Gauntlet of Champions

## Subpages

**Gauntlet of Champions** is the season premiere of *TSM The Amazing Race 16: The Grand Champions*.

## Story

Leg 1 (Based off Leg 1 of The Amazing Race 21)

**Phil:** "I am standing in front of Pasadena City Hall. Over at the Colorado Street Bridge in Pasadena, California, United States, yet another race around the world will begin. But not just any race, our special Grand Championship race! Over the course of 15 seasons, we've have a lot of teams on the amazing race. Some teams had their hearts broken out. Some teams fought, then cried. However at the end some accomplished the goal, which was to win. Today, we have 12 teams that completed the challenge of winning, to compete and ultimately become the Grand Champions. These 12 teams will have to face the hardest season to date, with various twists and turns. Will any of them have what it takes? We will see! The twelve teams are..."

Micky & Abe, winners of season 1!

**Abe:** "Me and Micky are the original winners of the race and are the most dominate winners in history."

**Micky:** "We won the first time but, we know we didn't win originally for nothing. We are here for a reason and it's time for us to prove it. We are going to win."

**Abe:** "I also won season 9 but winning twice isn't enough for me. I want to win three times."

**Micky:** "I know we can do it and prove we are the best team of all time."

Asia & Jojo, the winners of season 12!

**Asia:** "Jojo and I were never considered the favorites."

**Jojo:** "We fought with other teams, made enemies, made people cry, annoyed them and psych them out to win the race."

**Asia:** "I know what it takes to win and I will not hesitate to say what I want to say. I will do whatever it takes and don't care what others think."

**Jojo:** "We are here to be the grand champions. So watch out!"

Briana & Amy, the winners of season 5!

**Briana:** "Amy and I got randomly paired up during season 4 and unlike other teams, we had no idea who we really were when racing."

**Amy:** "Despite this we defied the odds by winning season 5. It was an amazing experience."

**Briana:** "Our mojo is to enjoy ourselves because what are you doing here if you are not having fun."

**Amy:** "Sometimes that fire has to come out and we will burn the competition if that's what it takes to win so grab your water!"

Clara & Nemo, the winners of season 10!

**Clara:** "Nemo and I are quite different. I am loud and bossy. Are differing personalities helped us win and I could not be more happy about that."

**Nemo:** "The skills it takes to win are grit and not giving up and we have both of those things."

**Clara:** "I won Haiti, and I am here to prove why I did."

**Nemo:** "Wrong season Clara, but hey lets win it."

Mega & Cloud, the winners of season 4!

**Cloud:** "Our first season was good with establishing a bond and we ended up winning but the last 3 seasons have honestly been a bit of disappointments with us as a team."

**Mega:** "We won the first time using great teamwork but the past three seasons we went out pretty early. We both have done well with other teams so it's about bringing that back."

**Cloud:** "We went from last to 1st in one leg so we know how to make comebacks. I am one of only three people to win twice and it's time for people to know why"

**Mega:** "We are gonna hurt ourselves hard and put ourselves in pain to win so watch out."

**Cloud:** "That doesn't sound quite right but you get the picture right, lol."

War & Coolguy, the winners of season 8!

**Coolguy:** "We are the first team to win after leg 11 was a non elimination."

**War:** "We have raced many times and done well every time and we are the best."

**Coolguy:** "We have been here since the start of the group and want to prove the old can still do it."

**War:** "Goodbye we will see you again when we get our money."

Halcy & Ashley, the winners of season 14!

Ashey: "Halcy and I are two of the strongest racers. We have more final legs combined than any other team, and we know we are the threats."

**Halcy:** "Ashley is a little more under the radar, I am much more the leader and it helped us."

**Ashley:** "This race has been so addicting and I would love to win again."

**Halcy:** "We got this, woo!"

Jenn & Etollie, winners of season 6!

**Jenn:** "We made it to final 5 last time and won our first season with a very dominant performance."

Etollie: "The goal is for me to help Jenn control her emotions because when not distracted we dominate those challenges easily."

**Jenn:** "I will fight with whoever I want because I am the best."

Etollie: "Lets prove that we can do this."

Alex & Wilted, the winners of season 7!

**Wilted:** "Alex and I are not best friends. We are two rivals who worked together to win the hardest season with more leg wins then any other team."

**Alex:** "Last season really didn't go well for us but why do you think we won the first time?"

**Wilted:** "This season, drama might not be avoidable but we know we can do both."

**Alex:** "We got this, hey it's not about getting along it's about doing the challenges and getting to the locations and we are good at that!"

**Wilted:** "You're right!

Iconic & Brittnee, the winners of season 15!

**Iconic:** "Winning the race was amazing, and we really were dominant and did our own thing."

**Brittnee:** "It took a lot of tries but I did it and we are now where to show why we can do it."

**Iconic:** "We are the new school so we don't have the same connection but we know we can do this."

**Brittnee:** "I should have won big brother 8 but I did win amazing race 15 and will win season 16 too!"

Candy & White, the winners of season 2!

**White:** "We won because we are the best, plain and simple."

**Candy:** "White is a very impulsive racer, I am a bit calmer but I know what it takes to win."

**White:** "I wanna win and not have this rigged, come on!"

**Candy:** "Soccer where are you because we made the cut and not you so have fun."

**White:** "Lets win this!"

Getsome & Sarah, the winners of season 13!

**Getsome:** "We are the original underdogs. We got 2nd our first season, then 6th, 4th, and finally we won."

**Sarah:** "The pot has been against us for a while and we want to win."

**Getsome:** "We have had rough patches but we put up a good match and I think the other teams know this."

**Sarah:** "It's gonna be a big fight but we are here to prove we got this!"

**Phil:** "Welcome back everyone! You are all here because you all have one thing in common. You are all champions! You all say you're the best winners? Well it's time to prove it. This is the grand championship! Now what's at stake? The honor of being the first physical team to win twice! The title of grand champions! And, get ready for it, 4 million dollars! The biggest cash prize in race history! Now because you're returning champions, you may think you know how this race will go. Well, think again because, starting now, this race will be very different. You must be ready for anything at all times. The action begins as soon as I say go. Standing between you and your first clue is a ten story rappel off this bridge. Once you've read your clue, you can get behind the wheel of an all new Ford Escape and be on your way. Oh, and be quick because the last team to complete the rappel will receive a penalty called a Hazard, a task that only your team has to complete at some point in this leg. And the team who wins this leg will receive an advantage on the next leg. What it is, you'll find out. Alright, enough talk, let's get the grand championship started. The world is waiting for you. Goodluck! Travel safe! GO!"

**Route Info:** Teams must don safety gear and then rappel together down ten stories off of the side of the Colorado Street Bridge. Once at the bottom teams, would find their bags and their first clue. The last team to complete the task will be penalized with the **Hazard**.

All teams start running.

**Getsome:** "Go go go!"

**Brittnee:** "Fast!"

**Clara:** "GO! SPEED IT UP!"

**Nemo:** "I'm ahead of you!"

**Jenn:** "Go! I do not want another hazard!!"

**Asia:** "Sprint it!"

All teams get to the rappel.

**Abe:** "We're dealing with heights. That sure didn't take long.

**Halcy:** "You're good right?"

**Ashley:** "I'm good. I'm over that fear."

**White:** "This thing better work or it's rigged."

**Candy:** "You wouldn't be alive to know if that were true."

**Abe:** "I'm ready for it, Let's get this over with."

(cf) **Micky:** "This is where speed becomes important. We were all there, but we had to get our gear on and the order you got there was the order you started."

Micky & Abe start rappelling.

Halcy & Ashley start rappelling.

**Halcy:** "Faster! We can beat them!"

War & Coolguy start rappelling.

Clara & Nemo start rappelling.

**War:** "Faster!"

**Coolguy:** "We're attached, I can only go so fast."

**Clara:** "We're smoking them!"

**Nemo:** "Keep going!"

**Micky:** "Don't slow down, they're catching us."

**Abe:** "I'm trying."

Getsome & Sarah start rappelling.

Alex & Wilted start rappelling.

Briana & Amy start rappelling.

(cf) **Jenn:** "I'm nervous. We were one of the last teams to get here so there's a good chance we get the hazard. That messed with my mind so much and I don't wanna go through that again."

**Ashley:** "Almost there."

**War:** "They're smoking us. We have to go!"

**Clara:** "We made it!"

**Nemo:** "Our bags are over there."

Clara & Nemo finish rappelling currently in 1st place.

**Nemo:** "No hazard for us!"

**Micky:** "Done."

Micky & Abe finish rappelling currently in 2nd place.

Halcy & Ashley finish rappelling currently in 3rd place.

**Getsome:** "Stay with them."

**Amy:** "This is fun! It's good to be back!"

**Wilted:** "Easy does it. We're catching War & Coolguy."

Iconic & Brittnee start rappelling.

Candy & White start rappelling.

War & Coolguy finish rappelling currently in 4th place.

Alex & Wilted finish rappelling currently in 5th place.

**Cloud:** "This isn't good. It looks like we're in the back."

**Mega:** "We need to go as fast as we can or else we're getting that hazard."

**Jojo:** "We cannot afford to get that penalty."

**Asia:** "As if I didn't know this already."

**Jojo:** "Hey! Don't get a tude when we're only five minutes in!"

**Asia:** "I'll give you whatever I feel like thank you very much!"

**Amy:** "What are those two doing?"

**Briana:** "Who knows and who cares."

Briana & Amy finish rappelling currently in 6th place.

Getsome & Sarah finish rappelling currently in 7th place.

Iconic & Brittnee finish rappelling currently in 8th place.

Candy & White finish rappelling currently in 9th place.

**Etoille:** "Looks like it's between Mega & Cloud, Asia & Jojo, and us. We have to beat them."

**Jenn:** "Are we ready yet?"

Asia & Jojo start rappelling.

**Asia:** "Faster! They're coming!"

Mega & Cloud start rappelling.

**Jenn:** "We're last! We need to go!"

**Etoille:** "Almost got it."

**Jojo:** "I should not be falling faster than you."

**Asia:** "You're not!"

**Mega:** "We can catch them if we take it slow."

**Cloud:** "Not too slow."

Jenn & Etoille start rappelling.

**Jenn:** "Hurry! Book it!"

**Etoille:** "If we do this, we might go faster."

**Jenn:** "That's dangerous! But do it anyway!"

**Mega:** "How are they going so fast?!"

**Cloud:** "That does not look safe at all!"

**Jojo:** "Come on! We're right there!"

**Asia:** "YASS!"

Asia & Jojo finish rappelling currently in 10th place.

**Jenn:** "We have to beat Mega & Cloud or we're penalized!"

**Mega:** "They're catching up and I don't know how!"

**Etoille:** "This is going to be close! Faster!"

**Cloud:** "NO!"

**Jenn:** "YES!"

Jenn & Etoille finish rappelling currently in 11th place.

**Mega:** "Crap. We're getting that hazard."

Mega & Cloud finish rappelling currently in Last place.

**Phil:** "Since you finished last here, you'll be receiving the hazard at some point in this leg. Your cars are over there so get to it!"

All teams run to their bags and cars.

**Halcy:** "Fly to Shanghai, China!"

**Route Info:** Teams must fly to Shanghai, China. The first flight, China Airlines, could carry the first four teams. second flight, EVA Air, could carry the second four teams. And the third flight, Cathay Pacific, could carry the last four teams. Each flight leaves thirty minutes apart. Upon arrival, teams must take a taxi to the Yuanshen Sports Centre Stadium, where they would find their next clue.

**Ashley:** "I've got it on the map. Let's go!"

**Cloud:** "We need a good flight now that we have the hazard."

**Etoille:** "Take this exit here. It's a short cut."

(cf) **Jenn:** "Watching myself last time was hard because everyone saw the worst of me. I want to show that I have grown from all that."

**Briana:** "We think we're doing good. Stay on this road."

**Abe:** "We're going this way."

(cf) **Micky:** "When you're coming off of such a bad performance in season 15, you start to wonder if your time flew by you. That's why I'm here. To prove I still have it in me and that time was just a fluke."

**Clara:** "This better be right."

(cf) **Clara:** "I'm not happy with my last couple of races. I either got out early or just missed the final. Neither of those things I want. I want to win!"

**Iconic:** "Doing good. We're on our way!"

(cf) **Brittnee:** "I've tried winning for so long and to finally do it was huge. We never would've expected to come right back for not just anything, but the grand championship! We won at just the right time so I feel good about doing it again!"

**Iconic:** "We went from a new team to a gauntlet of champions fast. Woo!"

**Jojo:** "We're doing good. We need to stay in that lane."

(cf) **Asia:** "These people are still jealous of the impact I have in this race. These obsesses losers secretly want to be us but they never will and that's why we will win!"

**White:** "Almost there."

(cf) **Candy:** "I had a rough season last time thanks to Bladez. But last time I checked, he has never won so I'm free of him. Now I can enjoy my time here."

**Wilted:** "This is it. The grand championship is on. You're got all your stuff right?"

**Alex:** "I do. And you?"

**Wilted:** "I've got my suction gloves ready so no lost passports this time lol."

(cf) **Alex:** "Even with our great performance in season 7, we feel like we've never reached that same level again and it's frustrating because I know we have it in us. This is the time to do it."

**Jenn:** "Wow, that shortcut worked. We're the first ones here!"

Jenn & Etoille get tickets on flight 1.

**Alex:** "There it is."

Alex & Wilted get tickets on flight 1.

**Abe:** "Not bad."

Micky & Abe get tickets on flight 1.

**Amy:** "Run for it!"

**Mega:** "We have a chance for it!"

**Briana:** "Yes!"

Briana & Amy get tickets on flight 1.

Mega & Cloud get tickets on flight 2.

**Cloud:** "We just missed it. But it's okay. We're still on the second one."

War & Coolguy get tickets on flight 2.

Halcy & Ashley get tickets on flight 2.

**Asia:** "It's around here somewhere."

**Brittnee:** "Think! It's gotta be here!"

**Clara:** "Is it that?"

(cf) **Halcy:** "I want to plan ahead. We really like Iconic & Brittnee so if we can work with them. That's two strong female teams together."

**Brittnee:** "I don't see it."

**Halcy:** "Over here!"

**Iconic:** "Run!"

**Asia:** "That came from over there!"

**Nemo:** "Hurry!"

**Asia:** "YASSS!!!"

Asia & Jojo get tickets on flight 2.

**Ashley:** "Are you kidding me?!"

(cf) **Halcy:** "Unfortunately, I misjudged where the others were and I ended up getting Asia & Jojo of all teams on instead. What a waste."

Iconic & Brittnee get tickets on flight 3.

Candy & White get tickets on flight 3.

Clara & Nemo get tickets on flight 3.

Getsome & Sarah get tickets on flight 3.

(cf) **Iconic:** "Halcy yelled "over here" and then Asia & Jojo magically find the flight. Something's going on here."

**Iconic:** "Was that intentional to push them on that flight so you could beat them?"

**Halcy:** "No, we were trying to get you two on here."

**Iconic:** "I don't believe you!"

(cf) **Ashley:** "What a start. The team we wanted now hates us because of Halcy's mistake. We need to prove ourselves to them now if we want to work with them."

**Asia:** "Hahahaha! We just got them to hate each other! Those losers really think they'd help them?!"

**Clara:** "How about shutting up. You did nothing!"

**Asia:** "I'VE DONE MORE THAN YOU EVER HAVE SWEETIE! ALL YOU EVER SAY IS YOU WON HAITI!"

**Clara:** "AT LEAST I WON UNLIKE YOUR FIRST BOOT SELF! GET A LIFE!"

**Asia:** "THAT'S RICH COMING FROM A WOMAN IN HER 20S PLAYING ROBLOX GAMES MADE FOR 11 YEAR OLDS!"

**Clara:** "EXCUSE ME? YOU'RE ONE TO TALK WITH THAT BOTOX BOOTY!"

**Asia:** "HEY! DO NOT DISRESPECT THIS PERFECTION!"

**Nemo:** "Who thought it was a good idea to put these two on the same season?"

**Getsome:** "At least Asia & Jojo are not on our flight."

**Amy:** "Whatever is going on with the drama mamas over there, we're staying out of it. We're focused on winning wink wink."

All flights leave.

**Flight 1:** Jenn & Etoille, Alex & Wilted, Micky & Abe, Briana & Amy.

**Flight 2:** Mega & Cloud, War & Coolguy, Halcy & Ashley, Asia & Jojo.

**Flight 3:** Iconic & Brittnee, Candy & White, Clara & Nemo, Getsome & Sarah.

Flight 1 lands.

**Micky:** "Taxi!"

**Abe:** "Yuanshen Sports Centre Stadium. Do you know where we're going?"

**Driver:** "I do."

**Amy:** "Take us here please."

**Etoille:** "We want to go here."

**Alex:** "Taxi!"

(cf) **Alex:** "Winning this leg is huge cause we don't know what that advantage is but we know we want it."

**Jenn:** "We're in a race so we need to go fast!"

**Driver:** "What country?"

**Micky:** "For me, Britain."

**Abe:** "And for me, USA. Your English is good!"

**Briana:** "We were on a flight for about 18 hours. We feel refreshed and ready to race."

**Amy:** "These people are going to stress. We can use that for us."

**Briana:** "We know how to have a good time and that's what we're going to do."

**Alex:** "It's one of those hot days here in China. But we're the strongest team so these people will die from it."

**Wilted:** "We know what kind of adjustments we need to make. I'm ready for whatever they throw at us."

**Jenn:** "So far I'm enjoying myself a lot more than last time."

**Etoille:** "If we keep cool heads, we can crush this leg."

**Jenn:** "That's the plan."

**Micky:** "There are pros and cons to having that advantage. We get something good but then we're targets."

**Abe:** "And when uturn season comes along, we'll be on top. Though I feel like even with all these other targets, we stand out."

**Micky:** "We need to race smart."

**Etoille:** "I see it."

**Roadblock:** "*Who's ready to get paddled?*"
One team member must score one point in a game of table tennis against a 10-year-old Chinese national junior table tennis champion, who would rotate among all teams present at any given time. For each attempt after their first, the table tennis champion would play with an ordinary household object (scaling from a clipboard, a frying pan, a tambourine, a metal pencil case, and a clue envelope) to make it easier to score a point. Once they have scored a point, they would receive their next clue.

Etoille is doing the RB.

Wilted is doing the RB.

Micky is doing the RB.

Briana is doing the RB.

(cf) **Briana:** "We run into this room and there are kids playing ping-pong everywhere. They look good but I'm not too worried about it."

**Etoille:** "Here we go."

**Jenn:** "Let's go!"

Etoille fails 1st attempt.

**Etoille:** "Dang it! That was hard!"

**Alex:** "Hit it hard!"

Wilted fails 1st attempt.

**Alex:** "Harder than that!"

**Wilted:** "I'd like to see you try this!"

Micky fails 1st attempt.

**Micky:** "You're good."

**Briana:** "They all failed so this is my chance."

**Amy:** "Let's go hun! Get us that lead!"

Briana fails 1st attempt."

**Amy:** "That's okay! You know how to do it now."

**Briana:** "That's harder than I thought!"

Flight 2 lands.

**War:** "Taxi!"

**Mega:** "Can we go here?"

**Halcy:** "Taxi!"

**Jojo:** "Get your whistle out."

**Ashley:** "Asia has a whistle? How cheap can you get?"

**Asia:** "These teams are so stupid. We got a cab first because of this little charm!"

**Jojo:** "We made a great purchase on our way to the airport."

**Mega:** "It's super important that we do well because we have an extra task that no one else has to do."

**Cloud:** "One thing we will not do is stress."

**Halcy:** "As fast as we can please."

**Coolguy:** "We're just laying low right now. Other teams will start fighting and won't talk about us as targets."

**War:** "That's more than Redbeard did in his whole race career."

**Coolguy:** "Huh?"

**War:** "He deserves to be called out for dissing me for no reason in BB4."

(cf) **Etoille:** "It got back to my turn and she was using a clip board! And not even the flat side, the paper side!"

Etoille fails 2nd attempt.

**Jenn:** "Come on! You can beat her!"

**Wilted:** "I wish she would shut up."

**Jenn:** "HIT IT!"

Wilted fails 2nd attempt.

**Wilted:** "HEY! YOU MADE ME MISS! FOUL!"

**Jenn:** "The clue didn't say I couldn't hehehe."

Micky fails 2nd attempt.

**Micky:** "Oh come on!"

**Abe:** "Maybe I should've done this once since I play ping-pong quite a bit."

**Amy:** "Come on Briana!"

Briana fails 2nd attempt.

**Briana:** "Welp, more humble pie for me. Gosh!"

**Cloud:** "I see it."

Mega is doing the RB.

Ashley is doing the RB.

Coolguy is doing the RB.

**Jojo:** "We're searching for our clue around the grounds of the stadium."

**Halcy:** "Asia & Jojo missed the box LOL"

(cf) **Wilted:** "Suddenly, the second flight shows up and the pressure is on."

**Mega:** "Let's see if I can one shot this."

**Cloud:** "You got this!"

Mega fails 1st attempt.

**Mega:** "That would be a no."

Ashley fails 1st attempt.

**Ashley:** "How is that doable?"

**Asia:** "This is the court."

**Jojo:** "I see nothing. Let's look at the front."

**War:** "Here's our chance. Let's go!"

Coolguy fails 1st attempt.

**Coolguy:** "Whoa. I need a better technique."

**Jojo:** "It's over here!"

Jojo is doing the RB.

**Etoille:** "A pan? Maybe this will be the one."

**Jenn:** "Come on! YES!"

Etoille finishes the RB currently in 1st place.

**Route Info:** Teams must make their way to Cui Ping Jiu Jia Restaurant, where they would find their next clue.

**Alex:** "They just got it. You need to get it this time."

**Wilted:** "I know, I saw!"

**Jenn:** "YO WILTED!"

Wilted fails 3rd attempt.

**Wilted:** "STOP DOING THAT! YOU SHOULD BE LEAVING!"

**Jenn:** "HAHAHA!"

**Alex:** "Forget her! Hit it harder!"

**Wilted:** "I did hit it harder but then it flew way off!"

**Abe:** "Come on, Micky. Focus! THERE!"

Micky finishes the RB currently in 2nd place.

**Etoille:** "Taxi?"

**Abe:** "There they are. They don't have a cab yet. This is huge!"

**Jenn:** "Here comes one."

**Micky:** "I finished second but now we're in first. Let's hope we can stay there. That ping-pong was hard though!"

**Etoille:** "Ghost Town got ahead of us."

**Jenn:** "I once thought Micky was hot but I decided I'm beyond the flirt days. I'm a new Jenn."

Flight 3 lands.

**Getsome:** "Taxi!"

**Sarah:** "We want to go here."

**White:** "Taxi! OKAY!"

**Clara:** "Thanks for the cab, FLOP!"

**Candy:** "That girl…"

**Nemo:** "Clara, we're not trying to make enemies right now."

**Clara:** "White already was."

(cf) **Nemo:** "Just like usual, Clara likes to do her own thing. It's my jop to keep her mind in the game so she doesn't ruin things for us."

**Brittnee:** "We're in the back but we've got a good driver who will hopefully make up time for us."

**Iconic:** "As fast as we can!"

**Briana:** "Show me some mercy. MERCY! YES!"

Briana finishes the RB currently in 3rd place.

**Amy:** "YASS GIRL!"

**Briana:** "That was hard."

**Jojo:** "Hey! I wasn't ready!"

Jojo fails 1st attempt.

**Asia:** "Come on! Beat the crap out of that child!"

**Alex:** "Whoa!"

**Mega:** "Asia, that sounds really bad."

**Asia:** "And you're really bad!"

Mega fails 2nd attempt.

**Cloud:** "It's okay! Stay calm!"

**Etoille:** "I think that's it up there. Yep, there's a clue box."

**Roadblock:** "*Who wants to go tubing?*"
The team member who did not play table tennis must eat a Chinese delicacy desert known as hasma, which consists of the fatty connective tissue found near the fallopian tubes of a frog served to them in two hollowed-out papaya halves, using only a provided pair of chopsticks and without lifting the papaya off of the table. Once they completely finish the dish, they would receive their next clue.

Jenn is doing the second RB.

**Jenn:** "Oh boy. I don't even wanna know what this is."

**Etoille:** "Unless they smoked this, I don't see Ghost Town anywhere. We may be in first again."

**Micky:** "Is this it?"

**Abe:** "I see nothing. Oh no."

**Micky:** "Our cab dropped us off at the wrong restaurant."

**Abe:** "And probably cost us our lead."

Coolguy finishes the RB currently in 4th place.

Wilted finishes the RB currently in 5th place.

**War:** "We passed Alex & Wilted!"

**Alex:** "We're right behind them!"

**Coolguy:** "Now the third flight's here."

Nemo is doing the RB.

Getsome is doing the RB.

Brittnee is doing the RB.

White is doing the RB.

**Jojo:** "This is getting scary."

**Ashley:** "Come on…GOT IT!"

Ashley finishes the RB currently in 6th place.

**Jenn:** "This stuff isn't good."

Amy is doing the second RB.

**Amy:** "I'm not the best at this, but I'll do it to get ahead."

**Jojo:** "I hate ping-pong now…YES! I LOVE PING-PONG!"

Jojo finishes the RB currently in 7th place.

**Clara:** "HEY! MAKE UP YOUR MIND!"

**Nemo:** "Clara!"

Nemo fails 1st attempt.

**Nemo:** "Maybe instead of yelling at those losers, make it so I can concentrate."

**Mega:** "I need to get it this time."

**Cloud:** "Keep going!"

Mega finishes the RB currently in 8th place.

**War:** "Over there!"

War is doing the second RB.

Alex is doing the second RB.

**Jenn:** "Almost done."

**Amy:** "I think I'm catching up to her."

**War:** "There's gotta be an easier way to do this."

**Alex:** "Hey, I see War picking up his plate. I don't think that's allowed but I ain't saying anything."

**Jenn:** "Done!"

Jenn finishes the second RB currently in 1st place.

**Route Info:** Teams must make their way to The Bund, where they must search the promenade for a woman and young boy with traditional Suanpan abacuses, who would give them their next clue.

**Jenn:** "Let's go. Amy is right behind me."

**Amy:** "Check?"

Amy finishes the second RB currently in 2nd place.

**Halcy:** "I see it."

**Abe:** "Halcy & Ashley are here. We lost some ground."

Halcy is doing the second RB.

Abe is doing the second RB.

**War:** "I'm done!"

**Coolguy:** "Nice!"

**War:** "Where's my clue?"

**Alex:** "Oh, she's getting more for him lol!"

**War:** "What does that say? You may not use your hands?! I have to do it again! Dang it!"

**Abe:** "I hope this frog wasn't pregnant."

(cf) **Abe:** "I'm not the biggest fan of food just in general but I need to get this done."

Asia is doing the second RB.

**Asia:** "You're more of a woman than you were before Abe."

**Abe:** "These are frog tubes, not human tubes."

(cf) **Alex:** "Asia is being obnoxious as usual so I just wanted to get out of there."

**Alex:** "I'm done!"

Alex finishes the second RB currently in 3rd place.

**Halcy:** "I'm not doing well here."

Brittnee finishes the RB currently in 9th place.

**Nemo:** "I need to get it this time."

**Clara:** "GET IT DONE!"

**Nemo:** "You almost made me miss! But I still got it!"

Nemo finishes the RB currently in 10th place.

White finishes the RB currently in 11th place.

**Getsome:** "And I'm last. Nothing new here."

**Sarah:** "Time for another one of our comebacks!"

Cloud is doing the second RB.

**Halcy:** "Gosh. I am going so slow. These chopsticks are impossible!"

**Abe:** "Done!"

Abe finishes the second RB currently in 4th place.

**Abe:** "I know what an abacus is so we're good on that."

**Cloud:** "It's on me to finish this cause we still have a hazard somewhere."

**Etoille:** "This is it. We need to find the woman using an abacus."

**Jenn:** "I don't see anything. Let's go this way."

**Amy:** "This is the place, now where is the woman?"

**Getsome:** "Come on, COME ON! YES!"

Getsome finishes the RB currently in Last place.

**Sarah:** "We're still in this!"

**Getsome:** "This is where we show the others why we are called the ultimate underdogs."

**War:** "Am I good this time?"

**Coolguy:** "No clue again?"

**War:** "You can't even pick up the papaya?!" Shoot! I have to do it again!"

**Asia:** "Ew. I hate this. We should take the penalty"

**Jojo:** "NO! We don't need to take no penalty because of you."

**Halcy:** "I'd say do it."

**Jojo:** "Shut up!"

**Ashley:** "Faster, Halcy!"

**Halcy:** "I'm going as fast as I can."

**Alex:** "This is the spot."

**Wilted:** "There's Briana & Amy."

**Briana:** "Alex & Wilted are here."

**Alex:** "She's red and yellow. I'll bet that's it."

**Wilted:** "You have a clue?"

Alex & Wilted find the abacus currently in 1st place.

**Route Info:** Teams must make their way on foot to the Bund Observatory to check in. The last team to check in may be eliminated.

**Alex:** "We need to ask."

**Briana:** "Did you guys get it?"

**Wilted:** "It's over there."

**Amy:** "Thanks!"

**Alex:** "Why did you tell them?"

**Wilted:** "We'll be fine. They said it was over here."

Briana & Amy find the abacus currently in 2nd place.

**Amy:** "That looks like it over there."

**Briana:** "We might be able to beat them if we hurry."

**Jenn:** "There they go!"

**Etoille:** "Follow them!"

**Alex:** "I see it over there."

**Wilted:** "Shoot! I just dropped the fanny pack."

**Alex:** "Dude!"

**Briana:** "Sorry guys!"

**Alex:** "DON'T YOU DARE!"

**Amy:** "It's the game!"

**Wilted:** "I'm good."

**Alex:** "RUN!"

**Amy:** "Here they come!"

Foot race.

Briana & Amy, you are team number 1!

**Amy:** "YASS!"

Alex & Wilted, you are team number 2.

**Briana:** "WE DID IT!"

**Wilted:** "With help…"

**Amy:** "Ok now. Don't sit here and act like y'all didn't make a mistake. If you said nothing, you might've had it. It was y'all's fault."

**Wilted:** "You owe us after that. What a cheap move."

**Alex:** "Wilted, you're an idiot!"

As the winners of this leg of the race, you have won the ability to assign an Automatic U-Turn to a team on the next leg, forcing them to do both sides of the detour.

**Amy:** "Whoa! That could come in handy."

**Wilted:** "Great. Just great."

(cf) **Alex:** "Not only did Wilted tell them where the pit stop was, but he just started a fight with them. Now we have to be on their radar so we have to do damage control next leg."

(cf) **Briana:** "It was once said, "with great power comes great responsibility" so we want to use this thing to help us advance."

**Jenn:** "Up here."

**Etoille:** "Wait, this is the pit stop! We're wrong!"

**Jenn:** "Where is it then?"

**Abe:** "That's her right there."

Micky & Abe find the abacus currently in 3rd place.

**Cloud:** "I've almost got it down."

**Halcy:** "So close!"

**Asia:** "I HATE THIS!"

Iconic is doing the second RB.

Clara is doing the second RB.

Candy is doing the second RB.

**Clara:** "I'll bet I can do this faster than Asia."

**Asia:** "YOU WANNA GO! I'LL TEAR THAT WEAVE RIGHT OUT!"

**Jojo:** "Oh, so now you're eating."

**Clara:** "YOU'RE GOING TO THE GRAVE!"

**Iconic:** "This just got crazy."

**Cloud:** "It's been crazy."

**Halcy:** "Can I get a check?"

Halcy finishes the second RB currently in 5th place.

Cloud finishes the second RB currently in 6th place.

**War:** "Am I good this time?"

War finishes the second RB currently in 7th place.

**War:** "Finally! My stomach hurts."

**Asia:** "BOOM!"

Asia finishes the second RB currently in 8th place.

**Clara:** "It's not that easy!"

Clara finishes the second RB currently in 9th place.

**Nemo:** "Wow, that was quick."

**Clara:** "Forget that! CATCH THEM!"

Micky & Abe, you are team number 3.

**Micky:** "We'll take it."

**Halcy:** "Where is this thing?"

**Cloud:** "They went past it."

**Mega:** "It's right there. What's it say?"

Mega & Cloud find the abacus currently in 4th place.

**Cloud:** "Mega & Cloud, you have reached the Hazard!"

**Phil:** "Since Mega & Cloud were the last team to finish the first challenge of the race, they now face a penalty called a Hazard."

**Hazard:** Mega & Cloud must take an abacus from the woman and adjust it so it represents the number 6,302,715,408 before they can continue racing.

**Mega:** "Oh boy. This is going to be hard."

**Cloud:** "Let's get away from here before people see us."

**Halcy:** "Where did they get that?"

**Coolguy:** "Here it is."

**War:** "She's red and yellow."

War & Coolguy find the abacus currently in 4th place.

**Ashley:** "They got it."

**Halcy:** "Then what are Mega & Cloud doing?"

Halcy & Ashley find the abacus currently in 5th place.

**Ashley:** "They must be doing the Hazard."

**Cloud:** "This is tough. I don't know how to make that happen."

Candy finishes the second RB currently in 10th place.

**Getsome:** "Did you find it?"

**White:** "It's over there."

**Sarah:** "Thank you!"

Sarah is doing the second RB.

Iconic finishes the second RB currently in 11th place.

**Getsome:** "You can dominate this."

(cf) **Sarah:** "I knew I had to give it a good effort in order to finish this so I just went all in."

**Getsome:** "Wow! She's got heart!"

**Sarah:** "Am I good?"

Sarah finishes the second RB currently in Last place.

**Getsome:** "We may still have a chance. You never know."

**Jenn:** "This isn't making any sense. Should we try over there?"

**Etoille:** "We need to ask someone."

**Asia:** "RUN! THERE'S CLARA'S CAB!"

**Clara:** "BEAT THEM!"

**Nemo:** "Wait, we don't even know what we're looking for!"

**Mega:** "Wow. This is hard. Are we making any progress?"

**Cloud:** "No idea."

**Iconic:** "The Bund is huge!"

**White:** "It's around here somewhere."

**Jojo:** "Where are we going?!"

**Asia:** "Um…"

**Nemo:** "Why are we following them? They don't know what they're doing."

War & Coolguy, you are team number 4.

**Iconic:** "I see it."

**Candy:** "Right there."

Candy & White find the abacus currently in 6th place.

Iconic & Brittnee find the abacus currently in 7th place.

**Jenn:** "There's Mega & Cloud. They have something."

**Etoille:** "Where did you guys get that?"

**Mega:** "We got it fr-"

**Cloud:** "Can't tell you. Sorry."

(cf) **Cloud:** "If there's one thing I've learned over time, it's not helping teams when there's nothing in it for us. We need all the time we can get to solve this abacus.

**Jenn:** "Dang it! They won't tell us!"

Halcy & Ashley, you are team number 5.

**Getsome:** "We need to find it here."

**Local:** "Are you looking for the lady?"

**Sarah:** "We are. Do you know?"

**Local:** "She's up there."

**Getsome:** "Thank you!"

**Sarah:** "There she is, just like that guy said!"

Getsome & Sarah find the abacus currently in 8th place.

**Getsome:** "Who knows, maybe we passed someone. We found it pretty fast."

**Mega:** "I think I'm getting somewhere with this."

**Jojo:** "I think we passed it. We need to go back."

**Asia:** "Where did Clara go?"

**Jojo:** "They ran that way."

**Candy:** "Where's the Bund Observatory?"

**Iconic:** "We'd like to know as well."

**Getsome:** "I see teams! This is huge! Go go go!"

**White:** "Let's follow them. They look like they know."

**Brittnee:** "Thank you sir!"

Getsome & Sarah, you are team number 6.

**Getsome:** "SIX?!"

**Sarah:** "WE DIDN'T EVEN THINK WE WERE NINE!"

**Getsome:** "THIS IS WHY YOU NEVER QUIT!"

**Iconic:** "Up the stairs!"

**Candy:** "It must be up."

Iconic & Brittnee, you are team number 7.

Candy & White, you are team number 8.

**Brittnee:** "Not the best but we could've done worse."

**Etoille:** "Where is this lady?!"

**Jenn:** "We've been at this for who knows how long! Is she a statue? Is she up or down? WHERE IS SHE?!"

**Cloud:** "I've got my half done I think."

**Mega:** "Alright, help me here if you can please."

**Nemo:** "It's right there."

**Asia:** "FOLLOW HER!"

**Clara:** "Oh no…"

Clara & Nemo find the abacus currently in 9th place.

Asia & Jojo find the abacus currently in 10th place.

**Cloud:** "Almost there."

**Jenn:** "See anything?"

**Etoille:** "Maybe it's her. She's yellow and red. Let's go check."

**Jenn:** "If it's her, we passed her like a million times."

**Clara:** "BEAT HER!"

**Asia:** "RUN!"

Clara & Nemo, you are team number 9.

Asia & Jojo, you are team number 10.

**Clara:** "HAHAHAHA! WE WERE ON A LATER FLIGHT AND WE STILL BEAT YOU LOSERS!"

**Asia:** "YOU GOT LUCKY! WE WILL WIN THIS RACE AND YOU WILL GO HOME!"

(cf) **Nemo:** "Can someone end this nightmare?"

**Jenn:** "That's her. Oh my gosh!"

Jenn & Etoille find the abacus currently in 11th place.

**Mega:** "Done!"

**Cloud:** "Check?"

**Judge:** "It's correct."

Mega & Cloud finish the hazard currently in Last place.

**Mega:** "That took forever. We need to hurry cause we may be last now."

**Etoille:** "I see a team behind us. Run!"

**Cloud:** "A team! Pass them!"

**Jenn:** "Go go go!"

**Mega:** "Run for it!"

Foot race!

**Cloud:** "AHH! Please say anything but last."

Mega & Cloud, you are team number 11 and you are still in the race.

**Mega:** "Yes!"

**Cloud:** "We overcame the hazard!"

**Etoille:** "Oh wow."

Jenn & Etoille, I'm very sorry to tell you that you are the last team to arrive. And that you have been eliminated from the race.

**Jenn:** "If I never see another abacus it'll be too soon."

**Etoille:** "That sucks. I wanted to win this one."

**Jenn:** "At least I got to show a better version of myself."

**Etoille:** "I'm proud of Jenn. She was great the whole time. It was an honor to even be in this grand championship."

(cf) **Jenn:** "It sucks. If we were 9 seconds faster, we'd be in it still. I mean we were in the lead but blew it because of that stupid abacus. But I did do one thing right, I showed that I have grown and for that, it was worth coming back."

(cf) **Etoille:** "It's been amazing. I had fun. I just wish we got more time here."

## Route Markers

* Starting Line
* Route Info 1
* Route Info 2
* Roadblock 1
* Route Info 3
* Roadblock 2
* Route Info 4
* Hazard
* Route Info 5 and Pit Stop
 The race begins at Colorado Street Bridge in Pasadena, California, United States.

 Teams must don safety gear and then rappel together down ten stories off of the side of the Colorado Street Bridge. Once at the bottom teams, would find their bags and their first clue. The last team to complete the task will be penalized with the **Hazard**.
For coming in last place, Mega & Cloud were penalized with the Hazard.

 Teams must fly to Shanghai, China. The first flight, China Airlines, could carry the first four teams. second flight, EVA Air, could carry the second four teams. And the third flight, Cathay Pacific, could carry the last four teams. Each flight leaves thirty minutes apart. Upon arrival, teams must take a taxi to the Yuanshen Sports Centre Stadium, where they would find their next clue.

 "*Who's ready to get paddled?*"

The team member assigned to perform this Roadblock must score one point in a game of table tennis against a 10-year-old Chinese national junior table tennis champion, who would rotate among all teams present at any given time. For each attempt after their first, the table tennis champion would play with an ordinary household object (scaling from a clipboard, a frying pan, a tambourine, a metal pencil case, and a clue envelope) to make it easier to score a point. Once they have scored a point, they would receive their next clue.

The Roadblock performers per team are underlined:

* Alex & Wilted
* Asia & Jojo
* Briana & Amy
* Candy & White
* Clara & Nemo
* Getsome & Sarah
* Halcy & Ashley
* Iconic & Brittnee
* Jenn & Etoille
* Mega & Cloud
* Micky & Abe
* War & Coolguy
 Teams must make their way to Cui Ping Jiu Jia Restaurant, where they would find their next clue.

 "*Who wants to go tubing?*"

The team member who sat out of the previous Roadblock must eat a Chinese delicacy desert known as hasma, which consists of the fatty connective tissue found near the fallopian tubes of a frog served to them in two hollowed-out papaya halves, using only a provided pair of chopsticks and without lifting the papaya off of the table. Once they completely finish the dish, they would receive their next clue.

The Roadblock performers per team are underlined:

* Alex & Wilted
* Asia & Jojo
* Briana & Amy
* Candy & White
* Clara & Nemo
* Getsome & Sarah
* Halcy & Ashley
* Iconic & Brittnee
* Jenn & Etoille
* Mega & Cloud
* Micky & Abe
* War & Coolguy
 Teams must make their way to The Bund, where they must search the promenade for a woman and young boy with traditional Suanpan abacuses, who would give them their next clue.

 After finding the abacus at The Bund, Mega & Cloud would receive their clue for their **Hazard**.
Mega & Cloud must take an abacus from the woman and adjust it so it represents the number 6,302,715,408 before they can continue racing.

 Teams must make their way on foot to the Bund Observatory to check in.
For coming in first place, Briana & Amy won the ability to assign an **Automatic U-Turn** to the team of their choice on the next leg regardless of placement.

## Leaderboard

**Legend:**
     First Place •      Eliminated •      Last placer on a Non-Elimination Leg•      Saved from elimination by the Salvage Pass or The Save •      Season winner •      Season 2nd place •      Season 3rd place • **►** Used the Fast Forward • **ϵ** Used the Express Pass• **⊂** User of the first Double U-Turn slot • **⊃** Recipient of the first Double U-Turn slot • **⋐** User of the second Double U-Turn slot • **⋑** Recipient of the second Double U-Turn slot

 **1st place**

 **2nd place**

 **3rd place**

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