Changes: Amazing Race (France)

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

Amazing Race 1 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

Anthony & Sonja 1st place Anthony & Sonja Cyber Friends	Hadj & Yacim 2nd place Hadj & Yacim Childhood Friends	Alice & Stéphanie 3rd place Alice & Stéphanie Surfers	Heïdi & Michel ELIMINATED Heïdi & Michel Bikers	Francis & Benjamin ELIMINATED Francis & Benjamin Father/Son
Oucéni & Lassana ELIMINATED Oucéni & Lassana Twins	Mathilde & Séverine ELIMINATED Mathilde & Séverine Parisians	Fabien & Aurélien ELIMINATED Fabien & Aurélien Police Officers	Antoine & Héléna ELIMINATED Antoine & Héléna Belgian Couple

Episodes

Episode #	Leg #	Air Date	Destination	First Place	Last Place	Finish
1	1	October 22, 2012	France → United Arab Emirates	Heïdi & Michel	Antoine & Héléna	1st Eliminated 9th place
2	2	October 29, 2012	United Arab Emirates → Thailand	Oucéni & Lassana	Fabien & Aurélien	2nd Eliminated 8th Place
3	3	November 5, 2012	Thailand → Japan	Oucéni & Lassana	Anthony & Sonja	Non-Elimination Leg
4	4	November 12, 2012	Japan → United States	Heïdi & Michel	Mathilde & Séverine	3rd Eliminated 7th Place
5	5	November 19, 2012	United States	Anthony & Sonja	Oucéni & Lassana	4th Eliminated 6th Place
6	6	November 26, 2012	United States → Brazil	Francis & Benjamin	Hadj & Yacim	Ordered to Continued Racing
7	7	December 3, 2012	Brazil	Hadj & Yacim	Francis & Benjamin	5th Eliminated 5th Place
8	8	December 10, 2012	Brazil → South Africa	Alice & Stéphanie	Anthony & Sonja	Non-Elimination Leg
9	9	December 17, 2012	South Africa	Hadj & Yacim	Heïdi & Michel	6th Eliminated 4th Place
10	10	December 24, 2012	South Africa → France	Anthony & Sonja	Alice & Stéphanie	3rd Place
10	10	December 24, 2012	South Africa → France	Anthony & Sonja	Hadj & Yacim	2nd Place

Results

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

Place	Team	Leg 1	Leg 2	Leg 3	Leg 4	Leg 5	Leg 6	Leg 7	Leg 8	Leg 9	Leg 10	Average
1	Anthony & Sonja	2	5	7⊃	2	1	2	3	4	2	1	2.90	7-2
2	Hadj & Yacim	3	3	6	6	4	5	1	3	1⊂	2	3.40	6-3
3	Alice & Stéphanie	5	2	4	3	5	3	4	1	3	3	3.30	4-5
4	Heïdi & Michel	1	6	3	1	3	4	2	2	4⊃		2.89	2-6
5	Francis & Benjamin	7	4	2	5	2	1	5				3.71	3-4
6	Oucéni & Lassana	8	1	1⊂	4	6						4.00	2-3
7	Mathilde & Séverine	4	7	5	7							5.75	2-2
8	Fabien & Aurélien	6	8									7.00	1-1
9	Antoine & Héléna	9										9.00	1-0
Notes		^[1]	^[2]				^[3]
Legend: The team finished in first place The team finished in last place and was eliminated from the race The team finished in last place in a non-elimination leg The team that won The Amazing Race The team that crossed the Finish Line second The team that crossed the Finish Line third ⊂ The team used the U-Turn ⊃ Recipient of the U-Turn

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.
3: Leg 6 had no mandatory rest period between legs, and all teams were ordered to continue racing.

Trivia

Franchise

Least number of teams in a season, 9.
First international version to visit the United States.

External links

The Amazing Race Season Index
United States	1 · 2 · 3 · 4 · 5 · 6 · 7 · 8 · 9 · 10 · 11 · 12 · 13 · 14 · 15 · 16 · 17 · 18 · 19 · 20 · 21 · 22 · 23 · 24 · 25 · 26 · 27 · 28 · 29 · 30 · 31 · 32 · 33 · 34 · 35
Asia	1 · 2 · 3 · 4 · 5
Australia	1 · 2 · 3 · 4 · 5 · 6 · 7
Brazil	1
Canada	1 · 2 · 3 · 4 · 5 · 6 · 7 · 8 · 9
Central Europe	Cancelled
China	1 · 2 · 3 · 4
China Rush	1 · 2 · 3
Finland	1
France	1
Israel	1 · 2 · 3 · 4 · 5 · 6 · 7 · 8
Latin America	1 · 2 · 3 · 4 · 5 · 6
Norway	1 · 2
Philippines	1 · 2
Ukraine	1
Vietnam	1 · 2 · 3 · 4 · 5 · 6

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