The Amazing Race 9

Season Information

Version:

United States

Continents Visited:

5

Countries Visited:

10

Cities Visited:

36

Distance Traveled:

59,000 miles (95,000 km)

Starting Line:

Red Rocks Park, Denver, Colorado

Finish Line:

Red Rocks Park, Denver, Colorado

Filming Dates:

November 7, 2005 - December 3, 2005

Season Run

February 28, 2006 - May 17, 2006

Number of Legs:

12

Number of Teams:

11

Winners:

BJ & Tyler

Runners-Up:

Eric & Jeremy
Ray & Yolanda

Cast

Opening Sequence

Season Chronology

Synopsis[]

The three-time Emmy Award-winning reality adventure series returns to its international format where teams of two will travel to exotic locations, spanning five continents, with stops in the Middle East, Moscow and Sicily, to name a few. The 11 teams will compete against one another in a race around the world for a $1 million prize.^[2]

Production[]

The show began airing on Tuesdays in the first five episodes, but was moved to a new timeslot of Wednesdays at 8 p.m., starting with the sixth episode to make room for CSI: Miami on the former timeslot.

Applications for this season were due on July 26, 2005 (one day after the original deadline), while interviews were conducted in October 2005. Following the success of The Amazing Race: Family Edition, which featured teams of four family members racing in the United States, Canada, and Central America, this season returned to the standard format of eleven teams of two competing in a race around the world. Filming began on November 7, 2005 and finished on December 3, 2005. This season traveled a total of 59,000 miles (95,000 km) across 10 countries in five continents.

Duracell, Travelocity, 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 BJ & Tyler Best Friends	2nd place Eric & Jeremy Friends	3rd place Ray & Yolanda Dating	4th place Joseph & Monica Dating	5th place Fran & Barry Married 40 Years
6th place Lake & Michelle Married Parents	7th place Dave & Lori Dating	8th place Danielle & Dani Childhood Friends	9th place Wanda & Desiree Mother/Daughter	10th place Lisa & Joni Sisters
11th place John & Scott Lifelong Friends

Episodes[]

Episode		Air Date	Leg	Destination	First Place	Last Place	Finish	Viewership (millions)^[3]	Ratings/Share (18-49)^[3]
1	"Here We Go, Baby, Off to Win a Million Bucks!"	February 28, 2006	1	United States → Brazil	Eric & Jeremy	John & Scott	1st Eliminated 11th Place	10.40	4.1/10
2	"I'm Filthy and I Love It"	March 7, 2006	2	Brazil	BJ & Tyler	Lisa & Joni	2nd Eliminated 10th Place	9.46	3.8/10
3	"I'm in Russia Playing with Dolls"	March 14, 2006	3	Brazil → Russia	Eric & Jeremy	Dave & Lori	Ordered to Continue Racing	9.67	4.0/10
4	"It's Not Over Until the Phil Sings"	March 21, 2006	3	Russia → Germany	Eric & Jeremy	Wanda & Desiree	3rd Eliminated 9th Place	9.40	3.9/10
5	"Good Thing I Took That Human Anatomy Class in High School"	March 28, 2006	4	Germany → Italy	BJ & Tyler	Danielle & Dani	4th Eliminated 8th Place	9.20	3.8/10
6	"Sleep Deprivation Is Really Starting to Irritate Me"	April 5, 2006	5	Italy	Eric & Jeremy	Dave & Lori	5th Eliminated 7th Place	8.15	3.1/9
7	"Herculean Effort for Some Herculean Dudes"	April 12, 2006	6	Italy → Greece	Eric & Jeremy	Lake & Michelle	6th Eliminated 6th Place	7.54	2.5/8
8	"Here Comes the Bedouin!"	April 19, 2006	7	Greece → Oman	Fran & Barry	BJ & Tyler	Non-Elimination Leg	8.75	3.1/9
9	"Do You Know How Much Running I Did Today, Phil?"	April 26, 2006	8	Oman → Australia	Eric & Jeremy	Fran & Barry	7th Eliminated 5th Place	8.55	3.0/9
10	"Man, They Should Have Used Their Fake Names"	May 3, 2006	9	Australia	Ray & Yolanda	BJ & Tyler	Non-Elimination Leg	7.70	2.9/8
11	"I Think This Monkey Likes Me"	May 10, 2006	10	Australia → Thailand	BJ & Tyler	Joseph & Monica	8th Eliminated 4th Place	8.41	3.0/9
12	"5 Continents, 9 Countries, More Than 59,000 Miles"	May 17, 2006	11	Thailand → Japan	BJ & Tyler	Ray & Yolanda	Non-Elimination Leg	8.99	3.4/9
			12	Japan → United States	BJ & Tyler	Ray & Yolanda	3rd Place
			12	Japan → United States	BJ & Tyler	Eric & Jeremy	2nd Place

Leaderboard[]

This chart shows each team's 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
Place	Team	Leg 1	Leg 2	1st Half	2nd Half	Leg 4	Leg 5	Leg 6	Leg 7	Leg 8	Leg 9	Leg 10	Leg 11	Leg 12	Average
1	BJ & Tyler	2	1	4	2	1	2	5	5	3	4>	1►	1	1	2.33	6-5
2	Eric & Jeremy	1	2	1	1	2	1	1►	4	1	2	2	2	2	1.75	6-5
3	Ray & Yolanda	7	5	3	7	7	6	3	3	4	1	3	3	3	4.33	6-6
4	Joseph & Monica	6	3	8	6	3	3	2	2	2	3<	4			3.40	5-5
5	Fran & Barry	8	9	5	4	4	4	4	1	5					4.88	4-4
6	Lake & Michelle	5	7	2	3	5>	5	6							5.17	4-2
7	Dave & Lori	4	4	9	5	6	7								5.20	3-2
8	Danielle & Dani	9	8	6	8	8<									8.25	1-3
9	Wanda & Desiree	3	6	7	9										6.00	1-2
10	Lisa & Joni	10	10												10.00	0-1
11	John & Scott	11													11.00	0-0
Notes				^[1]				^[2]						^[3]	^[4]
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: Leg 3 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. 2: Ray & Yolanda (who initially arrived 2nd) and BJ & Tyler (5th) were each issued a 15-minute penalty for taking a bus instead of a train all the way to the Isthmos Train Station. While the penalty resulted in Ray & Yolanda dropping to 3rd, BJ & Tyler's placement was not affected. Lake & Michelle were also subject to the same penalty, but they were the last team to arrive to the Pit Stop, resulting in their elimination without the penalty being applied. 3: While neither Ray nor Yolanda was shown performing the Roadblock on the final leg before arriving at the Finish Line, a montage shown on The Early Show the next day showed Yolanda as the member who had done the Roadblock task. This is included in the Roadblock count. 4: The finishes in the first half of the superleg in Leg 3 is not counted as part of the average. Only the final finish in the leg is counted toward the average.

Trivia[]

Franchise[]

First-time visits to Greece, Oman, and Japan.
First season since The Amazing Race 1 to have a gender equality of contestants.
First season that in which all teams were not bunched together at the mid-point of a Superleg.
First season to have two all-male teams to finish in 1st and 2nd place respectively.
First time that the Finish Line is at the same location as the Starting Line.
First time that the Finish Line was located in the snow.
First time to have two teams win 5 legs.
First season where no one over the age of 30 crossed the Finish Line.

US[]

This season marked the number of 100 teams to ever participate on the Race.
First season in which teams had to drive in every leg.
Last season to implement the non-elimination penalty where the last team to arrive in a Non-Elimination Leg was required to turn over all the money they had accumulated throughout the race and not receive any money on the subsequent leg.
Least amount female contestants in the final three, 1. (Tied with seasons 1, 4, 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.
Last time that Alaska was used a mid-point US state during the final leg.
Third season in which the race began and ended in the same city (after The Amazing Race 1 and The Amazing Race 6).

Reception[]

Rick Porter at Zap2it (02/27/2006): "Amazing Race Back on Its Game"
Harry Smith on The Early Show (02/28/2006): "Globe Through 'Race'-Colored Glasses"
The Denver Post (02/28/2006): "Ready, set, go: Amazing Race goes back to its roots for latest installment"
David Bianculli at New York Daily News (02/28/2006): "Amazing Race back up to speed"
Kate Aurthur at New York Times (05/17/2006): "The Toughest Mission Yet for The Amazing Race"

External links[]

CBS.com - The Amazing Race 9

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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