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The Amazing Race Asia 3 is the third installment of the reality television game show The Amazing Race Asia. The show features ten teams of two, with a pre-existing relationship, in a race around Asia to win US$100,000.

The season premiered on September 11, 2008 and consists of 11 episodes, two episodes less than the first and second seasons.

Teams[]

Vince & Sam
 1st place 
Vince & Sam
Best Buddies
Hong Kong
Geoff & Tisha
 2nd place 
Geoff & Tisha
Dating
Flag of the Philippines
Ida & Tania
 3rd place 
Ida & Tania
Actress & Heiress
Malaysia
A.D
 4th place 
A.D. & Fuzzie
Friends 15 Years
Singapore
Henry & Bernie
 5th place 
Henry & Bernie
Brother & Sister
Malaysia
Mai & Oliver
 6th place 
Mai & Oliver
Friends
Flag of Thailand
Niroo & Kapil
 7th place 
Niroo & Kapil
Father & Son
India
Pailin & Natalie
 8th place 
Pailin & Natalie
Beauty Queens
Flag of Thailand
Isaac & William
 9th place 
Isaac & William
Brothers
South Korea
Neena & Amit
 10th place 
Neena & Amit
Cousins
India

Episodes[]

Episode Air Date[1] Leg Destination First Place Last Place Finish Viewership
(millions)
1 "The Toughest Race Ever" September 13, 2008 1 Thailand Mai & Oliver Neena & Amit 1st Eliminated
10th Place
2 "I Wanna Be a Man" September 20, 2008 2 Thailand → Vietnam Henry & Bernie Isaac & William 2nd Eliminated
9th Place
3 "You Are Running Away, Nobody's Helping Me" September 27, 2008 3 Vietnam Henry & Bernie Pailin & Natalie 3rd Eliminated
8th Place
4 "Where's Our Car?" October 4, 2008 4 Vietnam → Taiwan Ida & Tania Niroo & Kapil 4th Eliminated
7th Place
5 "You See How They're Not Fighting All the Time" October 11, 2008 5 Taiwan Vince & Sam Mai & Oliver 5th Eliminated
6th Place
6 "I Think I'm Cuter" October 18, 2008 6 Taiwan → Hong Kong Vince & Sam Ida & Tania Non-Elimination
Leg
7 "What the Fish?" October 25, 2008 7 Hong Kong → Macau Geoff & Tisha Ida & Tania Non-Elimination
Leg
8 "The Gloves Are Coming Off, the War Paint Is Coming On" November 1, 2008 8 Macau → Hong Kong → India Geoff & Tisha Henry & Bernie 6th Eliminated
5th Place
9 "Are People Here Funny?" November 8, 2008 9 India Vince & Sam A.D. & Fuzzie Non-Elimination
Leg
10 "I'm Telling You Right Now There's No Giving Up" November 15, 2008 10 India → Oman Ida & Tania A.D. & Fuzzie 7th Eliminated
4th Place
11 "The Moment You've Been Racing for and the Moment We've Been Waiting For" November 22, 2008 11 Oman → Thailand Vince & Sam Ida & Tania 3rd Place
Geoff & Tisha 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 Average Roadblock
1 Vince & Sam 7 3 2 2 1 1 2 4 1 3 1 2.45 4-5
2 Geoff & Tisha 2 5 5 6 4 3 1> 1 3 2 2 3.09 5-5
3 Ida & Tania 5 6 3 1 5 5 5 3 2 1 3 3.55 5-5
4 A.D. & Fuzzie 8 2 4 5 3 4 3 2 4 4 3.90 4-5
5 Henry & Bernie 3 1 1 4 2 2 4< 5 2.75 3-4
6 Mai & Oliver 1 8 6 3 6 4.80 1-2
7 Niroo & Kapil 9 4 7 7 6.75 1-2
8 Pailin & Natalie 4 7 8 6.33 1-1
9 Isaac & William 6 9 7.50 0-1
10 Neena & Amit 10 10.00 0-0
Notes [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]
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
The team used the U-Turn
Recipient of the U-Turn

Notes:
1: Vince & Sam originally arrived 5th, but they did not pay their taxi driver. They were asked to pay their taxi driver first before they could be checked in.
2: In Leg 3, Pailin & Natalie incurred a four-hour penalty because Natalie failed to complete the Roadblock. However, the penalty was not assessed because they were already the last team to arrive and were eliminated.
3: In Leg 4, Niroo & Kapil incurred a four-hour penalty because Kapil failed to complete the Roadblock. However, the penalty was not assessed because they were already the last team to arrive and were eliminated.
4: In Leg 5, Mai & Oliver failed to complete the leg after having fallen too far behind the other teams during the leg's first task. Hours after all the teams had checked in, Mai & Oliver still had not completed either the Roadblock or the Detour. Allan came over to the area where they had spent the night to inform them of their elimination.
5: Ida & Tania arrived 2nd, but received a 30 minute penalty for being Marked for Elimination and not arriving first. Only A.D. & Fuzzie checked in before the penalty ended, thus Ida and Tania fell to 3rd.
6: Vince & Sam and A.D. & Fuzzie each incurred a four-hour penalty because Sam and Fuzzie respectively failed to complete the Roadblock. Since they were the only two teams left to check in at that point, and A.D. & Fuzzie were also Marked for Elimination and failed to come in first place, Vince & Sam were allowed to check in immediately, with their penalty time applied to the start of the next leg, while A.D. & Fuzzie were checked in last and eliminated.

Trivia[]

Franchise[]

  • First season to have a team representing South Korea.
  • First season to have both the Yield and U-Turn available in the same season.

Asia[]

  • First season to visit Vietnam, Taiwan, Macau, and Oman.
  • First season to not travel outside the continent of Asia.
  • First season to not have a team representing Indonesia.
  • First season with eleven legs only.
  • First season to have only three Non-Elimination Legs.
  • First season to have the U-Turn.
  • Second season to have back to back Non-Elimination Legs.
  • First season that the first leg was an elimination leg.

Reception[]

  • Ken Fang at fangsbites.com (09/09/2008): "Interview with The Amazing Race Asia Executive Producer Michael McKay"
  • Philippine Online Chronicle (09/18/2008): "Meet RP's new Amazing Racers"

Gallery[]

Video[]

External links[]

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