page_title: The Amazing Race 1 (China)
section_title: Leg 1 (China → United States)
hierarchical_section_title: The Amazing Race 1 (China) / Race summary / Leg 1 (China → United States)
caption_attribution_description: English: Times Square
context_page_description: The Amazing Race 1 is a Chinese reality television series loosely based on the American reality TV series, The Amazing Race. It is the first season of The Amazing Race. It features eight teams of two in a race around the world. This is the second version of The Amazing Race to be produced in China, following The Amazing Race: China Rush. This new version is broadcast on Shenzhen TV, and had its premiere on October 17, 2014. The hosts for the show are Hong Kong actor Andy On and Singapore based Chinese-American actor Allan Wu, who was also the host of The Amazing Race Asia and The Amazing Race: China Rush.
  Infiniti was the main sponsor for this event, including the grand prize: 2 Infiniti Q50Ls. All logos associated with the Chinese Amazing Race had the Infiniti logo. The English translation of the show is Infiniti's Amazing Race.
  Wallace Chung and his sister Jackie were the winners of the Race.
context_section_description: Airdate: October 17, 2014
  Shenzhen, Guangdong, China  (OCT East) (Starting Line)
  Shenzhen (Luohu Stadium)
   Chek Lap Kok, Hong Kong  (Hong Kong International Airport) to New York City, New York, United States  (John F. Kennedy International Airport)
  Manhattan (Times Square)
  Manhattan (Theatre Circle)
  Manhattan (Grand Army Plaza overlooking the Plaza Hotel) 
   Manhattan (East River Park or Lombardi's Pizza)
  Manhattan (Tompkins Square Park)
  Brooklyn (Hollywood Stunts NYC) 
  Brooklyn (Brooklyn Bridge Park) 
  In the very first Roadblock of The Amazing Race China, one team member had to pick up a polaroid camera to take pictures of five different kinds of people outside the Plaza Hotel: (1) Lady with white hair; (2) Person with a child in a stroller; (3) someone of the opposite gender wearing a wedding ring; (4) someone lying on the ground; (5) someone holding a briefcase. Each racer have to take only three of the five pictures, with the racer kissing the person inside the picture, and hand it over to the photographer. Once the photographer approved the three pictures, he would give teams their next clue.
  The first Detour of the Race was a choice of Good Body (好身体 Hǎo Shēntǐ) or Good Memory (好记性 Hǎo Jìxìng). In Good Body, teams traveled to the East River Park and have to participate in American Football. Teams have to dress in football gear, then run through a series of tires without falling over, push past a gauntlet of football players, and then kick a football over a group of players. Once teams scored a goal, they could receive their next clue. In Good Memory, teams made their way to Lombardi's Pizza. Teams then chose a series of three pizza orders and had to memorise the addresses of three different locations and carry all three orders at once through the streets to deliver them in exchange for receipts. Once they got all three receipts, they could exchange those for the next clue.
  For the second Roadblock of the leg, one team member (alternate team racer who did not complete the first Roadblock was not required) would be tied up into a straitjacket and hung upside-down at a height of four storeys and they had to free themselves from the straitjacket. After this, they would climb to a platform and take a large leap onto a soft landing pad and receive their next clue.
  Additional tasks
  At the Starting Line, teams had to search among 50 balloons for one of a total of eight car keys attached to them. Once they got a key, teams have to pick up one of the Infiniti Q50 and would reveal their next destination played on the Infiniti's video screen: Luohu Stadium.
  At Luohu Stadium, teams have to search a taxi and a driver who would take teams to the Hong Kong airport, where teams would reserve one of two flights to New York, departing at 4:10 pm and 6:45 pm, respectively.
  At Times Square, teams have to look up through many electronic billboards for the one that would display their next location “Theatre Circle, 268 West 44th Street”, flashing every three minutes.
  At Theatre Circle, teams would pick up a souvenir keychain with a number determining the order that they would enter the store starting at 9.00 am the following morning. There, teams searched the store for the next clue.
  At Tompkins Square Parks, teams had to search a red and yellow hot dog stall and have to eat four different kinds of hot dogs. Once teams finished eating, they could get their next clue from the vendor.
caption: After arriving in New York City, teams searched for their next clue in Times Square.
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