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]
Casting
Applications for this season were due on February 4, 2010. Interviews were conducted in the Spring of 2010.
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 → United Kingdom | Jill & Thomas | Ron & Tony | 1st Eliminated 11th Place |
11.54[2] | 3.1/8[2] |
2 | "A Kiss Saves the Day" | October 3, 2010 | 2 | United Kingdom → Ghana | Brook & Claire | Andie & Jenna | 2nd Eliminated 10th Place |
10.67[3] | 3.2/8[3] |
3 | "In Phil We Trust" | October 10, 2010 | 3 | Ghana | Connor & Jonathan | Michael & Kevin | Non-Elimination Leg |
11.99[4] | 3.8/9[4] |
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[5] | 3.5/9[5] |
5 | "Tastes Like a Million Dollars" | October 24, 2010 | 5 | Sweden → Norway | Nat & Kat | Katie & Rachel | 4th Eliminated 8th Place |
11.42[6] | 3.4/8[6] |
6 | "Run, Babushka, Run" | October 31, 2010 | 6 | Norway → Russia | Jill & Thomas | Nick & Vicki | Non-Elimination Leg |
9.09[7] | 2.6/7[7] |
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[8] | 3.3/8[8] |
8 | "Ali Baba in a Suit" | November 14, 2010 | 8 | Russia → Oman | Chad & Stephanie | Gary & Mallory | 6th Eliminated 6th Place |
10.34[9] | 2.8/7[9] |
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[10] | 3.0/7[10] |
10 | "I Hate Chinese Food" | November 28, 2010 | 10 | Bangladesh → Hong Kong | Nat & Kat | Nick & Vicki | Non-Elimination Leg |
11.07[11] | 3.2/8[11] |
11 | "I'm Surrounded by Ninjas" | December 5, 2010 | 11 | Hong Kong → South Korea | Jill & Thomas | Nick & Vicki | 8th Eliminated 4th Place |
10.34[12] | 3.1/8[12] |
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[13] | 3.7/9[13] |
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] | [3] | [4] | [5] | [6] | [9] | [10] | ||||||||
Legend:
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Notes:
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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 All-Stars).
- First season to have two all-female teams to come in 1st and 2nd respectively.
US
- Least amount male contestants in the final three, 1. (Tied with Season 11)
- 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, four. (tied with Season 25)
- First season to have no married teams.
Season
Reception
- Jace Lacob at Televisionary (09/24/2010): "Storming the Battlements: Quick Thoughts on Season Seventeen"
External links
- ↑ http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/Amazing-Race-1-Seasons-16-and-17/20476
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 https://www.cbspressexpress.com/cbs-entertainment/releases/view?id=26202
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 https://www.cbspressexpress.com/cbs-entertainment/releases/view?id=26280
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 https://www.cbspressexpress.com/cbs-entertainment/releases/view?id=26366
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 https://www.cbspressexpress.com/cbs-entertainment/releases/view?id=26443
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 https://www.cbspressexpress.com/cbs-entertainment/releases/view?id=26511
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/sdsdskdh279882992z1/sunday-finals-amazing-race-undercover-boss-adjusted-up-60-minutes-adjusted-down/
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/sdsdskdh279882992z1/sunday-finals-desperate-housewives-adjusted-up-brothers-sisters-cleveland-show-adjusted-down-plus-final-cbs-nbc-numbers/
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/sdsdskdh279882992z1/sunday-final-ratings-desperate-housewives-family-guy-amazing-race-adjusted-up-csi-miami-american-dad-60-minutes-down/
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/sdsdskdh279882992z1/sunday-final-ratings-including-amazing-race-undercover-boss-and-csi-miami/
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/sdsdskdh279882992z1/sunday-final-ratings-amazing-race-adjusted-up-60-minutes-down-plus-chargerscolts/
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/sdsdskdh279882992z1/sunday-final-ratings-desperate-housewives-60-minutes-amazing-race-adjusted-up-brothers-plus-steelersravens/
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/sdsdskdh279882992z1/sunday-final-ratings-desperate-housewives-adjusted-up-the-simpsons-down-plus-amazing-race-undercover-boss-and-csi-miami/
The Amazing Race Season Index | |
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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 · 33 · 34 · 35 |
Asia | 1 · 2 · 3 · 4 · 5 |
Australia | 1 · 2 · 3 · 4 · 5 · 6 · 7 |
Brazil | 1 |
Canada | 1 · 2 · 3 · 4 · 5 · 6 · 7 · 8 · 9 |
Central Europe | Cancelled |
China | 1 · 2 · 3 · 4 |
China Rush | 1 · 2 · 3 |
Finland | 1 |
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 |