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
 * Teams must memorize a Confucius Proverb without taking notes
 * 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
 * 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 the money they earned 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 donate all of their money were not allowed to check in at the Pit Stop. 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&nbsp


 * 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


 * Leeshan Village, 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)

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

PitStop Greeters

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