The Amazing Race: China Rush

The Amazing Race: China Rush
Also known as	极速前进：冲刺！中国
Format	Reality Game show
Created by	Elise Doganieri Bertram van Munster
Directed by	Chad Grochowski
Presented by	Allan Wu 吴振天 (previously known as 吴振宇)
Theme music composer	John M. Keane
Country of origin	China
Language(s)	Chinese English
No. of seasons	3 (1, 2, 3)
Production
Executive producer(s)	Xia Jing
Producer(s)	Yi YangTian, Diao ShuWen, Julliet Pan
Editor(s)	Yi YangTian
Running time	60-90 minutes
Production company(s)	Fly Films
Broadcast
Original channel	International Channel of Shanghai (English) DragonTV (Chinese; since season 2)
Original run	August 8, 2010 – Present
Chronology
Related shows	See The Amazing Race -> International Versions
External links
Website

The Amazing Race: China Rush (Chinese: 极速前进：冲刺！中国; pinyin: Jísù Qiánjìn: Chōngcì! Zhōngguó) is a reality game show based on the American series, The Amazing Race.

On March, 2010, a Chinese version of the show was announced by the Disney-ABC International Television Asia Pacific. The show was produced by Shanghai based international production company Fly Films; the company had previously produced Shanghai Rush in 2009, a showed heavily influenced by The Amazing Race. The first series was filmed in March/April 2010 and broadcast in August 2010 by International Channel of Shanghai. The host for the show is Singapore based Chinese-American actor Allan Wu.

For the second season, it was announced that DragonTV would broadcast the Chinese-language version of the show.

The Race

the show's alternate Chinese logo broadcasted in DragonTV

The Amazing Race: China Rush is a reality television competition between teams of two, in a race around China. The race is divided into a number of legs wherein teams travel and complete various tasks to obtain clues to help them progress to a Pit Stop, where teams are given a chance to rest and recover before starting the next leg twelve hours later. The first team to arrive at a Pit Stop is often awarded a prize, while the last team is normally eliminated from the race (except in non-elimination legs, where the last team to arrive may be penalized in the following leg). The final leg of each race is run by the last three remaining teams, and the first to arrive at the final destination wins a trip around the world.

Teams

Each of teams are composed of two individuals who have some type of relationship to each other.

The participants speak both Chinese and English. The contestants chosen to appear are from various countries and not solely from China, however these contestants must be living in China for a period of time in order to apply.

Route Markers

Route Markers are yellow and red flags that mark the places where teams must go. Most Route Markers are attached to the boxes that contain clue envelopes, but some may mark the place where the teams must go in order to complete tasks, or may be used to line a course that the teams must follow.

Clues

For a more comprehensive list, see The Amazing Race#Clues.

All route information and clues are adopted from the original American version:

• Route Info: A general clue that may include a task to be completed by the team before they can receive their next clue.
• Detour: A choice of two tasks. Teams are free to choose either task or swap tasks if they find one option too difficult. There is generally one Detour present on each leg of the race.
• Roadblock: A task only one team member can complete. Teams must choose which member will complete the task based on a brief clue about the task before fully revealing the details of the task. Most races limit the number of Roadblocks one team member can perform. There is generally one Roadblock present on each leg of the race.
• Yield: A station where a team can force another trailing team to wait a pre-determined amount of time before continuing the race.
• U-Turn: A station, located after a Detour, where a team can force another trailing team to return and complete the other option of the Detour they did not select.
• Speed Bump: A task that only the team saved from elimination on the previous leg must complete before continuing on.

Clues are written in both Chinese and English.

Legs

Each team receives an allowance of cash with their first clue at the beginning of a leg, with the cash usually in U.S. dollars, to cover expenses during the race, except for the purchase of airline tickets. Any money left over after a leg of the race can be used on subsequent legs.  Penalised teams due to being last in certain non-elimination legs must surrender all of their money and will not receive any cash on the next leg. Teams then have to follow Route Markers and clues that will lead them to the various destinations and tasks they will face. Modes of travel between these destinations include commercial and chartered airplanes, boats, trains, taxis, buses, and rented vehicles provided by the show, or the teams may simply travel by foot. Each leg ends with a twelve hour pit stop where teams that arrive last are eliminated, progressively, from the race, until only three teams remain. It is at the Pit Stop where teams rest.

Non-elimination legs

Each race has a number of predetermined non-elimination legs, in which the last team to arrive at the Pit Stop is not eliminated and is allowed to continue on the race.

Rules and penalties

Most of the rules and penalties are adopted directly from the American edition; but in some of cases, this version has been seen to have a unique set of additional rules.

Seasons

The show first aired in 2010 with the first season premiere airing in August 8, 2010 and ending in October 30, 2010.

Season	Year	Air Date	Winners
1	2010	August 8, 2011 – October 30, 2011	Charlie Gale & Rachel Chen
2	2011	August 7, 2011 – October 23, 2011	Lily Li & Jan Hopper
3	2012		TBA

External links

• Official website (Chinese)
• Official website (English)