The Amazing Race 22 is the twenty-second installment of the reality television series, The Amazing Race. CBS officially announced the season on December 6, 2012.
Teams
Bates & Anthony
Hockey brothers |
Max & Katie
Newlyweds |
Mona & Beth
Roller derby moms |
Caroline & Jennifer
Country singers |
Joey & Meghan
YouTube hosts |
Chuck & Wynona
Married |
Pam & Winnie
Best friends |
Dave & Connor
Father/son |
Jessica & John
Dating |
Idries & Jamil
Twin doctors |
Matt & Daniel
Firefighters |
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 | "Business in the Front, Party in the Back" | February 17, 2013 | United States → French Polynesia | Jessica & John | Matt & Daniel | 1st Eliminated 11th place |
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| 2 | 2 | "Loose Lips Sink Ships" | February 24, 2013 | French Polynesia | Bates & Anthony | Idries & Jamil | 2nd Eliminated 10th place |
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| 3 | 3 | "Like James Bond Again" | March 3, 2013 | French Polynesia → New Zealand | Dave & Connor | Chuck & Wynona | Ordered to Continue Racing |
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| 4 | 4 | "I Love Monkeys!" | March 10, 2013 | New Zealand → Indonesia | Dave & Connor | Jessica & John | 3rd Eliminated 9th place |
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| 5 | 5 | "Your Tan Is Totally Cool" | March 17, 2013 | Indonesia → Vietnam | Pam & Winnie | Dave & Connor | 4th Eliminated 8th place |
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| 6 | 6 | "Scorpion King Hunter" | March 24, 2013 | Vietnam → Botswana | Bates & Anthony | Max & Katie | Non-Elimination Leg |
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| 7 | 7 | "Be Safe and Don't Hit a Cow" | March 31, 2013 | Botswana | Bates & Anthony | Pam & Winnie | 5th Eliminated 7th place |
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| 8 | 8 | "My Cheese Is Out of Control" | April 14, 2013 | Botswana → Switzerland | Bates & Anthony | Chuck & Wynona | 6th Eliminated 6th place |
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| 9 | 9 | "The Ultimate Fun House" | April 21, 2013 | Switzerland → Germany | Max & Katie | Mona & Beth | Non-Elimination Leg |
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| 10 | 10 | "Working Our Barrels Off" | April 28, 2013 | Germany → United Kingdom | Max & Katie | Joey & Meghan | 7th Eliminated 5th place |
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| 11 | 11 | "Beacon of Hope" | May 5, 2013 | United Kingdom | Max & Katie | Caroline & Jennifer | 8th Eliminated 4th place |
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| 12 | United Kingdom → United States | Bates & Anthony | Mona & Beth | 3rd place | |||||
| Max & Katie | 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 | Bates & Anthony | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1► | 1 | 4 | 2⊂ | 2 | 1 | 2.42 | 6-6 |
| 2 | Max & Katie | 9 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1⋐ | 1 | 2 | 4.25 | 7-6 |
| 3 | Mona & Beth | 5 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4⋑ | 3 | 3 | 4.33 | 6-7 |
| 4 | Caroline & Jennifer | 10 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4.91 | 6-6 | |
| 5 | Joey & Meghan | 6 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 6⊃⋐ | 4 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 5⊃ | 4.70 | 6-5 | ||
| 6 | Chuck & Wynona | 7 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 7⋑ | 3 | 4 | 6 | 6.12 | 5-4 | ||||
| 7 | Pam & Winnie | 4 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 1⊂ | 2 | 7 | 4.15 | 4-4 | |||||
| 8 | Dave & Connor | 3 | 2 | 1ϵ | 1 | 8 | 3.00 | 1-4 | |||||||
| 9 | Jessica & John | 1 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 3.75 | 2-3 | ||||||||
| 10 | Idries & Jamil | 8 | 10 | 9.00 | 1-2 | ||||||||||
| 11 | Matt & Daniel | 11 | 11.00 | 1-1 | |||||||||||
| Notes | [1][2] | [3][4] | [5][6] | [7][8] | [9] | [10] | |||||||||
Legend:
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Notes:
1: Leg 1 featured two Roadblocks and no Detour. The team member who sat out the first Roadblock was required to perform the second one.
2: Katie, Jennifer, and Daniel elected to quit the second Roadblock. Max & Katie and Caroline & Jennifer were issued 4-hour penalties for their forfeits that were applied at the start of the next Leg. However, Matt & Daniel were the last team to arrive and were instead eliminated from the Race.
3: Leg 3 had no mandatory rest period between legs, and all teams were ordered to continue racing. The team who checked in last on this leg did not face a Speed Bump in the next leg.
4: Jessica & John gave Dave & Connor their second Express Pass while travelling from Bora Bora to Christchurch for Leg 3. Dave & Connor later used it to bypass the Leg 3 Detour.
5: All teams except for Dave & Connor were shown checking in at the beginning of Episode 4.
6: Jessica & John were eliminated while in possession of the Express Pass earned in the first leg.
7: Dave & Connor elected to withdraw from the Race at the start of Leg 5 due to an injury Dave sustained during Leg 2. They traveled to Hanoi with the other teams, but instead of running the Leg they instead were allowed to go directly to the Pit Stop to ask Phil to remove them from the Race, resulting in their elimination.
8: Chuck & Wynona were the last team to arrive. However, due to Dave & Connor's earlier withdrawal from the competition, they were spared from elimination and instead checked in at 7th place.
9: Caroline & Jennifer and Max & Katie both received speeding tickets and were required by Botswanan law to pay them that day at the local Maun police station before they continued racing.
10: Chuck & Wynona initially arrived 5th, but were issued a 30-minute penalty for rolling their cheese wheels down the hill during the Switchback instead of using the provided sled as their clue instructed. Joey & Meghan checked in during the penalty period, dropping Chuck & Wynona to last place and resulting in their elimination.
Pitstop Greeters
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Records
Franchise
- First time visit to the French Polynesia.
- First season to have two Switchbacks in the same season.
- Final season to have the usage of tablets in the U-Turns.
American
- Second season back to back since Season 21 where no new countries has visited as all the countries visited have been previously visited before. (This is because French Polynesia was part of oversea territories country of France.)
Trivia
- All teams on the 2nd Flight in Leg 1, with the exception of Matt & Daniel, were in the top five placing teams of the season.
- All teams on the 1st Flight in Leg 1 were in the first six teams eliminated.
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 |