The Amazing Race 20 is the twentieth installment of the reality television show, The Amazing Race. It was announced by CBS on June 17, 2011.
Teams
Rachel & Dave
Army wife & combat pilot |
Art & JJ
Border patrol agents |
Brendon & Rachel
PhD student & event hostess |
Vanessa & Ralph
Dating divorcees |
Bopper & Mark
Best friends |
Nary & Jamie
Federal agents |
Joey & Danny
Trainer & club promoter |
Kerri & Stacy
Cousins |
Elliot & Andrew
Twins |
Dave & Cherie
Married clowns |
Misa & Maiya
Sisters |
Episodes
Episode # | Leg # | Title | Air Date | Destination | First Place | Last Place | Finish | Viewership (in millions) |
Ratings/Share (18-49) |
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1 | 1 | "Tears of a Clown" | February 19, 2012 | United States → Argentina | Rachel & Dave | Misa & Maiya | 1st Eliminated 11th Place |
10.34 | 2.8/07 |
2 | 2 | "You Know I'm Not as Smart as You" | February 26, 2012 | Argentina | Rachel & Dave | Dave & Cherie | 2nd Eliminated 10th Place |
7.71 | 2.2/05 |
3 | 3 | "Bust Me Right in the Head with It" | March 4, 2012 | Argentina → Paraguay | Art & JJ | Elliot & Andrew | 3rd Eliminated 9th Place |
10.30 | 2.8/07 |
4 | 4 | "Taste Your Salami" | March 11, 2012 | Paraguay → Italy | Art & JJ | Bopper & Mark | Non-Elimination Leg |
9.65 | 2.9/08 |
5 | 5 | "Uglier Than a Mud Rail Fence" | March 18, 2012 | Italy → Germany | Art & JJ | Kerri & Stacy | 4th Eliminated 8th Place |
9.54 | 2.7/07 |
6 | 6 | "This Is Wicked Strange" | March 25, 2012 | Germany → Azerbaijan | Rachel & Dave | Joey & Danny | 5th Eliminated 7th Place |
9.35 | 2.6/07 |
7 | 7 | "I Didn't Make Her Cry" | April 8, 2012 | Azerbaijan → Tanzania | Rachel & Dave | Nary & Jamie | Non-Elimination Leg |
9.18 | 2.5/07 |
8 | 8 | "Let Them Drink Their Haterade" | April 15, 2012 | Tanzania | Bopper & Mark | Nary & Jamie | 6th Eliminated 6th Place |
9.12 | 2.6/07 |
9 | 9 | "Bollywood Travolta" | April 22, 2012 | Tanzania → India | Rachel & Dave | Bopper & Mark | Non-Elimination Leg |
9.14 | 2.6/07 |
10 | 10 | "I Need Hair to Be Pretty" | April 29, 2012 | India | Rachel & Dave | Bopper & Mark | 7th Eliminated 5th Place |
8.60 | 2.3/07 |
11 | 11 | "It's a Great Place to Become Millionaires" | May 6, 2012 | India → Japan | Rachel & Dave | Vanessa & Ralph | 8th Eliminated 4th Place |
9.40 | 2.7/07 |
12 | Japan → United States | Rachel & Dave | Brendon & Rachel | 3rd place | |||||
Art & JJ | 2nd place |
Leaderboard
1This 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 | Leg 12 | Average | |
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1 | Rachel & Dave | 1 | 1 | 6ϵ | 2 | 4 | 1► | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.83 | 6-5 |
2 | Art & JJ | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1► | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3⊂ | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2.25 | 6-5 |
3 | Brendon & Rachel | 2 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4⊃⋐ | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3.42 | 6-6 |
4 | Vanessa & Ralph | 5 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 5⋑ | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4.91 | 5-5 | |
5 | Bopper & Mark | 9 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5► | 4.60 | 3-5 | ||
6 | Nary & Jamie | 4 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 5.50 | 4-3 | ||||
7 | Joey & Danny | 10 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 5.50 | 3-3 | ||||||
8 | Kerri & Stacy | 7 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 6.80 | 3-2 | |||||||
9 | Elliot & Andrew | 6 | 9 | 9 | 8.00 | 1-2 | |||||||||
10 | Dave & Cherie | 8 | 10 | 9.00 | 1-1 | ||||||||||
11 | Misa & Maiya | 11 | 11.00 | 0-1 | |||||||||||
Notes | [1][2] | [3] | [4][5] | ||||||||||||
Legend:
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Notes:
1: Rachel & Dave elected to use the Express Pass to bypass the Detour in Leg 3.
2: Rachel & Dave initially arrived 2nd, but were issued a 2-hour penalty for using up all of their allotted bottles at the Roadblock and not finishing the task. During this time, four teams checked in at the Pit Stop, dropping Rachel & Dave to 6th.
3: Bopper & Mark completed the Fast Forward task, but were too far behind the other teams and they still came in last and were eliminated.
4: Leg 12 had two Roadblocks and no Detour. The team member who sat out the first Roadblock was required to perform the second one.
5: Rachel & Dave initially arrived 1st at the finish line, but they had accidentally skipped the second roadblock of the leg and were told to turn back to complete it. This did not affect their placement with they were able to complete the roadblock and came back with a proper 1st place finish.
Records
Franchise
- First time visits to Paraguay and Azerbaijan.
- First time ever that one team would be forced to fix their mistake before they could check in at the Finish Line.
- First time in which both teams survived a Double U-Turn in the same leg.
- Rachel & Dave have eight wins in one single season (tied Rovilson & Marc).
US
- Second time that the Finish Line has take place in Hawaii.
- Lowest number of teams who won a leg, 3 teams (tied with Season 13).
- Second season to not feature a parent/child team (after All-Stars).
- First season to have a Speed Bump and a Fast Forward in a same leg (Leg 10).
- First season since Season 4 to have more than two Fast Forwards in the entire race.
Reception
- Shawn Malcolm at Variety (06/18/2012): "Race to mimic success of ‘Amazing’ never ends"
- Andy Dehnart at realityblurred (09/23/2012): "Tom Bergeron’s Emmy win slightly mitigates Amazing Race’s unbelievable ninth Emmy"
External links
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 |