The Amazing Race 17 is the seventeenth installment of The Amazing Race. It premiered on Sunday, September 26, 2010 with a 90-minute episode at 8:30pm e/p on CBS. The entire season was released on DVD (exclusively only through Amazon.com) on November 7, 2014.[1]
Production[]
Applications for this season were due on February 4, 2010. Interviews were conducted in the spring of 2010.
Filming began on May 26, 2010, with the Starting Line at the Eastern Point Yacht Club in Gloucester, Massachusetts, making this the first season since The Amazing Race: All-Stars to start in a city other than Los Angeles. The season ended on June 15, 2010, with the Finish Line in Los Angeles, California.
Prior to the season's broadcast, CBS posted a short preview video clip from an episode on the Internet, showing Brook & Claire competing at a watermelon launching challenge using an elastic slingshot. The clip showed Claire being hit in the face full-on with a watermelon after it failed to launch correctly from the slingshot, leaving her momentarily stunned but otherwise not seriously injured. The clip spread virally on the Internet.[2]
Teams[]
Nat & Kat
Doctors |
Brook & Claire
Home Shopping Hosts |
Jill & Thomas
Dating |
Nick & Vicki
Dating |
Chad & Stephanie
Newly Dating → Engaged |
Gary & Mallory
Father/Daughter |
Michael & Kevin
Father/Son |
Katie & Rachel
Beach Volleyball Partners |
Connor & Jonathan
Ivy League A Capella Singers |
Andie & Jenna
Birth Mom/Daughter |
Ron & Tony
Best Friends |
Episodes[]
Episode | Air Date | Leg | Destination | First Place | Last Place | Finish | Viewership (millions) |
Ratings/Share (18-49) | |
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1 | "They Don't Call It The Amazing Race for Nothin!" | September 26, 2010 | 1 | United States → England | Jill & Thomas | Ron & Tony | 1st Eliminated 11th Place |
11.54[3] | 3.1/8[3] |
2 | "A Kiss Saves the Day" | October 3, 2010 | 2 | England → Ghana | Brook & Claire | Andie & Jenna | 2nd Eliminated 10th Place |
10.67[4] | 3.2/8[4] |
3 | "In Phil We Trust" | October 10, 2010 | 3 | Ghana | Connor & Jonathan | Michael & Kevin | Non-Elimination Leg |
11.99[5] | 3.8/9[5] |
4 | "We Should Have Brought Gloves and Butt Pads" | October 17, 2010 | 4 | Ghana → Sweden | Nat & Kat | Connor & Jonathan | 3rd Eliminated 9th Place |
10.94[6] | 3.5/9[6] |
5 | "Tastes Like a Million Dollars" | October 24, 2010 | 5 | Sweden → Norway | Nat & Kat | Katie & Rachel | 4th Eliminated 8th Place |
11.42[7] | 3.4/8[7] |
6 | "Run, Babushka, Run" | October 31, 2010 | 6 | Norway → Russia | Jill & Thomas | Nick & Vicki | Non-Elimination Leg |
9.09[8] | 2.6/7[8] |
7 | "I Want to Be in the Circus, That's Where I Belong" | November 7, 2010 | 7 | Russia | Nat & Kat | Michael & Kevin | 5th Eliminated 7th Place |
11.01[9] | 3.3/8[9] |
8 | "Ali Baba in a Suit" | November 14, 2010 | 8 | Russia → Oman | Chad & Stephanie | Gary & Mallory | 6th Eliminated 6th Place |
10.34[10] | 2.8/7[10] |
9 | "There's a Lot of Nuts and Bullets" | November 21, 2010 | 9 | Oman → Bangladesh | Jill & Thomas | Chad & Stephanie | 7th Eliminated 5th Place |
10.59[11] | 3.0/7[11] |
10 | "I Hate Chinese Food" | November 28, 2010 | 10 | Bangladesh → Hong Kong | Nat & Kat | Nick & Vicki | Non-Elimination Leg |
11.07[12] | 3.2/8[12] |
11 | "I'm Surrounded by Ninjas" | December 5, 2010 | 11 | Hong Kong → South Korea | Jill & Thomas | Nick & Vicki | 8th Eliminated 4th Place |
10.34[13] | 3.1/8[13] |
12 | "Hi. I'm Sorry. I'm in a Race" | December 12, 2010 | 12 | South Korea → United States | Nat & Kat | Jill & Thomas | 3rd Place | 12.12[14] | 3.7/9[14] |
Brook & Claire | 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 | |
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1 | Nat & Kat | 2 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 1► | 4 | 1 | 5 | 3⋐ | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3.08 | 6-5 |
2 | Brook & Claire | 4 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4⊃ | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3.17 | 7-5 |
3 | Jill & Thomas | 1 | 5 | 7 | 5ϵ | 3 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1⊂ | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3.00 | 5-7 |
4 | Nick & Vicki | 10 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 5.27 | 6-5 | |
5 | Chad & Stephanie | 8 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 5⋑ | 5.11 | 5-4 | |||
6 | Gary & Mallory | 6 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 4.63 | 4-4 | ||||
7 | Michael & Kevin | 7 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 5.29 | 3-4 | |||||
8 | Katie & Rachel | 5 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 5.40 | 3-2 | |||||||
9 | Connor & Jonathan | 3 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 4.75 | 4-0 | ||||||||
10 | Andie & Jenna | 9 | 10 | 9.50 | 0-2 | ||||||||||
11 | Ron & Tony | 11 | 11.00 | 1-0 | |||||||||||
Notes | [1][2] | [3] | [4] | [5] | [6][7][8] | [9] | [10][11] | ||||||||
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Trivia[]
Franchise[]
- First season to cross the Arctic Circle.
- First-time visits to Ghana and Bangladesh.
- First season to award the Express Pass, which allows the awarded team to skip any task of their choosing without penalty and immediately receive the next clue before the end of a designated leg.
- First season to have the Double U-Turn, which allows two teams to U-Turn two different teams.
- Second season to have two all-female teams and one co-ed team in the final three (after The Amazing Race: All-Stars).
- First season to have two all-female teams to come in 1st and 2nd respectively.
- Least amount male of contestants in the final three, 1 (tied with The Amazing Race: All-Stars, HaMerotz LaMillion 3 and The Amazing Race Asia 5).
US[]
- First season to only have one U-Turn mat in the entire season since its introduction.
- Most number of all-female teams in a single season, 4 (tied with 25 and 35).
- First season to have no married teams.
- Last season to be broadcast in Standard Definition.
- Last season to have Elimination Station videos.
Reception[]
- Jace Lacob at Televisionary (09/24/2010): "Storming the Battlements: Quick Thoughts on Season Seventeen"
External links[]
References[]
- ↑ http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/Amazing-Race-1-Seasons-16-and-17/20476
- ↑ How to take a watermelon smash to the face | NBC News
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 https://www.cbspressexpress.com/cbs-entertainment/releases/view?id=26202
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 https://www.cbspressexpress.com/cbs-entertainment/releases/view?id=26280
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 https://www.cbspressexpress.com/cbs-entertainment/releases/view?id=26366
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 https://www.cbspressexpress.com/cbs-entertainment/releases/view?id=26443
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 https://www.cbspressexpress.com/cbs-entertainment/releases/view?id=26511
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/sdsdskdh279882992z1/sunday-finals-amazing-race-undercover-boss-adjusted-up-60-minutes-adjusted-down/
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/sdsdskdh279882992z1/sunday-finals-desperate-housewives-adjusted-up-brothers-sisters-cleveland-show-adjusted-down-plus-final-cbs-nbc-numbers/
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/sdsdskdh279882992z1/sunday-final-ratings-desperate-housewives-family-guy-amazing-race-adjusted-up-csi-miami-american-dad-60-minutes-down/
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/sdsdskdh279882992z1/sunday-final-ratings-including-amazing-race-undercover-boss-and-csi-miami/
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/sdsdskdh279882992z1/sunday-final-ratings-amazing-race-adjusted-up-60-minutes-down-plus-chargerscolts/
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/sdsdskdh279882992z1/sunday-final-ratings-desperate-housewives-60-minutes-amazing-race-adjusted-up-brothers-plus-steelersravens/
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/sdsdskdh279882992z1/sunday-final-ratings-desperate-housewives-adjusted-up-the-simpsons-down-plus-amazing-race-undercover-boss-and-csi-miami/
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