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 seasons 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, but this turned out not to be the case as only the penalty was changed.^[4][5]

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

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 non-elimination penalty for the last team to arrive at the non-elimination leg required to perform a Speed Bump task sometime during the next leg.
• Least amount of all-male teams, 1 (tied with Seasons 5 and 6).
• First season to only have two non-elimination legs.
• First introduction of the U-Turn where one team may force another team to complete the other option of the Detour that was not originally picked.

US

• The Girdwood, Alaska Finish Line is the northernmost Finish Line.
• 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"

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