The Amazing Race 9 is the ninth season of the reality television show, The Amazing Race. It premiered on February 28, 2006 and ended on May 17, 2006 on CBS.
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.[1]
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 km) across 10 countries in five continents.
Duracell, Travelocity, T-Mobile were the official sponsors during this season and provided prizes throughout the race to winning teams on certain legs.
Teams
BJ & Tyler
Best friends |
Eric & Jeremy
Friends |
Ray & Yolanda
Dating |
Joseph & Monica
Dating |
Fran & Barry
Married 40 years |
Lake & Michelle
Married parents |
Dave & Lori
Dating |
Danielle & Dani
Childhood friends |
Wanda & Desiree
Mother/daughter |
Lisa & Joni
Sisters |
John & Scott
Lifelong friends |
Route Map
Episodes
Episode # | Leg # | Title | Air Date | Destination | First Place | Last Place | Finish | Viewership (in millions) |
Ratings/Share (18-49) |
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1 | 1 | "Here We Go, Baby, Off to Win a Million Bucks!" | February 28, 2006 | United States → Brazil | Eric & Jeremy | John & Scott | 1st Eliminated 11th Place |
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2 | 2 | "I'm Filthy and I Love It" | March 7, 2006 | Brazil | BJ & Tyler | Lisa & Joni | 2nd Eliminated 10th Place |
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3 | 3 | "I'm in Russia Playing with Dolls" | March 14, 2006 | Brazil → Russia → Germany | Eric & Jeremy | Dave & Lori | Ordered to Continue Racing |
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4 | "It's Not Over Until the Phil Sings" | March 21, 2006 | Eric & Jeremy | Wanda & Desiree | 3rd Eliminated 9th Place |
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5 | 4 | "Good Thing I Took That Human Anatomy Class in High School" | March 28, 2006 | Germany → Italy | BJ & Tyler | Danielle & Dani | 4th Eliminated 8th Place |
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6 | 5 | "Sleep Deprivation Is Really Starting to Irritate Me" | April 5, 2006 | Italy | Eric & Jeremy | Dave & Lori | 5th Eliminated 7th Place |
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7 | 6 | "Herculean Effort for Some Herculean Dudes" | April 12, 2006 | Italy → Greece | Eric & Jeremy | Lake & Michelle | 6th Eliminated 6th Place |
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8 | 7 | "Here Comes the Bedouin!" | April 19, 2006 | Greece → Oman | Fran & Barry | BJ & Tyler | Non-Elimination Leg |
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9 | 8 | "Do You Know How Much Running I Did Today, Phil?" | April 26, 2006 | Oman → Australia | Eric & Jeremy | Fran & Barry | 7th Eliminated 5th Place |
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10 | 9 | "Man, They Should Have Used Their Fake Names" | May 3, 2006 | Australia | Ray & Yolanda | BJ & Tyler | Non-Elimination Leg |
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11 | 10 | "I Think This Monkey Likes Me" | May 10, 2006 | Australia → Thailand | BJ & Tyler | Joseph & Monica | 8th Eliminated 4th Place |
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12 | 11 | "5 Continents, 9 Countries, More Than 59,000 Miles" | May 17, 2006 | Thailand → Japan | BJ & Tyler | Ray & Yolanda | Non-Elimination Leg |
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12 | Japan → United States | BJ & Tyler | Ray & Yolanda | 3rd Place | |||||
Jeremy & Eric | 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 | Average | ||
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1 | BJ & Tyler | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 4> | 1► | 1 | 1 | 3.08 | 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:
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Notes:
1: Leg 3 was double-length, 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 eligible to be penalized for the same infraction, but they were the last team to arrive to the pit stop, resulting in their elimination.
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.
Memorable Moments
Good Situations
Bad Situations
- Danielle & Dani got yielded by Lake & Michelle.
- Monica breaking down at the Detour in Leg 10.
Records
Franchise
- First time visits to Sicily, Greece, Oman, and Japan.
- First season that in which all teams were not bunched together at the mid-point of the Double-Length Leg.
- First season to have two all-male teams to finish in 1st and 2nd place respectively.
- First time the Finish Line is at the same location as the Starting Line.
- First time the Finish Line took place 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 at the non-elimination leg were required to turn over all the money they accumulated throughout the race and not receive any money on subsequent leg.
- Least amount female contestants in the final three, 1. (Tied with Seasons 1, 4, 16, & 21).
- Last time that Alaska was used a mid-point US state during the final leg.
Pit Stop Greeters
- Click here for this season's Greeters
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
The Amazing Race Season Index | |
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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 |
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 |
Central Europe | Cancelled |
China | 1 · 2 · 3 · 4 |
China Rush | 1 · 2 · 3 |
Finland | 1 |
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 |