The Amazing Race 10 (Courtesy Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)

The Amazing Race 10 was the tenth installment of the popular reality television show, The Amazing Race. The Amazing Race 10 features twelve teams of two with a pre-existing relationship in a race around the world. Applications were accepted through January 20, 2006 (one week later than the original deadline). Semi-finalist interviews occurred in late February/early March, followed by finalist interviews in Los Angeles during late March and early April. Filming ran from May 27, 2006 to June 24, 2006. This installment ran from September 17, 2006 to December 10, 2006.

Two new rules were made for this installment of the race.

The Intersection was introduced, a task where two teams were required to work together until otherwise instructed. If no other team was available when one team read the Intersection clue, they were required to wait for another team to show up before proceeding. The Intersection was also in conjunction with a Fast Forward, with the first team pairing to win to earn the Fast Forward for both teams.
Instead of the previous money and baggage penalties for coming in last place, the last place team in a non-elimination leg became Marked for Elimination meaning that unless they place first in the following leg, they receive a 30 minute penalty at the mat, possibly allowing teams finishing behind them to overtake them in the final placings for that leg.

In this season, every leg had a Roadblock (the double-length leg had two) so an individual could do up to 7 Roadblocks.

Contestants

See The Amazing Race 10 contestants for more information

Results

The following teams participated in the Race, with their relationships at the time of filming. Placements are listed in finishing order:

Team	Relationship	Position (by leg)												Roadblocks performed⁵
Team	Relationship	1¹	2	3	4<>	5	6	7	8	9⁸	10	11	12	Roadblocks performed⁵
Tyler & James	Models	1st	2nd	2nd	3rd	6th	6th	2nd	2nd+⁶	1st	1st	3rd	1st	Tyler 5, James 6
Rob & Kimberly	Dating	5th	6th	3rd	1st	3rd	3rd	3rd	3rd+⁶	3rd	3rd	1st	2nd	Rob 6, Kimberly 5
Lyn & Karlyn	Single Moms / Friends ("Alabama")	9th	9th	6th	6th	5th	4th	5th	5th+	4th	2nd<	2nd	3rd	Lyn 5, Karlyn 7
Dustin & Kandice	Beauty Queens ("The Blondes")	4th	5th	4th	7th	2nd	2nd	1st	1st+	2nd	4th>	4th		Dustin 6, Kandice 5
Erwin & Godwin	Brothers ("The Chos")	7th	8th	1st	4th	4th	5th	4th	4th+	5th				Erwin 4, Godwin 5
David & Mary	Coalminer and Wife ("Kentucky")	10th	7th	7th	5th	7th	1st	6th	6th+⁷					David 4, Mary 2
Peter & Sarah	Recently Dating	3rd	1st	5th	2nd	1st	7th							Peter 4, Sarah 2
Tom & Terry	Boyfriends ("TNT")	8th	4th	8th⁴	8th									Tom 2, Terry 2
Duke & Lauren	Father / Daughter	2nd	3rd	9th										Duke 2, Lauren 1
Kellie & Jamie	Cheerleaders	6th	10th											Kellie 1³, Jamie 1
Vipul & Arti	Married	11th												Vipul 1, Arti 0
Bilal & Sa'eed	Best Friends	12th²												Bilal 1, Sa'eed 0

Note 1: Leg 1 was a double-elimination leg. Bilal & Sa'eed were eliminated first halfway through the leg (see below note), while Vipul & Arti were eliminated at the Pit Stop.
Note 2: Bilal & Sa'eed were the last team to arrive at the Meridian Gate in the Forbidden City, where teams got start times for the next morning. There were only 11 teams; they were eliminated in the middle of the leg.
Note 3: Kellie took, but failed to complete, the Roadblock in Leg 2. Already in last, Kellie & Jamie then checked into the Pit Stop and were eliminated.
Note 4: Tom & Terry arrived 2nd, but were assessed a 30 minute time penalty for traveling on motorbikes, which were prohibited to the racers for safety reasons.
Note 5: The Roadblock count does not include the results of any unaired Roadblocks.
Note 6: Due to an Intersection, two teams worked together to complete the Fast Forward and both were able to skip all remaining tasks and head to the Pit Stop.
Note 7: David & Mary arrived 5th, but were assessed a 30 minute penalty as they were "marked for elimination" and did not arrive at the Pit Stop in 1st. They were not, however, assessed the whole penalty as Lyn & Karlyn checked in 10 minutes after the penalty started.
Note 8: Leg 9 was double-length, with two detours and two roadblocks, shown over two episodes.

Red means the team was eliminated.
Purple means the team was the last to arrive at a pit stop in a non-elimination leg of the race and was thus "marked for elimination," meaning that if that team did not place first on the next leg, they would receive a 30 minute penalty. Contrary to prior seasons, they were neither stripped of their possessions nor money and they were able to receive money on the next leg.
Green means the team won the Fast Forward clue.
Matching colors of + symbols indicate teams who worked together during part of the leg as a result of the Intersection clue.
A yellow > means that team chose to use the Yield; < indicates the team who received it;<> indicates a leg where the Yield was available but not used.

Episode title quotes

Titles for episodes are often taken from quotes made by the racers. The quotes are sometimes slightly changed for humorous effect.

Real Fast! Quack! Quack! – Mary
Can Horses Smell Fear? – Kimberly
Oh, Wow! It"s Like One of Those Things You See on TV! – Mary
I Know Phil, Little Ol" Gorgeous Thing – Mary
I Covered His Mouth, Oh My Gosh! – Dustin
Maybe Steven Segal [sic] Will See Me And Want Me to Be in One of His Movies – Mary
I Wonder If This Is Going to Make My Fingers Pickle – Tyler
He Can't Swim But He Can Eat Cow Lips! – Tyler
Being Polite Sucks Sometimes – Godwin
Lookin' Like a Blue-Haired Lady on a Sunday Drive – Lyn
We Just Won't Die, Like Roaches – Karlyn
Dude, I'm Such a Hot Giant Chick Right Now! – James
Say Your Deepest Prayers Ever! – Tyler

Notable race events

General

This is the first season to (nearly) circumnavigate the globe in a generally westwardly fashion, crossing the Pacific Ocean in the first leg and crossing the Atlantic on the final leg. Most other seasons (with the exception of Season 7 and Season 8) tranversed the globe in a generally eastwardly direction; the first legs of these races had teams crossing the Atlantic Ocean or staying on the North America/South America landmass, and then crossing the Pacific on the final legs.
Sarah reported in a post-race interview on The Finish Line that because of the Roadblock in the first leg a single team member could do a maximum of 7 Roadblocks instead of the usual 6 (as has been in place from Season 6). This rule was never mentioned on the show, although Karlyn performed 7 aired Roadblocks.
A Fast Forward was offered in conjunction with the Intersection in Leg 8. Mary reported in a post-race interview on The Finish Line that a team could use a Fast Forward for a second time (in this case with a team that had not used a Fast Forward earlier in the race). In previous seasons, teams were allowed to use only one Fast Forward during the entire race. Her reports were proven to be true in The Amazing Race 11, where one team was able to use both the Fast Forward while being intersected with another team and another individual Fast Forward on the race.

Pre-Race

Tyler Denk and James Branaman were close friends of Survivor: Panama winner, Aras Baskauskas.

In-Race

In Leg 3 and Leg 4 (Vietnam), all route markers were white and yellow instead of red and yellow. This was done because the flag of the vanquished South Vietnam also consisted of red and yellow stripes. This is similar to Season 3's Leg 11 in which the teams traveled through Ho Chi Minh City and Da Nang, however, the route markers were made solid yellow in that season. Additionally, teams were not allowed to ride on motorbikes for safety reasons. At the beginning of Leg 3, teams were not given any money and were not permitted either to beg for money or to sell items. Instead, they had to earn money in the Roadblock. At the beginning of Leg 4, teams received 588,000? (dong VND - approximately USD $37) at the start of the leg. This was the first time in race history the cash distribution was made in a currency in other than US dollars.
A Yield was available in one of the Vietnam legs, either Leg 3 or Leg 4, but was not used or aired, according to Mary on The Finish Line. David & Mary were apparently the first team on the Yield mat, so it is speculated that the Yield could have been before the Roadblock in Leg 4.
During Leg 6, Peter and Sarah's car had a handicap sticker from the state of California.
Peter and Sarah did not arrive at Leg 6's Pit Stop until after David and Mary departed at the beginning of Leg 7.
While no Roadblock was shown for Leg 7, a Roadblock clue is clearly visible in Dustin and Kandice's hands in one of the stills for the episode on the show's website.
The prize for Leg 10 was given to the team that selected the "good luck charm" earlier in the leg that happened to match the one worn by the greeter at the pit stop. Unlike most former luck prizes, however, this one was awarded to the winners of the leg.

Post-Race

David and Mary appeared on The View. David revealed that he had originally auditioned for Survivor. The couple also received gifts from the show, including vacations, a Ford Explorer, and a new house.
Just prior to returning to New York City for the post-race interview circuit, Lyn's house was ransacked.
David & Mary and Dustin & Kandice were selected to race in The Amazing Race All-Stars.
- Notably, Dustin and Kandice did not make the usual interview tours after their elimination in this race for the first time, as they were still racing in All-Stars when the episode in which they were eliminated aired.
Dustin married her high school sweetheart prior to the start of All-Stars. In the pre-race interviews for All-Stars, Dustin states that Kandice was a bridesmaid at her wedding, which she might not have been had they not run the Season 10 Race together.
Dustin & Kandice received a letter from Lyn during All-Stars as part of a Roadblock task. A video of Karlyn yelling at Dustin & Kandice at an airport ticket counter during Season 10 was shown in the episode.
Peter Harsch (of Peter & Sarah) now works as a prosthetist at Navy Medical Center San Diego.
Episode 4 which contained Leg 4 was selected by CBS for The Amazing Race nomination in the 2007 Emmy Awards., , and subsequently garnered 5 total nominations, including one for the Outstanding Reality-Competition Program.

Prizes

Unless otherwise noted, prizes were awarded to the first team to check in for each leg.

Leg 1 - $20,000.
Leg 2 - A trip to Mexico, including swimming with dolphins and traveling in the forest on an ATV from Travelocity.
Leg 3 - A state of the art home theater system.
Leg 4 - A jet-ski for each team member.
Leg 5 - A home gym center for each team member.
Leg 6 - A trip to a resort in Jamaica.
Leg 7 - A motor-scooter for each team member.
Leg 8 - A trip to the Kona coast on Hawaii's Big Island, including a helicopter tour.
Leg 9 - A trip to Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, including swimming with dolphins and cruising through the jungle canopy.
Leg 10 - A Sprint phone with a year's subscription for each team member. During the leg, teams were instructed to pick up a good luck charm from Antiquitte du Sud which they could exchange for some "good fortune" at the Pit Stop. The team with the charm that matched the one carried by the Berber greeter won this prize (though it so happened that the first team to arrive had the matching charm).
Leg 11 - A trip to Barbados, including swimming with turtles and a spa package from Travelocity.
Leg 12 - $1,000,000

Race locations

@ = Additional task

Leg 1 (United States → People's Republic of China)

Seattle, Washington, USA (Gas Works Park) (Starting Line)
Seattle (Seattle-Tacoma International Airport) to Beijing, People's Republic of China (Beijing Capital International Airport)
Beijing (Golden House Restaurant)
Beijing (Forbidden City – Meridian Gate) – Elimination point
Beijing (Pedicab Company)
Beijing (Great Wall of China – Juyongguan) @

@ = Teams had to scale the Great Wall of China

The first Roadblock of The Amazing Race 10 was to eat fish eyes out of a bowl of fish head soup. The Detour was Labor or Leisure. In Labor, teams had to ravel one mile (1.6 km) by pedicab and pave a section of sidewalk in a specific pattern. In Leisure, teams had to perform a Chinese relaxation method known as Taiji Bailong, which involves balancing a ball on a paddle.

Leg 2 (People's Republic of China → Mongolia)

Erenhot (Erlian Train Station)
Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia (Choijin Lama Temple)
Terelj (Gorkhi-Terelj National Park) @
Gorkhi (Hotel Mongolia)

@ = Teams had to put on traditional Mongolian army hats and ride two and a half miles on a horse.

The Detour for this leg was Take It Down or Fill It Up. In Take It Down, teams had to take down the cover of a yurt, roll it up, and attach it to a camel. In Fill it Up, teams had to put four water containers on a cart pulled by a hynik, an ox-like animal indigenous to the area. Then they had to fill them up at a stream, bring them back by their hynik, and fill a barrel to the designated line. The Roadblock was to shoot a flaming arrow and hit a target away.

Leg 3 (Mongolia → Vietnam)

Ulaanbaatar (Chinggis Khaan International Airport) to Hanoi, Vietnam (Noi Bai International Airport)
Hanoi (H?a Lò prison – "Hanoi Hilton") @
Hanoi (Old Quarter)
Ph? Vác (Din Vác Temple)
Ph? Vác (Canh Dong Dia)

@ Teams must search Hanoi Hilton for their next clue.

In this leg's Roadblock, one team member had to sell flowers on Vietnamese bicycles - enough to make at least 80,000? (dong VND - approximately USD $5). Teams were allowed to keep the money they made. In the Detour, teams chose between Fuel and Fowl. In Fuel, teams had to form wet coal into round bricks, a traditional Vietnamese fuel source. In Fowl, teams had to construct an intricate traditional Vietnamese birdcage.

Leg 4 (Vietnam)

Hanoi (Ly Thai To Garden)
Ha Long, Quang Ninh Province (Ben Xe Bai Chay, Hydrofoil Harbor) (Unused; Unaired)
Ha Long (Halong Bay – Hon Yen Ngua Island)
Ha Long (Halong Bay – Sung Sot Cave)
Ha Long (Halong Bay – Soi Sim Island)

At the Hydrofoil Harbor was the first Yield of the Race. This leg's Roadblock was to use an ascender to climb a large rock face, receive the clue and then rappel down. The Detour was Over or Under. Teams were taken to the water by a junk, then given a sampan to row. In Over, teams had to row to a provisions ship, load the provisions, then row to a floating village to make two deliveries. In Under, teams had to row to an oyster farm and grab 30 baskets from the water.

Leg 5 (Vietnam → India)

Haiphong (Haiphong Train Station)
Hanoi (Noi Bai International Airport) to Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India (Chennai International Airport)
Mamallapuram (Vallavar Arts & Crafts)
Chennai (Karthik Driving School)
Chennai (Chettinad House)

The Detour in this leg was Wild Things or Wild Rice. In Wild Things, teams had to go to the Madras Crocodile Bank and help the workers wrangle a marsh crocodile to move it to a new pit. In Wild Rice, teams had to use colored powder made from rice to color an intricate floral design. For the Roadblock, one team member had to take a driving test that would allow them to obtain an Indian driver's license.

Leg 6 (India → Kuwait)

Chennai (Chennai International Airport) to Kuwait City, Kuwait (Kuwait International Airport)
Kuwait City (Kuwait Towers) (Oil Well)
Kuwait City (Souk Al-Gharabally)
Kuwait City (Al Sadiq Water Towers)

The first of only two Fast Forwards on the Race was to get the Fast Forward clue from a cluebox right next to a simulated oil fire, braving temperatures of over 1,000 degrees Fahrenheit. The Roadblock on this leg was to climb a ladder to the top of one of the Kuwait Towers and get a satchel filled with puzzle pieces. They then had to go to the ground and assemble the puzzle to reveal their next destination. The Detour on this leg was Manual or Automatic. In Manual, teams had to fill ten 110 lb bags of camel feed and stack them up. In Automatic, teams went to the Kuwait Camel Racing Club and had to use a walkie-talkie to make a voice activated robotic jockey whip a camel. They had to make the camel run a course.

Leg 7 (Kuwait → Mauritius)

Kuwait City (Kuwait International Airport) to Plaisance, Mauritius (Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam International Airport)
Port Louis (Grand Baie – Isla Mauritia boat) @ (Unaired)
Case Noyale (Post Office)
Bel Ombre (Château Bel Ombre)

@ Teams had to swim to the boat, which was anchored in Grand Baie

In this leg's Detour, teams had to choose between Salt or Sea. In Salt, teams had to search through three giant piles of salt for a salt shaker containing their next clue. In Sea, teams had to travel by motorboat to an island two and a half miles away and search the island using a map to find the boat's sail. After finding it, they had to attach it to the boat and sail back. While no Roadblock was shown for this leg of the race, a Roadblock clue is clearly visible in Dustin and Kandice's hands in one of the stills for the episode on the show's website.

Leg 8 (Mauritius → Madagascar)

Plaisance (Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam International Airport) to Antananarivo, Madagascar (Ivato International Airport)
Antananarivo (Lac Anosy – Black Angel statue) (Analakeley Market)
Antananarivo (Tohotohobato Ambondrona Analakeley)
Antananarivo (Cathedral Andohalo)

At the Intersection, teams had to join with one other team to complete tasks and make decisions together until further notice, including completing the Fast Forward. The second Fast Forward on the Race was to go to a market and eat one full serving of cow lips, a local delicacy. The Detour on this leg of the Race was Long Sleep or Short Letter. In Long Sleep, teams had to deliver 8 covered mattresses through the streets of Antananarivo to a certain address. In Short Letter, teams had to work together to successfully make 28 pieces of paper. After the Detour, teams were not required to work together anymore. The Roadblock on this leg was to go to stairs filled with rubber stamp vendors and find four stamps that matched ones on their clues. Once finished, they would proceed to the Pit Stop, where their teammate was waiting.

Leg 9 (Madagascar → Finland → Ukraine)

Antananarivo (Ivato International Airport) to Helsinki, Finland (Helsinki-Vantaa International Airport)
Helsinki (Kappeli Café) @
Ylöjärvi, Tampere (Soppeenharjun koulu )
Lohja (Tytyri Limestone Mine)
Helsinki (Helsinki Olympic Stadium Tower) @ (Leg midpoint; teams were told to "Keep racing!")
Helsinki (Helsinki-Vantaa International Airport) to Kiev, Ukraine (Boryspil Airport)
near Kiev (Oster Tank School)
Kiev (Apartment 33)
Kiev (Great Patriotic War Museum)

@ = Teams had to log onto their e-mail to get an e-mail clue from their families.
@ = Teams had to do a face first rappel known as an Angel Dive down the Helsinki Olympic Tower.

In the first Detour, teams had to decide between Swamp This or Swamp That. Both options are methods by which Finnish athletes keep themselves in shape during the warmer months. Swamp This was cross country skiing through bog, and Swamp That was an obstacle course through bog. The Roadblock for this half of the leg was to search the mine for a marked dig site and get a piece of limestone. They then had to use tools to break it open to get their next clue, which was inside of it. As an additional task, each team member had to rappel face-first down from the top of the tower of the Helsinki Olympic Stadium.

On the second half of the leg, the Roadblock consisted of taking a Russian T-64 Tank through a training course. The second Detour was a choice between Make the Music or Find the Music. In Make the Music, teams went to Dance and Groove, a dance club in Kiev and had to perform a rap incorporating the names of all of the nations visited so far on the Race. In Find the Music, the teams had to go to the Ukrainian National Music Academy and find a copy of the sheet music of Tchaikovsky's Concert Fantasy for Piano and Orchestra, and then find a pianist to perform the piece for them.

Leg 10 (Ukraine → Morocco)

Kiev (Boryspil Airport) to Ouarzazate, Morocco (Ouarzazate Airport)
Ouarzazate, Kasbah District (Antiquittés du Sud)
Ouarzazate (Atlas Film Studios)
Idelssan (Café La Pirgola)
near Marrakech in the Atlas Mountains (Nomadic Berber Camp)

At the film studios was the only aired Yield of the Race. The Roadblock on this leg was to act like ancient gladiators by racing horse chariots. While racing, they would have to pull down two flags that match the color on their horse. This leg's Detour was Throw It or Grind It. In Throw It, teams had to use a pottery wheel to make two pots. In Grind It, teams had to use a large crushing wheel to grind olives, then pack them into bags. Each Detour selection only had three workstations, which were first come-first serve. After completing the Detour, teams drove on the road to Marrakech until they reached a marker, where they turned off into the desert to the camp that served as the Pit Stop.

Leg 11 (Morocco → Spain)

Casablanca (Quartier des Habous)
Casablanca (Mohammed V International Airport) to Barcelona, Spain (Barcelona International Airport)
Barcelona (Parc del Laberint)
Barcelona (Palau Nacional de Montjuic)

This leg's Roadblock was to prepare and eat camel meat cooked by Mohammed, a chef. The participating team member had to purchase a half kilogram of camel meat, grind it, prepare it on skewers using a traditional Moroccan recipe, have a chef cook it and then eat it. The Detour for this leg was Lug It or Lob It. In Lug It, teams had to get into giant costumes known as "gigantes y cabezudos" and walk a distance of over a mile in them to find a female giant. In Lob It, teams had to search a giant pile of tomatoes and find one with a clue inside. While they were searching, locals threw tomatoes at them as done in the Spanish festival called La Tomatina.

Leg 12 (Spain → France → United States)

Barcelona (Sagrada Família)
Barcelona (Barcelona International Airport) to Paris, France (Charles de Gaulle International Airport / Orly Airport)
Paris (Eiffel Tower)
Caen (Caen Airport)
Bayeux (Gare de Bayeux)
Paris (Place de la Concorde)
Paris (Charles de Gaulle International Airport) to New York City, New York, USA (John F. Kennedy International Airport / Newark Liberty International Airport)
New York City (Daily News Building)
New York City (Alamo)
Garrison (St. Basil Academy) (Finish Line)

In the final Roadblock of the race, one team member had to perform a tandem skydive onto Omaha Beach. The other team member remaining in the plane would be treated to a surprise nosedive. Once finished, the person who did the Roadblock was taken to a train station in a military jeep, while the other team member had to take a taxi. In the last Detour of the race, teams had to choose between Art and Fashion. In Art, they had to go to an art studio, pick up a painting, and then search at the nearby square for a painter who would give them their next clue. In Fashion, teams had to go to Anatomy Fashion Studio and make a jacket to fit on a mannequin using the tools provided. Once satisfied, a lady would give them their next clue.

When flying to Paris, Rob & Kimberly and Tyler & James chose to fly to Charles de Gaulle International Airport, while Lyn & Karlyn chose to fly to Orly Airport. When flying to New York, while the other two teams managed to take the earlier flight to John F. Kennedy International Airport, Lyn & Karlyn took the remaining flight to Newark Liberty International Airport in Newark, New Jersey. Since the time difference between the two flights was too great, footage of Lyn & Karlyn completing tasks in New York City was not aired.

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