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.
Leg Information
Leg 1
Went To: Santa Barbara, Argentina Winner: Rachel & Dave ( Married ) Went Packing: Misa & Maiya (Sisters)
Misa & Maiya initially got out of the final challenge in 10th, but forget their bags, and couldn't find the Pit Stop! So that gave Joey "Fitness" and Danny the chance. And Misa & Maiya went home.
Leg 2
Went To: Buenos Aires, Argentina Winner: Rachel & Dave ( Married ) Went Packing: Dave & Cherie (Married Clowns)
The disaster started during a bus ride from Salta to Buenos Aires, the 2nd bus to depart containing these following teams, Joey "Fitness" & Danny, Vanessa & Ralph, Dave & Cherie, and Elliot & Andrew had a window shattered and the Last Bus past them during the stop, making the others fall behind. Then, at the Roadblock, David decided to do it, and they fell behind and got eliminated.
Leg 3
Went To: Asuncion, Paraguay (No Fasy Foward) Winner: Art & JJ ( Border Patrol Agents ) Went Packing: Elliot & Andrew (Twins)
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
1This 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 ever that one team would be forced to fix their mistake before they could check in at the Finish Line.
- First time in which both teams survived a Double U-Turn in the same leg.
- Rachel & Dave have eight wins in one single season (tied Marc & Rovilson).
- The first 3 finishers of the first leg were also the final 3 teams left.
US
- Second time that the Finish Line has take place in Hawaii.
- Lowest number of teams who won a leg, 3 teams (tied with Season 13).
- Second season to not feature a parent/child team (after All-Stars).
- First season to have a Speed Bump and a Fast Forward in a same leg (Leg 10).
- First season since Season 4 to have more than two Fast Forwards in the entire race.
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 · 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 |