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.
Teams
Episodes
Episode | Air Date[1] | 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 → The Philippines | Pamela & Vanessa | Edwin & Monica | Non-Elimination Leg |
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2 | "This Is the Fun Bus" | November 29, 2007 | 2 | The 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 | The 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] | [5] | [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.
- Last season that had thirteen separate episodes.
Asia
- 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 to have back to back Non-Elimination :egs.
- 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 |