The Amazing Race 17

 is the seventeenth installment of The Amazing Race. It premiered 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 detour 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. Nick & Vicki decided to forfeit the Detour because they were too frustrated to continue. They arrived at the Pit Stop last, but were notified that it was a non-elimination leg. The 6-hour penalty they would have taken from the Detour would instead be applied to their starting time in Leg 11. Brook & Claire initially arrived 1st, but were issued a 30-minute penalty for taking a taxi to their Detour location when the clue instructed teams to travel either on foot or take the subway. Jill & Thomas checked in for a 1st-place finish during their penalty, dropping Brook & Claire 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
 * Flight from Logan International Airport, Boston, Massachusetts to London Heathrow Airport, London, England
 * Stonehenge, Amesbury, Wiltshire
 * 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
 * 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
 * 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
 * London Heathrow Airport, London, England to Kotoka International Airport, Accra, Ghana
 * Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Park
 * 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
 * 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
 * Kaneshie Market
 * Elimination Station Video: Andie & Jenna
 * Elimination Station Video: Andie & Jenna

Leg 3 - Episode 3
Title: "In Phil We Trust" -- Connor
 * 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
 * Supply Depot, Dodowa, Accra: teams had to load two wheelbarrows with supplies and deliver them to the Aesbi D/A Primary School
 * Asebi D/A Primary School, Dodowa, Accra: teams had to join a class and locate Ghana on a map
 * 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
 * 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
 * Kotoka International Airport, Accra, Ghana to Kiruna Airport, Kiruna, Lappland, Sweden
 * Icehotel, Jukkasjärvi
 * Michael & Kevin each had to sit for 10 minutes on chairs made of blocks of ice before continuing
 * Fjellborg's Lodge, Poikkijärv
 * 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
 * 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
 * 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 a Million Dollars" -- Kat
 * Fagernesfjellet Mountain, Narvik, Nordland, Norway
 * To claim the Fast Forward each team member had to eat a serving of a traditional Christmas delicacy, smalahove, a sheep's head
 * Skjomen Bridge, Narvik
 * Strength, stamina, and guts: you've got to have all three.: 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
 * 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
 * Ankenes Marina, Narvik
 * Elimination Station Video: Katie & Rachel
 * Elimination Station Video: Katie & Rachel

Leg 6 - Episode 6
Title: "Run, Babushka, Run" -- Vicki
 * Narvik Station, Narvik to Stockholm Central Station, Stockholm, Sweden
 * Stockholm-Arlanda Airport, Stockholm, Sweden to Pulkovo Airport, Saint Petersburg, Russia
 * 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)
 * The next clue was either a film canister or a record; each had a picture of the next route marker on it
 * Palace Square, Saint Petersburg
 * Neighborhood store, Alexandrovskaya, Saint Petersburg
 * Who's ready for a Russian Drag Race?: 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
 * 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
 * Avtovo Circus, Saint Petersburg
 * Avtovo Circus
 * Circus Band: Teams must learn to play a Russian folk song using an accordion
 * Circus Clown: Teams must learn to spin plates on sticks be able to spin 10 of them without any one falling
 * Bank Bridge
 * 1 Vladimirsky Prospekt Tower
 * Church of the Savior on Blood
 * Gorodki Courts, Peter and Paul Fortress
 * Between the two of you, who is the real player?: teams had to clear three gorodki pin formations before the pins get reset
 * Naryshkin Bastion, Peter and Paul Fortress, Saint Petersburg
 * Elimination Station: Michael & Kevin
 * Elimination Station: Michael & Kevin

Leg 8 - Episode 8
Title: "Ali Baba In A Suit" -- Nick
 * Pulkovo Airport, Saint Petersburg, Russia to Muscat International Airport, Muscat, Oman
 * Riyam Park, Burj Al Mubkharah, Muscat
 * Jebel Shams, Al Hamra
 * 'Who wants to add a little magic to their life: one team member rappelled down the side of Jebel Shams; at the bottom were hundreds of oil lamps only a few of which contained Aladdin's magic ring; once the team member found a ring, the team received the next clue
 * Stack of Books, Nizwa:
 * Water Table: teams had to pump water from a well into a water truck, drive with the truck into town and deliver the water to a house in the neighborhood of Aswat Al Eid
 * Wedding Table: team has to travel to a market, purchase 25 chickens and other ingredients, then serve the traditional Omani dish of Maqbous to a bride and groom
 * Muttrah Souq, Muttrah
 * Al Alam Palace, Muscat
 * Elimination Station: Gary & Mallory
 * Elimination Station: Gary & Mallory

Leg 9 - Episode 9
Title: "There's a Lot of Nuts and Bullets" -– Jill
 * Muscat International Airport, Muscat, Oman to Shahjalal International Airport, Dhaka, Bangladesh
 * Sundarban Square Supermarket
 * teams had to press sugarcane and one team member had to drink the glass of sugarcane juice
 * Sundarban Square Supermarket
 * Balanced Meal: teams had to pick up 30 tiffin carriers and deliver them by boat to workers on another boat in the harbor; once at the second boat, teams lifted the meals into the boat and return to shore with 10 empty carriers
 * Balanced Bricks: teams had load 100 bricks from a barge and deliver them to a shop in the nearby market
 * Sadarghat: Jill & Thomas U-Turned Brook & Claire, then Nat & Kat U-Turned Chad & Stephanie
 * Tekka Mistiri Rickshaw Garage, Nazira Bazaar
 * one team member had to properly assembly a rickshaw
 * Lalbagh Fort, Dhaka
 * Elimination Station: Chad & Stephanie
 * Elimination Station: Chad & Stephanie

Leg 10 - Episode 10
Title: "I Hate Chinese Food" -– Vicki
 * Shahjalal International Airport, Dhaka, Bangladesh to Hong Kong International Airport, Hong Kong, China
 * Central Piers, Central Hong Kong to Cheung Chau Ferry Pier, Cheung Chau, Islands District
 * Cheung Po Tsai Cave, Cheung Chau
 * Cheung Chau Ferry Pier, Cheung Chau to Kowloon Public Pier, Kowloon
 * Majesty Chinese Restaurant, Tsim Sha Tsui
 * Who's feeling peckish?: using a pair of chopsticks, one team member had to identify one of five dishes of fake food from an entire buffet; if the team member picked up a real piece of food, he/she had to eat it
 * Statue of Bruce Lee, Avenue of Stars, Tsim Sha Tsui
 * Ding Ding: teams had to ride the local tram and look for three clues to the location of the Pit Stop
 * Sampan: teams went to Jumbo Kingdom's dock, collected a pair of parakeets in a birdcage and searched the harbor for a boat with the same registration number as on the birdcage
 * Statue Square, Central Hong Kong
 * Elimination Station:
 * Elimination Station:

Leg 11 - Episode 11
Title: "I'm Surrounded by Ninjas" –- Brook
 * Hong Kong International Airport, Hong Kong, China to Incheon International Airport, Incheon, South Korea
 * Seung-il Bridge Cheorwon, Gangwon
 * teams had to whitewater raft down the Hantan River, then were driven to Camp Casey
 * Camp Casey Dongducheon, Gyeonggi
 * "Who's ready to be all you can be?": one team member must choose a headband and find the one solder among 200 wearing same headband
 * Nick & Vicki had to clean a tank
 * Seoul World Cup Stadium
 * Full Throttle: teams went to Mok-Dong Ice Rink (목동 아이스링크), donned speed skating suits and completed a two-person relay of 24 laps to get the next clue
 * Full Bottle: teams went to Namdaemum Market to retrieve and then deliver six bottles of ginsing tonic; after the delivery, one team member had to drink a glass to the tonic to get the next clue
 * Yeouido Hangang Park (한강공원)
 * Wongudan, Seoul
 * Elimination Station: Nick & Vicki
 * Elimination Station: Nick & Vicki

Leg 12 - Episode 12
Title: "Hi. I'm Sorry. I'm in a Race" -– Nat
 * Incheon International Airport, Incheon to Los Angeles International Airport, Los Angeles, California, USA
 * Pier J, 266, Port of Long Beach, Long Beach
 * teams rode to the top of a gantry crane, received their next clue and then performed a bungee jump swing off the crane
 * Rose Bowl, Pasadena
 * teams had to solve three riddles, the answers which formed their next destination
 * Quixote Studios, Stage 7, Los Angeles
 * teams had to identify the greeters from the 11 pit stops from along the race and place them in the correct order
 * Greystone Mansion, Beverly Hills

Memorable Moments

 * In Leg 1 of the Roadblock, the slingshot backfired and the watermelon hit Claire in the face.
 * Chad & Stephanie left the Pit Start in Saint Petersburg over 2 hours late because they accidentally slept in. This did not affect their overall placement in Leg 8.
 * During Leg 8, Chad proposed to Stephanie, who accepted. They are the first team to change their relationship during the race.
 * Gary and Mallory drove over 9 hours during Leg 8.

Records

 * Nat and Kat are the first ever all female team to win the race

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.
 * The debut of the Double U-Turn which allows two teams to U-Turn two different teams.

American

 * Most number of all-female teams, four.
 * No married teams.
 * Lowest number of couples in love, three (tied with Season 2 and Season 3).
 * Nat & Kat
 * First all-female team to win The Amazing Race.

Season

 * Brook is the most quoted racer for the episode titles.