The Amazing Race 12 is the twelveth season of the reality television show, The Amazing Race. It premiered on November 4, 2007 and ended on January 20, 2008 on CBS. The entire season was released on DVD (exclusively only through Amazon.com) on March 24, 2014.[1]
Production[]
Applications for The Amazing Race 12 were due on January 16, 2007. Semi-finalist interviews were held in February 2007 or March 2007 and final casting interviews took place in April 2007.
The season was initially scheduled to air mid-season,[2] but was bumped up to November 4, 2007 due to low ratings for Viva Laughlin.[3]
Filming began on July 8, 2007 and ended July 29, 2007. This season traveled a total of 30,000 mi (48,000 km) across 10 countries in four continents. Travelocity was the official sponsor during this season and provided prizes to winning teams on every legs (except the final leg).
The producers of the show initially stated that Non-Elimination Legs would be dropped,[4][5] but this turned out not to be the case as only the penalty for coming in last on a Non-Elimination Leg was changed, from the team being Marked for Elimination to being required to perform a Speed Bump on the following leg. The element would later be implemented in the thirty-fourth season.
This season also dropped the Yield, which had been in place since The Amazing Race 5, in favoring of replacing it with the U-Turn.
It was also noted that the production of this season ran into the production of The Amazing Race Asia 2 (which concurrently filmed as the same time with this season) in an unspecified airport.[6]
Teams[]
TK & Rachel
Newly Dating |
Ron & Christina
Father/Daughter |
Nicolas & Donald
Grandson/Grandfather |
Nathan & Jennifer
Dating |
Kynt & Vyxsin
Dating Goths |
Azaria & Hendekea
Brother/Sister |
Shana & Jennifer
Friends |
Lorena & Jason
Dating |
Marianna & Julia
Sisters |
Kate & Pat
Married Ministers |
Ari & Staella
Best Friends |
Episodes[]
Episode | Air Date | Leg | Destination | First Place | Last Place | Finish | Viewership (millions)[7] |
Ratings/Share (18-49)[7] | |
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1 | "Donkeys Have Souls, Too" | November 4, 2007 | 1 | United States → Ireland | Azaria & Hendekea | Ari & Staella | 1st Eliminated 11th Place |
13.72 | 4.3/10 |
2 | "I've Become the Archie Bunker of the Home" | November 11, 2007 | 2 | Ireland → Netherlands | Lorena & Jason | Kate & Pat | 2nd Eliminated 10th Place |
10.48 | 3.2/8 |
3 | "Please, Lord, Give Me Milk" | November 18, 2007 | 3 | Netherlands → Burkina Faso | Azaria & Hendekea | Marianna & Julia | 3rd Eliminated 9th Place |
11.86 | 3.8/9 |
4 | "Let's Name Our Chicken Phil" | November 25, 2007 | 4 | Burkina Faso | Azaria & Hendekea | Lorena & Jason | 4th Eliminated 8th Place |
11.80 | 3.6/8 |
5 | "We've Really Burned Bridges, for Sure" | December 2, 2007 | 5 | Burkina Faso → Lithuania | TK & Rachel | Shana & Jennifer | 5th Eliminated 7th Place |
11.26 | 3.5/8 |
6 | "Cherry on Top of the Sundae That's Already Melted" | December 9, 2007 | 6 | Lithuania → Croatia | Ron & Christina | Azaria & Hendekea | 6th Eliminated 6th Place |
11.95 | 3.9/9 |
7 | "This Is Forever, Now" | December 23, 2007 | 7 | Croatia → Italy | Nicolas & Donald | Kynt & Vyxsin | Non-Elimination Leg |
8.97 | 2.8/8 |
8 | "Honestly, They Have Witch Powers or Something!" | December 30, 2007 | 8 | Italy → India | TK & Rachel | Kynt & Vyxsin | 7th Eliminated 5th Place |
9.69 | 2.9/7 |
9 | "I Just Hope He Doesn't Croak on Us" | January 6, 2008 | 9 | India → Japan | Ron & Christina | TK & Rachel | Non-Elimination Leg |
11.99 | 3.9/9 |
10 | "Sorry, Guys, I'm Not Happy to See You" | January 13, 2008 | 10 | Japan → Taiwan | Ron & Christina | Nathan & Jennifer | 8th Eliminated 4th Place |
11.65 | 3.8/9 |
11 | "The Final Push" | January 20, 2008 | 11 | Taiwan → United States | TK & Rachel | Nicolas & Donald | 3rd Place | 9.75 | 3.1/7 |
Ron & Christina | 2nd Place |
Leaderboard[]
This chart shows each teams ranking per leg according to their official check in at the Pit Stop. However, time penalties issued before the start of the next leg due to improperly performed tasks are not reflected here.
Place | Team | Leg 1 | Leg 2 | Leg 3 | Leg 4 | Leg 5 | Leg 6 | Leg 7 | Leg 8 | Leg 9 | Leg 10 | Leg 11 | Average | |
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1 | TK & Rachel | 3 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3.18 | 5-6 |
2 | Ron & Christina | 7 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3.45 | 5-6 |
3 | Nicolas & Donald | 5 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 1► | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4.18 | 6-4 |
4 | Nathan & Jennifer | 10 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 3.70 | 5-5 | |
5 | Kynt & Vyxsin | 2 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5⊂ | 3.63 | 4-4 | |||
6 | Azaria & Hendekea | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 3.00 | 4-2 | |||||
7 | Shana & Jennifer | 6 | 3 | 7 | 6⊂ | 7 | 5.80 | 3-2 | ||||||
8 | Lorena & Jason | 4 | 1 | 8 | 8⊃ | 5.25 | 1-3 | |||||||
9 | Marianna & Julia | 9 | 7 | 9 | 8.33 | 2-1 | ||||||||
10 | Kate & Pat | 8 | 10 | 9.00 | 2-0 | |||||||||
11 | Ari & Staella | 11 | 11.00 | 0-1 | ||||||||||
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Trivia[]
Franchise[]
- The first season to visit Ireland, Burkina Faso, Lithuania, Croatia, and Taiwan.
- First season to implement the Speed Bump as the penalty for the last team to arrive at a Non-Elimination Leg.
- Least amount of all-male teams, 1 (tied with The Amazing Race 5, The Amazing Race 6, and The Amazing Race 29).
- Furthermore, this is the first season that none of the all-male team had been eliminated.
- First season to only have two Non-Elimination Legs.
- This season introduced the U-Turn, where one team may force another team to complete the other option of the Detour that was not originally completed.
US[]
- The Finish Line in Girdwood, Alaska is the northernmost finish location in the entire Amazing Race franchise.
- First time the Finish Line was not located in the contiguous United States.
- First season to not feature the Intersection since its introduction in The Amazing Race 10.
- Half of the 22 contestants are from California, the most populous state in the United States.
Reception[]
- Eric Goldman at IGN.com (05/16/2007): "Wolverine will sing on CBS; Amazing Race put on hold"
- Josef Adalian at Variety (12/09/2007): "Amazing Race still running"
External links[]
References[]
- ↑ http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/Amazing-Race-1-Seasons-12-and-13/19464
- ↑ http://www.realitytvworld.com/news/cbs-renews-the-amazing-race-but-delays-next-edition-til-midseason-5183.php
- ↑ http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/life/television/news/2007-10-22-laughlin_N.htm
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20070826094402/http://blogs.orlandosentinel.com/entertainment_tv_tvblog/2007/07/cbs-party-offer.html
- ↑ http://www.realitytvworld.com/news/the-amazing-race-12-run-shorter-drop-non-elimination-pit-stops-5562.php
- ↑ Fang's Bites: Interview with the Amazing Race Asia Executive Producer Michael McKay (archived)
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 http://www.spottedratings.com/2011/12/spotvault-amazing-race-cbs-fall-2007.html
The Amazing Race Season Index | |
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United States | 1 · 2 · 3 · 4 · 5 · 6 · 7 · 8 · 9 · 10 · 11 · 12 · 13 · 14 · 15 · 16 · 17 · 18 · 19 · 20 · 21 · 22 · 23 · 24 · 25 · 26 · 27 · 28 · 29 · 30 · 31 · 32 · 33 · 34 · 35 |
Asia | 1 · 2 · 3 · 4 · 5 |
Australia | 1 · 2 · 3 · 4 · 5 · 6 · 7 |
Brazil | 1 |
Canada | 1 · 2 · 3 · 4 · 5 · 6 · 7 · 8 · 9 |
Central Europe | Cancelled |
China | 1 · 2 · 3 · 4 |
China Rush | 1 · 2 · 3 |
Finland | 1 |
France | 1 |
Israel | 1 · 2 · 3 · 4 · 5 · 6 · 7 · 8 |
Latin America | 1 · 2 · 3 · 4 · 5 · 6 |
Norway | 1 · 2 |
Philippines | 1 · 2 |
Ukraine | 1 |
Vietnam | 1 · 2 · 3 · 4 · 5 · 6 |