle-Tacoma International Airport) to Beijing, People's Republic of China 
(Beijing Capital International Airport)- Beijing (Gold House Restaurant) >Roadblock (Who is hungrier for their team to stay in the race?)<
- Beijing (Forbidden City – Meridian Gate) - Elimination point
- Beijing (14 Houhai on North Bank Road) Template:Zh icon >Detour (Labor or Leisure)< (Labor or Leisure)
- Beijing (Great Wall of China – Juyongguan) >Pit Stop (Leg 1)<
The first Roadblock of The Amazing Race 10 was to eat fish eyes. The first Detour was Labor or Leisure. In Labor, teams had to travel one mile by pedicab and put bricks in a pattern, in a 45 square-foot square. In Leisure, teams had to travel a longer distance to a bay-side park, and then watch locals perform a relaxation exercise called Taiji Bai Long and copy the movements.
Leg 2 (People's Republic of China → Mongolia)
Future locations
A CBS announcement made on July 15 confirmed that the race will visit 13 countries and cover over 40,000 miles, including Mongolia, Vietnam, Kuwait and Madagascar.[1] Teams and camera crews have been recently sighted in Mauritius [2] (See video), Finland [3], and France. [4]
References
- ^ "SC cheerleaders on 'Amazing Race'". Retrieved July 15.
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