The Amazing Race Asia 3 is the third installment of the reality television game show The Amazing Race Asia. The show features ten teams of two, with a pre-existing relationship, in a race around Asia to win US$100,000.
The season premiered on September 11, 2008 and consists of 11 episodes, two episodes less than the first and second seasons.
Teams[]
Episodes[]
Episode | Air Date[1] | Leg | Destination | First Place | Last Place | Finish | Viewership (millions) | |
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1 | "The Toughest Race Ever" | September 13, 2008 | 1 | Thailand | Mai & Oliver | Neena & Amit | 1st Eliminated 10th Place |
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2 | "I Wanna Be a Man" | September 20, 2008 | 2 | Thailand → Vietnam | Henry & Bernie | Isaac & William | 2nd Eliminated 9th Place |
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3 | "You Are Running Away, Nobody's Helping Me" | September 27, 2008 | 3 | Vietnam | Henry & Bernie | Pailin & Natalie | 3rd Eliminated 8th Place |
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4 | "Where's Our Car?" | October 4, 2008 | 4 | Vietnam → Taiwan | Ida & Tania | Niroo & Kapil | 4th Eliminated 7th Place |
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5 | "You See How They're Not Fighting All the Time" | October 11, 2008 | 5 | Taiwan | Vince & Sam | Mai & Oliver | 5th Eliminated 6th Place |
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6 | "I Think I'm Cuter" | October 18, 2008 | 6 | Taiwan → Hong Kong | Vince & Sam | Ida & Tania | Non-Elimination Leg |
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7 | "What the Fish?" | October 25, 2008 | 7 | Hong Kong → Macau | Geoff & Tisha | Ida & Tania | Non-Elimination Leg |
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8 | "The Gloves Are Coming Off, the War Paint Is Coming On" | November 1, 2008 | 8 | Macau → Hong Kong → India | Geoff & Tisha | Henry & Bernie | 6th Eliminated 5th Place |
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9 | "Are People Here Funny?" | November 8, 2008 | 9 | India | Vince & Sam | A.D. & Fuzzie | Non-Elimination Leg |
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10 | "I'm Telling You Right Now There's No Giving Up" | November 15, 2008 | 10 | India → Oman | Ida & Tania | A.D. & Fuzzie | 7th Eliminated 4th Place |
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11 | "The Moment You've Been Racing for and the Moment We've Been Waiting For" | November 22, 2008 | 11 | Oman → Thailand | Vince & Sam | Ida & Tania | 3rd Place | |
Geoff & Tisha | 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 | Average | |
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1 | Vince & Sam | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1► | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2.45 | 4-5 |
2 | Geoff & Tisha | 2 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1> | 1 | 3⊂ | 2 | 2 | 3.09 | 5-5 |
3 | Ida & Tania | 5 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3.55 | 5-5 |
4 | A.D. & Fuzzie | 8 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 4⊃ | 4 | 3.90 | 4-5 | |
5 | Henry & Bernie | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4< | 5 | 2.75 | 3-4 | |||
6 | Mai & Oliver | 1 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 4.80 | 1-2 | ||||||
7 | Niroo & Kapil | 9 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 6.75 | 1-2 | |||||||
8 | Pailin & Natalie | 4 | 7 | 8 | 6.33 | 1-1 | ||||||||
9 | Isaac & William | 6 | 9 | 7.50 | 0-1 | |||||||||
10 | Neena & Amit | 10 | 10.00 | 0-0 | ||||||||||
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Trivia[]
Franchise[]
- First season to have a team representing South Korea.
- First season to have both the Yield and U-Turn available in the same season.
Asia[]
- First season to visit Vietnam, Taiwan, Macau, and Oman.
- First season to not travel outside the continent of Asia.
- First season to not have a team representing Indonesia.
- First season with eleven legs only.
- First season to have only three Non-Elimination Legs.
- First season to have the U-Turn.
- Second season to have back to back Non-Elimination Legs.
- First season that the first leg was an elimination leg.
Reception[]
- Ken Fang at fangsbites.com (09/09/2008): "Interview with The Amazing Race Asia Executive Producer Michael McKay"
- Philippine Online Chronicle (09/18/2008): "Meet RP's new Amazing Racers"
Gallery[]
Video[]
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 |