The Amazing Race: Unfinished Business is the eighteenth installment of The Amazing Race. It premiered on February 20, 2011 and is the first US season of The Amazing Race to be broadcast in high-definition.
This season featured eleven returning teams from seasons 12 to 17 who would be given a second chance to win, after failing to win their first season.
Teams
Episodes
Episode | Air Date | Leg | Destination | First Place | Last Place | Finish | Viewership (millions) |
Ratings/Share (18-49) | |
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1 | "Head Down and Hold On" | February 20, 2011 | 1 | United States → Australia | Gary & Mallory | Jet & Cord | Ordered to Continue Racing |
9.15[1] | 2.5/7[1] |
2 | "I Never Looked So Foolish in My Whole Entire Life" | February 27, 2011 | 2 | Australia | Zev & Justin | Amanda & Kris | 1st Eliminated 11th Place |
7.67[2] | 2.1/5[2] |
3 | "We Had a Lot of Evil Spirits Apparently" | March 6, 2011 | 3 | Australia → Japan | Zev & Justin | Mel & Mike | 2nd Eliminated 10th Place |
9.78[3] | 2.7/7[3] |
4 | "This Is the Most Stupid Day Ever" | March 13, 2011 | 4 | Japan → China | Margie & Luke | Kent & Vyxsin | Ordered to Continue Racing |
9.44[4] | 2.7/8[4] |
5 | "Don't Ruin the Basketball Game" | March 20, 2011 | 5 | China | Jet & Cord | Jamie & Cara | 3rd Eliminated 9th Place |
10.12[5] | 2.8/8[5] |
6 | "I Feel Like a Monkey in a Circus Parade" | March 27, 2011 | 6 | China → India | Gary & Mallory | Margie & Luke | 4th Eliminated 8th Place |
10.96[6] | 3.2/9[6] |
7 | "You Don't Get Paid Unless You Win" | April 10, 2011 | 7 | India | Flight Time & Big Easy | Ron & Christina | 5th Eliminated 7th Place |
10.48[7] | 2.9/8[7] |
8 | "I Cannot Deal with Your Psycho Behavior" | April 17, 2011 | 8 | India → Austria | Zev & Justin | Gary & Mallory | Non-Elimination Leg |
8.78[8] | 2.4/7[8] |
9 | "We're Good American People" | April 24, 2011 | 9 | Austria → Liechtenstein → Switzerland | Zev & Justin | Jet & Cord | 6th Eliminated 6th Place |
9.37[9] | 2.6/8[9] |
10 | "Too Many Cooks in the Kitchen" | May 1, 2011 | 10 | Switzerland | Flight Time & Big Easy | Kent & Vyxsin | 7th Eliminated 5th Place |
9.20[10] | 2.6/7[10] |
11 | "This Is Where It Ends" | May 8, 2011 | 11 | Switzerland → Brazil | Gary & Mallory | Zev & Justin | 8th Eliminated 4th Place |
8.97[11] | 2.6/7[11] |
12 | Brazil → United States | Kisha & Jen | Gary & Mallory | 3rd Place | |||||
Flight Time & Big Easy | 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 | Average | ![]() |
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1 | Kisha & Jen | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3.33 | 6-6 |
2 | Flight Time & Big Easy | 5 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 6⋑ | 7 | 1 | 2 | 5⊂ | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3.75 | 6-6 |
3 | Gary & Mallory | 1 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 2ϵ | 1 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3.25 | 6-6 |
4 | Zev & Justin | 4 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3.46 | 5-5 | |
5 | Kent & Vyxsin | 10 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 5⊂ | 5 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 6.00 | 4-5 | ||
6 | Jet & Cord | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 6⊃ | 4.56 | 4-4 | |||
7 | Ron & Christina | 8 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 6.00 | 3-3 | |||||
8 | Margie & Luke | 7 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 5.33 | 2-3 | ||||||
9 | Jaime & Cara | 6 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 9⊃⋐ | 7.80 | 2-2 | |||||||
10 | Mel & Mike | 9 | 6 | 10 | 8.33 | 1-1 | |||||||||
11 | Amanda & Kris | 2 | 11∪ | 6.50 | 1-0 | ||||||||||
Notes | [1] | [2] | [3][4] | [1] | [5][6] | [7] | [8] | ||||||||
Legend:
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Notes:
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Trivia
Franchise
- First time visit to Liechtenstein.
- First season to have an automatic U-Turn.
- First season to have the first episode end with a cliffhanger.
- Most parent/child teams in a single season, 4.
- First season to have only one Speed Bump in the entire race since its introduction.
- First time all-female teams won the race in back-to-back seasons, following The Amazing Race 17.
- First time that there are back-to-back Roadblocks in the final leg.
US
- First season to have African-American teams finish 1st and 2nd.
- Second time the Finish Line is located in Florida, after The Amazing Race 7.
- Fewest couples in love in standard format: 2 out of 11, tied with The Amazing Race: All-Stars.
- First season with no elimination in the first leg.
- First season in which all Non-Elimination Legs had six or more teams competing.
- First season in which the fifth-place team was eliminated two episodes before the finale.
- First season to feature No-Rest Legs (legs 1 and 4).
Season
- The first four teams eliminated were all from the same season, The Amazing Race 14.
- Ironically, Kisha & Jen, the only surviving team from The Amazing Race 14, went on to win.
- All the teams that made it to the final leg in their original season were eliminated consecutively from leg 5 until leg 9.
Reception
- Andy Dehnart at realityblurred (09/18/2011): "Amazing Race unbelievably wins another Emmy"
External links
Get this season on iTunes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/sdsdskdh279882992z1/sunday-final-ratings-amazing-race-adjusted-up-the-simpsons-adjusted-down/83523/
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/sdsdskdh279882992z1/sunday-final-ratings-academy-awards-adjusted-up-plus-ratings-for-oscars-red-carpet/84094/
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/sdsdskdh279882992z1/sunday-final-ratings-secret-millionare-celebrity-apprentice-adjusted-up-brothers-sisters-bobs-burgers-cleveland-show-adjusted-down/85003/
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/sdsdskdh279882992z1/sunday-final-ratings-secret-millionaire-amazing-race-undercover-boss-celebrity-apprentice-adjusted-up-cleveland-show-adjusted-down/85835/
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/sdsdskdh279882992z1/sunday-final-ratings-secret-millionaire-adjusted-up-family-guy-cleveland-adjusted-down-cbs/86680/
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 https://www.cbspressexpress.com/cbs-entertainment/releases/view?id=27887
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 https://www.cbspressexpress.com/cbs-entertainment/releases/view?id=28010
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 https://www.cbspressexpress.com/cbs-entertainment/releases/view?id=28062
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 https://www.cbspressexpress.com/cbs-entertainment/releases/view?id=28107
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 https://www.cbspressexpress.com/cbs-entertainment/releases/view?id=28192
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 https://www.cbspressexpress.com/cbs-entertainment/releases/view?id=28237
- ↑ Kwiatkowski, Elizabeth (March 7, 2011). Exclusive: Mel White talks 'The Amazing Race: Unfinished Business'. Reality TV World. Retrieved on February 26, 2021.
The Amazing Race Season Index | |
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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 |
Asia | 1 · 2 · 3 · 4 · 5 |
Australia | 1 · 2 · 3 · 4 · 5 |
Brazil | 1 |
Canada | 1 · 2 · 3 · 4 · 5 · 6 · 7 · 8 |
Central Europe | Cancelled |
China | 1 · 2 · 3 · 4 |
China Rush | 1 · 2 · 3 |
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 |