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*{{TAR travel|flight}} Sydney (Sydney Airport) to [[Tokyo]], '''[[Japan]]''' {{flagicon|Japan}} ([[Narita International Airport]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tvguide.com/tvshows/Amazing-Race-2011/episode-3-season-18/amazing-race-unfinished/309694|title=''Amazing Race: Unfinished Business'' Episode 3"|work=[[TV Guide]]|accessdate=2011-02-18}}</ref>
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*[[Yokohama]], [[Kanagawa Prefecture]]<ref name="abc preview"/>

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Template:Infobox Television Amazing Race

The Amazing Race 18 (also known as The Amazing Race: Unfinished Business) is the eighteenth installment of the reality television show The Amazing Race. The Amazing Race 18 will feature eleven teams of two – each returning from a previous edition – in a race around the world for a $1 million prize.[1] The show is hosted by Phil Keoghan. It is the first American season of The Amazing Race to be filmed and broadcast in high-definition.

Production

Development and filming

The Amazing Race 18 will be the first season of the United States series that will be broadcast in high-definition television.[2] While most other prime-time television shows have transitioned to high definition, including other reality television shows, previous seasons of The Amazing Race have used standard-definition television due to the cost and fragility of high-definition recording equipment.[3] International versions of The Amazing Race, including the fourth Asian and second Latin American seasons, have already transitioned to high-definition.

The race's Starting Line was at the San Gorgonio Pass Wind Farm near Palm Springs, California.

Filming started on November 20, 2010 at the San Gorgonio Pass Wind Farm near Palm Springs, California where the first task had teams sorting through hundreds of paper airplanes to find one that said "Queensland and Northern Territory Aerial Services", the full name of Qantas Airways, awarding them one of two flights to their first destination: Sydney, Australia.[4] Teams were spotted at Oceanworld in Manly near Sydney, Australia around November 22, 2010[5] and a day later around the mining town of Broken Hill, New South Wales in the Australian Outback.[6] Other locales cited as destinations are Yokohama, Japan, where teams swam in freezing waters near Mount Fuji, and the series' first visit to Liechtenstein, where a task had teams measure the length of the principality on mopeds.[4][7] Teams also visited Lijiang and Kunming, People's Republic of China; Kolkata and Varanasi, India; Vienna, Austria; Zermatt, Switzerland; and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.[8]

The Express Pass, introduced in the previous series, will return, allowing the team that places first in the first leg to skip any later task in the race. Additionally, the last team to complete the first task will be forced to complete a U-Turn in the next leg, performing both tasks of the leg's Detour.[8]

Casting

See also: List of The Amazing Race (U.S. TV series) contestants

The 18th season of The Amazing Race has been subtitled "Unfinished Business", and will feature eleven returning teams from previous seasons for a second chance to win the million dollar prize. Keoghan described all the teams as "came so close to winning but for one reason or another just didn't quite make it over the finish line in first place".[9] Keoghan gave examples of two teams: Zev and Justin from Season 15, who though had finished first on a leg, had lost their passport too late to continue racing; and LaKisha and Jen from Season 14, where they took an unfortunately-timed restroom break while racing to the Pit Stop and were eliminated.[9] The prior experience of all the teams in previous seasons allowed the producers to increase the difficulty of the various tasks and challenges they were to face.[9] All of the teams have been from recent seasons of the Race; the earliest season represented is the 12th. According to Bertram Van Munster, they stayed with more recent teams as "if we're digging too far back, people might not even remember who they were".[4] The 14th season is represented by five of the eleven teams; Van Munster called this particular version of the race "a very unique season" and justified its larger proportion of teams.[4] Though they had considered fan-favorites Toni and Dallas from the 13th season, Keoghan stated they felt the other selected teams "have the best stories and the best motivation" for casting.[10]

The returning teams (and their prior race placements) are:

Results

The following teams participated in the Race, with their relationships at the time of filming. Note that this table is not necessarily reflective of all content broadcasted on television due to inclusion or exclusion of some data. Placements are listed in finishing order:[4]

Team Relationship Position (by leg) Roadblocks
11 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Gary & Mallory Father / Daughter 1st Gary 0, Mallory 1
Amanda & Kris Engaged 2nd ∪ Amanda 1, Kris 0
Kisha & Jen Sisters 3rd Kisha 1, Jen 0
Zev & Justin Best Friends 4th Zev 0, Justin 1
Flight Time & Big Easy Harlem Globetrotters 5th Flight Time 1, Big Easy 0
Jaime & Cara Former NFL Cheerleaders 6th Jaime 0, Cara 1
Margie & Luke Mother / Son 7th Margie 1, Luke 0
Ron & Christina Father / Daughter 8th Ron 0, Christina 1
Mel & Mike Father / Son 9th Mel 1, Mike 0
Kent & Vyxsin Dating Goths 10th Kent 0, Vyxsin 1
Jet & Cord Brothers / Cowboys 2 Jet 1, Cord 0
  • A red team placement means the team was eliminated.
  • A green ƒ & team placement indicates that the team won a Fast Forward.
  • A purple ε & team placement indicates that the team decided to use the Express Pass on that leg.
  • An underlined blue team's placement indicates that the team came in last on a non-elimination leg.
  • A pink ∪ & team placement indicates that the team was penalized for finishing last in the Starting Line task and were subject to a U-Turn at the first Detour.
  1. ^ Leg 1 had no Pit Stop. When teams met Phil at the Pit Stop mat, he gave them their next clue and told them to keep racing.
  2. ^ At the end of the first episode, Jet & Cord had not yet checked in at the mat.

Episode title quotes

Episode titles are often taken from quotes made by the racers. In this season, the general location (the nation or subnational region) the episode was aired in is also included in the title.[11]

  1. "Head Down and Hold On (Australia)" – Sailing instructor (non-racer)
  2. "I Never Looked So Foolish in My Whole Entire Life (Outback)" –
  3. "We Had a Lot of Evil Spirits Apparently (Japan)" –

Prizes

  • Leg 1 – The Express Pass – an item that can be used on the race to skip any one task of the team's choosing.

Elimination Station

Phil's Video Diary

A new feature to this season is an online show, allowing the viewers to see what happens behind the scenes of the Race, hosted by Keoghan.[12]

  • Episode 1 - The night before the first leg, Phil prepared to meet the eleven teams at Palm Springs, California. He then filmed the helicopter shots seen at the start of the episode. While travelling to Sydney, Phil explained that the flight had been delayed, meaning that the Pit Stop then crew only had a small time advantage over the teams. The final portion of the diary shows Phil filming the Pit Stop segment.

Race summary

The race route (as of episode 1) and map of countries visited on The Amazing Race: Unfinished Business.
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 → Australia)

At Oceanworld Manly in Sydney, teams participated in a Roadblock where they scuba dived in the aquarium's shark tank.

In the Race's first Roadblock, one team member had to scuba dive in the Oceanworld shark and ray tank and search the tank for a compass. The compass included a guide to decode a message hidden in series of nautical flags outside. The correctly decoded message instructed teams to go to the Manly 16ft Skiff Sailing Club, find the Commodore, and tell him the passphrase "I am between the Devil and the deep blue sea" to receive their next clue.

Additional tasks
  • At the Starting Line, teams had to search through a field containing hundreds of paper airplanes for an airplane that matched the clue "Queensland and Northern Territory Aerial Services", and left them to figure that this was a reference to Qantas, which was printed on the correct airplanes. They then had to present the airplane to Phil, and if correct he would hand them their first clue and airplane tickets. The first eight teams to bring Phil the correct airplane were placed on one flight, while the remaining three teams were placed on a second flight which departed 90 minutes later.[Note 2] The last team to complete the task was also automatically U-Turned and had to complete both sides of the first Detour of the Race.
  • At the sailing club, teams had to join a sailing crew and ride a 16ft Skiff through a race course to a series of buoys that had their next clue.

Future legs

Leg 1 cont. (Australia)
Leg 2 (Australia → Japan)
Leg 3 (Japan → China)
Upcoming legs[8]

Ratings

US 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 02/20/11 "Head Down and Hold On" 5.1 08 2.5/7 09.15[16] #2 #1 (tied) #30 (<#25)
2 02/27/11 "I Never Looked So Foolish in My Whole Entire Life"
3 03/06/11 "We Had a Lot of Evil Spirits Apparently"

Canadian Ratings

Canadian broadcaster CTV also airs The Amazing Race on Sundays at 8pm.

# Airdate Episode Viewers
(millions) 		Rank
(Week)
1 02/20/11 "Head Down and Hold On" 2.664 #4[17]
2 02/27/11 "I Never Looked So Foolish in My Whole Entire Life
3 03/06/11 "We Had a Lot of Evil Spirits Apparently"

Notes

  1. ^ In season 12, Kent went by the name "Kynt".
  2. ^ Due to a medical emergency on the first flight involving another passenger, the eight teams on that flight were delayed in Honolulu, allowing the three teams on the second flight to gain a lead.

References

  1. ^ CBS.com. "Application form" (PDF). Retrieved 2010-01-21.
  2. ^ Hibberd, James (Hollywood Reporter) (2010-11-03). ""Amazing Race" finally getting HD upgrade". Reuters. Retrieved 2010-11-03.
  3. ^ "Amazing Race Getting HD Upgrade". Hollywood Reporter. 2010-11-02. Retrieved 2010-11-02.
  4. ^ a b c d e Levin, Gary (2011-01-19). "11 'Amazing Race' teams return to finish what they started". USA Today. Retrieved 2011-01-19. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  5. ^ Cite error: The named reference TAR_Manly was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  6. ^ "TV show races through". Barrier Daily Truth. 2010-11-23. Retrieved 2010-11-23.
  7. ^ Martin, Lara (2011-01-19). "Amazing Race' all-stars cast revealed". Digital Spy. Retrieved 2011-01-19.
  8. ^ a b c d e f J. Lang, Derrik (2011-02-16). "'Amazing Race' in Switzerland, India in High-Def". ABC News. Retrieved 2011-02-17.
  9. ^ a b c ""Amazing Race" to settle "unfinished business"". CBS News. 2011-02-18. Retrieved 2011-02-08.
  10. ^ Eng, Joyce (2011-02-18). "Amazing Race: Phil Keoghan Explains Why These 11 Teams Have Unfinished Business". TV Guide. Retrieved 2011-02-18.
  11. ^ "CBS TV Schedule". CBS. Retrieved 2011-02-09.
  12. ^ Pennington, Gail (2011-02-24). "'The Amazing Race' 18 goes high and wide". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2011-02-24.
  13. ^ "Amazing Race: Unfinished Business Episode: "I Never Looked So Foolish in My Whole Entire Life (Outback)"". TV Guide. Retrieved 2011-02-18.
  14. ^ "Amazing Race: Unfinished Business Episode 3"". TV Guide. Retrieved 2011-02-18.
  15. ^ "Amazing Race: Unfinished Business Episode 4"". TV Guide. Retrieved 2011-02-28.
  16. ^ CBSPressExpress.com. "CBS IS A DOMINANT #1 WITH 16 OF THE TOP 20 SERIES SPREAD ACROSS ALL PROGRAM GENRES". Retrieved 2010-02-24.
  17. ^ http://www.bbm.ca/_documents/top_30_tv_programs_english/2011/nat02142011.pdf
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