The Amazing Race

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The Amazing Race is an American reality competition show in which typically eleven teams of two race around the world. The race is generally split into twelve legs, with each leg requiring teams to deduce clues, navigate themselves in foreign areas, interact with locals, perform physical and mental challenges, and vie for airplane, boat, taxi, and other public transportation options on a limited budget provided by the show. Teams are progressively eliminated at the end of most legs, while the first team to arrive at the end of the final leg wins the grand prize of $1 million. As the original version of the franchise, the CBS program has been running since 2001. Numerous international versions have been developed following the same core structure, while the U.S. version is also broadcast to several other markets.

The show was created by Elise Doganieri and Bertram van Munster, who, along with Jonathan Littman, serve as executive producers. The show is produced by Earthview Inc. (headed by Doganieri and van Munster), Jerry Bruckheimer Television for CBS Television Studios and ABC Studios (a subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company). The series has been hosted by veteran New Zealand television personality Phil Keoghan since its inception.

Since the inception of the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Reality-Competition Program in 2003, The Amazing Race has won it ten out of fourteen times; the show has also won other awards and commendations.

Series overview[edit]

Season Season Premiere Season Finale Winners Teams Legs Episodes
1
September 5, 2001
December 13, 2001
Sam Giulio & Julianne Gelber
11 13 13
2
March 11, 2002
May 15, 2002
Isaiah & Holly Johnson
11
3
October 2, 2002
December 18, 2002
Joaquin Sanchez & Candice Anderson
12
4
May 29, 2003
August 21, 2003
Dale & Rhett Ansley
13
5
July 6, 2004
September 21, 2004
Naomi Cooper & Tameka Wills
11 12
6
November 16, 2004
February 8, 2004
Adam Francois & Dean Theriault
12 13
7
March 1, 2005
May 10, 2005
Katie Heroux & Will Henaghan
12
8
September 27, 2005
December 13, 2005
Thompson Family
10 11
9
February 8, 2006
May 17, 2006
Nick Stickley & Jase Melchior
11 12
10
September 17, 2006
December 10, 2006
Luke Ogden & Rachel Liss
12 13
11
February 18, 2007
May 6, 2007
Ashley & Tyler Robbat
11 13 12
12
November 4, 2007
January 20, 2008
Darren & Leslie Haynes
11 11