The Amazing Race 4

The Amazing Race 4 is the fourth season of the reality television show, The Amazing Race. It premiered on May 23, 2003 and ended on August 21, 2003 on CBS. The entire season was released on DVD (exclusively only through Amazon.com) on November 29, 2011.^[1]

Development[]

Applications for this season were due on July 26, 2002, while casting interviews were conducted on late August 2002.^[2]^[3] CBS officially committed to the season in mid-November 2002.^[4]

Despite filming in roughly the same weather schedule as The Amazing Race 2 (January–February), this season aired in the summer instead of winter/spring. The show also moved to Thursdays at 8 p.m., replacing Survivor for the summer.^[5]^[6]

This season traveled a total of 44,000 miles (71,000 km) across 9 countries in four continents.

American Airlines and Royal Caribbean International were the two official sponsors during this season and provided prizes throughout the race to winning teams on certain legs.

Teams[]

1st place Reichen & Chip Married	2nd place Kelly & Jon Engaged	3rd place David & Jeff Best Friends	4th place Jon & Al Best Friends/Clowns	5th place Millie & Chuck Dating 12 Years/Virgins
6th place Tian & Jaree Friends/Models	7th place Monica & Sheree NFL Wives/Moms	8th place Steve & Dave Air Traffic Controllers	9th place Steve & Josh Father/Son	10th place Russell & Cindy Friends/Dating
11th place Amanda & Chris Dating	12th place Debra & Steve Married Parents

Episodes[]

Episode		Air Date	Leg	Destination	First Place	Last Place	Finish	Viewership (millions)^[7]	Ratings/Share (18-49)^[7]
1	"Cheaters Never Win...And They Cheated!"	May 29, 2003	1	United States → Italy	Amanda & Chris	Debra & Steve	1st Eliminated 12th Place	9.90	3.7/12
					Millie & Chuck
					Steve & Josh
2	"It Doesn't Say Anything About First Come, First Served...And We're Bigger"	June 5, 2003	2	Italy	Steve & Dave	Amanda & Chris	2nd Eliminated 11th Place	8.30	3.2/11
3	"I Wasn't Even Going to Touch You Until You Slammed My Head Backwards!"	June 12, 2003	3	Italy → Austria	Steve & Josh	Russell & Cindy	3rd Eliminated 10th Place	8.10	3.1/10
4	"Check Your Tires Because...Oh God, You Never Know What'll Happen!"	June 19, 2003	4	Austria → France	Tian & Jaree	Steve & Josh	4th Eliminated 9th Place	7.60	2.8/10
5	"You Are Just Deliberately Trying to Make Us Lose!"	June 26, 2003	5	France → Netherlands	Millie & Chuck	Steve & Dave	5th Eliminated 8th Place	7.90	2.9/10
6	"I Could Have Never Been Prepared for What I'm Looking at Right Now"	July 3, 2003	6	Netherlands → India	David & Jeff	Monica & Sheree	6th Eliminated 7th Place	6.90	2.4/10
7	"We're Going Down the Wrong Side of the Freeway...And the Lights Are Off!"	July 10, 2003	7	India	David & Jeff	Tian & Jaree	7th Eliminated 6th Place	8.10	3.0/11
8	"The Princess Reminded Me of My Grandmother. She Was Very Old but Still Very, Very with It"	July 17, 2003	8	India → Malaysia	Jon & Al	Kelly & Jon	Non-Elimination Leg	7.80	2.9/10
9	"We're Not at Charm School Learning How to Be a Gentleman, We're Racing"	July 24, 2003	9	Malaysia	Reichen & Chip	Millie & Chuck	8th Eliminated 5th Place	8.60	3.3/12
10	"That's Me. That's My Face. Just Hit My Face. Hit My Face!"	July 31, 2003	10	Malaysia → South Korea	Kelly & Jon	David & Jeff	Non-Elimination Leg	8.10	2.9/10
11	"Such a Nice Pheromone Smell to You; Just Makes Me Want to Stay Close"	August 7, 2003	11	South Korea → Australia	David & Jeff	Jon & Al	9th Eliminated 4th Place	8.30	3.1/11
12	"He's a Couple of Ticks Away from Having a Heart Attack"	August 14, 2003	12	Australia	David & Jeff	Kelly & Jon	Non-Elimination Leg	8.70	2.9/10
13	"It's Like Adam Building His First House!"	August 21, 2003	13	Australia → United States	Reichen & Chip	David & Jeff	3rd Place	9.90	3.7/12
13	"It's Like Adam Building His First House!"	August 21, 2003	13	Australia → United States	Reichen & Chip	Kelly & Jon	2nd Place	9.90	3.7/12

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	Reichen & Chip	9	2	3	5	4	2	5	2	1►	2	3	2	1	3.15	4-7
2	Kelly & Jon	6	3	8	7	3	3	3	5	4	1	2	3	2	3.85	2-10
3	David & Jeff	10	5	7	6	6	1	1	4	3	4	1►	1	3	4.00	5-6
4	Jon & Al	7	6	6	2	2	6	2	1	2	3	4			3.72	4-6
5	Millie & Chuck	1	8	5	2	1►	4	4	3	5					3.67	2-5
6	Tian & Jaree	11	4	4	1►	7	5	6							5.43	6-0
7	Monica & Sheree	4►	10	2	4	5	7								5.33	3-2
8	Steve & Dave	5	1►	9	8	8									6.20	2-1
9	Steve & Josh	1	9	1►	9										5.00	0-2
10	Russell & Cindy	8	7	10											8.33	2-0
11	Amanda & Chris	1	11												6.00	0-1
12	Debra & Steve	12													12.00	0-0
Notes		^[1]			^[2]							^[3]		^[4]^[5]
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: Millie & Chuck, Steve & Josh, and Amanda & Chris all agreed to a three-way tie for 1st place after the three teams stepped on the Pit Stop mat at the same time. 2: Jon & Al and Millie & Chuck both agreed to a 2nd place tie after both teams stepped on the Pit Stop mat at the same time. 3: Reichen & Chip initially arrived 2nd, but they drove to the Pit Stop instead of traveling on foot and were issued a 35-minute penalty. As Reichen & Chip were waiting out their penalty, Kelly & Jon checked in, dropping Reichen & Chip to 3rd. 4: David & Jeff had fallen so far behind that they were unable to complete the final leg. Once David & Jeff reached Hawaii and arrived at the first route marker, they were informed that the race was over. 5: On the Amazing Race website, Jeff said that during the final leg, he did the final roadblock after the teams had checked in.

Trivia[]

Franchise[]

First time visits to the Netherlands and South Korea.
- First season also to visit Austria and Malaysia as a Pit Stop.
First season not to visit the continent of Africa.
First season to feature Europe in back-to-back seasons.
Second season to feature twelve teams.
Second season to have only three Non-Elimination Legs.
Last season to have Fast Forwards available on every leg.
First season where the top three in the first leg were all eliminated.
Most number of teams who won a leg, 9 teams.
Most number of teams who won the Fast Forward, 7 teams.
Lowest number of teams who did not win a leg, 3 teams.
Most number of all-male teams, 5 (tied with The Amazing Race 23, The Amazing Race 30, The Amazing Race 32, and The Amazing Race 35).
Last season to feature multiple ties at the Pit Stop.
This season was tied with The Amazing Race 3 for having the longest chain of consecutive Pit Stop eliminations, 7. This record would be broken by Amazing Race 35, with 8.
This is the first season to have time penalties issued at the time a team arrives at the Pit Stop (unless the rules violation was discovered afterwards). Prior seasons had 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).

US[]

Longest episode titles out of any season.
There were three Steves this season, all on different teams (Debra & Steve, Steve & Dave, and Steve & Josh). Likewise, there were two Jons this season (Jon & Al and Kelly & Jon) and two Davids this season as well (David & Jeff and Steve & Dave).
- Coincidentally, there also three people among these teams with the surname "Cottingham" - Steve & Josh, and Dave.
Least amount female contestants in the final three, 1. (Tied with seasons 1, 9, 16, 21, 31, 32 and 36.)
- This was the case up until The Amazing Race 35 by air date before The Amazing Race 36 despite filmed after it.
One of two standard format seasons to have no teams returning in All-Stars.

Reception[]

Wade Paulsen at Reality TV World (04/25/2003): "Analysis: The Amazing Race 4 delayed until fall?"
Cara DiPasquale & Kris Karnopp at Chicago Tribune (05/08/2003): "Amazing Race wins coveted 'Survivor' slot"
Ian Pollack at Reality Reel (05/15/2003): "Amazing Race 4 Pre-Race Team Evaluation"
Heather Havrilesky at Salon (08/18/2003): "Those amazing animals!"

External links[]

CBS.com - The Amazing Race 4

References[]

The Amazing Race Season Index
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 · 36
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 · 10
Central Europe	Cancelled
China	1 · 2 · 3 · 4
China Rush	1 · 2 · 3
Finland	1 · 2
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

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[3] Andy Dehnart (November 19, 2002). CBS picks up Amazing Race 4.. reality blurred.

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