- For the 2014 season with the same subtitle, see The Amazing Race: All-Stars (2014).
The Amazing Race: All-Stars (2007) is the eleventh season of the reality television show, The Amazing Race. It premiered on February 18, 2007 and ended on May 6, 2007 on CBS. This season was the first to feature returning racers. The entire season was released on DVD on May 1, 2013.[1]
Production[]
As early as 2004, there had been talk about an all-star edition, with speculation that it would occur during the eighth season, as with Survivor. These rumors were fueled by reports that season 4 winner Reichen Lehmkuhl had been invited to appear in a future all-star season. Speculation continued for the next few years, particularly after CBS aired all-star editions of their two other reality competition series, Survivor and Big Brother. Despite skepticism from host Phil Keoghan initially,[2] CBS moved forward with an all-star edition in November 2006.[3]
Filming began on November 20, 2006 and concluded on December 17, 2006. This season traveled a total of 45,000 miles (72,000 km), across nine countries on six continents.
Travelocity and Yamaha were the official sponsors during this season and provided prizes throughout the Race to winning teams on certain legs, while ThermaCare ran a campaign in which certain packages of heat wraps contained a mini-DVD titled Re-run the Race that would feature highlights from the first ten seasons.[4] In addition, ThermaCare also ran an ad each week called "The Amazing Race All-Stars Moment of Relief", which highlighted memorable moments from previous seasons.
Beginning with this season, a web series titled Elimination Station was released on CBS.com following each episode. Elimination Station followed the eliminated teams at Sequesterville, where they were allowed to relax and sight-see while they waited to be flown to the final destination city for the end of the Race.
Casting[]
Teams from all previous seasons (except Family Edition) were considered.
Some teams that were considered, but not chosen were Ken & Gerard, Flo & Drew (both from season 3), Kelly & Jon (season 4), Colin & Christie, Linda & Karen (both from season 5), Kris & Jon (season 6), Lynn & Alex (season 7), and Dave & Lori (season 9). (Keoghan himself created a list of teams that he believed should return. That list consisted of Ken & Gerard, Kelly & Jon, Colin & Christie (who declined due to Christie's pregnancy [5]), Kris & Jon, Dave & Lori, and the 10 teams who returned on this season).[6] Casting was criticized in some corners for not picking more than one winner team (especially Chip & Kim and BJ & Tyler).[7]
Twists/Changes[]
- All-Stars: For the first time, former racers returned for another shot to win the million dollar prize.
- Roadblock Limits: This season featured 12 Roadblocks, leaving for a maximum Roadblock split of 6-6.
- Yield: Yields are available on certain legs of the Race.
- Intersection: In the eighth leg, the remaining six teams were required to divide themselves into three groups of two, performing all tasks and making decisions together until further notice.
- Marked for Elimination: A team that came in last place on a Non-Elimination Leg must arrive at the following leg's Pit Stop in first place. Otherwise, they would incur a 30-minute penalty.
- Rules and Penalties: The following rule was revealed on this season:
- Though ties at Pit Stops have been disallowed following The Amazing Race 4, Intersected teams who claim a Fast Forward together may check in at the Pit Stop together. Should they arrive in first place, however, they must decide who among them would claim the prize for winning the leg.
Teams[]
Episodes[]
| Episode | Air Date | Leg | Destination | First Place | Last Place | Finish | Viewership (millions)[8] |
Ratings/Share (18-49)[8] | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "I Told You Less Martinis and More Cardio" | February 18, 2007 | 1 | United States → Ecuador | Rob & Amber | John Vito & Jill | 1st Eliminated 11th Place |
10.29 | 3.1/8 |
| 2 | "Beauty Is Sometimes Skin Deep" | February 25, 2007 | 2 | Ecuador → Chile | Rob & Amber | Kevin & Drew | 2nd Eliminated 10th Place |
8.17 | 2.9/7 |
| 3 | "I'm Sorry I'm Wearing a Bathing Suit; It Is Very Weird, I Know" | March 4, 2007 | 3 | Chile | Rob & Amber | David & Mary | 3rd Eliminated 9th Place |
10.77 | 3.7/9 |
| 4 | "No Babies on the Race!" | March 11, 2007 | 4 | Chile → Argentina | Oswald & Danny | Rob & Amber | 4th Eliminated 8th Place |
9.82 | 3.3/9 |
| 5 | "You Need to Watch Your Jokes, Guy" | March 18, 2007 | 5 | Argentina → Mozambique | Charla & Mirna | Uchenna & Joyce | Non-Elimination Leg |
12.00 | 3.9/9 |
| 6 | "We're Going to Trade You for Food Now" | March 25, 2007 | 6 | Mozambique → Tanzania | Charla & Mirna | Teri & Ian | 5th Eliminated 7th Place |
10.59 | 3.3/8 |
| 7 | "If I Were in Town, I'd Ask for Your Number (Part 1)" | April 1, 2007 | 7 | Tanzania → Poland | Dustin & Kandice | Joe & Bill | Non-Elimination Leg |
8.95 | 2.9/8 |
| 8 | "If I Were in Town, I'd Ask for Your Number (Part 2)" | 8 | Poland | Oswald & Danny | Joe & Bill | 6th Eliminated 6th Place | |||
| Uchenna & Joyce | |||||||||
| 9 | "The Way You Look, Yeah" | April 8, 2007 | 9 | Poland → Malaysia | Dustin & Kandice | Uchenna & Joyce | 7th Eliminated 5th Place |
9.29 | 2.9/8 |
| 10 | "We Are Trying to Make Love, Not War" | April 15, 2007 | 10 | Malaysia → Hong Kong | Oswald & Danny | Eric & Danielle | Non-Elimination Leg |
9.04 | 3.0/8 |
| 11 | "Good Doing Business with You" | April 22, 2007 | 11 | Hong Kong → Macau | Dustin & Kandice | Oswald & Danny | Non-Elimination Leg |
8.69 | 2.8/8 |
| 12 | "Oh My God, the Teletubbies Go to War" | April 29, 2007 | 12 | Macau → Guam | Dustin & Kandice | Oswald & Danny | 8th Eliminated 4th Place |
9.43 | 3.1/9 |
| 13 | "Low to the Ground, That's My Technique" | May 6, 2007 | 13 | Guam → United States | Eric & Danielle | Charla & Mirna | 3rd Place | 10.31 | 3.3/9 |
| Dustin & Kandice | 2nd Place | ||||||||
Leaderboard[]
This chart shows each teams ranking per leg according to their official check in at the Pit Stop. However, time penalties issued before the start of the next leg due to improperly performed tasks are not reflected here.
| Place | Team | Leg 1 | Leg 2 | Leg 3 | Leg 4 | Leg 5 | Leg 6 | Leg 7 | Leg 8 | Leg 9 | Leg 10 | Leg 11 | Leg 12 | Leg 13 | Average | 
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Eric & Danielle | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5^ | 3< | 4 | 3< | 2 | 1 | 3.62 | 6-6 |
| 2 | Dustin & Kandice | 6 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 3~ | 1> | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2.92 | 6-6 |
| 3 | Charla & Mirna | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4~ | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4.15 | 6-6 |
| 4 | Oswald & Danny | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1►+ | 4 | 1► | 4> | 4 | 2.67 | 4-5 | |
| 5 | Uchenna & Joyce | 7 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1►+ | 5 | 4.33 | 3-4 | ||||
| 6 | Joe & Bill | 5 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6^ | 5.25 | 3-4 | |||||
| 7 | Teri & Ian | 3 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 4.83 | 2-3 | |||||||
| 8 | Rob & Amber | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 2.75 | 1-2 | |||||||||
| 9 | David & Mary | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9.00 | 1-1 | ||||||||||
| 10 | Kevin & Drew | 10 | 10 | 10.00 | 1-0 | |||||||||||
| 11 | John Vito & Jill | 11 | 11.00 | 0-0 | ||||||||||||
| Notes | [1] | [2] | [3] | [4][5] | [6] | [7] | [8] | [3] | ||||||||
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Trivia[]
Franchise[]
- First season to feature a composite team, two racers who previously competed on different teams in the original season.
- First time visits to Ecuador, Mozambique, and Poland, as well as the Chinese special administrative region of Macau and the unincorporated territory of Guam.
- First time that none of the all-female teams were been eliminated from the Race.
- First time that two all-female teams reached the final three.
- First time a tie was allowed at the Pit Stop mat since its ban starting in The Amazing Race 5, due to the Intersection.
- Unlike in The Amazing Race 4, only one team could get the prize for winning the leg.
- Least amount male of contestants in the final three, 1 (tied with The Amazing Race 17, HaMerotz LaMillion 3, and The Amazing Race Asia 5).
- For the first time since its introduction in The Amazing Race 6, no Superleg occurred.
- Amber Mariano and Dustin Seltzer are the first two racers to Race under a different last name than in their previous season.
US[]
- First season not to feature a parent-child team.
- Last season in which there were thirteen legs.
- First season to have two LGBT teams.
- Last season to have a mid-point destination before reaching the final destination city.
- All three teams who were the sole representatives from their original season reached the final four.
- First season to have all teams win a leg in their Amazing Race careers.
- First season that the majority of the final three teams are female in standard format, second overall after The Amazing Race: Family Edition.
- First season to have Elimination Station videos.
Reception[]
Casting Reveal News[]
- Julie Chen on Early Show (01/16/2007): "Latest Amazing Race For All-Stars Only"
- Gary Levin at USA Today (01/16/2007): "The Race is on, All-Star style"
- Christopher Rocchio at Reality TV World (01/17/2007): "The Amazing Race All-Stars teams glad to give the race another try"
Pre-Season Previews[]
- Eric Goldman at IGN.com (01/17/2007): "The Amazing Race: All-Stars: Phil Speaks Out"
- Jenn Brasler at Reality News Online (01/17/2007): "The Amazing Race: All-Stars - Reunited and It Feels So Good"
- Whitney Pastorek and Josh Wolk at EW.com (01/18/2007): "Interview: Bertram Van Munster on Amazing Race: All-Stars
- Rachel Jaffe at The Trades (02/11/2007): "A Dose of Reality: The Amazing Race: All-Stars - Preview"
- Live Q&A at Washington Post (02/16/2007): "The Amazing Race: New Season"
- Angel Cohn at TV Guide (02/16/2007): "Ready, Set… It's The Amazing Race: All-Stars Preview!" with Phil Keoghan
References[]
- ↑ http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/Amazing-Race-1-Seasons-10-and-11/18267
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20110402173705/http://realitytvmagazine.sheknows.com/2006/02/27/amazing-race-all-stars-edition-phil-keoghan-doesn%E2%80%99t-think-it-would-be-successful/
- ↑ http://www.ign.com/articles/2006/11/22/the-amazing-race-all-stars-confirmed
- ↑ http://www.homemediamagazine.com/news/mini-dvd-markets-amazing-race-all-stars-10232
- ↑ http://www.ign.com/articles/2007/05/11/amazing-race-all-stars-interview-charla-mirna
- ↑ http://variety.com/2006/scene/markets-festivals/faves-to-rerun-race-1117954363/
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20080706180742/http://www.cbs.com/primetime/amazing_race10/shows/ep06/fans/rotr/
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 http://www.spottedratings.com/2011/12/spotvault-amazing-race-cbs-spring-2007.html
External links[]
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