The Amazing Race: WhatsApp Edition 1

## Opening Sequence

***The Amazing Race: WhatsApp Edition 1*** is an Indonesian fantasy game based on the American Reality Game series, The Amazing Race.

## Development

This first season is hosted by Saka Wahyu, which a contestant on *The Amazing Race: WhatsApp Edition 2*. Eleven teams of two will race around the world for one million dollar prize. It premiered on November 22th, 2020 on TAR Indonesia Fans WhatsApp Group and Facebook Group as well.

The casting opened in early November and begin filming right after get all the teams. The casts includes Master Chef Indonesia judges, K-Pop Idols, Youtubers, Gamers, and Badminton Athletes. The cast includes 3 male-female teams, 5 all-male teams and 3 all-female teams. The first season of the show visited 11 countries which includes Philippines, Japan, Germany, with 4 new countries that never been visited in the real show such as Nepal, Qatar, Bosnia and Nigeria.

## Episodes

Episode titles are often taken from quotes made by the racers. In this season, the titles also include the general location (nation or subnational region) in which the episode was taped.

## Prizes

The prize for each leg is awarded to the first place team for that leg.

* **Leg 1** - Double Express Pass
* **Leg 12** - US$1.000.000

## Route Map

Complete route map of the 1st season of *The Amazing Race Whatsapp Edition*. Countries and places for each legs will be explained below

## Race Summary

### **Leg 1 (Indonesia** → **Phillippines)**

**Airdate**: November 24th, 2020

* Jakarta, Indonesia  (Taman Lapangan Banteng) (STARTING LINE)
* Jakarta, Indonesia  (Soekarno Hatta International Airport) to Cebu, Philippines  (Mactan Cebu International Airport)
* Mactan Island (Lapu Lapu Monument)
* Cebu City (Magellan's Cross/Kruss Ni Magellan)
* Badian Municipality (Kawasan Falls)
* Badian Municipality (Lambug Beach)

In the first roadblock of the season ( *Who has a good sense of direction?* ), one team member must deliver three Filipino goods to designated spots on the map around Cebu City. First they must figure out the name of those goods, then using Magellan's cross as starting point they must track down the streets with specific direction using google street view and maps. Once they located all the designated spots, they will receive the next clue.

While the second roadblock (*Who's ready to follow the river path?*), the other member of the team must match some of the river name with their corresponding location in a blank map of the Philippines.

**Additional Task**

* At the starting line, teams had to guess their first destination country from a picture showing several license plates.
* Upon arriving at Lapu Lapu monument, teams were instructed to answer a quiz about The Philippines and history of Cebu.
* After completing First Roadblock, Teams must find for marked Jeepney that will transport them to next destination

**Detail Placement**

### **Leg 2 (Philippines** → **Japan)**

**Airdate**:

* Cebu, Philippines  (Mactan Cebu International Airport) to Fukuoka, Japan (Fukuoka International Airport)
* Fukuoka (Kushida Shrine)
* Nakasu District (Izakaya Yatai)
* Fukuoka (Fukuoka Tower)
* Fukuoka (Maizuru Park)

The roadblock for this leg (*Who has the best character?),* required one team member to search two specific kanji characters among several kanji provided that will lead them to the next location.

The first detour was a choice between *take a bite* Or *take a sip.* In Take A Bite, teams must watch a video showing various items of Japanese street foods then name all the items to get the next clue. In Take A Sip, teams must classify different type of Sake to get the next clue,

**Additional Task**

* Upon arriving at Kushida Shrine, teams had to find and take a picture of *Honden*
* At the Fukuoka Tower, teams encounter the first Double Yield on the race. Then they were instructed to find their Pit Stop location using a skywalk VR Experience at Fukuoka Tower.

**Detail Placement**

### **Leg 3 (Japan** → **Nepal)**

**Airdate**:

* Fukuoka (Fukuoka Train Station) to Hiroshima (Hiroshima Train Station)
* Hiroshima (Peace Pagoda)
* Hiroshima, Japan  (Hiroshima International Airport) to Pokhara, Nepal  (Pokhara Airport)
* Pokhara (Pokhara Shanti Stupa)
* Pokhara (Phewa Lake or Sadhana Yoga Retreat)
* Pokhara (Sarangkot Paragliding Spot)
* Pokhara (Akala Devi Temple)

The detour for this leg was a choice between *Rush The Boat* Or *Crush The Pose.* In Rush The Boat, teams must make their way to Phewa Lake and participating in a boat racing (Play a game called boat rush in player's gadget). They must get certain points and minimum distance reached to be able to pass this detour. In Crush The Pose, teams must learn some yoga poses and count how many people with specific yoga poses given.

In this roadblock (*Who wants to feel the pressure up in the air?)* , one team member go for paragliding. Players must watch a vlog video showing a vlogger paraglides in Pokhara, then players have to answer some questions related to the video.

**Additional Task**

* Before start the race, teams were instructed to participate in a 'Double Yield Vote'. As the results, Manami & Yuami and Justin & Jessica got yielded and they must perform the yield somewhere along the race in 3rd leg.
* At Pokhara Shanti Stupa, teams must answer a pop quiz related to Nepal.

**Detail Placement**

### **Leg 4 (Nepal** → **Qatar)**

**Airdate**:

* Pokhara, Nepal (Pokhara Airport) to Doha, Qatar (Hamad International Airport)
* Doha (East Mound Skyline City View)
* Doha (Tornado Tower)
	+ Doha (Qatar Airways Tower 2)
* Doha (Souq Waqif Art Center or Waqod Petrol Station)
* Doha (National Museum of Qatar)
* Doha (Khawr al Udayd)
* Doha (The Pearl)

This leg's detour was a choice between *Public Art* Or *Engine Start.* In Public Art, teams must locate some public art installations that scattered throughout the city. In Engine Start, teams get a chance to help local calculating their fuel consumption.

This leg's roadblock (*Who feels deserted?*) required one team member search the vast area of sand dunes around Khawr Al-Udayd for travelocity roaming gnome (Real player must solve Two Mazes puzzle to get the next clue)

The only Fast Forward in this season took place in Qatar Airways Tower 2 where teams who chose to take Fast Forward, must play a flight simulator with the goal to make the aircraft fly and reach minimum airspeed 400 knot. However, no one took the fast forward.

**Additional Task**

* At the East Mound Doha Skyline City View, teams must search for their next destination by figuring out the marked building on the picture.
* At The Pearl, teams must search the correct piers for the Pit Stop

**Detail Placement**

### **Leg 5 (Qatar** → **Bosnia & Herzegovina)**

    **Airdate**:

* Doha, Qatar (Hamad International Airport) to Sarajevo, Bosnia & Herzegovina (Sarajevo International Airport)
* Sarajevo (Emperor's Mosque)
* Sarajevo (Latin Bridge)
* Sarajevo (Bascarsija)
* Sarajevo (Miris Dunja or Kazandjiska Souvenir Shop)
* Sarajevo (Sarajevo City Hall)
* Sarajevo (Sarajevo Tunnel Museum)

The detour for this leg was a choice between *Coffee* Or *Copper.* In Coffee, teams must make their way to Miris Dunja, a Bosnian Coffee Shop then help preparing a traditional coffee with the local way. After that, they have to serve the coffee to the correct person. In Copper, teams must make their way to a Bosnian souvenir shop. First, teams must spot 12 differences of two identical pictures of Bosnian souvenirs. After that, they must deliver 5 set of Bosnian coffee set made of copper to 5 coffee shops.

In this leg's roadblock (*who has an ear for learning?)* one team member must listen to 5 different people speaking in different Balkan languages then guess the languages they're speaking by matching the people with corresponding country flag.

**Additional Task**

* At the Latin Bridge, teams must searching surrounding area for red and yellow flag.
* At the Tunnel of Hope, teams must search the ground for a "rose" around the pit stop before they can check in.

**Detail Placement**

### **Leg 6 (Bosnia & Herzegovina → Hungary)**

**Airdate**:

* Sarajevo, Bosnia & Herzegovina to Budapest, Hungary
* Budapest (Hungarian Parliament Building)
* Budapest (Rubik's Cube Mural)
* Budapest (Halaszbastya)
* Budapest (Gellert Thermal Bath)
* Budapest (Millenium Monument/Hosok Tere Square)

In this leg's roadblock (*who's ready to play game of mind?)* one team member must decode and solve a scrabble rubik puzzle to find a hungarian word representing their next destination.

This leg's detour was a choice between *Midnight Mayhem* Or *Dance For Them.* In Midnight Mayhem, teams were instructed to visit some ruin bars (a popular night culture in Budapest) then search for specific items among frenetic crowds of the bar. In Dance For Them, teams must watch a Csardas performance (Hungarian folk dance) then memorize the dance routine.

**Additional Task**

* At the Fisherman's Bastion, teams must change their outfit to Austria-Hungarian army uniform then arrange several events of WW1 into chronological order.

**Detail Placement**

### **Leg 7 (Hungary → Mauritius)**

**Airdate**:

* Budapest, Hungary (Ferihegy Budapest International Airport) to Mauritius (Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam International Airport)
* Chamarel (Seven Colored Earth Geopark)
* L'escalier (Savannah Sugar Factory)
* Mauritius (Troux Au Biches)
* Mauritius (Blue Safar Submarines or Maurice Samat)
* Mauritius (Grand Baie FIsh Market)
* Mauritius (Chateau de Labourdonnais)

This leg's detour was a choice between *Treasure Hunt* Or *Dodo Fun.* In Treasure Hunt, teams must get into submarine and hunt for a treasure. First, they must search through several coordinates to find the right spot to begin treasure hunting. After that, They then must play a treasure hunt game. In Dodo Fun, teams have to dressed up in a Dodo Bird costume then running through 10 obstacles to receive the next clue.

For the speed bump, Naftali and Yudha must help sugarcane farmer harvesting Red Stem, Green Stem, Yellow Stem, and Black Stem Sugarcane before continu racing.

**Additional Task**

* At the Chamarel Seven Colored Earth, teams must solve a sliding puzzle before continue racing
* At The Savannah Sugar Factory, teams must complete a diagram about white sugar processing
* At The Grand Baie Fish Market, teams mus memorize 10 different types of commercial fishes then help a local to set up the exact some fishes to receive their next clue.

**Detail Placement**

### **Leg 8 (Mauritius → Nigeria)**

**Airdate**:

* Mauritius (Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam International Airport) to Lagos, Nigeria (Murtala Muhammed Airport)
* Lagos (Tafawa Bawela Square)
* Lagos (Nike Art Gallery)
* Lagos (Film One Studios or Terra Kulture)
* Lagos (The Jazzhole)
* Lagos (Uluwole Urban Market)
* Lagos (Johnson Jakande Tinubu Park)

This leg's detour was a blind detour choice between *Nollywood* or *Afrobeat.* In Nollywood team must watch 3:45 minutes of a clip from Nollywood highest grossing movie then search for 4 consecutive scenes in the correct order on a movie strips consisted of 196 scenes. Once succeed, they will receive their next clue. In Afrobeat, teams must listen to a track of Afrobeat music from *Fela Kuti Teacher don't teach me non sense,* then pick up 10 phones to arrange ten snippets from the track into correct order.

For this leg's roadblock, (*Who is looking for fabric?)* , required one team member to search for 3 cuts of fabric that has different patterns of embroidery from three *Agbada* (a flowing wide-sleeved robe from West Africa).

**Additional Task**

* At Tafawa Balewa Square, teams must search the surrounding area for their cluebox
* AT The Jazzhole, teams must find the title and authors of three novel with pixelated covers

### **Leg 9 (Nigeria → Germany)**

**Airdate**:

* Lagos, Nigeria (Murtala Muhammed Airport) to Hamburg, Germany (Hamburg Airport)
* Hamburg (Beatles Platz)
* Hamburg (Bunkermusseum Hamburg)
* Hamburg (Kibbelstegbrucke)
* Hamburg (Miniatur Wunderland or Landungsbrucken)
* Hamburg (Kraef Logistik)
* Hamburg (Elbphilharmonie Hamburg)

This leg's roadblock, (*Who is the enigma?)* , one team member must decipher morse code and recite decoded message from the morse code. They must use international morse code guidance to reveal the message that will lead them to next location.

This leg's detour was a choice between *Modelleisenbahn* Or *Bahnhof.* In Modelleisenbahn, teams have to examine model trains then match the model train with corresponding track according to the scale. Then the treains have to be set in order. In Bahnhof, teams must take a look at S-Bahn layout map then relying on different pictures of platforms, they have to mark the station and create a route based on the marked station.**Additional Task**

* At the beatles platz, teams must answer 6 crossword trivia about the Beatles music
* At the Kraeft Logistik, teams must figure out 3 digits number to open up particular container to reveal their clue. The containers have 6 digits number attached that represents 3 country calling codes. They must find spesific container , then open the container using 3 digits combination taken from team's placement from 3 corresponding legs.

### **Leg 10 (Germany → Ecuador)**

**Airdate**:

* Hamburg, Germany (Hamburg Airport) to Quito, Ecuador (Quito Intern Airport)
* Quito (Basilica Del Voto Nacional)
* Quito (Teleferico)
* Quito (Mirador del Teleferico)
* Quito (Mercado Artesanal La Mariscal)
* Quito (Virgin of El Panecillo)
* Quito (Mercado Inaquito or Floristeria)
* Quito (Mitad del Mundo)

This roadblock (*Who wants to go downhill?)* required one team member to walk down the hil while measure the road length from designated coordinate. The answer should have at least deviation +/- 0.4 km from the actual answer.

The detour for this leg was a blind detour choice between *Las Frutas* or *Las Rosas.* In Las Frutas, teams must identify and count how many each type of fruits that displayed on a fruit vendor's stall. In Las Rosas, teams must identify and count how many each type of Roses in a bouquet then deliver it to customers.

**Additional Task**

* At the Basilica del Voto Nacional, team must answer 8 True/False trivia about Ecuador, they'll get 5 minutes penalty for every wrong answer
* At the Mirador del Teleferico, teams must mention 10 volcanoes and their elevation and arrange them in Alphabetical Order
* At Mercado Artesanal La Mariscal, teams must solve a sliding puzzle depicting a picture of Ecuadorian Poncho then figure out where is the next destination based on the clue in the picture

### **Leg 11 (Ecuador)**

**Airdate**:

* Quito (Terminal Terestre) to Otavalo
* Otavalo (Plaza de Ponchos)
* Otavalo (Cascada de Peguche)
* Otavalo (Parque del Condor)
* Otavalo (Parque Central de Eugino Espejo)
* Otavalo (Puertolago Country Inn)

The first roadblock (*Who is feeling loaded?),* one team member have to unload 3 boxes of sheep wool and 2 boxes of alpaca fleece (from 20 unidentified boxes). Then weigh all the boxes until it weigh exactly as 20 kg.

For the second roadblock of this leg, (*who likes bird-watching?),* the other team member who didn't do the first one, must observe several birds and must identify birds that associated with countries they have visited. They had to write down the latin name and arrange them according to the corresponding leg.

**Additional Task**

* At Plaza de Ponchos, teams must search for Ecuadorian Ponchos in the market for 3 ponchos that contain 3 words that will lead them to next destination
* At Parque central de Eugino Espejo, teams must match eliminated racers with the pit stops location in which they eliminated. They should complete it maximum in 45 seconds.

### **Leg 12 (Ecuador → Indonesia)**

**Airdate**:

* Quito, Ecuador (Quito Intern Airport) to Surabaya, Indonesia (Juanda International Airport)
* Surabaya (Monumen Kapal Selam)
* Surabaya (Kantor Gojek Surabaya)
* Surabaya (House of Sampoerna)
* Surabaya (Gedung Balai Pemuda)
* Surabaya, Indonesia (Juanda Airport) to Labuan Bajo, Indonesia
* Labuan Bajo (Loh buaya komodo park)
* Labuan Bajo (Pelataran Komodo Resort & Spa) (FINISH LINE)

The last roadblock in the season (*who sounds worth it?),* required one team member to listen some audios they might hear during the race or audios that associated with the country they visited. They then had to arrange the audios in chronological order.

**Additional Task**

* At The Monumen Kapal Selam, teams must solve puzzle depicting interior of the Kapal Selam
* At Kantor Gojek Surabaya, teams have to work as a Gojek Driver. They must pick up 3 different foods using directions provided and deliver them back to Gojek Office.
* For the last memory task at Loh Buaya Komodo Park, Teams must match objects that they have encountered along the race course to their respective legs. In addition, they also match the object with the clue symbol (Route Info/Roadblock/Detour) in which they appear.