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The Amazing Race is a reality-based television show produced by Jerry Bruckheimer and debuted in August, 2001. As of the present, it is on it's eight incarnation.

The premise of the show involves 10 - 11 teams of two, who have a prior relationship be it dating, married, friends or family, travel around the world in a month competing in various challenges and picking up clues.

At each leg there is pit stop. Generally the last team to arrive will be elimated from the competition.

The prize? $1,000,0000 to the winning team.

The Amazing Race has won three straight Emmy awards for Best Reality TV show.


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Episode 10 - 4: I forgot you went to school for that

Wednesday, October 11th, 2006

How much fun was this episode?! Season 10 is shaping up to be one of the best Amazing Race seasons in a looooong time, if they are able to maintain challenge and clue difficulty. I really loved the aural clue and was laughing out loud when Dustin and Kandace were listening to the crickets.
But seriously […]

Another Emmy for The Amazing Race

Tuesday, August 29th, 2006

Congratulations to The Amazing Race for winning another Emmy for Best Reality-Competition Program

Another Emmy Nomination!

Friday, July 7th, 2006

The Amazing Race has been nominated again for Best Reality Competition in the upcoming Emmy awards.

The Amazing Race Asia

Thursday, February 23rd, 2006

Whoa! AXN has put up the requirements for The Amazing Race Asia.
Applications are open to individuals from Asian countries except Australia, New Zealand, Japan and the Middle East, 21 years of age, citizens or working legally in Asian countries.
The full requirements and procedures are available at their website
The deadline for applications is on March 15, […]

The Amazing Race 9

Wednesday, February 1st, 2006

Set your clocks! The Amazing Race 9 premieres on Tuesday, February 28 (9-11pm) on CBS with a regular schedule of every Tuesday (9-10pm) beginning March 7.
I’ve added the Teams List. The poll for your picks will be up soon.

New Poll : TAR Hotties!

Wednesday, January 11th, 2006

As promised, I’ve put up the poll for TAR Hotties. Please vote for your favorite!

Casting Call: The Amazing Race 10

Wednesday, January 11th, 2006

Here’s a list of CBS affiliates that are having casting calls for Season 10 of the Amazing Race:
January 10, 12 noon-6pm
Pittsburgh, PA
Ikea, Robinson Township
2001 Park Manor Boulevard
Pittsburgh, PA 15205
KDKA For questions, call (412)575-2243
January 10, 4pm-10pm
Birmingham, AL
The Original Steakhouse & Sports Theater
150 Green Springs Highway
Homewood, AL 35209
WIAT For questions, call (205)322-4200, x149.
January 11, 4pm-8pm
Cleveland, OH
House of […]

The Amazing Race 10 Applications Are Open!

Wednesday, December 14th, 2005

Yahoo! Application for The Amazing Race 10 is now open.
The deadline for submissions is on January 13, 2006.
If there are casting calls I’ll be putting up more info here.

Amazing Race Hotties

Friday, November 25th, 2005

For something lighter this week, I’m putting together a poll of Amazing Race Hotties so please comment with your favorite TAR hotties (male and female) from all seasons.
The people who get at least 10 votes multiple votes will go into the final poll (except for Phil because he’s a shoo-in)
Check out the team listings […]

Losing The Amazing Race

Wednesday, November 9th, 2005

National Review Online has an interesting article on how the perils of “family-friendly” shows.
“Ironically, before it went family, The Amazing Race was one of the few really solid, parent-tested, kid-approved shows out there… Contestants visibly matured, or they fell apart spectacularly… The more audiences expect cleanliness at the expense of quality, the harder […]