The Amazing Race 10 | |
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Presented by | Phil Keoghan |
No. of teams | 12 |
Winner | Tyler Denk & James Branaman |
No. of legs | 12 |
Distance traveled | 40,000 mi (64,000 km) |
No. of episodes | 13 |
Release | |
Original network | CBS |
Original release | September 17 December 10, 2006 | –
Additional information | |
Filming dates | May 27 June 24, 2006 | –
Season chronology | |
The Amazing Race 10 is the tenth season of the American reality competition show The Amazing Race. Hosted by Phil Keoghan, it featured twelve teams of two, each with a pre-existing relationship, competing in a race around the world in order to win US$1,000,000. This season visited four continents and thirteen countries and traveled over 40,000 miles (64,000 km). Starting in Seattle, racers traveled through China, Mongolia, Vietnam, India, Kuwait, Mauritius, Madagascar, Finland, Ukraine, Morocco, Spain, and France before finishing in the Hudson Valley. New twists introduced in this season include a mid-leg elimination; the Intersection, where two teams had to join up for a task; and a new non-elimination penalty, where the team who finished last in the previous leg had to finish first in the subsequent leg or else incur a 30-minute penalty. The season premiered on CBS on September 17, 2006, and concluded on December 10, 2006.
Professional models Tyler Denk and James Branaman were the winners of this season, while dating couple Rob Diaz and Kimberly Chabolla finished in second place, and single mothers Lyn Turk and Karlyn Harris finished in third place.
Production
Development and filming
Filming for this season began on May 27, 2006 at Gas Works Park in Seattle.[1] On June 9, teams were spotted at Kuwait International Airport asking for directions to the Kuwait Towers.[2] On June 12, the show was in Mauritius.[1] On June 16, tasks were performed at Ylöjärvi and in the Helsinki Olympic Stadium.[1] Filming concluded on June 24.[3]
The Amazing Race 10 spanned 40,000 miles (64,000 km) and covered four continents and thirteen countries. Among them were six that were new to the series: Mongolia, Kuwait, Mauritius, Madagascar, Finland, and Ukraine. It was also the first season to circumnavigate the globe in a generally westward fashion, crossing the Pacific Ocean on the first leg and crossing the Atlantic on the final leg.
The Amazing Race 10 saw the show's first double elimination in a single leg, when one team was eliminated halfway through the leg and another at the end. It also introduced a new obstacle, the Intersection, which required two teams to work together until otherwise instructed. The Intersection was also shown in conjunction with a Fast Forward, allowing both teams working together to receive the benefit of the Fast Forward.
Additionally, the penalty for coming in last on a non-elimination leg was changed. Instead of being stripped of their money and possessions, the last place team was "marked for elimination". This meant that the marked team suffered a 30-minute penalty at the next Pit Stop unless they were first to check in.
During the leg in Ukraine, host Phil Keoghan was detained at the airport for traveling to the country with a New Zealand passport and without a Ukrainian visa, which he had been informed prior to filming wasn't needed. He was released the next day after a worker from the American embassy processed a visa for him. After being released, Keoghan arrived at the Pit Stop ten minutes before the lead team arrived.[4]
Cast
The cast of The Amazing Race 10 was increased to twelve teams for the first time since season 4. It included best friends, a couple, college cheerleaders, boyfriends, brothers, a Paralympian with a prosthetic leg, recovering drug addicts, beauty pageant queens, and a pair of single mothers.
While Peter & Sarah were portrayed as a newly dating couple, to the extent that Sarah seemingly broke up with Peter during their elimination in Kuwait, Sarah Reinertsen revealed that they were only friends whose "dating" was non-existent and created to give them an interesting storyline, although she did say that her displeasure over Peter's cold and hectoring behavior on the show was genuine.[5]
Contestants | Age | Relationship | Hometown | Status |
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Bilal Abdul-Mani | 37 | Best Friends | Cleveland, Ohio | Eliminated 1st (in Beijing, China) |
Sa'eed Rudolph | 39 | |||
Vipul Patel | 29 | Married | Windermere, Florida | Eliminated 2nd (in Beijing, China) |
Arti Patel | 26 | |||
Kellie Patterson | 22 | Cheerleaders | Columbia, South Carolina | Eliminated 3rd (in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia) |
Jamie Hill | 22 | |||
Duke Marcoccio | 52 | Father & Daughter | Warwick, Rhode Island | Eliminated 4th (in Phố Vác, Vietnam) |
Lauren Marcoccio | 26 | |||
Tom Rock | 39 | Boyfriends | New York City, New York | Eliminated 5th (in Hạ Long Bay, Vietnam) |
Terry Cosentino | 45 | |||
Peter Harsch | 35 | Recently Dating | Laguna Beach, California | Eliminated 6th (in Kuwait City, Kuwait) |
Sarah Reinertsen | 31 | Trabuco Canyon, California | ||
David Conley, Jr. | 32 | Coal Miner and Wife | Stone, Kentucky | Eliminated 7th (in Antananarivo, Madagascar) |
Mary Conley | 31 | |||
Erwin Cho | 32 | Brothers | San Francisco, California | Eliminated 8th (in Kyiv, Ukraine) |
Godwin Cho | 29 | |||
Dustin Konzelman | 24 | Beauty Queens | Riverside, California | Eliminated 9th (in Barcelona, Spain) |
Kandice Pelletier | 24 | New York City, New York | ||
Lyn Turk | 32 | Single Moms & Friends | Birmingham, Alabama | Third place |
Karlyn Harris | 32 | Helena, Alabama | ||
Rob Diaz | 31 | Dating | Los Angeles, California | Runners-up |
Kimberly Chabolla | 28 | |||
Tyler Denk | 29 | Models | Los Angeles, California | Winners |
James Branaman | 27 |
- Future appearances
Dustin & Kandice and David & Mary were selected to race in The Amazing Race: All-Stars.[6]
David & Mary also appeared on The View where they received gifts from the show, including vacations, a Ford Explorer, and a new house.[7] In 2021, Tom Rock and Terry Cosentino competed on Ellen's Game of Games.[8]
Results
The following teams are listed with their placements in each leg. Placements are listed in finishing order.
- A red placement with a dagger (†) indicates that the team was eliminated.
- An underlined blue placement with a double-dagger (‡) indicates that the team was the last to arrive at a Pit Stop in a non-elimination leg, and was "marked for elimination" in the following leg.[a]
- An italicized placement indicates a team's placement at the midpoint of a double leg.
- A green ƒ indicates that the team won the Fast Forward.
- A brown > indicates that the team used the Yield and a brown < indicates the team on the receiving end of the Yield.
- A violet + indicates that the teams encountered an Intersection.
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8+[b] | 9a[c] | 9b | 10 | 11 | 12 |
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Tyler & James | 1st | 2nd | 2nd | 3rd | 6th | 6th | 2nd | 2ndƒ[d] | 1st | 1st | 1st | 3rd | 1st |
Rob & Kimberly | 5th | 6th | 3rd | 1st | 3rd | 3rd | 3rd | 3rdƒ[d] | 4th | 3rd | 3rd | 1st | 2nd |
Lyn & Karlyn | 9th | 9th | 6th | 6th | 5th | 4th | 5th | 5th | 3rd | 4th | 2nd<[e] | 2nd | 3rd |
Dustin & Kandice | 4th | 5th | 4th | 7th | 2nd | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 2nd | 4th‡>[e] | 4th† | |
Erwin & Godwin | 7th | 8th | 1st | 4th | 4th | 5th | 4th | 4th | 5th | 5th† | |||
David & Mary | 10th | 7th | 7th | 5th | 7th‡ | 1stƒ[d] | 6th‡ | 6th†[f] | |||||
Peter & Sarah | 3rd | 1st | 5th | 2nd | 1st | 7th† | |||||||
Tom & Terry | 8th | 4th | 8th[g] | 8th† | |||||||||
Duke & Lauren | 2nd | 3rd | 9th† | ||||||||||
Kellie & Jamie | 6th | 10th† | |||||||||||
Vipul & Arti | 11th† | ||||||||||||
Bilal & Sa'eed | 12th†[h] |
- Notes
- ^ A team that is "marked for elimination" must check in at the Pit Stop in first place; otherwise they would receive a 30-minute penalty.
- ^ This leg featured an Intersection. The teams were paired up thusly: Tyler & James and Rob & Kimberly, Lyn & Karlyn and David & Mary, and Dustin & Kandice and Erwin & Godwin.
- ^ This was a double leg with two Detours and two Roadblocks shown over two episodes. The placements listed for the first half are the order of the teams' completion of the first Roadblock in Finland.
- ^ a b c This team won the Fast Forward on this leg.
- ^ a b Dustin & Kandice chose to Yield Lyn & Karlyn.
- ^ David & Mary initially arrived 5th, but were issued a 30-minute penalty for being "marked for elimination". Lyn & Karlyn checked in during this penalty time, dropping David & Mary to last.
- ^ Tom & Terry initially arrived 2nd, but were issued a 30-minute penalty for traveling on motorcycles, which had been explicitly prohibited. Six teams checked in during this penalty time, dropping Tom & Terry to 8th.
- ^ Bilal & Sa'eed were the last team to arrive at the Meridian Gate in the Forbidden City and were eliminated in the middle of the first leg.
Race summary
Destinations | |
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Route Markers |
Leg 1 (United States → China)
- Episode 1: "Real Fast! Quack, Quack!" (September 17, 2006)
- Prize: US$20,000 (awarded to Tyler & James)
- Eliminated: Bilal & Sa'eed and Vipul & Arti
- Locations
- Seattle, Washington (Gas Works Park) (Starting Line)
- Beijing (Gold House Restaurant)
- Beijing (Forbidden City – Meridian Gate)
- Beijing (14 Houhai North Bank Road)
- Beijing (Great Wall of China – Juyongguan)
- Episode summary
- Teams set off from Gas Works Park and drove to Seattle–Tacoma International Airport, where they had to book one of two flights to Beijing, China. Six teams were on an earlier United Airlines flight, while the remaining six teams were on a Korean Airlines flight scheduled to arrive one hour later. Once there, teams had to travel to the Gold House Restaurant, where they found their next clue.
- After the Roadblock, teams had to travel to the Meridian Gate in the Forbidden City, where they had to find a kiosk and pick one of three departure times the next morning. The last team to arrive at the Meridian Gate – Bilal & Sa'eed – was eliminated. The next morning, teams had to direct the driver of a World War II-era sidecar motorbike to 14 Houhai North Bank Road and find the pedicab manager in order to receive their next clue.
- After the Detour, teams had to travel to the Juyongguan section of the Great Wall of China and use a rope to scale the wall in order to reach the Pit Stop.
Leg 2 (China → Mongolia)
- Episode 2: "Can Horses Smell Fear?" (September 24, 2006)
- Prize: A trip to Mexico (awarded to Peter & Sarah)
- Eliminated: Kellie & Jamie
- Locations
- Beijing (Great Wall of China – Juyongguan)
- Ulaanbaatar (Choijin Lama Temple)
- Terelj (Gorkhi-Terelj National Park)
- Ulaanbaatar (Hotel Mongolia)
- Episode summary
- At the start of this leg, teams had to sign up for one of two buses departing two hours apart to Erenhot, where they then had to travel by train to Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. Once there, teams had to go to the Choijin Lama Temple, where they had to observe a ceremony before receiving their next clue. Teams were directed to drive to Gorkhi-Terelj National Park, where they had to don traditional Mongolian army hats and ride horses 2.5 miles (4 km) until they reached a meadow with their next clue.
- After the Detour, teams had to drive to the Hotel Mongolia in Ulaanbaatar in order to find their next clue.
Leg 3 (Mongolia → Vietnam)
- Episode 3: "Oh, Wow! It's Like One of Those Things You See on TV!" (October 1, 2006)
- Prize: A state-of-the-art home theater system (awarded to Erwin & Godwin)
- Eliminated: Duke & Lauren
- Locations
- Ulaanbaatar (Hotel Mongolia)
- Ulaanbaatar (Chinggis Khaan Hotel)
- Hanoi (Hỏa Lò Prison)
- Hanoi (Old Quarter – Thoa Flower Shop)
- Phố Vác (Dinh Vác Temple)
- Phố Vác (Home of Nguyĕn Văn Thuý or Nhà Thò)
- Phố Vác (Canh Dong Dia)
- Episode summary
- At the start of this leg, teams had to drive to the Chinggis Khaan Hotel, where they booked a flight to Hanoi, Vietnam. Once there, teams had to travel to Hỏa Lò Prison and search the grounds for the room displaying John McCain's flight suit in order to receive their next clue, which directed them to the Thoa Flower Shop in Hanoi's Old Quarter.
- After the Roadblock, teams were instructed to travel by bus to Phố Vác and then travel to Dinh Vác Temple in order to find their next clue.
- After the Detour, teams had to check in at the Pit Stop: Canh Dong Dia.
- Additional notes
- Teams were given no money at the start of this leg and were instructed that they could not beg or sell anything during the leg to earn money. Teams could only keep the money that they earned during the Roadblock.
- All route markers in Vietnam were colored yellow and white rather than red and yellow, so as to avoid confusion with the flag of the former independent state of South Vietnam.
Leg 4 (Vietnam)
- Episode 4: "I Know Phil, Little Ol' Gorgeous Thing" (October 8, 2006)
- Prize: A jet-ski for each team member (awarded to Rob & Kimberly)
- Eliminated: Tom & Terry
- Locations
- Phố Vác (Canh Dong Dia)
- Hanoi (Lý Thái Tổ Garden)
- Hạ Long (Hydrofoil Harbor)
- Episode summary
- At the start of this leg, teams had to pick up 588,000₫ (roughly $37) from a nearby table. They then traveled to Lý Thái Tổ Garden in Hanoi, where they had to listen to their next clue recited over a loudspeaker: "Attention racers! Here is your clue! Taxi across the Red River to Bến Xe Gia Lâm. Then take a bus to Bến Xe Bãi Cháy. Then find the Hydrofoil Harbor."
- After the Roadblock, teams were instructed to travel by motorboat to Sửng Sốt Cave and search the caves for their next clue.
- After the Detour, teams had to take a junk to the Pit Stop: Soi Sim Island in Hạ Long Bay.
Leg 5 (Vietnam → India)
- Episode 5: "I Covered His Mouth, Oh My Gosh!" (October 15, 2006)
- Prize: A home gym center for each team member (awarded to Peter & Sarah)
- Locations
- Hạ Long (Bến Xe Bãi Cháy)
- Mamallapuram (Vallavar Arts & Crafts)
- Vadanemmeli (Madras Crocodile Bank) or Mamallapuram (Sri Sthala Sayana Perumal Temple)
- Chennai (Karthik Driving School)
- Chennai (Chettinad House)
- Episode summary
- At the start of this leg, teams were instructed to travel by train back to Hanoi, and then fly to Chennai, India. Once there, teams had to travel by bus to Mamallapuram and then find their next clue at Vallavar Arts & Crafts.
- After the Detour, teams had to travel by bus back to Chennai and then travel to the Karthik Driving School.
- After the Roadblock, the team member who completed it had to drive their partner in their instructor's car to the Pit Stop at the Chettinad House.
- Additional notes
- Due to Vietnamese regulations, teams couldn't purchase tickets at an airline counter, so they had to book their flight at a travel agency beforehand.
- This was a non-elimination leg.
Leg 6 (India → Kuwait)
- Episode 6: "Maybe Steven Seagal Will See Me And Want Me to Be in One of His Movies" (October 22, 2006)
- Prize: A trip to Jamaica (awarded to David & Mary)
- Eliminated: Peter & Sarah
- Locations
- Chennai (Chettinad House)
- Kuwait City (Kuwait Towers)
- Kuwait City (6th Ring Road)
- Kuwait City (Souk Al-Gharabally (in Arabic))
- Sulaibiya (Souk Sulaibiya) or Kabed (Kuwait Camel Racing Club)
- Kuwait City (Al-Sadiq Water Towers)
- Episode summary
- At the start of this leg, teams received a mobile phone with a video message depicting a landmark, which they had to determine was the Kuwait Towers. After flying to Kuwait City, Kuwait, they had to drive to the towers in order to find their next clue.
- After the Roadblock, teams had to drive to the Souk Al-Gharabally, where they had to find a marked stall in the marketplace in order to receive their next clue.
- After the Detour, teams had to check in at the Pit Stop: the Al-Sadiq Water Towers.
- Additional note
- Peter & Sarah fell so far behind that all of the other teams had already checked in at the Pit Stop before they arrived at the Detour. Peter & Sarah were instructed to go directly to the Pit Stop for elimination.[9]
Leg 7 (Kuwait → Mauritius)
- Episode 7: "I Wonder If This Is Going to Make My Fingers Pickle" (October 29, 2006)
- Prize: A motor scooter for each team member (awarded to Dustin & Kandice)
- Locations
- Kuwait City (Al-Sadiq Water Towers)
- Grand Baie (Isla Mauritia)
- Case Noyale (Post Office)
- Rivière Noire District (Les Salines de Petite Rivière Noire or Île aux Benitiers)
- Bel Ombre (Château Bel Ombre)
- Episode summary
- At the start of this leg, teams were instructed to fly to Mauritius. Once there, teams had to search the airport parking lot for a marked vehicle with their next clue, a model boat of Isla Mauritia that said "Swim to Me". Teams had to figure out that their next location was Grand Baie, where they had to swim out to the ship in order to receive their next clue, and then swim back to shore. Teams then had to find their next clue at the post office in Case Noyale.
- After the Detour, teams had to check in at the Pit Stop: the Château Bel Ombre in Bel Ombre.
- Additional note
- This was a non-elimination leg.
Leg 8 (Mauritius → Madagascar)
- Episode 8: "He Can't Swim But He Can Eat Cow Lips!" (November 5, 2006)
- Prize: A trip to the Kona coast of Hawaii (awarded to Dustin & Kandice)
- Eliminated: David & Mary
- Locations
- Bel Ombre (Château Bel Ombre)
- Antananarivo (Lac Anosy – Black Angel Statue)
- Antananarivo (Analakely Market (in Malagasy))
- Antananarivo (Tohotohobato Ambondrona Analakely)
- Antananarivo (Cathedral Andohalo)
- Episode summary
- At the start of this leg, teams were instructed to fly to Antananarivo, Madagascar. Once there, teams had to travel to the Black Angel Statue at Lac Anosy in order to find their next clue.
- After the Detour, the Intersection ended. Teams had to travel to Tohotohobato Ambondrona Analakely in order to find their next clue.
Leg 9 (Madagascar → Finland → Ukraine)
- Episode 9: "Being Polite Sucks Sometimes" (November 12, 2006) & Episode 10: "Lookin' Like a Blue-Haired Lady on a Sunday Drive" (November 19, 2006)
- Prize: A trip to Puerto Vallarta, Mexico (awarded to Tyler & James)
- Eliminated: Erwin & Godwin
- Locations
- Antananarivo (Cathedral Andohalo)
- Helsinki (Kappeli Café)
- Ylöjärvi (Soppeenharjun Koulu (in Finnish))
- Lohja (Tytyri Limestone Mine)
- Helsinki (Helsinki Olympic Stadium Tower)
- Oster (Oster Tank School)
- Kyiv (Apartment 33)
- Kyiv (Dance & Groove or National Music Academy of Ukraine)
- Kyiv (Great Patriotic War Museum – The Motherland Monument )
- Episode summary (Episode 9)
- At the start of this leg, teams were instructed to fly to Helsinki, Finland. Once there, teams traveled to the Kappeli Café and found a laptop, which they used to watch a video from their loved ones before receiving their next clue. Teams were then directed to travel by train to Tampere and then by taxi to Ylöjärvi, where they followed a marked path outside Soppeenharjun Koulu in order to find their next clue.
- After the first Detour, teams were directed to travel by train to Turku and then drive to the Tytyri Limestone Mine in Lohja, where they had to ride a tram into the mine before retrieving their next clue.
- After the first Roadblock, teams were instructed to drive to the Helsinki Olympic Stadium in order to find their next clue. Teams then had to go to the top of the 236-foot (72 m) tower and perform a face-first rappel known as an Angel Dive down the tower before receiving their next clue, which informed them that they had to keep racing.
- Episode summary (Episode 10)
- Teams were instructed to fly to the capital city of the country that was the site of the Chernobyl disaster, and had to figure out that their destination was Kyiv, Ukraine. Once there, teams searched outside of the airport for their next clue on the windshield of their marked cars, which directed them to the Oster Tank School.
- After the second Roadblock, teams were instructed to return to Kyiv and knock on the door of a particular apartment in order to receive their next clue.
- After the second Detour, teams had to check in at the Pit Stop: The Motherland Monument.
- Additional notes
- Due to limited availability of flights out of Madagascar, teams were given tickets on a flight from Antananarivo to Paris, but they were under no obligation to use them.
- Leg 9 was a double leg that aired over two episodes.
Leg 10 (Ukraine → Morocco)
- Episode 11: "We Just Won't Die, Like Roaches" (November 26, 2006)
- Prize: A mobile phone with a year's subscription for each team member (awarded to Tyler & James)
- Locations
- Kyiv (Great Patriotic War Museum – The Motherland Monument )
- Ouarzazate (Kasbah Taourirt – Antiquités du Sud)
- Ouarzazate (Atlas Studios)
- Idelssan (Café La Pirgola)
- Guedara (Pottery Shop) or North Africa Horse
- Atlas Mountains (Nomadic Berber Camp)
- Episode summary
- At the start of this leg, teams were instructed to fly to Ouarzazate, Morocco. Once there, teams had to find Antiquités du Sud, where they had to choose one of four Hand of Fatima pendants, one of which would match the pendant worn by the Pit Stop greeter. Teams then received their next clue from the shopkeeper, directing them to Atlas Studios, where they had to search the studio's backlot in order find their next clue.
- After the Roadblock, teams had to drive to Café La Pirgola in Idelssan in order to find their next clue.
- After the Detour, teams had to drive 25 miles (40 km) towards Marrakesh until they reached a marked boulder directing them towards a Berber camp that served as the Pit Stop.
- Additional notes
- Whichever team had the pendant that matched the one worn by the Pit Stop greeter would win the prize. Tyler & James won the prize.
- This was a non-elimination leg.
Leg 11 (Morocco → Spain)
- Episode 12: "Dude, I'm Such a Hot Giant Chick Right Now!" (December 3, 2006)
- Prize: A trip to Barbados (awarded to Rob & Kimberly)
- Eliminated: Dustin & Kandice
- Locations
- Atlas Mountains (Nomadic Berber Camp)
- Casablanca (Quartier des Habous)
- Casablanca (Cafe 11)
- Barcelona (Parc del Laberint d'Horta)
- Barcelona (Maremagnum Bridge & Plaça de Sant Felip Neri) or Santa Coloma de Cervelló (Colònia Güell)
- Barcelona (Palau Nacional de Montjuïc)
- Episode summary
- At the start of this leg, teams were instructed to drive to Casablanca and then search the Quartier des Habous for their next clue.
- After the Roadblock, teams were instructed to fly to Barcelona, Spain. Once there, teams had to travel to Parc del Laberint d'Horta and search the maze for their next clue.
- After the Detour, teams had to check in at the Pit Stop: Palau Nacional de Montjuïc.
Leg 12 (Spain → France → United States)
- Episode 13: "Say Your Deepest Prayers Ever!" (December 10, 2006)
- Prize: US$1,000,000
- Winners: Tyler & James
- Runners-up: Rob & Kimberly
- Third place: Lyn & Karlyn
- Locations
- Barcelona (Palau Nacional de Montjuïc)
- Barcelona (Sagrada Família)
- Paris (Eiffel Tower)
- Carpiquet (Caen – Carpiquet Airport)
- Paris (Place de la Concorde – Pont de la Concorde)
- Paris (Anatomy Fashion Studio)
- New York City (Daily News Building)
- New York City (Alamo)
- Garrison (Saint Basil Academy)
- Episode summary
- At the start of this leg, teams were instructed to travel to "a church that has been under construction for over 124 years", and teams had to figure out that their next clue was located at the Sagrada Família. Teams then found their next clue: a photograph of the Eiffel Tower. Teams had to fly to Paris, France, travel to the Eiffel Tower, and ride the elevator to the top in order to find their next clue, which instructed them to travel by train to Caen. Once there, teams had to travel to the Caen – Carpiquet Airport in order to find their next clue.
- After the Roadblock, teams had to travel by train back to Paris and then find their next clue at the Pont de la Concorde.
- After the Detour, teams were instructed to fly to New York City. Once there, teams had to find the Daily News Building and search for their next clue by a giant globe. Teams received a photograph of the Alamo with instructions to travel there on foot. There, teams had to find a woman in a yellow cap, who gave them their final clue directing them to the finish line at Saint Basil Academy in Garrison, New York.
- Additional note
- Lyn & Karlyn arrived in Paris from Barcelona at Orly Airport, and chose to return to Orly when it was time to book their flight to New York City. After arriving at Orly, they were informed that they would need to go to Charles de Gaulle International Airport in order to fly to New York City. They were unable to make the same flight as Tyler & James and Rob & Kimberly, and arrived in New York City after the other teams had already crossed the finish line.[10]
Reception
Critical response
The Amazing Race 10 received mixed reviews. Linda Holmes of Television Without Pity was critical of this season's boot order, but said, "So was the season disappointing? It was not."[11] Eric Goldman of IGN called it a solid season.[12] Heather Havrilesky of Salon wrote that "after so much shared struggle and heartbreak, we find that we can hardly remember a single detail from our time with these strangers."[13] In 2016, this season was ranked 14th out of the first 27 seasons by the Rob Has a Podcast Amazing Race correspondents.[14] In 2021, Val Barone of TheThings ranked this season as the show's 5th best season.[15]
Ratings
- Canadian ratings
Order | Episode | Viewers (millions) | Rank |
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1 | "Real Fast! Quack, Quack!" | 2.14 | #6 |
2 | "Can Horses Smell Fear?" | 2.11 | #8[16] |
3 | "Oh, Wow! It's Like One of Those Things You See on TV!" | 1.89 | #10 |
4 | "I Know Phil, Little Ol' Gorgeous Thing" | 1.55 | #12 |
5 | "I Covered His Mouth, Oh My Gosh!" | 2.17 | #8 |
6 | "Maybe Steven Segal Will See Me and Want Me to Be in One of His Movies" | 2.23 | #8 |
7 | "I Wonder If This Is Going to Make My Fingers Pickle" | 1.94 | #6 |
8 | "He Can't Swim But He Can Eat Cow Lips!" | 2.04 | #8 |
9 | "Being Polite Sucks Sometimes" | 2.11 | #6 |
10 | "Lookin' Like a Blue-Haired Lady on a Sunday Drive" | 1.89 | #12 |
11 | "We Just Won't Die, Like Roaches" | 2.13 | #8 |
12 | "Dude, I'm Such a Hot Giant Chick Right Now!" | 2.07 | #6 |
13 | "Say Your Deepest Prayers Ever!" | 2.02 | #4 |
Awards
Season 10 won the 2007 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Reality-Competition Program.[17] This was the series' fifth consecutive win in that category, having won every year since the category was first introduced in 2003.
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