The Amazing Race 16

 is the sixteenth installment of the reality television show, The Amazing Race. It premiered on February 14, 2010.

Results
The following teams participated in the Race, with their relationships at the time of filming. Placements are listed in finishing order:
 * An * indicates that the contestant(s) appeared on more than one season.

Route
 33.948487,-118.401718, LAX (Starting Line) -33.376412, -70.565186, Santiago -32.504018, -71.002225, Valparaíso (Leg 1 Pit Stop) -33.403931, -70.675049, Puerto Varas -41.149288 -71.30127, San Carlos de Bariloche -41.120388 -71.40078, Estancia Fortin Chacabuco (Leg 2 Pit Stop) -41.120388, -71.400777, Llao Llao Hotel & Resort (Leg 3 Pit Stop) 50.111512, 8.680506, Frankfurt 53.553407, 9.992196, Hamburg (Leg 4 Pit Stop) 49.050556, 5.411667, Les Monthairons 49.187778, 4.750833, Massiges 49.034096, 3.957381, Épernay 33.948487, -118.401718
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Leg 1 - Episode 1 (United States → Chile)
Title: "Nanna Is Kickin' Your Butt" --Louie
 * Flight from Los Angeles, California, USA to Santiago, Chile connecting through Miami, Florida, USA
 * Bus ride from Santiago to Valparaíso
 * Valparaíso: one team member needed to cross a rope bridge suspended in the air for their next clue (task was inspired by clothes lines that locals hang from window to window to dry their laundry)
 * Ride down a Funicular, Ascensor Artilleria, to find next clue
 * Valparaíso: Painted Houses: teams had to take four cans of paint and supplies, find a house partially painted the same color as in their cans and finish painting the house for their next clue
 * Valparaíso, Chile: Palacio Baburizza
 * Elimination Station Video: Dana & Adrian
 * Elimination Station Video: Dana & Adrian

Leg 2 - Episode 2 (Chile)
Title: "When the Cow Kicked Me in the Head" --Jody
 * Valparaíso to Puerto Varas, Los Lagos Region through Santiago
 * Vicente Pérez Rosales National Park, Mirador, Isla Margarita, Todos los Santos Lake
 * Llama Adoration: task was to dress a llama according to local custom; or
 * Condor Consternation: dress up like a condor and "fly" across water to retrieve the next clue
 * Onces y Cabañas Bellavista, Puerto Varas: one team member needed to collect ingredients for Kuchen, a German-style cake, and deliver them to a baker to retrieve their next clue
 * Gruta de la Virgen, Iglesia del Sagrado Corazón de Jesús de Puerto Varas, Puerto Varas
 * Elimination Station Video: Jody & Shannon
 * Elimination Station Video: Jody & Shannon

Leg 3 - Episode 3 (Chile → Argentina)
Title: "Run Like Scalded Dogs!" --Jet
 * Puerto Varas (Del Salvador Bus Terminal / Cruz del Sur Bus Terminal) to San Carlos de Bariloche, Río Negro Province, Argentina
 * El Boliche Viejo, San Carlos de Bariloche: teams has to play and win a game of five-card stud against a Travelocity Roaming Gnome
 * Peña Gaucha, San Carlos de Bariloche: one team member had to lasso a target, pull it towards him/her and retrieve the next clue
 * Puente Ñirihuau
 * Horse Sense: teams had to find and return a bag of loot in a field by using compass directions and a count of steps from the origin; or
 * Horse Power: find a polo training ground and make a goal in nine steps or less using a wooden horse
 * Estancia Fortin Chacabuco, Neuquén Province, Argentina
 * Elimination Station Video: Monique & Shawne
 * Elimination Station Video: Monique & Shawne

Leg 4 - Episode 4 (Argentina → Germany)
Title: "We Are No Longer in the Bible Belt" --Jet
 * San Carlos de Bariloche to Frankfurt, Germany
 * Frankfurt Airport to Hamburg Hauptbahnhof
 * [[Image:Icon-Roadblock.png]] Jungfernstieg, Hamburg:
 * One team member from each of the intersected teams had to take the S-Bahn to the Port of Hamburg and complete a 150 foot (46m) tandem bungee jump.
 * Intersected teams: Louie & Michael + Jet & Cord, Carol & Brandy + Dan &amp; Jordan, Steve & Allie + Joe & Heidi, Brent & Caite + Jordan & Jeff
 * Kaiser Wilhelm statue at Altonaer Rathaus
 * Soccer: teams went to Adolf-Jäger-Kampfbahn Stadium and had to successfully hit 5 targets in a goal from the penalty area
 * Sauerkraut: teammembers traveled to Alt Hamburger Bürgerhaus and had to eat a plate of sauerkraut while a band played a song called the "Sauerkraut Polka" 
 * Haifischbar, Hamburg: each teammate had to share boot of beer
 * Beatles-Platz: teams had to travel by foot through Hamburg's red-light distric and find the Reeperbahn
 * Indra Musikclub, Hamburg
 * Jordan & Jeff arrived last, but it was a non-elimination leg and they were assigned a Speed Bump to complete in the next leg.
 * Jordan & Jeff arrived last, but it was a non-elimination leg and they were assigned a Speed Bump to complete in the next leg.

Leg 5 - Episode 5 (Germany → France)
Title: "I Think We're Fighting the Germans, Right?" --Michael
 * At the Pit Stop teams boarded a bus to an unknown destination
 * Hamburg, Germany to Les Monthairons, Lorraine, France
 * Boulangerie Defontaine: Sainte-Menehould, Champagne-Ardenne: teams had to purchase a fresh baguette that contained the next clue
 * La main de Massiges, Massiges: Jordan & Jeff had to reinforce a trench wall using a series of branches before proceeding to the Detour.
 * La main de Massiges, Massiges:
 * 'Under Fire: teams had to dress as American soldiers, crawl 100 yards under barbed wire and retrieve a message ("The war is over. Vive la liberté") from a soldier in a foxhole, crawl back under the barbed wire and send the message via carrier pigeon or'
 * In the Trenches: teams had to dress as American soldiers and decode a message ("We will prevail. Vive la France.") sent in Morse Code
 * all teams chose Under Fire
 * Teams had to head south the find their next clue and a U-Turn too.
 * Louie & Michael Blind U-Turned Joe & Heidi forcing them to complete In the Trenches also
 * Teams had to change into traditional French bicycling gear and ride antique bicycles similar to the first "Tour de France"
 * Church of Massiges (L'Église de Massiges), Massiges, France
 * Elimination Station Video: Joe & Heidi
 * Elimination Station Video: Joe & Heidi

Leg 6 - Episode 6 (France)
Title: "Cathy Drone?" --Dan (trying to understand a French-speaking person saying the English word "cathedral")"
 * Drive to Reims, France and find the only outdoor statue of Joan of Arc (Notre-Dame de Reims) for next clue (a cork imprinted with Champagne Leclerc Briant)
 * Leclerc Briant, Épernay: A team member had to rappel 100 feet into the winery's cellar, find a specially marked bottle of champagne and open it using a saber to get the next clue
 * Château de la Marquetterie (Taittinger), Pierry:
 * Tower: Stack a tower of 680 glasses, 15 levels high with one glass on top
 * Terra: Search a one square-kilometer plot of vineyard for a specially marked grape cluster and return it to the foreman
 * L'ORCCA, the Cultural Administration for the Champagne Region, Épernay
 * Station Elimination Station Video: Jordan & Jeff
 * Station Elimination Station Video: Jordan & Jeff

Leg 7 - Episode 7 (France → Seychelles)
Title: "Anonymous?" --Brent (trying to say the word "Unanimous")
 * Charles de Gaulle Airport, Paris, France to Seychelles International Airport, Victoria, Mahé, Seychelles
 * Search for a kiosk and take a number that determines the order in which the teams leave for the island of La Digue via helicopter; There were three helicopters available so the first three teams left one after the other with the remaining teams leaving an hour later when the helicopters returned
 * La Digue, Seychelles:
 * Turtle Toddle: Use a banana to lead a giant tortise across a marked lawn, then deliver two large bunches of bananas 1.5 miles to a fruit merchant at the harbor
 * Ox Trot: fill a wooden cart with a pile of coconuts (ensuring none are left behind), have an ox attached to the cart and then deliver the full cart 1.5 miles to a fruit merchant at the harbor
 * St. Pierre Island, Seychelles: swim out to a boat, retrieve one of seven bottles from the ocean floor, return to shore and open the bottle to reveal a puzzle, assemble the puzzle and follow the resulting mapto the Pit Stop
 * Praslin, Seychelles
 * Jet & Cord arrived last, but it was a non-elimination leg and they were assigned a Speed Bump to complete in the next leg.
 * Jet & Cord arrived last, but it was a non-elimination leg and they were assigned a Speed Bump to complete in the next leg.

Leg 8 - Episode 8 (Seychelles → Malaysia)
Title: "You're Like Jason Bourne, Right?" –-Michael
 * Praslin, Seychelles to Seychelles International Airport, Victoria, Mahé, Seychelles
 * Seychelles International Airport, Victoria, Mahé, Seychelles to Penang International Airport, George Town, Penang, Malaysia
 * Go to Snake Temple, Bayan Lepas
 * Sri Singamuga Kaliamman Temple,Teluk Bahang:
 * Buddhist Tradition: teams carry 12 joss sticks up 150 steps to the top of Tien Kong Than Buddhist Temple, arrange them correctly, then light them to get their next clue
 * Chinese Custom: teams go to Padang Kota Lama Park to balance 35' tall flags on their forehead and carry them 125' across an esplanade without dropping the flag to get their next clue
 * Sri Singamuga Kaliamman Temple, Tululk Bahang
 * Tropical Spice Garden: Jet & Cord had to smell a ground spice, identify a tea made from the same spice, deliver it to a guru sitting on a giant swing and serve it to him
 * Sri Singamuga Kaliamman Temple, Tululk Bahang: teams had to participate in 2 Hindu rituals for good luck
 * Smash coconuts until they find one with colored milk and flesh
 * Build a float as an offering, give it to a guru and send it out to sea
 * Penang Peranakan Mansion, George Town, Penang, Malaysia
 * Elimination Station Video: Steve & Allie
 * Elimination Station Video: Steve & Allie

Leg 9 - Episode 9 (Malaysia → Singapore)
Title: "Dumb Did Us In" --Brandy
 * Sungai Nibong Express Terminal, Penang, Malaysia to Kuala Lumpur Central Railway Station, Kuala Lumpur
 * Kuala Lumpur Central Station, Kuala Lumpur to Tanjong Pagar Station, Singapore
 * Victoria Concert Hall, Singapore: teams must find The Amazing Race Asia host to retrieve their next clue
 * Singapore Flyer: one team (Dan & Jordan) had to ride to the top of a 541' Ferris Wheel, exit their car and climb to the next car
 * 'Pounding Pavement: teams had to get supplies and 10 boxes of ice cream, set up a stand and sell 25 ice cream sandwiches'
 * Pounding Drums: teams had to learn a complicated drum routine and then play it back on stage
 * Istana Park (Corner of Penang & Orchard Rd), Singapore: Brent & Caite U-Turned Carol & Brandy forcing them to complete Pounding Pavement also
 * ASL Marine Shipyard, Singapore: teams had to count chain links (521) in an anchor chain for the next clue
 * Sentosa Island, MegaZip Adventure Park, Singapore: teams had to traverse a 1200' zip line
 * Marina Barrage, Singapore
 * Elimination Station Video: Carol & Brandy
 * Elimination Station Video: Carol & Brandy
 * Elimination Station Video: Carol & Brandy

Leg 10 - Episode 10 (Singapore → China)
Title: "I Feel Like I'm in, Like, Sicily" --Brent
 * Singapore Changi Airport, Singapore to Shanghai Pudong International Airport, Shanghai (上海), People's Republic of China
 * Zhujiajiao (朱家角), Shanghai: travel on foot to boat dock for next clue
 * (Roadblock 1) Make Noodles: teams had to make 1000 grams of noodles from scratch; once a chef approved the correct weight of noodles, teams retrieved their next clue from He Pingping, the world's shortest man
 * Dress Model: go to Shanghai's Fashion District, Tianzifanu where teams had to choose a sketch, pick out appropriate clothing and dress a model for their next clue
 * (Roadblock 2) Hongkou Stadium (虹口足球场): teams had to assemble a 96-piece puzzle, then hand out the pieces, in order, to fans sitting in the stands who then flipped the cards over to reveal the next clue
 * take the metro to Shanghai Science & Technology Museum (上海浦东市区中国科技馆) in Pudong, Shanghai
 * Louie & Michael arrived last, but it was a non-elimination leg and they were assigned a Speed Bump to complete in the next leg.
 * Louie & Michael arrived last, but it was a non-elimination leg and they were assigned a Speed Bump to complete in the next leg.

Leg 11 - Episode 11 (China)
Title: "They Don't Even Understand Their Own Language" --Brent
 * Shanghai Science & Technology Museum (上海浦东市区中国科技馆) in Pudong, Shanghai to The Garden Bridge (外白渡桥/Wàibáidù Qiáo)
 * Longhua Temple (龙华寺/Lónghúa Sì): travel to the temple without using a taxi
 * Louie & Michael had to perform a local "Coin Toss" ritual by each tossing a coin into an opening in an incense burner
 * Count Statues in the temple's Arhat Hall; the correct count was 523 and if the teams submitted an incorrect count, they had to wait 10 minutes before submitting another count
 * Yuyuan Gardens (豫园):
 * Pork Stamps: find the nearby "Art Stone" store and look for engraved stamps that contain a pig and the team member's names to get the next clue
 * Pork Dumplings: find the nearby dumpling stand and deliver 10 orders of dumplings to get the next clue
 * Make your way to the Riverside Promenade

Leg 12 - Episode 12 (China → United States)
Title: "Huger Than Huge" --Dan
 * Shanghai Pudong International Airport, Shanghai (上海), People's Republic of China to San Francisco International Airport, San Francisco, California, USA
 * Fort Point, Battery Godfrey: teams needed to solve a clue that led them to the next route marker
 * Coit Tower: one team member used a vertical ascender to climb to the top of the tower
 * Yoda Statue at the Letterman Digital Arts Center: using a motion capture suit, one team member had to verbally guide the other through a Star Wars-based virtual environment; the final step was to read a clue to the next stop as it was swirling on the computer screen inside the simulation
 * Tonga Room: teams had to pick up a trunk a take in with them to the next route marker
 * Great American Music Hall: teams had to open the trunk and perform a memory challenge placing psychedelic posters depicting the eliminated teams in the correct order of elimination (including non-elimination legs); after correctly completing the task, they were given a riddle to complete that led them to the finish line
 * Candlestick Park

Franchise

 * First season that have back-to-back Roadblock in the same leg (leg 10)
 * First season that got a placement reversal that not at the final leg (leg 8)
 * First team to perform a Speed Bump and come in 1st in the same leg (Jet & Cord, leg 8).

PitStop Greeters

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