Yield

The Yield allows any one team to force another team to stop racing for a predetermined amount of time.

The Yield was introduced in The Amazing Race 5 and was present in each of the first eleven legs. From The Amazing Race 6 onwards, when there was going to be a Yield, the teams would find the message "Caution, Yield Ahead" in their clue. To yield another team, a team must place the picture of the team they wish to yield onto the Yield sign (found near one of the Route Markers). When the yielded team arrives at the Yield station, they must turn over an hourglass found on the Yield sign and wait for all the sand to drain before continuing. It is suggested that this generally takes around 30 minutes.

Like the Fast Forward, each team may only use one Yield during the race, and only one team may use each Yield (unless the Yield is a Voting Yield). However, a team may be yielded multiple times by various other teams.

In the American version of the race, the Yield was replaced by the U-Turn from The Amazing Race 12 onwards prior to returning alongside the U-Turn in The Amazing Race 32.

Dustin & Kandice Yield Lyn & Karlyn in Morocco on *The Amazing Race 10*.

Usage

In The Amazing Race 5, the sign was larger than in the subsequent series of the Yield. Teams were not aware from the clues whether or not there was a Yield ahead. In addition, the teams did not have to pull a number for priority, only having to do so when two or more teams were fighting to choose whether to Yield a team or not. This happened only once when Chip & Kim grabbed a number to reserve the option of Yielding Kami & Karli, whom Chip & Kim knew were fast approaching. However, when they realized they were the last two teams, rules changed from The Amazing Race 6 onwards so that all teams were aware of their positions.

Each team is required to stop at the Yield station, and state aloud whether or not they were yielded by another team, and (if the Yield was not already played) whether or not they choose to yield any of the teams behind them. In the early use of the Yield, teams were required to remove a numbered marker as well when they performed this act, though beyond tracking their placement in the leg, it was there for a situation where two teams want to Yield and arrive at the Yield the same time, the team that got a higher number would get the option to use the Yield first.

In The Amazing Race 32, teams encountered a Route Information task in the second leg requiring them to search for one of 10 hourglasses which they could use to yield another team at a later point. Five hourglasses had 10-minute Yields, while the other five hourglasses had 20-minute Yields.

"Courtesy Of" Sticker

Each team gets an envelope with their 'courtesy of' sticker at the start of the race (which goes on the bottom-right corner of the Yield sign), and if a team's envelope goes missing, that team loses all power of using any future Yields. Teams like Linda & Karen (The Amazing Race 5) and Joseph & Monica (The Amazing Race 9) could not use the Yield since they had each lost their envelope throughout the course of their respective Races.

Voting Yield

In the second season of the Israeli version, using the Yield whenever it appeared was mandatory. Each team would cast a vote for who they wanted to receive the Yield. The team with the most votes was Yielded. This was later reprised in the first season of the Philippine version in one leg (the first Yield was the regular variant and was not mandatory) where a tie vote occurred with both teams being yielded.

Anonymous Yield

A type of Yield called the Anonymous Yield appeared during Leg 9 of the first season of the Philippine version, where like the Blind U-Turn, the team who Yielded another team did not need to put a "Courtesy of" sticker for the Yield to have an effect, keeping the team who used it remain anonymous.

Yields per Race

From The Amazing Race 6 to The Amazing Race 7, the number of Yields totaled three in the entire race, instead of one on every leg. Like with Fast Forwards, Yields that are present in the race, but are not used and have no effect on the outcome, may not be aired or mentioned. For example, The Amazing Race: Family Edition mentioned only having two Yields available on the entire race, but a third Yield on the first leg went unaired and unmentioned. From The Amazing Race 9 and onwards, only two Yields were present in the entire race. The Amazing Race 10 also featured two Yields, but one was unaired and unmentioned. The Amazing Race: All-Stars (2007) had two Yields, both of which were used.

The Latin American version aired at least one Yield each season, airing two in the first season and one in the second and third season, both of which remained unused. A key difference between the American and Latin American version is that one team may not Yield another team if both teams are within each other's line of sight.

Yield Users

The Amazing Race (US)

Season	Episode	Leg	User	Used On	Survived?	Notes
The Amazing Race 5	"Clearly, I'm More Intelligent than You"	1	Unused
	"It Turned Ugly Just Now"	2	Unused
	"I Got Electrocuted"	3	Unused
	"Who Says Pageant Girls Don't Eat?"	4	Unused
	"Are You Good at Puzzles?"	5	Unused
	"Why Can't We Get a Camel?"	6	Unused
	"Are You Sure This Is Safe?"	7	Unused
	"I'm Going to Jail"	8	Unused
	"If You're Gonna Whine, Just Shut Up!"	9	Unused
	"If They're Screwing the Helmet to My Head, It Can't Be Good"	10	Unused
	"It's Okay, Run Them Over!"	11	Chip & Kim	Colin & Christie	Yes (Non-Elimination) 4 of 4
The Amazing Race 6	"Counting Bears Is Not Rocket Science"	3	Unused
	"Are There Instructions on Donkey Handling?"	8	Adam & Rebecca	Freddy & Kendra	Yes 4 of 6	First time the Yield users placed lower than the team they Yielded.
	"You Deal with This Before I Hyperventilate"	10	Freddy & Kendra	Adam & Rebecca	Yes (Non-Elimination) 4 of 4
The Amazing Race 7	"Do You Need Some Mouth-to-Mouth Resuscitation?"	3	Unused
	"Mow'em Down Like Grass"	8	Unused
	"The Devil Made Me Do It"	10	Rob & Amber	Ron & Kelly	Yes 2 of 4
The Amazing Race: Family Edition	"Go, Mommy, Go! We Can Beat Them!"	1	Unused			This Yield went unaired from the episode.
	"I'm Sick of Doing Stuff I Can't Do"	6	Paolo Family	Weaver Family	Yes 5 of 6
	"How's That Face Feel?"	9	Linz Family	Weaver Family	Yes (Non-Elimination) 4 of 4	First time a team has been Yielded multiple times.
The Amazing Race 9	"Good Thing I Took That Human Anatomy Class in High School"	4	Lake & Michelle	Danielle & Dani	No 8 of 8	First time a team was Yielded and eliminated.
The Amazing Race 9	"Man, They Should Have Used Their Fake Names"	9	BJ & Tyler	Joseph & Monica	Yes 3 of 4
The Amazing Race 10	"I Know Phil, Little Ol' Gorgeous Thing!"	4	Unused
The Amazing Race 10	"We Just Won't Die, Like Roaches"	10	Dustin & Kandice	Lyn & Karlyn	Yes 2 of 4
The Amazing Race: All-Stars (2007)	"The Way You Look, Yeah"	9	Dustin & Kandice	Eric & Danielle	Yes 3 of 5
The Amazing Race: All-Stars (2007)	"Good Doing Business with You"	11	Oswald & Danny	Eric & Danielle	Yes 3 of 4
The Amazing Race 32	"Red Lipstick Is Not My Color"	2	Unused
	"Olé, Olé!"	4	Unused
	"You Don't Strike Me as a Renaissance Man"	5	Unused
	"I'm Not Even Walking, I'm Falling"	6	Unused
	"Give Me a Beard Bump"	7	Kaylynn & Haley	Leo & Alana	No 7 of 7	This was a 20-minute Yield.
	"Are You a Rickshaw?"	8	Will & James	Kaylynn & Haley	No 6 of 6	This was a 20-minute Yield.
	"This Is Not Payback, This Is Karma"	8	Riley & Maddison	Kaylynn & Haley	No 6 of 6	This was a 20-minute Yield.

The Amazing Race Asia

Season	Episode	Leg	User	Used On	Survived?	Notes
The Amazing Race Asia 1	"War Has Begun!"	9	Sandy & Francesca	Andy & Laura	No 5 of 5
The Amazing Race Asia 1	"This Is Going to Be Embarrassing!"	10	Unused
The Amazing Race Asia 2	"Sometimes It's Right in Your Face"	5	Terri & Henry	Marc & Rovilson	Unaffected; (Target Ahead of Yield)	First time a team has Yielded a team past the Yield board.
The Amazing Race Asia 2	"This Is Embarrassing, There's A Guy Running Faster Than Us"	10	Marc & Rovilson	Diane & Ann	Yes 4 of 5
The Amazing Race Asia 3	"What the Fish?"	5	Geoff & Tisha	Henry & Bernie	Yes 4 of 5
The Amazing Race Asia 4	"I Can't Carry My Backpack"	5	Dimple & Sunaina	Claire & Michelle	Yes 4 of 9
The Amazing Race Asia 5	"The Pain Does Not Exist"	4	Unused			This Yield went unaired from the episode.
	"Should Have Turned Left"	8	Unused			This Yield went unaired from the episode.
	"No More Mr. Nice Guy"	9	Parul & Maggie	Treasuri & Louisa	No 4 of 4	Treasuri & Louisa were also U-Turned in this leg.

The Amazing Race Australia

Season	Episode	Leg	User	Used On	Survived?	Notes
The Amazing Race Asia 2	"Take a Seat... My Stunning Specimen of a Man!"	9	Paul & Steve	Michelle & Jo	Yes 2 of 8

The Amazing Race: A Corrida Milionária

Season	Episode	Leg	User
The Amazing Race: A Corrida Milionária	3	3	Unused
	7	7	Unused
	9	9	Unused

The Amazing Race China

Season	Episode	Leg	User	Used On	Survived?
The Amazing Race 1 (China)	6	6	Chen Yiru & Zhou Weitong	Jin Dachuan & Liu Chang	Yes 3 of 6
The Amazing Race 1 (China)	9	9	Li Xiaopeng & Li Anqi	Chen Xiaochun & Zheng Yijian	No 5 of 5
The Amazing Race China 4	3	3	Qiang Zi & Zhang Xingyue	Fan Bingbing & Xie Yilin	No 7 of 7

HaMerotz LaMillion

Season	Episode	Leg	User	Used On	Survived?	Notes
HaMerotz LaMillion 1	7/8	4	Hannah & Margalit	Alen & Inbal	No 8 of 8
HaMerotz LaMillion 2	"Does is it All End In Peace?", "For the Best?"	3	None	Alon & Oren	Yes 2 of 8	Must-Vote Yield By a vote of 3-2-2-1, Alon & Oren were Yielded.
HaMerotz LaMillion 2	"Occupy Bangkok", "Non-Stop Race", "The Low Down"	8	None	Bar & Inna	Yes (Non-Elimination) 5 of 5	Must-Vote Yield By a vote of 3-2, Bar & Inna were Yielded.
HaMerotz LaMillion 3	"Landing in Paris!", "Fabulous Paris!", "Which Team Will Be Broken?"	5	None	Debbie & Dana	Yes 6 of 8	Must-Vote Yield By a vote of 4-3-1, Debbie & Dana were Yielded.
	"Landing in Vegas!", "Who Will Have More Luck?", "Vegas Is Huge!", "To Infinity and Beyond"	9	None	Debbie & Dana	Yes (Non-Elimination) 6 of 6	Must-Vote Yield By a vote of 3-3, both David & Eliran and Debbie & Dana were Yielded. First time two teams were Yielded in a leg.
		9	None	David & Eliran	Yes 3 of 6
HaMerotz LaMillion 4	"Gold Tooth Mission", "Silence of the Lambs!", "Elimination in Georgia"	3	None	Tiltil & Mizrahi	No 11 of 11	Must-Vote Yield By a vote of 6-4-1, Tiltil & Mizrahi were Yielded.
	"Hot Finland!", "Heavy Metal Show!", "Christmas in Finland"	5	None	Vova & Alla	Yes 8 of 9	Must-Vote Yield By a vote of 6-1-1, Vova & Alla were Yielded.
	"Costa Rica", "Tropical Warfare"	8	None	Vova & Alla	Yes 7 of 8	Must-Vote Yield By a vote of 4-3-1, Vova & Alla were Yielded.
	"Animals of the Forest!", "Hammock and Harvest", "Dramatic Scavenging!"	9	None	Vova & Alla	Yes 6 of 7	Must-Vote Yield By a vote of 3-2-1-1, Vova & Alla were Yielded.
	"Conquering Bolivia", "Shocking Mission!", "Shocking Elimination!"	10	None	Gal & Liel	Yes 3 of 6	Must-Vote Yield By a vote of 4-2, Gal & Liel were Yielded.
HaMerotz LaMillion 5	6–8	3	None	Dor & Sapir	No 11 of 11	Must-Vote Yield By a vote of 2-2-2-2-1-1-1, Dor & Sapir, Gali & Daniel, Naomi & Hen, and Tzion & Aviv were all Yielded. Most Yieled Teams in a single leg.
				Gali & Daniel	Yes 3 of 11
				Naomi & Hen	Yes 10 of 11
				Tzion & Aviv	Yes 4 of 11
	9–11	4	None	Gali & Daniel	No 10 of 10	Must-Vote Yield By a vote of 2-2-1-1-1-1-1-1, both Gali & Daniel and Yael & Yosiel were Yielded.
	9–11	4	None	Yael & Yosiel	Yes 2 of 10
	12–13	5	None	Lee & Tal	Yes 4 of 9	Must-Vote Yield By a vote of 2-2-2-1-1-1, Lee & Tal, Tzion & Aviv, and Yael & Yosiel were all Yielded.
				Tzion & Aviv	Yes (Non-Elimination) 9 of 9
				Yael & Yosiel	Yes 5 of 9
	14–16	6	None	Lee & Tal	Yes 8 of 9	Must-Vote Yield By a vote of 2-2-2-1-1-1, Lee & Tal, Tzion & Aviv, and Yael & Yosiel were all Yielded.
				Tzion & Aviv	Yes 2 of 9
				Yael & Yosiel	Yes 7 of 9
	23–26	9	None	Josie & Alex	Yes (Non-Elimination) 6 of 6	Must-Vote Yield By a vote of 3-2-1, Josie & Alex were Yielded.
	30–32	11	None	Josie & Alex	Yes 4 of 5	Must-Vote Yield By a vote of 3-1-1, Josie & Alex were Yielded.
HaMerotz LaMillion 6	2–4	2	None	Helen & Regev	Yes 7 of 11	Must-Vote Yield By a vote of 6-2-1-1-1, Regev & Helen were Yielded.
	11–13	5	None	Helen & Regev	Yes 6 of 8	Must-Vote Yield By a vote of 2-2-1-1-1-1, both Regev & Helen and Daniel & Eliyahu were Yielded.
	11–13	5	None	Daniel & Eliyahu	Yes 7 of 8
	14–16	6	None	Daniel & Eliyahu	Yes 4 of 7	Must-Vote Yield By a vote of 3-2-1-1, Daniel & Eliyahu were Yielded.
	17–20	7	None	Helen & Regev	Yes 4 of 6	Must-Vote Yield By a vote of 2-2-1-1, both Regev & Helen and Daniel & Eliyahu were Yielded.
	17–20	7	None	Daniel & Eliyahu	Yes 2 of 6
	21–24	8	None	Helen & Regev	Yes 3 of 6	Must-Vote Yield By a vote of 2-2-1-1, both Regev & Helen and Daniel & Eliyahu were Yielded.
	21–24	8	None	Daniel & Eliyahu	Yes 2 of 6
	25–29	9	None	Daniel & Eliyahu	Yes 2 of 6	Must-Vote Yield By a vote of 2-2-1, both Daniel & Eliyahu and Anne & Yarden were Yielded.
	25–29	9	None	Ann & Yarden	Yes 3 of 6
HaMerotz LaMillion 7	2, 3	2	None	Aviad & Eden	Yes 3 of 12	Must-Vote Yield By a vote of 2–2–2–2–1–1–1–1, Aviad & Eden, Eyal & Sid, Tali & Gili, and Tia & Fay were all Yielded.
				Eyal & Sid	Yes 4 of 12
				Tali & Gili	Yes 7 of 12
				Tia & Fay	Yes 2 of 12
	4–6	3	None	Ran & Ben	Yes 4 of 11	Must-Vote Yield By a vote of 2–1–1–1–1–1–1–1–1–1, Ran & Ben were Yielded.
	7, 8	4	None	Tia & Fay	Yes 7 of 10	Must-Vote Yield By a vote of 4–3–2–1, Tia & Fay were Yielded.
	9, 10	5	None	Tia & Fay	Yes 5 of 9	Must-Vote Yield By a vote of 4–3–2–1, Tia & Fay were Yielded.
	13, 14	7	None	Aviad & Eden	Yes 2 of 9	Must-Vote Yield By a vote of 3–2–1–1–1, Aviad & Eden were Yielded.
	16, 17	8	None	Aviad & Eden	No 7 of 7	Must-Vote Yield By a vote of 4–2–1, Aviad & Eden were Yielded.
	18, 19	8	None	Eyal & Sid	Yes 2 of 6	Must-Vote Yield By a vote of 3–1–1–1, Eyal & Sid were Yielded.
	20, 21	10	None	Eyal & Sid	Yes 3 of 5	Must-Vote Yield By a vote of 2–2–1, Eyal & Sid and Haviv & Itzhak were both Yielded.
	20, 21	10	None	Haviv & Itzhak	Yes 4 of 5

The Amazing Race (Latin America)

Season	Episode	Leg	User	Used On	Survived?	Notes
The Amazing Race en Discovery Channel 1	8	8	Unused
The Amazing Race en Discovery Channel 1	10	10	Daniel & David	Ferna & Fran	Yes 1 of 4	First instance of a Yielded team winning a leg.
The Amazing Race en Discovery Channel 2	10	10	Unused
The Amazing Race 3 (Latin America)	4	4	Unused

The Amazing Race Philippines

Season	Episode	Leg	User	Used On	Survived?	Notes
The Amazing Race Philippines 1	15–17	5	None	Dani & Mish	Yes (Non-Elimination) 8 of 8	Must-Vote Yield By a vote of 3-3-1-1, both Marc & Kat and Dani & Mish were Yielded.
	15–17	5	None	Marc & Kat	Yes 4 of 8
	26–29	2	LJ & CJ	Sheena & Gee	Yes 5 of 6	Anonymous Yield The Yield was located in the middle of the Roadblock task, meaning that the chosen Roadblock participant could use the Yield without their partner's consent.
The Amazing Race Philippines 2	19–24	4	None	Matt & Phoebe	Yes 1 of 8	Must-Vote Yield By a vote of 6-1-1, Matt & Phoebe were Yielded.
	31–36	6	None	Matt & Phoebe	Yes 4 of 7	Must-Vote Yield By a vote of 5-2, Matt & Phoebe were Yielded.
	37–42	7	None	AJ & Jody	Yes (Non-Elimination) 6 of 6	Must-Vote Yield By a vote of 4-2, AJ & Jody were Yielded.
	49–54	9	None	Matt & Phoebe	Yes 2 of 4	Must-Vote Yield By a unanimous vote of 3-1, Matt & Phoebe were Yielded.