The Amazing Race 3

The Amazing Race 3
Season Information
Version:	United States
Continents Visited:	4
Countries Visited:	12
Cities Visited:	40
Distance Traveled:	41,000 miles (66,000 km)
Starting Line:	Everglades National Park, Florida
Finish Line:	Gas Works Park, Seattle, Washington
Filming Dates:	August 9, 2002 - September 8, 2002
Season Run	October 2, 2002 - December 18, 2002
Number of Legs:	13
Number of Teams:	12
Winners:	Flo & Zach
Runners-Up:	Teri & Ian Ken & Gerard
Cast
Opening Sequence
Season Chronology
Previous:	The Amazing Race 2
Next:	The Amazing Race 4

The Amazing Race 3 is the third season of the reality television show, The Amazing Race. It premiered on October 2, 2002 and ended on December 18, 2002 on CBS. The entire season was released on DVD (exclusively only through Amazon.com) on November 22, 2011.

Development

CBS officially ordered another season in mid-May 2002. Applications for this season were due on March 8, 2002, while casting interviews were conducted in April to July 2002.

Filming began on August 9, 2002 and finished on September 8, 2002. This season traveled a total of 41,000 miles (66,000 km) across 13 countries in four continents, all of which were newly visited, unlike the previous seasons.

Royal Caribbean International, Kodak, American Express, and T-Mobile were the official sponsors during this season and provided prizes throughout the race to winning teams on certain legs.

Teams

1st place  Flo & Zach Friends	2nd place  Teri & Ian Married Parents	3rd place  Ken & Gerard Brothers	4th place  Derek & Drew Twins/Models	5th place  John Vito & Jill Dating
6th place  Andre & Damon Cop and Fireman	7th place  Aaron & Arianne Lifelong Friends	8th place  Michael & Kathy Long-Distance Dating	9th place  Heather & Eve Law School Roommates	10th place  Dennis & Andrew Father/Son
11th place  Tramel & Talicia Brother/Sister	12th place  Gina & Sylvia Soccer Moms

Episodes

Episode		Air Date	Leg	Destination	First Place	Last Place	Finish	Viewership (millions)	Ratings/Share (18-49)
1	"What If Our Parachute Doesn't Open?"	October 2, 2002	1	United States → Mexico	Ken & Gerard	Gina & Sylvia	1st Eliminated 12th Place	9.50	3.9/10
2	"This Seems Like the Path Straight to Hell!"	October 9, 2002	2	Mexico	Derek & Drew	Tramel & Talicia	2nd Eliminated 11th Place	8.00	3.6/9
3	"You Always Just Forget About Me!"	October 16, 2002	3	Mexico → United Kingdom	Derek & Drew	Dennis & Andrew	3rd Eliminated 10th Place	9.20	3.9/10
4	"Did You See How I Stopped It? With My Face"	October 23, 2002	4	United Kingdom → Portugal	Ken & Gerard	Heather & Eve	4th Eliminated 9th Place	8.10	3.3/8
5	"What Happens If I Slip? Am I Just Hanging Off a Cliff?"	October 30, 2002	5	Portugal → Spain → Morocco	Ken & Gerard	Michael & Kathy	5th Eliminated 8th Place	7.70	3.1/8
6	"I'm a Much Better Liar Than You Are"	November 13, 2002	6	Morocco	Teri & Ian	Aaron & Arianne	6th Eliminated 7th Place	8.00	3.3/8
7	"I'm Supposed to Be Indebted to Her for the Rest of the Race?!"	November 20, 2002	7	Morocco → Germany → Austria → Germany	Flo & Zach	Andre & Damon	7th Eliminated 6th Place	7.80	2.9/8
8	"This Is More Important Than Your Pants Falling Down!"	November 27, 2002	8	Germany → Switzerland	Derek & Drew	John Vito & Jill	Non-Elimination Leg	9.90	4.2/12
9	"Why Did You Have to Take Your Pants Off?!"	December 4, 2002	9	Switzerland	John Vito & Jill	Flo & Zach	Non-Elimination Leg	9.00	3.9/10
			10	Switzerland → Malaysia → Singapore	Derek & Drew	John Vito & Jill	8th Eliminated 5th Place
10	"Don't Try to Play the Moralist Now!"	December 11, 2002	11	Singapore → Vietnam	Teri & Ian	Derek & Drew	9th Eliminated 4th Place	9.40	4.0/10
11	"They're Slithering to the Finish Line Like the Rest of Us!"	December 18, 2002	12	Vietnam	Teri & Ian	Flo & Zach	Non-Elimination Leg	10.00	4.7/13
			13	Vietnam → United States	Flo & Zach	Ken & Gerard	3rd Place
						Teri & Ian	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	Leg 13	Average
1	Flo & Zach	2	5	3	2	4	2	1►	2	5	3	2	3	1	2.69	1-10
2	Teri & Ian	9	10	9	5	6	1►	4	3	4	4	1	1	2	4.54	2-9
3	Ken & Gerard	1►	6	2	1	1	3	5	4	2	2	3	2	3	2.69	6-6
4	Derek & Drew	11	1►	1	3	3	4	2	1	3	1	4			3.10	6-4
5	John Vito & Jill	5	7	7	6	4	5	3	5	1►	5				4.80	5-3
6	Andre & Damon	7	8	8	4	2	6	6							5.86	2-3
7	Aaron & Arianne	3	2	4	8	7	7								5.16	3-2
8	Michael & Kathy	4	4	6	7	8									5.80	3-0
9	Heather & Eve	6	3	5	9										5.75	3-0
10	Dennis & Andrew	8	9	10►											9.00	0-1
11	Tramel & Talicia	10	11												10.50	1-0
12	Gina & Sylvia	12													12.00	0-0
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 ► The team used the Fast Forward pass
Notes: 1: Andre & Damon initially arrived 7th, but since they did not follow the donkey route during the Detour correctly, they were issued a 78-minute penalty and started the next leg in 9th. They then overslept an extra three minutes at the start of the next leg, while Dennis & Andrew and Teri & Ian departed 7th and 8th place. 2: Dennis & Andrew completed the Fast Forward task, but were too far behind the other teams and they still came in last and were eliminated. 3: Heather & Eve initially arrived 1st, but they took a taxi instead of traveling on foot to the Pit Stop as the clue had specified. However, they were returned along with the last team – Aaron & Arianne – and sat together with Phil. Heather & Eve were issued a 37-minute penalty. Aaron & Arianne were checked in in 8th place, resulting in Heather & Eve being eliminated. 4: Flo & Zach and John Vito & Jill both agreed to a 4th place tie after both teams stepped on the Pit Stop mat at the same time. 5: By the time Michael & Kathy got to the Roadblock, they were too far behind the other teams and were told to go directly to the Pit Stop. 6: During the leg, Andre & Damon had fallen so far behind that all the other teams had already checked in at the Pit Stop before Andre & Damon even arrived at the Detour. When they finally reached the Route Marker, instead of performing the Detour, Andre & Damon were instructed to go directly to the Pit Stop, where they were eliminated. 7: An additional task in Leg 10 was presented to teams as a Roadblock, but was aired as a miscellaneous task. This task is included in the tally as every team was shown having a particular member performing it. 8: Derek & Drew initially arrived 3rd, but had inadvertently skipped the Roadblock due to them not having followed a marked path from its starting point. They were forced to backtrack and perform the Roadblock. As a result, Derek & Drew fell to last place and were eliminated. 9: Flo later disclosed that all teams were issued a 1-hour penalty each for obtaining outside help during the Detour. Since these did not affect the placements, it was not aired in the broadcast.

Trivia

Franchise

• First time visits to Mexico, United Kingdom, Portugal, Spain, Morocco, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Malaysia, Singapore, and Vietnam.
  • The only season in which every single country visited had never been visited on a previous season.
  • The first time a North American country outside of the United States is visited.
  • Also, the first season marks visiting in a Hispanophone (Spanish-speaking) country.
  • The first season to feature with more than 10 visited countries, 12. This would be broken by The Amazing Race 10 with 13.
• First season to feature twelve teams.
• First season to feature an Asian American contestant: Kathy Perez.
• First season to have only three non-elimination legs.
• First co-ed team to arrive first at the Finish Line.
  • Thus, Flo became the first female to win the race.
• First season to have back-to-back non-elimination legs.
• First season in which only the teams in the final five won a leg.
• First season in which teams were allowed to communicate with their loved ones back at home during the race.
• This is actually the first season (tied with The Amazing Race 4) to have the longest chain of consecutive Pit Stop eliminations, 7. This record would be broken by The Amazing Race 35 with 8.
• This is the last season to have time penalties applied after all teams had arrived at the Pit Stop (with Phil gathering the last team to arrive and the penalized team when a penalty affected an elimination). Starting with the next season, all time penalties would be issued at the time a team arrives at the Pit Stop (unless the rules violation was discovered afterwards).

US

• Last season in which the final three teams all won a Fast Forward in a prior leg.
• First time that the penultimate leg did not take place in the United States.
• First season in which each team that arrived last in a non-elimination leg survived the following leg.
• First season that the Finish Line was located in the Northwestern United States.
• First season that the Starting Line and the Finish Line were located in opposite sides of the oceans.

Reception

• Brennan Swain (09/15/2002): "Pre-Race Prognostication"
• Tatiana Morales on The Early Show (10/01/2002): "Another Race At The Starting Line"
• Cary Darling at The Miami Herald (10/01/2002): "Real-life skills add depth to reality show"
• Tim Holland at TV Guide Online (10/02/2002): "Amazing Stories"
• Paul Brownfield at Los Angeles Times (09/22/2003): "Amazing Race takes Emmy win in stride"

External links

• CBS.com - The Amazing Race 3