The Amazing Race 19

 is the nineteenth season of the reality television show, The Amazing Race. Applications were due on January 4, 2011. Casting interviews were scheduled in March 2011 and filming was in June/July 2011.

Teams

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Contestants

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Results
The following teams participated in the Race. Placements are listed in finishing order:

Route

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Leg 1 - Episode 1
Title: "Kindness of Strangers (United States → Taiwan)" –- Kaylani
 * Starting Line: Hsi Lai Temple, Hacienda Heights, California
 * Teams had to solve a word puzzle that contained their first destination by selecting an umbrella that contained three letters that were used twice each in the word puzzle (Taipei, Taiwan); the last team to solve the puzzle received the Hazard penalty
 * Flight from Los Angeles International Airport (LAX), Los Angeles, CA to Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport (TPE), Taoyuan, Taiwan
 * Ximending Commercial District, Taipei
 * Taipei Confucius Temple, Taipei (Confucius says:"Who's ready to play telephone?")
 * One team member must go to a telephone, listen to and memorize a Confucius Proverb without taking notes (In all things success depends on previous preparation, and without such previous preparation, there is sure to be failure.)
 * Core Pacific City Mall, Taipei
 * Dajia Riverside Park, Taipei
 * Martyrs' Shrine, Taipei
 * Martyrs' Shrine, Taipei

Leg 2 - Episode 2
Title: "The Sprint of Our Life (Taiwan → Indonesia)" –- Sandy
 * Flight from Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport to Soekarno-Hatta International Airport (CGK), Jakarta, Indonesia 
 * From The Gambir Station, Jakarta to Togu Railway Station, Yogyakarta
 * Semanu, Gunung Kidul Regency
 * "Who's ready to spelunk?": One team member had to descend down into Goa Jomblang where they had to search for a traditional Javanese mask and a traditional dagger known as a kris, before returning to the surface to exchange them for their next clue
 * For the Speed Bump, Bill and Cathi had to untangle a rope until they had enough length to reach a karabiner across a field.
 * ​ Indonesian Streets/Mal Malioboro Mall
 * ​Money Maker: Teams had to dress up in costumes with one team member dancing in the streets while the other played a gamelan in order earn Rp 30,000
 * Ticket Taker: Teams had to go to the Mal Malioboro and convince enough motorbike riders to let them park their bike to earn Rp 15,000
 * After completing the Detour, teams traveled to the Aisyiyah Orphanage to donate all the money they earned at the Detour in exchange for their next clue. A small sign at the orphanage directed teams to donate all of the money in their possession. Teams that did not do so were not allowed to check in at the Pit Stop and had to go back to the orphanage and do so before being allowed to check in. At the orphanage, teams received a coat of arms from the children and left them to figure out that it belonged to the Sultan and that the Pit Stop was at his palace: the Kraton Ngayogyakarta Hadiningrat.
 * ​ Yogyakarta (Kraton Ngayogyakarta Hadiningrat)

Leg 3 - Episode 3
Title: "Don't Lay Down On Me Now! (Indonesia)" –- Marcus --
 * Fort Vredeburg,Yogyakarta
 * Teams had to join a series of reenacters of the Dutch colonial era Bicycle Guard and ride omafiets bicycles with their group from the Kraton through the streets of Yogyakarta to Fort Vredeburg in order to receive their next clue


 * Lesehan Restaurant, Salakmalang Village, Kulon Progo Regency


 * Rice Field: Teams carried meals to rice paddy workers, while the workers ate their meal the teams planted 300 rice seedlings, Once completed, they would recieve their next clue from one of the paddy workers.
 * Grass Fed: Teams had to fill two bags with freshly cut grass and then pick up two sheep from the sheep shed. After delivering the grass and sheep to a farm, the teams then had to rerrieve six buckets of water from a well to fill a trough fo the sheep; teams were only allowed to use two buckets at a time. Once the trough was filled and the farmer was satisfied with their work, would they recieve their next clue.


 * Borbudur, Magelang, Magelang Regency


 * One member of the team must count the number of all buddha statue that resides at the Borobudur, then they had to remember each hand posistion of each buddha statue at each floor (answer: 69, which all section: 17, 17, 17, 18), they recieve their next clue if they answer it correctly
 * Before being allowed onto Borobudur, teams had to go to the international entrance where they were given sarongs to put on. They then walked up to the top of the temple, where they would receive their next clue.
 * Borobudur, Indonesia

Leg 4 - Episode 4
Title: "This is Gonna Be a Fine Mess" (Indonesia → Thailand) -- Bill
 * Adisucipto International Airport, Yogyakarta to Phuket International Airport, Phuket, Phuket Province, Thailand
 * Via Jakarta (Soekarno–Hatta International Airport) & Bangkok (Suvarnabhumi Airport)
 * Nonthasak Marine, Phuket
 * Coral Reconstruction: Teams built a coral nursery out of pipes. Once complete, they used a kayak to take the nursery and several coral fragments out to a buoy where they had to set the nursery on the ocean floor, then set the coral fragments into the nursery. Once complete, a marine biologist would give them their next clue
 * Beach Preperation: Teams would have to set up a series of 20 beach chairs and 10 umbrellas marked with a symbol given in their clue. Once the chairs and umbrellas were set up to the beach club owner's approval, they would receive their next clue.
 * The clue given to teams following the Detour was a compass and medallion; teams were instructed to travel north for 13 minutes until they reached the island as shown on the medallion: Soap Island.
 * ​ Soap Island, Phuket
 * ​Teams traveled to Koh Yao Noi Island, Ko Yao District, where one team member climbed the island's sheer rock wall until they reached a bird's nest that held their next clue.
 * ​ Koh Panyi, Phang Nga Province (Soccer Field)

Leg 5 - Episode 5
Title: "I Feel Like I'm in the Circus" (Thailand) -- Jennifer
 * [[Image:Icon-Roadblock.png]] [[Image:Icon-SpeedBump.png]] Anda Adventures, Ton Pariwat Wildlife Conservation Area, Song Phraek
 * Spirit House shop, Song Phraek
 * [[Image:Icon-Roadblock.png]] Wat Chalong,Chalong, Mueang Phuket District, Phuket Province
 * [[Image:Icon-bus.png]] From Phuket Bus Terminal, Phuket to Northern/Southern Bus Terminal, Bangkok
 * Bangkok Noi Canal, Bangkok Noi District
 * [[Image:Icon-PitStop.png]] M.R. Kukrit Heritage House, Bangkok

Leg 6 - Episode 6
Title: "We Love Your Country Already; It Is Very Spacious" (Thailand --> Malawi) -- Cathi

Leg 7 - Episode 7
Title: "Move Goat" (Malawi) -- Marcus

Leg 8 - Episode 8
Title: "Super Shady" (Malawi -> Denmark) -- Cindy

Leg 9 - Episode 9
Title: "It's Speedo Time" (Denmark -> Germany -> Belgium) -- Tommy

Leg 10 - Episode 10
Title: "Release the Brake" (Belgium) -- Marcus's driving instructor (non-racer)
 * [[Image:Icon-Roadblock.png]] Ford Proving Grounds, Lommel, Limburg
 * (Who wants to play with the ponies?) :One team member had to test drive a Ford Mustang. Teams first had to accelerate to 100 mph and brake at a designated spot. They then had to go through a slalom course within 16 seconds,and finished the test drive by performing two victory donuts before they could receive their next clue.
 * Burgstraat-Hoofdbrug, Ghent, East Flenders, Flemish Region
 * Water: Teams used provided materials to build a raft for searching the Lieve canal for two halves of their next clue.
 * Waffle: Teams built a waffle stand and had to bake and decorate 18 Belgian waffles to a chef's satisfaction in order to receive their next clue.
 * Murr van Geraardsbergen, Geraardsbergen
 * Teams had to release 100 homing pigeons before being given an address to chase the pigeons to. Once they had got to the location,teams would retreive their next clue from the legs of one of the pigeons.
 * The clue that the teams received was a picture of the Atomium,a famous monument in Brussels,which was the Pit Stop for this leg.
 * ​ Atomium, Brussels

Leg 11 - Episode 11
Title: "We Are Charlie Chaplin (Belgium -> Panama) -- Andy
 * Stockel/Stokkel metro station-The Adventures Of Tintin mural, Brussels
 * Teams had to dress up as two comic characters from the popular The Adventures Of Tintin comics and figure out one of the three names by which the characters are known in Belgium("Thompson & Thomson","Dupond & Dupont",or "Johnson & Johnston"). Then,with the help of a photo provided to them,teams had to find a man dressed as Tintin at the The Adventures Of Tintin mural at the Stockel/Stokkel metro station,and once they had told him who they were dressed up as correctly,he would hand them their next clue.
 * From Brussels-South Railway Station,Brussels to Schiphol railway station,Amsterdam
 * From Amsterdam Airport Sciphol, Amsterdam to Tocumen International Airport, Panama City
 * Parara Puru, Chagres National Park, Panama City
 * Upon arriving,teams signed up for one of three times (each 20 minutes apart from the other) to receive a tattoo on their arm the next morning. The tattoo gave them their next location:the San Francisco Bay Towers.
 * [[Image:Icon-Roadblock.png]] San Francisco Bay Towers, San Francisco, Panama City
 * (Who wants to walk on rarified air?) :One team member had to cross a tightrope between the San Francisco Bay Towers,35 stories tall and 20 metres across.Racers had to pick up a clue on the other tower,and return to the first tower,where they could meet up with their partner and read the clue.


 * After the Roadblock,teams were given a riddle telling them to search for a man underneath the rooster,and they had to figure out that they were going to the statue of Ferdinand de Lesseps,where they would find their next clue.


 * Plaza de Francia-Ferdinand de Lesseps statue, Casco Viejo, Panama City
 * Filet: Teams had to go to Panama's largest fish market,El Mercado de Mariscos,where they had to deliver fish to different marked stalls in the market,each of which only accepted a certain kind of fish,and only up to a certain weight of that fish. Once they were done,a fishmonger would hand over their next clue.
 * Sole:Teams had to make their way to the Salsipuedes Market where they had to find a sandals stall. There,they had to use one piece of leather each to make the sole and strapping of a pair of sandals for a customer. Once they were done and the cobbler was pleased with their work,teams would receive their next clue.
 * Cathedral Square, Casco Viejo, Panama City
 * Teams had to find the name of the Pit Stop in the traditional pollera dresses and necklaces of a group of tamborito dances in the plaza: Panama Viejo.
 * ​ Panama Viejo, Casco Viejo, Panama City

Leg 12 - Episode 12
Title: "Go Out and Get It Done (Panama -> United States)" – Marcus
 * From Tocumen International Airport, Panama City to Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, Atlanta, Georgia
 * FlightSafetyInternational, Atlanta
 * Teams had to choose a flight instructor who would teach them how to operate a Learjet flight simulator. They then had to successfully complete a simulated landing at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport from an altitude of 2,500 feet in order to receive their next clue.
 * The clue that teams received instructed teams to go to "the residence formerly known as 'The Dump'", leaving them to figure out that this was a reference to the house of Margaret Mitchell,author of Gone With The Wind.
 * [[Image:Icon-Roadblock.png]] Margaret Mitchell House And Museum, Atlanta
 * The final Roadblock required one team member to type out the team's next clue by using a Remington typewriter to duplicate an example message. The duplicate had to be perfectly straight and neat, with no mistakes. Additionally, the typewriters used for the task did not have a key for the number 1; racers were left to figure out that they had to use the key for the lower-case letter l as a substitute.
 * Upon completing the Roadblock, teams had to deduce that a series of three numbers included in the clue were references to Hank Aaron: respectively, his uniform number (44), the number of home runs he hit to break the Major League Baseball home run record (715), and the year in which he broke the record ('74). They were also left to figure out that this meant that their next destination was Turner Field, specifically the location in its parking lot where Aaron's 715th home run is commemorated.
 * [[File:Icon-route.png]] Turner Field, Atlanta
 * At Turner Field, teams had to use a large vertical map and rock climbing gear to map out the Race course from start to finish by looping a rope through a series of carabiners on the map, each representing a specific country (the Netherlands and Germany – through which teams traveled during the race, but did not host tasks or Pit Stops – were not required in the solution). One team member worked on the map while his or her teammate gave help from the ground. Teams were not allowed to use notes while working on the task, and the countries on the map were unlabeled.
 * Finish Line: Swan House, Atlanta
 * Ernie & Cindy won US$1,000,000 for placing 1st in this leg.

PitStop Greeters

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