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''HaMerotz LaMillion 7'' is the seventh season of '' HaMerotz LaMillion'' ( he, המירוץ למיליון, ''lit.'' The Race to the Million), an Israeli
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based on the American series ''
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''. It featured 12 teams of two with a pre-existing relationship in a race around the world to win
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1,000,000. The season premiered on 15 July 2019 on Channel 13 with the finale on 22 September 2019 and was hosted by Ron Shahar. Models Matija "Tia" Galili and Fatima "Fay" Jakite were the winners of this season.


Production


Development and filming

In October 2018, news broke that
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would be filming the seventh and eighth seasons of ''HaMerotz LaMillion'' back-to-back with filming set to begin in November and into December. This is the first ''Amazing Race'' franchise to film two installments during a 54-day production. Filming for the seventh season began on November 4, when passersby noticed a crane and ''Amazing Race'' flags on the grounds of the
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later confirmed in a statement that the Knesset was being used as a filming location for ''HaMerotz LaMillion'' as part of the seventieth anniversary celebration of the establishment of the
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. The next day, the teams were spotted at
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. The season visited two continents and eight countries and was the first time that an ''Amazing Race'' franchise visited
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, a country which has yet to be visited by the original American edition. This season also included a companion series that aired on
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entitled ''Zoom in on the Race'', which featured comedians Duvdevani and Kovach following the filming of the season.


Casting

At the end of the finale of the previous season, host Ron Shahar announced that casting for the seventh season had begun.


Marketing

Harel Group and Spring returned as sponsors for the season alongside 5 Gum,
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, and the
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Cast

On June 19, 2019, the cast photos were posted on the show's
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page with the cast bios released five days later. The cast for this season included former child actresses Noy and Hadar Karako. Tia & Fay were part of the cast of ''HaMerotz LaMillion 6'' but were removed before filming and replaced with another team due to a missing
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. Haviv and Itzhak Maman were previously contestants on '' Eyal Golan Is Calling You''. Gili is the mother of Yarden, who raced on the previous and subsequent seasons, and previously appeared on episode twenty-eight of the sixth season during a
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with her daughter, while she was racing in
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Results

The following teams participated in the season, with their relationships at the time of filming. Note that this table is not necessarily reflective of all content broadcast on television due to inclusion or exclusion of some data. Placements are listed in finishing order: ;Key *A team placement means the team was eliminated. *A team placement indicates that the team was the last to arrive at a Pit Stop in a non-elimination leg. **An team's placement indicates that the team came in last on a non-elimination leg and were on a second flight that arrived two hours after the other teams during the subsequent leg. *An indicates that there was a Double Battle on this leg, while an indicates the team that lost the Double Battle and received a 15-minute penalty. *A , , or indicates the team who received a Yield; , , and indicates that the team voted for the recipient. *A indicates the team who received a U-Turn; indicates that the team voted for the recipient. *Matching colored symbols (, , , , and ) indicate teams who worked together during part of the leg as a result of an Intersection. *''Italicized'' results indicate the position of the team at the midpoint of a two-part leg. ;Notes #^ During the Intersection, Hadar fell and injured her arm; unfit to continue, Noy & Hadar did not complete the remainder of the leg, and instead they were directly sent to the Pit Stop for elimination. Yehoudit & Zohar, who were intersected along with Noy & Hadar, were forced to quit the Intersection; however, they were not issued a penalty. # Yehoudit & Zohar elected to forfeit the final match of the Double Battle and accept the 15-minute penalty. # Leg 11 was a combined double-length leg. The placements listed in the first column reflect the order teams finished the sticky tofu task.


Voting history

Teams may vote to choose either U-Turn or Yield. The team with the most votes received the U-Turn or Yield penalty, depending on the respective leg.


Episode Titles

Translated from Hebrew from the official website:


Prizes

The prize for each leg, with the exception of Leg 11, was awarded to the first place team for that leg. Gift cards were provided by
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Travel, and the ₪1,000,000 was provided by Harel Group. The prizes were: *Legs 1-10 – A gift card *Leg 12 – ₪1,000,000


Race summary


Leg 1 (Israel)

Airdate: 15 July 2019 *
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Helipad) (Starting Line) *Jerusalem (
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) *Jerusalem (
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Street) *
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, Central District (
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Farm) *
Tel Aviv Tel Aviv-Yafo ( he, תֵּל־אָבִיב-יָפוֹ, translit=Tēl-ʾĀvīv-Yāfō ; ar, تَلّ أَبِيب – يَافَا, translit=Tall ʾAbīb-Yāfā, links=no), often referred to as just Tel Aviv, is the most populous city in the G ...
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Habima Square Habima Square ( he, כיכר הבימה, lit. ''The Stage's Square'', also known as The Orchestra Plaza) is a public major space in the center of Tel Aviv, Israel, which is home to a number of cultural institutions such as the Habima Theatre, the ...
) *Tel Aviv (
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) ;Additional tasks *At the Knesset, teams had to enter Chagall State Hall and study ten photographs of significant events that occurred at the legislature and the date associated with each photograph. When ready, teams would be taken in a
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to a wooden beam suspended over Rothschild Street that they had to climb up by inserting metal pegs into holes. After reaching the top, teams had to place the ten photographs with their correct dates to receive their next clue. *After team completed the first task, they had to find a marked
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or
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parked on Rothschild Street with a driver that would take teams to their next destination. *At Netzer Sereni, teams had to use poles to push a basket of
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up an angled beam without letting the fruit fall until the basket locks in place at the top to receive their next clue. *At Habima Square, teams had to find a person with physical proof that they were departing on a flight from
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within the next 24 hours and bring that person, who would receive a
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200 JR/
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, to Habima Square to receive their next clue.


Leg 2 (Israel → South Africa)

Airdates: 17 & 20 July 2019 *
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) to
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) *Cape Town (
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– Atlas Trading Company) *Cape Town (
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) *Cape Town (
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– Victoria Wharf Shopping Centre) *Cape Town (
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Christiaan Barnard Memorial Hospital) *Cape Town (
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Harbour) *Cape Town (
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Artillery Memorial) *Cape Town (
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) In this season's first Roadblock, one team member had to don a
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and watch footage of animals crawling on themselves for 30 minutes. In reality, the animals were crawling on a
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, and hospital staff were using props to make team members believe that the animals were on them. Team members would be attached to a
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, and if their pulse exceeded 90 beats per minute, the 30-minute clock would stop until team members could lower their pulse. Once the time expired, teams would receive their next clue. Before leaving the hospital, teams would discover if they had been Yielded. ;Additional tasks *At Atlas Trading Company, teams had to transport a
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loaded with bags of spices through the streets of
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and deliver the bags to three houses with the same numbers printed on the bags' tags and the same color as the bags. While transporting the bags, each team member had to hold a tray with three bowls of spices. If they brought the bags to the correct houses, teams would receive receipts that they had to bring back to Atlas Trading Company in exchange for their next clue. *At the quays in the Port of Cape Town, teams would vote for the team they wish to Yield. They would then discover an Intersection and had to agree to work with another team. The newly Intersected teams had to stand on a rotating platform above
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. Each team member had to walk across a narrow beam from one pillar of the platform to the next one. Then, all of the team members would open a box that would reveal a number. Finally, one team member had to climb down a rope to a box with a
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and had to unlock their next clues by combining the four numbers (2357). If a team member fell off the platform or if teams' time limit of 10 minutes expired, they would have to perform the task again. After completing the task, teams were no longer Intersected. *At Victoria Wharf Shopping Centre, teams had to encourage twenty-four passersby to place puzzle pieces on their heads. Teams then had to properly arrange their volunteers so that the pieces formed an image of
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to receive their next clue. *At Hout Bay Harbour, teams had to clean and then shuck
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s until they found a
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to receive their next clue directing them to the Pit Stop, where the Yielded teams would have to wait out a 15-minute penalty.


Leg 3 (South Africa)

Airdates: 22, 24 & 27 July 2019 *Cape Town (
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) (Pit Start) *Cape Town ( Constantia
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) *Cape Town ( Green Point
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) *Cape Town ( Camps Bay Beach) *Cape Town ( Mouille Point
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) *Cape Town (Mouille Point – Green Point Lighthouse) *Cape Town (
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) *Cape Town (
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Integrated Waste Management Facility) *Cape Town (Victoria & Alfred Waterfront –
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5) For this season's first Double Battle, teams had to dress as
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s and then one member from each team would face off in a square. The first team member that pushed their opponent would win a round, and the first team to win two rounds would receive their next clue, while the losing team had to wait for another team. The team that lost the final Double Battle had to wait out a 15-minute penalty. ;Additional tasks *At Groot Constantia, teams had to roll a leaky barrel full of
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through the
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and past a few obstacles. At the other end of the vineyard, teams had to fill
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s with the remaining wine. When teams filled 25 bottles, they would receive their next clue. Before leaving the wine estate, teams would vote for the team they wished to Yield. *At Cape Town Stadium, teams had to navigate a ball up a board filled with holes using ropes attached to their knees, which were secured with a brace, until they could drop the ball into the
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at the top to receive their next clue. *At Sea Point Promenade, teams would discover if they had been Yielded. *At Green Point Lighthouse, one team member would be strapped to a spinning
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and had to drop
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, placed into their mouth by their partner, into a basket that lists the
Afrikaans Afrikaans (, ) is a West Germanic language that evolved in the Dutch Cape Colony from the Dutch vernacular of Holland proper (i.e., the Hollandic dialect) used by Dutch, French, and German settlers and their enslaved people. Afrikaans gra ...
name, written in
Hebrew Hebrew (; ; ) is a Northwest Semitic language of the Afroasiatic language family. Historically, it is one of the spoken languages of the Israelites and their longest-surviving descendants, the Jews and Samaritans. It was largely preserved ...
, for the produce. After dropping eight pieces of produce into the appropriate baskets, teams would receive their next clue. *At the Castle of Good Hope, team members would be secured to each other with a
ball and chain A ball and chain is a physical restraint device historically applied to prisoners, primarily in the British Empire and its former colonies, from the 17th century until as late as the mid-20th century. A type of shackle, the ball and chain is de ...
and had to use a map to find the one key they could use to free themselves to receive their next clue. Teams could only carry the balls when walking on stairs. *At Kraaifontein Integrated Waste Management Facility, teams had to search through the trash on a
conveyor belt A conveyor belt is the carrying medium of a belt conveyor system (often shortened to belt conveyor). A belt conveyor system is one of many types of conveyor systems. A belt conveyor system consists of two or more pulleys (sometimes referred to ...
for one piece of trash marked with an ''Amazing Race'' flag. Teams had to properly sort any
recyclable Recycling is the process of converting waste materials into new materials and objects. The recovery of energy from waste materials is often included in this concept. The recyclability of a material depends on its ability to reacquire the p ...
items they picked up. Once teams found the correct piece of trash, they could exchange it for their next clue directing them to the Pit Stop, where the Yielded team would have to wait out a 15-minute penalty.


Leg 4 (South Africa → Zambia)

Airdates: 31 July & 3 August 2019 * Cape Town (Cape Town International Airport) to Livingstone,
Zambia Zambia (), officially the Republic of Zambia, is a landlocked country at the crossroads of Central Africa, Central, Southern Africa, Southern and East Africa, although it is typically referred to as being in Southern Africa at its most cent ...
( Harry Mwanga Nkumbula International Airport) *Livingstone (Batoka Sky Aerodrome) *Livingstone (Batoka House) *Livingstone (Livingstone Reptile Park) *
Livingstone District Livingstone District is a district of Zambia, located in Southern Province. The capital lies at Livingstone, Zambia. As of the 2000 Zambian Census, the district had a population of 103,288 people. Its border with Zimbabwe is formed by the Zambezi ...
(Chundu House) *Livingstone District (Simoonga Village) *Livingstone District (Nona Lodge) *Livingstone District (Kubu Zambezi Campsite) *
Mosi-oa-Tunya National Park Mosi-oa-Tunya National Park is a UNESCO World Heritage site that is home to one half of the Mosi-oa-Tunya ''—'' "The Smoke that Thunders", known worldwide as Victoria Falls — on the Zambezi River. The river forms the border between Zambia and ...
( Zambia–Zimbabwe Border Crossing) For this leg's Double Battle, each team would be suspended in a net much like a
silkworm The domestic silk moth (''Bombyx mori''), is an insect from the moth family Bombycidae. It is the closest relative of ''Bombyx mandarina'', the wild silk moth. The silkworm is the larva or caterpillar of a silk moth. It is an economically imp ...
in a
chrysalis A pupa ( la, pupa, "doll"; plural: ''pupae'') is the life stage of some insects undergoing transformation between immature and mature stages. Insects that go through a pupal stage are holometabolous: they go through four distinct stages in their ...
and had to use a saw attached to a pole to cut the ten ropes near their net. The first team to cut the correct rope holding them up, drop to the ground, and emerge as
butterflies Butterflies are insects in the macrolepidopteran clade Rhopalocera from the Order (biology), order Lepidoptera, which also includes moths. Adult butterflies have large, often brightly coloured wings, and conspicuous, fluttering flight. The ...
would receive their next clue, while the losing team had to wait for another team. Teams also had to be careful as one of their own ropes would drop their opponents. The team that lost the final Double Battle had to wait out a 15-minute penalty. ;Additional tasks *At Batoka Sky Aerodrome, one team member would board a
microlight Ultralight aviation (called microlight aviation in some countries) is the flying of lightweight, 1- or 2-seat fixed-wing aircraft. Some countries differentiate between weight-shift control and conventional three-axis control aircraft with ailer ...
and would be taken on a flight above
Victoria Falls Victoria Falls ( Lozi: ''Mosi-oa-Tunya'', "The Smoke That Thunders"; Tonga: ''Shungu Namutitima'', "Boiling Water") is a waterfall on the Zambezi River in southern Africa, which provides habitat for several unique species of plants and animal ...
. They would be in communication with their partner via a
two-way radio A two-way radio is a radio that can both transmit and receive radio waves (a transceiver), unlike a broadcast receiver which only receives content. It is an audio (sound) transceiver, a transmitter and receiver in one unit, used for bidirecti ...
and had to describe what they saw to their partner, who had to fill in a map of the
Zambia Zambia (), officially the Republic of Zambia, is a landlocked country at the crossroads of Central Africa, Central, Southern Africa, Southern and East Africa, although it is typically referred to as being in Southern Africa at its most cent ...
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Zimbabwe Zimbabwe (), officially the Republic of Zimbabwe, is a landlocked country located in Southeast Africa, between the Zambezi and Limpopo Rivers, bordered by South Africa to the south, Botswana to the south-west, Zambia to the north, and Mozam ...
border along the
Zambezi River The Zambezi River (also spelled Zambeze and Zambesi) is the fourth-longest river in Africa, the longest east-flowing river in Africa and the largest flowing into the Indian Ocean from Africa. Its drainage basin covers , slightly less than hal ...
with the missing landmarks to receive their next clue. If the map was incorrect after the flight was complete, teams would have to wait 15 minutes while the microlight was refueled before they could attempt the task again. *Outside Batoka House, teams would vote for the team they wished to Yield. *At Livingstone Reptile Park, teams had to feed
Nile crocodile The Nile crocodile (''Crocodylus niloticus'') is a large crocodilian native to freshwater habitats in Africa, where it is present in 26 countries. It is widely distributed throughout sub-Saharan Africa, occurring mostly in the central, eastern ...
s meat that they tied onto a pole with an attached magnet. Using the magnet, teams had to collect fifteen images of
crocodile Crocodiles (family (biology), family Crocodylidae) or true crocodiles are large semiaquatic reptiles that live throughout the tropics in Africa, Asia, the Americas and Australia. The term crocodile is sometimes used even more loosely to inclu ...
s, five of each color from three enclosures, to receive their next clue. *At Simoonga Village, teams had to pick up a
solar panel A solar cell panel, solar electric panel, photo-voltaic (PV) module, PV panel or solar panel is an assembly of photovoltaic solar cells mounted in a (usually rectangular) frame, and a neatly organised collection of PV panels is called a photo ...
and carry it to a work station. There, they had to connect the solar panel to a
radio Radio is the technology of signaling and communicating using radio waves. Radio waves are electromagnetic waves of frequency between 30 hertz (Hz) and 300 gigahertz (GHz). They are generated by an electronic device called a transmit ...
and tune it to the correct
frequency Frequency is the number of occurrences of a repeating event per unit of time. It is also occasionally referred to as ''temporal frequency'' for clarity, and is distinct from ''angular frequency''. Frequency is measured in hertz (Hz) which is eq ...
to hear their next clue. *At Nona Lodge, one team member had to study a list of diseases and their local treatment. Their partner would choose a disease, and the team member that studied the list had to direct a doctor to perform the corresponding treatment for their partner. If the team member was given the correct treatment, teams would receive their next clue. If the treatment was incorrect or if the sick contestant asked for the treatment to stop, they would have to attempt the task again. Before leaving Nona Lodge, teams would discover if they had been Yielded. *At Kubu Zambezi Campsite, teams would find stone towers like the Epworth
Balancing Rocks The Balancing Rocks are geomorphological features of igneous rocks found in many parts of Zimbabwe, and are particularly noteworthy in Matopos National Park, and near the township of Epworth, to the southeast of Harare. Notable rocks The ...
found on
Zimbabwean dollar The Zimbabwean dollar (sign: $, or Z$ to distinguish it from other dollar-denominated currencies) was the name of four official currencies of Zimbabwe from 1980 to 12 April 2009. During this time, it was subject to periods of extreme inflat ...
banknotes. They had to deconstruct the towers until they found a $100 trillion banknote underneath one; however, teams had to reconstruct any tower they looked under. When teams found the banknote, they could exchange it for their next clue directing them to the Pit Stop, where the Yielded team would have to wait out a 15-minute penalty.


Leg 5 (Zambia → Zimbabwe)

Airdates: 4 & 7 August 2019 *
Victoria Falls Victoria Falls ( Lozi: ''Mosi-oa-Tunya'', "The Smoke That Thunders"; Tonga: ''Shungu Namutitima'', "Boiling Water") is a waterfall on the Zambezi River in southern Africa, which provides habitat for several unique species of plants and animal ...
,
Zimbabwe Zimbabwe (), officially the Republic of Zimbabwe, is a landlocked country located in Southeast Africa, between the Zambezi and Limpopo Rivers, bordered by South Africa to the south, Botswana to the south-west, Zambia to the north, and Mozam ...
(The Lookout Café) *
Victoria Falls National Park Victoria Falls National Park in north-western Zimbabwe protects the south and east bank of the Zambezi River in the area of the world-famous Victoria Falls. It extends along the Zambezi river from the larger Zambezi National Park about 6 k ...
(Batoka Gorge) *Victoria Falls (Victoria Falls Railway Station) *Victoria Falls (Shoestrings Backpackers Lodge) *Victoria Falls (Elephant Hills Resort Golf Course) *Victoria Falls (
Monde A ''monde'', meaning 'world' in French, is an orb located near the top of a crown. It represents, as the name suggests, the world that the monarch rules. It is the point at which a crown's half arches meet. It is usually topped off either w ...
Village) *Victoria Falls (Mpisi Village) *Victoria Falls (Zambezi House) In this season's final Roadblock, one team member was harnessed to a gorge swing before free-falling into the Batoka Gorge and swinging across the
Zambezi The Zambezi River (also spelled Zambeze and Zambesi) is the fourth-longest river in Africa, the longest east-flowing river in Africa and the largest flowing into the Indian Ocean from Africa. Its drainage basin covers , slightly less than hal ...
before receiving their next clue after returning atop the ledge. For this leg's Double Battle, each team had to stand atop a beam above a pool. One team member had to transfer six balls to baskets so that the combined colors of the balls would form the color of the basket, while their partner swung large bags to knock their opponents into the water. The first team to get all of their balls in the appropriate baskets would receive their next clue, while the losing team had to wait for another team. The team that lost the final Double Battle had to wait out a 15-minute penalty. ;Additional tasks *At Victoria Falls Railway Station, teams had to become
porters Porters may refer to: * Porters, Virginia, an unincorporated community in Virginia, United States * Porters, Wisconsin, an unincorporated community in Wisconsin, United States * Porters Ski Area, a ski resort in New Zealand * ''Porters'' (TV ser ...
by watching a video on a
tablet computer A tablet computer, commonly shortened to tablet, is a mobile device, typically with a mobile operating system and touchscreen display processing circuitry, and a rechargeable battery in a single, thin and flat package. Tablets, being comput ...
of a family describing their belongings, which teams had to stack onto a cart and then load them onto a train's
goods wagon Goods wagons or freight wagons (North America: freight cars), also known as goods carriages, goods trucks, freight carriages or freight trucks, are unpowered railway vehicles that are used for the transportation of cargo. A variety of wagon type ...
to receive their next clue. Before they left the
rail yard A rail yard, railway yard, railroad yard (US) or simply yard, is a series of tracks in a rail network for storing, sorting, or loading and unloading rail vehicles and locomotives. Yards have many tracks in parallel for keeping rolling stock or u ...
, teams would vote for the team they wished to Yield. Teams could then make fruit smoothies at the fruit stand from sponsor ''ספרינג'' (''Spring''). *At Elephant Hills Resort Golf Course, one team member had to pull a rope attached to a platform that their partner was sitting on. The dizzy team member then had to throw a
spear A spear is a pole weapon consisting of a shaft, usually of wood, with a pointed head. The head may be simply the sharpened end of the shaft itself, as is the case with fire hardened spears, or it may be made of a more durable material fasten ...
at animal statues and hit the four
invertebrate Invertebrates are a paraphyletic group of animals that neither possess nor develop a vertebral column (commonly known as a ''backbone'' or ''spine''), derived from the notochord. This is a grouping including all animals apart from the chordate ...
s, a
beetle Beetles are insects that form the order Coleoptera (), in the superorder Endopterygota. Their front pair of wings are hardened into wing-cases, elytra, distinguishing them from most other insects. The Coleoptera, with about 400,000 describ ...
, a
snail A snail is, in loose terms, a shelled gastropod. The name is most often applied to land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs. However, the common name ''snail'' is also used for most of the members of the molluscan class Gastro ...
, a
butterfly Butterflies are insects in the macrolepidopteran clade Rhopalocera from the Order (biology), order Lepidoptera, which also includes moths. Adult butterflies have large, often brightly coloured wings, and conspicuous, fluttering flight. The ...
, and a
spider Spiders ( order Araneae) are air-breathing arthropods that have eight legs, chelicerae with fangs generally able to inject venom, and spinnerets that extrude silk. They are the largest order of arachnids and rank seventh in total species ...
, to receive their next clue. *At Monde Village, each team member had to fill a bucket, bowl, or pitcher with water from a
well A well is an excavation or structure created in the ground by digging, driving, or drilling to access liquid resources, usually water. The oldest and most common kind of well is a water well, to access groundwater in underground aquifers. The ...
and then carry the item full of water on their heads to a hut, where teams had to transfer the water to a pot. Once the pot was filled to a line, teams would receive their next clue. *At Mpisi Village, teams would discover if they had been Yielded. Then, one team member would enter a tub while their partner scrubbed them with a bar of soap. Teams had to keep scrubbing until they found a
Zimbabwe Bird The stone-carved Zimbabwe Bird is the national emblem of Zimbabwe, appearing on the national flags and coats of arms of both Zimbabwe and Rhodesia, as well as on banknotes and coins (first on the Rhodesian pound and then on the Rhodesian dollar). ...
soapstone Soapstone (also known as steatite or soaprock) is a talc-schist, which is a type of metamorphic rock. It is composed largely of the magnesium rich mineral talc. It is produced by dynamothermal metamorphism and metasomatism, which occur in the zo ...
carving inside one of the five bars of soap that they could exchange for their next clue directing them to the Pit Stop, where the Yielded team would have to wait out a 15-minute penalty.


Leg 6 (Zimbabwe → Mauritius)

Airdates: 14 & 17 August 2019 * Livingstone, Zambia (Harry Mwanga Nkumbula International Airport) to
Plaine Magnien Plaine Magnien is a village in southeast Mauritius located in the Grand Port District. Landmarks The sole airport of Mauritius, Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam International Airport, is located in the village of Plaine Magnien. In addition, it is th ...
,
Mauritius Mauritius ( ; french: Maurice, link=no ; mfe, label=Mauritian Creole, Moris ), officially the Republic of Mauritius, is an island nation in the Indian Ocean about off the southeast coast of the African continent, east of Madagascar. It incl ...
(
Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam International Airport Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam International Airport is the main international airport in Mauritius. It is located southeast of the capital city of Port Louis. The airport was previously known as the ''Plaisance Airport'' and has direct flights to ...
) * Pointe d'Esny (Pointe d'Esny Beach) *Pointe d'Esny (Club Nautique de Pointe d'Esny) * Riambel (Riambel Beach) * Rivière-des-Anguilles ( La Vanille Nature Park ) *
Vacoas-Phoenix Vacoas-Phoenix () also known as French: ''Villes Jumelles'' (Twin Cities), is a town in Mauritius, located in the Plaines Wilhems District, the eastern part also lies in the Moka District. The town is administered by the Municipal Council of Vaco ...
(J&J Auditorium) *Rivière des Anguilles (Bel Air Sugarcane Field) * L'Escalier (La Baraque Sugarcane Mill) * Saint Aubin (Saint Aubin House) This season's first Detour was a choice between דודו (Dodo) or צב (Turtle). In Dodo, each team member had to don a
dodo The dodo (''Raphus cucullatus'') is an extinct flightless bird that was endemic to the island of Mauritius, which is east of Madagascar in the Indian Ocean. The dodo's closest genetic relative was the also-extinct Rodrigues solitaire. The ...
costume. Then, one team member had to pick up an egg with their beak and transfer the egg to their partner's beak without touching the egg. That person had to deposit the egg in a nest, and after depositing two eggs, teams would receive their next clue. In Turtle, teams had to don an
Aldabra giant tortoise The Aldabra giant tortoise (''Aldabrachelys gigantea'') is a species of tortoise in the family Testudinidae. The species is endemic to the islands of the Aldabra Atoll in the Seychelles. It is one of the largest tortoises in the world.Pritchar ...
costume with one team member on top of their partner, who was blindfolded and serving as the legs, serving as the eyes of their blindfolded partner. Working together, teams had to gather two stems of leaves from a stand and place them in a basket to receive their next clue. ;Additional tasks *At Pointe d'Esny Beach, each team member would be towed on a
tube Tube or tubes may refer to: * ''Tube'' (2003 film), a 2003 Korean film * ''The Tube'' (TV series), a music related TV series by Channel 4 in the United Kingdom * "Tubes" (Peter Dale), performer on the Soccer AM television show * Tube (band), a ...
behind a boat. Once the boat was up to speed, team members had to grab four pairs of colored
velcro Velcro, officially known as Velcro IP Holdings LLC and trading as Velcro Companies, is a British privately held company, founded by Swiss electrical engineer George de Mestral in the 1950s. It is the original manufacturer of hook-and-loop fasten ...
stripes that when combined would form the
flag of Mauritius The national flag of Mauritius, also known as the Four Bands and ''Les Quatre Bandes'' ( French for "the four bands"), was adopted upon independence, March 12, 1968. It consists of four horizontal bands of equal width, coloured (from top to bott ...
to receive their next clue. Teams then had to make their way to Club Nautique de Pointe d'Esny vote for the team they wished to U-Turn. *At Riambel Beach, one team member would be blindfolded and had to work with their partner to pick bottles of water by the neck using two sticks. If teams dropped the bottle, they had to return to the start and refill the bottle with water from the
Indian Ocean The Indian Ocean is the third-largest of the world's five oceanic divisions, covering or ~19.8% of the water on Earth's surface. It is bounded by Asia to the north, Africa to the west and Australia to the east. To the south it is bounded by th ...
. At the end of the beach, teams had to fill a cylinder with their water and retrieve a disc that they could exchange for their next clue. Before leaving Riambel Beach, teams could make fruit smoothies at the fruit stand from sponsor ''ספרינג'' (''Spring''). *At J&J Auditorium, one team member had to watch a dance performance and teach it to their partner, who then had to correctly perform it on a stage to receive their next clue. *In the sugarcane field, one team member had to cover themselves with
syrup In cooking, a syrup (less commonly sirup; from ar, شراب; , beverage, wine and la, sirupus) is a condiment that is a thick, viscous liquid consisting primarily of a solution of sugar in water, containing a large amount of dissolved sugars ...
and then
sugar Sugar is the generic name for sweet-tasting, soluble carbohydrates, many of which are used in food. Simple sugars, also called monosaccharides, include glucose, fructose, and galactose. Compound sugars, also called disaccharides or double ...
before searching the field for a bucket that they had to fill with their sugar to receive their next clue. *At La Baraque Sugarcane Mill, teams had to search an immense pile of
sugarcane Sugarcane or sugar cane is a species of (often hybrid) tall, Perennial plant, perennial grass (in the genus ''Saccharum'', tribe Andropogoneae) that is used for sugar Sugar industry, production. The plants are 2–6 m (6–20 ft) tall with ...
for one marked with an ''Amazing Race'' flag to receive their next clue.


Leg 7 (Mauritius)

Airdates: 21 & 24 August 2019 *
Le Morne Le Morne Brabant is a peninsula at the extreme southwestern tip of the Indian Ocean island of Mauritius on the western side of the island. It is highlighted by an eponymous basaltic monolith with a summit above sea level. The summit covers an are ...
(Le Morne Beach) * Mare Longue (Jet Ranch) * Bel Ombre ( Outrigger Mauritius Beach Resort) *
Mahébourg Mahébourg is a small town on the south-eastern coast of the island of Mauritius, having a population of 15,457 as of 2015.Digest of Demographic Statistics 2015; Available at http://statsmauritius.govmu.org/English/Pages/POPULATION--And-VITAL-STAT ...
(Mahébourg Market) *Vacoas-Phoenix (Mesnil
Post Office A post office is a public facility and a retailer that provides mail services, such as accepting letters and parcels, providing post office boxes, and selling postage stamps, packaging, and stationery. Post offices may offer additional serv ...
) *Grand Bassin (
Ganga Talao Ganga Talao (commonly known as Grand Bassin) is a crater lake situated in a secluded mountain area in the district of Savanne, deep in the heart of Mauritius. It is about above sea level. The first group of pilgrims who went to Ganga Talao were ...
) For this leg's Double Battle, one member from each team had to fill a plate with food from a
buffet A buffet can be either a sideboard (a flat-topped piece of furniture with cupboards and drawers, used for storing crockery, glasses, and table linen) or a system of serving meals in which food is placed in a public area where the diners serve ...
. The partner of the team member with the heavier plate would have ten minutes to eat all of the food to win a round, otherwise their opponents would win the round. The team that won two rounds would receive their next clue, while the losing team had to wait for another team. The team that lost the final Double Battle had to wait out a 15-minute penalty. ;Additional tasks *At Le Morne Beach, teams had to dig up a
treasure chest Treasure (from la, thesaurus from Greek language ''thēsauros'', "treasure store") is a concentration of wealth — often originating from ancient history — that is considered lost and/or forgotten until rediscovered. Some jurisdictions leg ...
that had an image of the key needed to unlock the chest. Teams then had to swim out to a collection of jars with keys in the Indian Ocean and find the one jar that contained the key that would unlock the chest and their next clue. Before leaving Le Morne Beach, teams would vote for the team they wished to Yield. *At Jet Ranch, teams had to unscramble Hebrew lettered tiles to spell a Mauritian landmark. When they had a guess, one team member had to climb to the top of a pole and hop from pole to pole to reach a board, where they had to use their tiles to spell their guess. When teams had the correct answer of שוק הירקות (Vegetable Market), they would receive their next clue. *At Mahébourg Market, one team member had to place a wooden disc around their head while their partner stacked 180
tomato The tomato is the edible berry of the plant ''Solanum lycopersicum'', commonly known as the tomato plant. The species originated in western South America, Mexico, and Central America. The Mexican Nahuatl word gave rise to the Spanish word ...
es one the board and deliver them to a vendor to receive their next clue. *Outside the Mesnil Post Office, teams would discover if they had been Yielded. Then, teams had choose bundles of letters that they had to sort into mailboxes with the letters' destinations until they found one that had an address not listed on any of the mailboxes and contained a card with the location of the Pit Stop, where the Yielded team would have to wait out a 15-minute penalty.


Leg 8 (Mauritius → Nepal)

Airdates: 31 August & 1 September 2019 * Plaine Magnien (Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam International Airport) to
Kathmandu , pushpin_map = Nepal Bagmati Province#Nepal#Asia , coordinates = , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name = , subdivision_type1 = Province , subdivision_name1 = Bagmati Prov ...
,
Nepal Nepal (; ne, नेपाल ), formerly the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal ( ne, सङ्घीय लोकतान्त्रिक गणतन्त्र नेपाल ), is a landlocked country in South Asia. It is mai ...
(
Tribhuvan International Airport Tribhuvan International Airport ( Nepali: त्रिभुवन अन्तर्राष्ट्रिय विमानस्थल) (, colloquially referred to as TIA) is an international airport located in Kathmandu, Bagmati, Nepal. I ...
) *Kathmandu (
Crowne Plaza Crowne Plaza is a British multinational chain of full service, upscale hotels headquartered in the United Kingdom. It caters to business travelers and the meetings and conventions market. It forms part of the InterContinental Hotels Group family ...
Kathmandu-Soaltee) (Overnight Rest) *Kathmandu (
Ratna Park Ratna Park is a park and surrounding district in central Kathmandu, Nepal. It is named after Queen Ratna, the wife of King Mahendra Mahendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev ( ne, श्री ५ महाराजाधिराज महेन्द् ...
) *Kathmandu (
Swayambhunath Swayambhu (Devanagari: स्वयम्भू स्तूप; new, स्वयंभू; sometimes Swayambu or Swoyambhu) is an ancient religious complex atop a hill in the Kathmandu Valley, west of Kathmandu city. The Tibetan name for the ...
) *Kathmandu ( Marmot Store) *Kathmandu (
Chabad House A Chabad house is a centre for disseminating traditional Judaism by the Chabad movement. Chabad houses are run by a Chabad Shaliach (emissary), and Shalucha (fem. for emissary) and their family. They are located in cities and on or near college ...
) *Kathmandu ( Royal Nepal Golf Club) *Kathmandu (Kailash Hill) *Kathmandu (
Kathmandu Durbar Square Kathmandu Durbar Square (''Basantapur Durbar Kshetra'') is located in front of the old royal palace of the former Kathmandu Kingdom and is one of three Durbar (royal palace) Squares in the Kathmandu Valley in Nepal, all of which are UNES ...
Gaddi Baithak ) *Kathmandu (Kathmandu Durbar Square –
Hanuman Dhoka Hanuman Dhoka ( ne, हनुमान ढोका) is a complex of structures with the Royal Palace of the Malla kings and also of the Shah dynasty in the Durbar Square of central Kathmandu, Nepal. It is spread over five acres. The Hanuman ...
) ;Additional tasks *At Ratna Park, one team members had to identify the ten ingredients in a
lassi Lassi () is a regional name for buttermilk, the traditional dahi (yogurt)–based drink, consumed in the South Asian region. Lassi is a blend of yogurt, water, spices, and sometimes fruit. Salty lassi is similar to doogh, while modern sweet la ...
and toss them to their partner. Once the correct ingredients were caught, teams would receive their next clue. Before leaving the park, teams voted for the team they wished to Yield. *At Swayambhunath, teams had to carry puzzle pieces up 421 steps to the
stupa A stupa ( sa, स्तूप, lit=heap, ) is a mound-like or hemispherical structure containing relics (such as ''śarīra'' – typically the remains of Buddhist monks or nuns) that is used as a place of meditation. In Buddhism, circumamb ...
, where they had to assemble the pieces to form the
flag of Nepal The national flag of Nepal ( ne, नेपालको झण्डा) is the world's only non-rectangular flag that acts as both the state flag and civil flag of a sovereign country. The flag is a simplified combination of two single pennon ...
to receive their next clue. Before leaving, teams could eat
Nature Valley Nature Valley is an American brand of bars, snacks and granola owned by General Mills General Mills, Inc., is an American multinational manufacturer and marketer of branded processed consumer foods sold through retail stores. Founded on th ...
granola bars Granola is a breakfast and snack food consisting of rolled oats, nuts, honey or other sweeteners such as brown sugar, and sometimes puffed rice, that is usually baked until crisp, toasted and golden brown. The mixture is stirred while baking t ...
. *At the Marmot Store, teams had to pick up
rock-climbing equipment A wide range of equipment is used during rock or any other type of climbing that includes equipment commonly used to protect a climber against the consequences of a fall. Rope, cord and webbing Climbing ropes are typically of kernmantle c ...
and carry them throughout the city much like the
Sherpas The Sherpa are one of the Tibetan ethnic groups native to the most mountainous regions of Nepal, Tingri County in the Tibet Autonomous Region and the Himalayas. The term ''sherpa'' or ''sherwa'' derives from the Sherpa language words ("east") ...
on
Mount Everest Mount Everest (; Tibetan: ''Chomolungma'' ; ) is Earth's highest mountain above sea level, located in the Mahalangur Himal sub-range of the Himalayas. The China–Nepal border runs across its summit point. Its elevation (snow heig ...
. They then had to convince a tourist to walk with them to
Chabad House A Chabad house is a centre for disseminating traditional Judaism by the Chabad movement. Chabad houses are run by a Chabad Shaliach (emissary), and Shalucha (fem. for emissary) and their family. They are located in cities and on or near college ...
and teach them the answers to a list of questions about common aspects of Israel. After arriving, the tourist would be quizzed in Hebrew by
Rabbi A rabbi () is a spiritual leader or religious teacher in Judaism. One becomes a rabbi by being ordained by another rabbi – known as ''semikha'' – following a course of study of Jewish history and texts such as the Talmud. The basic form of ...
Chezki Lifshitz in a game called אחי ישראלי (Israeli Brother), and if seven questions were answered correctly, teams would receive their next clue. If the tourist answered any question incorrectly, teams had to find another tourist. *At Royal Nepal Golf Club, one team member had to wrap up their partner with cloth by rolling them down a hill. Then, they had to fully dye the cloth using a traditional
vegetable dye Natural dyes are dyes or colorants derived from plants, invertebrates, or minerals. The majority of natural dyes are vegetable dyes from plant sources—roots, berries, bark, leaves, and wood—and other biological sources such as fungi. Archaeolo ...
before unrolling their partner to receive their next clue. Before leaving the golf course, teams would discover if they had been Yielded. *At Kailash Hill, teams had to remove
lokta paper ''Lokta paper'', also known as ''Nepali kagaj'' or ''Nepali paper'', is a wildcrafted, handmade artisan paper indigenous to Nepal. It is made from the bark of two of the species of the shrub ''Daphne''. The paper was used historically in Nepal f ...
from one of several drying racks and use a
black light A blacklight, also called a UV-A light, Wood's lamp, or ultraviolet light, is a lamp that emits long-wave (UV-A) ultraviolet light and very little visible light. One type of lamp has a violet filter material, either on the bulb or in a separat ...
to find the location of the next Pit Stop, where the Yielded team would have to wait out a 15-minute penalty, written in
invisible ink Invisible ink, also known as security ink or sympathetic ink, is a substance used for writing, which is invisible either on application or soon thereafter, and can later be made visible by some means, such as heat or ultraviolet light. Invisible ...
. Teams had to remake any paper they removed before making another choice.


Leg 9 (Nepal)

Airdates: 4 & 7 September 2019 *Kathmandu (Crowne Plaza Kathmandu-Soaltee) (Pit Start) *
Gokarneshwor Gokarneshwar is a municipality in Kathmandu District in the Bagmati Province of Nepal that was established on 2 December 2014 by merging the former Village development committees Sundarijal, Nayapati, Baluwa, Jorpati and Gokarna. The office of ...
(Kanti Bhairab Temple) *Gokarneshwor (Drikung Kagyu Rinchen Ling Monastery) * Mulpani ( Mulpani Cricket Stadium) *Mulpani (Grand Norling Resort) *
Bhaktapur , motto = ne, पुर्खले सिर्जेको सम्पत्ती, हाम्रो कला र संस्कृति , lit=Creation of our ancestors, our heritage and culture , image_map ...
(Stone Breaking Site) *Bhaktapur (Pottery Square) *Kathmandu (Amideva Buddha Park) For this leg's Double Battle, teams had to push a bicycle carrying offerings of food past several obstacles with one member of each team wearing a mask of a
Hindu deity Hindu deities are the gods and goddesses in Hinduism. The terms and epithets for deities within the diverse traditions of Hinduism vary, and include Deva, Devi, Ishvara, Ishvari, Bhagavān and Bhagavati. The deities of Hinduism have evolved ...
. At the start of the course, the team member without the mask would learn which offering belonged to which deity and fill the glasses beneath four deities at the end of the course with the correct offerings up to the line. The first team to fill all four glasses with the correct offerings would receive their next clue, while the losing team had to wait for another team. The team that lost the final Double Battle had to wait out a 15-minute penalty. This season's final Detour was a choice between להכות (Hit) or לזהות (Identify). In Hit, one team member would be attached to a harness and swung by their partner to strike a
gong A gongFrom Indonesian and ms, gong; jv, ꦒꦺꦴꦁ ; zh, c=鑼, p=luó; ja, , dora; km, គង ; th, ฆ้อง ; vi, cồng chiêng; as, কাঁহ is a percussion instrument originating in East Asia and Southeast Asia. Gongs ...
. Once the gong registered a sound between 86 and 93
decibel The decibel (symbol: dB) is a relative unit of measurement equal to one tenth of a bel (B). It expresses the ratio of two values of a power or root-power quantity on a logarithmic scale. Two signals whose levels differ by one decibel have a po ...
s, teams would receive their next clue. In Identify, one team member would don headphones while their partner listened to one of seven gongs. After hearing the gong, they had to recreate the sound to their partner, who then had to identify which gong was struck to receive their next clue. ;Additional tasks *Outside the Crowne Plaza Kathmandu-Soaltee, teams would find a provided vehicle that would take them to Kanti Bhairab Temple, where in an adjacent field one team member had to enter a pool of
mustard oil Mustard oil can mean either the pressed oil used for cooking, or a pungent essential oil also known as volatile oil of mustard. The essential oil results from grinding mustard seed, mixing the grounds with water, and extracting the resulting vol ...
and collect
mustard seed Mustard seeds are the small round seeds of various mustard plants. The seeds are usually about in diameter and may be colored from yellowish white to black. They are an important spice in many regional foods and may come from one of three diff ...
grains using a basket. Their partner had to use a bamboo pole with a hook to retrieve the basket and transfer the grains to a larger basket. Once the grains reached a marked line, teams would receive their next clue. Before leaving, teams would vote for the team they wished to Yield and could eat
Nature Valley Nature Valley is an American brand of bars, snacks and granola owned by General Mills General Mills, Inc., is an American multinational manufacturer and marketer of branded processed consumer foods sold through retail stores. Founded on th ...
granola bars Granola is a breakfast and snack food consisting of rolled oats, nuts, honey or other sweeteners such as brown sugar, and sometimes puffed rice, that is usually baked until crisp, toasted and golden brown. The mixture is stirred while baking t ...
. *At Drikung Kagyu Rinchen Ling Monastery, one team member had to retrieve seven components of a
first aid kit A first aid kit or medical kit is a collection of supplies and equipment used to give immediate medical treatment, primarily to treat injuries and other mild or moderate medical conditions. There is a wide variation in the contents of first aid ...
from covered bins filled with ice water while their partner lied in an ice bath with the list of needed items. Once the kit was assembled, it would be attached to a bunch of balloons and sent up to "climbers stuck on Mount Everest", and teams would receive their next clue. *At the stone breaking site, one team member had to hold up a basket of heavy stones on a pulley while their partner transferred stones from a pile to a scale. If the basket touched the ground, teams had to stop. Once the combined weight of both team members in stones was transferred to the scale, teams would receive their next clue. Inside a nearby store, teams would discover if they had been Yielded. *At Pottery Square, teams had to search amongst 120 pots for one with exactly 50 coins, the interior of which was painted gold. If the pot wasn't golden inside, teams had to deposit all of the coins into a larger pot before making another choice. Once they found the correct pot, they could exchange it for their next clue directing them to the Pit Stop, where the Yielded team would have to wait out a 15-minute penalty.


Leg 10 (Nepal → China)

Airdates: 8 & 11 September 2019 *Kathmandu (Crowne Plaza Kathmandu-Soaltee) (Pit Start) * Kathmandu (Tribhuvan International Airport) to
Shanghai Shanghai (; , , Standard Mandarin pronunciation: ) is one of the four direct-administered municipalities of the People's Republic of China (PRC). The city is located on the southern estuary of the Yangtze River, with the Huangpu River flow ...
,
China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...
(
Shanghai Pudong International Airport Shanghai Pudong International Airport is one of two international airports serving Shanghai and a major aviation hub of East Asia. Pudong Airport serves both international flights and a smaller number of domestic fights, while the city's othe ...
) *Shanghai (
Nanjing Road Nanjing Road (; Shanghainese The Shanghainese language, also known as the Shanghai dialect, or Hu language, is a variety of Wu Chinese spoken in the central districts of the City of Shanghai and its surrounding areas. It is classified ...
) *Shanghai (Shanghai Fashion Store) *Shanghai (
Shanghai University Shanghai University, commonly referred to as SHU, or colloquially Shangda (), is a public research university located in Shanghai. The 555-acre main Baoshan campus is situated in the north of Shanghai, and there are two other campuses in Jiadi ...
) *Shanghai (Airpark) *Shanghai (Z-Cherry Theater) *Shanghai (Doya Studio) *Shanghai (Candy Store) *Shanghai (SkyBridge) For this season's final Double Battle, one member of each team had to stand between two walls on pegs. Alternating turns, the other member from each team had to spin a
Bingo Bingo or B-I-N-G-O may refer to: Arts and entertainment Gaming * Bingo, a game using a printed card of numbers ** Bingo (British version), a game using a printed card of 15 numbers on three lines; most commonly played in the UK and Ireland ** Bi ...
cage to dispense a ball containing instructions of where their partner had to move their hands or feet much like the game
Twister Twister may refer to: Weather * Tornado Aviation * Pipistrel Twister, a Slovenian ultralight trike * Silence Twister, a German homebuilt aircraft design * Wings of Change Twister, an Austrian paraglider design Entertainment * ''Twister'' (1989 ...
. The first team to lose two rounds by falling twice would lose the Double Battle and had to wait for another team, while their opponents would receive their next clue. The team that lost the final Double Battle had to wait out a 15-minute penalty. ;Additional tasks *On Nanjing Road, teams had to find a person that met five listed characteristics: a person with
sunglasses Sunglasses or sun glasses (informally called shades or sunnies; more names below) are a form of protective eyewear designed primarily to prevent bright sunlight and high-energy visible light from damaging or discomforting the eyes. They can s ...
, three
credit card A credit card is a payment card issued to users (cardholders) to enable the cardholder to pay a merchant for goods and services based on the cardholder's accrued debt (i.e., promise to the card issuer to pay them for the amounts plus the o ...
s, and
cosmetics Cosmetics are constituted mixtures of chemical compounds derived from either natural sources, or synthetically created ones. Cosmetics have various purposes. Those designed for personal care and skin care can be used to cleanse or protect ...
who was either a tall man with a size 44 shoe or a tall woman with a size 38 shoe. Once teams found the a person, they would receive a clue, which instructed one team member to propose to the person they found while their partner recorded the proposal on a
hand-held camera Hand-held camera or hand-held shooting is a filmmaking and video production technique in which a camera is held in the camera operator's hands as opposed to being mounted on a tripod or other base. Hand-held cameras are used because they are conve ...
to receive their next clue. *Outside the Shanghai Fashion Store, teams would vote for the team they wished to Yield. *At Shanghai University, one team member had to don a
virtual reality headset A virtual reality headset (or VR headset) is a head-mounted device that provides virtual reality for the wearer. VR headsets are widely used with VR video games but they are also used in other applications, including simulators and trainers. VR ...
and navigate their partner through a
first-person shooter First-person shooter (FPS) is a sub-genre of shooter video games centered on gun and other weapon-based combat in a first-person perspective, with the player experiencing the action through the eyes of the protagonist and controlling the pl ...
video game Video games, also known as computer games, are electronic games that involves interaction with a user interface or input device such as a joystick, controller, keyboard, or motion sensing device to generate visual feedback. This fee ...
to receive their next clue. *Outside the Z-Cherry Theater, teams would discover if they had been Yielded. Then, team members had to dress themselves in full
Chinese opera Traditional Chinese opera (), or ''Xiqu'', is a form of musical theatre in China with roots going back to the early periods in China. It is an amalgamation of various art forms that existed in ancient China, and evolved gradually over more tha ...
makeup and costume and then learn a performance using a
tablet computer A tablet computer, commonly shortened to tablet, is a mobile device, typically with a mobile operating system and touchscreen display processing circuitry, and a rechargeable battery in a single, thin and flat package. Tablets, being comput ...
provided by sponsor
Hot Hot or the acronym HOT may refer to: Food and drink *Pungency, in food, a spicy or hot quality *Hot, a wine tasting descriptor Places * Hot district, a district of Chiang Mai province, Thailand **Hot subdistrict, a sub-district of Hot Distric ...
. Once teams could correctly perform the routine onstage, they would receive their next clue. *At Doya Studio, teams had to record a segment for a
shopping channel Shopping channels (also known in British English as teleshopping) are a type of television program or specialty channel devoted to home shopping. Their formats typically feature live presentations and demonstrations of products, hosted by on-air pr ...
. Teams would be given a box with a product that they had to explain with a one sentence hint written on the box to guide them. Once teams completed the segment, the host would tell them how many products were correctly explained. If any products were incorrectly explained, teams had to wait 10 minutes before making another attempt. Once all the products were correctly explained, teams would receive their next clue. *Outside the candy store, one team member had to smell twelve
toothpaste Toothpaste is a paste or gel dentifrice used with a toothbrush to clean and maintain the aesthetics and health of teeth. Toothpaste is used to promote oral hygiene: it is an abrasive that aids in removing dental plaque and food from the teeth, a ...
s and describe the smell to their partner, who had to search the store for the food scent within each toothpaste to receive their next clue directing them to the Pit Stop, where the Yielded teams would have to wait out a 15-minute penalty.


Leg 11 (China → Philippines)

Airdates: 14, 15 & 18 September 2019 *Shanghai (
Jin Mao Tower The Jin Mao Tower (; Shanghainese:'' Cinmeu Dagho''; lit. ‘Golden Prosperity Building’), also known as the or , is a , 88-story (93 if counting the floors in the spire) landmark skyscraper in Lujiazui, Pudong, Shanghai, China. It contains a ...
) *Shanghai (
The River Mall The River Mall () is a shopping center in Pudong, Shanghai, China. The shopping center is located along the Expo Axis at the former area of Expo 2010. Architecture The shopping center consists of five floors over five areas.http://www.therive ...
– Robopark) *Shanghai (Shanghai Magic Jungle) *Shanghai (Golden Square near
Yuyuan Garden Yu Garden or Yuyuan Garden (, Shanghainese ''Yuyoe'' , lit. ''Garden of Happiness'') is an extensive Chinese garden located beside the City God Temple in the northeast of the Old City of Shanghai at Huangpu District, Shanghai. It abuts the Yuyua ...
) *Shanghai (
Zhujiajiao Zhujiajiao (; Shanghainese: ''Chukakoq'') is an ancient town located in the Qingpu District of Shanghai. The population of Zhujiajiao is 60,000. Zhujiajiao is a water town on the outskirts of Shanghai, and was established about 1,700 years ago. ...
– North Main Street Boat Quay) *Shanghai (Zhujiajiao – Pharmacy) *Shanghai (Zhujiajiao – Guanglaotai Stinky Tofu Restaurant) *Shanghai (China Rush Travel Agency) (Halfway Point) * Shanghai (Shanghai Pudong International Airport) to
Manila Manila ( , ; fil, Maynila, ), officially the City of Manila ( fil, Lungsod ng Maynila, ), is the capital of the Philippines, and its second-most populous city. It is highly urbanized and, as of 2019, was the world's most densely populate ...
,
Philippines The Philippines (; fil, Pilipinas, links=no), officially the Republic of the Philippines ( fil, Republika ng Pilipinas, links=no), * bik, Republika kan Filipinas * ceb, Republika sa Pilipinas * cbk, República de Filipinas * hil, Republ ...
(
Ninoy Aquino International Airport Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA , ; fil, Paliparang Pandaigdig ng Ninoy Aquino or ''Pandaigdigang Paliparan ng Ninoy Aquino''; ), originally known and still commonly referred to as Manila International Airport (MIA), is the main ...
) *
Pasay Pasay, officially the City of Pasay ( fil, Lungsod ng Pasay; ), is a 1st class Cities of the Philippines#Legal classification, highly urbanized city in the Metro Manila, National Capital Region of the Philippines. According to the 2020 census, i ...
(Ninoy Aquino International Airport to CCP Open Grounds) *Pasay ( Star City) *Pasay ( SM by the Bay) *
Manila Manila ( , ; fil, Maynila, ), officially the City of Manila ( fil, Lungsod ng Maynila, ), is the capital of the Philippines, and its second-most populous city. It is highly urbanized and, as of 2019, was the world's most densely populate ...
(
Liwasang Bonifacio The Liwasang Bonifacio (''Bonifacio Square''), also known by its former name, Plaza Lawton, is a city square and transport hub in front of the Manila Central Post Office in the Ermita district of Manila, Philippines. It lies at the south end of ...
overlooking
Manila Central Post Office The Manila Central Post Office, often called the Post Office Building, is the main postal office of Manila, which also serves as the home of the Philippine Postal Corporation. It also houses the main mail sorting-distribution operations of the Phi ...
) ;Additional tasks *Atop the Jin Mao Tower, teams had to walk out onto the Skywalk, off the ground, and have themselves photographed while recreating five extreme poses on the ledge to receive their next clue. *At Robopark, teams had to search the store for the Zeriks robot and would discover that the robot had a
tablet computer A tablet computer, commonly shortened to tablet, is a mobile device, typically with a mobile operating system and touchscreen display processing circuitry, and a rechargeable battery in a single, thin and flat package. Tablets, being comput ...
showing their loved ones. When their conversation ended, teams would receive their next clue. *At Shanghai Magic Jungle, teams had to change into traditional
Chinese clothing Chinese clothing includes both the traditional hanfu and modern variations of indigenous Chinese dress as recorded by the artifacts and some traditional arts of Chinese culture. Chinese clothing has been shaped through its dynastic traditions, as ...
while in a small box within nine minutes to receive their next clue. *At Golden Square, teams had to convince 25 passersby to eat a
candy apple Candy apples (or toffee apples in Commonwealth English) are whole apples covered in a sugar candy coating, with a stick inserted as a handle. These are a common treat at fall festivals in Western culture in the Northern Hemisphere, such as Hal ...
to receive their next clue. *At North Main Street Boat Quay, teams would find
bamboo Bamboos are a diverse group of evergreen perennial flowering plants making up the subfamily Bambusoideae of the grass family Poaceae. Giant bamboos are the largest members of the grass family. The origin of the word "bamboo" is uncertain, bu ...
poles that they had to transport to a
traditional Chinese medicine Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) is an alternative medical practice drawn from traditional medicine in China. It has been described as "fraught with pseudoscience", with the majority of its treatments having no logical mechanism of action ...
pharmacy to receive their next clue. *At Guanglaotai Stinky Tofu Restaurant, each team member had to create
stinky tofu Stinky tofu () is a Chinese form of fermented tofu that has a strong odor. It is usually sold at night markets or roadside stands as a snack, or in lunch bars as a side dish, rather than in restaurants. Traditionally the dish is fermented in a ...
necklaces of twenty cubes to receive their next clue. If teams didn't want to make the necklaces, each team member had to eat a plate of sticky tofu. *The next day at China Rush Travel Agency, teams were told that the semi-finals were not over and that they had to fly to
Manila Manila ( , ; fil, Maynila, ), officially the City of Manila ( fil, Lungsod ng Maynila, ), is the capital of the Philippines, and its second-most populous city. It is highly urbanized and, as of 2019, was the world's most densely populate ...
in the
Philippines The Philippines (; fil, Pilipinas, links=no), officially the Republic of the Philippines ( fil, Republika ng Pilipinas, links=no), * bik, Republika kan Filipinas * ceb, Republika sa Pilipinas * cbk, República de Filipinas * hil, Republ ...
. *After arriving in Manila, teams had to find a
jeepney Jeepneys (), sometimes called jeeps (), are minibus-like public utility vehicles, serving as the most popular means of public transportation in the Philippines. They are known for their crowded seating and kitsch decorations, which have become ...
that would take them to the CCP Open Grounds, where teams would find a large cube that one team member had to stay on top of the entire time their partner rolled it through a course to receive their next clue. Before leaving, teams could make fruit smoothies at the fruit stand from sponsor ''ספרינג'' (''Spring''). *At Star City, one team member had to answer a series of questions their partner had to match while riding the Star Frisbee. If team members didn't match their answers, they would have to wait out a 10-minute penalty before making another attempt. Once team members had the same answers for eight questions, they would receive their next clue. *At SM by the Bay, one team member had to pull their partner, who had to hold two trays of
ceramic A ceramic is any of the various hard, brittle, heat-resistant and corrosion-resistant materials made by shaping and then firing an inorganic, nonmetallic material, such as clay, at a high temperature. Common examples are earthenware, porcelain ...
s, on a
skateboard A skateboard is a type of sports equipment used for skateboarding. They are usually made of a specially designed 7-8 ply maple plywood deck and polyurethane wheels attached to the underside by a pair of skateboarding trucks. The skateboarde ...
through a series of ''Amazing Race'' flags and past a line before making a guess as to the location of the Pit Stop from five pictures of local landmarks (
Mall of Asia Arena The SM Mall of Asia Arena, also known as the Mall of Asia Arena or the MoA Arena, is an indoor arena within the SM Mall of Asia complex, in Bay City, Pasay, Metro Manila, Philippines. It has a seating capacity of 15,000 for sporting events, an ...
,
Manila Central Post Office The Manila Central Post Office, often called the Post Office Building, is the main postal office of Manila, which also serves as the home of the Philippine Postal Corporation. It also houses the main mail sorting-distribution operations of the Phi ...
,
SM Mall of Asia SM Mall of Asia, also abbreviated as SM MoA, or simply Mall of Asia or MoA, is a large shopping mall in the Philippines, located at Bay City, Pasay, Philippines, within the SM Central Business Park, a reclaimed area within Manila Bay, and the ...
Globe,
Coconut Palace Coconut Palace, also known as Tahanang Pilipino (), is a government building located in the Cultural Center of the Philippines Complex in Manila, Philippines. It was the official residence and the principal workplace of the vice president of th ...
, and
Cultural Center of the Philippines The Cultural Center of the Philippines ( fil, Sentrong Pangkultura ng Pilipinas, or CCP) is a government-owned and controlled corporation established to preserve, develop and promote arts and culture in the Philippines.Presidential Decree No. ...
) with the Pit Stop at
Liwasang Bonifacio The Liwasang Bonifacio (''Bonifacio Square''), also known by its former name, Plaza Lawton, is a city square and transport hub in front of the Manila Central Post Office in the Ermita district of Manila, Philippines. It lies at the south end of ...
outside of the post office.


Leg 12 (Philippines → Israel)

Airdate: 22 September 2019 * Manila (RealShip Yacht Pier) *
Taguig Taguig (), officially the City of Taguig ( fil, Lungsod ng Taguig), is a 1st class highly urbanized city in Metro Manila, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 886,722 people. Located in the northwestern shores of ...
(
Bonifacio High Street Bonifacio High Street is a mixed-use development in Bonifacio Global City, Taguig, Metro Manila, Philippines located just near Serendra, Market! Market! and SM Aura Premier. It is owned by Ayala Malls, a real-estate subsidiary of Ayala Land, which ...
) *
Makati Makati ( ), officially the City of Makati ( fil, Lungsod ng Makati), is a 1st class highly urbanized city in the National Capital Region of the Philippines. Makati is the financial center of the Philippines; it has the highest concentration ...
(
Trump Tower Manila Trump Tower Manila, also known as Trump Tower at Century City, is a residential building located in Makati, Metro Manila, Philippines. The Trump Tower Manila showroom opened in early 2012, although the company has said that unit reservations sta ...
) *
Quezon City Quezon City (, ; fil, Lungsod Quezon ), also known as the City of Quezon and Q.C. (read in Filipino as Kyusi), is the List of cities in the Philippines, most populous city in the Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a populatio ...
(
Quezon Memorial Circle The Quezon Memorial Circle is a national park located in Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines. The park is located inside a large traffic circle in the shape of an ellipse and bounded by the Elliptical Road and is the main park of Quezon Cit ...
– Philippine-Israel Friendship Park) * Manila (Ninoy Aquino International Airport) to Tel Aviv, Israel (Ben Gurion Airport) * Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv District (Kenshoo Tel Aviv) * Tel Aviv (Eretz Israel Museum) ;Additional tasks * At the start of the leg, teams rode a
yacht A yacht is a sailing or power vessel used for pleasure, cruising, or racing. There is no standard definition, though the term generally applies to vessels with a cabin intended for overnight use. To be termed a , as opposed to a , such a pleasu ...
on
Manila Bay Manila Bay ( fil, Look ng Maynila) is a natural harbor that serves the Port of Manila (on Luzon), in the Philippines. Strategically located around the capital city of the Philippines, Manila Bay facilitated commerce and trade between the Phili ...
before returning to the RealShip Yacht Pier, where one team member had to walk across
surfboard A surfboard is a narrow plank used in surfing. Surfboards are relatively light, but are strong enough to support an individual standing on them while riding an ocean wave. They were invented in ancient Hawaii, where they were known as ''papa he'e ...
s that spanned the gap between two stacks of
shipping container A shipping container is a container with strength suitable to withstand shipment, storage, and handling. Shipping containers range from large reusable steel boxes used for intermodal shipments to the ubiquitous corrugated boxes. In the context of ...
s to retrieve the flags of the countries they visited during the season. They would be held up by their partner, who was suspended above them on a
zip line A zip-line, zip line, zip-wire, flying fox, or death slide is a pulley suspended on a cable, usually made of stainless steel, mounted on a slope. It is designed to enable cargo or a person propelled by gravity to travel from the top to the bott ...
and could only collect four flags after a crossing. After returning to the start, they had to place the flags in chronological order to receive their next clue. * At Bonifacio High Street, teams had to encourage 50 people to line up with a
mattress A mattress is a large, usually rectangular pad for supporting a lying person. It is designed to be used as a bed, or on a bed frame as part of a bed. Mattresses may consist of a quilted or similarly fastened case, usually of heavy cloth, conta ...
behind each of them before falling like
dominoes Dominoes is a family of tile-based games played with gaming pieces, commonly known as dominoes. Each domino is a rectangular tile, usually with a line dividing its face into two square ''ends''. Each end is marked with a number of spots (also ca ...
to receive their next clue. * At Trump Tower Manila, teams had to use large
suction cup A suction cup, also known as a sucker, is a device or object that uses the negative fluid pressure of air or water to adhere to nonporous surfaces, creating a partial vacuum. Suction cups are peripheral traits of some animals such as octopuses ...
s to climb 30 floors up the facade of the third-tallest building in the Philippines to collect the two halves of their next clue. * At Philippine-Israel Friendship Park, teams were informed that the competition had not ended and were instructed to travel to Kenshoo Tel Aviv in Tel Aviv. Teams were released from
Ben Gurion Airport Ben Gurion International Airport, ; ar, مطار بن غوريون الدولي , commonly known by the Hebrew-language acronym (), is the main international airport of Israel. Situated on the northern outskirts of the city of Lod, it is the ...
in the same order they arrived at Philippine-Israel Friendship Park. * At Kenshoo Tel Aviv, teams had to open four
puzzle box A puzzle box (also called a secret box or trick box) is a box that can be opened only by solving a puzzle. Some require only a simple move and others a series of discoveries. Modern puzzle boxes developed from furniture and jewelry boxes with ...
es with clues to the location of the Finish Line leading them to figure out that it was located at the first Pit Stop:
Eretz Israel Museum The Eretz Israel Museum (also known as Muza) is a historical and archeological museum in the Ramat Aviv neighborhood of Tel Aviv, Israel. Eretz Israel Museum, established in 1953, has a large display of archaeological, anthropological and his ...
.


Ratings

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References


External links


Official website
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