Welcome to my user page! I joined wikipedia on June 11, 2012. I will try to help to edit pages related to Euro 2012 and The Amazing Race. Happy to be on here. Remember: Love, don't hate. The Amazing Race is a reality game show in which teams of two race around the world against other teams, with the first-place team winning $1,000,000 (U.S.), $100,000 (Asia), A$250,000 (Australia), R$500,000 (Brazil), A World Tour (China Rush), 1,000,000 (Israel), 300,000,000 (Vietnam), US$250,000 (Latin America), 500,000 kr and a Subaru XV for each team member (Norway). There is a total of 8 international versions of the show: The Amazing Race Australia, The Amazing Race Asia, The Amazing Race: A Corrida Milionária, The Amazing Race: China Rush, HaMerotz LaMillion (המירוץ למיליון), The Amazing Race Norge, The Amazing Race Vietnam: Cuộc Đua Kỳ Thú 2012, The Amazing Race en Discovery Channel/The Amazing Race Latinoaméricawith The Amazing Race France and The Amazing Race Philippines coming soon.

The Amazing Race (U.S. TV series)

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Most race routes in The Amazing Race circumnavigate the globe, starting from one United States city and ending in another. Two exceptions include The Amazing Race 7 where the route was a great circle, crossing through Argentina, South Africa, and India before returning westward; and The Amazing Race 8, the Family Edition of the show, which stayed entirely within North America.

North America
 
United States
- Country of Origin
 
Canada
 
Panama
 
Costa Rica
 
Jamaica
 
Mexico
 
Anchorage, Alaska was the final destination city of The Amazing Race 12.
 
The final leg of season 15 took place at various resorts on the Las Vegas Strip.
 
Pigeon Key Historic District, at the end of the Old Seven Mile Bridge in Florida Keys, was the finish line of season 18.
 
In season 19, in Panama City, teams had to figure out the next location by examining traditional pollera dress of tamborito dancers.
South America
 
Argentina
 
Brazil
 
Chile
 
Bolivia
 
Ecuador
 
Paraguay
 
Peru
 
Uruguay
 
The Petrohué River in Chile's Los Lagos Region was the site of Detour in Leg 3 in season 11.
 
Teams race around in Salvador, Brazil in season 13.
 
Leg 3 in season 16 featured tasks relating to gauchos and other aspects of Argentine equestrianism.
 
Teams visited Rio de Janeiro, Brazil back in season 2 and in season 18.


Europe
 
Germany
 
Austria
 
France
 
Italy
 
Russia
 
Netherlands
 
Sweden
 
Switzerland
 
United Kingdom
 
Norway
 
Spain
 
Belgium
 
Croatia
 
Czech Republic
 
Denmark
 
Estonia
 
Finland
 
Greece
 
Hungary
 
Iceland
 
Ireland
 
Lithuania
 
Liechtenstein
 
Poland
 
Portugal
 
Romania
 
Turkey
 
Ukraine
 
Teams visited the Auschwitz concentration camp and paid tribute to the millions killed during the Holocaust while they were in Poland back in season 11.
 
At Eastnor Castle in Herefordshire, England teams participated in various medieval-themed tasks in season 17.
 
In Saint Petersburg, Russia, inseason 17 at the roadblock, teams played gorodki at the Peter and Paul Fortress.
 
In season 18, teams traveled to the Matterhorn where they participated in mountain rescue-themed Detour tasks.


Africa
 
South Africa
 
Tanzania
 
Morocco
 
Botswana
 
Burkina Faso
 
Egypt
 
Ethiopia
 
Ghana
 
Kenya
 
Madagascar
 
Malawi
 
Mauritius
 
Mozambique
 
Namibia
 
Senegal
 
Seychelles
 
Tunisia
 
Zambia
  • Including the semi-autonomous area of   Zanzibar.
 
In season 7, before heading to Botswana, teams fed a lion at the Rhino & Lion Game Reserve in Krugersdorp, South Africa.
 
At the roadblcok in season 12, in Burkina Faso, one team member had to milk a Dromedary camel and then drink the milk.
 
In season 16, in Seychelles,one of the Detour tasks required teams to use a banana to lure a 100-year-old Aldabra Giant Tortoise across a marked course.
 
In season 20, at Tanzania's Ngorongoro Crater, teams participated in Detour tasks based on the everyday lives of the local Maasai people.
Asia
 
India
 
China
 
Japan
 
Thailand
 
Malaysia
 
Vietnam
 
Cambodia
 
Oman
 
Singapore
 
South Korea
 
Taiwan
 
United Arab Emirates
 
Azerbaijan
 
Bangladesh
 
Indonesia
 
Kazakhstan
 
Kuwait
 
Mongolia
 
Philippines
 
Sri Lanka
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Burj Al Arab in Dubai was visited back in season 5, however Dubai was later visited in season 15.
 
Back in season 10, Meridian Gate in Forbidden City was the location of the race's first ever mid-leg elimination.
 
In season 13, for the roadblock in New Delhi, one team member had to paint an environmentally friendly natural gas-powered tuktuk green.
 
In season 16, the Fast Forward task took place in Singapore at the Singapore Flyer, the tallest Ferris wheel in the world.


Oceania
 
Australia
 
New Zealand
 
Teams visited the Sydney Harbour Bridge, where they climbed to its summit to receive their next clue in the second season.
 
In the second season, one of the detour choices was to bungee jump 450 feet off the Nevis Highwire Platform.
 
Ellis Beach near Cairns in Queenland was the Pit Stop for one of the leg's in season 4.
 
Back in season 5, one team member rode in a Zorb down a hill in New Zealand before receiving the next clue.
 
In season 18, teams visited Oceanworld Manly in Sydney, where one team member did the Shark Dive Extreme: a scuba dive in the aquarium's shark tank.
As of the twentieth season, The Amazing Race has visited 82 different countries.

The Amazing Race Australia

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As of 2012, The Amazing Race Australia has visited 13 countries and 4 continents but not the Americas.

Europe
 
Netherlands
 
Czech Republic
 
Poland
 
Turkey


Africa
 
South Africa


Asia
 
China
 
india
 
Indonesia
 
Israel
 
Vietnam
 
Singapore
 
Sri Lanka
 
Philippines
 
United Arab Emirates


Oceania
 
Australia