The Amazing Race 1
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| The Amazing Race 1 | ||
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| Season run | 2001-09-05 – 2001-12-12 | |
| Filming dates | – | |
| No. of episodes | 13 | |
| Winning team | Rob & Brennan | |
| Continents visited | 4 | |
| Countries visited | 9 | |
| Cities visited | 24 | |
| Distance traveled (miles) | 35,000 | |
| Number of legs | 13 | |
| Season chronology | ||
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| The Amazing Race 2 | ||
The Amazing Race (now referred to as The Amazing Race 1) was the first installment of the reality television show, The Amazing Race. It premiered on September 5, 2001 and ended on December 12, 2001 on US television.
Season 1 was not particularly a ratings success, since it premiered a week before the September 11 attacks. Immediately following 9/11, interest in foreign travel waned and viewership fell correspondingly. The show was further hindered by the lack of media coverage and promotion as networks focused on news stories and more patriotic programming. The show did just well enough to earn a second season, which aired the following spring.
The long anticipated Season 1 DVD was released on September 27, 2005, also the premiere date for Season 8.
[edit] Results
The following teams participated in the Race, with their relationships at the time of filming. Placements are listed in finishing order:
| Position (by leg) | |||||||||||||||
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| Team | Relationship | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | Roadblocks performed² |
| Rob & Brennan | Lawyers / Best Friends | 1st | 3rd | 3rd | 6th | 4th | 3rd | 3rd | 3rd | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 1st | Rob 5, Brennan 7 |
| Frank & Margarita | Separated Parents | 3rd | 4th | 2nd | 4th | 5th | 1st¹ | 1st | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 1st | 2nd | 2nd | Frank 8, Margarita 3 |
| Joe & Bill | Life Partners ("Team Guido") | 2nd | 2nd | 4th | 1st | 2nd | 2nd¹ | 2nd | 4th | 4th | 4th | 3rd | 3rd* | 3rd° | Joe 6, Bill 4 |
| Kevin & Drew | Fraternity Brothers | 9th | 5th | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 4th | 4th | 1st | 3rd | 3rd | 4th | Kevin 5, Drew 4 | ||
| Nancy & Emily | Mother & Daughter | 10th | 7th^ | 8th | 3rd | 3rd | 5th | 5th | 5th | 5th+ | Nancy 2, Emily 6 | ||||
| Lenny & Karyn | Dating | 4th | 9th | 7th | 7th | 6th | 6th | 6th | Lenny 2, Karyn 4 | ||||||
| Paul & Amie | Engaged | 8th | 6th^ | 6th | 5th | 7th | Paul 2, Amie 1 | ||||||||
| Dave & Margaretta | Grandparents | 7th | 8th^ | 5th | 8th | Dave 3, Margaretta 0 | |||||||||
| Pat & Brenda | Working Moms | 5th | 1st | 9th | Pat 1, Brenda 0 | ||||||||||
| Kim & Leslie | Teachers / Roommates | 6th | 10th | Kim 1, Leslie 0 | |||||||||||
| Matt & Ana | Married | 11th | Matt 0, Ana 0 | ||||||||||||
- 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.
- Green means the team won the Fast Forward clue.
- ^ Dave & Margaretta arrived 6th, but were penalized one hour for improperly completing the Roadblock (They both rode the elevator to the top, rather than one person climbing the stairs, where Paul told them where to go next.) Because of this unintentional violation, they were penalized one hour and dropped to 8th.
- ¹ Frank & Margarita and Joe & Bill were the first two teams to arrive, but they misread the clue and received a 30 minute penalty. The penalty did not affect either of the teams placement.
- + Nancy & Emily arrived 4th, but had skipped the detour and therefore received a 24-hour penalty.
- * Joe & Bill did not reach the pit stop by the end of the episode (Beijing, China to Alaska, USA).
- ° Although Joe and Bill were in third place at the end of the episode, they did not finish the race. They received a clue in Alaska telling them the race was over and that Rob and Brennan won.
- ² Although the DVD shows some teams completing the unaired roadblock in Leg 1, not all teams are shown, therefore it cannot be told who completed said roadblock.
[edit] Trivia
[edit] General
- The introduction of each episode featured Phil's voice giving a brief synopsis of the show with theme music in the background and the presentation of the teams. Future seasons would then simply have the theme music with the presentation of the teams. However, Phil's synopsis was absent in one episode.
- Unlike in later seasons, Season 1 did not show running placements of teams on screen during each leg of the lace, showing only the names and team identifier. Team placements were only shown when they checked in at the Pit Stop at the end of each leg.
- Route marker flags were yellow and white in Season 1. In future installments, the flags changed colours to red and yellow so that teams can spot them more easily.
- Season 1 took 39 days to film, as opposed to the average four weeks in other seasons.
- Joe and Bill got the name 'Team Guido' from their pet toy fox terrier, Guido. They were also the only team this season to have a nickname displayed on the screen along with their names and their team identifier.
[edit] In-Race
- Host Phil Keoghan greeted only the last team to check in at each pit stop. In future seasons, Phil greeted all teams at the end of each leg.
- Clue boxes tended to represent the culture of the local pitstop. For example, the clue boxes in Zambia were a bamboo cylinder.
- Although the race is planned so that the final three teams will all reach the finish line, Bill and Joe were so far behind that they could not catch up and did not finish the race.
- On Leg 5 Paul and Amie were lost in the Sahara desert after trying numerous routes, getting half of their car stuck in a ditch, and Amie vomiting excessively. Paul quit, but his partner didn't and found the desert oasis pit stop by luck, unknowingly skipping the roadblock and route marker.
- At the end of Leg 5, teams were relocated to Gabès because of a sandstorm at the desert pitstop. Therefore, Leg 6 began in Gabès.
- An airport strike in Rome delayed Leg 6.
- During Leg 13, when Joe and Bill were still completing leg 12, Team Guido was required to have villagers bounce one teammate upwards by the use of an Alaskan tapestry. According to the DVD commentary, the tapestry broke under the weight so a trampoline had to be used instead. This created a noticeable and odd scene where you never see Team Guido and the villagers in the same shot. In the final shot, the trampoline is clearly visible behind the villagers.
- The pilot who flew Rob and Brennan and Frank and Margarita to Seattle in Leg 13 later contacted Rob and Brennan.
[edit] Post-Race
- After the race, Emily and Brennan broke up with their respective partners and started dating.
- Kevin and Drew made an appearance in Season 8, handing out clues from a hot dog stand in New York City.
- After the race, Frank and Margarita reconciled.
- After the race, Lenny and Karyn broke up.
[edit] Race locations
[edit] Leg 1 (United States → Zambia)
- New York City, New York, United States
(Central Park, Starting Point) 
New York City (John F. Kennedy International Airport) to Johannesburg, South Africa 
(Johannesburg International Airport)- Johannesburg (Lanseria Airport)
- Livingstone, Zambia
(Livingstone Airport) - Livingstone (Victoria Falls)
- Livingstone (Boiling Pot, Zambezi River)
- Livingstone (Batoka Gorge)
(Air or Land) - Songwe Village
(unaired) 
In the first Fast Forward of the race, teams had to hike down a steep slope to Boiling Pot. Rob and Brennan were first to arrive, so they received it. The Detour for this leg was Air or Land. In Air, teams had to take a zipline and then bunjee jump down the side of the gorge. In Land, teams had to take a long hike down the mountains. All eleven teams chose Air. The Roadblock, which was unaired, was to eat an ostrich egg.
[edit] Leg 2 (Zambia → France)
- Songwe Village (Songwe Museum) (Near or Far)
- Zambezi River (Bundu Adventures)
- Mukini Village
- Johannesburg (Johannesburg International Airport) to Paris, France
(Charles de Gaulle International Airport) - Paris (Eiffel Tower)
- Paris (Arc de Triomphe)
The Detour of this leg was a photo safari. In Near, teams went to a nearby jungle to photograph three hard to find animals. In Far, teams had to go to Botswana to photograph only one elephant. The Roadblock on this leg was to climb up part of the Eiffel Tower and look for a route marker on the Arc de Triomphe with a telescope. The Fast Forward, won by Pat and Brenda, was to whitewater raft with Bundu Adventures.
[edit] Leg 3 (France)
- Paris (La Grande Roue) (Tough Climb or Easy Walk)
- Paris (Mariage Frères)
- Paris (Hôtel de Ville)
- Paris (Les Egouts de Paris) (Place du Chatelet)
- Les Baux de Provence (Château des Baux)
The first challenge on this leg was the Detour Tough Climb or Easy Walk. In Tough Climb, the teams had to climb up the tower of Notre Dame de Paris and ring a bell. In Easy Walk, teams had to find the Foucault pendulum in the Panthéon. The only catch was there were two Foucault pendulums at two different places, which the teams didn't know. In the Roadblock, one member of each team had to walk through the sewers of Paris. The Fast Forward, won by Kevin and Drew, was to pick the right tea in Mariage Frères.
[edit] Leg 4 (France → Tunisia)
- Port of Marseille
- Tunis, Tunisia
(Bab Bhar) - Sidi Bou Said
- El Djem (Amphitheater of Thysdrus)
The detour on this leg was Full Body Brew or Full Body Massage. In Full Body Brew, teams had to find a coffee shop in Bab Bhar marketplace, without a map. In Full Body Massage, teams, with the help of a map, had to find a massage area and sit through a 15 minute massage. The roadblock took place at the Amphitheater of Thysdrus. The person performing the roadblock had to navigate the amphitheater to find the pit of death. Then, they had to take a sword from the pit and bring it to the pit stop. The unused fast forward told teams to go fishing for it on board the ‘Kinsa’ in the port of Sidi Bou Said.[1]
[edit] Leg 5 (Tunisia)
- Tataouine (Globe monument) (Listening or Puzzling)
- Sahara (Ksar Ghilane)
- Sahara (Compass Coordinates; Route Marker)
- Sahara (Ksar Ghilane)
In Tataouine, Tunisia, teams had a detour: Puzzling or Listening. In Puzzling, teams had to take part in a confusing Tunisian dice game. In Listening, teams had to locate a Star Wars set and get a walkie talkie. Using their walkie talkie, they had to find the other one on the set. The roadblock was to ride a camel led by the non-Roadblocking partner in the Sahara Desert.
[edit] Leg 6 (Tunisia → Italy)
- Gabès +
- Tunis (Palace Hotel)
- Tunis (Tunis-Carthage International Airport) to Rome, Italy
(Leonardo Da Vinci International Airport) - Rome (Colosseum) (Foot or Hoof)
- Vatican City
(Unused, unaired) - Modena, Italy (Castelfranco Emilia; Pagani Auto Factory)
- Sant' Agata Bolognese (Town Square)
In Rome, teams encountered a Detour, Foot or Hoof. Foot required teams to find a large statue of a foot, and their next clue. In Hoof teams were given a picture of a hoof and had to match up the hoof to a hoof on a statue. At the bottom of the horse statue, there were taxis, so teams would pick up speed. The Roadblock was to drive a small car to find the pit stop, Sant' Agata Bolognese, using a map in Italian.
[edit] Leg 7 (Italy → India)
- Ferrara (Glide or Ride)
- Ferrara (Castello Estense)
- Bologna (Guglielmo Marconi International Airport) to Delhi, India
(Indira Gandhi International Airport) - Delhi (Red Fort Market)
- Agra, Uttar Pradesh (Taj Khema Hotel)
The Detour of this leg was Glide or Ride. In Glide, teams took a glider ride with a professional glider, first come, first serve. In Ride, teams had to ride bikes with a map to the clue box. The Fast Forward was to find Castello Estense and ride a boat in the moat to find a clue on the wall. It was won by Frank and Margarita. The Roadblock was to hire a rickshaw and find a shopkeeper in Red Fort Market.
[edit] Leg 8 (India)
- Agra (Taj Mahal) (Unused, unaired)
- Jaipur, Rajasthan (Hawa Mahal)
- Deshnoke (Karni Mata)
- Bikaner (Laxmi Niwas Palace)
The Detour of this leg was Elephant or Rowboat. In Elephant, teams had to find a holy man by riding an elephant to his location. In Rowboat, teams had to find a holy man using the boat to get to his location. The Roadblock was to find a jar of clues in Karni Mata Temple, a temple of rats, with only socks on. The unused fast forward had teams traveling to Jantar Mantar to climb 22 or 33 steps. [2]
[edit] Leg 9 (India → Thailand)
- Delhi (Indira Gandhi International Airport) to Bangkok, Thailand
(Don Mueang International Airport) - Bangkok (Temple of Dawn)
- Bangkok (Temple of the Reclining Buddha)
- Kanchanaburi (Buddhist Monastery)
- Krabi (Tiger Cave Temple)
In Thailand, the Detour was Public or Private. In Public teams had to go to a local bus station for a bus leaving every 15 minutes, going to their next location. In Private, teams had to find a van within a specified perimeter of Bangkok, with a license plate as their only clue. The Fast Forward was to go to the Temple of the Reclining Buddah and find the bowl with the correct number of coins to participate in the ritual correctly, it was won by Joe and Bill. The Roadblock was to walk through a pit of tigers.
[edit] Leg 10 (Thailand)
- Rai Leh Beach (King's Climbing)
- Rai Leh Beach (Taiwan Wall)
- Rai Leh Beach (Taiwan Wall) (Unused; unaired)
- Bo Tor, Ao Luk (Sea, Land and Trek)
- offshore Chicken Island (underwater)
- Pai Plong Beach
The Detour on this leg was Hike or Climb. In Hike, teams had to go on a long hike to find their next clue. In Climb, teams had to climb King's Rock Climb Wall, and then rappel into a boat. The Roadblock was to paddle a kayak with the team and their luggage to a nearby cave with scuba gear and their next clue. The clue said to use the scuba gear to dive for their next clue.
[edit] Leg 11 (Thailand → People's Republic of China)
- Phuket (Phuket International Airport) to Beijing, People's Republic of China
(Beijing Capital International Airport) - Beijing (Jingshan Park, Top Pavillion)
- Beijing (Hongqiao Market)
- Beijing (Tiantan Park, South Gate at Temple of Heaven)
In China, teams encountered the Detour Volley or Rally. In Volley teams had to score five points in a ping-pong game against an expert ping-pong player. In Rally, teams took three common forms of transportation of China to get to their next clue. The Roadblock was to eat the food bought at the Beijing Food Market, including chicken feet, beetle larvae, and squid.
[edit] Leg 12 (People's Republic of China → United States)
- Beijing (Tiantan Park)
- Great Wall of China (Jūyōng Pass)
- Beijing (Beijing Capital International Airport) to Anchorage, Alaska, USA (Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport)
- Scotty Lake (Bed and Breakfast)
- Scotty Lake (Blanket Toss Area)
- Matanuska Glacier
- Highway Mile Marker 131
- Wilderness Cabin
The Detour of this leg was Flat or Steep. In Flat, teams took a flat route of the Great Wall of China to find their clue. In Steep teams took a steeper, but shorter, route. The roadblock, in Alaska, USA, was to climb Matanuska Glacier.
[edit] Leg 13 (United States)
- Takosha Lodge
- Fish Lake
- Fish Lake
- Anchorage (Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport) to Newark, New Jersey (Newark International Airport)
- Queens, New York City, New York (Vincent Daniels Square)
- New York City (Flushing Meadows Park) (Finish line)
The Detour on this leg was Dog Power or Horsepower. In Dog Power, teams mushed sled dogs to their next clue. In Horsepower, teams had to take a much longer route with a snowmobile. The last challenge of the race was a Roadblock. In this Roadblock, teams had to strip down to underwear or a bathing suit and completely submerge into the frigid waters of Fish Lake, an Alaskan tradition.
[edit] References
- The Amazing Race: The First Season. CBS. DVD. Paramount, 2005.
[edit] External links
- Official website
- TARFlies Times (Season 1)
- The Amazing Race 1 at the Internet Movie Database
- Rob Frisbee's Myspace Profile
- Brennan Swain's Myspace Profile
- Team Guido's website
- Kevin & Drew's website
- Paul J. Alessi's website
- Amie Barsky's website
- Paul J. Alessi's Myspace Profile
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