The Amazing Race Asia 2 is the second season of the reality television game show The Amazing Race Asia. The show featured ten teams of two, with a pre-existing relationship, in a race around the world to win US$100,000. Allan Wu reprised his role as the host.
Development[]
It was noted that the production of this season ran into the production of The Amazing Race 12 (which concurrently filmed as the same time with this season) in an unspecified airport.[1]
Teams[]
Episodes[]
Episode | Air Date[2] | Leg | Destination | First Place | Last Place | Finish | Viewership (millions) | |
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1 | "I'm a Box of Chocolate" | November 22, 2007 | 1 | Singapore → Philippines | Pamela & Vanessa | Edwin & Monica | Non-Elimination Leg |
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2 | "This Is the Fun Bus" | November 29, 2007 | 2 | Philippines | Marc & Rovilson | Edwin & Monica | 1st Eliminated 10th Place |
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3 | "I Don't Think I Wanna Be Rich" | December 6, 2007 | 3 | Philippines → Hong Kong → New Zealand | Marc & Rovilson | Kinaryosih & Brett | 2nd Eliminated 9th Place |
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4 | "It's a Really Tough Way to End" | December 13, 2007 | 4 | New Zealand | Marc & Rovilson | Sophie & Aurelia | 3rd Eliminated 8th Place |
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5 | "Sometimes It's Right in Your Face" | December 20, 2007 | 5 | New Zealand → Japan → South Korea | Diane & Ann | Vanessa & Pamela | Ordered to Continue Racing |
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6 | "We Choose to Yield Magnum P.I." | December 27, 2007 | Marc & Rovilson | Daichi & Sawaka | 4th Eliminated 7th Place |
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7 | "Did That Hit Your Head?" | January 3, 2008 | 6 | South Korea | Marc & Rovilson | Terri & Henry | Non-Elimination Leg |
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8 | "Can You Send Them to Spain" | January 10, 2008 | 7 | South Korea → Germany → Czech Republic | Marc & Rovilson | Terri & Henry | Non-Elimination Leg |
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9 | "So We're Going to the Pit Stop?" | January 17, 2008 | 8 | Czech Republic | Marc & Rovilson | Terri & Henry | 5th Eliminated 6th Place |
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10 | "Apparently Driving Like a Looney Over Here Is Fine for Them" | January 24, 2008 | 9 | Czech Republic → Hungary | Adrian & Collin | Natasha & Paula | Non-Elimination Leg |
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11 | "This Is Embarrassing, There's A Guy Running Faster Than Us" | January 31, 2008 | 10 | Hungary | Adrian & Collin | Natasha & Paula | 6th Eliminated 5th Place |
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12 | "I Haven't Seen So Much Dung in My Life" | February 7, 2008 | 11 | Hungary → South Africa | Marc & Rovilson | Diane & Ann | 7th Eliminated 4th Place |
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13 | "This Is Such an Amazing, Amazing Experience That No One Should Miss" | February 14, 2008 | 12 | South Africa → Singapore | Adrian & Collin | Marc & Rovilson | 3rd Place | |
Pamela & Vanessa | 2nd Place |
Leaderboard[]
The following teams participated in the Race, with their relationships at the time of filming. Placements are listed in finishing order:
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 | Adrian & Collin | 7 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2^ | 1 | 1► | 2 | 1 | 2.42 | 5-6 |
2 | Pamela & Vanessa | 1 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4~ | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3.50 | 6-6 |
3 | Marc & Rovilson | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1^ | 2 | 2> | 1 | 3 | 1.58 | 6-6 |
4 | Diane & Ann | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 3~ | 4 | 4< | 4 | 3.73 | 5-6 | |
5 | Natasha & Paula | 6 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5+ | 5 | 5 | 4.40 | 5-5 | ||
6 | Terri & Henry | 9 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 3> | 6 | 6 | 6+ | 6.38 | 3-5 | ||||
7 | Daichi & Sawaka | 8 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 6.80 | 3-2 | |||||||
8 | Sophie & Aurelia | 5 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 7.00 | 1-1 | |||||||||
9 | Kinaryosih & Brett | 4 | 6 | 9 | 6.33 | 1-1 | ||||||||||
10 | Edwin & Monica | 10 | 10 | 10.00 | 1-0 | |||||||||||
Notes | [1] | [2] | [3][4] | [5][6] | [7] | [8] | [9] | [10] | ||||||||
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Trivia[]
Franchise Records[]
- First season to visit the Czech Republic.
- First time to have a team representing Japan.
- Second season to have more than three all-female teams.
- First English-speaking season to have four all-female teams.
- Third season to have two co-ed teams be eliminated first.
- First season to use two different penalties (on separate legs) for the last team to arrive on a Non-Elimination Leg.
- First season in which a co-ed team did not win a leg.
- First season to feature three all-female teams in the top five.
- First season not to have a co-ed team in the final three.
- Coincidentally, all final three teams represented from three different countries.
- First season with the lowest number of teams who won a leg, 3 teams.
- Last season that had thirteen separate episodes.
Asia[]
- First season to feature a contestant with a disability (Adrian Yap), who has hearing disability.
- First season to visit the Philippines, Hong Kong, Japan, South Korea, Germany, Hungary, and South Africa.
- First time to visit the continents of Europe and Africa.
- Only season to visit these two continents.
- Only season to travel to more than two continents.
- Most countries visited, 10.
- First time that teams from Japan were allowed to participate.
- First season not to have a team representing India.
- First season to have back to back Non-Elimination Legs.
- First season to implement the Marked for Elimination penalty for the last team to arrive at a Non-Elimination Leg. The team must arrive at the next Pit Stop in first place or would otherwise would receive a 30-minute penalty before they can checked in.
- First season to have the Intersection where one team pairs up with one other team to perform all tasks together until further notice.
- Least amount female contestants in the final three, 2.
Reception[]
- NFV news (10/01/2007): "Amazing teams - TV hosts, ex-US G.I. and wife make up RP teams"
- Jerry Donato at Phil Star (11/21/2007): "On your mark, let's race... go
Gallery[]
Video[]
References[]
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 |