The Amazing Race 10

''The Amazing Race 10'' is the tenth season of the American reality television show ''The Amazing Race''. It featured twelve teams of two competing in a race around the world.

The season premiered on CBS on September 17, 2006, and concluded on December 10, 2006.

Professional models Tyler Denk and James Branaman were the winners of this season, while dating couple Rob Diaz and Kimberly Chabolla finished in second place, and single mothers Lyn Turk and Karlyn Harris finished in third.

Production

Development and filming

''The Amazing Race 10'' spanned and covered four continents and thirteen countries. Among them were six that were new to the series: Mongolia, Kuwait, Mauritius, Madagascar, Finland, and Ukraine. It was also the first season to circumnavigate the globe in a generally westward fashion, crossing the Pacific Ocean on the first leg and crossing the Atlantic on the final leg.

''The Amazing Race 10'' saw the show's first double elimination in a single leg, when one team was eliminated halfway through the leg and the other at the end. It also introduced a new obstacle, the Intersection, which required two teams to work together until otherwise instructed. The Intersection was also shown in conjunction with a Fast Forward, allowing both teams working together to receive the benefit of the Fast Forward.

Additionally, the penalty for coming in last on a non-elimination leg was changed. Instead of being stripped of their money and possessions, the last place team was "marked for elimination". This meant that the marked team suffered a 30-minute penalty at the next pit stop unless they were first to check in.

During the legs in Vietnam, all route markers were colored yellow and white rather than red and yellow, so as to avoid confusion with the flag of the former independent state of South Vietnam.

During the leg in Ukraine, host Phil Keoghan was detained at the airport for traveling to the country with a New Zealand passport and without a Ukrainian visa, which he had been informed prior to filming wasn't needed. He was released the next day, after a worker from the American embassy processed a visa for him. After being released, Keoghan arrived at the pit stop ten minutes before the lead team arrived.

Awards

Season 10 won the 2007 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Reality-Competition Program. This was the series' fifth consecutive win in that category, having won every year since the category was first introduced in 2003.

Cast

The cast of ''The Amazing Race 10'' was increased to twelve teams for the first time since season 4. It included best friends, a couple, college cheerleaders, boyfriends, brothers, a Paralympian with a prosthetic leg, recovering drug addicts, beauty pageant queens, and a pair of single mothers.

While Peter & Sarah were portrayed as a newly dating couple, to the extent that Sarah seemingly broke up with Peter during their elimination in Kuwait, Sarah Reinertsen revealed that they were only friends whose "dating" was non-existent and created to give them an interesting storyline, although she did say that her displeasure over Peter's cold and hectoring behavior on the show was genuine.

;Future appearances
Dustin & Kandice and David & Mary were selected to race in '' The Amazing Race: All-Stars''.

David & Mary also appeared on '' The View'' where they received gifts from the show, including vacations, a Ford Explorer, and a new house. In 2021, Tom Rock and Terry Cosentino competed on '' Ellen's Game of Games''.

Results

The following teams are listed with their placements in each leg. Placements are listed in finishing order.
*A placement with a dagger () indicates that the team was eliminated.
*An placement with a double-dagger () indicates that the team was the last to arrive at a pit stop in a non-elimination leg, and was "marked for elimination" in the following leg.
*An ''italicized'' placement indicates a team's placement at the midpoint of a double leg.
*A indicates that the team won the Fast Forward.
*A indicates that the team used the Yield and a indicates the team on the receiving end of the Yield.
*A indicates that the teams encountered an Intersection.

;Notes

Race summary

Leg 1 (United States → China)

*Episode 1: "Real Fast! Quack, Quack!" (September 17, 2006)
*Prize: (awarded to Tyler & James)
*Eliminated: Bilal & Sa'eed Vipul & Arti
;Locations
*Seattle, Washington ( Gas Works Park) (Starting Line)
* Seattle → Beijing, China
*Beijing (Gold House Restaurant)
*Beijing (Forbidden City – Meridian Gate)
*Beijing (14 Houhai North Bank Road)
* Beijing (Run De Li Market Beihai Park)
*Beijing (Great Wall of China – Juyongguan)
;Episode summary
*Teams set off from Gas Works Park and made their way to Seattle–Tacoma International Airport, where they had to book one of two flights to Beijing, China. Six teams were on an earlier United Airlines flight, while the remaining six teams were on a Korean Airlines flight scheduled to arrive one hour later. Once in Beijing, teams had to make their way to the Gold House Restaurant, where they found their next clue.
* In this season's first Roadblock, one team member had to eat all of the eyeballs from a fish head soup in order to receive their next clue.
*After completing the Roadblock, teams had to travel to the Meridian Gate in the Forbidden City, where they had to find a kiosk and pick one of three departure times the next morning. The last team to arrive at the Meridian Gate – Bilal & Sa'eed – was eliminated. The next morning, teams had to direct the driver of a World War II-era sidecar motorbike to 14 Houhai North Bank Road and find the pedicab manager in order to receive their next clue.
* This season's first Detour was a choice between Labor or Leisure. In Labor, teams had to travel by pedicab to Run De Li Market, where they had to use traditional Chinese bricks to pave a section of sidewalk in a specific pattern in order to receive their next clue. In Leisure, teams had to travel by pedicab to Beihai Park and participate in a Chinese relaxation exercise known as Taiji Bailong, in which they had to successfully balance a ball on a paddle in order to receive their next clue.
*At the Juyongguan section of the Great Wall of China, teams had to use a rope to scale the wall in order to reach the pit stop.

Leg 2 (China → Mongolia)

*Episode 2: "Can Horses Smell Fear?" (September 24, 2006)
*Prize: A trip to Mexico (awarded to Peter & Sarah)
*Eliminated: Kellie & Jamie
;Locations
*Beijing (Great Wall of China – Juyongguan)
* Beijing → Erenhot
* Erenhot → Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
*Ulaanbaatar (Choijin Lama Temple)
*Terelj ( Gorkhi-Terelj National Park)
*Ulaanbaatar ( Hotel Mongolia)
;Episode summary
*At the beginning of this leg, teams had to sign up for one of two buses departing two hours apart to Erenhot, where they then had to travel by train to Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. Once in Ulaanbaatar, teams had to go to the Choijin Lama Temple, where they had to observe a ceremony before receiving their next clue. Teams were directed to drive to Gorkhi-Terelj National Park, where they had to don traditional Mongolian army hats and ride horses until they reached a meadow with their next clue.
* This leg's Detour was a choice between Take It Down or Fill It Up. In Take It Down, teams chose a nomadic shelter called a yurt, took the canvas and roof down, packaged it for transport, and loaded it onto a camel in order to receive their next clue. In Fill It Up, teams had to take a cart, pulled by a ''hynik'' (an indigenous ox), to a river, fill four water containers, and bring them back to fill a barrel in order to receive their next clue.
*After completing the Detour, teams had to travel to the Hotel Mongolia in Ulaanbaatar in order to find their next clue.
* In this leg's Roadblock, one team member had to string a traditional Mongolian bow and shoot a flaming arrow at a target away. After hitting the target, teams could run uphill to the nearby pit stop.

Leg 3 (Mongolia → Vietnam)

*Episode 3: "Oh, Wow! It's Like One of Those Things You See on TV!" (October 1, 2006)
*Prize: A state-of-the-art home theater system (awarded to Erwin & Godwin)
*Eliminated: Duke & Lauren
;Locations
*Ulaanbaatar ( Hotel Mongolia)
*Ulaanbaatar (Chinggis Khaan Hotel)
* Ulaanbaatar → Hanoi, Vietnam
*Hanoi (Hỏa Lò Prison)
*Hanoi ( Old Quarter – Thoa Flower Shop)
* Hanoi → Phố Vác
*Phố Vác (Dinh Vác Temple)
*Phố Vác (Home of Nguyĕn Văn Thuý Nhà Thò)
*Phố Vác (Canh Dong Dia)
;Episode summary
*At the beginning of this leg, teams had to make their way to the Chinggis Khaan Hotel, where they booked a flight to Hanoi, Vietnam. Once in Hanoi, teams had to travel to Hỏa Lò Prison and search the grounds for the room displaying John McCain's flight suit in order to receive their next clue, which directed them to the Thoa Flower Shop in Hanoi's Old Quarter.
* In this leg's Roadblock, one team member had to choose a bicycle with a basket of flowers and sell enough to make at least 80,000 ₫ (roughly $5) in order to receive their next clue.
*After completing the Roadblock, teams were instructed to travel by bus to Phố Vác and then make their way to Dinh Vác Temple in order to find their next clue.
* This leg's Detour was a choice between Fuel or Fowl. In Fuel, teams had to travel to the home of Nguyĕn Văn Thuý and make 30 acceptable round coal bricks by putting wet coal into a traditional press in order to receive their next clue. In Fowl, teams had to travel to Nhà Thò, where they had to use traditional local materials to properly build an intricate Vietnamese birdcage in order to receive their next clue.
*Teams had to check in at the pit stop: Canh Dong Dia in Phố Vác.
;Additional notes
*Teams were given no money at the start of this leg and were instructed that they could not beg or sell anything during the leg to earn money. Teams could only keep the money that they earned during the Roadblock.

Leg 4 (Vietnam)

*Episode 4: "I Know Phil, Little Ol' Gorgeous Thing" (October 8, 2006)
*Prize: A jet-ski for each team member (awarded to Rob & Kimberly)
*Eliminated: Tom & Terry
;Locations
*Phố Vác (Canh Dong Dia)
*Hanoi (Lý Thái Tổ Garden)
* Hanoi → Hạ Long
*Hạ Long (Hydrofoil Harbor)
* Hạ Long Bay (Hòn Yên Ngựa)
* Hạ Long Bay ( Sửng Sốt Cave ')
* Hạ Long Bay (Soi Sim Island)
;Episode summary
*At the beginning of this leg, teams had to pick up 588,000 ₫ (roughly $37) from a nearby table. They then traveled to Lý Thái Tổ Garden in Hanoi, where they had to listen to their next clue recited over a loudspeaker: ''"Attention racers! Here is your clue! Taxi across the Red River to Bến Xe Gia Lâm. Then take a bus to Bến Xe Bãi Cháy. Then find the Hydrofoil Harbor."''
* In this leg's Roadblock, one team member had to use a mechanical ascender to climb up the sheer face of the cliff at Hòn Yên Ngựa, retrieve their clue, and then rappel back down.
*After completing the Roadblock, teams were instructed to travel by motorboat to Sửng Sốt Cave and search the caves for their next clue.
* This leg's Detour was a choice between Over or Under. For both Detour options, teams were taken to the water by a junk and then given a sampan to row to their task. In Over, teams had to row to a provisions ship, load supplies onto the sampan, and then row to a floating village and deliver goods to the specific addresses on their invoice. When finished, teams rowed back to present the completed invoice to the captain, who gave them their next clue. In Under, teams had to take a marked buoy and row the sampan to a pearl farm, where they chose a line of buoys and hauled 30 baskets out of the sea and onto their boats. They had to deliver the baskets to a pearl farmer in order to receive their next clue.
*After completing the Detour, teams had to take a junk to the pit stop at Soi Sim Island in Hạ Long Bay.

Leg 5 (Vietnam → India)

*Episode 5: "I Covered His Mouth, Oh My Gosh!" (October 15, 2006)
*Prize: A home gym center for each team member (awarded to Peter & Sarah)
;Locations
*Hạ Long (Bến Xe Bãi Cháy)
* Haiphong → Hanoi
* Hanoi → Chennai, India
* Chennai → Mamallapuram
*Mamallapuram (Vallavar Arts & Crafts)
*Vadanemmeli ( Madras Crocodile Bank) Mamallapuram ( Sri Sthala Sayana Perumal Temple)
* Vadanemmeli Mamallapuram → Chennai
*Chennai (Karthik Driving School)
*Chennai (Chettinad House)
;Episode summary
*At the beginning of this leg, teams were instructed to travel by train back to Hanoi, and then fly to Chennai, India. Once in Chennai, teams had to travel by bus to Mamallapuram and then find their next clue at Vallavar Arts & Crafts.
* This leg's Detour was a choice between Wild Things or Wild Rice. In Wild Things, teams had to travel to the Madras Crocodile Bank and help the workers wrangle and transport a marsh crocodile to a new pit in order to receive the next clue. In Wild Rice, teams had to travel to the Sri Sthala Sayana Perumal Temple and chose an outline of a traditional floral design shown on the temple floor. Using a picture for reference, they had to use colored powder made from rice to color in the outline so that it matched the picture in order to receive their next clue.
*After completing the Detour, teams had to travel by bus back to Chennai and then make their way to the Karthik Driving School.
* In this leg's Roadblock, one team member had to attend a driver's education class and then pass a driving test while driving on the left-hand side