The Amazing Race 21 is the twenty-first installment of the reality television show, The Amazing Race.
Production[]
Applications for this season were due on November 30, 2011. Semifinal interviews were taken place in January 2012, and the final casting selection was held in February of that year.
Filming started in Pasadena, California on May 26, 2012, and concluded on June 16, 2012 in New York City.
The season was announced by CBS on June 17, 2012. The original grand prize for this season remained at US$1 million, but if the team that comes in first in the first leg wins the race at the end, the grand prize would be doubled to US$2 million.
In an effort to assist viewers in navigating primetime changes due to live sports coverage overruns, CBS listed the scheduled delayed start times (30 minutes later in Eastern and Central Time zones) for the following days: Oct 7 & 21; Nov 4 & 18; Dec 2, 16 & 30. The network also unveiled an upgrade to the CBS Eye-lert system, which informs viewers of any further adjusted start times.[1]
Teams[]
Josh & Brent
Goat Farmers |
Jaymes & James
Chippendales |
Trey & Lexi
Dating |
Natalie & Nadiya
Twins |
Abbie & Ryan
Dating Divorcees |
James & Abba
Rock Star/Lawyer |
Rob & Kelley
Married Monster Truckers |
Gary & Will
Substitute Teachers |
Caitlin & Brittany
Best Friends |
Amy & Daniel
Dating On and Off |
Rob & Sheila
Lumberjack/Marketing Exec |
Episodes[]
Episode | Air Date | Leg | Destination | First Place | Last Place | Finish | Viewership (millions) |
Ratings/Share (18-49) | |
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1 | "Double Your Money" | September 30, 2012 | 1 | United States → China | Abbie & Ryan | Rob & Sheila | 1st Eliminated 11th Place |
9.40[2] | 2.5/6[3] |
2 | "Long Hair, Don't Care" | October 7, 2012 | 2 | China → Indonesia | Natalie & Nadiya | Amy & Daniel | 2nd Eliminated 10th Place |
9.66[3] | 2.6/7[3] |
3 | "There's No Crying in Baseball" | October 14, 2012 | 3 | Indonesia | Abbie & Ryan | Caitlin & Brittany | 3rd Eliminated 9th Place |
9.11[4] | 2.0/6[5] |
4 | "Funky Monkey" | October 21, 2012 | 4 | Indonesia → Bangladesh | James & Abba | Gary & Will | 4th Eliminated 8th place |
9.54[5] | 2.0/6[5] |
5 | "Chill Out, Freak" | October 28, 2012 | 5 | Bangladesh | James & Abba | Josh & Brent | Non-Elimination Leg |
9.41[6] | 2.5/6[6] |
6 | "Get Your Sexy On" | November 4, 2012 | 6 | Bangladesh → Turkey | Trey & Lexi | Rob & Kelley | 5th Eliminated 7th Place |
10.20[7] | 2.6/6[7] |
7 | "Off to See the Wizard" | November 11, 2012 | 7 | Turkey → Russia | Trey & Lexi | James & Abba | Non-Elimination Leg |
9.18[8] | 2.5/6[8] |
8 | "We Was Robbed" | November 18, 2012 | 8 | Russia | Jaymes & James | James & Abba | 6th Eliminated 6th Place |
9.59[9] | 2.4/6[9] |
9 | "Fishy Kiss" | November 25, 2012 | 9 | Russia → Netherlands | Natalie & Nadiya | Abbie & Ryan | 7th Eliminated 5th Place |
9.58[10] | 2.5/6[10] |
10 | "Not a Well-Rounded Athlete" | December 2, 2012 | 10 | Netherlands → Spain | Trey & Lexi | Natalie & Nadiya | Non-Elimination Leg |
10.02[11] | 2.7/6[11] |
11 | "Take Down That Million" | December 9, 2012 | 11 | Spain → France | Jaymes & James | Natalie & Nadiya | 8th Eliminated 4th Place |
9.35[12] | 2.6/6[12] |
12 | France → United States | Josh & Brent | Trey & Lexi | 3rd Place | |||||
Jaymes & James | 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 | Leg 12 | Average | |
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1 | Josh & Brent | 7 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 4.58 | 7-7 |
2 | Jaymes & James | 10 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2⊂ | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3.58 | 7-7 |
3 | Trey & Lexi | 9 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3⋐ | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3.17 | 7-7 |
4 | Natalie & Nadiya | 4 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3ϵ | 1► | 4 | 4 | 3.36 | 6-5 | |
5 | Abbie & Ryan | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 5⊃ | 2.78 | 4-6 | |||
6 | James & Abba | 6 | 6 | 4 | 1► | 1 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 4.13 | 3-5 | ||||
7 | Rob & Kelley | 5 | 8 | 7⊂ | 5 | 4 | 7 | 6.00 | 4-3 | ||||||
8 | Gary & Will | 8 | 9 | 8⊃⋐ | 8 | 8.25 | 3-2 | ||||||||
9 | Caitlin & Brittany | 3 | 7 | 9 | 6.33 | 2-2 | |||||||||
10 | Amy & Daniel | 2 | 10 | 6.00 | 2-1 | ||||||||||
11 | Rob & Sheila | 11 | 11.00 | 1-1 | |||||||||||
Notes | [1] | [2][3] | [4] | [5] | [6][7][8] | [9][10] | [11] | [1] | |||||||
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Trivia[]
Franchise[]
- First season to include the Double Your Money prize for the team that won the first leg. If that team went on to win the Race, the grand prize would be doubled.
- First season to include the Blind Double U-Turn, which allows two teams to U-Turn two different teams while remaining anonymous.
- First time that a team was allowed to continue racing on the next leg despite losing passport(s).
US[]
- First season where no new countries were visited.
- First season not to feature a single African-American contestant or an African-American Team.
- First season where the Express Pass is not given to the winning team on the first leg.
- Season with the most Roadblocks, 14.
External links[]
- ↑ http://uproxx.com/sepinwall/cbs-to-start-sunday-shows-half-hour-later-to-accommodate-nfl-doubleheaders/
- ↑ https://www.cbspressexpress.com/cbs-entertainment/releases/view?id=33127
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 https://www.cbspressexpress.com/cbs-entertainment/releases/view?id=33220
- ↑ https://www.cbspressexpress.com/cbs-entertainment/releases/view?id=33299
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 https://www.cbspressexpress.com/cbs-entertainment/releases/view?id=33386
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 https://www.cbspressexpress.com/cbs-entertainment/releases/view?id=33532
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/sdsdskdh279882992z1/sunday-final-ratings-the-amazing-race-60-minutes-the-mentalist-666-park-ave-american-dad-adjusted-down/
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/sdsdskdh279882992z1/sunday-final-ratings-revenge-the-mentalist-666-park-avenue-60-minutes-adjusted-down/
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/sdsdskdh279882992z1/sunday-final-ratings-family-guy-amazing-race-american-dad-and-the-good-wife-adjusted-up-americas-funniest-home-videos-60-minutes-the-simpsons-adjusted-down/
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/sdsdskdh279882992z1/sunday-final-ratings-once-upon-a-time-family-guy-the-good-wife-60-minutes-adjusted-down/
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/sdsdskdh279882992z1/sunday-final-ratings-american-dad-adjusted-up-666-park-avenue-adjusted-down-unscambled-cbs-ratings-final-football-numbers/
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/sdsdskdh279882992z1/sunday-final-ratings-american-dad-adjusted-up-final-football-numbers/
- ↑ Eng, Joyce (November 19, 2012). Amazing Race's James and Abba: We'd Love to Know What the Cabbie Did with Our Bags. TV Guide. Retrieved on April 10, 2016.
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