The Amazing Race 10
The Amazing Race 10 is the tenth installment of the American reality television show "The Amazing Race". "The Amazing Race 10" features twelve teams of two with a pre-existing relationship in a race around the world. Professional models Tyler Denk and James Branaman were the winners of this season. Production. Development and filming. "The Amazing Race 10" spanned and covered 4 continents and 13 countries, the most countries visited in a season. Among them, six were previously unvisited by the series, including Mongolia, Kuwait, Mauritius, Madagascar, Finland, and Ukraine. None of those countries have been  revisited by the series. It was also the first season to (nearly) circumnavigate the globe in a generally westward fashion, crossing the Pacific Ocean in the first leg and crossing the Atlantic on the final leg. Most other seasons transversed the globe in a generally eastward direction. "The Amazing Race 10" saw the show's first double elimination when in one leg, two teams were eliminated: one halfway through the leg, and the other at the end. It also introduced a new obstacle, the Intersection, which involved having two teams work together until otherwise instructed. If no other team was  available when one team read the Intersection clue, they were required to wait for another team to arrive before proceeding together. The Intersection was also shown in conjunction with a Fast Forward allowing both teams from the first pair to complete the task to receive the benefit of the award. This season also saw the return of Roadblock at the first leg since Season 1 (although the Roadblock in the first leg of Season 1 went unaired). Additionally, the penalty for coming in last on a non-elimination leg was changed. Instead of being stripped of money and possessions, the  last place team was "Marked for Elimination". This had a consequence for the following leg, where the marked team suffered a 30-minute penalty at the Pit Stop unless they were first to check-in, possibly allowing other teams to overtake them in the final placings for that leg. During the Vietnam legs, all route markers were colored yellow and white rather than red and yellow (based on the original route markers in Season 1), so as to avoid confusion with the flag of the former independent state of South Vietnam (although the show would later use the regular markers  in Vietnam as of Season 22). The second Vietnamese leg was also the first time in the series in which teams received money in local currency. During the Ukraine leg, host Phil Keoghan was detained at the airport for traveling to the country with a New Zealand passport 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. Episode 4 was  selected by CBS for consideration in the 2007 Emmy Awards, and garnered five total nominations, including one for Outstanding Reality-Competition Program. The episode won for Outstanding Reality-Competition, the show's fifth consecutive win in that category, having won since the category was first awarded in 2003. To date, this is the last "Amazing Race" season that did not either start or finish in the state of California. Cast. Applications were accepted through January 20, 2006 (one week later than the original deadline). Semi-finalist interviews occurred in late February and early March, followed by finalist interviews in Los  Angeles during late March and early April. Filming ran from May 27, 2006 to June 24, 2006. The cast of "The Amazing Race 10" was increased to 12 teams for the first time since Season 4. It included best friends, a couple, college cheerleaders, boyfriends, brothers, a team member with a prosthetic leg, recovered drug addicts, beauty pageant queens, and a pair of single mothers. Lyn & Karlyn were the first all-female team to make the Final 3. This was also the first season where none of the Final 3 had placed last in a non-elimination leg. While Peter  & Sarah were portrayed as a newly dating and bickering couple on the season (to the extent that Sarah "broke up" with Peter during their elimination in Kuwait), Sarah Reinertsen revealed that they were 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. Following the overturning of the Defense of Marriage Act in 2013, Terry Cosentino proposed to Tom Rock in December 2013, having led Rock on a small-scale "Amazing Race"-styled trip through New York with  assistance from Keoghan and other friends. The two married on November 12, 2016. Future appearances. Dustin & Kandice and David & Mary were selected to race in "The Amazing Race: All-Stars" among a cast of returning teams from the first 10 seasons. David & Mary also appeared on "The View" where they received gifts from the show, including vacations, a Ford Explorer, and a new house. In 2021, Tom Rock and Terry Cosentino competed on "Ellen's Game of Games". Jamie Hill later won the title of Miss South Carolina USA 2008, competed at the Miss USA 2008 pageant in Las Vegas  on April 11, 2008, and placed in the top 15. Results. The following teams participated in the season, each listed along with their placements in each leg, and relationships as identified by the program. Note that this table is not necessarily reflective of all content broadcast on television, owing to the inclusion or exclusion of some data. Placements are listed in finishing order: Episode title quotes. Titles for episodes are often taken from quotes made by the racers. Prizes. Unless otherwise noted, prizes were awarded to the first team to check in for each leg. Trips were provided by Travelocity . The prizes were: Race summary. Leg 1 (United States → China). Airdate: September 17, 2006 In this season's first Roadblock, one team member had to eat eyeballs from a fish head soup to receive their next clue. This season's first Detour was a choice between Labor or Leisure. In Labor, teams had to travel by pedicab to Run De Li Market, where they had to use traditional Chinese bricks and methods to pave a section of sidewalk in a specific pattern to receive their next clue. In Leisure, teams had to travel by pedicab to Beihai Park and  participate in a Chinese relaxation exercise known as Taiji Bailong, in which they had to successfully balance a ball on a paddle to receive their next clue. Leg 2 (China → Mongolia). Airdate: September 24, 2006 This leg's Detour was a choice between Take It Down or Fill It Up. In Take It Down, teams chose a nomadic shelter called a ger, took the canvas and roof down, packaged it for transport, and loaded it onto a camel before receiving their next clue. In Fill It Up, teams had to take a cart pulled by a "hynik", an indigenous  ox, to a river to fill four water containers, then bring them back to fill a barrel. Once the water reached a designated line, a nomad would give teams their next clue. In this leg's Roadblock, one team member had to string a traditional Mongolian bow and shoot a flaming arrow at a target away. After hitting the target, teams could run uphill to the Pit Stop at a pavilion. Leg 3 (Mongolia → Vietnam). Airdate: October 1, 2006 In this leg's Roadblock, one team member had to choose a bicycle with a basket of flowers and sell  enough to make at least 80,000₫, approximately US$5, to receive their next clue from the florist. This leg's Detour was a choice between Fuel or Fowl. In Fuel, teams had to travel to the home of Nguyĕn Văn Thuý and make 30 acceptable round coal bricks, a traditional Vietnamese fuel source, by putting wet coal in a traditional press to receive their next clue. In Fowl, teams had to travel to Nhà Thò, where they had to use traditional local materials to properly build an intricate Vietnamese birdcage to receive their next clue. Leg 4 (Vietnam). Airdate : October 8, 2006 In this leg's Roadblock, one team member had to use a mechanical ascender to climb up the sheer face of the cliff at Hòn Yên Ngựa, retrieve their clue, and then rappel down to finish the task. This leg's Detour was a choice between Over or Under. For both Detour options, teams were taken to the water by a junk then given a sampan to row to their task. In Over, teams had to row to a provisions ship, load supplies onto the sampan, then row to a floating village to deliver goods to the  specific addresses on their invoice. When finished, teams rowed back to the provisions ship and present the finished invoice to the captain, who would give them their next clue. In Under, teams had to take a marked buoy and row the sampan to a pearl farm, where they chose a line of buoys and haul 30 baskets out of the sea and into their boats. They had to deliver the baskets to a pearl farmer to receive their next clue. Leg 5 (Vietnam → India). Airdate: October 15, 2006 This leg's Detour was a choice between Wild Things or  Wild Rice. In Wild Things, teams had to make their way to Madras Crocodile Bank, locate pit 16, and help the workers wrangle and transport a marsh crocodile to a new pit to receive the next clue. In Wild Rice, teams had to make their way to Sri Sthala Sayana Perumal Temple, don traditional clothing, and chose an outline of a traditional floral design shown on the temple floor. Using a picture for reference, they had to use colored powder made from rice to color-in the outline so that it matched the picture before receiving their next clue. In  this leg's Roadblock, one team member had to attend a driver's education class then pass a driving test while driving on the left-hand side of the congested streets to receive their next clue and an Indian driver's license. Leg 6 (India → Kuwait). Airdate: October 22, 2006 This season's first Fast Forward required one team to wear protective gear and use a flame retardant shield to approach a simulated oil fire with temperatures of over on 6th Ring Road to retrieve the Fast Forward award from a clue box. In this leg's Roadblock, one  team member had to climb a ladder to the top of one of the towers, above the ground, to receive a satchel filled with puzzle pieces. They then had to go to the ground and assemble the puzzle that, when completed, would list their next destination, Al-Gharabally Street, in Arabic (الغربللي سوق شارع). This leg's Detour was a choice between Manual or Automatic. In Manual, teams drove to Souk Sulaibiya and had to fill ten bags of camel feed to a marked line. When all ten bags were filled, they had to transport them to a pallet and  properly stack them to receive their next clue. In Automatic, teams went to the Kuwait Camel Racing Club, where they used a walkie-talkie to operate a voice activated robotic jockey attached to a camel. When the camel ran a course, a wrangler would give them their next clue. Leg 7 (Kuwait → Mauritius). Airdate: October 29, 2006 There was a Roadblock in this leg; however, it was not aired. The clue is clearly visible with Dustin & Kandice in one of the stills for the episode on the show's website. This leg's Detour was a choice between Salt  or Sea. In Salt, teams had to search through three giant piles of salt for a salt shaker containing their next clue. In Sea, teams had to choose a boat pilot, then travel by motorboat to Île aux Benitiers. There, they had to search the island using a treasure map to find the boat's sail that they had to carry back to the boat, attaching it to the boat, and sail back to the starting point to receive their next clue. Leg 8 (Mauritius → Madagascar). Airdate: November 5, 2006 This season's second Fast Forward required one pair  of newly-joined teams to travel by van to Analakely Market, where they would discover that each team member had to eat one full serving of cow lips, a French-inspired local delicacy, to win the Fast Forward award. This leg's Detour was a choice between Long Sleep or Short Letter. In Long Sleep, the newly-joined teams had to travel by van to an open market, where they had to wrap eight mattresses with a cover and deliver them on foot approximately through the streets of Antananarivo to a specific address to receive their next clue from the  homeowner. In Short Letter, the newly-joined teams had to travel by van to a paper-working station where they had to work together to successfully make 28 pieces of handcrafted paper to receive their next clue from an artisan. Once teams completed the Detour, they were no longer Intersected. In this leg's Roadblock, one team member had to go up a steep staircase and find four different rubber stamp vendors with matching stamps to their clue: a boat, a train, an airplane, and a car. When they had collected all four stamps, they could then proceed to the  Pit Stop at Cathedral Andohalo, where their teammate was waiting. Leg 9 (Madagascar → Finland → Ukraine). Airdates: November 12 & 19, 2006 This leg's first Detour was a choice between Swamp This or Swamp That, methods by which Finnish athletes keep themselves in shape during the warmer months. In Swamp This, teams have to trudge through a bog on cross country skis, completing a course. In Swamp That, teams had to complete an obstacle course through a bog, requiring them to crawl, climb, and carry each other. At the end of both tasks, teams could grab their next clue  from a clue box. In this leg's first Roadblock, one team member had to ride a bike down a steep hill and search the Lohja mine for a marked dig site, where team members could retrieve a piece of limestone before returning to the starting point. They would then use the provided tools to break the limestone open to retrieve their next clue from inside. In this leg's second Roadblock, one team member had to drive a Soviet-built T-64 tank through a oval-shaped training course used for simulated military exercises to receive their next clue from  an officer. This leg's second musical-themed Detour was a choice between Make the Music or Find the Music. For both tasks, teams had to dress up in appropriate attire. In Make the Music, teams had to travel to Dance & Groove, a hip hop dance club part of Kyiv's underground rap movement, where they had to write and perform a rap song incorporating the names of all of the nations visited so far on the season to receive their next clue. In Find the Music, teams had to travel to the National Music Academy of Ukraine. There, they  had to search through thousands of pieces of sheet music for Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's "Concert Fantasia" for Piano and Orchestra. When teams had the correct music, they needed to search 120 practice rooms to find one of six pianists to perform the piece for them before receiving their next clue. Leg 10 (Ukraine → Morocco). Airdate: November 26, 2006 In this leg's Roadblock, one team member had to dress like an ancient gladiator and ride a chariot. While racing, they had to pull down two colored flags matching the livery of their horse to receive their next clue . This leg's Detour was a choice between Throw It or Grind It, each of each only had three workstations. In Throw It, teams had to travel to a marked pottery shop in Guedara, where they had to throw two clay pots on a potter's wheel to the specification of the artisan to receive their next clue. In Grind It, teams had to travel towards Ouarzazate to North Africa Horse, where they had to use a crushing mill to grind of olives and pack them into pressing sleeves before receiving their next clue from an olive miller. Leg 11  (Morocco → Spain). Airdate: December 3, 2006 In this leg's Roadblock, one team member had to obtain of camel meat from a stall and bring it to Cafe 11. There, they had to ground, season, and skewer the meat, give the skewers to a chef to cook, and then to eat the dish to receive their next clue. This leg's Detour was a choice between Lug It or Lob It. In Lug It, teams had to travel to Maremagnum Bridge at the end of Las Ramblas and get into giant costumes known as "gigantes y cabezudos". In these  giant costumes, they then had to walk over a mile to find a female giant in Plaça de Sant Felip Neri to receive their next clue. In Lob It, teams had to travel to Colònia Güell and take part in a tomato festival. While locals threw tomatoes at them as done in the festival, teams had to search a giant pile of tomatoes for the one with a clue inside. Leg 12 (Spain → France → United States). Airdate: December 10, 2006 In this season's final Roadblock, one team member had to perform a tandem skydive, with a skydive  instructor, over Normandy. The other team member would remain in the plane, and be treated to a surprise nosedive. The skydiver would land on Omaha Beach, receive their next clue, and was taken to Bayeux station in a military jeep, where they were reunited with their partner who arrived by taxi. This season's final Detour was a choice between Art or Fashion. In Art, teams had to go to an art studio, where they would pick up a painting and carry it through the streets to a painter who was waiting to complete it. Once the painting was finished , they would receive their next clue. In Fashion, teams had to travel by foot to Anatomy Fashion Studio, where they had to make a jacket, using the tools and materials provided, and put it on a mannequin for display. When the designer approved their work, she would give them their next clue. 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." Eric Goldman of "IGN" called it a solid season. 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." In 2016, this season was ranked 14th out of the first 27 seasons by the "Rob Has a Podcast Amazing Race" correspondents. In 2021, Val Barone of "TheThings" ranked this season as the show's 5th best season.