The Amazing Race 19

The Amazing Race 19 is the nineteenth installment of the American reality television show The Amazing Race. This season featured 11 teams of two, with a pre-existing relationship, in a race around the world.[2] The 19th season premiered on September 25, 2011.[3]

The Amazing Race 19
Presented byPhil Keoghan
No. of teams11
WinnersErnie Halvorsen & Cindy Chiang
No. of legs12
Distance traveled35,000 mi (56,000 km)
No. of episodes12
Release
Original networkCBS
Original releaseSeptember 25 (2011-09-25) –
December 11, 2011 (2011-12-11)
Additional information
Filming datesJune 18[1] –
July 10, 2011
Season chronology

The season premiered on September 25, 2011, airing on CBS in the United States on Sunday nights at 8:00 p.m. ET/PT. The season finale aired on December 11, 2011. The show is hosted by Phil Keoghan.

Engaged couple Ernie Halvorsen and Cindy Chiang were the winners of this season.

Production

Development and filming
Hacienda Heights's Hsi Lai Temple was the site of the Starting Line for The Amazing Race 19, where teams had to first search through several oil-paper umbrellas.

This season of the Race traveled a little over 35,000 miles (56,000 km) to 20 cities across four continents.[4] Filming started on June 18, 2011, with teams seen leaving Los Angeles International Airport and heading to Taiwan.[1] The Starting Line was located at the Hsi Lai Temple in the foothills of Hacienda Heights, California. As with the previous season, racers had a task they had to perform before receiving tickets to their first destination.[4] American film crews were also spotted in Hillerød, Denmark, and were suspected to be there for The Amazing Race, marking the first time The Amazing Race visited Denmark.[5] Besides Denmark, this season also included other first time visits to Indonesia, Malawi, and Belgium.[6]

Two new game elements were introduced in this season. Leg 1 introduced the Hazard, a penalty that one team incurred for being the last team to finish the Starting Line task. According to Keoghan, the Hazard was added to "test people's mental strength out of the gate", and claimed that it had a "rolling effect" throughout the rest of the season.[7] Leg 2 was the first time in which two teams were eliminated at the Pit Stop (In Season 10, two teams were eliminated during the first leg, but not both at the Pit Stop).[6] In addition, a stand, implemented in Season 2 which shows the city and country of the Pit Stop was removed starting with this season.

During the first leg, racer Kaylani lost her passport at a gas station while en route from Hsi Lai Temple to Los Angeles International Airport. She and teammate Lisa returned to the station to search for the passport but could not find it and opted to proceed to the airport in the hope that another racer had picked it up. The camera crew accompanying the team had seen the dropped passport, but could not tell Kaylani or Lisa or otherwise act on it and instead informed the producers of the situation. The producers prepared to conduct an impromptu elimination and host Phil Keoghan rushed to the airport. The passport was found by two bystanders who had previously helped another team at the gas station. After posting about the incident on Twitter, a fan of the show advised them to take the passport to the airport, and they were able to return it to Kaylani before her scheduled flight.[8]

Marketing

Discover gift card returned as one of the sponsors. Travelocity continued to sponsor the show, while Ford also returned as one of the sponsors, with their fifth generation Ford Mustang appearing as a prize car in the 10th leg, customized by the winner.

Cast
See also: List of The Amazing Race (American TV series) contestants
Most of the contestants of the 19th season at the season finale "TARCon" event in New York City. Pictured are (left to right, back row): Marcus Pollard, Amani Pollard, Laurence Sunderland, Liz Canavan, Marie Canavan, Ron Zeitz, Bill Smith, Jeremy Cline, (front row) winner Cindy Chiang, winner Ernie Halvorsen, Kaylani Paliotta, Jennifer Young, Sandy Draghi.

Applications for the 19th season were due on January 4, 2011. Semi-finalist interviews and the final casting interviews took place in Los Angeles in March 2011.

The cast included former Survivor winners and dating couple Ethan Zohn and Jenna Morasca, the first person under 18 to sail solo around the world Zac Sunderland with his father Laurence,[1] retired NFL player Marcus Pollard with his wife Amani, and former Olympic snowboarders Andy Finch and Tommy Czeschin.[6]

Winners Ernie & Cindy were married on March 10, 2012. Ron & Bill, Kaylani & Lisa, Liz & Marie, Justin & Jennifer, Laurence & Zac, Amani & Marcus, and Jeremy & Sandy were in attendance at the wedding party.[9] The newlyweds traveled to Fiji, a trip which they won on Leg 8, for their honeymoon.[10]

One of the competitors, Bill Alden, died on June 10, 2016, at the age of 69 from pancreatic cancer.[11]

Future appearances

This season was not represented in the cast of The Amazing Race: All-Stars.

Ernie & Cindy later appeared on the finale of The Amazing Race 29 in which they handed tickets to the final three teams to enter Wrigley Field in their hometown of Chicago.[12]

Ethan Zohn returned to Survivor to compete on Survivor: Winners at War and was the fourth person eliminated.[13]

Results

The following teams participated in the season, each listed along with their placements in each leg and relationships as identified by the program. Note that this table is not necessarily reflective of all content broadcast on television, owing to the inclusion or exclusion of some data. Placements are listed in finishing order:

Team Relationship Position (by leg) Roadblocks
performed
1 23 3 4 5 6 ⋐7⋑ 8 9 10 11 12
Ernie & Cindy Engaged 1st 4th 5th 5th 3rd 5th 2ndε6 1st⊃ 2nd 3rd 2nd 1st Ernie 7, Cindy 6
Jeremy & Sandy Dating 2nd 6th 3rd 3rd 7th 3rd 6th 5th 3rd 2nd 1st 2nd Jeremy 6, Sandy 7
Amani & Marcus Married 5th 9th 6th 6th 1st 7th 4th 4th 1st 4th 3rd 3rd Amani 6, Marcus 7
Andy & Tommy Pro Snowboarders 7th 1st 1st 1st 5th 1st 1st 3rd 4th 1st 4th Andy 6, Tommy 6
Bill & Cathi Grandparents 11th 7th 7th 7th 2nd 6th5 3rd 2nd⊂
⋑		 5th 5th Bill 6, Cathi 5
Laurence & Zac Father/Son Adventurers 6th 2nd 2nd4 4th 6th 4th 5th⊃7 6th⋐ Laurence 4, Zac 5
Justin & Jennifer Siblings 3rd 8th 4th 2nd 4th 2nd5 7th Justin 4, Jennifer 4
Liz & Marie Twins 10th 5th 8th 8th 8th Liz 2, Marie 4
Kaylani & Lisa Former Vegas Showgirls 9thн1 3rd 9th Kaylani 1, Lisa 2
Ethan & Jenna Dating 4th 10th2 Ethan 2, Jenna 0
Ron & Bill Domestic Partners 8th 11th2 Ron 1, Bill 1
  • A red team placement means the team was eliminated.
  • A purple ε indicates that the team decided to use the Express Pass on that leg.
  • An orange н indicates that the team was penalized for finishing last in the Starting Line task and would have to perform the Hazard.
  • An underlined blue team's placement indicates that the team came in last on a non-elimination leg and had to perform a Speed Bump during the next leg.
  • A brown ⊃ or a cyan ⋑ indicates that the team chose to use one of the two U-Turns in a Double U-Turn; ⊂ or ⋐ indicates the team who received it; ⋐⋑ around a leg number indicates that only one of the two available U-Turns was used; ⊂
    ⋑     indicates that the team was U-Turned, but they used the second U-Turn on another team.
  • An underlined leg number indicates that there was no mandatory rest period at the Pit Stop and all teams were ordered to continue racing, although the first place team was still awarded a prize for that leg. An underlined team placement indicates that the team came in last, was ordered to continue racing, and didn't have to perform a Speed Bump in the next leg.
  1. ^ Kaylani performed the Hazard task.
  2. ^a b Leg 2 was a double-elimination leg. The last two teams to be checked-in at the Pit Stop were both eliminated.
  3. ^ Eight of the 11 teams arrived at the Pit Stop without donating all of their money at the 'Aisyiyah Orphanage (see below), and had to go back and donate the rest of their money before being allowed to check in. The initial placements for all teams are as follows (the three boldfaced teams were not asked to turned back):
    1st: Ernie & Cindy; 2nd: Liz & Marie; 3rd: Bill & Cathi; 4th: Andy & Tommy; 5th: Jeremy & Sandy; 6th: Justin & Jennifer; 7th: Amani & Marcus; 8th: Laurence & Zac; 9th: Ethan & Jenna; 10th: Kaylani & Lisa; 11th: Ron & Bill
  4. ^ Laurence & Zac initially arrived 1st, but were issued a 15-minute penalty for using more than the allowed number of buckets at the Grass Fed Detour (see below). Andy & Tommy checked-in during their penalty time, dropping Laurence & Zac to 2nd.
  5. ^a b Justin & Jennifer and Bill & Cathi initially arrived in 1st and 3rd, respectively, but did not pay the truck drivers who drove them to the Pit Stop. They were required to turn back and pay their drivers before being allowed to check in. Their placements were dropped to 2nd and 6th place, respectively.
  6. ^ Ernie & Cindy used the Express Pass to bypass the Detour in Leg 7.
  7. ^ Laurence & Zac used their U-Turn power on Amani & Marcus; however, they had already passed the U-Turn point and were therefore unaffected by it.

Episode title quotes

Episode titles are often taken from quotes made by the racers.[14]

  1. "Kindness of Strangers" – Kaylani
  2. "The Sprint of Our Life" – Sandy
  3. "Don't Lay Down on Me Now!" – Marcus
  4. "This Is Gonna Be a Fine Mess" – Bill (of Bill & Cathi)
  5. "I Feel Like I'm in the Circus" – Jennifer
  6. "We Love Your Country Already; It Is Very Spacious" – Cathi
  7. "Move Goat" – Marcus
  8. "Super Shady" – Cindy
  9. "It's Speedo Time" – Tommy
  10. "Release the Brake!" – Marcus' driving instructor (non-racer)
  11. "We Are Charlie Chaplin" – Tommy
  12. "Go Out and Get It Done" – Marcus

Prizes

The prize for each leg is awarded to the first place team for that leg. Trips were provided by Travelocity. The prizes were:

Race summary
The route of the 19th Amazing Race.
Destinations Air travel    Rail travel    Water travel    Bus travel
Helicopter travel    Bicycle travel    Gondola travel
Route Markers Detour    Roadblock    Hazard    U-Turn    Speed Bump    Pit Stop

Leg 1 (United States → Taiwan)
Upon arrival in Taipei, teams had to look up for their clue on an electronic billboard in Ximending, written in Mandarin.

Airdate: September 25, 2011

In this season's first Roadblock, one team member had to find a nearby payphone and call a particular phone number. The person on the other end gave the racer one of Confucius's proverbs: "In all things success depends on previous preparation, and without such previous preparation there is sure to be failure." Without writing down any of the message, they had to repeat the proverb verbatim to a temple monk to receive their next clue. If they were incorrect, they had to call the number again and make another attempt.

The Hazard required Kaylani & Lisa to travel to the Core Pacific City Mall, where one of them had to perform an indoor bungee jump before they could continue racing.

Additional tasks
  • At Hsi Lai Temple, teams had to search through several hundred oil-paper umbrellas for one that had the correct set of letters ("TAI") printed on it. When combined twice with their clue of six other letters ("WANPEI"), it revealed the name of their first destination: Taipei, Taiwan. Once they presented Phil with the correct umbrella, he would give them keys to one of 11 Ford Explorers parked outside the temple. The last team to complete the task was penalized with the Hazard.
  • The first eight teams to arrive at Los Angeles International Airport were booked on an earlier flight to Taipei via China Airlines with the remaining three teams booked on a second flight on EVA Air that departed twenty minutes later.
  • At Ximending Commercial District, teams were told to "look up" for their next clue and were left to figure out that their clue was displayed on an electronic billboard at Jun Plaza: red and yellow balloons that revealed Chinese characters 台北孔廟 (Taipei Confucius Temple).
  • At Dajia Riverside Park, teams joined a dragon boat team. One team member kept pace by beating a drum, while the other team member joined the paddling crew on the Keelung River. Once they made it through the course, they received their next clue.

Leg 2 (Taiwan → Indonesia)
The Roadblock in Yogyakarta had racers spelunking the natural caves of Goa Jomblang to find a kris.

Airdate: October 2, 2011

For their Speed Bump, Bill & Cathi had to untangle a rope until they had enough length to reach a carabiner across a field before they could continue with the Roadblock.

In this leg's Roadblock, one team member had to descend 160 feet (49 m) into Goa Jomblang to search for a traditional Javanese mask and a dagger known as a kris. Once they located them, team members had to scale up a bamboo ladder to the top before delivering them to the chieftain in exchange for their next clue.

This season's first Detour was a choice between Shake Your Money Maker or Be a Ticket Taker, both of which took place back in the city of Yogyakarta. In Shake Your Money Maker, teams had to dress up in costumes with one team member dancing in the streets while the other played a gamelan to earn Rp 30,000 (US$3.40). In Be a Ticket Taker, teams had to go to the Mal Malioboro and work as motorbike parking attendants to earn Rp 15,000 (US$1.70) before turning in their ticket book.

Additional tasks
  • After either Detour, teams traveled to the Aisyiyah Orphanage, home to those orphaned by the 2010 eruptions of Mount Merapi, where they had to donate the money they earned during the Detour in exchange for their next clue. A small sign at the orphanage also directed teams to donate all of the money in their possession. Teams that did not donate all of their money were not allowed to check in at the Pit Stop until they doubled back and donated it.
  • At the orphanage, teams received a coat of arms from the children and had to figure out that it belonged to the Sultan and that the Pit Stop was at his palace: Kraton Ngayogyakarta Hadiningrat.
Additional note
  • In an unaired segment at Bukit Indah Restaurant & Hotel, teams had to randomly pick a key, each of which had one of two departure times in the morning.[15]

Leg 3 (Indonesia)
The iconic Borobudur, the largest Buddhist temple in the world, served as both the site of this leg's Roadblock and the Pit Stop.

Airdate: October 9, 2011

This leg's was a choice between Rice Field and Grass Fed. In Rice Field, teams carried lunch to rice paddy workers and, while the workers ate their lunch, had to plant 300 rice seedlings to receive their next clue from one of the rice field workers. In Grass Fed, teams had to fill two bags with freshly cut grass and then pick up two sheep from a shed. After delivering the grass and sheep to a farm, they had to retrieve six bucketfuls of water from a well, using only two buckets at a time, to fill a trough for the sheep and receive their next clue from a farmer.

In this leg's Roadblock, one team member had to walk around the top tier of Borobudur in a clockwise direction, counting the statues of the Five Dhyani Buddhas, while also paying attention to the mudra depicted on the statues (only four of the six kinds of statues were involved in the task). The racer had to provide the correct numbers of Buddhas by mudra, including a demonstration of each, to receive their next clue. There were seventeen Amitābhas with the dhyana mudra; seventeen Amoghasiddhis with the abhaya mudra; seventeen Akshobhyas with the bhumisparsa mudra; and eighteen Ratnasambhavas with the vara mudra.

Additional tasks
  • At the start of the leg, teams had to join a series of Dutch colonial-era Bicycle Guard reenactors and ride omafiets with their group from Kraton through the streets of Yogyakarta to Fort Vredeburg in order to obtain their next clue.
  • Before being allowed into Borobudur, teams had to go to the international entrance, where they were given batik sarongs to put on. They then walked up to the top of the temple, where they received their next clue.

Leg 4 (Indonesia → Thailand)
Teams finished this leg on Thailand's traditional floating village of Koh Panyi.

Airdate: October 16, 2011

This leg's Detour was a choice between Coral Reconstruction and Beach Preparation, tasks designed to give back to Thailand following the 2004 tsunami. In each task, teams rode on speedboats to Khai Nai Island. In Coral Reconstruction, teams built a coral nursery out of pipes. Once complete, they used a kayak to take the nursery and several coral fragments out to a buoy where they had to set the nursery on the ocean floor, then set the coral fragments into the nursery to receive their next clue from a marine biologist. In Beach Preparation, teams had to properly set up a series of twenty beach chairs and ten umbrellas marked with a specific symbol given in their clue to receive their next clue from the beach club owner.

In this leg's Roadblock, teams traveled to Koh Yao Noi, where one team member had to climb the island's sheer rock wall until they reached a bird's nest that held their next clue.

Additional tasks
  • After the Detour, teams were given a compass and medallion and were instructed to travel north for thirteen minutes until they reached the island shown on the medallion: Soap Island.
  • After the Roadblock, teams were given a map of Phang Nga Province and a compass and were instructed to lead their boat captain to the Pit Stop at Koh Panyi.

Leg 5 (Thailand)
For the second Roadblock on this leg, racers had to reassemble a spirit house that they originally disassembled before the Roadblock.

Airdate: October 23, 2011

For their Speed Bump, Liz & Marie had to clean up elephant dung and wash an elephant before they could ride one to the Roadblock.

In this leg's first Roadblock, one team member searched for a man playing a traditional Thai flute and then had to search the water around him for a bundle that contained a ceramic carp with their clue inside.

In this leg's second Roadblock, the team member who did not perform the first Roadblock had to correctly rebuild the spirit house they picked up after the first Roadblock (see the additional tasks below) to receive a bag of fish food and their next clue from a monk.

Additional tasks
  • To reach their first clue in the Ton Pariwat Wildlife Conservation Area, teams rode on elephants up the Khlong Song Phraek River to the location of the first Roadblock.
  • After the first Roadblock, teams traveled to a nearby store and had to take apart a traditional spirit house which they then delivered to Wat Chanathikaram to find their next clue.
  • At the Bangkok Noi Canal, teams had to feed fish at the canal using the food from the second Roadblock to receive their next clue.
Additional note
  • While in Phuket on this leg, teams traveled by songthaew.

Leg 6 (Thailand → Malawi)
For the Roadblock in Lilongwe, racers moved about 200-pound (91 kg) bales of dried tobacco, one of Malawi's top agricultural exports, in a local warehouse.

Airdate: October 30, 2011

In this leg's Roadblock, one team member had to put on a workman's uniform and transport ten 200-pound (91 kg) bales of tobacco leaves through a tobacco warehouse to a drop-off zone in another part of the warehouse, using only a hand-cart that could carry one bag at a time, to receive their next clue.

This leg's Detour was a choice between All Sewn Up and Not Grown Up. In All Sewn Up, teams went to the White Horse De-Sign Tailor Shop in the old market and picked a customer. They then used manual sewing machines to finish the customer's suit to obtain their next clue. In Not Grown Up, teams traveled to Lilongwe LEA School, where they had to use materials provided (cardboard boxes, nails, string, and bottle caps) to build two toy trucks. Once they were properly constructed, the headmistress would give the trucks to students, who would test it before the team received their next clue.

Additional task
  • At R-K Furniture Shop, teams had to transport two handcrafted wooden beds to Kumbali Village and then carry the beds to the Pit Stop mat. They were allowed to ask the shop owner to call a truck for them. Teams would use the beds for an overnight stay at the village.

Leg 7 (Malawi)
The Detour for the second leg in Malawi focused on tasks in Lake Malawi.

Airdate: November 6, 2011

For their Speed Bump, Amani & Marcus had to solve a sliding puzzle that depicted the flag of Malawi[lower-alpha 1] before they could continue racing.

In this leg's Roadblock, one team member had to use a bicycle taxi known as a kabaza to take a customer carrying fish to one of three different destinations written on a board tied to the fish. After they dropped off their customer at their required address, they headed back to the bus station to trade in their earnings of MK100 (approximately US$0.66) to the kabaza dispatcher to obtain the next clue.

This leg's Detour on Lake Malawi was a choice between Dugout and Lugout. In Dugout, teams participated in the annual Lake Malawi Dugout Canoe Race and had to use the traditional canoes to paddle out to drummers on the lake before paddling back to shore to obtain their clue from a local fisherman. In Lugout, teams had to wade to a ferryboat on the lake and unload passengers and cargo from it by carrying them to shore. They had to unload two boxes of cabbage, two bundles of sugar cane, two bundles of brooms, one chair, one fan, and eight passengers, who expected to stay dry, before receiving their clue from the boat's porter.

Leg 8 (Malawi → Denmark)
After arriving in Copenhagen, teams had to climb to the top of the Church of Our Saviour's tower to search for their next clue.

Airdate: November 13, 2011

In this leg's Roadblock, one team member had to dress in period costume and learn a complex three-part dance from an instructor. Once the Countess was pleased with their dance, they received their next clue.

This leg's Detour was a choice between All Hopped Up and All Churned Out. In All Hopped Up, teams had to lay out a proper rabbit show jumping course. They then had to pick a rabbit, and each team member had to run it through the course without knocking over any of the obstacles to receive their next clue from the animal handler. In All Churned Out, teams had to make butter using a traditional butter churn to churn fresh cream, then cleanly stamp out six sticks using a special mold to receive their next clue from the dairymaid.

Additional task
  • After arriving in Copenhagen, teams had to choose a marked Ford Focus and drive to the Church of Our Saviour. After climbing to the top of the church, teams had to search for two clues on the top of the tower. The first was a flag on the tower that said "Borg Slot" and the other was a banner on a nearby building that said "Frederiks". These led teams to their next location: Frederiksborg Castle in Hillerød.

Leg 9 (Denmark → Germany → Belgium)
Teams visited Legoland Billund where they rode the Pirate Carousel teacups while building their next clue out of Lego bricks.

Airdate: November 20, 2011

In this leg's Roadblock, one team member had to memorize a poem on the base of the statue of Hans Christian Andersen on Andersens Boulevard and then use a map on a provided bicycle's wheel to navigate to the Teatermuseet i Hofteatret, where they had to recite the poem verbatim and with dramatic flair in order to receive their next clue. If they failed, they had to go back to the statue before returning to the theater to recite the poem again.

Only one side of the Detour in Brussels was shown as a miscellaneous task, leaving the other Detour option unknown to viewers. In Bodybuilding Posedown, teams had to travel to Concert Noble and compete in a bodybuilding competition in honor of Jean-Claude Van Damme, known as "The Muscles from Brussels". Racers had to put on bikinis, cover their bodies in posing oil, and then learn a series of bodybuilding poses. Teams had to perform the routine in front of three judges and earn a score of at least twelve points to receive their next clue.[16]

Additional task
  • At Legoland Billund, teams had to find the Pirate Carousel (a teacups ride), where they received a box containing a puzzle made of Lego bricks. While on the ride, they had to assemble the puzzle to reveal their next destination: the Hamburg Hauptbahnhof in Hamburg, Germany. Teams could work on the puzzle only while the ride was in motion and had to raise their hands when the ride stopped.

Leg 10 (Belgium)
Teams ended their second leg in Belgium at the Atomium, a famous landmark in the capital Brussels.

Airdate: November 27, 2011

In this leg's Roadblock, one team member had to test drive a Ford Mustang. They first had to accelerate to 100 mph (160 km/h) and then brake at a designated spot. They then had to navigate a slalom course within sixteen seconds without hitting a cone and stopping inside a marked spot. Lastly, they finished the test drive by performing two victory doughnuts before they received their next clue.

This leg's Detour was a choice between Water and Waffle. In Water, teams had to use provided materials (pontoons, rope, and wood) to build a raft to search the Leie River for the two halves of their next clue. In Waffle, teams had to build a waffle stand and then bake and decorate eighteen Belgian waffles to the chef's satisfaction before receiving their next clue.

Additional tasks
  • At the start of the leg, teams had to choose a marked Ford Fiesta and drive themselves to Ford Proving Grounds in Lommel to get their next clue.
  • At Muur van Geraardsbergen, teams released a flock of homing pigeons and then were given an address where the pigeons were flying. Once there, teams could retrieve their next clue from one of the pigeons.
  • The clue teams obtained from the pigeon was simply a picture of the Atomium, which teams had to figure out in order to find the Pit Stop for this leg.

Leg 11 (Belgium → Netherlands → Panama)
The ruins of Panamá Viejo in Panama City served as the Pit Stop on the penultimate leg.

Airdate: December 4, 2011

In this leg's Roadblock, one team member had to cross a 65-foot (20 m) tightrope between the 35 story San Francisco Bay Towers, pick up their clue on the other tower, and then cross back to the first tower.

This leg's Detour was a choice between Filet and Sole. In Filet, teams traveled to Panama's largest fish market, El Mercado de Mariscos, where they had to deliver fish to different marked stalls throughout the market. Each stall only accepted a certain kind of fish up to a certain weight. Once they were done with their deliveries, the fishmonger gave them their next clue. In Sole, teams traveled to the Salsipuedes Market, where they had to find a sandals stall and use one piece of leather each to make the sole and strapping for a pair of sandals for a customer to receive their next clue from a cobbler.

Additional tasks
  • Before leaving Brussels, teams had to dress up as the two bumbling detective characters from the popular Belgian The Adventures of Tintin comics, and figure out one of the three names ("Thomson and Thompson", "Dupond and Dupont", or "Johnson and Johnston") by which the characters are known in Belgium. Then, using a photo given to them with the clue, teams had to find a man dressed as Tintin standing in front of a Tintin mural and tell him any one of the name variations of the characters they were dressed as in order to receive their next clue.
  • At Parara Puru, teams signed up for one of four times the next morning within 15-minute intervals starting at 7:00 a.m. to receive a temporary tattoo that would reveal their next location: the San Francisco Bay Towers in Panama City.
  • After the Roadblock, teams were given a riddle, "Success in Suez led him to Panama. His failure inspired others to succeed. Find him beneath a rooster and you'll find your next clue.", directing them to the statue of Ferdinand de Lesseps in Plaza de Francia.
  • At Cathedral Square, teams had to find a group of tamborito dancers wearing pollera dresses and had to find the location of the Pit Stop, Panamá Viejo, which was etched on the dancers' necklaces and written on one dancer's dress.

Leg 12 (Panama → United States)
Atlanta's historic Swan House was the Finish Line for the 19th Amazing Race.

Airdate: December 11, 2011

In this season's final Roadblock, one team member had to type out their next clue using a Remington 3 typewriter to duplicate an example message that was perfectly straight and neat with no mistakes. Additionally, the typewriters did not have a key for the number 1, so racers had to figure out that they had to use the key for the lower-case letter l as a substitute.

Additional tasks
  • At FlightSafety International, teams had to pick a flight instructor, who taught them how to operate a Learjet flight simulator. They then had to successfully complete a simulated landing at Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport from an altitude of 2,500 feet (760 m) to receive their next clue.
  • The clue from FlightSafety International instructed teams to "find the former residence known as 'The Dump'", leaving them to figure out that this was a reference to the home of Margaret Mitchell, author of Gone with the Wind.
  • After completing the Roadblock, teams had to deduce that the series of three numbers on the clue were a homage to Hank Aaron: 44 (his uniform number), 715 (the number of home runs he hit to break the Major League Baseball home run record) and 74 (the year in which he broke the record). From this knowledge, teams had to figure out that they had to go to Turner Field.
  • At Turner Field, one team member had loop a rope through a series of carabiners, each representing a specific country on a large unlabeled vertical map, to map out the racecourse, excluding Germany and the Netherlands, while his or her teammate gave help from the ground without the use of notes, to receive their final clue.

Ratings

U.S. Nielsen 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 September 25, 2011 "Kindness of Strangers" 6.1[17] 9 3.0/07 10.18[18] 2 3 <#25[19] <#25
2 October 2, 2011 "The Sprint of Our Life" 6.4[20] 10 3.2/07 10.87[21] 2 2 24[22] 24
3 October 9, 2011 "Don't Lay Down on Me Now!" 6.7[23] 10 2.8/07 9.62[24] 2 2 <25[25] <25
4 October 16, 2011 "This Is Gonna Be a Fine Mess" 5.5[26] 8 2.7/06 9.21[27] 2 3 <30[28] <25
5 October 23, 2011 "I Feel Like I'm in the Circus" 5.9 9 2.7/07 9.60[26] 4 4 <30 <25
6 October 30, 2011 "We Love Your Country Already; It Is Very Spacious" 6.8 10 3.0/07 11.01[29] 2 3 24[30] <25
7 November 6, 2011 "Move Goat" 6.0[31] 9 2.7/06 9.73[32] 3 4 <25 <25
8 November 13, 2011 "Super Shady" 6.1 9 2.7/06 10.27[31] 3 4 25 <25
9 November 20, 2011 "It's Speedo Time" 6.1[33] 9 2.8/07 10.24[34] 3 3 27 <25
10 November 27, 2011 "Release the Brake!" 6.0 9 2.9/06 10.15[35] 2 2 18 17
11 December 4, 2011 "We Are Charlie Chaplin" 5.7[36] 8 2.7/06 9.59[37] 3 3 22 23
12 December 11, 2011 "Go Out and Get It Done" 7.0 10 3.3/07 11.72[38] 2 2 15 13
  • Episode 9, "It's Speedo Time", went up against the 2011 American Music Awards.
  • Episode 12, "Go Out and Get It Done", the season finale, began airing at 8:42pm ET due to an NFL Overrun and scored season highs in viewers and all demos.[38]

Canadian ratings

Canadian broadcaster CTV also aired The Amazing Race on Sundays at 8:00 p.m. Eastern, Central, & Atlantic (9:00 p.m. Pacific & Mountain).

# Airdate Episode Viewers
(millions)		 Rank
(Week)
1 September 25, 2011 "Kindness of Strangers" 2.871 4[39]
2 October 2, 2011 "The Sprint of Our Life" 2.483 2[40]
3 October 9, 2011 "Don't Lay Down on Me Now!" 1.930 9[41]
4 October 16, 2011 "This Is Gonna Be a Fine Mess" 2.684 2[42]
5 October 23, 2011 "I Feel Like I'm in the Circus" 2.608 2[43]
6 October 30, 2011 "We Love Your Country Already; It Is Very Spacious" 2.224 6[44]
7 November 6, 2011 "Move Goat" 2.421 2[45]
8 November 13, 2011 "Super Shady" 2.275 5[46]
9 November 20, 2011 "It's Speedo Time" 1.880 10[47]
10 November 27, 2011 "Release the Brake!" 2.242 6[48]
11 December 4, 2011 "We Are Charlie Chaplin" 2.491 2[49]
12 December 11, 2011 "Go Out and Get It Done" 2.485 3[50]

Notes
  1. At the time of filming, the flag of Malawi was the 2010–2012 design featuring a full white sun. The design has since changed.

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