The Amazing Race 12

The Amazing Race 12 is the twelveth season of the reality television show, The Amazing Race. It premiered on and ended on  on  television.

Contestants

 * Main article: The Amazing Race 12 Contestants

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


 * Click on the icons in the column headings to re-sort the columns. An * indicates that the contestant appeared on more than one season.


 * Red means the team was eliminated.
 * Blue means the team was the last to arrive at a pit stop in a non-elimination leg of the race.
 * Blue means the team was the last to arrive at a pit stop in a non-elimination leg of the race. This means that while the team was not eliminated, they were forced to give up all their money and did not receive any money at the beginning of the next leg.
 * Blue means the team was the last to arrive at a pit stop in a non-elimination leg of the race. This means that the team was not eliminated. The penalty on a non-elimination leg is that teams are forced to give up all their money and belongings, will not receive any money at the beginning of the next leg and are not allowed to collect any money until the leg actually begins for the team. There is not, however, a penalty allotted to teams who arrive last on the last leg of the race.
 * Purple means the team was the last to arrive at a pit stop in a non-elimination leg of the race and was thus "marked for elimination", meaning that if that team did not place first on the next leg, they would receive a 30 minute penalty.
 * Green means the team won the Fast Forward clue.
 * A yellow > means that team chose to use the Yield; < indicates the team who received it; <> indicates a leg where the Yield was available but not used.

Episode titles
The episode titles are:



Race locations
In the following leg descriptions, these symbols are used to indicate clues and route markers:


 * [[Image:Icon-Detour.png]] - Detour
 * [[Image:Icon-Roadblock.png]] - Roadblock
 * [[Image:Icon-FastForward.png]] - Fast Forward
 * [[Image:Icon-Yield.png]] - Yield
 * [[Image:Icon-IntersectionSmall.png]] - Intersection
 * [[Image:Icon-PitStop.png]] - Pit Stop
 * [[Image:Icon-NonEliminationLeg.png]] - Non-elimination legs
 * [[Image:Icon-Airport.png]] - Airport

Leg 1 (United States → )

 * ,, United States (, Starting Point)
 * [[Image:Icon-Airport.png|Flight:]]  to,