The Amazing Race Asia 1

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The Amazing Race Asia
Season run	2006-11-09 – 2007-02-01
Filming dates	late May, 2006 – late June, 2006
No. of episodes	13
Winning team	Zabrina & Joe Jer
Continents visited	2
Countries visited	8
Cities visited	22
Distance traveled	36,000 kilometres / 22,370 miles
Number of legs	12
Season chronology
Next season	The Amazing Race Asia 2

The Amazing Race Asia 1 is the first season of the reality television game show The Amazing Race Asia. The show features ten teams of two, with a pre-existing relationship, in a race around Asia and Pacific Rim to win US$100,000. Applications were accepted through March 31, 2006 and filming began in late May and ended in late June 2006.^[1] The season began on November 9, 2006 and the season finale aired on February 1, 2007.

Contents 1 Results 2 Trivia 2.1 General 2.2 Pre-Race 2.3 In-Race 2.4 Post Race 3 Prizes 4 Race locations 4.1 Leg 1 (Malaysia) 4.2 Leg 2 (Malaysia → Indonesia) 4.3 Leg 3 (Indonesia) 4.4 Leg 4 (Indonesia → Australia) 4.5 Leg 5 (Australia → New Zealand) 4.6 Leg 6 (New Zealand) 4.7 Leg 7 (New Zealand → Singapore → Thailand) 4.8 Leg 8 (Thailand) 4.9 Leg 9 (Thailand → India) 4.10 Leg 10 (India → United Arab Emirates) 4.11 Leg 11 (United Arab Emirates) 4.12 Leg 12 (United Arab Emirates → Malaysia) 5 References 6 External links

[edit] Results

The following teams participated in the Race, with their relationships at the time of filming. Placements are listed in finishing order:

Team	Relationship	Position (by leg)												Roadblocks performed
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	97	10<>	11	12
Zabrina & Joe Jer	Co-Workers	3rd	4th	5th2	6th	3rd	3rd	6th	5th	4th	3rd	2nd	1st	Zabrina 6, Joe Jer 6
Sandy & Francesca	Dating	10th	9th	2nd	3rd	5th	1st	4th	3rd	1st>	1st	3rd	2nd	Sandy 6, Francesca 6
Andrew & Syeon	Dating	5th1	8th	8th2	1st	2nd	4th	2nd	4th	3rd	2nd	1st	3rd	Andrew 6, Syeon 6
Mardy & Marsio	Brothers	1st	2nd	6th2	4th	6th	5th	5th	1st	2nd	4th	4th		Mardy 4, Marsio 6
Andy & Laura	Engaged	7th	7th	7th2	7th3	1st	2nd6	1st	2nd	5th<				Andy 5, Laura 4
Howard & Sahran	Best Friends	9th	3rd	1st	8th4	4th	6th	3rd	6th					Howard 4, Sahran 3
Sharon & Melody	Best Friends	6th	5th	3rd	2nd	7th	7th							Sharon 2, Melody 3
Sahil & Prashant	Models	8th	1st	4th	5th	8th5								Sahil 2, Prashant 2
Aubrey & Jacqueline	Actress/Model	4th	6th	9th2										Aubrey 1, Jacqueline 1
Jeena & Ernie	Married	2nd	10th											Jeena 0, Ernie 1

Note 1: On the way to the Pit Stop, teams were instructed to follow a certain trail in the Bukit Nanas Forest Reserve to the top of the Kuala Lumpur Tower. Andrew & Syeon arrived at the Pit Stop 1st. However, they did not follow the required trail to the tower, and were asked to complete it before checking in; they ended up checking in 5th.
Note 2: Zabrina & Joe Jer (who arrived 1st), Mardy & Marsio (4th), Andy & Laura (5th), Andrew & Syeon (6th) and Aubrey & Jacqueline (9th) faced a four-hour penalty for quitting the Roadblock. However, Aubrey & Jacqueline were not serve the penalty because they were already the last team to arrive and were immediately eliminated.
Note 3: Laura suffered an injury to her left leg on the way to Oceanworld. Tests were done and she allowed for the next leg of the race.
Note 4: Howard & Sahran incurred a four-hour penalty because Howard quit the Roadblock.
Note 5: Sahil & Prashant checked in 5th but incurred a one-hour penalty because they were driven around in a private vehicle in Devonport, contravening a Race rule prohibiting hitch-hiking. The last 3 teams (Sandy & Francesca, Mardy & Marsio and Melody & Sharon) checked in during the penalty hour and Sahil & Prashant were consequently eliminated.
Note 6: Andy & Laura were caught speeding at 146km/h while the speed limit was 100km/h. The penalty was 2 minutes times the number of km/h by which they had exceeded the speed limit. They incurred a 92 minute penalty which was served on the next leg, causing them to start in last place and everyone else was pushed up one place.
Note 7: Leg 9 is a double-length leg and shown over two episodes.

• Red means the team was eliminated.
• Blue means the team was the last to arrive at a pit stop in a non-elimination leg of the race. This means that while the team was not eliminated, they were forced to give up all their money, did not receive any money at the beginning of the next leg, and were not permitted to acquire money before the start of the next leg.
• Green means the team won the Fast Forward clue.
• A yellow > means that team choose to use the Yield; < indicates the team who received it. <> indicates a leg where the Yield was available but not used.

[edit] Trivia

[edit] General

• Season 1 took 24 days to film, as opposed to the average four weeks make in American edition.
• Of the 20 racers, 5 are not originally Asian, they are Sandy (from New Zealand); Andy & Laura, Howard and Francesca (all from United Kingdom).
• Zabrina and Joe Jer became the first ever all-female team to enter the final three and win the Race in the show's maiden season. In addition, it also made them the first all-female team to win any international Amazing Race edition. In contrast, it took the original US edition 10 seasons before an all-female team made the final three.
• Zabrina & Joe Jer was the second team to make it to the finale episode without a prior first place finish, matched only by Lyn & Karlyn of the American edition's tenth season. However, unlike Lyn & Karlyn, Zabrina & Joe Jer ultimately won the final leg.
• It was revealed in the special The Amazing Race Asia Memories episode that the sequestered (eliminated) teams stayed at Bintan Beach Resorts until the final leg where they proceed to Sarawak, Malaysia for the final Pit Stop.

[edit] Pre-Race

• Aubrey Sandel (of the Philippine team of Aubrey & Jacqueline) is better known by her professional name of Aubrey Miles in her country.
• Ernie Lopez (of the Philippine team of Ernie & Jeena) is the son of Eugenio "Geny" Lopez, Jr., and the brother of Eugenio "Gabby" Lopez III, chairman of the Philippine television network giant ABS-CBN.

[edit] In-Race

• The first leg's Pit Stop was at the top of Kuala Lumpur Tower, but the teams started the second leg outside the tower.
• Leg 1 became the first Premiere Leg of any edition of The Amazing Race to be a non-elimination leg.
• Leg 1 also became the first Premiere Leg of any edition to stay in the same city as the starting line.
• Sahil & Prashant arrived at the Pit Stop 8th and Howard & Sahran arrived 9th in Leg 1. However, it was telecasted on Leg 2 that Howard & Sahran departed 8th and Sahil & Prashant departed 9th.
• Leg 3 featured a difficult Roadblock in which players had to dig in a marked plot on the beach to look for a small wooden surfboard, buried up to 40cm in the sand. A record of five teams (Andy & Laura, Aubrey & Jacqueline, Andrew & Syeon, Mardy & Marsio and Joe Jer & Zabrina) quit the Roadblock for a four-hour penalty. This is the greatest number of teams to quit a Roadblock in any edition of the franchise of the American series.
• Based on Leg 3, The Amazing Race Asia's penalty for not doing a Roadblock is the same as the original version's. However, the penalty is served at the Pit Stop rather than at the Roadblock because nightfall and task operating hours would have rendered the penalty moot.
• In Leg 3, it was shown that teams are not allowed to hitchhike in private vehicles (even to be driven for a short while to get to a place where there are more taxis). It was also shown that teams are not allowed to take another team's taxi. The latter rule is not used in the original American version.
• In an interview with Sharon & Melody in the Strait Times of Singapore, the duo revealed that Sharon's bike stalled which caused them to fall into last place during Leg 6's Quad Bikes task and eliminated them from the race.
• The Finish Line in Leg 12 is mentioned not as such but as a "Final Pit Stop." In fact, because of the size of the platforms at Bako National Park's mangrove walkways, the Finish Line only had a regular Pit Stop mat rather than a large red platform used in the American edition.

[edit] Post Race

• Prashant will make his movie debut in a remake of the Bollywood classic, Sholay.^[2]

[edit] Prizes

• Leg 3 – Each member won a Sony High-Definition Handycam
• Leg 7 – A year's supply of an engine-cleaning fuel, Caltex Fuel with Techron
• Leg 9 – A holiday to Langkawi, Malaysia, courtesy of AirAsia.
• Leg 11 – A holiday to Gold Coast, Australia, courtersy of Caltex.
• Leg 12 – US$100,000

[edit] Race locations

@ = additional task

[edit] Leg 1 (Malaysia)

• Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (Independence Square) (Starting Line)
• Kuala Lumpur (Berjaya Times Square) @
• Kuala Lumpur (Craft Cultural Complex)
• Shah Alam (Shah Alam Stadium – City Carting Enterprise) @
• Kuala Lumpur (Kuala Lumpur Tower)

The Detour for this leg was Paint or Pot, which describes two craft techniques. In Paint, members of each team would work together to make a batik painting based on the design shown to them. In Pot, one team member would make a pot from clay using a pottery wheel while the other member controlled the wheel's spin. In both cases, teams would receive the next clue if the person in charge of the Detour option selected was satisfied with the result.

@ At Berjaya Times Square, teams had to rappel down from the 8-story level of the shopping mall. It was mentioned that it was optional but teams would face a time penalty.

@ Team members must each complete four consecutive laps around the circuit in go-karts before receiving their next clue.

[edit] Leg 2 (Malaysia → Indonesia)

• Kuala Lumpur (Kuala Lumpur International Airport) to Jakarta, Indonesia (Soekarno-Hatta International Airport)
• Jakarta (Ragunan Zoo) (SMA Negeri 60 School, Kemang Timur)
• Jakarta (Taman Mini Indonesia Indah – West Sumatera Pavilion) @
• Jakarta (National Monument)

The first Roadblock in the race was that a team member must retrieve the clue in a box located inside a snake pit containing a dangerous species second to anaconda in size, within 2 minutes. In Ragunan Zoo, teams also received a Fast Forward clue. In this Fast Forward, teams must go to SMA Negeri 60 School and search among students listening to a Sony Walkman MP3 player that plays the "Fast Forward Award" message. In this leg's Detour teams must choose between Push or Sell. In Push, teams had to push their bakso (meatball soup) carts 500m along a marked route, without spilling any soy sauce, while singing a traditional song. In Sell, teams had to sell (or eat) 15 bowls of bakso, each with a minimum selling price of 2,000 rupiah.

@ Teams must perform a native Minangkabau plate dance called tari piring correctly before they received their next clue.

[edit] Leg 3 (Indonesia)

• Jakarta (Soekarno-Hatta International Airport) to Denpasar, Bali (Ngurah Rai International Airport)
• Kuta (Kuta Beach)
• Kuta (Internet Outpost Travellers Lounge cybercafe) @
• Ubud (Ubud Monkey Forest)
• Uluwatu (caves near Uluwatu surfing site)
• Tanah Lot (Tanah Lot Temple)

This leg's Roadblock required a team member to dig in a marked area of sand on the beach for a small wooden surfboard token hidden up to 40cm beneath the sand. In this leg's Detour was Wet or Dry. In Wet, teams had to ride through white water rapids and complete a two-mile course on the water. In Dry, teams had to ride on an elephant and go through a course after which they will be given the next clue.

@ Teams must access the MSN Search website at the internet cafe's computers and search for the words "Amazing Race Asia" to find their next clue, which they may print out or received from an attendant.

[edit] Leg 4 (Indonesia → Australia)

• Denpasar, Bali (Ngurah Rai International Airport) to Sydney, New South Wales, Australia (Kingsford Smith International Airport)
• Sydney (Dawes Point – Pier 1) (Elevation or Crustacean)
• Sydney (Mrs Macquarie's Chair)
• Sydney (World Square – SonyCentral) @
• Sydney (Oceanworld Manly)
• Sydney (Circular Quay – The Tall Bounty)

In this Leg's Detour, teams had to choose between Elevation and Crustacean. In Elevation, teams climbed up a large number of steps to get to the top of the Sydney Harbour Bridge, where they received their next clue. In Crustacean, teams made their way on foot to Circular Quay, where they searched for the seafood restaurant Doyle's at the Quay. Once there, they shelled 14 kilograms of cold prawns. They had to ensure that the tail, the head and the back were properly removed. Once the restaurant chef/waiter gave his approval, they received their next clue, on a silver platter. In this Leg's Roadblock, one team member had to dive into the Aquarium in Oceanworld Manly, where they had to swim with sharks, stingrays, turtles, fishes, etc. Once inside, they had to look for their clue underwater and swim to it in order to retrieve it.

@ Teams had to take a Sony HD Camera and use it to record a video of someone singing a local bushman ballad, titled "Click Goes The Shears". Once they were done, they had to go back to SonyCentral and have the video would be played on a television. If the person they filmed had sung the lyrics to the correct tune, the staff at SonyCentral would hand them their next clue. If not, they would have to re-do the task.

[edit] Leg 5 (Australia → New Zealand)

• Sydney (Kingsford Smith International Airport) to Auckland, New Zealand (Auckland International Airport)
• Devonport (Ferry Terminal) @ (Rugby or Rigging)
• Auckland (Sky Tower) @
• Auckland (Auckland War Memorial Museum)

In this leg's Detour, teams have to choose between Rugby or Rigging. In both Detour options, teams will have to take the ferry from Devonport, back to Auckland. In Rugby, teams have to take a taxi to Victoria Park. Once there, they will have put on rugby jerseys and kick rugby balls to score 3 goals. The goals would only be counted if the rugby ball is kicked into the enclosed posts and is 22 meters and above. In Rigging, teams would have to travel to WestHaven Marina and find the yachts. Once there, the instructor will give the teams instructions on how to use ropes and knots to get the sail up. Once everything is done correctly and the instructor is happy, teams will receive their next clue. In this Roadblock, that person has to jump off the Sky Tower while their teammate uses a Sony Ericsson Cybershot camera to take a picture of them doing this task.

@ After alighting from the ferry from Auckland, teams had to search near the Devonport Terminal for a girl on a swing. She would hand them their next clue.

@ Teams had to put on orange jumpsuits and perform the Sky City Vertigo Climb. This task involved teams having to climb up a ladder to the top of the Sky Tower where they would have the nicest view of Auckland. Their next clue will be handed to them only after they have completed the climb.

[edit] Leg 6 (New Zealand)

• Auckland (Auckland International Airport) to Dunedin (Dunedin International Airport)
• Queenstown (Caltex Petrol Kiosk) @ (Skyline Gondola – Bob's Peak)
• Queenstown (Arrowtown)
• Queenstown (Offroad Adventures) @ (Nevis Valley)
• Central Otago (Chard Farm)

In this Detour, teams can choose between Luge or Ledge. In Luge, each team member must complete a 830m circuit on a luge 4 times before getting their next clue. In Ledge, each team member will take turns performing the ledge swing, which hurls them 400m above Queenstown. In this leg's Roadblock, one team member will have to bungee jump 134m over Nevis Valley, reputedly the world’s wildest bungee jump. They only have 2 minutes after they step on the platform to do so, or forfeit their turn.

@ Teams had to go to a Caltex Petrol Kiosk and fill up their vehicles with fuel and pay for it using a Caltex Cash Card.

@ Teams had to drive in Quad Bikes around a tricky and muddy course to get to their next clue.

[edit] Leg 7 (New Zealand → Singapore → Thailand)

• Queenstown (Queenstown International Airport) to Singapore (Changi International Airport)
• Singapore (MacPherson – Caltex Petrol Station) @
• Singapore (Suntec City – Fountain of Wealth)
• Singapore (Changi International Airport) to Bangkok, Thailand (Don Mueang International Airport)
• Ayutthaya Province (Wat Niwet Thamaprawat) @
• Bangkok (Golden Mount)
• Bangkok (Wat Pho)

In this Roadblock, one member of each team has to climb to the top of the temple and then search through 560 golden bells for 100 clue capsules containing silver slips of paper. Out of the 100 silver slips of paper, only 6 would contain the correctslip of paper. They would have to show it to a temple personnel who will give them the teams their next clue if it is indeed the correct clue. In this leg's Detour, teams had to choose between Egg and Bacon. In Egg, teams would have to travel to an egg stall and using a trolley, deliver 26 trays of eggs to a nearby egg market. However, if the eggs are delivered broken, the stall owner would instruct the teams to re-deliver the number of eggs broken. In Bacon, teams would have to find marked Tuk-Tuks on Larnlong Road and then direct their Tuk-Tuk drivers to drive them to the Pig Memorial Monument. Teams are allowed to seek directions from locals.

@ In an additional task in Singapore, each team had to clean up an extremely dirty Ford Focus car and must clean it until a certain extent that the Caltex Personnel in charge is satisfied.

@ Teams had to take a cable car over the river and then search the temple grounds for several clue boxes. Only one of these clue boxes would contain the right clue. Teams then had to figure out that their next destination is the Golden Mount, by finding out the monument on the Thai 2 Baht coin enclosed in their clue envelope.

[edit] Leg 8 (Thailand)

• Bangkok (Southern Bus Terminal) to Krabi (Krabi Bus Terminal)
• Krabi (Nopparant Thara Bay – National Park)
• Krabi (Koh Poda Island)
• Krabi (Railey East 123 Wall)
• Krabi (Koh Hong Lagoon)
• Krabi (Ko Pak Bia)

The Fast-Forward in this leg involved teams having to find a kayak on Pranang Bay and then using them to look for a Fast-Forward clue in one of the many hidden caves near the area. In this leg's Detour, teams had to choose between Smash or Grab. In Smash, teams would have to smash 75 coconuts with a hammer to find one with red ink contained inside it. In Grab, teams would have to snorkel and swim around 100 buoys which contain 100 clues, but only ten contain the correct clue. In this leg's Roadblock, one team member will have to climb up the face of a rocky cliff in order to retrieve the next clue.

[edit] Leg 9 (Thailand → India)

• Krabi (Krabi International Airport) to Kolkata, West Bengal, India (Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport)
• Kolkata (St. Teresa of Avila Church) (Tollygunge Metro Train Station)
• Kolkata (Peerless Inn Hotel – Aaheli Restaurant) @
• Kolkata (Kanishka's Sari Boutique) @
• Kolkata (Kolay Market) (Leg midpoint; teams are told this is not a Pit Stop and the leg is not over)
• Kolkata (Sealdah Train Station) to New Delhi (New Delhi Train Station)
• New Delhi (Red Fort)
• New Delhi (Tibetan Monastery Market – Garib Guashala)
• New Delhi (Jain Mandir Dada Bari)

The Roadblock of the first half of the leg was to have one team member polish 7 bystanders' shoes and charge at least 5 rupees for their service. Once they are done, the professional would hand them their next clue. The Detour in the first half of the leg was to choose between Carry or Count. In Carry, teams would have to carry pots of milk on their heads and pour them into a metal bucket a distance away. Once they filled it to the marked level, teams would receive their next clue. In Count, teams would have to go to a market and then count the number of betel nuts in a basket, which is well over 1,000. Teams can only guess once per time they are seen counting the entire basket of nuts.

The Detour of the second half of the leg was Donkey or Deliver. In Donkey, teams would have to transport onions using a donkey and walk it to the onion store before the vendor will hand teams their next clue. In Deliver, teams would have to carry sacks of spices and deliver them to a spice shop which they only have a picture for reference. In the Roadblock for the second half of the leg, one team member from each team had to carry pails of cow manure and then use it to make dung pies by adding water and sticking them onto the wall. If they drop, teams would have to re-do that one.

@ In an additional task in the first half of the leg, teams had to eat a traditional Bengali Indian meal which is extremely spicy and is served in large amounts. Only when they have eaten it the waiters/chef would hand them their next clue.

@ Teams had to search the boutique for their next clue hidden amongst hundreds of saris and silks.

[edit] Leg 10 (India → United Arab Emirates)

• New Delhi (Indira Gandhi International Airport) to Dubai, United Arab Emirates (Dubai International Airport)
• Dubai (Abra Station) (Dubai Creek Golf and Yacht Club)
• Dubai (Dubai International Marine Club – Leopard of Dubai)
• Dubai (Mall of the Emirates – Ski Dubai)
• Dubai (Gold Souk – Modern Jewellery Shop)
• Dubai (Margham Desert Camp)

The roadblock required one team member to complete a 9-hole golf course, using only a putter and a club. As shown, lost balls required the player to return to the first tee for a replacement. In the detour, teams had to choose between Hack or Hike. In Hack, teams had to chisel their way through a 150 kg block of ice to release their next clue, using only a chisel and a hammer. In Hike, teams had to climb the steepest slope in Ski Dubai while carrying 25 kg worth of skiing equipment. Their next clue would be collected at the top of the slope.

[edit] Leg 11 (United Arab Emirates)

• Dubai (Desert Area 53)
• Dubai (Eye of the Emirates) @
• Dubai (Sheikh Saeed Al Maktoum's house)
• Dubai (Jumeirah – Wild Wadi Water Park) @
• Dubai (Jumeirah – Mina A' Salam Beach)

Teams had to choose between Ride or Seek in this leg's detour. In Ride, the Team members had to sit on a camel and guide it through a marked course and collect five flags while using only a camel stick. In Seek, Teams must find a souvenir in a marked plot of sand, using a metal detector. The roadblock called for one team member to eat an Arabian specialty dish, which consisted of brains and bread.

@ Teams had to choose one of the 42 cabins on the Eye of the Emirates that held a clue, with only five of the cabins containing their actual correct clue. The other cabins held clues that read "sorry, try again" and teams had to complete one revolution of the ferris wheel before they could pick again.

@ Upon arriving at the Wild Wadi Water Park, team members had to take turns to ride a freefall water slide.

[edit] Leg 12 (United Arab Emirates → Malaysia)

• Dubai (Mina A' Salam Beach) @
• Dubai (Dubai International Airport) to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (Kuala Lumpur International Airport)
• Kuala Lumpur (Kuala Lumpur Tower)
• Kuala Lumpur (Kuala Lumpur International Airport) to Kuching, Sarawak (Kuching International Airport)
• Kuching (Cat Statue) @
• Kuching (Old Courthouse)
• Kuching (Sarawak Cultural Village) @ (Permai Rainforest Resort)
• Kuching (Bako National Park) (Finish Line)

Teams had to choose between Brains or Brawn in this leg's detour. In Brains, teams had to assemble a bench using only a Sony Cybershot picture as reference. In Brawns, teams had to go to a wet market and use traditional methods to carry 30kg of fruits a certain distance. The roadblock required one team member to complete a rope-based obstacle course.

@ Prior to departure from the Pit Start, teams had to complete a jigsaw puzzle to figure out the next location.

@ Teams had to find a specific cat statue located in the city.

@ Teams had to search the village for their next clue hidden inside one of the longhouses. Their next clue instructed each team member must hit three colored pineapples each using darts and a blowpipe.

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Official website
• Official Teams Blog

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