The Amazing Race 23

The Amazing Race 23 is the twenty-third installment of the American reality television show The Amazing Race. It featured eleven teams of two people, each with a pre-existing relationship, in a race around the world for a US$1 million grand prize.

The Amazing Race 23
The Amazing Race logo since Season 23
Presented byPhil Keoghan
No. of teams11
WinnersJason Case & Amy Diaz
No. of legs12
Distance traveled35,000 mi (56,000 km)
No. of episodes11
Release
Original networkCBS
Original releaseSeptember 29 (2013-09-29) –
December 8, 2013 (2013-12-08)
Additional information
Filming datesJune 9 (2013-06-09) –
July 2, 2013 (2013-07-02)
Season chronology

The season premiered on September 29, 2013, at 8:00 p.m. ET[Note 1]/PT on CBS, with the two-hour season finale airing on December 8, 2013.[1][2]

Dating couple Jason Case and Amy Diaz were the winners of this season.

Production

Development and filming
Iquique, Chile was the first destination in the 23rd season of The Amazing Race after teams started off at Melody Ranch Motion Picture Studio in Santa Clarita, California.

The season was renewed on March 27, 2013 for the 2013–14 TV season. A revised opening credits sequence and on screen clue information graphics were developed for this season with an updated map using 3D blue marble layout.[3]

The season spanned 35,000 miles (56,000 km) through four continents and nine countries, including Chile, Norway, and the United Arab Emirates.[4] The Double Express Pass, introduced in the previous season, returned – in which the first team to arrive at the Pit Stop on the first leg received two Express Passes, one for themselves and one to give to any other team.[3]

Cast
See also: List of The Amazing Race (American TV series) contestants

Applications for The Amazing Race 23 were closed on April 26, 2013.

The cast includes former Houston Texans players Chester Pitts and Ephraim Salaam, the wives of baseball players Chris Getz of the Kansas City Royals and David DeJesus of the Tampa Bay Rays, a pair of LA Kings Ice Crew maintenance workers, former Miss Rhode Island USA beauty queen Amy Diaz, former Minor League Baseball player and sports agent Tim Sweeney with former Lingerie Football player Marie Mazzocchi, and a pair of theater performers from the stage comedy The Queen of Bingo.[5] Married emergency room doctors Travis and Nicole Jasper have also appeared on the docudrama series Untold Stories of the E.R.[6]

Future appearances

While the season was still airing, Tim & Marie and Leo & Jamal were invited for The Amazing Race: All-Stars. The former turned down the invitation,[7] but the latter participated.[8] Leo & Jamal also returned for a third time on The Amazing Race 31.[9]

On May 25, 2016, Leo & Jamal appeared on an Amazing Race-themed The Price is Right primetime special.[10]

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:

Team Relationship Position (by leg) Roadblocks
performed
1 2 3 4 5 6ƒ5 7 8 9 10 11 12
Jason & Amy Dating 8th 5th 2nd 2nd 2nd 5th 2nd 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 1st Jason 6, Amy 7
Tim & Marie Exes 1st 8th 8th 5th 1stε4 4th 4th 3rd⋑ 2nd 2nd 1st 2nd Tim 6, Marie 7
Nicole & Travis Married ER Doctors 2nd1 4th 1st 3rd 3rd 1st 3rd 1stə6⊃ 4th 3rd 3rd 3rd Nicole 7, Travis 6
Leo & Jamal Cousins 7th 2nd2 6th 4th 6th⊂
⋑		 3rd 1st 4th⊂ 1st7 4th 4th Leo 6, Jamal 6
Ally & Ashley NHL Ice Crew 6th 7th 7th 7th 7th 6th 5th 5th 5th Ally 4, Ashley 6
Nicky & Kim Baseball Wives 5th 9th 3rd 8th 4th 2nd 6th 6th⋐ Nicky 5, Kim 4
Tim & Danny Best Friends 9th 6th 4th 6th 5th⊃ 7th Tim 3, Danny 4
Brandon & Adam Childhood Friends 10th 3rd 5th 1st 8th⋐ Brandon 2, Adam 4
Chester & Ephraim Former NFL Teammates 4th 1st 9th3 Chester 2, Ephraim 1
Rowan & Shane Theatre Performers 3rd 10th Rowan 2, Shane 1
Hoskote & Naina Father/Daughter 11th Hoskote 1, Naina 1
  • A red team placement means the team was eliminated.
  • A green ƒ indicates that the team won a Fast Forward. If placed next to a leg number, this indicates that the Fast Forward was available for that leg but not used.
  • A purple ε indicates that the team decided to use the first Express Pass on that leg. A magenta ə indicates the team had previously been given the second Express Pass and used it on that leg.
  • An underlined leg number indicates that there was no mandatory rest period at the Pit Stop and all teams were ordered to continue racing, although the first place team was still awarded a prize for that leg. An underlined team placement indicates that the team came in last, was ordered to continue racing, and didn't have to perform a Speed Bump in the next leg.
  • An underlined blue team's placement indicates that the team came in last on a non-elimination leg and had to perform a Speed Bump during the next leg.
  • A brown ⊃ or a cyan ⋑ indicates that the team chose to use one of the two U-Turns in a Double U-Turn; ⊂ or ⋐ indicates the team who received it; ⊂
    ⋑     indicates that the team was U-Turned, but they used the second U-Turn on another team.
  1. ^ Nicole & Travis initially arrived 1st, but were issued a 30-minute penalty for taking a taxi to the Pit Stop when the clue stated that teams had to go on foot. Tim & Marie checked in during their penalty time, dropping Nicole & Travis to 2nd.
  2. ^ Leo & Jamal initially arrived 1st, but could not check in because they did not fully pay their cab fare. Chester & Ephraim checked in while they went back to settle their cab fare, dropping Leo & Jamal to 2nd.
  3. ^ Chester & Ephraim encountered several air travel delays and did not arrive in Lisbon until many hours after all other teams had checked-in at the Pit Stop. While still in the Lisbon Airport, Phil met with them to inform them of their elimination.
  4. ^ Tim & Marie used their Express Pass to bypass the Detour in Leg 5.
  5. ^ Jason & Amy attempted to do the Fast Forward in Leg 6, but due to high wind speeds the task was deemed unsafe until conditions improved. As a result, no team claimed the Fast Forward.
  6. ^ Nicole & Travis used the Express Pass given to them by Tim & Marie to bypass the Detour on Leg 8.
  7. ^ Leo & Jamal started Leg 9 in last place alongside Ally & Ashley because they overslept and missed their departure time.

Episode title quotes

Episode titles are often taken from quotes made by the racers.[11]

  1. "We're Not in Oklahoma No More" – Tim (of Tim & Danny)
  2. "Zip It, Bingo" – Marie
  3. "King Arthur Style" – Jason
  4. "Beards in the Wind" – Brandon
  5. "Get Our Groove On" – Adam
  6. "Choir Boy at Heart" – Leo & Jamal (in unison)
  7. "Speed Dating Is the Worst" – Ashley
  8. "One Hot Camel" – Ashley
  9. "Part Like the Red Sea" – Ashley
  10. "Cobra in My Teeth" – Tim (of Tim & Marie)
  11. "Amazing Crazy Race" – Jamal

Prizes

The prize for each leg was awarded to the first place team for that leg. Trips were provided by Travelocity. The prizes were:

  • Leg 1 – Two Express Passes – an item that can be used to skip any one task of the team's choosing. The winning team keeps one for themselves but must relinquish the second to another team before the end of the fifth leg.
  • Leg 2 – A trip for two to the Turks and Caicos Islands
  • Leg 3 – A trip for two to Costa Rica
  • Leg 4 – US$5,000 each
  • Leg 5 – A trip for two to Hawaii
  • Leg 6 – A trip for two to Anguilla
  • Leg 7 – A trip for two to Paris, France
  • Leg 8 – A choice of any two of Ford's EcoBoost vehicles
  • Leg 9 – US$7,500 each
  • Leg 10 – A trip for two to Cancún, Mexico
  • Leg 11 – A trip for two to Aruba
  • Leg 12 – US$1,000,000

Race summary
The complete route map of The Amazing Race 23.
Destinations Air travel    Rail travel    Water travel    Bus travel
Helicopter travel    Bicycle travel    Gondola travel
Route Markers Detour    Roadblock    Fast Forward    U-Turn    Speed Bump    Pit Stop

Leg 1 (United States → Chile)
In the first Roadblock of The Amazing Race 23, one team member had to follow their partner, who paraglided down from Alto Hospicio to Iquique, Chile.

Airdate: September 29, 2013[12]

In this season's first Roadblock, one team member had to direct their taxi to follow their partner, who was paragliding from Alto Hospicio down to Playa Brava or Huayquique Beach. Once team members reunited on the beach, the glide master would give them their next clue.

In this leg's second Roadblock, the team member that paraglided in the previous Roadblock had to collect five fish from any of three boats by reaching them on a rowboat and deliver them to a fishmonger to receive a postcard depicting their first Pit Stop. The three fishing boats each had a limited number of fish, so if a boat ran out of fish, racers would have to find one of the other boats to get the remaining fish.

Additional tasks
  • At Melody Ranch Motion Picture Studio, teams had to choose a Ford C-Max vehicle and use the Ford Sync system to make a phone call to Javier, who would reveal their first destination: Iquique, Chile. Teams could then drive to Los Angeles International Airport to book one of two American Airlines flights to Iquique, the first of which had room for seven teams and would arrive two-and-a-half hours before the second flight with the remaining four teams.
  • Upon arrival in Iquique, teams had to look for Javier in Alto Hospicio to receive their next clue.
Additional note
  • The additional information of teams' second Roadblock clue instructed them to travel by foot to the Pit Stop after completing the task.

Leg 2 (Chile)
Before teams traveled to Santiago, the Detour in Atacama Desert revolved around the region's salt mining industry.

Airdate: October 6, 2013[13]

This season's first Detour was a choice between Brining or Mining. Both Detour options required teams to bike to the salt mine in the Tarapacá salt flats. In Brining, teams had to carry bags of salt and dump them into a pool in order to reach neutral buoyancy. Once they were floating on the surface well enough to read the local newspaper, a salt miner would give teams their next clue. In Mining, the teams had to use pick axes and sledgehammers to open halite boulders until they found one that contained their next clue.

In this leg's Roadblock, one team member had to take on the role of a lustrabota, a Chilean shoeshiner, on Paseo Ahumada. After shining a customer's shoes, the racer had to properly put everything they got at their lustrabota station into the cart and transport it back to the storage depot at Merced 738 to receive their next clue.

Additional tasks
  • At the Museo Corbeta Esmeralda, teams had to repeat to the officer on deck the famous quote uttered at the Battle of Iquique by Arturo Prat ("¡Al abordaje, muchachos!" – "Charge the ship, men!"), the ship's last captain, to receive their next clue.
  • Promotional photos showed some teams riding a zip-line at Cascada de las Animas before checking into the Pit Stop. Once it was nighttime, teams could no longer ride the zip-line and simply checked in. In addition, the Pit Stop mat was moved off of the suspension bridge once it was nighttime.

Leg 3 (Chile → Portugal)
One of the Detour options in Lisbon had teams measuring the distance traveled by Ferdinand Magellan on the compass rose at Padrão dos Descobrimentos.

Airdate: October 13, 2013[14]

This leg's Detour was a choice between Tiles or Miles. In Tiles, teams had to correctly assemble a life-size puzzle using porcelain tiles to receive their next clue. In Miles, teams had to first retrieve a giant-sized compass at the Jerónimos Monastery and then use it to map out the distance traveled by Ferdinand Magellan on his famed voyage on the large compass rose at Padrão dos Descobrimentos by connecting Seville, the Canary Islands, the Cape Verde Islands, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Solis, the Strait of Magellan, Puka-Puka, San Pablo Island, the Mariana Islands, and the Philippines (the San Pablo Island and Mariana Islands markers were on the opposite side of the map, leaving teams to realize that travel between the two was a straight line restarted at the other side of the map). Once teams were within 500 nautical miles of the correct answer of 16,500 nautical miles, a Magellan impersonator would give them their next clue.

In this leg's Roadblock, one team member had to put on a suit of armor and then use a ballista to fire an arrow through a shield 150 feet (46 m) away. Once successful, the knight would retrieve their shield which had their next clue on the back.

Additional task
  • At Martim Moniz Square, teams took a tram up a hill to Miradouro das Portas do Sol. Once there, they had to find Fado performers that would give them their next clue: a painting of the Embassy Coach sent by King John V to Pope Clement XI. Teams were left to figure out that the clue was directing them to Museu Nacional dos Coches with their next clue near the depicted Embassy Coach.

Leg 4 (Portugal → Norway)
The Roadblock had racers jumping off of the Henningsvær Bridge, located north of the Arctic Circle in Norway, into the icy cold waters below. In the foreground are fish drying racks that were seen in both of the Detour choices.

Airdate: October 20, 2013[15]

This leg's Detour was a choice between Hang Your Heads or Hammer of the Cods. In Hang Your Heads, teams had to string together six bundles of ten fish heads each. They then had to take them, by wheelbarrow, to a fish drying rack and place them on a marked rod. Once finished, the fish foreman would give teams their next clue. In Hammer of the Cods, teams had to collect 15 pairs of cod from a 30-foot (9.1 m) high fish drying rack and transport them to a manufacturing area (tørrfiskloft) to smash the cod into fish jerky, making sure to remove the bones. Once teams produced 1 kilogram (2.2 lb) of fish jerky, they would receive their next clue.

In this leg's Roadblock, one team member had to put on a wetsuit and jump off the Henningsvær Bridge and swing on the end of an 80-foot (24 m) rope. When they are ready, they had to unclip, splash down into the Arctic Ocean, and swim to a buoy that held their next clue. Then they swam back to their partner, who was waiting in the RIB which would take the team back to the shore.

Additional tasks
  • After the Detour, teams had to take an RIB to Henningsvær fishing village to find their next clue.
  • After the Roadblock, teams went to a rock quarry where they had to properly hitch a granite boulder on a sled to a provided Ford Ranger. Then they had to pull the sled far enough to reveal their next clue and a satchel of Viking coins which they need later in the season.

Leg 5 (Norway → Poland)
One of the Detour choices in Poland required teams to pose like the statute of Neptune on Neptune's Fountain in front of Gdańsk Town Hall.

Airdate: October 27, 2013[16]

This leg's Detour was a choice between Pose or Polka. In Pose, teams had to dress like Neptune and pose like his statute at the fountain in front of Gdańsk Town Hall in order to attract donations from passers-by until they collected 75 zł (approximately US$20) to receive their next clue from a sculptor. In Polka, teams had to dress in traditional Polish costume then learn and perform a polka dance routine to the satisfaction of their dance instructor to receive their next clue. After completing either Detour, teams had to keep wearing their costumes for the remainder of the leg.

In this leg's Roadblock, one team member had to search among 12 addresses in the 1/2 mile (800 m) long, 6,000 person occupancy falowiec in Przymorze and taste a traditional Polish pastry known as pączki in each apartment. Once they found the apartment serving rose hip jam-filled pączki (identified by its red center), they would receive their next clue. Additionally, teams would be penalized if the racers were rude guests.

Additional task
  • At the start of the leg, teams had to travel by ferry overnight to Trondheim and then fly to Gdańsk, Poland. Upon arrival in Gdańsk, teams had to search the grounds of Solidarity Square, the place Solidarity started, at the Gdańsk Shipyard to find their next clue.
  • After the Detour, teams had to search the Motława Riverfront for the foreman at the Medieval Harbor Crane to find their next clue and the U-Turn board.

Leg 6 (Poland → Austria)
The gloriette of Vienna's Schönbrunn Palace was the Pit Stop for this leg.

Airdate: November 3, 2013[17]

This leg's Detour was a choice between Light Brigade or Masquerade. In Light Brigade, teams dressed up as court servants and had to assemble an elaborate crystal chandelier to the satisfaction of the chamberlain to receive their next clue. However, if they don't get it on their first try, the chamberlain would destroy the chandelier, forcing them to start over. In Masquerade, teams had to wear elaborately colored masks before joining a Viennese ball to search amongst waltzing couples for the pair wearing masks identical to their own, needing to pay attention as the masks had minute differences, to receive their next clue from the hostess.

To win the Fast Forward, one team had to head to the Donauturm, Vienna's tallest structure, to perform a 500-foot (150 m) bungee jump back down to the ground. However, in the event of unfavorable weather, teams were informed that the task would not be available until optimal conditions returned so they could complete the task safely.

In this leg's Roadblock, one team member had to learn how to sing Franz Schubert's "Die Forelle" and then perform with the Vienna Boys' Choir with the correct German pronunciation and musicality to receive their next clue from the choir master.

Additional tasks
  • At the start of the leg, teams had to travel 640 miles (1,030 km) by overnight train to Vienna, Austria. Upon arrival in Vienna, teams traveled to the Vienna State Opera, where they would meet a person dressed as Rigoletto, who would take them to the opera house's costume department and then give them their next clue.
  • At Schönbrunn Palace, teams had to search the palace's garden hedge maze for their next clue.

Leg 7 (Austria → United Arab Emirates)
After arriving in Abu Dhabi, teams visited the Sheikh Zayed Mosque, one of the largest mosques in the world.

Airdate: November 10, 2013[18]

This leg's Detour was a choice between Sort It Out or Sew It Up. In Sort It Out, teams had to search through several types of dates to prepare an elaborate display tray that matched an example to receive their next clue. In Sew It Up, teams had to put together a traditional fishing net to the satisfaction of the fishing boat captain to receive their next clue.

In this leg's Roadblock, one team member would drop 200 feet (61 m) from the top of the Yas Viceroy Hotel Abu Dhabi before rappelling down to the ground. Then they got into a Le Mans Prototype racecar and rode along on a lap of the Yas Marina Circuit. While in the car, racers had to look amongst signs on the track with drivers' names and lap times logged in the inaugural Abu Dhabi Grand Prix for the circuit record of 1:40.279 set by Sebastian Vettel. Once they told the pit crew chief the correct time and driver, he would give them their next clue. If incorrect, they would have to make another lap around the track until they got the correct name and time.

Additional tasks
  • At the Sheikh Zayed Mosque, teams had to enter the mosque to receive their next clue. Before entering the mosque, female racers had to don a traditional abaya.
  • At Al Bandar Marina, teams had to board a marked yacht that would depart every 15 minutes and would take them to the Yas Marina.
Additional note
  • Teams began the seventh leg at Stadtpark.

Leg 8 (United Arab Emirates)
Jebel Hafeet was the location of the Pit Stop on this leg.

Airdate: November 17, 2013[19]

This leg's Detour was a choice between Wedding Guests or Beauty Contest. In Wedding Guests, teams had to prepare machbūs, a traditional Emirati dish for wedding guests. After gathering and cutting up all the necessary ingredients, teams had to put it into a large pot and then serve the finished dish to a wedding party to receive their next clue. In Beauty Contest, teams had find a camel that met a set of breed guidelines and then dress it up for an upcoming camel show. If the judges were pleased with their camel selection, they would award the teams their next clue.

For their Speed Bump, Nicky & Kim had to swim across a wave pool, with a 6-foot (1.8 m) high wave crashing down upon them once every 90 seconds, and climb up the ladder on the other side of the pool, without being pushed off, before they could continue racing.

In this leg's Roadblock, one team member had to ride down the largest man-made river rapids in the world and collect three flags each colored red, green, and black to receive their next clue.

Additional tasks
  • At the start of the leg, teams had to use the Viking coins from the Norway leg and decipher a numeric code to unlock a Ford Explorer, which they used for the rest of this leg.
  • At the Al Khatim Desert, teams had to use dune buggies to follow a marked course until they found a clue box containing their next clue.
  • Before preceding to Al Ain Oasis, teams had to park their car on the grounds of Al Ain National Museum.
  • At Al Ain Oasis, teams had to search for their next clue which was located at the top of one of several date palm trees. Teams then had to ask for help from the local tree climbers to retrieve their next clue.

Leg 9 (United Arab Emirates → Indonesia)
The Roadblock in Bandung had racers assemble an angklung arrangement, a traditional Indonesian musical instrument.

Airdate: November 24, 2013[20]

This leg's Detour was a choice between For the Elephants or For the Birds. In For the Elephants, teams visited Simpang Dago Market where they had to pick up eight watermelons, two bunches of bananas, one dozen sweet potatoes, and five stalks of sugar cane before heading to Bandung Zoo. Once there, they transported the food on one of the provided hand trolleys to the elephant enclosure where they fed the elephants and received their next clue. In For The Birds, teams picked up two matching Peach-faced Lovebirds from Kios Pak Dedi at Sukahaji Market and then took them to a bird song grand prix at the Sumber Sari Arena. After entering the birds into the competition, teams would have to get their birds to sing. Once they've been scored, the judge would award them their next clue.

In this leg's Roadblock, one team member had to properly assemble an angklung, a traditional Indonesian musical instrument made of tubes of bamboo. Once they assembled the stand correctly, put all eight notes in order, and could play a complete octave, one of the students would hand them their next clue.

Additional tasks
  • In Cileunyi, teams had to search for a marked Kei truck, pick up two Priangan rams, and take them to the ram arena to participate in a traditional West Javanese ram fight. Once the rams have butted heads, teams had to load them back on the trucks to get their next clue.
  • After finishing the task in Cileunyi, teams had to travel by train back to Bandung and search the grounds inside the train station for their next clue.

Leg 10 (Indonesia)
While in Bandung, teams had to climb down 587 steps to reach Curug Cimahi, the Pit Stop for this leg.

Airdate: December 1, 2013[21]

In this leg's Roadblock, one team member picked up 60 eggs from a foodstand and then took an 8-minute moped taxi ride into the Kawah Domas crater of Tangkuban Perahu to use one of the volcanic hot springs to boil the eggs. After returning to the stand with the cooked eggs, the egg man would slice each of them open to see if they were hard-boiled. Once they had a dozen hard-boiled eggs, teams would receive their next clue.

This leg's Detour was a choice between Paint Your Partner or Turn Over a New Leaf. In Paint Your Partner, teams went to the Gracia Spa Graha Ciater, where they had to make each other up in traditional Javanese bridal makeup without a mirror. Once the beautician was satisfied with their work, he would give teams their next clue. In Turn Over a New Leaf, teams traveled to a tea plantation in Ciater and dressed in the traditional uniform of the tea harvesters. Then they had to search the tea plantation for a pair of clipping shears hidden in the tea plants which they could trade to the local tea plantation worker for their next clue.

Additional task
  • At the King Cobra House in Bandung, each racer had to consume a 20-centimetre (7.9 in) portion of grilled king cobra meat in order to receive their next clue.

Leg 11 (Indonesia → Japan)
Upon arrival in Tokyo, teams traveled to the Gotokuji Temple, known for its extensive collection of maneki-neko statues.

Airdate: December 8, 2013[2]

This leg's Detour was a choice between Knock It Down or Call It Up. In Knock It Down, teams had to pick up four pins from outside the Tokyo Media City studios and then participate in a human bowling game show, with team members alternating slides down an incline on an inner tube into a set of pins. Once teams scored a strike, the game show host would give them their next clue. In Call It Up, one racer had to put on a swimsuit and a goldfish-shaped swimming cap, jump into an art installation of one Tokyo's obsolete phone booths filled with water and goldfish, dial a provided telephone number, and then listen to the provided message: "Welcome to Tokyo. Wasabi taberu." They then had to tell the message to their partner, who had to run over and relay the message to a judge. If teams were correct, they received their next clue.

For their Speed Bump, Leo & Jamal had to join a group of zookeepers in an escaped rhinoceros drill and help capture a "rhino" before they could continue racing.

In this leg's Roadblock, one team member had to put together a "robot" using a set of cardboard pipes, with only a miniature model as a guide to the satisfaction of the engineer to receive their next clue.

Additional task
  • After the Roadblock, teams had to search the Shibuya Scramble Crossing for a roaming "vending machine" that held their next clue.

Leg 12 (Japan → United States)
In the Juneau Icefield, teams traversed the Norris Glacier (pictured with the Taku Glacier) for their next clue.

Airdate: December 8, 2013[2]

In this season's final Roadblock, one team member rode in a bush plane in a supply drop exercise. Flying at 60 miles per hour (97 km/h) at least 150 feet (46 m) above the ground, they had to drop a bag of flour onto a target on the ground to receive their next clue from their pilot.

Additional tasks
  • After the Roadblock, teams took a helicopter to Norris Glacier where they picked a mountain guide to help them reach the face of the glacier, crossing a crevasse and going through an ice tunnel along the way. Then they had to use a pickaxe to dig out their next clue frozen inside a glacier amongst several false clues.
  • After finding the clue in the glacier, teams paddled on kayaks to a marked island with their next clue.
  • After picking up their clue at the marked island, teams took a helicopter back to Downtown Juneau.
  • At Blueberry Hills Trailhead, teams had to assemble a wall of totem poles that spelled out the names of the currencies used in the countries they visited in chronological order:
Country Currency
Chile Peso
Portugal Euro
Norway Krone
Poland Złoty
Austria Euro
United Arab Emirates Dirham
Indonesia Rupiah
Japan Yen
United States Dollar
Once teams had the right order, they were given their final clue.
Additional note
  • Teams returned to Shinjuku Central Park to begin the final leg.

Ratings

U.S. Nielsen ratings
# Airdate Episode Rating Share Rating/Share Viewers Rank Rank Rank Rank
Households 18–49 (millions) Timeslot
(Viewers)		 Timeslot
(18–49)		 Week
(Viewers)		 Week
(18–49)
1 September 29, 2013 "We're Not in Oklahoma No More" 5.4[22] 8 2.0/5 8.62[23] 2 4 <25 <25
2 October 6, 2013 "Zip It, Bingo" 5.9[24] 9 2.4/6 9.74[25] 2 2 23 <25
3 October 13, 2013 "King Arthur Style" 5.0[26] 8 1.9/5 8.08[27] 3 4 <25 <25
4 October 20, 2013 "Beards in the Wind" 5.5[28] 8 1.9/5 8.87[29] 2 2 25 <25
5 October 27, 2013 "Get Our Groove On" 5.0[30] 7 1.8/4 8.11[31] 3 4 <25 <25
6 November 3, 2013 "Choir Boy at Heart" 5.8[32] 9 2.1/5 9.38[33] 2 3 22 <25
7 November 10, 2013 "Speed Dating Is the Worst" 5.5[34] 8 2.2/5 9.12[35] 2 2 24 24
8 November 17, 2013 "One Hot Camel" 5.4[36] 8 2.0/5 9.12[37] 3 3 24 <25
9 November 24, 2013 "Part Like the Red Sea" 4.9[38] 7 1.6/4 7.97[39] 3 4 <25 <25
10 December 1, 2013 "Cobra in My Teeth" 6.1[40] 9 2.1/4 10.29[41] 2 2 17 23
11 December 8, 2013 "Amazing Crazy Race" 5.4[42] 8 2.1/5 9.21[43] 2 3 18 25
  • Episode 1, "We're Not in Oklahoma No More", aired at 8:12 p.m. Eastern / 7:12 p.m. Central in some markets due to the NFL on CBS.
  • Episode 2, "Zip It, Bingo", aired at 8:44 p.m. Eastern / 7:44 p.m. Central due to the NFL on CBS.
  • Episode 4, "Beards in the Wind", aired at 8:42 p.m. Eastern / 7:42 p.m. Central in some markets due to the NFL on CBS.
  • Episode 5, "Get Our Groove On", aired at 8:08 or 8:36 p.m. Eastern / 7:08 or 7:36 p.m. Central in some markets due to the NFL on CBS.
  • Episode 6, "Choir Boy at Heart", aired at 8:59 p.m. Eastern / 7:59 p.m. Central due to the NFL on CBS.
  • Episode 7, "Speed Dating Is the Worst", aired at 8:46 p.m. Eastern / 7:46 p.m. Central due to the NFL on CBS.
  • Episode 8, "One Hot Camel", aired at 8:08 p.m. Eastern / 7:08 p.m. Central in some markets due to the NFL on CBS.
  • Episode 9, "Part Like the Red Sea" went up against the 2013 American Music Awards; the episode aired at 8:10 p.m. Eastern / 7:10 p.m. Central in some markets due to the NFL on CBS.
  • Episode 10, "Cobra in My Teeth", aired at 8:51 p.m. Eastern / 7:51 p.m. Central due to the NFL on CBS.
  • Episode 11, "Amazing Crazy Race", aired at 8:27 p.m. Eastern / 7:27 p.m. Central in some markets due to the NFL on CBS.

Canadian ratings

Canadian broadcaster CTV also airs The Amazing Race on Sundays. Episodes air at 8:00 p.m. Eastern, Central and Pacific (9:00 p.m. Mountain and Atlantic) with one exception: Episode nine aired two hours earlier than its normal start time due to CTV's broadcast of the 2013 American Music Awards.

# Airdate Episode Viewers
(millions)		 Rank
(Week)
1 September 29, 2013 "We're Not in Oklahoma No More" 2.377 6[44]
2 October 6, 2013 "Zip It, Bingo" 2.043 6[45]
3 October 13, 2013 "King Arthur Style" 1.734 10[46]
4 October 20, 2013 "Beards in the Wind" 1.988 6[47]
5 October 27, 2013 "Get Our Groove On" 2.298 2[48]
6 November 3, 2013 "Choir Boy at Heart" 2.166 3[49]
7 November 10, 2013 "Speed Dating Is the Worst" 1.947 6[50]
8 November 17, 2013 "One Hot Camel" 2.407 2[51]
9 November 24, 2013 "Part Like the Red Sea" 1.655 22[52]
10 December 1, 2013 "Cobra in My Teeth" 2.508 4[53]
11 December 8, 2013 "Amazing Crazy Race" 2.644 2[54]

Notes
  1. The Eastern/Central premiere was delayed by 12 minutes.

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