The Amazing Race 19

The Amazing Race 19
Season Information
Version:	United States
Continents Visited:	5
Countries Visited:	10
Cities Visited:	20
Distance Traveled:	40,000 miles (64,372 km)
Starting Line:	Hsi Lai Temple, Hacienda Heights, California
Finish Line:	Swan House, Atlanta, Georgia
Filming Dates:	June 18, 2011 - July 10, 2011
Season Run	September 25, 2011 - December 11, 2011
Number of Legs:	12
Number of Teams:	11
Winners:	Ernie & Cindy
Runners-Up:	Jeremy & Sandy Amani & Marcus
Cast
Season Chronology
Previous:	The Amazing Race: Unfinished Business
Next:	The Amazing Race 20

The Amazing Race 19 is the nineteenth season of the reality television show, The Amazing Race. Applications were due on January 4, 2011.

Production

Applications for the 19th season were due on January 4, 2011. Semi-finalist interviews and the final casting interviews took place in Los Angeles in March 2011.

This season traveled a little over 35,000 miles (56,000 kilometers) to 20 cities across four continents. Filming started on June 18, 2011, with teams seen leaving Los Angeles International Airport and heading to Taiwan, with the Starting Line was located at the Hsi Lai Temple in the foothills of Hacienda Heights, California. Film crews were also spotted in Denmark and were suspected to be there for The Amazing Race franchise visiting Denmark. Filming concluded on July 10, 2011 in Atlanta, Georgia.

There were plans for a leg in Laos for this season, however the leg was cancelled due to heavy floods triggered by monsoon. However, a monsoon caused heavy flooding in the country and forced the production team to construct an additional leg in Thailand instead of going to Laos. Laos was eventually visited in The Amazing Race 31.

Teams

1st place  Ernie & Cindy Engaged	2nd place  Jeremy & Sandy Dating	3rd place  Amani & Marcus Married	4th place  Andy & Tommy Pro Snowboarders	5th place  Bill & Cathi Grandparents
6th place  Laurence & Zac Father/Son Adventurers	7th place  Justin & Jennifer Siblings	8th place  Liz & Marie Twins	9th place  Kaylani & Lisa Former Vegas Showgirls	10th place  Ethan & Jenna Dating
11th place  Ron & Bill Domestic Partners

Episodes

Episode		Air Date	Leg	Destination	First Place	Last Place	Finish	Viewership (millions)	Ratings/Share (18-49)
1	"Kindness of Strangers"	September 25, 2011	1	United States → Taiwan	Ernie & Cindy	Bill & Cathi	Non-Elimination Leg	10.18	3.0/7
2	"The Sprint of Our Life"	October 2, 2011	2	Taiwan → Indonesia	Andy & Tommy	Ron & Bill	1st Eliminated 11th Place	10.87	3.2/7
						Ethan & Jenna	2nd Eliminated 10th Place
3	"Don't Lay Down on Me Now!"	October 9, 2011	3	Indonesia	Andy & Tommy	Kaylani & Lisa	3rd Eliminated 9th Place	9.60	2.7/7
4	"This Is Gonna Be a Fine Mess"	October 16, 2011	4	Indonesia → Thailand	Andy & Tommy	Liz & Marie	Non-Elimination Leg	9.21	2.7/6
5	"I Feel Like I'm in the Circus"	October 23, 2011	5	Thailand	Amani & Marcus	Liz & Marie	4th Eliminated 8th Place	9.60	3.7/8
6	"We Love Your Country Already; It Is Very Spacious"	October 30, 2011	6	Thailand → Malawi	Andy & Tommy	Amani & Marcus	Non-Elimination Leg	11.01	3.0/7
7	"Move Goat"	November 6, 2011	7	Malawi	Andy & Tommy	Justin & Jennifer	5th Eliminated 7th Place	9.73	2.7/6
8	"Super Shady"	November 13, 2011	8	Malawi → Denmark	Ernie & Cindy	Laurence & Zac	6th Eliminated 6th Place	10.27	2.7/6
9	"It's Speedo Time"	November 20, 2011	9	Denmark → Germany → Belgium	Amani & Marcus	Bill & Cathi	Ordered to Continue Racing	10.24	2.8/7
10	"Release the Brake!"	November 27, 2011	10	Belgium	Andy & Tommy	Bill & Cathi	7th Eliminated 5th Place	10.15	2.9/6
11	"We Are Charlie Chaplin"	December 4, 2011	11	Belgium → Netherlands → Panama	Jeremy & Sandy	Andy & Tommy	8th Eliminated 4th Place	9.58	2.7/6
12	"Go Out and Get It Done"	December 11, 2011	12	Panama → United States	Ernie & Cindy	Amani & Marcus	3rd Place	11.97	3.3/7
						Jeremy & Sandy	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	Ernie & Cindy	1	4	5	5	3	5	2ϵ	1⊂	2	3	2	1	2.83	7-6
2	Jeremy & Sandy	2	6	3	3	7	3	6	5	3	2	1	2	3.58	6-7
3	Amani & Marcus	5	9	6	6	1	7	4	4	1	4	3	3	4.42	6-7
4	Andy & Tommy	7	1	1	1	5	1	1	3	4	1	4		2.64	6-6
5	Bill & Cathi	11	7	7	7	2	6	3	2⊃⋐	5	5			5.50	6-5
6	Laurence & Zac	6	2	2	4	6	4	5⊂	6⋑					4.38	4-5
7	Justin & Jennifer	3	8	4	2	4	2	7						4.29	4-4
8	Liz & Marie	10	5	8	8	8								7.80	2-4
9	Kaylani & Lisa	9H	3	9										7.00	1-2
10	Ethan & Jenna	4	10											7.00	2-0
11	Ron & Bill	8	11											9.50	1-1
Notes		[1]	[2][3]	[4]		[5]	[6]	[7][8]		[9]
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 ϵ The team used the Express Pass somewhere during the leg ⊂ The team used the U-Turn ⊃ Recipient of the U-Turn ⋐ The team that used the second slot of the "Double U-Turn" ⋑ Recipient of a second U-Turn due to the "Double U-Turn" twist H This team was penalized with a "Hazard"
Notes: 1: Kaylani performed the Hazard task. 2: Eight of the 11 teams arrived at the Pit Stop without donating all of their money at the 'Aisyiyah Orphanage, and had to go back and donate the rest of their money before being allowed to check in. The initial placements for all teams are as follows (the three boldfaced teams were not turned back): 1st: Ernie & Cindy; 2nd: Liz & Marie; 3rd: Bill & Cathi; 4th: Andy & Tommy; 5th: Jeremy & Sandy; 6th: Justin & Jennifer; 7th: Amani & Marcus; 8th: Laurence & Zac; 9th: Ethan & Jenna; 10th: Kaylani & Lisa; 11th: Ron & Bill 3: Leg 2 was a Double Elimination Leg. The last two teams to be checked in at the Pit Stop were both eliminated. 4: Laurence & Zac initially arrived 1st, but were issued a 15-minute penalty for using more than the allowed number of buckets at the Grass Fed Detour. During this time, Andy & Tommy checked in for a 1st place finish, dropping Laurence & Zac to 2nd. 5: Leg 5 had two Roadblocks and no Detour. The team member who sat out the first Roadblock was required to perform the second one. 6: Justin & Jennifer and Bill & Cathi initially arrived in 1st and 3rd, respectively, but did not pay the truck drivers who helped them to the Pit Stop. They were required to turn back and pay their drivers, ultimately dropping them to 2nd and 6th, respectively. 7: Ernie & Cindy used the Express Pass to bypass the Dugout Detour in Leg 7. 8: Laurence & Zac used their U-Turn power on Amani & Marcus. However, Amani & Marcus had already passed them and were not affected by the U-Turn. 9: Leg 9 had no mandatory rest period between legs, and all teams were ordered to continue racing. The team who checked in last on this leg did not face a Speed Bump in the next leg.

Trivia

Franchise

• First time visits to Malawi, Denmark, and Belgium.
• First season to penalize a team with a Hazard.
• First season to have a Double Elimination Leg.
• First season to have tablets used on the U-Turn boards, removing the usage of the "Courtesy Of" photos.
• First season to have U-Turns on back-to-back legs.
• Third season to not have a Fast Forward seen throughout the race course (after The Amazing Race 14, in which the Fast Forward went unaired, and The Amazing Race: Unfinished Business, in which no Fast Forward was available).
• Fewest Clue Boxes with 4.

US

• First time visit to Indonesia.
• First season since The Amazing Race: All-Stars (2007) to have four Non-Elimination Legs.
• Third season to have no one eliminated at the Pit Stop in the first leg (after The Amazing Race 15 and Unfinished Business).
• Fifth season where all the final three teams are co-ed teams.
  • Coincidentally, all the final three teams were involved in a romantic relationship (after The Amazing Race 5, The Amazing Race 6, and The Amazing Race 7).
• Only season after Unfinished Business to have no teams returning in The Amazing Race: All-Stars (2014).

Season

• The final four teams are the only teams that had a leg win(s) in this season.
  • Andy & Tommy with 6 wins, Ernie & Cindy with 3 wins, Amani & Marcus with 2 wins, and Jeremy & Sandy with 1 win.