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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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Countries Visited

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Countries that The Amazing Race has visited are shown in color.

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
United States
- Country of Origin
Canada
Canada
Panama
Panama
Costa Rica
Costa Rica
Jamaica
Jamaica
Mexico
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
Argentina
Brazil
Brazil
Chile
Chile
Bolivia
Bolivia
Ecuador
Ecuador
Paraguay
Paraguay
Peru
Peru
Uruguay
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
Germany
Austria
Austria
France
France
Italy
Italy
Russia
Russia
Netherlands
Netherlands
Sweden
Sweden
Switzerland
Switzerland
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Norway
Norway
Spain
Spain
Belgium
Belgium
Croatia
Croatia
Czech Republic
Czech Republic
Denmark
Denmark
Estonia
Estonia
Finland
Finland
Greece
Greece
Hungary
Hungary
Iceland
Iceland
Ireland
Ireland
Lithuania
Lithuania
Liechtenstein
Liechtenstein
Poland
Poland
Portugal
Portugal
Romania
Romania
Turkey
Turkey
Ukraine
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
South Africa
Tanzania
Tanzania
Morocco
Morocco
Botswana
Botswana
Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso
Egypt
Egypt
Ethiopia
Ethiopia
Ghana
Ghana
Kenya
Kenya
Madagascar
Madagascar
Malawi
Malawi
Mauritius
Mauritius
Mozambique
Mozambique
Namibia
Namibia
Senegal
Senegal
Seychelles
Seychelles
Tunisia
Tunisia
Zambia
Zambia
  • Including the semi-autonomous area of Zanzibar 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
India
China
China
Japan
Japan
Thailand
Thailand
Malaysia
Malaysia
Vietnam
Vietnam
Cambodia
Cambodia
Oman
Oman
Singapore
Singapore
South Korea
South Korea
Taiwan
Taiwan
United Arab Emirates
United Arab Emirates
Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan
Bangladesh
Bangladesh
Indonesia
Indonesia
Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan
Kuwait
Kuwait
Mongolia
Mongolia
Philippines
Philippines
Sri Lanka
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
Australia
New Zealand
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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Countries Visited

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Countries that The Amazing Race Australia has visited are shown in colour.

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

Europe
Netherlands
Netherlands
Czech Republic
Czech Republic
Poland
Poland
Turkey
Turkey


Africa
South Africa
South Africa


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


Oceania
Australia
Australia