The Amazing Race 9

{{Season
| image             = TARlogo-USoriginal.jpg
| version           = [[The Amazing Race (US)|United States]]
| continentsvisited = 5
| countriesvisited  = 10
| citiesvisited     = 36
| distance          = 59,000 miles (95,000 km)
| startingline      = {{wp|Red Rocks Park}}, {{Wp|Denver}}, {{Wp|Colorado}}
| finishline        = Red Rocks Park, Denver, Colorado
| filmingdates      = November 7, 2005 - December 3, 2005
| seasonrun         = February 28, 2006 - May 17, 2006
| legs              = 12
| teams             = 11
| winner            = [[BJ & Tyler]]
| runnersup         = [[Eric & Jeremy]]<br/>[[Ray & Yolanda]]
| viewership        = 
| castphoto         = TAR9cast.jpg
| video             = The Amazing race 9 - intro
| previous          = {{S|8}}
| next              = {{S|10}}
}}
'''''The Amazing Race 9''''' is the ninth season of the reality television show, '''''[[The Amazing Race (US)|The Amazing Race]]'''''. It premiered on February 28, 2006 and ended on May 17, 2006 on CBS. The entire season was released on DVD (exclusively only through [https://www.amazon.com/Amazing-Race-Season-9/dp/B008R4LNPM/ref=sr_1_1?s=movies-tv&ie=UTF8&qid=1500534842&sr=1-1 Amazon.com]) on October 23, 2012.<ref>http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/Amazing-Race-1-Seasons-8-and-9/17324</ref>

==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.<ref>http://www.thefutoncritic.com/news/2006/01/30/cbs-unveils-the-identities-of-the-11-teams-competing-in-the-amazing-race-9-20445/20060130cbs01/</ref>
==Development==
The show moved to a new timeslot of Wednesdays at 8 p.m., starting with the sixth episode.

Applications for this season were due on July 25, 2005, while interviews were conducted in October 2005. Filming began on November 7, 2005 and finished on December 3, 2005. This season traveled a total of 59,000 miles (95,000&nbsp;km) across 10 countries in five continents.

{{wp|Duracell}}, {{wp|Travelocity}}, and {{wp|T-Mobile US|T-Mobile}} were the official sponsors during this season and provided prizes throughout the race to winning teams on certain legs.
==Teams==
{| align="center" style="font-size:10px; line-height:18px;"
| {{Placement|S9 BJTyler.jpg|BJ & Tyler|BJ & Tyler|winner|1st place|Best Friends}}
| {{Placement|S9 EricJeremy.jpg|Eric & Jeremy|Eric & Jeremy|second|2nd place|Friends}}
| {{Placement|S9 RayYolanda.jpg|Ray & Yolanda|Ray & Yolanda|third|3rd place|Dating}}
| {{Placement|S9 JosephMonica.jpg|Joseph & Monica|Joseph & Monica|elim|4th place|Dating}}
| {{Placement|S9 FranBarry.jpg|Fran & Barry|Fran & Barry|elim|5th place|Married 40 Years}}
|-
| {{Placement|S9 LakeMichelle.jpg|Lake & Michelle|Lake & Michelle|elim|6th place|Married Parents}}
| {{Placement|S9 DaveLori.jpg|Dave & Lori|Dave & Lori|elim|7th place|Dating}}
| {{Placement|S9 DanielleDani.jpg|Danielle & Dani|Danielle & Dani|elim|8th place|Childhood Friends}}
| {{Placement|S9 WandaDesiree.jpg|Wanda & Desiree|Wanda & Desiree|elim|9th place|Mother/Daughter}}
| {{Placement|S9 LisaJoni.jpg|Lisa & Joni|Lisa & Joni|elim|10th place|Sisters}}
|-
| {{Placement|S9 JohnScott.jpg|John & Scott|John & Scott|elim|11th place|Lifelong Friends}}
|}
==Episodes==
{| class="wikitable" style="margin:auto; text-align:center; font-size: 8pt; line-height:18px;"
! colspan="2"|Episode
! Air Date
! Leg
! Destination
! First Place
! Last Place
! Finish
! Viewership<br />(millions)<ref name="Ratings">http://www.spottedratings.com/2011/12/spotvault-amazing-race-cbs-spring-2006.html</ref>
! Ratings/Share<br />(18-49)<ref name="Ratings"/>
|-
! 1
| style="text-align: left;"|{{ep|0901}}
| style="text-align: left;"|February 28, 2006
! 1
| United States → Brazil
| Eric & Jeremy
| John & Scott
| {{nowrap|1st Eliminated<br />11th Place}}
| 10.40
| 4.1/10
|-
! 2
| style="text-align: left;"|{{ep|0902}}
| style="text-align: left;"|March 7, 2006
! 2
| Brazil
| BJ & Tyler
| Lisa & Joni
| {{nowrap|2nd Eliminated<br />10th Place}}
| 9.46
| 3.8/10
|-
! 3
| style="text-align: left;"|{{ep|0903}}
| style="text-align: left;"|March 14, 2006
! rowspan="2"|3
| rowspan="2"|Brazil → Russia → Germany
| Eric & Jeremy
| Dave & Lori
| {{nowrap|''Ordered to<br />Continue Racing''}}
| 9.67
| 4.0/10
|-
! 4
| style="text-align: left;"|{{ep|0904}}
| style="text-align: left;"|March 21, 2006
| Eric & Jeremy
| Wanda & Desiree
| {{nowrap|3rd Eliminated<br />9th Place}}
| 9.40
| 3.9/10
|-
! 5
| style="text-align: left;"|{{ep|0905}}
| style="text-align: left;"|March 28, 2006
! 4
| Germany → Italy
| BJ & Tyler
| Danielle & Dani
| {{nowrap|4th Eliminated<br />8th Place}}
| 9.20
| 3.8/10
|-
! 6
| style="text-align: left;"|{{ep|0906}}
| style="text-align: left;"|April 5, 2006
! 5
| Italy
| Eric & Jeremy
| Dave & Lori
| {{nowrap|5th Eliminated<br />7th Place}}
| 8.15
| 3.1/9
|-
! 7
| style="text-align: left;"|{{ep|0907}}
| style="text-align: left;"|April 12, 2006
! 6
| Italy → Greece
| Eric & Jeremy
| Lake & Michelle
| {{nowrap|6th Eliminated<br />6th Place}}
| 7.54
| 2.5/8
|-
! 8
| style="text-align: left;"|{{ep|0908}}
| style="text-align: left;"|April 19, 2006
! 7
| Greece → Oman
| Fran & Barry
| BJ & Tyler
| {{nowrap|''Non-Elimination<br />Leg''}}
| 8.75
| 3.1/9
|-
! 9
| style="text-align: left;"|{{ep|0909}}
| style="text-align: left;"|April 26, 2006
! 8
| Oman → Australia
| Eric & Jeremy
| Fran & Barry
| {{nowrap|7th Eliminated<br />5th Place}}
| 8.55
| 3.0/9
|-
! 10
| style="text-align: left;"|{{ep|0910}}
| style="text-align: left;"|May 3, 2006
! 9
| Australia
| Ray & Yolanda
| BJ & Tyler
| {{nowrap|''Non-Elimination<br />Leg''}}
| 7.70
| 2.9/8
|-
! 11
| style="text-align: left;"|{{ep|0911}}
| style="text-align: left;"|May 10, 2006
! 10
| Australia → Thailand
| BJ & Tyler
| Joseph & Monica
| {{nowrap|8th Eliminated<br />4th Place}}
| 8.41
| 3.0/9
|-
! rowspan="3"|12
| rowspan="3" style="text-align: left;"|{{ep|0912}}
| rowspan="3" style="text-align: left;"|May 17, 2006
! 11
| Thailand → Japan
| BJ & Tyler
| Ray & Yolanda
| {{nowrap|''Non-Elimination<br />Leg''}}
| rowspan="3"|8.99
| rowspan="3"|3.4/9
|-
! rowspan="2"|12
| rowspan="2"|Japan → United States
| rowspan="2"|BJ & Tyler
| Ray & Yolanda
| 3rd Place
|-
| 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.
{| class="wikitable" style="margin:auto; text-align:center; font-size: 8pt; line-height:18px;"
! Place
! Team
! Leg 1
! Leg 2
! colspan="2"|Leg 3
! Leg 4
! Leg 5
! Leg 6
! Leg 7
! Leg 8
! Leg 9
! Leg 10
! Leg 11
! Leg 12
! Average
! {{Roadblock}}
|-
! 1
| align="left"|{{nowrap|'''[[BJ & Tyler]]'''}}
| 2
| {{1|1}}
| 4
| 2
| {{1|1}}
| 2
| 5
| {{Non-Elimination|5}}
| 3
| {{Non-Elimination|4}}{{YieldUser}}
| {{1|1}}{{FastForwardUser}}
| {{1|1}}
| {{Winner|1}}
| 2.33
| 6-5
|-
! 2
| align="left"|{{nowrap|'''[[Eric & Jeremy]]'''}}
| {{1|1}}
| 2
| 1
| {{1|1}}
| 2
| {{1|1}}
| {{1|1}}{{FastForwardUser}}
| 4
| {{1|1}}
| 2
| 2
| 2
| {{Runner-Up|2}}
| 1.75
| 6-5
|-
! 3
| align="left"|{{nowrap|'''[[Ray & Yolanda]]'''}}
| 7
| 5
| 3
| 7
| 7
| 6
| 3
| 3
| 4
| {{1|1}}
| 3
| {{Non-Elimination|3}}
| {{2nd Runner-Up|3}}
| 4.33
| 6-6
|-
! 4
| align="left"|{{nowrap|'''[[Joseph & Monica]]'''}}
| 6
| 3
| 8
| 6
| 3
| 3
| 2
| 2
| 2
| 3{{Yielded}}
| {{Eliminated|4}}
| colspan="2" style="background-color: rgb(166, 166, 166); border-color: rgb(166, 166, 166);"|
| 3.40
| 5-5
|-
! 5
| align="left"|{{nowrap|'''[[Fran & Barry]]'''}}
| 8
| 9
| 5
| 4
| 4
| 4
| 4
| {{1|1}}
| {{Eliminated|5}}
| colspan="4" style="background-color: rgb(166, 166, 166); border-color: rgb(166, 166, 166);"|
| 4.88
| 4-4
|-
! 6
| align="left"|{{nowrap|'''[[Lake & Michelle]]'''}}
| 5
| 7
| 2
| 3
| 5{{YieldUser}}
| 5
| {{Eliminated|6}}
| colspan="6" style="background-color: rgb(166, 166, 166); border-color: rgb(166, 166, 166);"|
| 5.17
| 4-2
|-
! 7
| align="left"|{{nowrap|'''[[Dave & Lori]]'''}}
| 4
| 4
| 9
| 5
| 6
| {{Eliminated|7}}
| colspan="7" style="background-color: rgb(166, 166, 166); border-color: rgb(166, 166, 166);"|
| 5.20
| 3-2
|-
! 8
| align="left"|{{nowrap|'''[[Danielle & Dani]]'''}}
| 9
| 8
| 6
| 8
| {{Eliminated|8}}{{Yielded}}
| colspan="8" style="background-color: rgb(166, 166, 166); border-color: rgb(166, 166, 166);"|
| 8.25
| 1-3
|-
! 9
| align="left"|{{nowrap|'''[[Wanda & Desiree]]'''}}
| 3
| 6
| 7
| {{Eliminated|9}}
| colspan="9" style="background-color: rgb(166, 166, 166); border-color: rgb(166, 166, 166);"|
| 6.00
| 1-2
|-
! 10
| align="left"|{{nowrap|'''[[Lisa & Joni]]'''}}
| 10
| {{Eliminated|10}}
| colspan="11" style="background-color: rgb(166, 166, 166); border-color: rgb(166, 166, 166);"|
| 10.00
| 0-1
|-
! 11
| align="left"|{{nowrap|'''[[John & Scott]]'''}}
| {{Eliminated|11}}
| colspan="12" style="background-color: rgb(166, 166, 166); border-color: rgb(166, 166, 166);"|
| 11.00
| 0-0
|-
! colspan="2"|Notes
|
|
| colspan="2"|[[#fn 1|<sup>[1]</sup>]]
|
|
| [[#fn 2|<sup>[2]</sup>]]
|
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| [[#fn 3|<sup>[3]</sup>]]
| colspan="2" style="background-color: rgb(166, 166, 166); border-color: rgb(166, 166, 166);"|[[#fn 4|<sup>[4]</sup>]]
|-
| align="left" colspan="17"|{{LeaderboardLegend|yield}}
|-
| align="left" colspan="17"|
<small>'''Notes:'''
{{note|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.
{{note|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.
{{note|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.
{{note|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.
</small>
|}

==Trivia==
===Franchise===
* First time visits to {{wp|Greece}}, {{wp|Oman}}, and {{wp|Japan}}.
* 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.
===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 [[The Amazing Race 1|''Seasons 1'']], [[The Amazing Race 4|''4'']], [[The Amazing Race 16|''16'']],  [[The Amazing Race 21|''21'']], and [[The Amazing Race 31|''31'']]).
* Last time that {{wp|Alaska}} was used a mid-point US state during the final leg.
==Reception==
* [http://web.archive.org/web/20060908171500/http://www.zap2it.com/tv/news/zap-philkeoghanamazingrace9,0,1612327.story?coll=zap-news-headlines Rick Porter] at ''Zap2it'' (02/27/2006): "''Amazing Race'' Back on Its Game"
* [http://www.cbsnews.com/news/globe-through-race-colored-glasses/ Harry Smith] on ''The Early Show'' (02/28/2006): "Globe Through '''Race''<nowiki/>'-Colored Glasses"
* ''[http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2006-02-28/news/0602280359_1_amazing-race-van-munster-phil-keoghan The Denver Post]'' (02/28/2006): "Ready, set, go: ''Amazing Race'' goes back to its roots for latest installment"
* [http://web.archive.org/web/20061219233046/http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/story/395486p-335280c.html David Bianculli] at ''New York Daily News'' (02/28/2006): "''Amazing Race'' back up to speed"
* [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/05/17/arts/television/17amaz.html Kate Aurthur] at ''New York Times'' (05/17/2006): "The Toughest Mission Yet for ''The Amazing Race''"
==External links==
*[http://web.archive.org/web/20080615151146/http://www.cbs.com/primetime/amazing_race9/ CBS.com - ''The Amazing Race 9'']'' ''

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