The Amazing Race 23 is the twenty-third installment of the reality television series, The Amazing Race. CBS announced the season premiere will be Sunday, September 29, 2013. Teams were officially announced on August 28, 2013.
Development
Filming began on June 9, 2013 and finished on July 2, 2013. This season traveled a total of 35,000 mi (56,000 km) across 9 (all previously visited) countries in four continents.
Travelocity was the official sponsor during this season and provided prizes on every leg (except the finale) throughout the race to winning teams.
New graphics were credited for the opening credits.[1]
Teams
Jason & Amy
Dating |
Tim & Marie
Exes |
Nicole & Travis
Married ER doctors |
Leo & Jamal
Cousins |
Ally & Ashley
NHL ice crew |
Nicky & Kim
Baseball wives |
Tim & Danny
Best friends |
Brandon & Adam
Childhood friends |
Chester & Ephraim
Former NFL teammates |
Rowan & Shane
Theater performers |
Hoskote & Naina
Father/daughter |
Episodes
Episode | Air Date | Leg | Destination | First Place | Last Place | Finish | Viewership (millions) |
Ratings/Share (18-49) | |
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1 | "We're Not in Oklahoma No More" | September 29, 2013 | 1 | United States â Chile | Tim & Marie | Hoskote & Naina | 1st Eliminated 11th Place |
8.62[2] | 2.0/5[2] |
2 | "Zip It, Bingo" | October 6, 2013 | 2 | Chile | Chester & Ephraim | Rowan & Shane | 2nd Eliminated 10th Place |
9.74[3] | 2.4/6[3] |
3 | "King Arthur Style" | October 13, 2013 | 3 | Chile â Portugal | Nicole & Travis | Chester & Ephraim | 3rd Eliminated 9th Place |
8.08[4] | 1.9/5[4] |
4 | "Beards in the Wind" | October 20, 2013 | 4 | Portugal â Norway | Brandon & Adam | Nicky & Kim | Ordered to Continue Racing |
8.87[5] | 1.9/5[5] |
5 | "Get Our Groove On" | October 27, 2013 | 5 | Norway â Poland | Tim & Marie | Brandon & Adam | 4th Eliminated 8th Place |
8.11[6] | 1.8/4[6] |
6 | "Choir Boy at Heart" | November 3, 2013 | 6 | Poland â Austria | Nicole & Travis | Tim & Danny | 5th Eliminated 7th Place |
9.38[7] | 2.1/5[7] |
7 | "Speed Dating Is the Worst" | November 10, 2013 | 7 | Austria â United Arab Emirates | Leo & Jamal | Nicky & Kim | Non-Eliminated Leg |
9.12[8] | 2.2/5[8] |
8 | "One Hot Camel" | November 17, 2013 | 8 | United Arab Emirates | Nicole & Travis | Nicky & Kim | 6th Eliminated 6th Place |
9.12[9] | 2.0/5[9] |
9 | "Part Like the Red Sea" | November 24, 2013 | 9 | United Arab Emirates â Indonesia | Leo & Jamal | Ally & Ashley | 7th Eliminated 5th Place |
7.97[10] | 1.6/4[10] |
10 | "Cobra in My Teeth" | December 1, 2013 | 10 | Indonesia | Jason & Amy | Leo & Jamal | Non-Elimination Leg |
10.29[11] | 2.1/4[11] |
11 | "Amazing Crazy Race" | December 8, 2013 | 11 | Indonesia â Japan | Tim & Marie | Leo & Jamal | 8th Eliminated 4th Place |
9.21[12] | 2.1/5[12] |
12 | Japan â United States | Jason & Amy | Nicole & Travis | 3rd Place | |||||
Tim & Marie | 2nd Place |
Leaderboard
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 | Jason & Amy | 8 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2.92 | 6-7 |
2 | Tim & Marie | 1 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 1Ï” | 4 | 4 | 3â | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3.42 | 6-7 |
3 | Nicole & Travis | 2 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1Ï”â | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2.58 | 7-6 |
4 | Leo & Jamal | 7 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 6ââ | 3 | 1 | 4â | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3.73 | 6-6 | |
5 | Ally & Ashley | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6.11 | 4-6 | |||
6 | Nicky & Kim | 5 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 6â | 5.38 | 5-4 | ||||
7 | Tim & Danny | 9 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 5â | 7 | 6.17 | 3-4 | ||||||
8 | Brandon & Adam | 10 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 8â | 5.40 | 2-4 | |||||||
9 | Chester & Ephraim | 4 | 1 | 9 | 4.67 | 2-1 | |||||||||
10 | Rowan & Shane | 3 | 10 | 6.50 | 2-1 | ||||||||||
11 | Hoskote & Naina | 11 | 11.00 | 1-1 | |||||||||||
Notes | [1] | [2] | [3] | [4] | [5] | [6] | [7] | ||||||||
Legend:
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Notes:
1: Nicole & Travis initially arrived first at the Pit Stop, but received a 30-minute penalty for travelling by taxi to the Pit Stop, when the clue instructed them to travel by foot. During their penalty, Tim & Marie checked-in first, dropping them to second.
2: Leo & Jamal initially arrived first at the Pit Stop. However, Phil refused to check them in after they failed to pay their taxi driver properly. By the time they paid it and returned to the mat, Chester & Ephraim had already checked-in the Pit Stop at first place, dropping Leo & Jamal to second.
3: Due to trouble with connecting flights and delays, Chester & Ephraim had fallen so far behind that all other teams had already checked into the Pit Stop by the time they finally arrived in Lisbon. Before they could go for their first clue, Phil greeted them personally at the airport to eliminate them.
4: Leg 4 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.
5: Tim & Marie used their Express Pass to bypass the Detour.
6: Nicole & Travis used their Express Pass to bypass the Detour.
7: Leo & Jamal departed the Pit Start two minutes later than their schedule due to oversleep.
Trivia
Franchise
- Second time visits to Portugal (after Season 3) and Poland (after All-Stars).
- First time that two teams used an Express Pass.
US
- Second season where no new countries were visited (after Season 23).
- Second season to feature an Indian-American team (after Season 10).
- Fifth season where all the final three teams are co-ed teams (after Seasons 5, 6, 7, & 19).
- This season's visit to Portugal made the country have the largest gap (at the time of airing in 2013) between one country's visit in a season and its previous season's visit, which was in Season 3 (20 seasons), but since has been broken three times.
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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 |