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''The Amazing Race Asia 3'' is the third season of ''
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'', a
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based on the American series ''
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 fore ...
''. The third installment of the show features ten teams of two with a pre-existing relationship, in a race around Asia to win US$100,000. The season premiered on September 11, 2008 and consists of 11 episodes, two episodes fewer than the first and
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seasons. The season finale aired on November 20, 2008. Friends Vince Chung and Sam Wu, representing
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, were the winners of this season. Vince also became the first non-Asian by nationality to win ''The Amazing Race Asia''.


Production


Development and filming

The third season of ''The Amazing Race Asia'' covered 21,600 kilometres in six countries. Route markers were coloured yellow and white in Vietnam to avoid confusion with the former
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. This season introduced the U-Turn marker, while the Intersection was not included. This season, like the American version's Family Edition and the Brazilian version, was the first time ''The Amazing Race Asia'' traveled across one continent, Asia (previous seasons covered at least two continents). Unlike past seasons, this was the first season to not have the first leg as a non-elimination leg. This season also had the number of episodes decreased from 13 to 11. According to
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, this season was dubbed as "the toughest Race ever" compared to previous seasons as both contestants and crew personnel experienced high fatigue during this season due to the faster pace and shorter break times. During filming, one production crew member was even hospitalized. This was the only season of ''The Amazing Race Asia'' did not visit the country of
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.
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, one of the racers in
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, appeared as the local greeter in the first leg. Footage from the start of the season was shown on the ninth episode of ''
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''.


Casting

Applications for the third season were due on March 3, 2008 (extended from the original deadline on February 25, 2008). Interviews for semi-finalists and finalists were held sometime around March or April 2008. Filming was expected to have taken place around the middle of 2008.


Marketing

The third season of ''The Amazing Race Asia'' had six official sponsors:
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,
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,
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,
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,
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and
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.


Broadcasting

A special episode known as "Racers Revealed" aired one week before the actual premiere, on September 4, 2008, and a special "Memories" episode aired after the season finale on November 27, 2008, similar to the
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season.


Awards

In 2009, the series was nominated for an
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for Best Non-Scripted Entertainment, losing to the Dutch reality series '' The Phone''.


Cast

This season's cast include cousins, and a father & son team. Like
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, this season featured a large number of local media personalities or their relatives.
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is the winner of
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and also the wife of Thai tennis player
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. Her teammate, Pailin, is the runner-up in 2006 Miss Thailand Universe and also contested in
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.
Tisha Silang Olivia Tisha de Carlos Silang (born November 6, 1975), more popularly known as Tisha Silang, was the Binibining Pilipinas Universe in 1998. She became a TV host and businesswoman later in her career. In the The Amazing Race Asia 3, third season of ...
is the ex-girlfriend of ''
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'''s host,
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and was once Miss Philippines but had to forgo her crown due to her Canadian citizenship, while Ida, Niroo and Mai are famous actors in their respective homelands and Bernie is the host of ''
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''. Isaac & William are sports commentators and football agents for professional players in the Korean K-League. Vince Matthew Chung is a leading stand-up comedian in Hong Kong, often performing and hosting at
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, and was a finalist in Hong Kong's first nationwide stand-up comedy competition. This season consists of three non-Asians. Natalie and Vince are Canadians (though Natalie was born in Russia; Vince has a Chinese ethnicity), and Geoff is from New Zealand. Additionally, Sam, who was originally from Singapore, is representing Hong Kong. Tisha is of Canadian nationality but of Filipino ethnicity; Henry and Bernie are of Australian nationality but of Chinese ethnicity, however they are representing Malaysia. Kynt Cothron and Vyxsin Fiala's audition video was shown on the "Racers Revealed" episode. Michael McKay, the executive producer of the show, confirmed that Kynt & Vyxsin of season 12 of the original American version of ''The Amazing Race'' did really submit an audition tape but did not make it because according to McKay "we felt it would be unfair to have a team that had already raced (and raced very well I might add) and also we take teams from Asia. But if we do an All Star version down the track you never know." Tania Khan died in late 2020 at the age of 48.


Results

The following teams participated in the season, with their relationships at the time of filming. Placements are listed in finishing order: *A placement with a dagger () indicates that the team was eliminated. *A placement with a double-dagger () indicates that the team was the last to arrive at a pit stop in a non-elimination leg. **An placement indicates that the team was ''marked for elimination''; if the team did not place 1st in the next leg, they would receive a 30-minute penalty. **An placement indicates that the team had to relinquish all of their money and were not allotted money for the next leg. *A indicates that the team won a Fast Forward. *A indicates that the team chose to use the Yield, and a indicates the team who received it. *A means the team chose to use a U-Turn, and a indicates the team who received it. ;Notes


Episode title quotes

Episode titles are often taken from quotes made by the racers. #"The Toughest Race Ever" – Season Tagline #"I Wanna Be A Man" – Bernie #"You Are Running Away, Nobody's Helping Me" – Niroo #"Where's Our Car?" – Kapil #"You See How They're Not Fighting All The Time" – Oliver #"I Think I'm Cuter" – Sam #"What The Fish?" – Tania #"The Gloves Are Coming Off, The War Paint Is Coming On" – Vince #"Are People Here Funny?" – A.D. #"I'm Telling You Right Now There's No Giving Up" – Vince #"The Moment You've Been Racing For And The Moment We've Been Waiting For" –
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Prizes

Individual prizes were awarded to the first team to complete a leg. *Leg 1 – US$2,500 for each team member, courtesy of
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. *Leg 2 – Free
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fuel with techron for a year. *Leg 3 – A Sony
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for each team member. *Leg 4 – A
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handphone for each team member. *Leg 5 – A three-day, two-night holiday in
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,
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, courtesy of
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Beer. *Leg 6 – A three-day, two-night holiday in Ko Samui, Thailand, courtesy of Singha Beer. *Leg 7 – A Sony
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and Sony
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for each team member. *Leg 8 – A holiday in Hong Kong, courtesy of Caltex. *Leg 9 – A
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handphone for each team member. *Leg 10 – US$2,500 for each team member, courtesy of Standard Chartered Bank. *Leg 11 – US$100,000


Race summary


Leg 1 (Thailand)

Airdate: September 11, 2008 *
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,
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(King
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Monument) (Starting Line) *Bangkok (
Khaosan Road Khaosan Road or Khao San Road ( th, ถนนข้าวสาร, , ) is a short ( long) street in central Bangkok, Thailand constructed in 1892 during the reign of Rama V. It is in the Bang Lamphu area of Phra Nakhon District about north ...
) *
Pathum Thani Pathum Thani ( th, ปทุมธานี, ) is a town (''thesaban mueang'') in central Thailand, directly north of Bangkok. It is the capital of the Pathum Thani province, Thailand as well as the Mueang Pathum Thani district. As of 2005, it ...
( Amphoe Khlong Luang
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Service Station) to
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() * Suphan Buri (Wat Phai Rong Wua) to
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(Chiang Mai Arcade Bus Station) * Chiang Mai (Chiang Mai X-Centre or Rice Field) *Chiang Mai ( Ratchaphruek Garden – Ho Kham Royal Pavilion) This season's first Detour was a choice between Race or Rice. In Race, teams had to proceed to the Chiang Mai X-Centre and drive an off-road buggy over an track to receive their next clue. In Rice, teams had to work together to pound rice into paste and make two rice balls before receiving their next clue. ;Additional tasks *At Khaosan Road, each team had to consume one large bowl of Thai street food, consisting of assorted fried bugs, frogs and scorpions, to receive their next clue. *At the Caltex Service Station, each team had to completely clean a 22-seat passenger bus to the
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supervisor's satisfaction. Once they finished, teams had to signup for one of three newly washed buses to
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, the first and second would carry three teams while the last bus would carry four teams. *At Wat Phai Rong Wua, teams had to search the temple grounds for their next clue hidden amongst hundreds of
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statues. The first two buses, however, would depart 20 minutes after they arrived at the temple. After finding a clue, teams had to board the next available bus to go to Chiang Mai Arcade Bus Station, where they would find their next clue.


Leg 2 (Thailand → Vietnam)

Airdate: September 18, 2008 * Mae Kham Pong ( Flight of the Gibbon) (Overnight Rest) *Chiang Mai (Sathit Buarawong Banana Plantation) * Chiang Mai (
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) to
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,
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(
Tan Son Nhat International Airport Tân Sơn Nhất International Airport ( vi, Sân bay quốc tế Tân Sơn Nhất or Cảng hàng không quốc tế Tân Sơn Nhất) is the busiest airport in Vietnam with 32.5 million passengers in 2016 and 38.5 million passengers in 201 ...
) *Ho Chi Minh City ( Saigon Opera House) *Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon Phố Cafe) *Ho Chi Minh City (
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) * Ho Chi Minh City (Ben Thanh Bus Station) to
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(Cái Bè Bus Station) *Cái Bè (Cái Bè
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Temple) * Cái Bè (Chánh Trần Fruit Depot and or Bằng Chicken Farm and Cái Bè Land Market) * Cái Bè (Cái Bè Bus Station) to Ho Chi Minh City () *Ho Chi Minh City (
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) *Ho Chi Minh City (
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) In this season's first Roadblock, one team member had to cross a plantation and retrieve their next clue from a hanging backpack without being hit by snipers brandishing paintball guns, who would fire
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s at the team member. If the team member was shot, they had to return to the starting point and perform the task again. This leg's Detour was a choice between Sampan and Some Walk. In Sampan, teams had to load a
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with fruit and then row it across the river to a trader, who would give teams their next clue. In Some Walk, teams had to gather twenty live chickens and then deliver then using a đòn gánh to a vendor in the land market to receive their next clue. ;Additional tasks *At the Flight of the Gibbon, teams had to go through a jungle heights course consisting of zip-lines and a parallel drop before getting their next clue. *At Saigon Phố Cafe, each team member had to play a
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N-Gage game, known as '' System Rush: Evolution'', on a
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handphone and complete three laps around a track within a time limit to receive their next clue. *At Thánh Nữ Jeanne D'Arc Church, teams had to choose a
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aid expert, each representing one of the nine available charity organisations, and use US$500 from
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to purchase supplies as needed by the organisation. Once complete, team would find their next clue outside the
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.


Leg 3 (Vietnam)

Airdate: September 25, 2008 *Ho Chi Minh City (
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) (Pit Start) * Ho Chi Minh City (
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) to
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(Bến Xe Phía Bắc) *Huế (Trần Thanh Mại – Caltex Service Facility) * Hương Thủy ( Khải Định Tomb) *
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(
Minh Mạng Minh Mạng () or Minh Mệnh (, vi-hantu, 明 命, lit. "the bright favour of Heaven"; 25 May 1791 – 20 January 1841; born Nguyễn Phúc Đảm, also known as Nguyễn Phúc Kiểu) was the second emperor of the Nguyễn dynasty of V ...
Tomb) and Hương Thủy (Khải Định Tomb) * Hương Thủy (Dạ Lê Thượng Shrine or Rice Paddy Field) * Huế ( Quốc Học Park to Huế CitadelThế Miếu Temple) In this leg's Roadblock, one team member had to retrieve seven coins representing the seven emperors of the
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at
Minh Mạng Minh Mạng () or Minh Mệnh (, vi-hantu, 明 命, lit. "the bright favour of Heaven"; 25 May 1791 – 20 January 1841; born Nguyễn Phúc Đảm, also known as Nguyễn Phúc Kiểu) was the second emperor of the Nguyễn dynasty of V ...
Tomb then bring them back to Khải Định Tomb, where they would find out that they had to place the coins in the correct order of the reign of the emperors to receive their next clue. Each table that had a coin at Minh Mạng Tomb also contained information about the reigns of the corresponding emperor, and racers could return to the tomb to obtain this information. This leg's Detour was a choice between Sticks and Stalks. In Sticks, teams had watch a silent demonstration and then make ten
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s to receive their next clue. In Stalks, teams had to
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rice stalks into a farming machine and fill two baskets to receive their next clue from a farmer. ;Additional tasks *At the Caltex service facility, teams had to change the rear
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s and
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of a marked jeep, their transportation for the rest of the leg, to receive their next clue. *At Quốc Học Park, teams had to search for a marked cyclo with their next clue and use it to travel to the Pit Stop.


Leg 4 (Vietnam → Taiwan)

Airdate: October 2, 2008 *
Huế Huế () is the capital of Thừa Thiên Huế province in central Vietnam and was the capital of Đàng Trong from 1738 to 1775 and of Vietnam during the Nguyễn dynasty from 1802 to 1945. The city served as the old Imperial City and admi ...
( Phu Bai International Airport) to
Taipei Taipei (), officially Taipei City, is the capital and a special municipality of the Republic of China (Taiwan). Located in Northern Taiwan, Taipei City is an enclave of the municipality of New Taipei City that sits about southwest of the ...
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Taiwan Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia, at the junction of the East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, with the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the northwest, Japan to the no ...
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Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport is an international airport serving Taipei and northern Taiwan. Located about west of Taipei in Dayuan District, Taoyuan, the airport is Taiwan's largest. It was also the busiest airport in Taiwan before t ...
) *
Taipei Taipei (), officially Taipei City, is the capital and a special municipality of the Republic of China (Taiwan). Located in Northern Taiwan, Taipei City is an enclave of the municipality of New Taipei City that sits about southwest of the ...
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Ximending Ximending (sometimes Hsimenting, ; Tâi-lô: Se-mn̂g-ting; Japanese Romaji: ) is a neighborhood and shopping district in the Wanhua District of Taipei, Taiwan, along with its main rival, the Eastern District of Taipei. Overview Ximending ha ...
Red Playhouse) * Taipei ( Miniatures Museum of Taiwan or
Raohe Street Night Market The Raohe Street Night Market () is a night market in Songshan District, Taipei, Taiwan. Architecture It is located on Raohe Street and is about 600 meters long. Ciyou Temple (松山慈祐宮) which was founded in 1753 is one of the prominent l ...
) *
Taipei County New Taipei City is a special municipality located in northern Taiwan. The city is home to an estimated population of 3,974,683 as of 2022, making it the most populous city of Taiwan, and also the second largest special municipality by area, b ...
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Xinzhuang District Xinzhuang District () is a district in the western part of New Taipei in northern Taiwan. It has an area of and a population of 413,443 people (2016). History A former name of the area is ''Pulauan'' (). On 15 January 1980, Xinzhuang was ...
– Institute for the Blind of Taiwan) *Taipei County (
Shenkeng District Shenkeng District () is a rural district in central New Taipei City in northern Taiwan. Formerly an agricultural and mining town, it is now famous for its numerous tofu restaurants and vendors. History The area is first recorded as the pre ...
Old Street Old Street is a street in inner north-east Central London that runs west to east from Goswell Road in Clerkenwell, in the London Borough of Islington, via St Luke's and Old Street Roundabout, to the crossroads where it meets Shoreditch High ...
) *Taipei ( City Hall Square) This leg's Detour was a choice between Shoot It or Shape It. In Shoot It, teams had to drive themselves to the Miniatures Museum of Taiwan and pick a
Sony , commonly stylized as SONY, is a Japanese multinational conglomerate corporation headquartered in Minato, Tokyo, Japan. As a major technology company, it operates as one of the world's largest manufacturers of consumer and professional ...
Cyber-shot Cyber-shot is Sony's line of point-and-shoot digital cameras introduced in 1996. Cyber-shot model names use a DSC prefix, which is an initialism for "Digital Still Camera". Many Cyber-shot models feature Carl Zeiss trademarked lenses, while oth ...
camera to photograph a miniature model of an ''Amazing Race'' envelope hidden inside one of the dioramas. After the photo was printed, teams' next clue could be found behind their new photo. In Shape It, teams had to drive themselves to
Raohe Street Night Market The Raohe Street Night Market () is a night market in Songshan District, Taipei, Taiwan. Architecture It is located on Raohe Street and is about 600 meters long. Ciyou Temple (松山慈祐宮) which was founded in 1753 is one of the prominent l ...
, where they had to recreate four shapes using a large
tangram The tangram () is a dissection puzzle consisting of seven flat polygons, called ''tans'', which are put together to form shapes. The objective is to replicate a pattern (given only an outline) generally found in a puzzle book using all seven pi ...
set to receive their next clue. In this leg's Roadblock, one team member had to eat an entire bowl of
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 delicacy common in
Taiwanese cuisine Taiwanese cuisine (, Bopomofo:ㄊㄞˊㄨㄢˉㄌㄧㄠˋㄌㄧˇ, or , Bopomofo:ㄊㄞˊㄨㄢˉㄘㄞˋ) has several variations. The earliest known cuisines of Taiwan are that of the Taiwanese indigenous peoples. Over hundred years of histor ...
, to receive their next clue from a waiter. ;Additional tasks *After arriving in Taipei, teams had to choose a marked car and drive themselves to the Red Playhouse to find their next clue. *At the Institute for the Blind of Taiwan, one team member would be blindfolded and then, using their hands only to feel a
braille Braille (Pronounced: ) is a tactile writing system used by people who are visually impaired, including people who are blind, deafblind or who have low vision. It can be read either on embossed paper or by using refreshable braille displ ...
message, describe each letter to their partner, who could not see their teammate's board, to decipher the correct phrase "Go to Shenkeng" and receive their next clue. One team would find a check worth
NT$ The New Taiwan dollar (code: TWD; symbol: NT$, also abbreviated as NT) is the official currency of Taiwan. The New Taiwan dollar has been the currency of Taiwan since 1949, when it replaced the Old Taiwan dollar, at a rate of 40,000 old dollar ...
612,000 (US$20,000) courtesy of Standard Chartered inside their next clue and would donate it to the institute before proceeding.


Leg 5 (Taiwan)

Airdate: October 9, 2008 *Taipei ( New Sogo Department Store – Sony Style Store) **Taipei (Intersection of Xining South Road & Wuchang Street) *** Taipei (Kevin's Tattoo) *Taipei County ( Pingshi DistrictPingshi Coal Mine) * Taipei () or Taipei County (
Zhonghe District Zhonghe District (, Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tiong-hô Khu), also spelled Chūwa and Jhonghe, is an inner city district in New Taipei City in northern Taiwan. Geography and climate Zhonghe lies just south-west of Taipei City and shares borders with Banqi ...
Yuantong Temple Yuantong Temple () is an ancient Buddhist temple in Kunming, Yunnan, China. It is located in a protected natural depression and in recent years it has been expanded with funding from Thailand. In the 1950s, it hosted a grand ceremony to greet and ...
) *Taipei (
Taipei Astronomical Museum The Taipei Astronomical Museum () is a museum in Shilin District, Taipei, Taiwan. The museum took over the responsibilities of the Taipei City Observatory. The dome at the museum consists of geometrically identical pieces. History The muse ...
) In this season's only Fast Forward, one team had to drive to an intersection, where there would find a clue box. The clue would then instruct each team member to get a permanent
tattoo A tattoo is a form of body modification made by inserting tattoo ink, dyes, and/or pigments, either indelible or temporary, into the dermis layer of the skin to form a design. Tattoo artists create these designs using several tattooing ...
at Kevin's Tattoo to win the Fast Forward award. In this leg's Roadblock, one team member had to find a souvenir, a small silver token that had the AXN logo on one side and ''The Amazing Race Asia'' logo on the other side, hidden in a mine cart full of coal and exchange it for their next clue. This leg's Detour was a choice between Pick or Pail. In Pick, teams had to drive themselves to Wan Nian Building and retrieve three
stuffed toy A stuffed toy is a toy doll with an outer fabric sewn from a textile and stuffed with flexible material. They are known by many names, such as plush toys, plushies, stuffed animals, and stuffies; in Britain and Australia, they may also be ...
s from inside from a
claw machine A claw crane, claw machine, toy crane, or skill crane is a type of arcade game known as a merchandiser, commonly found in video arcades, supermarkets, restaurants, movie theaters, shopping malls, and bowling alleys. Machine components A claw ...
to receive their next clue. In Pail, teams had to go to the Yuantong Temple, fill a bucket full of water, and carry it to the top of the mountain, where a monk would check to see if they had enough water. If they had enough, teams would receive their next clue. ;Additional task *At the Sony Style Store, teams had to find a
Blu-ray The Blu-ray Disc (BD), often known simply as Blu-ray, is a digital optical disc data storage format. It was invented and developed in 2005 and released on June 20, 2006 worldwide. It is designed to supersede the DVD format, and capable of st ...
disc out of a thousand in the racks that displayed "Correct! You may receive your next clue." when played on a Blu-ray player, while the others would display "Sorry. Try again."


Leg 6 (Taiwan → Hong Kong)

Airdate: October 16, 2008 * Taipei (Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport) to
Chek Lap Kok Chek Lap Kok is an island in the western waters of Hong Kong's New Territories. Unlike the smaller Lam Chau, it was only partially leveled when it was assimilated via land reclamation into the island for the current Hong Kong International ...
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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 List of cities in China, city and Special administrative regions of China, special ...
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China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by population, most populous country, with a Population of China, population exceeding 1.4 billion, slig ...
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Hong Kong International Airport Hong Kong International Airport is Hong Kong's main airport, built on reclaimed land on the island of Chek Lap Kok, Hong Kong. The airport is also referred to as Chek Lap Kok International Airport or ''Chek Lap Kok Airport'', to distingui ...
) *
Kowloon City District Kowloon City District is one of the 18 districts of Hong Kong. It is located in the city of Kowloon. It had a population of 381,352 in 2001, and increased to 418,732 in 2016. The district has the third most educated residents while its resi ...
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Ho Man Tin Ho Man Tin is a mostly residential area in Kowloon, Hong Kong, part of the Kowloon City District. History Section of lists of villages in the book ' (literally ''The History of Xin'an County'') published in twenty fourth year of Jiaqing er ...
King's Park Sports Ground) *
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 ...
(Intersection of
Hollywood Road Hollywood Road is a street in Central and Sheung Wan, on Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong. The street runs between Central and Sheung Wan, with Wyndham Street, Arbuthnot Road, Ladder Street, Upper Lascar Row, and Old Bailey Street in the vicini ...
& Peel Street) * Central and Western District ( Graham Street or Mee Lun Street) * Central and Western District (
Central Piers The Central Ferry Piers (Chinese: 中環碼頭) are situated on the northeast part of Central, Hong Kong Island. The ferries mostly depart to Outlying Islands in the New Territories, with the exception of Pier 1 serving as a governmen ...
) to
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 ...
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Star Ferry Pier, Tsim Sha Tsui Star Ferry Pier, Tsim Sha Tsui, or Tsim Sha Tsui Ferry Pier, is a pier located on reclaimed land at the southernmost tip of Tsim Sha Tsui on Kowloon Peninsula in Hong Kong. It is commonly known as Star Ferry Pier () in Tsim Sha Tsui. Star Ferry ...
) *Yau Tsim Mong District (
Mong Kok Mong Kok (also spelled Mongkok, often abbreviated as MK) is an area in Kowloon, Hong Kong. The Prince Edward subarea occupies the northern part of Mong Kok. Mong Kok is one of the major shopping areas in Hong Kong. The area is characterised ...
Ladies' Market) * Southern District ( StanleyBlake Pier) This leg's Detour was a choice between Get Fishy or Get Lucky. In Get Fishy, teams had to find a seafood store on Graham Street and clean, gut and scale 15 fish to the satisfaction of a
fishmonger A fishmonger (historically fishwife for female practitioners) is someone who sells raw fish and seafood. Fishmongers can be wholesalers or retailers and are trained at selecting and purchasing, handling, gutting, boning, filleting, displaying, ...
to receive their next clue. In Get Lucky, teams had to find a marked table on Mee Lun Street and bite open 300
fortune cookie A fortune cookie is a crisp and sugary cookie wafer usually made from flour, sugar, vanilla, and sesame seed oil with a piece of paper inside, a "fortune", usually an aphorism, or a vague prophecy. The message inside may also include a Chine ...
s in a jar until they found the one cookie containing a fortune that stated they could get their next clue. In this leg's Roadblock, one team member had to choose one of the provided handbags and search through the crowded market for the woman carrying the same handbag, who would give them their next clue. ;Additional task *At King's Park Sports Ground, teams had to get through the rugby field to the clue box at the opposite end of the field while the
Standard Chartered Standard Chartered plc is a multinational bank with operations in consumer, corporate and institutional banking, and treasury services. Despite being headquartered in the United Kingdom, it does not conduct retail banking in the UK, and around 9 ...
national rugby union players attempted to block their path.


Leg 7 (Hong Kong → Macau)

Airdate: October 23, 2008 *Yau Tsim Mong District (Mong Kok – Goldfish Market) *Central and Western District (
Sheung Wan Sheung Wan is an area in Hong Kong, located in the north-west of Hong Kong Island, between Central and Sai Ying Pun. Administratively, it is part of the Central and Western District. The name can be variously interpreted as ''Upper Dis ...
Bonham Strand) * Central and Western District (
Hong Kong–Macau Ferry Terminal The Hong Kong–Macau Ferry Terminal is a ferry terminal and heliport, centrally located in Hong Kong. It is also known as the Macau Ferry Terminal, the Hong Kong-Macau Ferry Pier or the Shun Tak Heliport, and has an ICAO code of VHSS. The t ...
) to
Freguesia da Sé ''Freguesia'' (), usually translated as " parish" or "civil parish", is the third-level administrative subdivision of Portugal, as defined by the 1976 Constitution. It is also the designation for local government jurisdictions in the former P ...
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Macau Macau or Macao (; ; ; ), officially the Macao Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China (MSAR), is a city and special administrative region of China in the western Pearl River Delta by the South China Sea. With a pop ...
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Outer Harbour Ferry Terminal The Outer Harbour Ferry Terminal ( pt, Terminal Marítimo de Passageiros do Porto Exterior; ), also known as the ''Macau Maritime Ferry Terminal'', ''Macau Ferry Terminal'' or ''Hong Kong-Macau Ferry Pier'' in Chinese (), is a ferry terminal loca ...
) * Freguesia da Sé (
Senado Square The Senado Square, or Senate Square (; pt, Largo do Senado), is a paved town square in Sé, Macau, Sé, Macau, China, and part of the UNESCO Historic Centre of Macau World Heritage Site. It is an elongated triangular shaped square and connect ...
) *Freguesia da Sé (
Macau Tower The Macau Tower Convention and Entertainment Center (; pt, Centro de Convenções e Entretenimento da Torre de Macau), also known as Macau Tower (; pt, Torre de Macau) , is a tower located in Sé, Macau. The tower measures 338 m (1,109 ft ...
) *Freguesia da Sé ( Sai Van Lake – Dragon Boat Pier) * Freguesia de São Lourenço (
A-Ma Temple The A-Ma Temple is a temple A temple (from the Latin ) is a building reserved for spiritual rituals and activities such as prayer and sacrifice. Religions which erect temples include Christianity (whose temples are typically called chur ...
Square or Hotel Royal Macau) * Freguesia de São Francisco Xavier (A-Ma Cultural Village) In this leg's Roadblock, one team member had to climb to the top of the mast of the
Macau Tower The Macau Tower Convention and Entertainment Center (; pt, Centro de Convenções e Entretenimento da Torre de Macau), also known as Macau Tower (; pt, Torre de Macau) , is a tower located in Sé, Macau. The tower measures 338 m (1,109 ft ...
to obtain their next clue and go down back to their partner before reading their next clue. However, due to lightning, not all of the racers who chose to perform the Roadblock were allowed to climb the exterior spire as a precaution and were given their clue. This leg's Detour was a choice between Dance or Chance. In Dance, teams had to correctly perform a
lion dance F Lion dance () is a form of traditional dance in Chinese culture and other Asian countries in which performers mimic a lion's movements in a lion costume to bring good luck and fortune. The lion dance is usually performed during the Chinese New Y ...
routine to the satisfaction of the dance troupe to receive their next clue. In Chance, teams had to don formal attire and play a game of
blackjack Blackjack (formerly Black Jack and Vingt-Un) is a casino banking game. The most widely played casino banking game in the world, it uses decks of 52 cards and descends from a global family of casino banking games known as Twenty-One. This fam ...
in the casino of Hotel Royal Macau. Teams had to beat the dealer nine times (as denoted each letter given after a win that would form the word ''COMPLETED'') to receive their next clue. ;Additional tasks *In Mong Kok, teams had to pick up four goldfish and bring them to a designated pet shop at Bonham Strand to exchange for their next clue. *Once in Macau, teams had to travel by
pedicab The cycle rickshaw is a small-scale local means of transport. It is a type of hatchback tricycle designed to carry passengers on a for-hire basis. It is also known by a variety of other names such as bike taxi, velotaxi, pedicab, bikecab, ...
to the fountain at
Senado Square The Senado Square, or Senate Square (; pt, Largo do Senado), is a paved town square in Sé, Macau, Sé, Macau, China, and part of the UNESCO Historic Centre of Macau World Heritage Site. It is an elongated triangular shaped square and connect ...
to find their next clue. *At Sai Van Lake, teams had to paddle a
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 of ...
around a floating Caltex buoy and return to the pier to get their next clue. *At A-Ma Culture Village, teams had to arrange lanterns bearing the animals of the
Chinese zodiac The Chinese zodiac is a traditional classification scheme based on the lunar calendar that assigns an animal and its reputed attributes to each year in a repeating twelve-year cycle. Originating from China, the zodiac and its variations remain ...
into the correct order before being let into the Pit Stop.


Leg 8 (Macau → Hong Kong → India)

Airdate: October 30, 2008 *
Freguesia de Santo António ''Freguesia'' (), usually translated as "parish" or "civil parish", is the third-level administrative subdivision of Portugal, as defined by the 1976 Constitution. It is also the designation for local government jurisdictions in the former Port ...
( Ruins of Saint Paul's) *Freguesia da Sé (Macau Tower) * Freguesia da Sé (Outer Harbour Ferry Terminal) to Central and Western District, Hong Kong (Hong Kong–Macau Ferry Terminal) or Freguesia da Sé (Macau Heliport) to Central and Western District (Shun Tak Heliport) *Chek Lap Kok,
Islands District The Islands District is one of the 18 districts of Hong Kong. It is part of the New Territories. It had a population of 170,900 in 2018. Hong Kong consists of a peninsula and 263 islands. The Islands District consists of some twenty large a ...
(Hong Kong International Airport –
MASkargo MAB Kargo (''Malaysia Airlines Berhad Cargo''), operating as MASkargo and stylised as maskargo, is a cargo airline with its head office in the Advanced Cargo Centre (ACC) on the grounds of Kuala Lumpur International Airport ( WMKK/ KUL) in Sepa ...
Warehouse A warehouse is a building for storing goods. Warehouses are used by manufacturers, importers, exporters, wholesalers, transport businesses, customs, etc. They are usually large plain buildings in industrial parks on the outskirts of citie ...
) * Chek Lap Kok (Hong Kong International Airport) to
Kochi Kochi (), also known as Cochin ( ) ( the official name until 1996) is a major port city on the Malabar Coast of India bordering the Laccadive Sea, which is a part of the Arabian Sea. It is part of the district of Ernakulam in the state of ...
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India India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, seventh-largest country by area, the List of countries and dependencies by population, second-most populous ...
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Cochin International Airport Cochin International Airport is an International airport serving the city of Kochi, in the state of Kerala, India. Located at Nedumbassery, about northeast of the city centre, Cochin International Airport is first of its kind which is develo ...
) *Kochi (Neelam Kulangara Devi Temple) *Kochi ( Kumbalam – Elephant Wash Grounds near SPS Temple) * Kochi (
Fort Kochi Fort Kochi, Fort Cochin in English, Cochim de Baixo ("Lower Kochi") in Cochin Portuguese creole, is a neighbourhood of Cochin (Kochi) city in Kerala, India. Fort Kochi takes its name from the Fort Manuel of Cochin, the first European for ...
Chinese Fishing Nets Chinese fishing nets (''Cheena vala'' in India or ''tangkul'' in Indonesia) are a type of stationary lift net in India and Indonesia. They are fishing nets that are fixed land installations for fishing. While commonly known as "Chinese fish ...
and Marina The Sea Face Restaurant or
Mattancherry Palace The Mattancherry Palace is a palace popularly known as the Dutch Palace, in Mattancherry, Kochi, in the Indian state of Kerala which features Kerala murals depicting portraits and exhibits of the Rajas of Kochi. The palace was included in th ...
) *Kochi (
Bolgatty Palace Bolgatty Palace is a former palace built by the Dutch in India on Bolgatty Island in Kochi, Kerala. History One of the oldest existing Dutch palaces outside Holland, the palace was built in 1744 by Dutch traders and later extended and garde ...
) In this leg's Roadblock, one team member had to perform the world's highest Bungee jumping, bungee jump from the top of the Macau Tower and fall to the ground to receive their next clue. The first team to complete the task would receive a helicopter ride from Macau to Hong Kong instead of the TurboJET ferry ride. This leg's Detour was a choice between Fish or Fill. In Fish, team members had to carry six marlins to a nearby restaurant to receive their next clue. In Fill, teams had to recreate an intricate floor pattern using coloured rice, known as ''Rangoli'', to receive their next clue. ;Additional tasks *At the MASkargo warehouse, teams had to search for a box addressed to them containing letters from their loved ones before receiving their next clue. *At Neelam Kulangara Devi Temple, teams had to get a good luck blessing from the priest before receiving their next clue. *At the elephant wash grounds in Kumbalam, teams had to wash an elephant using coconut husks as abrasives to receive their next clue.


Leg 9 (India)

Airdate: November 6, 2008 * Kochi (Cochin International Airport) to Mumbai (Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport) *Pune (Nehru Stadium, Pune, Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium) *Pune (Shaniwar Wada) *Pune (Equity Tower – Sony World) * Pune (Datta Shinde Pottery Shop and Mahathma Phule Mandai, Mahatma Phule Market – Rajkumar Provision Stores or Agarwal Sweets) *Pune (Desai Bahndhu Ambewale) *Pune (Gokhale Institute) In this leg's Roadblock, one team member had to find a pheta with the word "Correct" inside it amongst ones worn by 50 men walking around the fort to receive their next clue. This leg's Detour was a choice between Push and Crush. In Push, teams had to go to Datta Shinde Pottery Shop, where they had to load a cart with 75 pots and push it one kilometre to Rajkumar Provision Stores in Mahatma Phule Market with at least 70 intact pots remaining to receive next clue. In Crush, teams had to go to Agarwal Sweets, where they had to crush sugarcane sticks to make 40 glasses of sugarcane juice and sell them to earn at least 200 to receive their next clue. ;Additional tasks *At Nehru Stadium, one team member had to hit a cricket ball onto an ''Amazing Race''-coloured Boundary (cricket), boundary to receive their next clue. If teams did not manage to do so after 36 Bowling (cricket), bowls, they would incur a ten-minute penalty before receiving their next clue. *After the cricket task, teams use a map Mobile app, application on the Nokia 6210 Navigator to direct their auto rickshaw driver to their next destination, the Shaniwar Wada. *At Sony World, teams had to persuade the locals to tell them a joke while one team member recorded them on a Handycam, Sony Handycam, then teams have to come back and replay the video to the staff. If the staff thought the joke was funny enough, they would give teams their next clue.


Leg 10 (India → Oman)

Airdate: November 13, 2008 *Pune district, Bhaje (Bhaja Caves) * Malavli (Malavli railway station, Malavli Railway Station) to Pune (Pune Junction railway station, Pune Central Railway Station) *Pune (Statue of Mahatma Gandhi) *Pune (List of roads in Pune#Jangali Maharaj Road, Jangali Maharaj Road –
Standard Chartered Bank Standard Chartered plc is a multinational bank with operations in consumer, corporate and institutional banking, and treasury services. Despite being headquartered in the United Kingdom, it does not conduct retail banking in the UK, and around 9 ...
) * Pune (Pune Airport) to Muscat, Oman (Muscat International Airport) *Muscat (Al Alam Palace) *Nizwa (Nizwa Fort) *Muttrah (Muttrah Souq) *Ad Dakhiliyah Governorate, Tanuf (Wadi Nizwa#Transport, Tanuf) This leg's Detour was a choice between Carpet and Count It. In Carpet, teams had to walk to a carpet shop and find two matching carpets, using the images in a Sony Cyber-shot as a reference, to receive their next clue from the shopkeeper. In Count It, teams had to walk to a shop and count the dried limes. Once each team gave their correct individual amount (1601, 1595, 1598, or 1577), the shop owner would hand them their next clue. In this leg's Roadblock, one team member had to tyrolean traverse across Wadi Tanuf to retrieve their next clue on the other side before pulling themselves back across to reunite with their partner. ;Additional tasks *At the Standard Chartered Bank, teams had to insert an ATM card and punch in Mahatma Gandhi's birth year: (1869 → 1-8-6-9) as the Personal identification number, PIN to receive their next clue printed on the receipt. If a team made three unsuccessful attempts, they would incur a ten-minute time penalty before receiving their next clue. *Once in Muscat, teams had to find a marked vehicle to find their next clue. *At Nizwa Fort, teams had to search for the correct clue box containing their next clue from among the other clue boxes scattered around the fort.


Leg 11 (Oman → Thailand)

Airdate: November 20, 2008 *Muscat (Office of Muscat Governorate) *Al Batinah Region, Al Batinah (Wadi Al Abyadh, Al Abyadh – Said's Camel Farm) * Al Batinah (Hubra Sands) * Muscat (Muscat International Airport) to Phuket Province, Phuket, Thailand (Phuket International Airport) *Mueang Phuket District, Mueang Phuket (Sam Kong Temple) *Mueang Phuket (Sirey Island – Thai Trade Food Ice Factory) * Mueang Phuket (Laem Hin Pier) to Ao Phang Nga National Park (Boat between Cape Yamu and Rang Noi Island) * Ao Phang Nga National Park (Rang Yai Island – Rang Yai Pearl Farm or Andaman Sea) *Ao Phang Nga National Park (Rang Yai Island – Rang Yai Beach) *Ao Phang Nga National Park (Rang Yai Island – Coconut Plantation) In this season's final Roadblock, one team member had to find one of seven keys out of seventy buried in the sand, using a metal detector, that would unlock a clue box. This season's final Detour was a choice between Pull or Plunge. In Pull, teams had to kayak to Rang Yai pearl farm and find a marked shell by pulling from among 900 oyster lines. Then teams had to bring the marked shell back to the beach to exchange it for their next clue. In Plunge, teams had to snorkel and search for a giant clam shell containing a pearl, which they could exchange their next clue. ;Additional tasks *At Said's Camel Farm, teams had to move ten camels into the holding pens before receiving their next clue. *At the Thai Trade Food Ice Factory, teams had to find a small clear cube buried in a barrel of ice shavings to get their next clue. *At Lam Hin Pier, teams had to ride a traditional Thai fishing boat, known as the long-tail boat, and look for a fisherman in a marked boat located between Cape Yamu and Rang Noi Island to receive their next clue. *After finishing the Detour, teams had to dig up a treasure chest within a marked area and carry it to the Finish Line at the nearby coconut plantation.


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