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The Amazing Race 18 (also known as The Amazing Race: Unfinished Business) is the eighteenth installment of the reality television show The Amazing Race. The Amazing Race 18 features eleven teams of two – each returning from a previous edition – in a race around the world for a $1 million prize. The show is hosted by Phil Keoghan. It is the first American season of The Amazing Race to be filmed and broadcast in high-definition.
Production
Development and filming
The Amazing Race 18 will be the first season of the United States series that will be broadcast in high-definition television. While most other prime-time television shows have transitioned to high definition, including other reality television shows, previous seasons of The Amazing Race have used standard-definition television due to the cost and fragility of high-definition recording equipment. International versions of The Amazing Race, including the fourth Asian and second Latin American seasons, have already transitioned to high-definition.
Filming started on November 20, 2010 at the San Gorgonio Pass Wind Farm near Palm Springs, California where the first task had teams sorting through hundreds of paper airplanes to find one that said "Queensland and Northern Territory Aerial Services", the full name of Qantas Airways, awarding them one of two flights to their first destination: Sydney, Australia. Teams were spotted at Oceanworld in Manly near Sydney, Australia around November 22, 2010 and a day later around the mining town of Broken Hill, New South Wales in the Australian Outback. Other locales cited as destinations are Yokohama, Japan, where teams swam in freezing waters near Mount Fuji, and the series' first visit to Liechtenstein, where a task had teams measure the length of the principality on mopeds. Teams also visited Lijiang and Kunming, People's Republic of China; Kolkata and Varanasi, India; Vienna, Austria; Zermatt, Switzerland; and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Snapple has been sponsoring this season of The Amazing Race, with "Snapple Real Facts" introduced during commercial breaks. The sixth leg of "Unfinished Business" – taking place in Kolkata, India – features several tasks involving a papaya-and-mango flavored tea Snapple has developed and named after the show.
The Express Pass, introduced in the previous series, will return, allowing the team that places first in the first leg to skip any later task in the race. Additionally, the last team to complete the first task will be forced to complete a U-Turn in the next leg, performing both tasks of the leg's Detour. A new game mechanic was also introduced in this season: legs without a mandatory rest period between them. At the ends of the first leg in Sydney, Australia, and the fourth leg in Lijiang, China, teams were told their placements and then ordered to keep racing with a new Route Info clue; the first team to check in was awarded a prize and the last team to check in was not eliminated.
Casting
See also: List of The Amazing Race (U.S. TV series) contestantsThe 18th season of The Amazing Race has been subtitled "Unfinished Business", and will feature eleven returning teams from previous seasons for a second chance to win the million dollar prize. Keoghan described all the contestants as teams that "came so close to winning but for one reason or another just didn't quite make it over the finish line in first place". Keoghan gave examples of two teams: Zev and Justin from Season 15, who though had finished first on a leg, had lost their passport too late to continue racing; and LaKisha and Jen from Season 14, where they took an unfortunately-timed restroom break while racing to the Pit Stop and were eliminated. The prior experience of all the teams in previous seasons allowed the producers to increase the difficulty of the various tasks and challenges they were to face. All of the teams have been from recent seasons of the Race; the earliest season represented is the 12th. According to Bertram Van Munster, they stayed with more recent teams as "if we're digging too far back, people might not even remember who they were". The 14th season is represented by five of the eleven teams; Van Munster called this particular version of the race "a very unique season" and justified its larger proportion of teams. Though they had considered fan-favorites Toni and Dallas from the 13th season, Keoghan stated they felt the other selected teams "have the best stories and the best motivation" for casting.
The returning teams, their prior race placements, and their "Unfinished Business" are:
- From Season 12:
- Ronald and Christina Hsu, father and daughter, 2nd place; Christina could not figure out the correct combination of items at the final Roadblock in Anchorage.
- Kent Kaliber and Vyxsin Fiala, dating goths and Hot Topic models, 5th place; Kent & Vyxsin suffered a communications breakdown in Tuscany due to their inexperience driving a car with a manual transmission.
- From Season 14:
- Margie and Luke Adams, mother and son, 3rd place; Luke could not figure out the proper combination of items at the final Roadblock in Maui.
- Amanda Blackledge and Kris Klicka, engaged (dating in Season 14), 8th place; Amanda & Kris were U-Turned by Margie & Luke in Siberia.
- Jaime Edmondson and Cara Rosenthal, former cheerleaders for the NFL's Miami Dolphins, 2nd place; Jaime & Cara's cab driver in Maui got lost on the way to the Finish Line.
- LaKisha and Jennifer Hoffman, sisters and sports coaches, 4th place; Jen used the restroom on the way to the Pit Stop after drinking four bottles of water during a Roadblock in Beijing where she had to eat insects.
- Mel and Mike White, father and son writers, 6th place; Mel & Mike's cab driver took them to the wrong place in Phuket, losing valuable time for them.
- From Season 15:
- Zev Glassenberg and Justin Kanew, best friends, 9th place; after checking in first in Phnom Penh, Zev & Justin realized they had lost Zev's passport and they were unable to find it before all other remaining teams checked in.
- Herb "Flight Time" Lang and Nate "Big Easy" Lofton, teammates on the Harlem Globetrotters, 4th place; Big Easy could not complete the Kafka-themed Roadblock in Prague and took a 4-hour forfeiture penalty.
- From Season 16:
- Jet and Cord McCoy, brothers and rodeo cowboys, 2nd place; on the plane from Shanghai to San Francisco, eventual winners Dan & Jordan were able to move up to first class for free, giving them a lead that Jet & Cord were never able to overcome.
- From Season 17
- Gary and Mallory Ervin, father and daughter, 6th place; Gary & Mallory got lost for several hours in Oman.
Results
The following teams participated in the Race, with their relationships at the time of filming. Note that this table is not necessarily reflective of all content broadcast on television due to inclusion or exclusion of some data. Placements are listed in finishing order:
Team | Relationship | Position (by leg) | Roadblocks | |||||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | |||
Gary & Mallory | Father / Daughter | 1st | 9th | 2nd | 3rd | 2ndε | 1st | Gary 2, Mallory 3 | ||||||
Jet & Cord | Brothers / Cowboys | 11th | 3rd | 6th | 2nd | 1st | 2nd | Jet 3, Cord 2 | ||||||
Ron & Christina | Father / Daughter | 8th | 10th | 3rd | 4th | 7th | 3rd | Ron 2, Christina 3 | ||||||
Zev & Justin | Best Friends | 4th | 1st | 1st | 8th | 8th | 4th | Zev 2, Justin 3 | ||||||
Kent & Vyxsin | Dating Goths | 10th | 7th | 7th | 9th | 5th⊃ | 5th | Kent 3, Vyxsin 2 | ||||||
Kisha & Jen | Sisters / Coaches | 3rd | 4th | 4th | 5th | 4th | 6th | Kisha 3, Jen 2 | ||||||
Flight Time & Big Easy | Harlem Globetrotters | 5th | 2nd | 5th | 6th | 6th⋐ | 7th | Flight Time 3, Big Easy 2 | ||||||
Margie & Luke | Mother / Son | 7th | 5th | 8th | 1st | 3rd | 8th | Margie 2, Luke 3 | ||||||
Jaime & Cara | Former NFL Cheerleaders | 6th | 8th | 9th | 7th | 9th⊂⋑ | Jaime 2, Cara 2 | |||||||
Mel & Mike | Father / Son | 9th | 6th | 10th | Mel 1, Mike 1 | |||||||||
Amanda & Kris | Engaged | 2nd | 11th∪ | Amanda 1, Kris 0 |
- A red team placement means the team was eliminated.
- A green ƒ indicates that the team won a Fast Forward.
- A purple ε indicates that the team decided to use the Express Pass on that leg.
- An underlined blue leg number indicates that at the end of the leg, teams were checked in at the Pit Stop but told to keep racing. Teams that came in first received a prize while teams that came in last were not eliminated as on standard legs.
- An orange ∪ indicates that the team was penalized for finishing last in the Starting Line task and were subject to a U-Turn at the first Detour.
- A brown ⊃ or a cyan ⋑ indicate that the team chose to use one of the two U-Turns in a Double U-Turn; ⊂ or ⋐ indicate the team who received it.
- ^ Flight Time & Big Easy were initially checked in 3rd; however, they were retroactively issued a 30-minute penalty when Ron & Christina told Phil that the Globetrotters had taken their fanny pack by accident and did not return it to them. Ron & Christina were moved up to 3rd, and Kisha & Jen, who checked in within the half-hour penalty period, were checked in for 4th, ultimately dropping the Globetrotters to 5th.
- Mel & Mike were treated for hypothermia while trying to complete the "Frog of Luck" Detour. They were unable to complete the task, and were told by the show's producers to go directly to the Pit Stop for elimination.
- ^ Gary & Mallory used the Express Pass to bypass the Roadblock on Leg 5. Before using the Express Pass, Gary elected to perform the Roadblock, and this is reflected in the total Roadblock count.
- ^ Once Kent & Vyxsin finished Leg 4, they were informed that they would be issued a 30-minute penalty for failing to take the required flight from Tokyo-Narita to Kunming. However, since they were instructed at the mat to continue racing, they were told that they would wait out the penalty at the next Pit Stop. They arrived at the Pit Stop 4th and began their penalty, and during that time Kisha & Jen checked in, dropping Kent & Vyxsin to 5th.
Episode title quotes
Episode titles are often taken from quotes made by the racers. In this season, the titles also include the general location (nation or subnational region) in which the episode was taped.
- "Head Down and Hold On (Australia)" – Sailing instructor (non-racer)
- "I Never Looked So Foolish in My Whole Entire Life (Outback)" – Kisha
- "We Had a Lot of Evil Spirits Apparently (Japan)" – Christina
- "This is the Most Stupid Day Ever (Lijiang, China)" – Vyxsin
- "Don't Ruin the Basketball Game (Kunming, China)" – Mallory
- "I Feel Like a Monkey in a Circus Parade (Kolkata, India)" – Gary
Prizes
The prize for each leg is awarded to the first place team for that leg. All trips are sponsored by Travelocity; the Indian dinner is sponsored by Snapple.
- Leg 1 – The Express Pass – an item that can be used on the race to skip any one task of the team's choosing.
- Leg 2 – A trip for two to Cancun, Mexico
- Leg 3 – A trip for two to the Hotel Punta Islita in Costa Rica
- Leg 4 – A trip for two to Aruba
- Leg 5 – US$5,000 each
- Leg 6 – An Indian dinner for two featuring Bollywood-inspired dance entertainment, and ₹1,000,000 (over US$20,000) to share.
Phil's Video Diary
A new feature to this season is an online show, allowing the viewers to see what happens behind the scenes of the Race, hosted by Keoghan. This feature replaces the "Elimination Station" videos as seen in previous seasons.
- Episode 1 - The night before the first leg, Phil prepares to meet the eleven teams at Palm Springs, California. He then films the helicopter shots seen at the start of the episode. While traveling to Sydney, Phil explains that the flight had been delayed, meaning that the Pit Stop crew then only had a small time advantage over the teams. The final portion of the diary shows Phil filming the Pit Stop segment.
- Episode 2 - Phil films the establishing shot for Shelly Beach and quickly cleans his hair outside, revealing he had not showered before the film crew left Los Angeles. As they drive to Oceanworld Manly to film the Roadblock's establishing shots, Phil sticks his head out of the car window to dry it. Later, Phil explains that they are now flying back to Sydney to catch a flight to Japan, and at the airport, he plays around on the luggage carousel, pretending to be a piece of luggage.
- Episode 3 - Phil and the production crew arrive in Narita, Japan, and Phil explains why he loves to visit Japan. They head to the Yuhi Falls featured in the "Prayer of Purity" Detour task, enjoying the scenery, before explaining the task to his diary camera and then filming the piece for the show.
- Episode 4 - The film crew lands in Lijiang, People's Republic of China, and Phil explains the Baishui River crossing tourist attraction before filming the explanation for the "Yak Yak Yak" task. After the group heads to the top of Jade Dragon Mountain, Phil shares some grilled yak with one of the film crew, before the filming of the Roadblock explanation in Spruce Meadow is shown.
- Episode 5 - The film crew arrives in Kunming and Phil prepares to film the explanation of the "Embrace the Future" Detour Task, before poking fun at Barry, the sound technician, and how he has lost his voice. Later, while on the way to the Stone Forest, Barry has his voice back, and they film the Roadblock segment using time-lapse photography. Phil then comments on how the competition has ramped up on Leg 5 and he is interested in who will come in first on the Leg.
- Episode 6 - Phil and the production team arrive in Kolkata, and Phil remarks at how empty the streets are at 3 a.m. By daybreak, the streets are full of cars and people, and Phil remarks on how he loves it when the Race goes to India. Phil arrives in Jorasanko to explain the Detour tasks, and then they visit the Victoria Institution School for the end of the "Bengali Literature" Detour task. At the Pit Stop location, Phil plays cricket with several local children until he breaks the bat, and apologizes to them, before filming the establishing shot for the Pit Stop.
Race summary
Destinations | Air travel Rail travel Water travel Bus travel Helicopter travel Bicycle travel Gondola travel |
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Route Markers | Detour Roadblock U-Turn Fast Forward Pit Stop |
Leg 1 (United States → Australia)
- Palm Springs, California, United States (San Gorgonio Pass Wind Farm) (Starting Line)
- Los Angeles (Los Angeles International Airport) to Sydney, New South Wales, Australia (Sydney Airport)
- Mascot (International railway station) to Circular Quay (Circular Quay railway station)
- Circular Quay (Circular Quay Wharf - Sydney Ferries) to Manly (Manly Wharf)
- Manly (Oceanworld Manly)
- Manly (Manly 16ft Skiff Sailing Club)
- Manly (Shelly Beach)
In the Race's first Roadblock, one team member had to scuba dive in the Oceanworld shark and ray tank and search the tank for a compass. The compass included a guide to decode a message hidden in series of nautical flags outside. The correctly decoded message instructed teams to go to the Manly 16ft Skiff Sailing Club, find the Commodore, and tell him the password "I am Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea" to receive their next clue.
- Additional tasks
- At the Starting Line, teams had to search through a field containing hundreds of paper airplanes with various words written on them for one matching the clue "Queensland and Northern Territory Aerial Services", and had to figure out that this was a reference to Qantas, which was written on the correct airplanes. Once teams presented a correct airplane to Phil, he would give them their first Route Info clue and tickets for one of two flights; the first eight teams got tickets for the first flight, and the last three teams got tickets for a flight that left 90 minutes after the first. In addition, the last team to complete the task would be penalized with a U-Turn on the Race's first Detour.
- At the sailing club, teams had to join a sailing crew and ride a 16ft Skiff through a race course to a series of buoys that had their next clue.
Leg 2 (Australia)
- Sydney (Sydney Town Hall – To Sail To Stop Sculpture)
- Sydney (Sydney Airport) to Broken Hill (Broken Hill Airport)
- Broken Hill (The Living Desert Reserve)
- Broken Hill (Central Football Club)
- Broken Hill (Intersection of Mercury and Bismuth Streets)
- Broken Hill (Junction Mine)
The Detour was a choice between Spirit World and Natural World. In Spirit World, teams made a traditional Australian Aboriginal stone mosaic based on a model, and then had to perform a dance that is traditionally done to honor ancestors on top of the mosaic before receiving their clue from an Aboriginal elder. In Natural World, teams made traditional Australian Aboriginal paintings by spraying a mix of water and a clay-like pigment out of their mouths to make four specific silhouette images on a piece of slate (an outline of each of their hands and stencils of a lizard and a kangaroo), before they could receive their clue from an Aboriginal elder.
- Additional tasks
- The midpoint clue teams received from Phil instructed them to find "To Sail To Stop", and left them to figure that this referred to a sculpture of an anchor near Sydney Town Hall. There they could sign up for one of two charter flights to Broken Hill, the second of which left half an hour later than the first.
- After completing the Detour, teams were told to return to Broken Hill and find the "home of the Magpies", leaving them to figure out that this was a reference to the Broken Hill Football League's Central Magpies team's stadium: Central Football Club.
- At the Central Football Club, teams dressed up as kangaroos complete with Kangoo Jump shoes and were given a periodic table with the symbols Hg and Bi highlighted. They were left to figure out that these are respectively the symbols for mercury and bismuth and that those elements were also names of two streets in town that met at an intersection where their next clue was located.
Leg 3 (Australia → Japan)
- Broken Hill (Broken Hill railway station) to Sydney (Central railway station)
- Sydney (Sydney Airport) to Tokyo, Japan (Narita International Airport)
- Shibuya, Tokyo (Rotating Parking Garage)
- Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture (Tsurugaoka Hachiman-gū – Yabusame Dojo)
- Minamiashigara (Daiyūzan Station – Kintarō Statue)
- Kurihama, Yokosuka (Commodore Perry Monument )
During the Pit Stop, teams took a train from Broken Hill back into Sydney to start the leg. In this leg's Roadblock, one team member dressed in the traditional clothes of a samurai archer and learned the yabusame ritual through observation, consisting of a meditative form ritual before a traditional posing with the yumi bow. Once they performed the first two aspects of the ritual to the dojo master's satisfaction, they would then mount a rotating wooden horse and hit a wooden target with an arrow before they could receive their next clue. In the Detour, teams chose between Prayer of Purity and Frog of Luck. In Prayer of Purity, teams put on keikogi and traveled to the nearby woods where they would take part in a Shinto cleansing ritual. First they would have to learn a prayer that consisted of a chant, lighting incense, and then shouting while thrusting a walking stick out in front of them. Once they completed the prayers, they would stand under the Yuhi Falls and endure being drenched in 45 °F (7 °C) water cascading down onto them for one minute before receiving their next clue. In Frog of Luck, teams stripped down to their undergarments and put on fundoshi over them before walking out to a mudpit where they had to search for a toy frog in the mud while having mud thrown at them by locals. Once they found the frog, they would have to present it to the nearby frog master for their next clue.
Leg 4 (Japan → China)
- Tokyo (Narita International Airport) to Kunming, Yunnan, China (Kunming Wujiaba International Airport)
- Kunming (Kunming Railway Station) to Lijiang (Lijiang Train Station)
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- Kunming (Kunming Wujiaba International Airport) to Lijiang (Lijiang Airport)
- Lijiang (Jade Dragon Mountain)
- Lijiang (Spruce Meadow )
- Lijiang (Old Town of Lijiang)
- Lijiang (Eternal Tower on Lion Hill )
In this leg's Roadblock, one team member had to search through tens of thousands of wooden charms for a set of twelve that correspond to the symbols of the Chinese zodiac. Once they collected the charms, they had to place them on a mobile in the correct order which was the traditional procession of the signs according to myth – Rat, Ox, Tiger, Rabbit, Dragon, Snake, Horse, Ram, Monkey, Rooster, Dog, and Pig – before they could receive their next clue. The Detour for this Leg was Hammer or Horn. In Hammer, teams traveled to a candy shop where they used wooden mallets to pulverize a peanut brittle into the right consistency. They then had to cut it into pieces and box them before the candy maker would give them their next clue. In Horn, teams traveled to a square where they had to pick up a large traditional horn and lead a group of Nakhi dancers to Wencheng Palace on the other side of town for their next clue.
- Additional tasks
- At the Jade Dragon Mountain, teams had to properly saddle a yak, after which one team member rode the yak across a portion of the Baishui River to receive their next clue.
- Upon arriving at the Old Town of Lijiang, teams had to put a wish into a prayer wheel via a slot that corresponded to their sign in the Chinese zodiac, and call out the name of their sign. Once they got the right signs, they would receive their next clue.
Leg 5 (China)
- Lijiang (Lijiang Train Station) to Kunming (Kunming Railway Station)
- Kunming (Dounan Flower Market )
- Kunming (Golden Horse and Jade Cock Memorial Archway Template:Zh icon)
- Kunming (Yunnan Province Cultural Center )
- Shilin Yi Autonomous County (Stone Forest)
- Kunming (Green Lake Park)
The Detour was a choice between Honor the Past and Embrace the Future. In Honor the Past, teams had to put on a traditional Tibetan outfit at the Yunnan Province Cultural Center and then watch a theater troupe. Without having taken any notes, teams then had to go off-stage, and put a series of 15 dolls dressed up like the actors in the order of the procession on stage. If they got the right order, they would receive their clue. If not, they would have to start over. In Embrace the Future, teams had to put on safety gear and then bring three heavy boxes up to the roof of the China Great Wall Assets Management Company building. Once there, they had to help assemble a solar water heating system before they could receive their next clue. In the Roadblock, one team member had to assemble a life-size 20-foot (6.1 m) long model of a Dilophosaurus. Once the model was properly built, a paleontologist would give them their next clue. If at any point the paleontologist believed that the model was structurally unsafe, the racer would have to start over.
- Additional tasks
- At the end of the Detour, teams were only given a photo of their next location and were left to figure out that it was the Yunnan Province Cultural Center (referred to in the show as the Chinese Minority Heritage Center).
Leg 6 (China → India)
- Kunming (Jin Fu Yi Zhan Tea Shop )
- Kunming (Kunming Wujiaba International Airport) to Kolkata, West Bengal, India (Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport)
- Kolkata (Kolkata Town Hall)
- Jorasanko (Thakur Bari – Tiwari Tea Stall)
- Kolkata (Maidan – Fountain of Joy & Victoria Memorial)
In this leg's Roadblock, one team member had to take part in an Indian tea tasting ceremony. First, they had to take a papaya, a mango, and the brick of tea the teams received before leaving Kunming to the tea auctioneer. Then, they had to search among several hundred tea cups for one that held the same papaya-and-mango-infused tea that they tasted in China. Once they got the right tea, the auctioneer would give them their next clue. The Detour in Kolkata was a choice between Hindu Art and Bengali Literature. In Hindu Art, teams traveled to the Rakhal Paul and Sons statue shop where they had to paint and then dress a statue of the Hindu god Ganesha. Once it was complete, they would receive their next clue. In Bengali Literature, teams traveled to the Dey's Publishing house and picked up eight bundles of the children's book Introduction to the Bengali Alphabet. They then got into a rickshaw school bus and traveled across town to the Victoria Institution High School and College and searched the grounds for the offices of the headmistress of the primary school where they would deliver the books and receive their next clue.
- Additional tasks
- At the Jin Fu Yi Zhan Tea Shop, teams took part in a Chinese tea tasting ceremony where they were given a taste of the papaya-and-mango-infused tea that, unbeknownst to them at the time, would be featured in the upcoming Roadblock in Kolkata. Along with their next clue, they were given a brick of tea leaves that would also be used in the Roadblock.
- Upon completing the Roadblock, teams were given a bottle of Snapple iced tea and were left to figure out that their next clue was printed on the inside of the lid, directing them to go to the Thakur Bari in Jorasanko and then search for the Tiwari Tea Stall. Upon reaching the Tiwari Tea Stall, teams traded the Snapple bottle for their next clue.
Future legs
- Leg 7 (India)
- Kolkata to Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh (Varanasi Airport)
- Upcoming legs
Ratings
US Ratings
# | Airdate | Episode | Rating | Share | Rating/Share | Viewers | Rank | Rank | Rank | Rank |
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Households | 18–49 | (millions) | Timeslot (Viewers) |
Timeslot (18–49) |
Week (Viewers) |
Week (18–49) | ||||
1 | 02/20/11 | "Head Down and Hold On" | 5.1 | 8 | 2.5/7 | 9.15 | #2 | #1 (tied) | #30 | (<#25) |
2 | 02/27/11 | "I Never Looked So Foolish in My Whole Entire Life" | 4.3 | 7 | 2.1/5 | 7.68 | #2 | #3 | (<#30) | (<#25) |
3 | 03/06/11 | "We Had a Lot of Evil Spirits Apparently" | 5.5 | 9 | 2.7/7 | 9.78 | #2 | #2 | #22 | #23 |
4 | 03/13/11 | "This is the Most Stupid Day Ever" | 5.3 | 9 | 2.7/8 | 9.44 | #2 | #2 | #21 | #17 |
5 | 03/20/11 | "Don't Ruin the Basketball Game" | 5.7 | 9 | 2.8/8 | 10.13 | #1 | #1 (tied) | #13 | #18 |
6 | 03/27/11 | "I Feel Like a Monkey in a Circus Parade" | 6.2 | 10 | 3.2/9 | 10.96 | #1 | #1 | #12 | #14 |
- Episode 2, "I Have Never Looked So Foolish In My Whole Entire Life", aired the same night as the 83rd Academy Awards.
Canadian Ratings
Canadian broadcaster CTV also airs The Amazing Race on Sundays at 8pm, with only two exceptions: Episode two aired a hour earlier than its normal start time due to CTV's broadcast of the 83rd Academy Awards. Episode six will air a hour earlier due to the said network's broadcast of the 2011 Juno Awards.
# | Airdate | Episode | Viewers (millions) |
Rank (Week) |
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1 | 02/20/11 | "Head Down and Hold On" | 2.664 | #4 |
2 | 02/27/11 | "I Never Looked So Foolish in My Whole Entire Life" | 1.621 | #20 |
3 | 03/06/11 | "We Had a Lot of Evil Spirits Apparently" | 2.786 | #1 |
4 | 03/13/11 | "This is the Most Stupid Day Ever" | 2.533 | #3 |
5 | 03/20/11 | "Don't Ruin the Basketball Game" | 2.441 | #3 |
6 | 03/27/11 | "I Feel Like a Monkey in a Circus Parade" |
Notes
- In season 12, Kent went by the name "Kynt".
- Due to a medical emergency on the first flight involving another passenger, the eight teams on that flight were delayed in Honolulu, allowing the three teams on the second flight to arrive in Sydney first.
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External links
- Official website
- Phil's Diary recorded during filming of The Amazing Race 18
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