The Amazing Race 20 is the twentieth installment of the reality television show, The Amazing Race. It was announced by CBS on June 17, 2011.
Production[]
Applications for this season were due on July 18, 2011. Semi-finalist interviews and the final casting interviews took place in Los Angeles in August 2011.
This season traveled a little over 40,000 miles (64,000 kilometers) to 10 countries across five continents. Filming started on November 26, 2011 and concluded on December 19, 2011, with first-time visits in Paraguay and Azerbaijan.
Teams[]
Rachel & Dave
Army Wife & Combat Pilot |
Art & JJ
Border Patrol Agents |
Brendon & Rachel
PhD Student/Event Hostess |
Vanessa & Ralph
Dating Divorcees |
Bopper & Mark
Best Friends |
Nary & Jamie
Federal Agents |
Joey & Danny
Trainer & Club Promoter |
Kerri & Stacy
Cousins |
Elliot & Andrew
Twins |
Dave & Cherie
Married Clowns |
Misa & Maiya
Sisters |
Episodes[]
Episode | Air Date | Leg | Destination | First Place | Last Place | Finish | Viewership (millions) |
Ratings/Share (18-49) | |
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1 | "Tears of a Clown" | February 19, 2012 | 1 | United States → Argentina | Rachel & Dave | Misa & Maiya | 1st Eliminated 11th Place |
10.34[1] | 2.8/7[1] |
2 | "You Know I'm Not as Smart as You" | February 26, 2012 | 2 | Argentina | Rachel & Dave | Dave & Cherie | 2nd Eliminated 10th Place |
7.71[2] | 2.2/5[2] |
3 | "Bust Me Right in the Head with It" | March 4, 2012 | 3 | Argentina → Paraguay | Art & JJ | Elliot & Andrew | 3rd Eliminated 9th Place |
10.30[3] | 2.8/7[3] |
4 | "Taste Your Salami" | March 11, 2012 | 4 | Paraguay → Italy | Art & JJ | Bopper & Mark | Non-Elimination Leg |
9.70[4] | 2.9/8[4] |
5 | "Uglier Than a Mud Rail Fence" | March 18, 2012 | 5 | Italy → Germany | Art & JJ | Kerri & Stacy | 4th Eliminated 8th Place |
9.54[5] | 2.7/7[5] |
6 | "This Is Wicked Strange" | March 25, 2012 | 6 | Germany → Azerbaijan | Rachel & Dave | Joey & Danny | 5th Eliminated 7th Place |
9.35[6] | 2.6/7[6] |
7 | "I Didn't Make Her Cry" | April 8, 2012 | 7 | Azerbaijan → Tanzania | Rachel & Dave | Nary & Jamie | Non-Elimination Leg |
9.18[7] | 2.5/7[7] |
8 | "Let Them Drink Their Haterade" | April 15, 2012 | 8 | Tanzania | Bopper & Mark | Nary & Jamie | 6th Eliminated 6th Place |
9.12[8] | 2.6/7[8] |
9 | "Bollywood Travolta" | April 22, 2012 | 9 | Tanzania → India | Rachel & Dave | Bopper & Mark | Non-Elimination Leg |
9.14[9] | 2.6/7[9] |
10 | "I Need Hair to Be Pretty" | April 29, 2012 | 10 | India | Rachel & Dave | Bopper & Mark | 7th Eliminated 5th Place |
8.60[10] | 2.3/7[10] |
11 | "It's a Great Place to Become Millionaires" | May 6, 2012 | 11 | India → Japan | Rachel & Dave | Vanessa & Ralph | 8th Eliminated 4th Place |
9.40[11] | 2.7/7[11] |
12 | Japan → United States | Rachel & Dave | Brendon & Rachel | 3rd place | |||||
Art & JJ | 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 | Rachel & Dave | 1 | 1 | 6ϵ | 2 | 4 | 1► | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.83 | 6-5 |
2 | Art & JJ | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1► | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3⊂ | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2.25 | 6-5 |
3 | Brendon & Rachel | 2 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4⊃⋐ | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3.42 | 6-6 |
4 | Vanessa & Ralph | 5 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 5⋑ | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4.91 | 5-5 | |
5 | Bopper & Mark | 9 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5► | 4.60 | 3-5 | ||
6 | Nary & Jamie | 4 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 5.50 | 4-3 | ||||
7 | Joey & Danny | 10 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 5.50 | 3-3 | ||||||
8 | Kerri & Stacy | 7 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 6.80 | 3-2 | |||||||
9 | Elliot & Andrew | 6 | 9 | 9 | 8.00 | 1-2 | |||||||||
10 | Dave & Cherie | 8 | 10 | 9.00 | 1-1 | ||||||||||
11 | Misa & Maiya | 11 | 11.00 | 0-1 | |||||||||||
Notes | [1][2] | [3] | [4][5] | ||||||||||||
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Trivia[]
Franchise[]
- First time visits to Paraguay and Azerbaijan.
- First time in which both teams survived a Double U-Turn in the same leg.
- First time that one team was turned away from the Finish Line to correct an error.
- Rachel & Dave have eight wins in a single season (tied with Marc & Rovilson, Tom & Tyler, and Ashleigh & Amanda).
- First season to not feature No-Rest Legs since its introduction in The Amazing Race 18.
US[]
- Second season to not feature a parent/child team (after The Amazing Race: All-Stars).
- First season to have a Speed Bump and a Fast Forward in a same leg (Leg 10).
- First season since The Amazing Race 4 to have more than two Fast Forwards in the entire race.
- Second time that the Finish Line was located in Hawaii, after The Amazing Race 14.
- Lowest number of teams who won a leg, 3 teams (tied with The Amazing Race 13).
Reception[]
- Shawn Malcolm at Variety (06/18/2012): "Race to mimic success of Amazing never ends"
- Andy Dehnart at realityblurred (09/23/2012): "Tom Bergeron's Emmy win slightly mitigates Amazing Race's unbelievable ninth Emmy"
External links[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 https://www.cbspressexpress.com/cbs-entertainment/releases/view?id=30821
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 https://www.cbspressexpress.com/cbs-entertainment/releases/view?id=30935
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/sdsdskdh279882992z1/sunday-final-ratings-the-good-wife-csi-miami-adjusted-up-cleveland-adjusted-down/
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/sdsdskdh279882992z1/sunday-final-ratings-60-minutes-americas-funniest-home-videos-once-upon-a-time-the-amazing-race-desperate-housewives-adjusted-up/
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/sdsdskdh279882992z1/sunday-final-ratings-harrys-law-adjusted-down-to-series-lows-desperate-housewives-adjusted-up-unscrambled-cbs/
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/sdsdskdh279882992z1/sunday-final-ratings-once-upon-a-time-adjusted-up-gcb-adjusted-down-final-cbs-numbers/
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/sdsdskdh279882992z1/sunday-final-ratings-celebrity-apprentice-adjusted-up/
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/sdsdskdh279882992z1/sunday-final-ratings-afv-amazing-race-simpsons-bobs-burgers-celebrity-apprentice-the-cleveland-show-all-adjusted-up/
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/sdsdskdh279882992z1/sunday-final-ratingsonce-60-minutes-amazing-race-good-wife-celebrity-apprentice-all-adjusted-up/
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/sdsdskdh279882992z1/sunday-final-ratings-once-upon-a-time-amazing-race-celebrity-apprentice-cleveland-adjusted-up-harrys-law-gcb-adjusted-down/
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/sdsdskdh279882992z1/sunday-final-ratings-simpsons-amazing-race-finale-harrys-law-adjusted-up-desperate-housewives-nyc-22-adjusted-down/
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 |
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 |