The Amazing Race 11
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The Amazing Race 11 (also known as The Amazing Race: All-Stars) is the eleventh season of the American reality competition show The Amazing Race. Hosted by Phil Keoghan, it featured eleven teams of two, ten returning teams from previous editions and a dating couple with members from two teams that had competed against each other, competing in a race around the world to win US$1,000,000. This season visited six continents and nine countries and traveled over 45,000 miles (72,000 km) during thirteen legs. Starting in Palmetto Bay, Florida, outside of Miami, racers traveled through Ecuador, Chile, Argentina, Mozambique, Tanzania, Poland, Malaysia, Hong Kong, and Macau before returning to the United States, traveling through Guam and Hawaii, and finishing in San Francisco. The season premiered on CBS on February 18, 2007, and the season finale aired on May 6, 2007.[2]
| The Amazing Race 11 | |
|---|---|
| Season 11 | |
Region 1 DVD cover | |
| Presented by | Phil Keoghan |
| No. of teams | 11 |
| Winner | Eric Sanchez & Danielle Turner |
| No. of legs | 13 |
| Distance traveled | 45,000 mi (72,000 km) |
| No. of episodes | 12 |
| Release | |
| Original network | CBS |
| Original release | February 18 – May 6, 2007 |
| Additional information | |
| Filming dates | November 20 – December 17, 2006[1] |
| Season chronology | |
Dating couple Eric Sanchez and Danielle Turner, who had competed on opposing teams on The Amazing Race 9, were the winners of this season, while beauty queens Dustin Seltzer and Kandice Pelletier from The Amazing Race 10 finished in second place, and cousins Charla Faddoul and Mirna Hindoyan from The Amazing Race 5 finished in third place.
As early as 2004, there had been talk about an all-star edition of The Amazing Race, with speculation that it would occur during the eighth season, just as it had with Survivor. These rumors were fueled by reports that season 4 winner Reichen Lehmkuhl had been invited to appear in a future all-star race.[3] Speculation continued for the next few years, particularly after CBS aired all-star editions of their two other reality competition series, Survivor and Big Brother.[4] On September 28, 2006, CBS ordered an 11th season of The Amazing Race.[5] In November 2006, the network officially acknowledged that an all-star edition was in production.[6] Host Phil Keoghan was originally skeptical that an all-star edition was feasible. Over time, Keoghan felt that "as we got more and more really good teams, it just seemed like it had to happen."[7]
This season traveled a little over 45,000 miles (72,000 km), across thirty cities and six continents and was the second season (after season 5) to visit every habitable continent. The new locales visited in this season were Ecuador, Mozambique, Poland, Macau, and Guam. This was the last season to feature the Yield until The Amazing Race 32.[8]
Phil Keoghan personally submitted a list of fifteen teams that he thought should return. Ten of them were chosen. The team he didn't choose was Eric & Danielle, who did not previously race together. Keoghan said, "I didn't think of that new combination, which actually is a really good one."[9] He also added that the production team's goal for the race "wasn't to pick the best racers," but "to pick the teams that have earned the most attention over the last 10 seasons."[7] Only one team, Uchenna & Joyce, had won their original season, while other seasons' winners criticized CBS' casting process after being omitted, most notably Chip and Kim McAllister (season 5), and B.J. Averell and Tyler MacNiven (season 9).[10]
Colin Guinn and Christie Woods from season 5 were invited to participate, but declined due to Christie's pregnancy.[11] They would eventually participate on The Amazing Race 31.[12] Flo Pesenti and Drew Riker, who began dating after meeting during season 3, were invited to participate, but Flo reportedly declined because she felt the first race had brought out the worst in her, and her season 3 winning partner, Zach Behr, was not invited to join her.[13]
Rob and Amber Mariano (née Brkich) had gotten married after competing on season 7.
This season introduced the Elimination Station, featured on the official website. A series of thirteen web episodes presented the eliminated contestants living together in a common house in their sequester location in Acapulco, Mexico. The series was viewable only in the United States and was available on the Innertube video streaming service on the CBS website, with a new episode debuting immediately following the airing of each new Amazing Race episode in the Pacific Time Zone.[14]
The eleven teams were selected from among the first ten seasons.[15]
| Contestants | Age | Relationship | Hometown | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Vito Pietanza | 32 | Formerly Dating The Amazing Race 3 |
New York City, New York | Eliminated 1st (in Cotopaxi National Park, Ecuador) |
| Jill Aquilino | 29 | |||
| Kevin O'Connor | 40 | Lifelong Friends The Amazing Race 1 |
Bayonne, New Jersey | Eliminated 2nd (in San Pedro de Atacama, Chile) |
| Drew Feinberg | 41 | Staten Island, New York | ||
| David Conley, Jr. | 33 | Coal Miner & Wife The Amazing Race 10 |
Stone, Kentucky | Eliminated 3rd (in Vicente Pérez Rosales National Park, Chile) |
| Mary Conley | 32 | |||
| Rob Mariano | 30 | Newlyweds The Amazing Race 7 |
Pensacola, Florida | Eliminated 4th (on Isla Redonda, Argentina) |
| Amber Mariano | 28 | |||
| Teri Pollack | 53 | Married Parents The Amazing Race 3 |
Palm City, Florida | Eliminated 5th (in Zanzibar City, Tanzania) |
| Ian Pollack | 54 | |||
| Joe Baldassare | 56 | Life Partners The Amazing Race 1 |
Laguna Niguel, California | Eliminated 6th (in Sułoszowa, Poland) |
| Bill Bartek | 53 | |||
| Uchenna Agu | 42 | Married The Amazing Race 7 |
Houston, Texas | Eliminated 7th (in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia) |
| Joyce Agu | 46 | |||
| Oswald Mendez | 36 | Best Friends The Amazing Race 2 |
New York City, New York | Eliminated 8th (in Humåtak, Guam) |
| Danny Jimenez | 41 | Miami, Florida | ||
| Charla Faddoul | 30 | Cousins The Amazing Race 5 |
Towson, Maryland | Third place |
| Mirna Hindoyan | 30 | |||
| Dustin Seltzer | 24 | Beauty Queens The Amazing Race 10 |
Seattle, Washington | Runners-up |
| Kandice Pelletier | 25 | New York City, New York | ||
| Eric Sanchez | 28 | Dating The Amazing Race 9 |
Deerfield Beach, Florida | Winners |
| Danielle Turner | 23 | Staten Island, New York |
Rob Mariano went on to compete on Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains, Survivor: Redemption Island, and participated as a non-competing mentor on Survivor: Island of the Idols.[16] Rob and Amber both returned to Survivor to compete on Survivor: Winners at War.[17] On May 23, 2016, Rob appeared on a Survivor-themed primetime special episode of The Price Is Right.[18] In 2024, Rob competed on Deal or No Deal Island.[19] Later in the year, Rob competed on the third season of The Traitors.[20]
The following teams are listed with their placements in each leg. Placements are listed in finishing order.
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8+[b] | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eric & Danielle | 4th | 4th | 3rd | 2nd | 6th | 5th | 5th | 5th | 3rd<[c] | 4th‡ | 3rd<[d][e] | 2nd | 1st |
| Dustin & Kandice | 6th | 6th | 4th | 5th | 2nd | 4th | 1st | 3rd | 1st>[c] | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 2nd |
| Charla & Mirna | 8th | 8th | 8th | 7th | 1st | 1st | 4th | 4th | 2nd | 3rd | 2nd | 3rd | 3rd |
| Oswald & Danny | 2nd | 2nd | 5th | 1st | 4th | 2nd | 2nd | 1stƒ[f] | 4th | 1stƒ[f] | 4th‡>[d] | 4th† | |
| Uchenna & Joyce | 7th | 5th | 2nd | 6th | 7th‡ | 3rd | 3rd | 1stƒ[f] | 5th† | ||||
| Joe & Bill | 5th | 3rd | 7th | 4th | 5th | 6th | 6th‡ | 6th†[g] | |||||
| Teri & Ian | 3rd | 7th | 6th | 3rd | 3rd | 7th† | |||||||
| Rob & Amber | 1st | 1st | 1st | 8th† | |||||||||
| David & Mary | 9th | 9th | 9th† | ||||||||||
| Kevin & Drew | 10th | 10th† | |||||||||||
| John Vito & Jill | 11th† | ||||||||||||
| Destinations |  Air travel  Rail travel  Water travel  Bus travel  Helicopter travel  Bicycle travel  Gondola travel |
|---|---|
| Route Markers |  Detour  Roadblock  Fast Forward  Yield  Intersection  Pit Stop |
Miami (Miami International Airport) → Quito, Ecuador This season's first Detour was a choice between Wrangle It or Recover It. In Wrangle It, teams had to help local cowboys lasso, tie down, and groom one wild horse. Team members had to clip its hooves and trim its mane and tail. When the horse was released, teams received their next clue. In Recover It, one team member had to put on a historical military uniform and then search a field for three items missing from the uniform (an epaulette, a button, and a sword) in order to receive their next clue. All teams chose Wrangle It.
Quito → Santiago, Chile Santiago → Calama In this season's first Roadblock, one team member had to enter the Codelco headquarters and search the boardroom for letters of the alphabet. They had to figure out that the letters, when unscrambled, spelled one of the ten destinations inscribed on the plaques hanging on the wall. When they believed they had the solution – Chuquicamata – they had to show their answer to the security guard. If they were correct, he handed them their next clue. This leg's Detour was a choice between By Hand or By Machine. In By Hand, teams had to choose a two-ton tire and finish securing it to a dump truck by screwing in properly-aligned bolts and washers in order to receive their next clue. In By Machine, each team member had to take turns driving a front loader to transfer enough gravel to cover a yellow line, at which point they received their next clue.
Calama → Puerto Montt In this leg's Roadblock, one team member had to choose an 1,800-US-gallon (6,800 L; 1,500 imp gal) fish-breeding tank, jump in, and catch and transfer all 80 flounder to a holding tank at the other end of the farm. Once finished, their clue was revealed at the bottom of the tank. This leg's Detour was a choice between Vertical Limit or River Wild. In Vertical Limit, teams would have had to complete a 40-foot (12 m) rock climb. Each team member could grab half of their clue at the top. In River Wild, teams had to backtrack two miles (3.2 km) to the banks of the Petrohué River, where they had to complete a two-point-five-mile (4 km) whitewater-rafting course through levels 3 and 4 rapids. After the course, teams received their next clue. All teams chose River Wild.
Puerto Montt → Punta Arenas Punta Arenas (Presidente Carlos Ibáñez del Campo International Airport) → Ushuaia, Argentina Ushuaia (Bahia Lapataia) → Isla Redonda (in Spanish) (Unidad Postal Fin del Mundo Post Office) This leg's Detour was a choice between Navigate It or Sign It. In Navigate It, teams had to use a map of Punta Arenas in order to find the Plaza Muñoz Gamero, where a sailor gave them a compass. Using the compass, teams had to walk directly south to the Nautilus, a deep-sea salvage business, where the proprietor gave them their next clue. In Sign It, teams had to choose a pole and building supplies and carry them up a flight of stairs to Ferdinand Magellan's map. Using the map as a reference, teams had to determine that Magellan's circumnavigation of the world began and ended in Seville, Spain. They then had to build a traditional local signpost listing in order the fourteen ports-of-call of his voyage. While the signs didn't have to point in the right direction, all of the cities had to be spelled correctly. When they completed the signpost, they received their next clue. In this leg's Roadblock, one team member had to search through 1,600 pieces of mail to find one of two letters addressed to their team, which were written by teams from their previous season. They then had to read the letter aloud to their partner, at which point they received their next clue directing them to the Pit Stop: the mast of the ARA General Belgrano on Isla Redonda._(4107938611).jpg)
Ushuaia → Maputo, Mozambique In this leg's Roadblock, one team member had to guide a rat to find an Amazing Race flag above a deactivated landmine. Once their rat gave the signal that it had found something, a mine technician searched the area, and if they dug up the flag, the team could receive their next clue. This leg's Detour was a choice between Pamper or Porter. In Pamper, teams had to travel one-half mile (0.80 km) to the Maputo Central Market, choose a nail-polish kit, and convince people to pay them to paint their nails until they earned at least 30MT (roughly $1) in order to receive their next clue. In Porter, teams had to travel two miles (3.2 km) to Mercado Janet, where they used their bare hands to fill ten 45-pound (20 kg) bags with coal and then sew them shut. Teams then had to carry one of the bags to a specified address, where the owner handed them their next clue._(2).jpg)
Maputo → Dar es Salaam, Tanzania Dar es Salaam (Ferry Terminal) → Zanzibar City This leg's Detour was a choice between Solve It or Schlep It. In Solve It, teams had to travel one-third mile (0.54 km) to the Beyt al Chai hotel in Stone Town, where they had to assemble a 62-piece puzzle of an image from the tinga tinga style of local artwork in order to receive their next clue. In Schlep It, teams had to travel one mile (1.6 km) to the Kijangwani Lumber Yard. Once there, teams had to choose a handcart, load two 50-pound (23 kg) logs, and then deliver them more than one mile (1.6 km) to a dhow shipyard in order to receive their next clue. In this leg's Roadblock, one team member had to throw a traditional Maasai wooden weapon called a rungu 65 feet (20 m) at a clay target hard enough in order to shatter it and reveal their next clue, which directed them to the Pit Stop: the Old Fort of Zanzibar in Zanzibar City.
Zanzibar City → Warsaw, Poland This leg's Detour was a choice between Perfect Pitch or Perfect Angle. In Perfect Pitch, which honored Frédéric Chopin, teams had to travel three-quarters mile (1.2 km) to the Prymas Palace and choose a grand piano. They then had to use the provided tools to tune the one key of the piano that they determined was out of tune. Once a concert pianist played a piece of Chopin's music and determined that their piano was in tune, they handed teams their next clue. In Perfect Angle, which honored Marie Curie, teams traveled approximately one-half mile (0.80 km) to the Escada Boutique, selected a mannequin, and carried it another 400 yards (370 m) to the Panoramik Laboratory. Once there, teams had to use an x-ray machine to locate a clue embedded inside the mannequin, which had to be positioned at a very specific angle in order for the image to show the name of their next destination..jpg)
Warsaw (Monument to the Polish Underground State and Home Army) → Oświęcim (Auschwitz-Birkenau) At the theater, teams encountered an Intersection, where teams were required to work together in pairs to complete tasks until further notice. The teams were paired up thusly: Eric & Danielle and Joe & Bill, Dustin & Kandice and Charla & Mirna, and Oswald & Danny and Uchenna & Joyce. In this season's first Fast Forward, one pair of newly-joined teams had to climb the stairs of the fire guard tower of St. Mary's Basilica and the Town Hall Tower. They had to count the number of stairs, add those numbers together, and present the sum to a guard atop the fire guard tower. If they had the correct answer, both teams would win the Fast Forward award. Oswald & Danny and Uchenna & Joyce won the Fast Forward. This leg's Detour was a choice between Eat It Up or Roll It Out. In Eat It Up, the newly-joined teams had to travel one point five miles (2.4 km) to an old market, where they had to use traditional methods to make a three-inch (7.6 cm) length of Polish kiełbasa sausage. The teams were then served eight feet (2.4 m) of cooked kiełbasa, and each person had to eat two feet (0.61 m) of sausage in order to receive their next clue. In Roll It Out, the teams had to travel one point five miles (2.4 km) to the J. Mazurek bakery in the Old Jewish Quarter and properly roll out twenty bagels. When finished, they had to carry a delivery of fresh bagels one-quarter mile (0.40 km) to Klezmer Hois, where they received their next clue. Once teams completed the Detour, they were no longer joined together. In this leg's Roadblock, one team member had to don a full suit of medieval armor and then lead a horse a one-half mile (0.80 km) through the forest to the castle gates. Once at the castle, they had to deliver the horse to the stable boy, enter the courtyard, and search for the nearby Pit Stop.
Kraków → Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Kuala Lumpur → Gombak (Batu Caves) This leg's Detour was a choice between Artistic Expression or Cookie Confection. In Artistic Expression, teams had to travel on foot to Dewan Lama, where they had to use a traditional technique known as batik to exactly duplicate one of three patterns onto a 45-square-foot (4 m2) piece of cloth. Then they had to dye the cloth to the satisfaction of the artisan in order to receive their next clue. In Cookie Confection, teams had to travel on foot to Chow Kit Bomba and search through 600 boxes of traditional Malaysian festive cookies by biting into each cookie until they found one with a black licorice center, at which point, they received their next clue. In this leg's Roadblock, one team member had to choose a bicycle with an attached side cart and then scour the neighborhood looking for residents willing to give them their used newspapers to recycle. Once they had collected enough newspaper to make a stack approximately six feet (1.8 m) high, they received their next clue directing them to the Pit Stop: Carcosa Seri Negara. Dustin & Kandice chose to Yield Eric & Danielle.
Kuala Lumpur → Hong Kong In this season's second Fast Forward, one team had to travel five miles (8.0 km) to a film set located at the former Kai Tak Airport, where a high-speed stunt was being filmed for an action movie. They had to get in a car with a stunt driver and endure a stunt course, which involved sharp turns and the car flipping over. Oswald & Danny won the Fast Forward. This leg's Detour was a choice between Kung Fu Fighting or Lost in Translation. In Kung Fu Fighting, teams had to travel five miles (8.0 km) to the former Cheung Sha Wan Police Quarters. Once there, they had to climb an 11-story bamboo scaffold, while avoiding a mock battle between kung fu stuntmen, in order to reach the top and retrieve their next clue. In Lost in Translation, teams had to travel four miles (6.4 km) to Kowloon City and search among hundreds of similar-looking Chinese characters store signs on Nga Tsin Wai Road for the specific one – 滿玉時裝晚裝 – shown on their clue. When they found the matching store, the owner gave them their next clue. In this leg's Roadblock, one team member had to kick down doors in the old building of the former police headquarters and search for their next clue.
Hong Kong → Macau (Outer Harbour Ferry Terminal) In this leg's Roadblock, one team member had to walk around the outer rim of the Macau Tower observation deck and then perform what was, at the time, the world's tallest SkyJump by falling 660 feet (200 m) to the ground in a controlled descent in order to receive their next clue. This leg's Detour was a choice between Noodle or Dragon. In Noodle, teams had to travel to the factory of Fábrica de Sopa de Fita Weng Kei, choose a noodle making station, and use traditional methods to flatten and cut dough into two acceptable bundles of Chinese noodles in order to receive their next clue. In Dragon, teams had to travel to a warehouse on Travessa da Saudade, obtain a dragon head and drum, and carry them three-quarters mile (1.2 km) to the harbor at Nam Van Lake. There, they had to attach the dragon head to a matching dragon boat and deliver the drum to the boat's master in exchange for their next clue. Oswald & Danny chose to Yield Eric & Danielle.
Macau → Hong Kong Hong Kong → Hagåtña, Guam This leg's Detour was a choice between Care Package or Engine Care. In Care Package, teams traveled to a warehouse, chose a loading station, and filled 500-pound (230 kg) packages with various humanitarian aid items for a neighboring island. Teams then boarded a C-17 Globemaster and participated in an airdrop training exercise. When they landed, the load master gave teams their next clue. In Engine Care, teams had to clean an engine pod on a B-52 bomber and scour the associated flap section on the wing to the satisfaction of an Air Force maintenance officer in order to receive their next clue. In this leg's Roadblock, one team member had to perform a search and rescue mission. Using a handheld GPS receiver, they had to navigate through the jungle to find one of four training officers, who provided coordinates directing them to the landing zone. Then they used a radio and smoke grenade to signal a rescue helicopter to pick them up. The helicopter brought them back to their partner, where they received their next clue directing them to the Pit Stop: Fort Soledad in Humåtak..jpg)
Hagåtña → Honolulu, Hawaii Honolulu (Honolulu International Airport – Kamaka Air Hangar) → Lānaʻi City (Lanai Airport) Lānaʻi City → Honolulu Honolulu → Oakland, California This season's final Detour was a choice between Under or Over. In Under, teams had to swim into an underwater cave and retrieve a clue anchored to the cave's floor. In Over, teams had to use a paddle board and paddle together to reach a buoy that had their next clue.| Questions | Answers | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Charla & Mirna | Dustin & Kandice | Eric & Danielle | |
| Who is the least trustworthy? | Rob & Amber | Joe & Bill | Oswald & Danny |
| Who has the best sense of humor? | Kevin & Drew | Uchenna & Joyce | Charla & Mirna |
| Who is the most overrated? | Rob & Amber | Rob & Amber | Rob & Amber |
| Who do you most want to stay in touch with? | John Vito & Jill | Uchenna & Joyce | Uchenna & Joyce |
The first five teams eliminated were sequestered at a villa in Acapulco, Mexico to await the finale. Subsequently, eliminated teams telephoned the villa to inform those teams at the villa of their elimination, but continued to run as decoys to throw off spoilers to the final outcome of the season. The sequestered teams met with the decoy teams in the final destination city to cheer on the final three teams as they crossed the Finish Line.
CBS posted short videos on its website after each episode aired in the Pacific time zone to show the eliminated teams interacting at the villa.
The Amazing Race 11 received mixed reviews. Linda Holmes of Television Without Pity was critical of this season's cast writing that "there weren't that many teams that didn't halfway suck to begin with, and we still had about a 75 percent chance of a better ending than this. We're all cursed."[25] Simon Brew of Den of Geek wrote that "the procession of camera hoggers in this season ultimately, come the final round, left the audience with a real problem: there was nobody to root for."[26] Roger Holland of PopMatters wrote that "TAR-11 started poorly, stuttered and staggered around the globe like the zombified remains of its former self, and finished on an absolute all-time low."[27] Leslie Seaton of BuddyTV wrote that even though "the season definitely had some exciting moments, I still maintain that I'm not sure an All-Star season is a great idea for this show."[28] Sarah Kickler Kelber of The Baltimore Sun wrote that "all in all, it was a fun season, even if it's not a result I would have predicted."[29] Heather Havrilesky of Salon wrote "this season's challenges were some of the most frustrating and difficult ever".[30] In 2016, this season was ranked 8th out of the first 27 seasons by the Rob Has a Podcast Amazing Race correspondents.[31] In 2024, Rhenn Taguiam of Game Rant ranked this season 20th out of 36.[32]
| Order | Episode | Viewers (millions) | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "I Told You Less Martinis And More Cardio" | 1.99 | #10[33] |
| 3 | "I'm Sorry I'm Wearing a Bathing Suit; It Is Very Weird, I Know" | 1.94 | #10 |
| 4 | "No Babies on the Race" | 2.06 | #6 |
| 5 | "You Need to Watch Your Jokes, Guys" | 1.82 | #6 |
| 6 | "We're Going to Trade You for Food Now" | 1.96 | #7 |
| 7 | "If I Were In Town, I'd Ask For Your Number" | 1.04 | #24 |
| 8 | "The Way You Look, Yeah" | 1.69 | #9 |
| 9 | "We Are Trying To Make Love, Not War" | 1.96 | #8 |
| 10 | "Good Doing Business With You" | 1.91 | #5 |
| 11 | "Oh My God, the Teletubbies Go to War" | 1.97 | #9 |
| 12 | "Low to the Ground, That's My Technique" | 2.03 | #8 |
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