- For the twist in The Amazing Race, see Double Your Money (twist).
Double Your Money is the season premiere of The Amazing Race 21.
Story[]
Route Markers[]
The race begins at Colorado Street Bridge in Pasadena, California, United States.
Teams must don safety gear and then rappel together down ten stories off of the side of the Colorado Street Bridge. Once at the bottom teams, would find their bags and their first clue.
Teams must fly to Shanghai, China. The first flight, China Airlines, could carry seven teams and is scheduled to arrive one hour and fifteen minutes ahead of the second flight, EVA Air. Upon arrival, teams must take a taxi to the Yuanshen Sports Centre Stadium, where they would find their next clue.
"Who's ready to get paddled?"
The team member assigned to perform this Roadblock must score one point in a game of table tennis against a 10-year-old Chinese national junior table tennis champion, who would rotate among all teams present at any given time. For each attempt after their first, the table tennis champion would play with an ordinary household object (scaling from a clipboard, a frying pan, a tambourine, a metal pencil case, and a clue envelope) to make it easier to score a point. Once they have scored a point, they would receive their next clue.
The Roadblock performers per team are underlined:
Teams must make their way to Cui Ping Jiu Jia Restaurant, where they would find their next clue.
"Who wants to go tubing?"
The team member who sat out of the previous Roadblock must eat a Chinese delicacy desert known as hasma, which consists of the fatty connective tissue found near the fallopian tubes of a frog served to them in two hollowed-out papaya halves, using only a provided pair of chopsticks and without lifting the papaya off of the table. Once they completely finish the dish, they would receive their next clue.
The Roadblock performers per team are underlined:
Teams must make their way to The Bund, where they must search the promenade for a woman and young boy with traditional Suanpan abacuses, who would give teams their next clue.
Teams must make their way on foot to the Bund Observatory to check in.
For coming in first place, Abbie & Ryan won the Double Your Money prize, allowing them to win $2,000,000 if they come in first on the final leg.
Leaderboard[]
First Place • Eliminated • Last placer on a Non-Elimination Leg or continue racing on a No-Rest Leg • Season winner • Season 2nd place • Season 3rd place • ϵ Used the Express Pass• ⊂ User of the first Double U-Turn slot • ⊃ Recipient of the first Double U-Turn slot • ⋐ User of the second Double U-Turn slot • ⋑ Recipient of the second Double U-Turn slot
Abbie & Ryan
Dating Divorcees |
Amy & Daniel
Dating On and Off |
Caitlin & Brittany
Best Friends |
Natalie & Nadiya
Twins |
Rob & Kelley
Married Monster Truckers |
James & Abba
Rock Star/Lawyer |
Josh & Brent
Goat Farmers |
Gary & Will
Substitute Teachers |
Trey & Lexi
Dating |
Jaymes & James
Chippendales |
Rob & Sheila
Lumberjack/Marketing Exec |
Trivia[]
- This is the first season premiere that there are two Roadblocks and no Detour on the first leg.
- With an average placing of 8.67, this episode's leg marks the lowest average placing for the final three teams of the season on any leg of the race across all American seasons.
- The episode title is said by host Phil Keoghan, describing the major twist of the season.
Reception[]
- Andy Dehnart at realityblurred (10/01/2012): "Amazing Race: loud, grating and unlikely to change (just like my opinion of it!)"
References[]
| The Amazing Race 21 Episodes |
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"Double Your Money" · "Long Hair, Don't Care" · "There's No Crying in Baseball" · "Funky Monkey" · "Chill Out, Freak" · "Get Your Sexy On" · "Off to See the Wizard" · "We Was Robbed" · "Fishy Kiss" · "Not a Well-Rounded Athlete" · "Take Down That Million" |