''The Amazing Race 2'' is the second season of the American
reality television
Reality television is a genre of television programming that documents purportedly unscripted real-life situations, often starring unfamiliar people rather than professional actors. Reality television emerged as a distinct genre in the early ...
show ''
The Amazing Race
''The Amazing Race'' is an adventure reality game show franchise in which teams of two people race around the world in competition with other teams. The ''Race'' is split into legs, with teams tasked to deduce clues, navigate themselves in forei ...
''. It featured eleven teams of two in a race around the world.
The season premiered on
CBS
CBS Broadcasting Inc., commonly shortened to CBS, the abbreviation of its former legal name Columbia Broadcasting System, is an American commercial broadcast television and radio network serving as the flagship property of the CBS Entertainm ...
on March 11, 2002, and ended on May 15, 2002.
Lifelong friends Chris Luca and
Alex Boylan were the winners of this season, while estranged couple Wil Steger and Tara Lynch finished in second place, and siblings
Blake Mycoskie
Blake Mycoskie (born August 26, 1976) is an American entrepreneur, author, and philanthropist. He is the founder of Toms Shoes and co-founder of Madefor.
Early life and education
Mycoskie was born in Arlington, Texas, to Mike Mycoskie, an o ...
and
Paige Mycoskie finished in third.
Production
Development and filming
![Pahrump from Carpenter Canyon Road 2](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6c/Pahrump_from_Carpenter_Canyon_Road_2.jpg)
The second season of ''The Amazing Race'' traveled 52,000 miles in 28 days, spanning five continents and eight countries. Location scouting took place during September 2001 but was paused for a month and a half following the
September 11 attacks
The September 11 attacks, commonly known as 9/11, were four coordinated suicide terrorist attacks carried out by al-Qaeda against the United States on Tuesday, September 11, 2001. That morning, nineteen terrorists hijacked four commer ...
.
Filming was originally scheduled to take place in November and December 2001, but was postponed to January and February 2002. ''The Amazing Race 2'' featured first time visits to Brazil, Namibia, Australia, New Zealand, and Hong Kong, and was the first season to travel to the continents of South America and Oceania.
During pre-production, producers had planned a leg in
Argentina
Argentina (), officially the Argentine Republic ( es, link=no, República Argentina), is a country in the southern half of South America. Argentina covers an area of , making it the second-largest country in South America after Brazil, th ...
, but cancelled it due to Argentina’s
political instability when its economy failed.
Argentina was eventually visited in ''
The Amazing Race 5
''The Amazing Race 5'' is the fifth season of the American reality television show ''The Amazing Race''. It featured eleven teams of two in a race around the world.
The season premiered on CBS on July 6, 2004, and concluded on September 21, 2004 ...
''.
The edition marked the debut of several show traditions. The color scheme for all route markers and flags was changed to yellow and red after the
previous season's yellow and white. In addition, host
Phil Keoghan
Philip John Keoghan ( ; born 31 May 1967) is a New Zealand television personality, best known for hosting the The Amazing Race (American TV series), American version of ''The Amazing Race'' on CBS, since its 2001 debut. He is the creator and h ...
and a local greeter welcomed all teams arriving at the pit stops at the end of each leg. Previously, Keoghan had appeared only to greet the last-place teams.
Contestant Cyndi Kalenberg claimed that there was confusion about the vehicle replacement rules in Leg 2, in which the racers were informed that if their designated jeep broke down, the racers themselves would have to pay for repairs and wait for it to be fixed. Blake & Paige, however, were provided with a new vehicle when their jeep broke down, helping them to beat Hope & Norm in a race for second-to-last place to the pit stop. This enabled Blake & Paige to stay in the competition, while Hope & Norm were eliminated.
For the
next season, the show's policy was changed so that a team would receive a replacement if a production-provided vehicle broke down or became unsafe to drive through no fault of the team, but that teams would not be given any time credit in the event of a breakdown.
Casting
Casting for the second season began during the summer of 2001 before the first season premiered. Casting finals took place in Los Angeles in September during the
September 11 attacks
The September 11 attacks, commonly known as 9/11, were four coordinated suicide terrorist attacks carried out by al-Qaeda against the United States on Tuesday, September 11, 2001. That morning, nineteen terrorists hijacked four commer ...
.
Marketing
This season had two official sponsors:
American Airlines
American Airlines is a major airlines of the United States, major US-based airline headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas, within the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex. It is the Largest airlines in the world, largest airline in the world when measured ...
and
Royal Caribbean International
Royal Caribbean International (RCI), also formerly known as Royal Caribbean Cruise Line (RCCL), is a cruise line brand founded in 1968 in Norway and organised as a wholly owned subsidiary of Royal Caribbean Group since 1997. Based in Miami, Flo ...
. These two sponsors provided the prizes that were sometimes awarded to first place teams.
Cast
Eleven teams participated in the second season of ''The Amazing Race''. The cast featured twins, a mother/daughter duo, siblings, grandmothers,
pastor
A pastor (abbreviated as "Pr" or "Ptr" , or "Ps" ) is the leader of a Christian congregation who also gives advice and counsel to people from the community or congregation. In Lutheranism, Catholicism, Eastern Orthodoxy, Oriental Orthodoxy and ...
s, and childhood friends.
Future appearances
Oswald & Danny were selected to race in ''
The Amazing Race: All-Stars''.
Alex Boylan went on to create and host the first season of the
WGN America
WGN America was an American subscription television network that was owned by the Nexstar Media Group, and was the company's only wholly owned, national cable-originated television channel. The channel in its final form under the WGN branding ra ...
online reality show ''
Around the World for Free
''Around The World For Free'' a.k.a. ''ATWFF'' was an online/broadcast hybrid reality series based on the concept of whether a person can circle the globe without any money. The show followed a reality star, as he or she attempted to travel around ...
'', in which he journeyed around the world with no money, relying on the generosity and hospitality of locals.
Blake Mycoskie
Blake Mycoskie (born August 26, 1976) is an American entrepreneur, author, and philanthropist. He is the founder of Toms Shoes and co-founder of Madefor.
Early life and education
Mycoskie was born in Arlington, Texas, to Mike Mycoskie, an o ...
appeared as a guest shark during the
twelfth season of ''
Shark Tank''.
Results
The following teams are listed with their placements in each leg. Placements are listed in finishing order.
*A placement with a dagger () indicates that the team was eliminated.
*An placement with a double-dagger () indicates that the team was the last to arrive at a pit stop in a non-elimination leg.
*A indicates that the team won the Fast Forward.
;Notes
Race summary
Leg 1 (United States → Brazil)
![PaodeAcucar](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/49/PaodeAcucar.JPG)
*Episode 1: "The World Is Waiting: Go!" (March 11, 2002)
*Prize: A vacation to
Hawaii
Hawaii ( ; haw, Hawaii or ) is a state in the Western United States, located in the Pacific Ocean about from the U.S. mainland. It is the only U.S. state outside North America, the only state that is an archipelago, and the only state ...
(awarded to Tara & Wil)
*Eliminated: Deidre & Hillary
;Locations
*
Pahrump,
Nevada
Nevada ( ; ) is a state in the Western region of the United States. It is bordered by Oregon to the northwest, Idaho to the northeast, California to the west, Arizona to the southeast, and Utah to the east. Nevada is the 7th-most extensive, ...
(
Pahrump Valley
Pahrump Valley is a Mojave Desert valley west of Las Vegas and the Spring Mountains massif in southern Nye County, Nevada, and eastern San Bernardino County, California. Pahrump, Nevada, is in the valley's center and the Tecopa and Chicago Valle ...
) (Starting Line)
*
Las Vegas
Las Vegas (; Spanish for "The Meadows"), often known simply as Vegas, is the 25th-most populous city in the United States, the most populous city in the state of Nevada, and the county seat of Clark County. The city anchors the Las Vegas ...
→
Rio de Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro ( , , ; literally 'River of January'), or simply Rio, is the capital of the state of the same name, Brazil's third-most populous state, and the second-most populous city in Brazil, after São Paulo. Listed by the GaWC as a ...
,
Brazil
Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...
*Rio de Janeiro (
Corcovado
Corcovado (korcovádo) which means "hunchback" in Portuguese, is a mountain in central Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It is a 710-metre (2,329 ft) granite peak located in the Tijuca Forest, a national park.
Corcovado hill lies just west of the c ...
– ''
Christ the Redeemer'' )
* Rio de Janeiro →
Paquetá Island
Paquetá Island ( pt, Ilha de Paquetá) is an island in Guanabara Bay, Rio de Janeiro. The name of the island is a Tupi word meaning "many pacas". The island is an auto-free zone, so travel is limited to bicycles and horse-drawn carriages. Paque ...
*Paquetá Island (Fat Maria)
*Paquetá Island (Lido Hotel – Ilha Tours)
* Paquetá Island → Rio de Janeiro
* Rio de Janeiro (
Sugarloaf Mountain
Sugarloaf Mountain ( pt, Pão de Açúcar, ) is a peak situated in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, at the mouth of Guanabara Bay on a peninsula that juts out into the Atlantic Ocean. Rising above the harbor, the peak is named for its resemblance to ...
)
*Rio de Janeiro (Sugarloaf Mountain
Ipanema Beach)
* Rio de Janeiro (
Urca
Urca is a traditional and wealthy residential neighborhood with nearly 7,000 inhabitants (2000 census) in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Although most of the neighborhood dates from the 1920s, parts of it are much older. What is now called the Forte Sã ...
Beach →
Guanabara Bay
Guanabara Bay ( pt, Baía de Guanabara, ) is an oceanic bay located in Southeast Brazil in the state of Rio de Janeiro. On its western shore lie the cities of Rio de Janeiro and Duque de Caxias, and on its eastern shore the cities of Niterói a ...
– ''Tocorimé'' )
;Episode summary
*From a dry lake bed in
Pahrump, Nevada
Pahrump ( ) is an unincorporated town located at the southernmost tip of Nye County, Nevada, United States, about west of Las Vegas, Nevada. Pahrump lies adjacent to the Nevada–California border and the area had a population of 44,738 as of ...
, teams had to drive themselves to
McCarran International Airport in
Las Vegas
Las Vegas (; Spanish for "The Meadows"), often known simply as Vegas, is the 25th-most populous city in the United States, the most populous city in the state of Nevada, and the county seat of Clark County. The city anchors the Las Vegas ...
and then fly to
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Teams had to book one of two
American Airlines
American Airlines is a major airlines of the United States, major US-based airline headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas, within the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex. It is the Largest airlines in the world, largest airline in the world when measured ...
flights; only seven teams were able to take the first flight, while the remaining four teams were on the second flight, which left 2:15 hours later. Once there, teams had to climb to the top of
Corcovado Mountain, where they found their next clue at the base of the
''Christ the Redeemer'' statue.
*Teams had to travel to
Paquetá Island
Paquetá Island ( pt, Ilha de Paquetá) is an island in Guanabara Bay, Rio de Janeiro. The name of the island is a Tupi word meaning "many pacas". The island is an auto-free zone, so travel is limited to bicycles and horse-drawn carriages. Paque ...
, where they had to find a big tree known as "Fat Maria" and follow the local custom of kissing the tree for good luck in order to receive their next clue. Teams made their way to the Lido Hotel, where they had to sign up for one of four boats returning to the mainland the next morning. Teams spent the night on the island and departed the next morning.
* This season's first Detour was a choice between
Mountain or
Beach. In Mountain, teams had to rappel down the face of
Sugarloaf Mountain
Sugarloaf Mountain ( pt, Pão de Açúcar, ) is a peak situated in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, at the mouth of Guanabara Bay on a peninsula that juts out into the Atlantic Ocean. Rising above the harbor, the peak is named for its resemblance to ...
in order to receive their next clue. In Beach, teams had to take the gondola back down and go to
Ipanema Beach to find
Heloísa Pinheiro
Heloísa Eneida Paes Pinto Mendes Pinheiro (born July 7, 1945), better known as Helô Pinheiro (), is a Brazilian businesswoman and former model.
Biography
At the age of 17, Pinheiro became the source of inspiration for the song "The Girl from ...
, the woman who inspired the song "
The Girl from Ipanema
"Garota de Ipanema" ("The Girl from Ipanema") is a Brazilian bossa nova and jazz song. It was a worldwide hit in the mid-1960s and won a Grammy for Record of the Year in 1965. It was written in 1962, with music by Antônio Carlos Jobim and Por ...
", who gave them their next clue.
*Teams had to check in at the pit stop aboard the ''Tocorimé'', a yacht in the middle of
Guanabara Bay
Guanabara Bay ( pt, Baía de Guanabara, ) is an oceanic bay located in Southeast Brazil in the state of Rio de Janeiro. On its western shore lie the cities of Rio de Janeiro and Duque de Caxias, and on its eastern shore the cities of Niterói a ...
.
Leg 2 (Brazil)
*Episode 2: "Help Me, I'm American!" (March 13, 2002)
*Eliminated: Hope & Norm
;Locations
*
Rio de Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro ( , , ; literally 'River of January'), or simply Rio, is the capital of the state of the same name, Brazil's third-most populous state, and the second-most populous city in Brazil, after São Paulo. Listed by the GaWC as a ...
(
Guanabara Bay
Guanabara Bay ( pt, Baía de Guanabara, ) is an oceanic bay located in Southeast Brazil in the state of Rio de Janeiro. On its western shore lie the cities of Rio de Janeiro and Duque de Caxias, and on its eastern shore the cities of Niterói a ...
– ''Tocorimé'' )
*Rio de Janeiro (
Barra da Tijuca
Barra da Tijuca () (usually known as Barra) is an upper-class neighborhood or bairro in the West Zone of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, located in the western portion of the city on the Atlantic Ocean. Barra is well known for its beaches, its many lake ...
–
Acadêmicos da Barra da Tijuca ')
*Rio de Janeiro (
Copacabana Beach
Copacabana () is a ''bairro'' (neighbourhood) located in the South Zone of the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It is most prominently known for its 4 km (2.5 miles) balneario beach, which is one of the most famous in the wor ...
)
*Rio de Janeiro (
Pedra Bonita ')
*Rio de Janeiro (
São Conrado Beach)
* Rio de Janeiro →
Foz do Iguaçu
Foz do Iguaçu (''Iguazu River Mouth'') () is the Brazilian city on the border of Iguaçu Falls. The city is the 7th largest in the state of Paraná. The city's population is approximately 258,000. It is approximately 650 km (400 mi) wes ...
*
Iguaçu National Park
Iguaçu National Park () is a national park in Paraná State, Brazil. It comprises a total area of and a length of about , of which are natural borders by bodies of water and the Argentine and Brazilian sides together comprise around . Iguaçu ...
(
Iguaçu Falls – Macuco Safari Dock)
*Iguaçu National Park (Trilha das Bananeiras – Jungle Camp)
;Episode summary
*At the start of this leg, teams returned to
Urca
Urca is a traditional and wealthy residential neighborhood with nearly 7,000 inhabitants (2000 census) in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Although most of the neighborhood dates from the 1920s, parts of it are much older. What is now called the Forte Sã ...
Beach, and from there, they traveled by taxi to Acadêmicos da Barra da Tijuca. In their clue, teams had also received a red feather, which they then had to match to one of the dancers' headdresses in the club. Once they found the correct dancer, she gave teams their next clue.
* This leg's Fast Forward required teams to travel to
Copacabana Beach
Copacabana () is a ''bairro'' (neighbourhood) located in the South Zone of the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It is most prominently known for its 4 km (2.5 miles) balneario beach, which is one of the most famous in the wor ...
and play volleyball against a local team. While the participating team was allowed to use their hands, the local team could only use their feet. The first team to score ten points would win the Fast Forward award. Shola & Doyin won the Fast Forward.
* This leg's Detour was a choice between
Freak Out or
Seek Out. In Freak Out, teams had to
hang glide in tandem with a local instructor, gliding from the mountain to the beach below. Once both teammates landed on the beach, they were given their next clue. In Seek Out, teams had to travel down to the same beach and use a
metal detector
A metal detector is an instrument that detects the nearby presence of metal. Metal detectors are useful for finding metal objects on the surface, underground, and under water. The unit itself, consist of a control box, and an adjustable shaft, ...
to find their next clue buried somewhere along a stretch of sand.
*After completing the Detour, teams were instructed to travel by bus to
Foz do Iguaçu
Foz do Iguaçu (''Iguazu River Mouth'') () is the Brazilian city on the border of Iguaçu Falls. The city is the 7th largest in the state of Paraná. The city's population is approximately 258,000. It is approximately 650 km (400 mi) wes ...
.
* In this season's first Roadblock, one team member had to ride a
speedboat and use a map to direct the driver to
Iguaçu Falls. There, they had to spot the route marker at the top of a rock formation in order to retrieve their next clue and head back to the dock.
*After completing the Roadblock, teams had to check in at the pit stop at a nearby jungle camp.
Leg 3 (Brazil → South Africa)
*Episode 3: "My Alarm Clock Didn't Go Off!" (March 20, 2002)
*Eliminated: Peggy & Claire
;Locations
*
Iguaçu National Park
Iguaçu National Park () is a national park in Paraná State, Brazil. It comprises a total area of and a length of about , of which are natural borders by bodies of water and the Argentine and Brazilian sides together comprise around . Iguaçu ...
(Trilha das Bananeiras – Jungle Camp)
* Foz do Iguaçu →
Cape Town
Cape Town ( af, Kaapstad; , xh, iKapa) is one of South Africa's three capital cities, serving as the seat of the Parliament of South Africa. It is the legislative capital of the country, the oldest city in the country, and the second largest ...
,
South Africa
South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the Southern Africa, southernmost country in Africa. It is bounded to the south by of coastline that stretch along the Atlantic Ocean, South Atlantic and Indian Oceans; to the ...
* Cape Town →
Robben Island
Robben Island ( af, Robbeneiland) is an island in Table Bay, 6.9 kilometres (4.3 mi) west of the coast of Bloubergstrand, north of Cape Town, South Africa. It takes its name from the Dutch word for seals (''robben''), hence the Dutch/Afrik ...
*Robben Island (
Maximum Security Prison)
* Robben Island → Cape Town
*
Kalk Bay
Kalk Bay (Afrikaans: ''Kalkbaai'') is a fishing village on the coast of False Bay, South Africa and is now a suburb of greater Cape Town. It lies between the ocean and sharply rising mountainous heights that are buttressed by crags of grey Table M ...
(Kalk Bay Harbour)
* Kalk Bay → Cape Town
*Cape Town (
Langa – Paradise Hair Salon)
*
(Lanzerac Manor)
;Episode summary
*At the beginning of this leg, teams were instructed to fly to
Cape Town, South Africa. Once in Cape Town, teams had to take a ferry to
Robben Island
Robben Island ( af, Robbeneiland) is an island in Table Bay, 6.9 kilometres (4.3 mi) west of the coast of Bloubergstrand, north of Cape Town, South Africa. It takes its name from the Dutch word for seals (''robben''), hence the Dutch/Afrik ...
and find
Nelson Mandela's prison cell in order to retrieve their next clue.
* This leg's Detour was a choice between
Dance or
Deliver. In Dance, teams had to perform a
gumboot dance
The gumboot dance (or Isicathulo) is a South African dance that is performed by dancers wearing wellington boots. In South Africa these are more commonly called ''gumboots''.
The boots may be embellished with bells, so that they ring as the dance ...
with a local troupe until they made
R25 (roughly $1.40) in tips, which they could exchange for their next clue. In Deliver, teams had to carry fish from a boat and transfer it to a set of scales until they had transferred in order to receive their next clue.
*After completing the Detour, teams had to travel by train to the
Langa Township of Cape Town.
* In this leg's Roadblock, one team member had to search through Langa Township to buy a box of Epsom salts and a "Smiley" (a roasted sheep's head). They then had to deliver the Smiley as an offering to
Ndaba Sangoma, who made a bitter potion out of the salts which the team member had to drink in order to receive the next clue.
*Teams had to check in at the pit stop: Lanzerac Manor, a winery in
.
;Additional notes
*Peggy & Claire flew from Brazil to South Africa via
New York City
New York, often called New York City or NYC, is the most populous city in the United States. With a 2020 population of 8,804,190 distributed over , New York City is also the most densely populated major city in the Un ...
and
London
London is the capital and List of urban areas in the United Kingdom, largest city of England and the United Kingdom, with a population of just under 9 million. It stands on the River Thames in south-east England at the head of a estuary dow ...
, and arrived in Cape Town a full day after all of the other teams. Instead of completing all of the tasks in the leg, they received instructions at Robben Island to go directly to the pit stop for elimination.
Leg 4 (South Africa → Namibia)
*Episode 4: "This Game Is About Minutes" (March 27, 2002)
*Eliminated: Shola & Doyin
;Locations
*
(Lanzerac Manor)
*
Cape Town
Cape Town ( af, Kaapstad; , xh, iKapa) is one of South Africa's three capital cities, serving as the seat of the Parliament of South Africa. It is the legislative capital of the country, the oldest city in the country, and the second largest ...
(Cape Aviation Business Center – Ryan Blake Air)
* Cape Town →
Walvis Bay
Walvis Bay ( en, lit. Whale Bay; af, Walvisbaai; ger, Walfischbucht or Walfischbai) is a city in Namibia and the name of the bay on which it lies. It is the second largest city in Namibia and the largest coastal city in the country. The ci ...
,
Namibia
Namibia (, ), officially the Republic of Namibia, is a country in Southern Africa. Its western border is the Atlantic Ocean. It shares land borders with Zambia and Angola to the north, Botswana to the east and South Africa to the south and ea ...
*
Swakopmund
Swakopmund (german: Mouth of the Swakop) is a city on the coast of western Namibia, west of the Namibian capital Windhoek via the B2 main road. It is the capital of the Erongo administrative district. The town has 44,725 inhabitants and covers ...
(Swakopmund Lighthouse)
*Swakopmund (
Swakopmund Hotel)
*
Erongo Region
Erongo is one of the 14 regions of Namibia. The capital is Swakopmund. It is named after Mount Erongo, a well-known landmark in Namibia and in this area. Erongo contains the municipalities of Walvis Bay, Swakopmund, Henties Bay and Omaruru, as w ...
(
Dorob National Park – Matterhorn Sand Dune)
*
Usakos
, nickname =
, settlement_type = Town
, motto = Excelsior
, image_skyline = Usakos Luftaufnahme (2018).jpg
, imagesize = 300
, image_caption = Aerial photograph of Usakos (2018) ...
(
Spitzkoppe
The Spitzkoppe (from German for ''"pointed dome"''; also referred to as Spitzkop, Groot Spitzkop, or the "Matterhorn of Namibia") is a group of bald granite peaks or inselbergs located between Usakos and Swakopmund in the Namib desert of Nam ...
– General Dealer)
*Usakos (Spitzkoppe – Woodcarver's Market)
*
Khomas Region
Khomas is one of the fourteen regions of Namibia. Its name refers to the Khomas Highland, a high plateau landscape that dominates this administrative unit. Khomas is centered on the capital city Windhoek and provides for this reason superior tran ...
(Amani Lodge)
;Episode summary
*At the start of this leg, teams were provided a map and told to travel to the Cape Aviation Business Center and find Ryan Blake Air, where they signed up one of two charter flights leaving the next morning to
Walvis Bay, Namibia
Walvis Bay ( en, lit. Whale Bay; af, Walvisbaai; ger, Walfischbucht or Walfischbai) is a city in Namibia and the name of the bay on which it lies. It is the second largest city in Namibia and the largest coastal city in the country. The c ...
. Once in Namibia, teams had to make their way to the
Swakopmund
Swakopmund (german: Mouth of the Swakop) is a city on the coast of western Namibia, west of the Namibian capital Windhoek via the B2 main road. It is the capital of the Erongo administrative district. The town has 44,725 inhabitants and covers ...
Lighthouse, where they had to spot a row of marked vehicles on a parking lot. They found their next clue on the windshield. For safety reasons, they were accompanied by a local driver who took over driving at dusk.
* This leg's Fast Forward required one team to look "where the railway tracks used to run". Once the team realized that the
Swakopmund Hotel had been a railway station, they then had to search the hotel grounds for the Fast Forward award in the center of the pool. Oswald & Danny won the Fast Forward.
* This leg's Detour was a choice between
Slide or
Stride. In Slide, teams had to slide down the steep side of the Matterhorn
Sand Dune, reaching speeds of up to , to their next clue at the bottom. In Stride, teams would have had to walk down the opposite side of the dune along a marked path to their next clue. All teams chose to slide down the sand dune, except for Shola & Doyin, who did not reach the sand dune until after the hours of operation had closed for the day.
*After completing the Detour, teams had to find the General Dealer convenience store in
Spitzkoppe
The Spitzkoppe (from German for ''"pointed dome"''; also referred to as Spitzkop, Groot Spitzkop, or the "Matterhorn of Namibia") is a group of bald granite peaks or inselbergs located between Usakos and Swakopmund in the Namib desert of Nam ...
and ask for the "postcard of the day", which was their next clue.
* In this leg's Roadblock, one team member had to buy
five
5 is a number, numeral, and glyph.
5, five or number 5 may also refer to:
* AD 5, the fifth year of the AD era
* 5 BC, the fifth year before the AD era
Literature
* ''5'' (visual novel), a 2008 visual novel by Ram
* ''5'' (comics), an awa ...
wooden animal carvings (
lion,
rhinoceros
A rhinoceros (; ; ), commonly abbreviated to rhino, is a member of any of the five extant species (or numerous extinct species) of odd-toed ungulates in the family Rhinocerotidae. (It can also refer to a member of any of the extinct species ...
,
buffalo,
leopard, and
elephant
Elephants are the largest existing land animals. Three living species are currently recognised: the African bush elephant, the African forest elephant, and the Asian elephant. They are the only surviving members of the family Elephantidae ...
) using their own money and for the lowest price possible, and then bring the carvings to a
bushman, who exchanged them for a large carved wooden giraffe with their next clue attached.
*After completing the Roadblock, teams had to take the giraffe carving to the pit stop at the Amani Lodge.
;Additional notes
*Shola & Doyin got their vehicle stuck in the sand and it took some time to extricate it. This caused them to arrive at the Detour after the hours of operation had closed for the day. As all of the other teams had completed the Detour and were able to check in at the pit stop, Shola & Doyin went directly to the pit stop without performing the Detour and were eliminated.
Leg 5 (Namibia → Thailand)
![Erawan Shrine from pedestrian walkway](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/03/Erawan_Shrine_from_pedestrian_walkway.JPG)
*Episode 5: "Welcome To The World Of Being Human" (April 3, 2002)
*Eliminated: Cyndi & Russell
;Locations
*
Khomas Region
Khomas is one of the fourteen regions of Namibia. Its name refers to the Khomas Highland, a high plateau landscape that dominates this administrative unit. Khomas is centered on the capital city Windhoek and provides for this reason superior tran ...
(Amani Lodge)
*
Windhoek
Windhoek (, , ) is the capital and largest city of Namibia. It is located in central Namibia in the Khomas Highland plateau area, at around above sea level, almost exactly at the country's geographical centre. The population of Windhoek in 202 ...
→
Bangkok
Bangkok, officially known in Thai as Krung Thep Maha Nakhon and colloquially as Krung Thep, is the capital and most populous city of Thailand. The city occupies in the Chao Phraya River delta in central Thailand and has an estimated populati ...
,
Thailand
Thailand ( ), historically known as Siam () and officially the Kingdom of Thailand, is a country in Southeast Asia, located at the centre of the Indochinese Peninsula, spanning , with a population of almost 70 million. The country is b ...
* & Bangkok (
Erawan Shrine
The Erawan Shrine, formally the Thao Maha Phrom Shrine ( th, ศาลท้าวมหาพรหม; ; 'shrine of Lord Maha Brahma'), is a shrine in Bangkok, Thailand, which houses a statue of Phra Phrom, the Thai representation of Brahma ...
)
*Bangkok (Bird Market
Chinatown)
* Bangkok →
Ratchaburi
Ratchaburi ( th, ราชบุรี, ) or Rajburi, Rat Buri) is a town (''thesaban mueang'') in western Thailand, capital of Ratchaburi Province.
Ratchaburi town covers the entire ''tambon'' Na Mueang (หน้าเมือง) of Mueang ...
*
Photharam (Wat Khao Chong Phran)
*
Amphawa (Ban Plai Pong Pang)
;Episode summary
*At the beginning of this leg, teams were instructed to travel to
Windhoek
Windhoek (, , ) is the capital and largest city of Namibia. It is located in central Namibia in the Khomas Highland plateau area, at around above sea level, almost exactly at the country's geographical centre. The population of Windhoek in 202 ...
and then fly to
Bangkok, Thailand
Bangkok, officially known in Thai as Krung Thep Maha Nakhon and colloquially as Krung Thep, is the capital and most populous city of Thailand. The city occupies in the Chao Phraya River delta in central Thailand and has an estimated populati ...
. Once in Bangkok, teams had to travel by bus and train to
Erawan Shrine
The Erawan Shrine, formally the Thao Maha Phrom Shrine ( th, ศาลท้าวมหาพรหม; ; 'shrine of Lord Maha Brahma'), is a shrine in Bangkok, Thailand, which houses a statue of Phra Phrom, the Thai representation of Brahma ...
, where they found the next clue near the
temple dancers.
* This leg's Detour was a choice between
Confusion Now or
Confusion Later. In Confusion Now, teams had to search for a specific
water taxi
A water taxi or a water bus is a watercraft used to provide public or private transport, usually, but not always, in an urban environment. Service may be scheduled with multiple stops, operating in a similar manner to a bus, or o ...
dock and find the correct taxi that could take them to a bird market. Once there, they had to buy and release a cage full of
sparrows for good karma. In Confusion Later, teams had to travel by taxi to
Chinatown, where they had to purchase a "car" to burn and send to their ancestors at the Lee Ti Biew shrine. Teams had to figure out that the car they needed was one of the many small paper cars sold at multiple booths near the shrine.
*After completing the Detour, teams then had to travel by bus to
Ratchaburi
Ratchaburi ( th, ราชบุรี, ) or Rajburi, Rat Buri) is a town (''thesaban mueang'') in western Thailand, capital of Ratchaburi Province.
Ratchaburi town covers the entire ''tambon'' Na Mueang (หน้าเมือง) of Mueang ...
.
* In this leg's Roadblock, one team member had to don a protective mask, gloves, and boots and venture into a nearby cave filled with millions of bats in order to retrieve their next clue.
*Teams had to check in at the pit stop: Ban Plai Pong Pang in
Amphawa.
Leg 6 (Thailand)
![Elephant nature park elephants](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f9/Elephant_nature_park_elephants.jpg)
*Episode 6: "I'm Gonna Take His Girl" (April 10, 2002)
;Locations
*
Amphawa (Ban Plai Pong Pang)
*Bangkok (
Pak Khlong Talad Flower Market)
* Bangkok →
Chiang Mai
*
Ban Muang Kut (Old Bridge)
*Ban Muang Kut (
Mae Taeng River Camp)
*
Chiang Mai Province
Chiang Mai ( th, เชียงใหม่, ; nod, , ) is the largest Province (''changwat'') of Thailand. It lies in upper northern Thailand and has a population of 1.78 million people. It is bordered by Chiang Rai to the northeast, Lam ...
(Mae Ping Village)
*
Chiang Dao District (
Karen
Karen may refer to:
* Karen (name), a given name and surname
* Karen (slang), a term and meme for a demanding woman displaying certain behaviors
People
* Karen people, an ethnic group in Myanmar and Thailand
** Karen languages or Karenic l ...
Village)
;Episode summary
*At the start of this leg, teams had to travel back to
Bangkok
Bangkok, officially known in Thai as Krung Thep Maha Nakhon and colloquially as Krung Thep, is the capital and most populous city of Thailand. The city occupies in the Chao Phraya River delta in central Thailand and has an estimated populati ...
and search for a flower vendor around
Pak Khlong Talad using given street names in order to find their next clue. Teams were then instructed to travel by train to
Chiang Mai.
* This leg's Detour was a choice between
Boat or
Beast. In Boat, teams had to travel down the river using a
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, ...
raft with long wooden poles. In Beast, teams would have had to ride the same on an
elephant
Elephants are the largest existing land animals. Three living species are currently recognised: the African bush elephant, the African forest elephant, and the Asian elephant. They are the only surviving members of the family Elephantidae ...
down the path next to the river. All teams chose to travel by boat, and found their next clue on a marked car at the Mae Taeng River Camp.
* In this leg's Roadblock, one team member had to wash a series of ceremonial chalk decorations off of an elephant using only water, soap, and a sponge in order to receive their next clue.
*Teams had to check in at the pit stop:
Karen
Karen may refer to:
* Karen (name), a given name and surname
* Karen (slang), a term and meme for a demanding woman displaying certain behaviors
People
* Karen people, an ethnic group in Myanmar and Thailand
** Karen languages or Karenic l ...
Village in the
Chiang Dao District.
;Additional notes
*This was a non-elimination leg.
Leg 7 (Thailand → Hong Kong)
![HK Central Plaza 2009](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/43/HK_Central_Plaza_2009.jpg)
*Episode 7: "I'm Gonna Throw Up On Phil's Shoes" (April 17, 2002)
*Eliminated: Mary & Peach
;Locations
*
Chiang Dao District (
Karen
Karen may refer to:
* Karen (name), a given name and surname
* Karen (slang), a term and meme for a demanding woman displaying certain behaviors
People
* Karen people, an ethnic group in Myanmar and Thailand
** Karen languages or Karenic l ...
Village)
*
Chiang Mai (
Seven Spires)
* Chiang Mai →
Hong Kong
Hong Kong ( (US) or (UK); , ), officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China (abbr. Hong Kong SAR or HKSAR), is a city and special administrative region of China on the eastern Pearl River Delta i ...
*Hong Kong (
Wan Chai
Wan Chai is situated at the western part of the Wan Chai District on the northern shore of Hong Kong Island, in Hong Kong. Its other boundaries are Canal Road to the east, Arsenal Street to the west and Bowen Road to the south. The area n ...
–
Central Plaza)
*Hong Kong (
Kowloon –
Wong Tai Sin Temple)
* Hong Kong (
Yau Tsim Mong District
Yau Tsim Mong District is one of 18 districts of Hong Kong, located on the western part of Kowloon Peninsula. It is the core urban area of Kowloon. The district has the second highest population density of all districts, at . The 2016 By ...
)
*Hong Kong (
Fong Ma Po Village –
Lam Tsuen Wishing Trees Yau Tsim Mong District – Sang Sang Medicine Hall)
*Hong Kong (
Kwai Tsing District
Kwai Tsing is one of the 18 districts of Hong Kong. It consists of two parts - Kwai Chung and Tsing Yi Island. Kwai Tsing is part of the New Territories. It had a population of 520,572 in 2016. The district has the third least educated res ...
–
Hongkong International Terminals
Hongkong International Terminals Limited (HIT) () is one of several key container port operators in the Port of Hong Kong owned by Hutchison Port Holdings, which is the largest port operator in Hong Kong and the world.
HIT operates 12 berths i ...
)
* Hong Kong (
Victoria Harbour
Victoria Harbour is a natural landform harbour in Hong Kong separating Hong Kong Island in the south from the Kowloon Peninsula to the north. The harbour's deep, sheltered waters and strategic location on South China Sea were instrumental in ...
– ''
Duk Ling''
Chinese Junk
A junk (Chinese: 船, ''chuán'') is a type of Chinese sailing ship with fully battened sails. There are two types of junk in China: northern junk, which developed from Chinese river boats, and southern junk, which developed from Austronesian ...
)
;Episode summary
*At the beginning of this leg, teams had to make their way to the Seven Spires in
Chiang Mai in order to find their next clue, which instructed them to fly to
Hong Kong
Hong Kong ( (US) or (UK); , ), officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China (abbr. Hong Kong SAR or HKSAR), is a city and special administrative region of China on the eastern Pearl River Delta i ...
and then go "to the top floor of the tallest building in Hong Kong", which they had to figure out was the
Central Plaza. Once at the top of the Central Plaza, teams used binoculars to search the area for a "green and white star", which they had to figure out was the
Star Ferry terminal at
Wan Chai Pier
The Wan Chai Pier (), or Wan Chai Ferry Pier (), is a pier at the coast of Wan Chai North on the Hong Kong Island of Hong Kong. The pier is operated by Star Ferry, and provides ferry services to Tsim Sha Tsui. The pier is near the Hong Kong Con ...
.
* This leg's Fast Forward required one team to travel to
Wong Tai Sin Temple in
Kowloon, where they found a
fortune teller
Fortune telling is the practice of prediction, predicting information about a person's life.J. Gordon Melton, Melton, J. Gordon. (2008). ''The Encyclopedia of Religious Phenomena''. Visible Ink Press. pp. 115-116. The scope of fortune telling ...
, who gave one team member a face reading and the other a
palm reading
Palmistry is the pseudoscientific practice of fortune-telling through the study of the palm. Also known as palm reading, chiromancy, chirology or cheirology, the practice is found all over the world, with numerous cultural variations. Those who ...
before giving them the Fast Forward award. Gary & Dave won the Fast Forward.
* This leg's Detour was a choice between
Wishing Tree or
Herbal Tea. In Wishing Tree, teams had to take a taxi to
Lam Tsuen
Lam Tsuen () is an area in Tai Po District, Hong Kong, noted for its Lam Tsuen wishing trees. The nearby Lam Tsuen River, empties into Tolo Harbour, Tai Po Hoi.
Villages
Lam Tsuen is not a village in the political sense but rather a union o ...
and find a
wishing tree. Once there, both team members had to write a wish on a scroll and throw it into the tree's branches in order to receive the next clue. In Herbal Tea, teams had to walk to a nearby herbalist shop on
Reclamation Street
Reclamation Street is a street stretching from Jordan to Mong Kok, Kowloon, Hong Kong. As its name suggests, it was built on the reclaimed western shore of the Kowloon Peninsula.
Location
Reclamation Street is on a north–south axis and ...
and ask for a bitter
herbal tea
Herbal teas, also known as herbal infusions and less commonly called tisanes (UK and US , US also ), are beverages made from the infusion or decoction of herbs, spices, or other plant material in hot water. Oftentimes herb tea, or the plain term ...
, which both team members had to each drink in order to receive the next clue.
* In this leg's Roadblock, one team member had to use a
crane to lift one
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 ...
off of a truck and lower it to the ground. The same team member had to then return the crane to its original position. Once this was done, the other team member was allowed to get the next clue from the side of the shipping container.
*Teams had to check in at the pit stop aboard the ''
Duk Ling'', a
Chinese junk
A junk (Chinese: 船, ''chuán'') is a type of Chinese sailing ship with fully battened sails. There are two types of junk in China: northern junk, which developed from Chinese river boats, and southern junk, which developed from Austronesian ...
floating in
Victoria Harbour
Victoria Harbour is a natural landform harbour in Hong Kong separating Hong Kong Island in the south from the Kowloon Peninsula to the north. The harbour's deep, sheltered waters and strategic location on South China Sea were instrumental in ...
.
;Additional notes
*The boarding place of the
sampan to the pit stop was wrongly identified as
Aberdeen
Aberdeen (; sco, Aiberdeen ; gd, Obar Dheathain ; la, Aberdonia) is a city in North East Scotland, and is the third most populous city in the country. Aberdeen is one of Scotland's 32 local government council areas (as Aberdeen City), and ...
instead of Central, both on the
CBS
CBS Broadcasting Inc., commonly shortened to CBS, the abbreviation of its former legal name Columbia Broadcasting System, is an American commercial broadcast television and radio network serving as the flagship property of the CBS Entertainm ...
website and by Phil's narration. Yet, Alex, Wil, and Blake all directed their taxi drivers to Lung Wui Road instead. Wil even spelled out the road name to the taxi radio dispatcher for directions.
*Mary & Peach fell so far behind all of the other teams that instead of completing all of the tasks in this leg, they received instructions to go directly to the pit stop for elimination.
Leg 8 (Hong Kong → Australia)
![Sydney Opera House](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e9/Sydney_Opera_House.jpg)
*Episode 8: "I'm Not a Miner! No, You're An Idiot!" (April 24, 2002)
*Prize: A seven-night
Caribbean cruise (awarded to Oswald & Danny)
;Locations
*
Hong Kong
Hong Kong ( (US) or (UK); , ), officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China (abbr. Hong Kong SAR or HKSAR), is a city and special administrative region of China on the eastern Pearl River Delta i ...
(
Victoria Harbour
Victoria Harbour is a natural landform harbour in Hong Kong separating Hong Kong Island in the south from the Kowloon Peninsula to the north. The harbour's deep, sheltered waters and strategic location on South China Sea were instrumental in ...
– ''
Duk Ling''
Chinese Junk
A junk (Chinese: 船, ''chuán'') is a type of Chinese sailing ship with fully battened sails. There are two types of junk in China: northern junk, which developed from Chinese river boats, and southern junk, which developed from Austronesian ...
)
* Hong Kong (
Central and Western District
The Central and Western District () located on northwestern part of Hong Kong Island is one of the 18 administrative districts of Hong Kong. It had a population of 243,266 in 2016. The district has the most educated residents with the secon ...
– Lung Wui Road)
* Hong Kong (
Repulse Bay
Repulse Bay or Tsin Shui Wan is a bay in the southern part of Hong Kong Island, located in the Southern District, Hong Kong. It is one of the most expensive residential areas in the world.
Geography
Repulse Bay is located in the southern ...
–
Repulse Bay Beach
Repulse Bay Beach is a gazetted beach located in Repulse Bay, Southern District, Hong Kong. The beach has barbecue pits and is managed by the Leisure and Cultural Services Department of the Hong Kong Government. Rated Grade 1 by the Environm ...
)
*Hong Kong (Repulse Bay –
Kwun Yam Shrine (
Tien-Hou Statue))
*Hong Kong (
Stanley
Stanley may refer to:
Arts and entertainment
Film and television
* ''Stanley'' (1972 film), an American horror film
* ''Stanley'' (1984 film), an Australian comedy
* ''Stanley'' (1999 film), an animated short
* ''Stanley'' (1956 TV series) ...
–
Murray House
Murray House is a Victorian-era building in Stanley, Hong Kong. Built in the present-day business district of Central in 1846 as officers' quarters of the Murray Barracks, the building was moved to the south of Hong Kong Island during the ...
)
* Hong Kong →
Sydney,
Australia
*Sydney (
City Centre –
Sydney Opera House)
*Sydney (City Centre –
Martin Place
Martin Place is a pedestrian mall in the Sydney central business district, New South Wales, Australia. Martin Place has been described as the "civic heart" of Sydney. ,
Hyde Park &
Circular Quay
Circular Quay is a harbour, former working port and now international passenger shipping port, public piazza and tourism precinct, heritage area, and transport node located in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia on the northern edge of the Syd ...
)
*Sydney (City Centre –
Museum of Contemporary Art)
;Episode summary
*At the start of this leg, teams had to take a sampan back ashore, travel by bus to
Repulse Bay
Repulse Bay or Tsin Shui Wan is a bay in the southern part of Hong Kong Island, located in the Southern District, Hong Kong. It is one of the most expensive residential areas in the world.
Geography
Repulse Bay is located in the southern ...
, and then find the statue of
Tien-Hou at
Kwun Yam Shrine in order to find their next clue. From there, teams had to travel to the
Murray House
Murray House is a Victorian-era building in Stanley, Hong Kong. Built in the present-day business district of Central in 1846 as officers' quarters of the Murray Barracks, the building was moved to the south of Hong Kong Island during the ...
in order to find their next clue.
* This leg's Detour was a choice between
Dragon or
Lion. In Dragon, teams had to row a 12-seat
dragon boat
A dragon boat is a human-powered watercraft originating from the Pearl River Delta region of China's southern Guangdong Province. These were made of teak, but in other parts of China, different kinds of wood are used. It is one of a family ...
through a marked course in order to retrieve their next clue. In Lion, teams had to carry a
ceremonial lion through a course of narrow markets and steep stairs in order to retrieve their clue.
*After completing the Detour, teams were instructed to fly to
Sydney, Australia, and find their next clue at the
Sydney Opera House.
* In this leg's Roadblock, one team member had to follow a series of clues written in
Australian slang
Australian English is a major variety of the English language spoken throughout Australia. Most of the vocabulary of Australian English is shared with British English, though there are notable differences. The vocabulary of Australia is drawn ...
. Team members had to continue this task until they specifically received a clue instructing them to reunite with their partner.
*Teams had to check in at the pit stop: the rooftop of the
Museum of Contemporary Art in Sydney.
;Additional notes
* In this leg's unclaimed Fast Forward, one team would have had to find the
Po Lin Monastery and then climb 268 steps to the
Tian Tan Buddha
The Big Buddha is a large bronze statue of Buddha, completed in 1993, and located at Ngong Ping, Lantau Island, in Hong Kong. The statue is sited near Po Lin Monastery and symbolises the harmonious relationship between man and nature, peop ...
in order to claim the Fast Forward award.
*Graham Keating,
Sydney's
town crier
A town crier, also called a bellman, is an officer of a royal court or public authority who makes public pronouncements as required.
Duties and functions
The town crier was used to make public announcements in the streets. Criers often dress ...
, served as the pit stop greeter for this leg.
*This was a non-elimination leg.
Leg 9 (Australia)
![Sydney (AU), Harbour Bridge -- 2019 -- 2179](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/de/Sydney_%28AU%29%2C_Harbour_Bridge_--_2019_--_2179.jpg)
*Episode 8: "I'm Not a Miner! No, You're An Idiot!" (April 24, 2002)
*Prize: A vacation to
Cancún
Cancún ( ), often Cancun in English (without the accent; or ) is a city in southeast Mexico on the northeast coast of the Yucatán Peninsula in the Mexican state of Quintana Roo. It is a significant tourist destination in Mexico and the seat ...
(awarded to Chris & Alex)
*Eliminated: Gary & Dave
;Locations
*
Sydney (
City Centre –
Museum of Contemporary Art)
*Sydney (
Woolloomooloo
Woolloomooloo ( ) is a harbourside, inner-city eastern suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Woolloomooloo is 1.5 kilometres east of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of the City of Sydney. It is in a lo ...
–
Harry's Cafe de Wheels)
*Sydney (
BridgeClimb Sydney &
Sydney Harbour Bridge
The Sydney Harbour Bridge is a steel through arch bridge in Sydney, spanning Port Jackson, Sydney Harbour from the Sydney central business district, central business district (CBD) to the North Shore (Sydney), North Shore. The view of the bridg ...
)
* Sydney →
Adelaide
Adelaide ( ) is the capital city of South Australia, the state's largest city and the fifth-most populous city in Australia. "Adelaide" may refer to either Greater Adelaide (including the Adelaide Hills) or the Adelaide city centre. The dem ...
*Adelaide (
Adelaide Airport
Adelaide Airport , also known as Adelaide International Airport, is the principal airport of Adelaide, South Australia and the fifth-busiest airport in Australia, servicing 8.5 million passengers in the financial year ending 30 June 201 ...
–
National Jet Systems Terminal)
* Adelaide →
Coober Pedy
Coober Pedy () is a town in northern South Australia, north of Adelaide on the Stuart Highway. The town is sometimes referred to as the "opal capital of the world" because of the quantity of precious opals that are mined there. Coober Pedy is ...
*Coober Pedy (The Metal Tree)
*Coober Pedy (Tom's Working Opal Mine
Coober Pedy Opal Fields Golf Club)
*
Breakaways National Park (Lookout 2)
*Breakaways National Park (Aboriginal Camp)
;Episode summary
*At the beginning of this leg, teams had to first sign up at
BridgeClimb Sydney, and then climb to the top of the
Sydney Harbour Bridge
The Sydney Harbour Bridge is a steel through arch bridge in Sydney, spanning Port Jackson, Sydney Harbour from the Sydney central business district, central business district (CBD) to the North Shore (Sydney), North Shore. The view of the bridg ...
in order to obtain their next clue.
* This leg's Fast Forward required one team to go to
Harry's Cafe, where each team member had to eat a
meat pie
A meat pie is a pie with a filling of meat and often with other savory ingredients. They are found in cuisines worldwide.
Meat pies are usually baked, fried, or deep fried to brown them and develop the flavour through the Maillard reaction. M ...
. Chris & Alex won the Fast Forward.
*Teams were instructed to fly to
Coober Pedy
Coober Pedy () is a town in northern South Australia, north of Adelaide on the Stuart Highway. The town is sometimes referred to as the "opal capital of the world" because of the quantity of precious opals that are mined there. Coober Pedy is ...
in the
Australian Outback
The Outback is a remote, vast, sparsely populated area of Australia. The Outback is more remote than the bush. While often envisaged as being arid, the Outback regions extend from the northern to southern Australian coastlines and encompass a n ...
. To get there, teams had to first fly to
Adelaide
Adelaide ( ) is the capital city of South Australia, the state's largest city and the fifth-most populous city in Australia. "Adelaide" may refer to either Greater Adelaide (including the Adelaide Hills) or the Adelaide city centre. The dem ...
and make their way to the National Jet Systems Terminal, where they signed up for one of three charter flights to Coober Pedy. Once in Coober Pedy, teams had to drive themselves to the Metal Tree sculpture in order to find their next clue.
* This leg's Detour was a choice between
Cool Down or
Heat Up. In Cool Down, teams had to find Opal Quest at Tom's Working Opal Mine, descend into the tunnels, and use traditional mining tools to search for an
opal
Opal is a hydrated amorphous form of silica (SiO2·''n''H2O); its water content may range from 3 to 21% by weight, but is usually between 6 and 10%. Due to its amorphous property, it is classified as a mineraloid, unlike crystalline form ...
in order to receive their next clue. In Heat Up, teams had play three holes of golf on the
driest golf course in the world in order to receive their next clue. However, the holes all crisscrossed each other, and teams had to play in the intense heat of up to using only a map and one ball.
*After completing the Detour, teams had to travel to Lookout 2 of
Breakaways National Park and follow a series of flags into a valley in order to find their next clue.
* In this leg's Roadblock, one team member had to throw a
boomerang
A boomerang () is a thrown tool, typically constructed with aerofoil sections and designed to spin about an axis perpendicular to the direction of its flight. A returning boomerang is designed to return to the thrower, while a non-returning ...
from within a circle such that the boomerang would leave, return, and land within the circle in order to receive their next clue.
*Teams had to check in at the pit stop: a nearby Aboriginal camp.
;Additional notes
*Legs 8 and 9 aired back-to-back as a special two-hour episode.
Leg 10 (Australia → New Zealand)
*Episode 9: "Ready To Lose Our Lives" (May 1, 2002)
*Prize: A vacation to
Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico (; abbreviated PR; tnq, Boriken, ''Borinquen''), officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico ( es, link=yes, Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico, lit=Free Associated State of Puerto Rico), is a Caribbean island and unincorporated ...
(awarded to Blake & Paige)
;Locations
*
Breakaways National Park (Aboriginal Camp)
*
Coober Pedy
Coober Pedy () is a town in northern South Australia, north of Adelaide on the Stuart Highway. The town is sometimes referred to as the "opal capital of the world" because of the quantity of precious opals that are mined there. Coober Pedy is ...
→
Glendambo
* Glendambo →
Adelaide
Adelaide ( ) is the capital city of South Australia, the state's largest city and the fifth-most populous city in Australia. "Adelaide" may refer to either Greater Adelaide (including the Adelaide Hills) or the Adelaide city centre. The dem ...
* Adelaide →
Queenstown,
New Zealand
New Zealand ( mi, Aotearoa ) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and over 700 smaller islands. It is the sixth-largest island count ...
*Queenstown (
Shotover River
The Shotover River ( mi, Kimiākau) is located in the Otago region of the South Island of New Zealand. The name correctly suggests that this long river is fast flowing, with numerous rapids.
The river flows generally south from the Southern Alps ...
)
*
Gibbston Valley (Wentworth Station)
*
Nevis River
The Nevis River is in Otago, New Zealand. It flows north for through rough country before meeting the Kawarau River, of which it is a tributary. A prominent rock outcrop close to this junction is known as the Nevis Bluff.
The river was one ...
(
Nevis Highwire Platform
The Nevis Bungy is a bungee jumping platform in the Southern Alps near Queenstown in New Zealand's South Island. It is the third highest bungee jumping platform in the world at a height of 134 metres. It is suspended by high-tension cords, which ...
)
*
Mount Somers
Mount Somers ( mi, Te Kiekie) is a small town in Canterbury, New Zealand, nestled in the foothills of the Southern Alps. The population in the 2001 census was 2,307. Due to its scenic location, it has seen growth in the number of holiday homes ...
(
Canterbury Plains
The Canterbury Plains () are an area in New Zealand centred in the Mid Canterbury, to the south of the city of Christchurch in the Canterbury region. Their northern extremes are at the foot of the Hundalee Hills in the Hurunui District, and in t ...
– Inverary Sheep Station)
;Episode summary
*At the beginning of this leg, teams were instructed to fly to
Queenstown, New Zealand
Queenstown ( mi, Tāhuna) is a resort town in Otago in the south-west of New Zealand's South Island. It has an urban population of
The town is built around an inlet called Queenstown Bay on Lake Wakatipu, a long, thin, Z-shaped lake forme ...
. This required teams to drive back to
Coober Pedy
Coober Pedy () is a town in northern South Australia, north of Adelaide on the Stuart Highway. The town is sometimes referred to as the "opal capital of the world" because of the quantity of precious opals that are mined there. Coober Pedy is ...
and load their vehicles onto a trailer called a
road train
A road train, land train or long combination vehicle (LCV) is a trucking vehicle used to move road freight more efficiently than semi-trailer trucks. It consists of two or more trailers or semi-trailers hauled by a prime mover.
History
Early ...
that transported them to
Glendambo. They then drove to a local airstrip and signed up one of two charter flights to
Adelaide
Adelaide ( ) is the capital city of South Australia, the state's largest city and the fifth-most populous city in Australia. "Adelaide" may refer to either Greater Adelaide (including the Adelaide Hills) or the Adelaide city centre. The dem ...
. From Adelaide, teams were able to book flights to Queenstown.
* This leg's Fast Forward required one team to make their way to
Shotover River
The Shotover River ( mi, Kimiākau) is located in the Otago region of the South Island of New Zealand. The name correctly suggests that this long river is fast flowing, with numerous rapids.
The river flows generally south from the Southern Alps ...
. There, they had to ride a jetboat and spot a Route Marker. Blake & Paige won the Fast Forward.
*At Wentworth Station, teams found marked vehicles, and instructed their drivers to take them to the edge of a cliff. From there, two teams at a time could catch a gondola that took them across the gorge to the
Nevis Highwire Platform
The Nevis Bungy is a bungee jumping platform in the Southern Alps near Queenstown in New Zealand's South Island. It is the third highest bungee jumping platform in the world at a height of 134 metres. It is suspended by high-tension cords, which ...
.
* This leg's Detour was a choice between
Quick Jump or
Long Hike. In Quick Jump, teams had to take a tandem bungee jump down to the clue at the bottom of the canyon. In Long Hike, teams would have had to hike down a long trail to the bottom of the canyon in order to reach the clue box. All teams chose to perform the bungee jump.
* In this leg's Roadblock, one team member had to enter a pen full of sheep and move the three black sheep from among the twenty-two white sheep to a second pen at the end of the corral. When they were finished, teams could then run to the nearby pit stop.
;Additional notes
*This was a non-elimination leg.
Leg 11 (New Zealand)
![Okataina](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f3/Okataina.jpg)
*Episode 10: "It's Hammer Time" (May 8, 2002)
*Prize: A vacation to
Los Cabos
LOS, or Los, or LoS may refer to:
Science and technology
* Length of stay, the duration of a single episode of hospitalisation
* Level of service, a measure used by traffic engineers
* Level of significance, a measure of statistical significanc ...
(awarded to Tara & Wil)
*Eliminated: Danny & Oswald
;Locations
*
Mount Somers
Mount Somers ( mi, Te Kiekie) is a small town in Canterbury, New Zealand, nestled in the foothills of the Southern Alps. The population in the 2001 census was 2,307. Due to its scenic location, it has seen growth in the number of holiday homes ...
(
Canterbury Plains
The Canterbury Plains () are an area in New Zealand centred in the Mid Canterbury, to the south of the city of Christchurch in the Canterbury region. Their northern extremes are at the foot of the Hundalee Hills in the Hurunui District, and in t ...
– Inverary Sheep Station)
*
Picton →
Wellington
Wellington ( mi, Te Whanganui-a-Tara or ) is the capital city of New Zealand. It is located at the south-western tip of the North Island, between Cook Strait and the Remutaka Range. Wellington is the second-largest city in New Zealand by metr ...
*
Rotorua (
Maori Arts & Crafts Institute)
*Rotorua District (
Mount Tarawera
Mount Tarawera is a volcano on the North Island of New Zealand within the older but volcanically productive Ōkataina Caldera. Located 24 kilometres southeast of Rotorua, it consists of a series of rhyolitic lava domes that were fissu ...
)
*
Waitomo District
Waitomo District is a territorial authority, located in the Waikato region, at the north of the King Country area in the North Island of New Zealand. A small part of the district, the locality of Tiroa, however, lies in the Manawatū-Whanganui ...
(
Waitomo Caves
Waitomo is a rural community in the King Country region of New Zealand's North Island. There are several solutional cave systems in the area around the village, which are popular tourist attractions. Restaurants and accommodation are centred i ...
– The Lost World)
*
Auckland
Auckland (pronounced ) ( mi, Tāmaki Makaurau) is a large metropolitan city in the North Island of New Zealand. The most populous urban area in the country and the fifth largest city in Oceania, Auckland has an urban population of about ...
(
Woodhill Woodhill or Wood Hill may refer to:
People
* Herbert Woodhilll (1875–1963), Australian rugby league footballer
* Constance Caroline Woodhill Naden (1858–1889), English poet and philosopher
Places Australia
* Woodhill, New South Wales
* ...
– 4 Track Adventures)
*Auckland (
Ardmore Airport – Warbirds Hangar)
;Episode summary
*At the start of this leg, teams chose a
campervan
A camper van, also referred to as a camper, caravanette, motor caravan or RV (recreational vehicle) in North America, is a self-propelled vehicle that provides both transport and sleeping accommodation. The term describes vans that have been fitt ...
, which they used for the remainder of the leg. Teams then had to travel by ferry to
Wellington
Wellington ( mi, Te Whanganui-a-Tara or ) is the capital city of New Zealand. It is located at the south-western tip of the North Island, between Cook Strait and the Remutaka Range. Wellington is the second-largest city in New Zealand by metr ...
and then make their way to the
Maori Arts & Crafts Institute, where they found their next clue.
* This season's final Fast Forward required one team to perform a "
scree
Scree is a collection of broken rock fragments at the base of a cliff or other steep rocky mass that has accumulated through periodic rockfall. Landforms associated with these materials are often called talus deposits. Talus deposits typically ...
run" down
Mount Tarawera
Mount Tarawera is a volcano on the North Island of New Zealand within the older but volcanically productive Ōkataina Caldera. Located 24 kilometres southeast of Rotorua, it consists of a series of rhyolitic lava domes that were fissu ...
, a run down the loose rock walls directly into the mouth of the dormant volcano. Tara & Wil won the Fast Forward.
* This leg's Detour was a choice between
Drop or
Climb. In Drop, teams had to descend into a cavern known as "The Lost World" and then walk a short distance in order to retrieve their next clue. In Climb, teams would have had to climb down a ladder into the same cavern, but then walk a much longer distance in order to reach the next clue. All teams chose the descent.
* In this leg's Roadblock, one team member had to ride an
ATV through a challenging off-road course over difficult terrain and then collect the clue at the end of the course.
*Teams had to check in at the pit stop: the Warbirds Hangar at the
Ardmore Airport in
Auckland
Auckland (pronounced ) ( mi, Tāmaki Makaurau) is a large metropolitan city in the North Island of New Zealand. The most populous urban area in the country and the fifth largest city in Oceania, Auckland has an urban population of about ...
.
Leg 12 (New Zealand → United States)
![Molokini](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3e/Molokini.jpg)
*Episode 11: "Follow That Plane!" (May 15, 2002)
*Prize: A vacation to
London
London is the capital and List of urban areas in the United Kingdom, largest city of England and the United Kingdom, with a population of just under 9 million. It stands on the River Thames in south-east England at the head of a estuary dow ...
and
Paris
Paris () is the Capital city, capital and List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), ma ...
(awarded to Tara & Wil and Blake & Paige)
;Locations
*
Auckland
Auckland (pronounced ) ( mi, Tāmaki Makaurau) is a large metropolitan city in the North Island of New Zealand. The most populous urban area in the country and the fifth largest city in Oceania, Auckland has an urban population of about ...
(
Ardmore Airport – Warbirds Hangar)
*Auckland (
One Tree Hill One Tree Hill may refer to:
* "One Tree Hill" (song), a 1987 song by U2 referencing One Tree Hill, New Zealand volcanic peak
* ''One Tree Hill'' (TV series), a 2003–2012 American drama series named for the U2 song
** ''One Tree Hill'' (soundtr ...
–
Sir John Logan Campbell Monument
A monument is a type of structure that was explicitly created to commemorate a person or event, or which has become relevant to a social group as a part of their remembrance of historic times or cultural heritage, due to its artistic, hist ...
)
* Auckland →
Kahului
Kahului () is a census-designated place (CDP) in Maui County in the U.S. state of Hawaii. It hosts the county's main airport (Kahului Airport), deep-draft harbor, light industrial areas, and commercial shopping centers. The population was 26,337 ...
,
Hawaii
Hawaii ( ; haw, Hawaii or ) is a state in the Western United States, located in the Pacific Ocean about from the U.S. mainland. It is the only U.S. state outside North America, the only state that is an archipelago, and the only state ...
*
Paia (
Old Maui High School)
*
Haiku-Pauwela (Pauwela Pineapple Field)
*
Maalaea (McGregor Point) →
Molokini
Molokini is a crescent-shaped, partially submerged volcanic crater which forms a small, uninhabited islet located in ʻAlalākeiki Channel between the islands of Maui and Kahoolawe, Kahoolawe, within Maui County in Hawaii, Hawaii. It is the remai ...
*Mokulau (Huialoha Church)
;Episode summary
*At the start of this leg, teams were directed to find the "Father of Auckland". They had to figure out that their next destination was the
Monument
A monument is a type of structure that was explicitly created to commemorate a person or event, or which has become relevant to a social group as a part of their remembrance of historic times or cultural heritage, due to its artistic, hist ...
of Sir
John Logan Campbell
Sir John Logan Campbell (3 November 1817 – 22 June 1912) was a prominent Scottish-born New Zealand public figure. He was described by his contemporaries as "the father of Auckland".
Early life
John Logan Campbell was born in Edinburgh, Sco ...
at
One Tree Hill One Tree Hill may refer to:
* "One Tree Hill" (song), a 1987 song by U2 referencing One Tree Hill, New Zealand volcanic peak
* ''One Tree Hill'' (TV series), a 2003–2012 American drama series named for the U2 song
** ''One Tree Hill'' (soundtr ...
, where they found their next clue. Teams were then instructed to fly to
Maui, Hawaii
The island of Maui (; Hawaiian: ) is the second-largest of the islands of the state of Hawaii at 727.2 square miles (1,883 km2) and is the 17th largest island in the United States. Maui is the largest of Maui County's four islands, whic ...
. Once in Maui, teams had to drive to the ruins of an abandoned sugar mill in order to find their next clue.
* This season's final Detour was a choice between
Bike or
Walk. In Bike, teams would have had to search a large pineapple field on a pair of bicycles in order to find the only red plastic pineapple that held their clue inside. In Walk, teams searched the same field on foot in order to find one of four yellow plastic pineapples which also held their clue inside. All teams chose to walk.
*After the Detour, teams headed to McGregor Point where they had to navigate the arrows to the water's edge and choose a motorboat to take them to
Molokini
Molokini is a crescent-shaped, partially submerged volcanic crater which forms a small, uninhabited islet located in ʻAlalākeiki Channel between the islands of Maui and Kahoolawe, Kahoolawe, within Maui County in Hawaii, Hawaii. It is the remai ...
along a course of red and yellow buoys in order to find their next clue.
* In this leg's Roadblock, one team member had to
snorkel near the sunken island and find and open one of three yellow cases chained underwater in order to retrieve the clue sealed inside.
*After completing the Roadblock, teams had to check in at the next pit stop: the Huialoha Church in Mokulau.
;Additional notes
*This was a non-elimination leg.
Leg 13 (United States)
*Episode 11: "Follow That Plane!" (May 15, 2002)
*Winners: Chris & Alex
*Second Place: Tara & Wil
*Third Place: Blake & Paige
;Locations
*Mokulau (Huialoha Church)
*
Hana
Hana or HANA may refer to:
Places Europe
* Haná, an ethnic region in Moravia, Czech Republic
* Traianoupoli, Greece, called Hana during the Ottoman period
* Hana, Norway, a borough in the city of Sandnes, Norway
West Asia
* Hana, Iran, a ci ...
(
Queen Kaʻahumanu's Birthplace)
*
Kahului
Kahului () is a census-designated place (CDP) in Maui County in the U.S. state of Hawaii. It hosts the county's main airport (Kahului Airport), deep-draft harbor, light industrial areas, and commercial shopping centers. The population was 26,337 ...
→
Anchorage,
Alaska
Alaska ( ; russian: Аляска, Alyaska; ale, Alax̂sxax̂; ; ems, Alas'kaaq; Yup'ik: ''Alaskaq''; tli, Anáaski) is a state located in the Western United States on the northwest extremity of North America. A semi-exclave of the U.S. ...
*Anchorage (Rust's Flying Service)
* Anchorage →
Trapper Creek
*
Big Lake (Homesteader's Hardware Store)
*
Matanuska-Susitna Borough
Matanuska-Susitna Borough (often referred to as the Mat-Su Borough) is a borough located in the U.S. state of Alaska. Its county seat is Palmer, and the largest community is the census-designated place of Knik-Fairview.
The borough is part of ...
(
Hurricane Gulch Bridge)
* Anchorage
Fairbanks →
Oakland,
California
California is a state in the Western United States, located along the Pacific Coast. With nearly 39.2million residents across a total area of approximately , it is the most populous U.S. state and the 3rd largest by area. It is also the m ...
*
San Francisco
San Francisco (; Spanish for " Saint Francis"), officially the City and County of San Francisco, is the commercial, financial, and cultural center of Northern California. The city proper is the fourth most populous in California and 17th ...
(Atkinson-Esher House)
*San Francisco (
Municipal Pier)
*
Sausalito
Sausalito (Spanish for "small willow grove") is a city in Marin County, California, United States, located southeast of Marin City, south-southeast of San Rafael, and about north of San Francisco from the Golden Gate Bridge.
Sausalito's ...
(
East Fort Baker)
;Episode summary
*At the start of this leg, teams had to drive themselves to a pier in
Hana Bay and find
Queen Kaʻahumanu's birthplace in order to find their next clue, which instructed them to fly to
Anchorage, Alaska. Once in Anchorage, teams had to find Rust's Flying Service, where they had to instruct their pilots to fly them to
Trapper Creek. Teams spent the night in
igloos.
*The next morning, teams had to put on
snowshoe
Snowshoes are specialized outdoor gear for walking over snow. Their large footprint spreads the user's weight out and allows them to travel largely on top of rather than through snow. Adjustable bindings attach them to appropriate winter footwe ...
s and hike through the woods to obtain their next clue, where one team member drove a Snowcat across a frozen lake. Teams had to go to Homesteader's Hardware Store, where they had to pick up a set of tools along with their next clue.
* In this season's final Roadblock, one team member had to use any of the tools they'd picked up to retrieve their clue which was frozen inside a large globe of ice.
*Teams were then instructed to fly to San Francisco, California. Once in San Francisco, teams had to find Landmark #97 near the intersection of Broadway (San Francisco), Broadway and Jones streets – the Atkinson-Esher House – in order to obtain their next clue.
*Teams were then instructed to travel on foot to
Municipal Pier for their final clue, which directed them to travel to
East Fort Baker and then run to the finish line.
;Additional notes
*Though Tara & Wil arrived at the final destination first, Chris & Alex arrived immediately after them, and overtook Tara & Wil in a footrace to the finish line. It was the closest finish in the history of ''
The Amazing Race
''The Amazing Race'' is an adventure reality game show franchise in which teams of two people race around the world in competition with other teams. The ''Race'' is split into legs, with teams tasked to deduce clues, navigate themselves in forei ...
''.
*Legs 12 and 13 aired back-to-back as a special two-hour episode.
Reception
Critical response
''The Amazing Race 2'' received positive reviews with the final footrace to the finish often regarded as one of the show's best moments. Linda Holmes of ''Television Without Pity'' wrote that "the teams weren't as compelling as personalities this go-round" compared to the previous season but it was "still just a really good show." In 2016, this season was ranked 11th out of the first 27 seasons by the ''Rob Has a Podcast Amazing Race'' correspondents. Kareem Gantt of ''Screen Rant'' wrote that this season was "where the show finally gained its sea legs. This season went bold with its Roadblocks, and it also contained a good amount of drama that kept fans on the edge of their seats all season long." In 2021, Jane Andrews of Gossip Cop ranked this season as the show's overall best season. In 2022, Jason Shomer of Collider (website), Collider ranked this season among the show's top seven seasons. In 2022, Rhenn Taguiam of Game Rant ranked this season as the ninth-best season.
References
External links
Official website
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