The Amazing Race Asia 1 is the first installment of the show, The Amazing Race Asia and the second version of the reality television franchise The Amazing Race. It premiered on November 9, 2006 and ended on February 1, 2007 on AXN.
Development[]
After demand from their own viewers demanding for a local version, AXN Asia purchased the rights to produce The Amazing Race Asia. Immediately, over 1000 teams applied for the first season. Non-Asians were allowed to participate as long as they lived in the country they represented for a certain amount of undisclosed time.
Allan Wu was announced as host in July 2006. Shortly after, production began on the first season, which ultimately aired from November 2006 to February 2007.
Sony Electronics Asia Pacific Pte. Ltd, AirAsia, Caltex, MSN, Nokia, Bintan Lagoon Resort, Ford, and Tourism Malaysia were the official sponsors of the seasons and would provide the prizes awarded to first place teams on certain legs.
Unlike the US version, teams were only allowed to take flights on one airline, AirAsia, as they were the official airline sponsors. In addition, the products of sponsors were more heavily involved in the tasks in order the cover the costs of the season.
Teams[]
Episodes[]
Episode | Air Date[1] | Leg | Destination | First Place | Last Place | Finish | Viewership (millions) | |
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1 | "I Don't Think I Can Do This" | November 9, 2006 | 1 | Malaysia | Marsio & Mardy | Sandy & Francesa | Non-Elimination Leg |
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2 | "They're Speedy, They're Fast and They're First" | November 16, 2006 | 2 | Malaysia → Indonesia | Sahil & Prashant | Ernie & Jeena | 1st Eliminated 10th Place |
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3 | "Give Me the Strength, Give Me the Strength" | November 23, 2006 | 3 | Indonesia | Howard & Sahran | Jacqueline & Aubrey | 2nd Eliminated 9th Place |
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4 | "Just Shut Up and Do It" | November 30, 2006 | 4 | Indonesia → Australia | Andrew & Syeon | Howard & Sahran | Non-Elimination Leg |
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5 | "It's Blowing Like Your Mum's Pants on a Windy Day" | December 7, 2006 | 5 | Australia → New Zealand | Andy & Laura | Sahil & Prashant | 3rd Eliminated 8th Place |
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6 | "What Have You Been Eating!" | December 14, 2006 | 6 | New Zealand | Sandy & Francesca | Melody & Sharon | 4th Eliminated 7th Place |
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7 | "Don't Stand There Doing Nothing!" | December 21, 2006 | 7 | New Zealand → Singapore → Thailand | Andy & Laura | Joe Jer & Zabrina | Non-Elimination Leg |
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8 | "My Legs Are Shaking Like Jelly" | December 28, 2006 | 8 | Thailand | Marsio & Mardy | Howard & Sahran | 5th Eliminated 6th Place |
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9 | "This Is Totally, Totally Out of This World!" | January 4, 2007 | 9 | Thailand → India | Andy & Laura | Sandy & Francesca | Ordered to Continue Racing |
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10 | "War Has Begun!" | January 11, 2007 | Sandy & Francesca | Andy & Laura | 6th Eliminated 5th Place |
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11 | "This Is Going to Be Embarrassing!" | January 18, 2007 | 10 | India → United Arab Emirates | Sandy & Francesca | Marsio & Mardy | Non-Elimination Leg |
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12 | "Oh My Goodness, I Have to Eat a Brain!" | January 25, 2007 | 11 | United Arab Emirates | Andrew & Syeon | Marsio & Mardy | 7th Eliminated 4th Place |
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13 | "24 Days, 15 Cities, 39,000 Kilometres and It Comes Down to This" | February 1, 2007 | 12 | United Arab Emirates → Malaysia | Joe Jer & Zabrina | Andrew & Syeon | 3rd Place | |
Sandy & Francesca | 2nd Place |
Leaderboard[]
The following teams participated in the Race, with their relationships at the time of filming. Placements are listed in finishing order:
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 | Joe Jer & Zabrina | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3.75 | 6-6 |
2 | Sandy & Francesca | 10 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 1> | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3.67 | 6-6 |
3 | Andrew & Syeon | 5 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3.58 | 6-6 |
4 | Marsio & Mardy | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 1► | 3 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 3.64 | 6-4 | |
5 | Andy & Laura | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5< | 4.33 | 5-4 | |||
6 | Howard & Sahran | 9 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 5.00 | 4-3 | |||||
7 | Melody & Sharon | 6 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 5.00 | 3-2 | |||||||
8 | Sahil & Prashant | 8 | 1► | 4 | 5 | 8 | 5.20 | 2-2 | ||||||||
9 | Jacqueline & Aubrey | 4 | 6 | 9 | 6.33 | 1-1 | ||||||||||
10 | Ernie & Jeena | 2 | 10 | 6.00 | 0-1 | |||||||||||
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Records[]
Franchise[]
- First season to have an all-female team win the race.
- First season to visit Indonesia.
- First time to have a team representing Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Sri Lanka, and Thailand.
- First season not to feature a parent-child team.
- First season to feature a Non-Elimination Leg on the first leg.
- First season to feature a sibling team in the inaugural season of a new version.
- First season to have five non-elimination legs (in the standard format).
- First season to have only ten teams participate in the race (in the standard format).
- Closest spread between team with the best finishing average and the worst finishing average.
Asia[]
- First season to visit Malaysia, Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Thailand, India, and the United Arab Emirates.
- First season to visit the continent of Oceania.
- First season to implement the non-elimination penalty where the last team to arrive at the non-elimination leg was required to turn over all the money they accumulated throughout the race and they were not receive any money on the next leg of the race.
- First season to have a Virtual Pit Stop where teams met host Allan Wu at Pit Stop mat, only to have him hand them the next clue instead of checking them in.
- First introduction of the Yield, which allows any one team to force another team to stop racing for a predetermined amount of time.
- Only season to have multiple Fast Forwards available on the race.
Reception[]
- Surajit Agarwal at Television Asia (04/01/2006): "AXN to WOW Asian audiences with original productions: the Amazing Race Asia will be AXN's biggest initiative in the region."
- indiantelevision.com (07/15/2006): "Over 1000 teams apply for AXN's The Amazing Race Asia"
- Jerry Donato at PhilStar Global (10/08/2006): "New twists and turns in The Amazing Race Asia"
- exchange4media News Service (10/10/2006): "The Amazing Race Asia' set to debut on AXN this November"
- Walden Sadiri at Manila Bulletin (11/05/2006): "The 'Amazing Race Asia' Is On"
- Vicki Rothrock at Variety (11/14/2006): "Race ratings roar"
References[]
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 |