The Amazing Race 3

The Amazing Race 3 is the third season of the reality television show, The Amazing Race. It premiered on October 2, 2002 and ended on December 18, 2002 on CBS.

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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. Notes Andre & Damon initially arrived 7th, but since they didn't follow the donkey route correctly, they were issued a 78-minute penalty and started the next leg in 9th. They then overslept an extra three minutes at the start of the next leg, while Dennis & Andrew and Teri & Ian are now departed 7th and 8th place. Dennis & Andrew completed the Fast Forward task, but were too far behind the other teams and they still came in last and were eliminated. Heather & Eve initially arrived 1st, but they took a taxi instead of traveling on foot to the Pit Stop as the clue had specified. However, they were returned along with the last team – Aaron & Arianne – and sat together with Phil. Heather & Eve were issued a 37-minute penalty. Aaron & Arianne were checked in and they were still in the Race, resulting in Heather & Eve being eliminated. Flo & Zach and John Vito & Jill both agreed to a 4th place tie after both teams stepped on the Pit Stop mat at the same time. It is unknown whether Michael or Kathy performed the Roadblock in Leg 5. Their tally was not included. During the leg, Andre & Damon had fallen so far behind that all the other teams had already checked into the Pit Stop before Andre & Damon even arrived at the Detour. When they finally reached the Route Marker, instead of performing the Detour, Andre & Damon were instructed to go directly to the Pit Stop, where they were eliminated. An additional task in Leg 10 was presented to teams as a Roadblock but was aired as a miscellaneous task. This task is included in the tally as every team was shown having a particular member performing it. Derek & Drew initially arrived 3rd, but had inadvertently skipped the Roadblock due to them not having followed a marked path from its starting point. They were forced to backtrack and perform the Roadblock. As a result, Derek & Drew fell to last place and were eliminated.

Good Situations

 * Derek & Drew grabbing the Fast Forward in Leg 2 jumping from 11th to 1st.

Bad Situations

 * The 2nd bus got hit by a car in Leg 2.
 * Heather & Eve misread their clue on the way to the pit stop.
 * Half of the 8 remaining teams in Leg 5 put in unleaded gasoline into their vehicles instead of putting in the diesel.
 * Derek & Drew having difficulties finding a route marker and mistakenly going to the Pit Stop without completing the Roadblock.
 * Andre and Damon going to the wrong place for the pitstop and asked for their passports resulting in their elimination in the following leg.

Franchise

 * Most number of countries visited, 13 (tied with season 10).
 * First season to have back-to-back non-elimination legs.
 * First time visits to Mexico, United Kingdom, Portugal, Spain, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Malaysia, Singapore, and Vietnam.
 * Flo & Zach
 * First male/female team to win the race
 * Flo, first female winner
 * Flo, first person to perform least number of Roadblock in the final three. (1 Roadblock).
 * Teri & Ian
 * Oldest team to reach the final three, 49.5 (tied with Ken & Tina)
 * Oldest team to finish in 2nd place, 49.5 (tied with Ken & Tina)
 * Ken & Gerard
 * Derek & Drew
 * John Vito & Jill
 * Andre & Damon
 * Aaron & Arianne
 * Michael & Kathy
 * Heather & Eve
 * First team to arrive at the pit stop first and be eliminated in the same leg (they were issued a 37-minute penalty for misreading their last clue).
 * Dennis & Andrew
 * First father/son team.
 * First team to use the Fast Forward and be eliminated in the same leg.
 * Tramel & Talicia
 * Gina & Sylvia
 * First team to finish in 12th place.

Season

 * Flo is the most quoted person for episode titles: 5 episodes.

Pitstop Greeters

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