The Amazing Race 12

The Amazing Race 12 is the twelveth season of the reality television show, The Amazing Race. It premiered on November 4, 2007 and ended on January 20, 2008 on CBS. The entire season was released on DVD (exclusively only through Amazon.com) on March 24, 2014.^[1]

Development

The season was initially scheduled to air mid-season,^[2] but was bumped up to November 4, 2007 due to low ratings for Viva Laughlin.^[3]

Filming began on July 8, 2007 and ended July 29, 2007. This season traveled a total of 30,000 mi (48,000 km) across 10 countries in four continents. Travelocity was the official sponsor during this season and provided prizes to winning teams on every legs (except the final leg).

The producers of the show initially stated that Non-Elimination Legs would be dropped,^[4]^[5] but this turned out not to be the case as only the penalty for coming in last on a Non-Elimination Leg was changed, from the team being Marked for Elimination to being required to perform a Speed Bump on the following leg.

This season also dropped the Yield, which had been in place since The Amazing Race 5, in favoring of replacing it with the U-Turn.

Teams

1st place TK & Rachel Newly Dating	2nd place Ron & Christina Father/Daughter	3rd place Nicolas & Donald Grandson/Grandfather	4th place Nathan & Jennifer Dating	5th place Kynt & Vyxsin Dating Goths
6th place Azaria & Hendekea Brother/Sister	7th place Shana & Jennifer Friends	8th place Lorena & Jason Dating	9th place Marianna & Julia Sisters	10th place Kate & Pat Married Ministers
11th place Ari & Staella Best Friends

Episodes

Episode		Air Date	Leg	Destination	First Place	Last Place	Finish	Viewership (millions)^[6]	Ratings/Share (18-49)^[6]
1	"Donkeys Have Souls, Too"	November 4, 2007	1	United States → Ireland	Azaria & Hendekea	Ari & Staella	1st Eliminated 11th Place	13.72	4.3/10
2	"I've Become the Archie Bunker of the Home"	November 11, 2007	2	Ireland → Netherlands	Lorena & Jason	Kate & Pat	2nd Eliminated 10th Place	10.48	3.2/8
3	"Please, Lord, Give Me Milk"	November 18, 2007	3	Netherlands → Burkina Faso	Azaria & Hendekea	Marianna & Julia	3rd Eliminated 9th Place	11.86	3.8/9
4	"Let's Name Our Chicken Phil"	November 25, 2007	4	Burkina Faso	Azaria & Hendekea	Lorena & Jason	4th Eliminated 8th Place	11.80	3.6/8
5	"We've Really Burned Bridges, for Sure"	December 2, 2007	5	Burkina Faso → Lithuania	TK & Rachel	Shana & Jennifer	5th Eliminated 7th Place	11.26	3.5/8
6	"Cherry on Top of the Sundae That's Already Melted"	December 9, 2007	6	Lithuania → Croatia	Ron & Christina	Azaria & Henedekea	6th Eliminated 6th Place	11.95	3.9/9
7	"This Is Forever, Now"	December 23, 2007	7	Croatia → Italy	Nicolas & Donald	Kynt & Vyxsin	Non-Elimination Leg	8.97	2.8/8
8	"Honestly, They Have Witch Powers or Something!"	December 30, 2007	8	Italy → India	TK & Rachel	Kynt & Vyxsin	7th Eliminated 5th Place	9.69	2.9/7
9	"I Just Hope He Doesn't Croak on Us"	January 6, 2008	9	India → Japan	Ron & Christina	TK & Rachel	Non-Elimination Leg	11.99	3.9/9
10	"Sorry, Guys, I'm Not Happy to See You"	January 13, 2008	10	Japan → Taiwan	Ron & Christina	Nathan & Jennifer	8th Eliminated 4th Place	11.65	3.8/9
11	"The Final Push"	January 20, 2008	11	Taiwan → United States	TK & Rachel	Nicolas & Donald	3rd Place	9.75	3.1/7
11	"The Final Push"	January 20, 2008	11	Taiwan → United States	TK & Rachel	Ron & Christina	2nd Place	9.75	3.1/7

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	Average
1	TK & Rachel	3	6	2	7	1	4	4	1	4	2	1	3.18	5-6
2	Ron & Christina	7	9	5	3	3	1	3	3	1	1	2	3.45	5-6
3	Nicolas & Donald	5	8	6	4	6	5	1►	2	3	3	3	4.18	6-4
4	Nathan & Jennifer	10	2	3	2	5	3	2	4	2	4		3.70	5-5
5	Kynt & Vyxsin	2	4	4	5	2	2	5	5⊂				3.63	4-4
6	Azaria & Hendekea	1	5	1	1	4	6						3.00	4-2
7	Shana & Jennifer	6	3	7	6⊂	7							5.80	3-2
8	Lorena & Jason	4	1	8	8⊃								5.25	1-3
9	Marianna & Julia	9	7	9									8.33	2-1
10	Kate & Pat	8	10										9.00	2-0
11	Ari & Staella	11											11.00	0-1
Notes							^[1]		^[2]
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 ⊂ The team used the U-Turn ⊃ Recipient of the U-Turn
Notes: 1: Nathan & Jennifer initially arrived 2nd, but did not take legal transportation to the Pit Stop. They were asked to go back to the end of the Detour and take a taxi back to the Pit Stop. Kynt & Vyxsin checked in during that time period, dropping them to 3rd. 2: Kynt & Vyxsin used their U-Turn power on Nicolas & Donald. However, Nicolas & Donald were actually ahead of them, thus the U-Turn had no effect.

Trivia

Franchise

First time visits to Ireland, Burkina Faso, Lithuania, Croatia, and Taiwan.
First season to implement the Speed Bump as the penalty for the last team to arrive at a Non-Elimination Leg.
Least amount of all-male teams, 1 (tied with The Amazing Race 5 and The Amazing Race 6).
First season to only have two Non-Elimination Legs.
This season introduced the U-Turn, where one team may force another team to complete the other option of the Detour that was not originally completed.

US

The Finish Line in Girdwood, Alaska is the series.
First time that the Finish Line was not located in the Contiguous United States.

Reception

Eric Goldman at IGN.com (05/16/2007): "Wolverine will sing on CBS; Amazing Race put on hold"
Josef Adalian at Variety (12/09/2007): "Amazing Race still running"

External links

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

[1] ttp://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/Amazing-Race-1-Seasons-12-and-13/19464

[2] ttp://www.realitytvworld.com/news/cbs-renews-the-amazing-race-but-delays-next-edition-til-midseason-5183.php

[3] ttp://usatoday30.usatoday.com/life/television/news/2007-10-22-laughlin_N.htm

[4] ttps://web.archive.org/web/20070826094402/http://blogs.orlandosentinel.com/entertainment_tv_tvblog/2007/07/cbs-party-offer.html

[5] ttp://www.realitytvworld.com/news/the-amazing-race-12-run-shorter-drop-non-elimination-pit-stops-5562.php

[Ratings-6] 6.0 ^6.1 http://www.spottedratings.com/2011/12/spotvault-amazing-race-cbs-fall-2007.html

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