The Amazing Race 7

The Amazing Race 7 is the seventh season of the reality television show, The Amazing Race. It premiered on March 1, 2005 with a two-hour premiere and ended on May 10, 2005 on CBS. The entire season was released on DVD on December 20, 2005.^[1]

Development

The seventh season of The Amazing Race was filmed between November and December 2004, for which they traveled 40,000 miles (64,000 km), spanning 10 different countries in five continents.

Travelocity, Toyota, and JVC were the official sponsors of the seasons and would provide the prizes awarded to first place teams on certain legs.

Teams

1st place  Uchenna & Joyce Married	2nd place  Rob & Amber Engaged	3rd place  Ron & Kelly Former POW/Pageant Queen	4th place  Meredith & Gretchen Married/Retired	5th place  Lynn & Alex Boyfriends
6th place  Brian & Greg Brothers	7th place  Ray & Deana Dating On and Off	8th place  Susan & Patrick Mother/Son	9th place  Debbie & Bianca Lifelong Friends	10th place  Megan & Heidi Roommates
11th place  Ryan & Chuck Best Friends

Episodes

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
1	Uchenna & Joyce	8	4	2	3	6	3	3	3	1►	1	3	3	1	3.17	6-5
2	Rob & Amber	3	1	5	1	5	2	1	1	3	3	1>	2	2	2.42	6-6
3	Ron & Kelly	10	2	4	4	2	1	2	2	2	4	2<	1	3	3.08	6-6
4	Meredith & Gretchen	6	7	7	7	7	5	5	5	4	2	4			5.40	6-4
5	Lynn & Alex	5	5	1	5	4	4	4	4	5					4.13	4-4
6	Brian & Greg	4	9	3	2	3	6	6							4.71	3-3
7	Ray & Deana	7	3	6	6	1►	7								5.00	2-2
8	Susan & Patrick	2	8	8	8										6.50	1-2
9	Debbie & Bianca	1	6	9											5.33	2-0
10	Megan & Heidi	9	10												9.50	1-0
11	Ryan & Chuck	11													11.00	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 > The team used the Yield < Recipient of the Yield
Notes: 1: Rob, Meredith, and Deana decided to forfeit the Roadblock; their teams were all issued 4-hour penalties at the Roadblock site starting from the arrival of the next team. 2: Uchenna & Joyce initially arrived 3rd, but they did not complete the Roadblock correctly and were forced to finish it. This did not affect their placement. 3: Meredith & Gretchen initially arrived 4th, but they missed their final clue at the end of the Roadblock, Lynn & Alex checked in during that time period, dropping them to 5th. 4: Leg 8 was a double-length leg with two Detours and two Roadblocks shown over two episodes. The placements listed in the first column reflect the order teams arrived at the leg's halfway point. The leg's Fast Forward was offered after the halfway point, and thus permitted Uchenna & Joyce to skip only the second set of challenges. The Yield appeared before the first Roadblock. 5: The finishes in the first half of the superleg in Leg 8 are not counted as part of the average. Only the final finish in the leg is counted toward the average.

Records

Franchise

• First season not to circumnavigate the globe.
• First-time visits to Peru, Chile, Botswana, Turkey, Jamaica, and Puerto Rico.
• First season to implement the penalty for the last team to arrive at a Non-Elimination Leg being forced to surrender all of their possessions (except for their passports and the clothes they were wearing, for the remainder of the race).
  • This was in addition to already being stripped of all their accumulated money and not receive any money on the next leg.
    • Teams were also not allowed to beg for money prior to the start of the next leg.
• Third consecutive season where all the final three teams are co-ed teams.
  • Coincidentally again, all the final three teams were involved in a love relationship.

Reception

• Maureen Ryan at Chicago Tribune (03/01/2005): "Amazing Race picking up speed"

External links

• CBS.com - The Amazing Race 7