The Amazing Race 10

The Amazing Race 10
Season Information
Version:	United States
Continents Visited:	4
Countries Visited:	13
Cities Visited:	28
Distance Traveled:	40,000 miles (64,000 km)
Starting Line:	Gas Works Park, Seattle, Washington
Finish Line:	Saint Basil Academy, Garrison, New York
Filming Dates:	May 27, 2006 - June 24, 2006
Season Run	September 17, 2006 - December 10, 2006
Number of Legs:	12
Number of Teams:	12
Winners:	Tyler & James
Runners-Up:	Rob & Kimberly Lyn & Karlyn
Cast
Opening Sequence
Season Chronology
Previous:	The Amazing Race 9
Next:	The Amazing Race: All-Stars (2007)

The Amazing Race 10 is the tenth season of the reality television show, The Amazing Race. It premiered on September 17, 2006 and ended on December 10, 2006 on CBS. The entire season was released on DVD (exclusively only through Amazon.com) on March 1, 2013.

Development

The show moved to a new timeslot of Sundays at 8 p.m. where it would stay for the next fourteen seasons.

Applications for this season were due on January 20, 2006 while interviews were conducted in March and April 2006. Filming began on May 27, 2006 and finished on June 24, 2006. This season traveled a total of 40,000 miles (64,000 km) across 13 countries in four continents.

Sprint and Travelocity were the official sponsors during this season and provided prizes throughout the race to winning teams on certain legs.

Teams

1st place  Tyler & James Models	2nd place  Rob & Kimberly Dating	3rd place  Lyn & Karlyn Single Moms/Friends	4th place  Dustin & Kandice Beauty Queens	5th place  Erwin & Godwin Brothers
6th place  David & Mary Coalminer and Wife	7th place  Peter & Sarah Recently Dating	8th place  Tom & Terry Boyfriends	9th place  Duke & Lauren Father/Daughter	10th place  Kellie & Jamie Cheerleaders
11th place  Vipul & Arti Married	12th place  Bilal & Sa'eed Best Friends

Episodes

Episode		Air Date	Leg	Destination	First Place	Last Place	Finish	Viewership (millions)	Ratings/Share (18-49)
1	"Real Fast! Quack, Quack!"	September 17, 2006	1	United States → China	Tyler & James	Bilal & Sa'eed	1st Eliminated 12th Place	10.12	3.9/9
						Vipul & Arti	2nd Eliminated 11th Place
2	"Can Horses Smell Fear?"	September 24, 2006	2	China → Mongolia	Peter & Sarah	Kellie & Jamie	3rd Eliminated 10th Place	10.57	3.5/9
3	"Oh, Wow! It's Like One of Those Things You See on TV!"	October 1, 2006	3	Mongolia → Vietnam	Erwin & Godwin	Duke & Lauren	4th Eliminated 9th Place	11.75	4.0/9
4	"I Know Phil, Little Ol' Gorgeous Thing!"	October 8, 2006	4	Vietnam	Rob & Kimberly	Tom & Terry	5th Eliminated 8th Place	10.15	3.5/9
5	"I Covered His Mouth, Oh My Gosh!"	October 15, 2006	5	Vietnam → India	Peter & Sarah	David & Mary	Non-Elimination Leg	11.65	4.0/9
6	"Maybe Steven Segal Will See Me and Want Me to Be in One of His Movies"	October 22, 2006	6	India → Kuwait	David & Mary	Peter & Sarah	6th Eliminated 7th Place	10.89	3.8/9
7	"I Wonder If This Is Going to Make My Fingers Pickle"	October 29, 2006	7	Kuwait → Mauritius	Dustin & Kandice	David & Mary	Non-Elimination Leg	11.66	3.9/9
8	"He Can't Swim, but He Can Eat Cow Lips"	November 5, 2006	8	Mauritius → Madagascar	Dustin & Kandice	David & Mary	7th Eliminated 6th Place	11.38	3.7/8
9	"Being Polite Sucks Sometimes"	November 12, 2006	9	Madagascar → Finland → Ukraine	Tyler & James	Erwin & Godwin	Ordered to Continue Racing	10.90	3.4/8
10	"Lookin' Like a Blue-Haired Lady on a Sunday Drive"	November 19, 2006			Tyler & James	Erwin & Godwin	8th Eliminated 5th Place	12.40	4.1/9
11	"We Just Won't Die, Like Roaches"	November 26, 2006	10	Ukraine → Morocco	Tyler & James	Dustin & Kandice	Non-Elimination Leg	10.37	4.1/9
12	"Dude, I'm Such a Hot Giant Chick Right Now!"	December 3, 2006	11	Morocco → Spain	Rob & Kimberly	Dustin & Kandice	9th Eliminated 4th Place	10.60	3.5/8
13	"Say Your Deepest Prayers Ever!"	December 10, 2006	12	Spain → France → United States	Tyler & James	Lyn & Karlyn	3rd Place	12.73	4.1/9
						Rob & Kimberly	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	Tyler & James	1	2	2	3	6	6	2	2►^	1	1	1	3	1	2.50	6-6
2	Rob & Kimberly	5	6	3	1	3	3	3	3►^	4	3	3	1	2	3.00	6-6
3	Lyn & Karlyn	9	9	6	6	5	4	5	5~	3	4	2<	2	3	5.00	6-7
4	Dustin & Kandice	4	5	4	7	2	2	1	1+	2	2	4>	4		3.27	6-6
5	Erwin & Godwin	7	8	1	4	4	5	4	4+	5	5				4.67	4-5
6	David & Mary	10	7	7	5	7	1►	6	6~						6.13	4-2
7	Peter & Sarah	3	1	5	2	1	7								3.17	4-2
8	Tom & Terry	8	4	8	8										7.00	2-2
9	Duke & Lauren	2	3	9											4.67	2-1
10	Kellie & Jamie	6	10												8.00	1-1
11	Vipul & Arti	11													11.00	1-0
12	Bilal & Sa'eed	12													12.00	1-0
Notes		[1]	[2]	[3]			[4][5]	[6]	[7][8]	[9]			[10]		[11]
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 Yield < Recipient of the Yield Same symbols (^, ~, +, -, =, *) denote the teams that worked together during an Intersection
Notes: 1: Bilal & Sa'eed were the last team to arrive at the Meridian Gate in Forbidden City and were eliminated as per the provisions were given at the start of the race. 2: Kellie took, but failed to complete, the Roadblock in Leg 2. Already in last, Kellie & Jamie then checked into the Pit Stop, without issuing a 4-hour penalty because they came in last place and were eliminated. 3: Tom & Terry initially arrived 2nd, but were issued a 30-minute penalty for traveling on motorcycles, which had been specifically prohibited for safety reasons. As Tom & Terry were waiting out their penalty, Tyler & James, Rob & Kimberly, Dustin & Kandice, Peter & Sarah, Lyn & Karlyn, and David & Mary checked in, dropping Tom & Terry to 8th. 4: Because David & Mary finished 1st, their 30-minute "marked for elimination" penalty was nullified. 5: During the leg, Peter & Sarah had fallen so far behind that all the other teams had already checked into the Pit Stop before Peter & Sarah even arrived at the Detour. When they finally found their next Route Marker at Souk Sulabiya, instead of performing the Detour, Peter & Sarah were instructed to go directly to the Pit Stop, where they were eliminated. 6: Leg 7 featured an unaired Roadblock. It is unknown who completed the Roadblock from Erwin & Godwin and David & Mary. 7: Due to an Intersection, Tyler & James and Rob & Kimberly were able to work together to complete the Fast Forward, thus both teams were able to skip all remaining tasks and head directly to the Pit Stop. 8: David & Mary initially arrived 5th, but were issued a 30-minute penalty for being "marked for elimination" and not arriving 1st. As David & Mary were waiting out their penalty, Lyn & Karlyn checked in, dropping David & Mary to last place and eliminating them. 9: Leg 9 was double-length, with two Detours and two Roadblocks, shown over two episodes. The placements listed in the first column reflect the order teams arrived at the leg's halfway point. 10: Dustin & Kandice had been "marked for elimination;" however, since Dustin & Kandice arrived at the Pit Stop in last place, they were eliminated without the 30-minute penalty being applied. 11: The finishes in the first half of the superleg in Leg 9 is not counted as part of the average. Only the final finish in the leg is counted toward the average.

Trivia

Franchise

• Most countries visited, 13.
• The first season to circumnavigate the globe westwards.
• First-time visits to Mongolia, Kuwait, Mauritius, Madagascar, Finland, and Ukraine.
  • The first season also to visit Spain having a Pit Stop.
• The first season to implement the non-elimination penalty where the last team to arrive at the non-elimination leg was Marked for Elimination where the team must arrive at the next Pit Stop in first place. Otherwise, they would receive a 30-minute penalty before they can check in.
• The first introduction of the Intersection where one team pairs up with one other team to perform all tasks together until further notice.
• First time teams were allowed to use the Fast Forward twice.
  • This was because the Fast Forward could also be used as a group during the Intersection.
• The first time that the winning team was allowed to contact their families at the Finish Line and tell them they had won.
• The first season to have a Mid-Point Elimination.
  • First time also two teams were eliminated in the same leg.
• Most teams who finished in the same position on Leg 1 as they did in the overall Race, 5.

US

• Last season to neither start nor end in California.
• The first season to begin on the West Coast and end on the East Coast.
• The Starting Line, Gasworks Park in Seattle, Washington, in this season was the exact place where the Finish Line was in Season 3.
• Last season to use a sovereign country as a mid-point in final leg before reaching the final destination.
• The first season to feature a Muslim American team.
• The first season to feature two Asian American teams
• Second time where the winning team had a teammate (Tyler) with the same name as the winners in the season immediately before it.
  • The first time was seasons 4 and 5 with Reichen & Chip and Chip & Kim respectively.

Reception

• Amy Rolph at Seattle Pi (07/16/2006): "Diversity is the word as Amazing Race 10 starts in Seattle"
• Maureen Ryan at Chicago Tribune (09/26/2006): "The Amazing Race reveals the whole journey"
• Andy Dehnart at MSNBC.com (12/17/2006): "Amazing Race still going strong"

External links

• CBS.com - The Amazing Race 10