Amazing Race (France)

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For Season 1 of the American Version, see The Amazing Race 1.

Amazing Race (France) is the first installment of the reality television show, Amazing Race (France). It premiered on October 22, 2012 on D8. The show features nine teams of two who are in a pre-existing personal relationship, and follows the various challenges that they undertake as they race around the world to win €50,000.

Teams

Main article: Amazing Race 1 Teams

Results

The following teams participated in the Race. Placements are listed in finishing order:

Photo	Team	Relationship	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
File:Oucéni & Lassana.jpg	Oucéni & Lassana	Twins	8th1	1st									1-1
File:Stéphanie & Alice.jpg	Alice & Stéphanie	Surfers	5th	2nd									1-1
File:Hadj & Yacim.jpg	Hadj & Yacim	Childhood Friends	3rd	3rd									1-1
File:Francis & Benjamin.jpg	Francis & Benjamin	Father/Son	7th	4th									0-2
File:Anthony & Sonya.jpg	Anthony & Sonja	Cyber Friends	2nd	5th2									2-0
File:Heïdi & Michel.jpg	Heïdi & Michel	Bikers	1st	6th2									0-2
File:Mathilde & Séverine.jpg	Mathilde & Séverine	Parisians	4th	7th									1-1
File:Fabien & Aurélien.jpg	Fabien & Aurélien	Police Officers	6th	8th	Eliminated 2nd								1-1
File:Antoine & Héléna.jpg	Antoine & Héléna	Belgian Couple	9th	Eliminated 1st									1-0

Notes

1: Oucéni & Lassana lost their key for the Pont des Arts task. They were able to continue racing, receiving a new key, but incurred a 20-minute penalty once landed in Dubai.
2: Anthony & Sonja and Heïdi & Michel initially arrived 5th and 6th respectively, but were issued a 5-minute penalty for taking a taxi to Wat Arun instead of the ferry. This did not affect their placement.

Red = team eliminated.
Orange = non-elimination leg.
Coral = leg number had no mandatory rest period at the Pit Stop and ordered to continue racing.
Purple = team used the Express Pass.
Blue = team who came in last on an elimination leg was saved by the team with the Salvage Pass.
Fuchsia = team used the Salvage Pass to gain a time advantage.
Green ƒ = team won the Fast Forward.
Yellow > = team used Yield • < = team received Yield.
Brown » = team used U-Turn • Brown « = team received U-Turn.
Gold ∪ = team penalized for Automatic U-Turn.
Blue H = team penalized with a Hazard.

Legs & Episodes

Race Elements
Route Information • Detour • Roadblock • Fast Forward • Yield • Intersection • U-Turn •
Speed Bump • Hazard • Pit Stop

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Means of Transportation Required:

Air travel • Bus • Ferry • Train • Car • Bicycle

Leg 1 - Episode 1 (France → United Arab Emirates)

• Starting Line: Parc de Saint-Cloud – Rond-point de la Balustrade, Paris, France
• Pont des Arts, Paris
  • Teams were required to search among thousands of locks for one of the hundred padlocks with the Amazing Race flag that the key given them in the clue envelope would open. Once they found the correct lock, the teams would exchange it for their next clue from a young couple.
• Flight from Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport, Paris to Dubai International Airport, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
• Rub' al Khali desert, Dubai
  • Pearls: Teams had to find and count, with the help of a sieve, the exact number of pearls in a earthenware jar filled with sand. Once the exact number of pearls was given to the pearler, accompanied by all the pearls contained in the jar, teams could receive their next clue.
  • Camels: Teams, with the help of a camel, had to retrieve two bags of hay and deliver them to the cameleer. While one teammate must ride the camel, the other one need to guide the animal along the path. Both team members must hang the bags of hay on the camel by the themselves. Once the hay had been brought back, teams would receive their next clue from the cameleer.
• Skydive Dubai, Dubai
  • Teams had to travel to a nearby aerodrome to sign up for one of three flights. The designated teammate for the task must then board the chosen aeroplane and perform a 4,000 meters (13,000 ft) tandem skydive. If they jump within a 10 minute time limit, they received their next clue from an instructor once on the ground. Otherwise, they must wait out a 4-hour penalty.
• Burj Khalifa – Observation Deck, Dubai
• Mall of the Emirates – Ski Dubai, Dubai
  • Teams had to take snow with the help of buoys and shovels and carry it outside, where the temperature was approximately 50 °C (122 °F). They then had to build a 1m40 snowman before the snow melted to receive their next clue.
• Atlantis, The Palm, Dubai

Leg 2 - Episode 2 (United Arab Emirates → Thailand)

• Flight from Dubai International Airport, Dubai, United Arab Emirates to Suvarnabhumi Airport, Bangkok, Thailand
• Klong Toey Market, Bangkok
  • Taste: Teams had to share and eat two bowls of traditional Thai dishes; the first one containing two scorpions, and the second one, three cockroaches. Once they've eaten all of the insects contained in their plates, teams could receive their next clue from the chef.
  • Supplies: Teams were given a shopping list completely written in Thai and buy, with their own money, all of the ten ingredients on the list. Once they brought back all the food to an old lady, they could exchange it with their next clue.
• Davis Bangkok Hotel, Bangkok
  • Teams had to sign up for two different departure times for the next morning, 7:30 and 8:00.
• Wat Pho – Phra Chedi Moo Ha, Bangkok
  • Teams had to find a young student near the Phra Chedi Moo Ha. They were left to figure out that there were four Chedi, and the student was located beside one of them.
• Tha Tien Cross River Ferry Pier, Bangkok to Wat Arun Ferry Pier, Bangkok
• Wat Arun, Bangkok
  • One team member had to to climb the stairs of Wat Arun to the top section and count the statues. Once the correct number (100) is told to a Thai dancer on the ground, they would receive their next clue. But if they tell the wrong number, they would have to climb again and re-count all the statues before they could give a new answer to the dancer.
• Elephant Stay Reserve, Ayutthaya
  • Teams had to ride an elephant into the river, where they would have to wash off the traditional markings painted on it to receive their next clue.
• Ayutthaya Historical Park – Wat Phra Mahathat, Ayutthaya