The Amazing Race: Unfinished Business

Season Information

Version:

United States

Continents Visited:

5

Countries Visited:

9

Cities Visited:

23

Distance Traveled:

40,000 miles (64,374 km)

Starting Line:

San Gorgonio Pass Wind Farm, Palm Springs, California

Finish Line:

Pigeon Key Historic District, Pigeon Key, Florida

Filming Dates:

November 20, 2010 - December 12, 2010

Season Run

February 20, 2011 - May 7, 2011

Number of Legs:

12

Number of Teams:

11

Winners:

Kisha & Jen

Runners-Up:

Flight Time & Big Easy
Gary & Mallory

Cast

Season Chronology

Teams

1st place Kisha & Jen Sisters The Amazing Race 14	2nd place Flight Time & Big Easy Harlem Globetrotters The Amazing Race 15	3rd place Gary & Mallory Father/Daughter The Amazing Race 17	4th place Zev & Justin Best Friends The Amazing Race 15	5th place Kent & Vyxsin Dating Goths The Amazing Race 12
6th place Jet & Cord Cowboys The Amazing Race 16	7th place Ron & Christina Father/Daughter The Amazing Race 12	8th place Margie & Luke Mother/Son The Amazing Race 14	9th place Jaime & Cara Former NFL Cheerleaders The Amazing Race 14	10th place Mel & Mike Father/Son The Amazing Race 14
11th place Amanda & Kris Engaged The Amazing Race 14

Episodes

Episode		Air Date	Leg	Destination	First Place	Last Place	Finish	Viewership (millions)	Ratings/Share (18-49)
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
			12	Brazil → United States	Kisha & Jen	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
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: 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 Fast Forward pass ϵ The team used the Express Pass somewhere during the leg ⊂ The team used the U-Turn ⊃ Recipient of the U-Turn ⋐ The team that used the second slot of the "Double U-Turn" ⋑ Recipient of a second U-Turn due to the "Double U-Turn" twist ∪ This team was penalized with an automatic "U-Turn"
Notes: 1: Legs 1 and 4 had no mandatory rest period between legs, and all teams were ordered to continue racing. Those who checked in last on these legs did not face a Speed Bump in the next leg. 2: Amanda & Kris's U-Turn penalty was incurred on Leg 2, as there was no Detour on Leg 1. 3: Flight Time & Big Easy were initially checked in 3rd; however, they were retroactively issued a 30-minute penalty when Ron & Christina informed host Phil Keoghan that Flight Time & Big Easy had taken their fanny pack by accident and did not return it to them. Ron & Christina were moved up to 3rd, and Kisha & Jen, who checked in within the penalty period, were checked in for 4th, ultimately dropping Flight Time & Big Easy to 5th. 4: Mel & Mike attempted, but were unable to complete the Frog of Luck Detour due to suffering from hypothermia. Already in last place, they were instructed to go directly to the Pit Stop to be eliminated.^[12] 5: Gary & Mallory used the Express Pass to bypass the Roadblock in Leg 5. Before using the Express Pass, Gary elected to perform the Roadblock, and this is reflected in the total Roadblock count. 6: When Kent & Vyxsin finished Leg 4, they were issued a 30-minute penalty for failing to take the required flight from Tokyo-Narita to Kunming, to be served at the next Pit Stop. They arrived at the Leg 5 Pit Stop 4th; during their penalty Kisha & Jen checked in, dropping Kent & Vyxsin to 5th. 7: Kent & Vyxsin initially arrived 3rd, but were issued a 30-minute penalty for taking a taxi instead of going on foot from the Roadblock to the Pit Stop as the clue had specified. Gary & Mallory and Zev & Justin, the only teams trailing Kent and Vyxsin at that point, checked in during the penalty time and Kent & Vyxsin were eliminated before the 30 minutes elapsed. 8: Leg 12 had two Roadblocks and no Detour. The team member who sat out the first Roadblock was required to perform the second one.

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

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
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

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