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The Amazing Race, formerly known as The Amazing Race en Discovery Channel (Portuguese: The Amazing Race no Discovery Channel), is a reality game show based on the American series of the same name, The Amazing Race.

Production[]

On 15 October 2008, a Latin American version of the show was announced by Discovery Channel Latin America in association with Disney. The first season was produced by Argentinian television production company RGB, while the second season was produced by Venezuelan television company Cinemat. On 25 January 2011, it was announced that Space in association with Disney was going to produce the third season of the Latin American version of the race, thus retitling the show to The Amazing Race, dropping the en Discovery Channel. This season was also produced by Venezuelan television company Cinemat.

The show is the second Latin American version of the franchise. The first was A Corrida MilionƔria, the Brazilian version of the franchise. It was also the first version in the Spanish language.

For the fourth season, a special Portuguese-language edition of the show, EdiĆ§Ć£o Brasil, was made. It was hosted by Brazilian model and actor Paulo Zulu. It featured teams from Brazil in a race mostly concentrated across Brazil.

The original presenter for the show was Guatemalan journalist Harris Whitbeck who presented the first three seasons. For the fifth season, the show was presented by Colombian model MarĆ­a "Toya" Montoya, a former contestant on the third season. She was also the first female host of any version of The Amazing Race upon returning to the usual format. The grand prize for the winning team is $250,000, $750,000 less than the original American version's $1,000,000 prize.

Applications for the fifth season were opened for Brazilians on October 13, 2012. On February 13, 2013 applications were also opened for the rest of Latin America until March 31, 2013.

Format[]

Teams[]

For a list of all teams, see Category:The Amazing Race (LA) teams.

Seasons[]

Season Number of Teams Destinations Filming Dates Season Run Network Winners Unique Distinctions
TARlogo-LatinAmerica
The Amazing Race en Discovery Channel 1
11 Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Peru, Colombia, Panama, Dominican Republic, Mexico May 27, 2009 - June 18, 2009 September 20, 2009 - December 13, 2009 Discovery Latin America LAS1 TamaraMatĆ­as
Argentina Tamara Reichelt & MatĆ­as Franchini
None
TARlogo-LatinAmerica
The Amazing Race en Discovery Channel 2
11 Guatemala, Mexico, Colombia, Venezuela, Brazil, Argentina, Bolivia, Ecuador May 19, 2010 - June 18, 2010 September 20, 2009 - December 13, 2009 LAS2 CarlosMauricio
Mexico Carlos Coarasa & Mauricio Coarasa
Featured an Intersection with a twist that would become Double Battle
TARLA3
The Amazing Race 3 (Latin America)
11 Argentina, Uruguay, Chile, Ecuador, Brazil July 12, 2011 - August 16, 2011 September 25, 2011 - December 19, 2011 Space LAS3 NicolĆ”sCristĆ³bal
Chile NicolĆ”s Brian & CristĆ³bal Brian
Introduced the Express Pass and the Double U-Turn
TARLA3
The Amazing Race 4 (Latin America)
11 Brazil, Peru, Bolivia July 27, 2012 - August 16, 2012 October 7, 2012 - December 23, 2012 LAS4 DanielCĆ©sar
Brazil Daniel BelƩm & CƩsar Curti
Alternately titled as EdiĆ§Ć£o Brasil, featured teams entirely from Brazil and destinations mostly within Brazil
TAR LA05
The Amazing Race 5 (Latin America)
11 Colombia, Peru, CuraƧao, Dominican Republic, Panama, Mexico June 19, 2013 - mid-July, 2013 September 16, 2013 - December 9, 2013 LAS5 EzequielTobƭas
Argentina Ezequiel Sapochnik & TobĆ­as de la Barra
Featured a first female host in The Amazing Race franchise, herself a contestant in the third season
TARLA6 Logo
The Amazing Race: Ecuador
11 Ecuador only July 29, 2014 - late August 2014 October 5, 2014 - December 28, 2014 LAS6 GiovanniJuanCarlos
Ecuador Giovanni LĆ³pez & Juan Carlos Estrada
Raced within Ecuadorian destinations only

Countries and Locales Visited[]

North America South America
Country Season(s) Visited Country Season(s) Visited
Costa Rica Costa Rica 1 Argentina Argentina 1, 2, 3
Dominican Republic Dominican Republic 1, 5 Bolivia Bolivia 2, 4
Guatemala Guatemala 2 Brazil Brazil 1, 2, 3, 4
Mexico Mexico 1, 2, 5 Chile Chile 1, 3
Panama Panama 1, 5 Colombia Colombia 1, 2, 5
Territory Season(s) Visited Ecuador Ecuador 2, 3, 6
CuraƧao CuraƧao 5 Peru Peru 1, 4, 5
Uruguay Uruguay 3
Venezuela Venezuela 2

Reception[]

External links[]

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