No. of Episodes 11 | Continents visited 3 | |
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Season Run September 30 – December 9, 2012 Filming dates May 26 (2012-05-26) – June 16, 2012 (2012-06-16) Winning team Josh Kilmer-Purcell & Brent Ridge All-Stars Natalie and Nadiya Anderson Winners Brent Ridge, Josh Kilmer‑Purcell | ||
The amazing race 21 intro
The Amazing Race 21 is the twenty-first installment of the American reality television show The Amazing Race on CBS. It featured eleven teams of two, each with a pre-existing relationship, in a race around the world.
Contents
- The amazing race 21 intro
- The amazing race 21 meet caitlin brittany
- Development and filming
- Cast
- Results
- Episode title quotes
- Prizes
- Leg 1 United States China
- Leg 2 China Indonesia
- Leg 3 Indonesia
- Leg 4 Indonesia Bangladesh
- Leg 5 Bangladesh
- Leg 6 Bangladesh Turkey
- Leg 7 Turkey Russia
- Leg 8 Russia
- Leg 9 Russia The Netherlands
- Leg 10 The Netherlands Spain
- Leg 11 Spain France
- Leg 12 France United States
- US Nielsen ratings
- Canadian ratings
- References
It premiered on September 30, 2012, at 8:00 p.m. ET/PT on CBS and CTV with the two-hour season finale on December 9, 2012. While the prize for winning the Race remains at US$1 million, if the team that came in first in the first leg had won the race, the prize would have been doubled to US$2 million.
The Fabulous Beekman Boys stars and husbands Josh Kilmer-Purcell and Brent Ridge were the winners of The Amazing Race 21.
The amazing race 21 meet caitlin brittany
Development and filming
Season 21 was broadcast during the 2012 fall season on CBS. It spanned a little over 25,000 miles (40,000 km) of travel to three continents and nine countries including China, Indonesia, Bangladesh, Turkey, and the Netherlands, which hosted a Switchback task.
This season introduced the "Double Your Money" prize for the team who won the first leg, making them eligible to win a total of $2 million if they also won the final leg; only six teams in the previous twenty seasons of the race have ever won both the first and final legs. Elise Doganieri, co-executive producer for the show, called the larger potential prize "a real game-changer". While teams reacted with excitement at the larger prize, Doganieri hoped that if it was won, the additional prize money would be used for "something wonderful" such as supporting charitable medical research. Abbie Ginsberg and Ryan Danz, winners of the Double Your Money prize for its inaugural season, were eliminated from the competition at the conclusion of the Race's ninth leg, after being U-Turned by Jaymes and James.
In Leg 3, Caitlin and Brittany were seen taken in the wrong direction of the Pit Stop, but in a post-elimination interview they stated that they actually knew where the Pit Stop was and were coming back to the Pit Stop after "backtracking" to retrieve a missing clue. During that leg, the race featured the series' first-ever Blind Double U-Turn, where two teams could U-Turn another team, and whichever team used the U-Turn could remain anonymous. It was a combination of components of the U-Turn of previous seasons: Double U-Turn combining with Blind U-Turn.
Although contestants are typically forbidden contact with known family and friends during the filming (except where such contact is part of a task), James LoMenzo was shown video chatting with his wife during the fourth Pit Stop to receive an update on his father's medical condition.
On Leg 7 in Moscow, prior to a task, James and Mark had left their bags, including James' passport, in a waiting gypsy cab, but the cab had driven off with their bags by the time they completed the task. They continued the leg, but before they could check in, they were told they had to try to find James' passport to continue the race. Ultimately, they ended the leg in last place, learning it was a non-elimination leg, but if they were required to leave the country on the next leg, they would be automatically disqualified. The entirety of the next leg remained in Russia, but they ended up in last after spending time again searching for the passport, and were eliminated. As the production continued, the two had to secure an exit visa for James in lieu of a valid passport. According to James, the events of these legs occurred on the Friday and Saturday prior to a major Russian holiday, and it became difficult to work through the limited bureaucracy to do this. The two were fortunate enough that James' prior fame was recognized by an employee at the U.S. Embassy, and they were able to secure the visa in time to fly back to the United States on the day prior to the race's finale.
Cast
Applications for The Amazing Race 21 were open until May 9, 2012.
The cast includes The Fabulous Beekman Boys stars Josh Kilmer-Purcell and Brent Ridge, former White Lion and Megadeth metal bassist James LoMenzo, Chippendales performers Jaymes Vaughan and James Davis, double amputee professional snowboarder Amy Purdy, and former The Apprentice: Martha Stewart contestant Ryan Danz. Rob Scheer is also the brother of former Survivor contestant, Tina Scheer.
Natalie and Nadiya were later selected for The Amazing Race: All-Stars, made up of returning teams from seasons 14–23. They later competed on the 29th season of Survivor, making them the first Race contestants to compete on another CBS reality show. Nadiya was the first person voted out and Natalie won the season.
Sheila passed away on June 19, 2016 due to an unexpected aneurysm.
Results
The following teams participated in the Race, 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:
⋑ indicates that the team was U-Turned, but they used the second U-Turn on another team.
Episode title quotes
Episode titles are often taken from quotes made by the racers.
- "Double Your Money" – Phil Keoghan
- "Long Hair, Don't Care" – Jaymes
- "There's No Crying in Baseball" – Brittany
- "Funky Monkey" – Abbie
- "Chill Out, Freak" – Natalie
- "Get Your Sexy On" – Nadiya
- "Off to See the Wizard" – James (of Jaymes & James)
- "We Was Robbed" – James (of James & Abba)
- "Fishy Kiss" – Nadiya
- "Not a Well-Rounded Athlete" – James (of Jaymes & James)
- "Take Down That Million" – Trey
Prizes
The prize for each leg is awarded to the first place team for that leg. Trips are sponsored by Travelocity.
Leg 1 (United States → China)
Airdate: September 30, 2012
In the leg's first Roadblock, one team member had to score one point in a game of table tennis against a 10-year-old Chinese national junior table tennis champion in order to receive their next clue. For each attempt after their first, the table tennis champion would play with an ordinary household object such as a clipboard, frying pan, or tambourine instead of a paddle. Once successful, they would receive their next clue.
In the leg's second Roadblock, the team member who did not perform the first Roadblock was treated to 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. The racer had to finish both servings of hasma, using only a provided pair of chopsticks and without lifting the papaya off of the table, to receive their next clue.
Leg 2 (China → Indonesia)
Airdate: October 7, 2012
In this leg's Roadblock, one team member had to select four children and operate a pedal-powered ride (known to locals as an odong-odong) while making eight different pieces of balloon art for the children (four hats and four animals). Once complete, they would receive their next clue.
The Detour was a choice between Ice-by-the-Pound or Fish-by-the-Barrel. In Ice-by-the-Pound, teams loaded ten 65-pound (29 kg) blocks of ice from an industrial machine at Tirta Maya Ice Factory onto a waiting truck, rode the truck to a local market, then transported the ice by cart to an unloading zone at the Pabean Market to get their next clue. In Fish-by-the-Barrel, teams carried two barrels full of fish to a vacant fishmonger's stall inside the Pabean Fish Market. They then had to set up the stall in the same manner as an example stall, including breaking a block of ice into chips to keep the fish cold. Once the stall's layout was approved, teams got their next clue.
Leg 3 (Indonesia)
Airdate: October 14, 2012
In this leg's Roadblock, one team member had to carry twenty dishes of food and serve them to waiting diners, if they dropped any of the dishes, they had to start over. Once successful, teams were given their next clue.
The Detour was a choice of Lion's Head or Egg Head. In Lion's Head, teams participated in a reog dance by following dance instructions along a procession route while wearing a 40-pound (18 kg) lion's head mask over their heads and shoulders. Teams received their next clue after successfully completing the procession. In Egg Head, teams had to purchase four eggs from a local market, then participate in a custom called debus (Indonesian), a show of strength where one of the many variations involves frying an egg on one's own head. Local magicians lit a coconut half on fire atop each team member's head and used the fire to fry up the eggs. Racers then had to eat the cooked eggs with a serving of hot sauce before they would receive their next clue.
Leg 4 (Indonesia → Bangladesh)
Airdate: October 21, 2012
In this leg's Roadblock, one team member had to repair one of the public transit buses used in Dhaka. First, they had to use body putty to fill in the damage, then sand it ready for painting. Once approved by a supervisor, they had to carry three pairs of seats and deliver them to the refurbishing area to receive the next clue.
The Fast Forward required teams to become rat catching assistants to a pest control agent. Both team members had to fill a bag with dead rats – collecting them from three different locations – to complete the task.
The Detour was a choice between Pound the Metal and Pound the Cotton. In Pound the Metal, teams worked with a local blacksmith to hammer and beat an iron rod into a sharp spiked tool using 10-pound sledgehammers. They had to hand-pump the bellows of the smokey, charcoal fire so they could strike while the iron was hot, and get the blacksmith's approval to get their next clue. In Pound the Cotton, teams made a cotton mattress via a traditional Bengali method. Teams had to use bamboo rods to beat clumps of cotton into a fine, feather-like consistency. Then they had to stuff the mattress, and sew it together. Once the craftsman was satisfied with their work, he would hand them their next clue.
Leg 5 (Bangladesh)
Airdate: October 28, 2012
In this leg's Roadblock, one team member had to construct a balance scale from the provided bamboo, lashing ropes, and other equipment. Once the construction of the scale was approved, they had to weigh out the proper amount of wood to balance 4 large stones. Once the weight of stones and logs were even, they would receive their next clue.
The Detour was a choice strolling around Bangladeshi labor: Straw Dogs or Bamboo Jungle. In Straw Dogs, teams first had to prepare twenty bundles of jute straw by heckling – throwing them against a nailed board, the heckling comb – to straighten and separate the fibers. Then, deliver twenty bundles of the completed straw to the looms, and at the end of the production line they would receive their next clue in the form of a jute mat with a painting on it. In Bamboo Jungle, teams had to collect 40 bamboo poles of different length and diameter from a storage area, then used a platformed freight bicycle to transport the bamboo to a construction site. Once their delivery was confirmed by the site's foreman, they would get the next clue, a small length of bamboo with a painting on it.
Leg 6 (Bangladesh → Turkey)
Airdate: November 4, 2012
The Speed Bump required Josh & Brent to each eat one cone of Maraş ice cream from a nearby marked stall, which included a teasing performance common with the dessert by the vendor. Once they finished the ice cream from the correct vendor, they were allowed to continue.
The Detour was a choice between Simit or Scrub It. In Simit, teams had to deliver three orders of the traditional Turkish bagel known as a simit to three different vendors, stacked carefully on a delivery board that one team member had to balance on his or her head; if any simit dropped, they would have to restart that delivery. Once they had proof of delivery from the three vendors, the baker would give them their next clue. In Scrub It, teams took part in a traditional Turkish bath, receiving their next clue from the bath attendants when the bath was complete.
In the Roadblock, one team member dressed in vendor garb and had to serve 40 glasses of Turkish sherbet to passersby in the bazaar, selling each for 1 from a long-spouted brass teapot called an ibrik to earn 40 (approx. US$20). Once they returned with the money to the attendant, they would receive their next clue.
Leg 7 (Turkey → Russia)
Airdate: November 11, 2012
The Detour was a choice between Alphabetized or Synchronized. In Alphabetized, teams went to the Russian State Library and were given a list of books by author, title, and year. They had to use the paper card catalog system, in Russian, to locate four of the books on the list. Once they thought they had the correct location in the stacks, a librarian would direct them to the proper room to allow the team to get the books. Teams then checked their retrieved books with the head librarian to get their next clue. In Synchronized, teams participated in a synchronized swimming routine with six other swimmers of the Russian national developmental team. After practicing the routine, they performed it for a judge – who would either pass them and give them their next clue, or would require the teams to practice more. In both detours, there was a time limit depending on the operating hours of each facility; if they were unable to complete either task before the facilities closed, they would incur a 4-hour penalty (with the Synchronize detour operating longer than the Alphabetize Detour).
In this leg's Roadblock, one team member had to select one of the marked Trees of Love—trees covered in padlocks—and unlock 10 of the locks with the provided set of keys to free a banner held to the tree. Once they freed the banner and unfolded it, they would find the next clue: a 100 ruble banknote.
Leg 8 (Russia)
Airdate: November 18, 2012
For their Speed Bump, James & Abba had to help a Russian Orthodox priest to get to his church via limousine, however this task was not described by Phil on-air. In the leg's Roadblock, one team member was shown a brief slideshow, showing a sample time in Moscow, a map of Russia's nine different time zones with their UTC offsets and Moscow's location highlighted. Then they were shown multiple instances of the same time zone map without the UTC offsets but with several other Russian cities highlighted. After the show, they had to fill in the corresponding local time for any five cities within an allotted time period. If they completed in time and were correct, teams would receive their next clue. If they were wrong or ran out of time, they had to watch the presentation and do the quiz again.
The Detour was a choice between Movers or Shakers. In Movers, teams had to dress up as Russian soldiers and learn the steps of the Trepak dance. Teams then performed the dance in front of a judge who would give them their next clue if they performed the dance correctly. In Shakers, teams went to a party where several impersonators of Russian historical figures were attending. They had to identify seven specific figures – Catherine the Great, Joseph Stalin, Leon Trotsky, Leonid Brezhnev, Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, Peter the Great, Sergei Rachmaninoff, Nicholas II of Russia, and Vladimir Lenin – and fill out a form identifying how many impersonators of each person were present. If they identified the correct number of impersonators, they would get their next clue from an Alexander Pushkin impersonator.
Leg 9 (Russia → The Netherlands)
Airdate: November 25, 2012
For the Fast Forward, the team had to travel to the Van Gogh Café and board a marked amphibious bus called The Floating Dutchman. Once the bus entered the water, teams learned that each team member had to eat five soused herring before the bus returned to land, a trip that took seven minutes. If they ran out of time, the bus would return to the Van Gogh Café and the team would have to wait 10 minutes for the next trip.
The Detour was a choice between Back in Time and Organ to Grind. In Back in Time, teams had to re-create the Rembrandt painting The Night Watch with a group of costumed actors and props, including themselves. If the Rembrandt impersonator was satisfied with the re-creation, he would award the teams their next clue. In Organ to Grind, after finding one of three Dutch street organs, one team member had to run the machine while the other asked for tips. Once they earned 30 €, the organ grinder would give them their next clue.
The Roadblock was a switchback of Season 12's Amsterdam Roadblock, one team member participated in the sport of fierljeppen, pole vaulting across a ditch full of water. They had to vault across the ditch, retrieve their clue in the form of wooden clogs on the other side, and then vault back across. If they fell into the water, they would have to start over from the last side of the ditch they were on.
Leg 10 (The Netherlands → Spain)
Airdate: December 2, 2012
The leg's Roadblock was in honor of Mallorcan tennis player Rafael Nadal, one team member had to return 20 tennis balls fired by an automatic server within the bounds of a clay court in order to receive their next clue. If the machine ran out of tennis balls, they would have to start the task over, their prior count reset.
The Detour was a choice between Spin It or Bull It. In Spin It, teams donned safety gear and then replaced two blades on a 400-year-old Mallorcan windmill. Once a mechanic checked their work, they received their next clue from a pair of Don Quixote and Sancho Panza impersonators. In Bull It, the team would wear a special two-person bull outfit, with the person in front unable to see where they were going. The team member in back would verbally guide their partner in the front to circle eight matadors and then strike a target of a ninth to launch a final dummy matador. The entire course had to be completed within two minutes for the team to get their next clue.
Leg 11 (Spain → France)
Airdate: December 9, 2012
The Speed Bump required Natalie & Nadiya had to make their way to the château's Chambre du Prince and properly lace and tie up a lady's corset before they could continue on with the Race.
The Detour was a choice between Chow or Plow inside Château de Cheverny. In Chow, teams prepared a meal of meat and other food for a large number of hunting dogs. They had to remove debris and bones from the meat, cut the meat into appropriate sizes, weigh out a designated amount of food, and then lay it out appropriately, before the judge would release the hounds and give them their next clue. In Plow, teams used a plow attached to a work horse to mill four lines in a designated field to the farmer's satisfaction in order to get their next clue. Each Detour selection only had two workstations, which were first-come, first-served.
In this leg's Roadblock, one team member had to find a store display containing three different types of mushrooms (grey oysters, wood blewits, and shiitake). Using one of the baskets they picked up at the train station, they then had to enter an underground mushroom farm, find the same three types of mushrooms, and collect 10 of each variety. If they found the correct three mushroom types, the shopkeeper would give them their next clue.
Leg 12 (France → United States)
Airdate: December 9, 2012
In the first Roadblock of the final leg, one team member was put into a straitjacket and bungee harness, and hoisted upside down 15 stories above the Brooklyn Navy Yard. Then they had to escape the bonds of the straitjacket—a feat made famous by Harry Houdini—upon which they would be dropped in a surprise bungee drop. After being lowered to the ground, the team would be given their next clue.
In the final Roadblock of the Race, the team member that did not perform the first Roadblock was required to attach the words for "hello" and "goodbye"—as said to them by the Pit Stop greeter in their native language— in the eight foreign countries visited during the Race and raise them up the flagpole flying that country's flag. The correct answers were:
Once all flag sets were correct, they could then hoist the flag of the United Nations , which would also lower their final clue, the finish line: Gotham Hall.
U.S. Nielsen ratings
Canadian ratings
Canadian broadcaster CTV also aired The Amazing Race on Sundays. Episodes aired at 8:00 p.m. Eastern and Central (9:00 p.m. Pacific, Mountain and Atlantic).