The Amazing Race 16

The Amazing Race 16 is the sixteenth installment of the reality television show, The Amazing Race. It premiered on February 14, 2010.

Teams

 * Main article: The Amazing Race 16 Teams

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.

Brent & Caite arrived 2nd but were assessed a 30-minute penalty for not taking the funicular after the Roadblock. Dan & Jordan arrived 4th but were assessed a 15-minute penalty for losing a paintbrush during the additional task. Dana & Adrian failed to complete the Roadblock in Leg 1. After Adrian's second attempt failed and after all other teams had already checked in at the Pit Stop, Phil came out to the Roadblock location and eliminated them. Brent & Caite were due to leave 4th, but were delayed by over 3 hours due to suffering from nausea and dehydration and a trip to an emergency room. They ended up leaving in last place. Brent & Caite arrived 6th but did not have one of the clues with them and had to retrieve it before being checked in; they retrieved the clue and returned to the Pit Stop before any other teams arrived thus remaining the 6th team to check in. Joe & Heidi failed to complete the second half of the Detour they were forced to take as a result of being U-Turned. Phil came out to the Detour location and eliminated them. Brent & Caite arrived at the Pit Stop third by mistakenly following Carol & Brandy; however at that point Brent & Caite had not performed the Roadblock and were not checked in.

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) 50.111512, 8.680506, Frankfurt 53.553407, 9.992196, Hamburg (Leg 3 Pit Stop) 49.050556, 5.411667, Les Monthairons 49.187778, 4.750833, Massiges
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Leg 1 - Episode 1
Title: "Nanna Is Kickin' Your Butt" --Louie
 * [[Image:Icon-Airport.png]] Flight from Los Angeles, California, USA to Santiago, Chile connecting through Miami, Florida, USA
 * [[Image:Icon-bus.png]] Bus ride from Santiago to Valparaíso
 * [[Image:Icon-Roadblock.png]] 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)
 * [[Image:Icon-route.png]] Ride down a Funicular, Ascensor Artilleria, to find next clue
 * [[Image:Icon-route.png]] 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
 * [[Image:Icon-PitStop.png]] Valparaíso, Chile: Palacio Baburizza
 * Jordan & Jeff won a trip to Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada for placing 1st in this leg.
 * Elimination Station Video: Dana & Adrian

Leg 2 - Episode 2
Title: "When the Cow Kicked Me in the Head" --Jody
 * [[Image:Icon-bus.png]] Valparaíso to Puerto Varas, Los Lagos Region through Santiago
 * [[Image:Icon-Detour.png]] 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
 * [[Image:Icon-Roadblock.png]]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
 * [[Image:Icon-PitStop.png]] Gruta de la Virgen, Iglesia del Sagrado Corazón de Jesús de Puerto Varas, Puerto Varas
 * Jet & Cord each won a sailboat for placing 1st in this leg.
 * Elimination Station Video: Jody & Shannon

Leg 3 - Episode 3
Title: "Run Like Scalded Dogs!" --Jet
 * [[Image:Icon-bus.png]] Puerto Varas (Del Salvador Bus Terminal / Cruz del Sur Bus Terminal) to San Carlos de Bariloche, Río Negro Province, Argentina
 * [[Image:Icon-route.png]] El Boliche Viejo, San Carlos de Bariloche: teams has to play and win a game of five-card stud against a Travelocity Roaming Gnome
 * [[Image:Icon-Roadblock.png]] Peña Gaucha, San Carlos de Bariloche: one team member had to lasso a target, pull it towards him/her and retrieve the next clue
 * [[Image:Icon-Detour.png]] 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
 * [[Image:Icon-PitStop.png]] Estancia Fortin Chacabuco, Neuquén Province, Argentina
 * Jet & Cord won a trip for two to Patagonia, Argentina for placing 1st in this leg.
 * Elimination Station Video: Monique & Shawne

Leg 4 - Episode 4
Title: "We Are No Longer in the Bible Belt" --Jet
 * [[Image:Icon-Airport.png]] San Carlos de Bariloche to Frankfurt, Germany
 * [[Image:Icon-train.png]] Frankfurt Airport to Hamburg Hauptbahnhof
 * [[Image:Icon-IntersectionSmall.png]] [[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 & Jordan, Steve & Allie + Joe & Heidi, Brent & Caite + Jordan & Jeff
 * [[Image:Icon-Detour.png]] 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" 
 * [[Image:Icon-route.png]] Haifischbar, Hamburg: each teammate had to share boot of beer
 * [[Image:Icon-route.png]] Beatles-Platz: teams had to travel by foot through Hamburg's red-light distric and find the Reeperbahn
 * [[Image:Icon-NonEliminationLeg.png]] Indra Musikclub, Hamburg
 * Louie & Michael won two $5,000 pre-loaded Discover Cards for placing 1st in this 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
Title: "I Think We're Fighting the Germans, Right?" --Michael
 * At the Pit Stop teams boarded a bus to an unknown destination
 * [[Image:Icon-bus.png]] Hamburg, Germany to Les Monthairons, Lorraine, France
 * [[Image:Icon-route.png]] Boulangerie Defontaine: Sainte-Menehould, Champagne-Ardenne: teams had to purchase a fesh baguette that contained the next clue
 * [[Image:Icon-SpeedBump.png]] La main de Massiges, Massiges: Jordan & Jeff had to reinforce a trench wall using a series of branches before proceeding to the Detour.
 * [[Image:Icon-Detour.png]] La main de Massiges, Massiges:
 * In the Trenches: teams had to dress as American soldiers and decode a message ("We will prevail. Vive la France.") sent in Morse Code
 * 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
 * all teams chose Under Fire
 * [[Image:Icon-route.png]] Teams had to head south the find their next clue (and a U-Turn).
 * [[Image:Icon-Uturn.png]] Louie & Michael Blind U-Turned Joe & Heidi forcing them to complete In the Trenches also
 * [[Image:Icon-route.png]] Teams had to change into traditional French bicycling gear and ride antique bicycles similar to the first "Tour de France"
 * [[Image:Icon-PitStop.png]] Church of Massiges (L'Église de Massiges), Massiges, France
 * Louie & Michael won two 55" TVs for placing first in this leg.
 * Elimination Station Video: Joe & Heidi

Leg 6 - Episode 6
Title: "Cathy Drone?" "--Dan"
 * [[Image:Icon-Car.png]] 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)
 * [[Image:Icon-Roadblock.png]] 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
 * [[Image:Icon-Detour.png]] 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
 * [[Image:Icon-PitStop.png]] L'ORRCA, the Cultural Administration for the Champagne Region, Épernay
 * Louie & Michael won a trip for two to Cancún, Mexico for placing 1st in this leg.
 * Elimination Station Video: Jordan & Jeff

Leg 7 - Episode 7
Title: "Anonymous?"