Why Did You Have To Take Your Pants Off?! is the ninth episode of The Amazing Race 3.
Story[]
Leg 9[]
Leg 10[]
Route Markers[]
Leg 9[]
The order of departure from Chalet Arnika are as follows:
- Derek & Drew (4:55 am)
- Flo & Zach (4:56 am)
- Teri & Ian (5:03 am)
- Ken & Gerard (5:07 am)
- John Vito & Jill (5:08 am)
Teams must make their way to the Gletscherschlucht gorge, where they must follow a marked path while while searching for set of keys that would unlock one of five marked cars, each with their next clue on the windshield.
Teams must drive themselves to Kandersteg railway station in Kandersteg, then take a car train to Goppenstein. They must then drive themselves to the Red Bridge at Val d'Anniviers, where they would find their next clue.
The Fast Forward instructions were given to teams at Gletscherschlucht gorge. Teams must drive themselves to Saxeten and find a marked cheese-making cabin where they would find a cheese wheel divided into hundreds of cubes. They must eat enough cubes of cheese until they have completely revealed their next clue hidden underneath to claim the Fast Forward pass. John Vito & Jill won the Fast Forward.
Choice A: Extreme Swiss
Teams must cross the narrow Red Bridge, where both members must bungee jump 620 feet (190 m) into the gorge below, the largest bungee jump in Europe. Once both team members have successfully bungee jumped, they would receive their next clue.
Only Derek & Drew chose this task.
Choice B: Very Swiss
Teams must drive themselves 8 miles (13 km) to a nearby farm in Saint-Jean, where they must chase after a herd of 75 goats to find one of only of five that had a key inside the bell on its collar. Once they have found a key, they could use it to open a box that contained their next clue.
Teams must drive themselves to Château de Chillon, where they would find their next clue. Before leaving, teams may use a provided T-Mobile phone to call their loved ones back home, but must complete the call before heading inside their car.
"That person should be a nuts and bolts kind of person."
The team member assigned to perform this Roadblock must assemble a Swiss army bicycle from a pile of provided parts, following a finished example as reference. Once the expert is satisfied that the bicycle has been properly assembled and safe to ride, he would give teams their next clue.
The Roadblock performers per team are underlined:
Teams must ride their bicycles 3 miles (4.8 km) to the Basset Marina in Montreux, then take a pedal boat to the Steamship Savoie anchored in Lake Geneva to check in.
For coming in first place, John Vito & Jill seven-day Caribbean cruise on the Explorer of the Seas cruise ship, provided by Royal Caribbean.
Leg 10[]
The order of departure from Port d'Ouchy are as follows:
- John Vito & Jill (12:42 am)
- Ken & Gerard (2:00 am)
- Derek & Drew (2:14 am)
- Teri & Ian (2:35 am)
- Flo & Zach (2:41 am)
Teams must fly to the city where the Petronas Towers are located, in the country represented by a small unidentified flag provided in their clue (
), leaving them to figure out that this was the flag of Malaysia and that the Petronas Towers are located in Kuala Lumpur. Upon arrival, they must make their way to the base of the Petronas Towers, where they would find their next clue.
Teams must find a local who would take their picture in front of the towers using a provided Kodak EasyShare digital camera. They must then make their way on foot to Quick Foto at Ampang Park Shopping Centre, where they would have their photo developed to reveal their next clue on the back.
Teams must take a train to Singapore. Once there, they must make their way to the National Orchid Garden at the Singapore Botanic Gardens and find "Margaret Thatcher", leaving teams to figure out that this referred to the hybrid Dendrobium orchid named after Thatcher found in the garden, where they would find their next clue.
Choice A: Dry
Teams must choose a marked car and drive themselves to the apartment block 229 in Choa Chu Kang Central, then search the building, where the elevators do not stop in sequential order and the apartment numbers are scrambled, for unit #10-137. There, they would find Singaporean actor Gurmit Singh, who would give them their next clue.
Flo & Zach, John Vito & Jill, and Ken & Gerard chose this task.
Choice B: Wet
Teams must choose a marked car and drive themselves to the Singapore Zoological Gardens , where they must find "mermaids", leaving them to figure out that this referred to the zoo's manatee enclosure. There, they must each don a wetsuit, then swim to the other side of the enclosure to retrieve their next clue.
The Fast Forward instructions were given to teams at the National Orchid Garden. Since no team remaining is eligible to claim the Fast Forward, its instructions are neither elaborated nor aired.
Teams must drive themselves to the Fountain of Wealth at Suntec City, where they would find their next clue.
This leg's Roadblock was aired as a miscellaneous task.
The team member assigned to perform this Roadblock must run three times around the base of the fountain, a local good luck ritual, before retrieving their next clue from the middle of the fountain.
The Roadblock performers per team are underlined:
Teams must drive themselves to the top of Mount Faber to check in.
For coming in first place, Derek & Drew won a seven-day European cruise on the Splendour of the Seas cruise ship, provided by Royal Caribbean.
Leaderboard[]
First Place • Eliminated • Last placer on a Non-Elimination Leg or continue racing on a No-Rest Leg • Season winner • Season 2nd place • Season 3rd place • ► Used the Fast Forward
Leg 9[]
John Vito & Jill
Dating |
Ken & Gerard
Brothers |
Derek & Drew
Twins/Models |
Teri & Ian
Married Parents |
Flo & Zach
Friends |
Leg 10[]
Derek & Drew
Twins/Models |
Ken & Gerard
Brothers |
Flo & Zach
Friends |
Teri & Ian
Married Parents |
John Vito & Jill
Dating |
Trivia[]
- This episode marks the first time that The Amazing Race visits the countries of Malaysia and Singapore.
- Legs 8 and 9 mark the first consecutive Non-Elimination Legs.
- Derek & Drew's shared birthday occurs during Leg 10.
- During the Dry Detour in Leg 10, Singaporean actor Gurmit Singh appeared as his character in Phua Chu Kang Pte Ltd, which aired from 1999 to 2007.
- Miss Universe Singapore 2001 Jamie Teo served as the Pit Stop greeter in Leg 10.
- 25% of viewers in Singapore watched this episode.[2]
- When the travel route is shown for leg 10 (from Geneva to Paris to Kuala Lumpur), it misplaces Paris for Madrid on the map.[3]
- The episode title is said by Flo Pesenti while she and Zach were riding a pedal boat to the Pit Stop in Leg 9, as she berated him for zipping off the leg parts of his pants and converting them into shorts before getting on his bike after completing the Roadblock.
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