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"The Amazing Race" (2001): : -- Multiple teams race around the globe for $1,000,000 to 'amazing' locations.
"The Amazing Race" (2001): : -- Multiple teams race around the globe for $1,000,000 to 'amazing' locations.
"The Amazing Race" (2001): : -- Multiple teams race around the globe for $1,000,000 to 'amazing' locations.
"The Amazing Race" (2001): : -- Multiple teams race around the globe for $1,000,000 to 'amazing' locations.
"The Amazing Race" (2001): : -- Multiple teams race around the globe for $1,000,000 to 'amazing' locations.

Overview

User Rating:
7.9/10   3,265 votes
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Creators:
Elise Doganieri
Bert Van Munster
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Contact:
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Seasons:
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | unknown full episode list
Release Date:
5 September 2001 (USA) more
Genre:
Action | Adventure | Game-Show | Reality-TV more
Tagline:
The world is waiting... GO! more
Plot:
Multiple teams race around the globe for $1,000,000 to 'amazing' locations. full summary
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Awards:
Won 12 Primetime Emmys. Another 5 wins & 37 nominations more
NewsDesk:
(476 articles)
Survivor Finalist Russell Really Is an Ass: Whereas 4th Place Brett Showed Class Will Tell
 (From Huffington Post. 21 December 2009, 1:14 PM, PST)
'Survivor,' 'Amazing Race' return in February
 (From Zap2It - From Inside the Box. 21 December 2009, 9:57 AM, PST)
User Comments:
Bravo CBS! more (56 total)

Cast

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Phil Keoghan ... Himself - Host (180 episodes, 2001-2009)
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
The Amazing Race 13 (USA) (thirteenth season title (promotional title))
The Amazing Race: All-Stars (USA) (eleventh season title (promotional title))
The Amazing Race: Family Edition (USA) (eighth season title)
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Runtime:
60 min | USA:60 min (including commercials) | 42 min (14 episodes) | USA:60 min (12 Episodes) | USA:60 min (14 episodes) | 43 min (10 episodes) | 86 min (2 episodes) | USA:120 min (including commercials) (2 episodes) | USA:60 min (including commercials) (10 episodes) | 60 min (13 episodes)
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Sound Mix:
Dolby Digital | Dolby Digital | Dolby Digital | Dolby Digital | Stereo | Stereo | Stereo | Stereo
Certification:
Australia:PG | Australia:M (cable rating) | Australia:M (one episode) (original rating) | Australia:G (Season 1) (TV re-rating) (2004) | Argentina:Atp | New Zealand:PG | USA:TV-PG | New Zealand:M
Filming Locations:
2A Ton Duc Thang, District 1, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam more
Company:
Jerry Bruckheimer Television more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Jill Aquilino originally applied with her brother for the first season of The Amazing Race. more
Goofs:
Factual errors: In the leg from Switzerland to Malaysia, the Amazing Yellow Line charts a plane ride from Geneva to Paris to Kuala Lumpur. However, according to the map, Paris is placed in the Iberian peninsula near Madrid, Spain. more
Quotes:
Host: [starting a Race in the first episode of each season] The world is waiting for you. Good luck... travel safe... go! more
Movie Connections:
Referenced in The 11th Hour (2007) more

FAQ

Who won the show in each season?
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User Comments

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3 out of 3 people found the following comment useful.
Bravo CBS!, 15 April 2002
Author: smwcross from Boston, MA

An avid viewer of the first installment of CBS' OTHER reality-based television show, I was quite happy to see The Amazing Race 2 had managed to appear in my TV Guide listings this year.

The Amazing Race follows 11 teams of 2 people with some sort of pre-existing relationship (mother/daughter, best friends, etc.) on a race around the world. Teams must follow clues to discover the next destination, and how to get there is often up to them to figure out. Along the way are various "pit stops." Be the last to arrive at most of these, and your team is eliminated from the race. No fuss, no muss...the quickest survive. NO tribal councils, NO voting!

That is what makes this show so wonderful. Contestants are forced to use not only their strength and wits, but also their (deep breath) intelligence in order to survive. The Race becomes the sole arbitor of who remains, and the viewer ends up having as much fun following the contestants as they do following the ever-surprising route. This is competition at its most basic, and simple is wonderful!

Keep this series alive...it's quite simply the most entertaining of the entire genre.

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