The Amazing Race 17

 is the seventeenth installment of the reality television show, The Amazing Race. It is scheduled to premiere on Sunday, September 26, 2010 with a 90-minute episode at 8:30pm e/p on CBS.

Casting
Applications for this season were due on February 4, 2010. Interviews were conducted in the Spring of 2010.

Teams

 * Main article: The Amazing Race 17 Teams

Results
The following teams participated in the Race, with their relationships at the time of filming. Placements are listed in finishing order:

While neither Ron nor Tony were shown performing the Roadblock in Leg 1, the official website lists Ron as the team member who completed the task. Jill and Thomas used the Express Pass to bypass the Roadblock on Leg 4. There was a production glitch during the 6th leg that lead to numerous time delays for several of the racers, and in the interest of fairness, the producers decided at the end of 6th leg that Nick & Vicki would not have to perform a speed bump for the 7th leg. Chad and Stephanie initially arrived 6th, but were not allowed to check in because they did not pay their taxi fare and had left their bags behind. While Chad and Stephanie went back to pay their taxi driver and retrieve their bags, Michael and Kevin showed up next, but were issued two 30-minute penalties: one for hiring a taxi to lead them to the Vladimirsky Prospekt Tower (which was explicitly prohibited in the clue), and one for taking a taxi from the Tower to the Church of the Savior on Blood (when the clue stated that they had to walk that distance). While Michael and Kevin were waiting out their penalty, Chad and Stephanie returned, but were also issued a penalty of 30 minutes for taking a taxi from the Tower to the Church. Because Michael and Kevin's penalty was longer, Chad and Stephanie were checked in for a 6th place finish and the penalty they were issued would instead be applied to their departure time for the next leg. Michael and Kevin were then eliminated. During Leg 8, Chad proposed to Stephanie, who accepted. Their relationship title was changed from "Newly Dating" to "Engaged." Jill and Thomas initially arrived 1st, but incurred a 30-minute penalty for paying a taxi driver to lead them to a location. Chad and Stephanie arrived during their penalty, dropping Jill and Thomas to 2nd.

Route


Leg 1 - Episode 1
Title: "They Don't Call It The Amazing Race For Nothin!" –-Brook
 * Starting Line: Eastern Point Yacht Club, Gloucester, Massachusetts
 * [[Image:Icon-Airport.png]] Flight from Logan International Airport, Boston, Massachusetts to London Heathrow Airport, London, England
 * [[Image:Icon-route.png]] Stonehenge, Amesbury, Wiltshire
 * [[Image:Icon-Roadblock.png]] Eastnor Castle, Ledbury, Herefordshire: one team member traveled on horseback and used a big slingshot to hurl melons and knock a suit of armor down
 * [[Image:Icon-Roadblock.png]] Eastnor Castle, Ledbury, Herefordshire: teams climbed a ladder up a the castle wall, retrieve a medieval flag from the battlements, cross water in a small boat, then bring their flag to a knight for the next clue
 * [[Image:Icon-PitStop.png]] Eastnor Castle, Ledbury, Herefordshire
 * Elimination Station Video: Ron & Tony
 * Elimination Station Video: Ron & Tony

Leg 2 - Episode 2
Title: ""A Kiss Saves The Day" -- Brook
 * [[Image:Icon-Airport.png]] London Heathrow Airport, London, England to Kotoka International Airport, Accra, Ghana
 * [[Image:Icon-route.png]] Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Park
 * [[Image:Icon-Roadblock.png]] Makola Market: a team member had to sell sunglasses and make GH₵15 (~US$10) without selling a any pair for less than GH₵3
 * [[Image:Icon-Detour.png]] Peace Motor Spare Parts:
 * Tune In: teams had to travel to Adom Electronics, get a tv antenna, take it to a marked house and install it to the residents' satisfaction
 * Check Out: teams had to visit Emmanuel's Woodshop, pick up a fantasy coffin and deliver it to a showroom across town
 * [[Image:Icon-PitStop.png]] Kaneshie Market
 * Elimination Station Video: Andie & Jenna
 * Elimination Station Video: Andie & Jenna

Leg 3 - Episode 3
Title: "In Phil We Trust" -- Connor
 * [[Image:Icon-Roadblock.png]] Akotoku Boxing Academy, Jamestown: one team member had to perform a boxing workout routine by correctly wrapping their hands, punch a punching bag for one minute and jump rope for one minute to get the next clue
 * [[Image:Icon-route.png]] Supply Depot, Dodowa, Accra: teams had to load two wheelbarrows with supplies and deliver them to the Aesbi D/A Primary School
 * [[Image:Icon-route.png]] Asebi D/A Primary School, Dodowa, Accra: teams had to join a class and locate Ghana on a map
 * [[Image:Icon-Detour.png]] Asebi D/A Primary School, Dodowa, Accra
 * Bicycle Parts: Each team member had to use a stick to roll a bicycle wheel down a soccer field and back
 * Language Arts: teams chose had to choose a proverb with highlighted phrases, translate the phrases into a series of Adinkra symbols and then find the series of symbols in a large puzzle
 * [[Image:Icon-NonEliminationLeg.png]] Home of Awusa Ntso, Dodowa, Accra
 * Elimination Station Video: Non-Elimination
 * Elimination Station Video: Non-Elimination

Leg 4 - Episode 4
Title: "We Should Have Brought Gloves and Butt Pads." -- Kevin
 * [[Image:Icon-Airport.png]] Kotoka International Airport, Accra, Ghana to Kiruna Airport, Kiruna, Lappland, Sweden
 * [[Image:Icon-route.png]] Icehotel, Jukkasjärvi
 * [[Image:Icon-SpeedBump.png]] Michael & Kevin each had to sit for 10 minutes on chairs made of blocks of ice before continuing
 * [[Image:Icon-Roadblock.png]] Fjellborg's Lodge, Poikkijärvi: one team member had to run a pack of sled dogs along a training course, capture five colored flags along the way, trade the flags for pelts and return to the start to get their next clue; if a team member, missed any flags, the team member had to complete a penalty lap for each flag missed
 * [[Image:Icon-Detour.png]] Vassijaure Train Station, Riksgränsen, Sweden
 * Sleds: teams had to race down a mountain course on TechSleds in less time than 1 minute and 58 seconds, repeating the course if they went over the allotted time
 * Beds: teams had to build a goahti, a traditional dwelling, and furnish it to the satisfaction of a tribal elder
 * [[Image:Icon-PitStop.png]] Riksgränsen, on the border of Sweden and Norway
 * Elimination Station Video: Connor & Jonathon
 * Elimination Station Video: Connor & Jonathon

Leg 5 - Episode 5
Title: "Tastes like Million Dollars" -- Kat
 * [[Image:Icon-route.png]] Fagernesfjellet Mountain, Narvik, Nordland, Norway
 * [[Image:Icon-FastForward.png]] To claim the Fast Forward each team member had to eat a serving of a traditional Christmas delicacy, smalahove, a sheep's head
 * [[Image:Icon-Roadblock.png]] Skjomen Bridge, Narvik: one team member had to rappel off the bridge, signal a boat to get the next clue, then climb back up to the bridge using a mechanical ascender
 * [[Image:Icon-Detour.png]] Harvika, Narvik
 * Boat: teams had to ride a bike along a course; at the end, teams had to retrieve a color and combination that matched their bikes, then return to the start and unlock their combination lock to retrieve their next clue
 * Bike: using a map, teams had to instruct a boat captain to navigate to a marked locations where teams had to disembark, and deliver two fish and a chainsaw to a resident to get the next clue
 * [[Image:Icon-PitStop.png]] Ankenes Marina, Narvik
 * Elimination Station Video: Katie & Rachel
 * Elimination Station Video: Katie & Rachel

Leg 6 - Episode 6
Title: "Run, Babushka, Run" -- Vicki
 * [[Image:Icon-train.png]] Narvik Station, Narvik to Stockholm Central Station, Stockholm, Sweden
 * [[Image:Icon-Airport.png]] Stockholm-Arlanda Airport, Stockholm, Sweden to Pulkovo Airport, Saint Petersburg, Russia
 * [[Image:Icon-Detour.png]] Vasilievsky Island - Rostral Columns, Saint Petersburg
 * Classical Music: Beloselsky-Belozersky Palace- teams listened to three musical compositions (Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition, Rimsky-Korsakov's Scheherazade, and Tchaikovsky's Troika) playing on gramophones, then went into a hall and had to identify the pianists who were playing the same compositions
 * Classic Cinema: teams travelled to a famous soundstage at Lenfilm and had to search many filmstrips to find a clip from the film playing on a large screen (Sergei Eisenstein's October)
 * [[Image:Icon-route.png]] The next clue was either a film canister or a record; each had a picture of the next route marker on it
 * [[Image:Icon-route.png]] Palace Square, Saint Petersburg
 * [[Image:Icon-Roadblock.png]] Neighborhood store, Alexandrovskaya, Saint Petersburg: one team member had to dress up like a Babushka, get a wheelbarrow, cow manure and a sack of potatoes, then return to the Babushkas and plant the potatoes
 * [[Image:Icon-NonEliminationLeg.png]] Saint Isaac's Cathedral, Saint Petersburg
 * Elimination Station: Via Russia
 * Elimination Station: Via Russia

Leg 7 - Episode 7
Title: "I Want to Be in the Circus, That's Where I Belong" – Brook

Leg 8 - Episode 8
Title: "Ali Baba In A Suit -- Nick/Vicki

Franchise

 * Most number of parent/child teams in a single season, three.
 * The debut of the Express Pass, a pass that allows the team to skip the task they feel like they don't want to do.

American

 * Most number of female teams, four.
 * No married teams.
 * Lowest number of couples in love, three (tied with Season 2 and Season 3).