The Amazing Race 15 was the fifteenth installment of the reality television show The Amazing Race . The Amazing Race 15 featured 12 teams of two, with a pre-existing relationship, in a race around the world.
The fifteenth cycle started on Sunday, September 27, 2009, with a two hour premiere. It aired on CBS in the United States, and CTV in Canada. The Amazing Race 15 aired on Sunday nights at 8:00 p.m. ET/PT with the season finale on December 6, 2009.
Production
Development and filming
CBS is airing the fifteenth season during the start of the 2009-2010 television season. The announcement is the first such television series announcement to be made by a broadcaster on Twitter, following Keoghan's own initial announcement of the renewal via Twitter.
The fifteenth season spans eight countries in 21 days and travels 25,000 miles visiting Japan, Vietnam, Cambodia, United Arab Emirates, Netherlands and Sweden, as well as Estonia and Czech Republic, which appeared for the first time. It also introduces new features to the race: One team was eliminated right at the Starting Line and a new twist was added, the Switchback , where teams were sent back to one of the series' most challenging Roadblocks. The race revisited the infamous Stockholm Roadblock of Season 6, in which one team member had to unroll one of 270 hay bales with only 20 containing clues. Instead of being an exact duplicate, however, this Race's Stockholm Roadblock involved fewer bales (186) and instead of 20 clues, only 7 flags were hidden. Additionally, the original version had nine teams competing; by the time this race reached the task, only five teams were involved.
All route markers and clue boxes in Vietnam were colored yellow with a white stripe rather than the typical yellow with a red stripe so as to avoid confusion with the flag of former South Vietnam. This was also done in Seasons 3 and 10. These were also the original route markers in Season 1.
This was the second season with a surprise elimination at some location other than a Pit Stop; the other was Season 10. The eliminated team, Eric & Lisa, who were eliminated at the Starting Line, acknowledged in a post-race interview that they were the first team to voluntarily leave the show instead of spending the remainder of the Race at the Elimination Station. As a consequence, they were not present at the Finish Line and had no knowledge of the final outcome of the Race .
Cast
Applications were originally due by February 24, 2009, but the deadline was later extended. Semi-finalist interviews were held between March 20 and March 29, 2009. Following this, finalists were invited to Los Angeles between April 23 and April 30, 2009 for final interviews with the producers. From there, 12 teams were selected as contestants. Filming took place around July and August 2009.
Casting calls were also held as host Phil Keoghan cycled across the United States during the months of April and early May 2009 to support the National Multiple Sclerosis Society; Keoghan made stops to help with those casting calls.
Some of the more prominent members of the cast are professional poker players Maria Ho and Tiffany Michelle, Miss America 2004 Ericka Dunlap and her husband Brian Kleinschmidt, and Harlem Globetrotters Nate "Big Easy" Lofton and Herbert "Flight Time" Lang. Canaan Smith is a musician and co-wrote the song "Runaway", which charted in March 2009.
One member of the cast, Zev Glassenberg, has Asperger's Syndrome.
Results
The following teams participated in the Race, with their relationships at the time of filming. Note this table does not necessarily reflect all content broadcast on television due to inclusion or exclusion of some data. Placements are listed in finishing order.
Note 1: Eric & Lisa were eliminated at the Starting Line as per the provisions of the opening task (see Race Summary below).
Note 2: Mika & Canaan initially arrived 10th, but had lost one of the tourists that was required to accompany them to the Pit Stop. They had to find their missing tourist before checking in. This did not affect their placement.
Note 3: Maria & Tiffany were issued a 2-hour penalty for losing two of their tourists on the way to the Pit Stop; however, since they arrived last and it was a non-elimination leg, they were allowed to check in immediately and the penalty time was assessed at the start of the following leg.
Note 4: Zev & Justin initially arrived 1st, but discovered after being checked in at the mat that they were missing Zev's passport. They were required to search for the passport and bring it back to the Pit Stop or else they would face elimination. Teams that had not yet arrived at the Pit Stop were allowed to check in while they were searching. Unsuccessful in their search, they returned after the last team – Maria & Tiffany – checked in, and thus Zev & Justin were eliminated.
Note 5: Mika & Canaan proceeded to the Pit Stop having failed to properly complete the Leap of Faith task. Already in last place, they were eliminated.
Note 6: Brian & Ericka initially arrived 5th, but were issued a 30-minute penalty because they did not travel by bicycle to the Detour as instructed in their clue. This did not affect their placement.
Note 7: Maria & Tiffany failed to complete either Detour task and were issued a 24-hour penalty. Already in last place, Phil came out to their location and eliminated them.
Note 8: Big Easy elected to take a 4-hour penalty for his team (at the Roadblock site) for failing to complete the Roadblock. By the time Flight Time and Big Easy arrive at the next Route Marker, at the Kryocentrum, all the other teams had already checked in at the mat. The Kryocentrum clue instructed them to go directly to the Pit Stop, where they were eliminated.
- Red means the team was eliminated.
- Green ƒ means the team won the Fast Forward clue.
- An underlined Blue team's placement means the team came in last on a non-elimination leg and had to perform a Speed Bump task in the following leg.
Prizes
The prize for each leg is awarded to the first place team for that leg. All trips are sponsored by Travelocity.
- Leg 1 – A trip for two to Aspen and Vail, Colorado
- Leg 2 – A kayak for each person
- Leg 3 – A trip for two to Aruba
- Leg 4 – A pair of motorcycles
- Leg 5 – A trip for two to Jamaica
- Leg 6 – Two personal watercrafts
- Leg 7 – A pair of dune buggies
- Leg 8 – A trip for two to the Turks and Caicos Islands
- Leg 9 – A red cedar sauna
- Leg 10 – A trip for two to Lanai, Hawaii
- Leg 11 – A pair of 52 inch LCD TVs
- Leg 12 – $1,000,000
Elimination Station
After elimination, five of the first six teams eliminated were sequestered at a villa in Phú Quốc, Vietnam to await the finale. The exception was Eric & Lisa, who chose to leave the show upon their elimination. 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.
- Leg 1 was a non-elimination leg, hence no new teams were sent to the villa and no episode was shown as no teams had arrived at the villa. Eric & Lisa were eliminated at the Starting Line, but they did not go to the Elimination Station (see above).
- After Leg 2 , Garrett & Jessica were the second team eliminated and were the first team sent to the villa. They both expressed their disappointment after having been in second place earlier in the leg and then being the first eliminated. Garrett believed that either Maria & Tiffany or Mika & Canaan would be the next team eliminated but both agreed that any of the teams could be eliminated next because of the animal challenges that presented them in the leg prior. Garrett noticed that Jessica was extremely bummed since being eliminated and Garrett wanted to ask her to marry him at the Finish Line. Garrett proposed to Jessica at the beach and she said yes, after which her mood was significantly raised.
- After Leg 3 , Marcy & Ron were the third team eliminated and were the second team sent to the villa. Ron told Garrett & Jessica that the intensity had gone up a notch between the remaining racers in the last leg. The eliminated teams did a Vietnamese Martial Arts Exercise, then went out to a luxurious restaurant called "Việt Xưa." They took different views as to who would be the next team eliminated; Marcy believed that Flight Time & Big Easy would be eliminated next, Garrett, Jessica and Ron went with Meghan & Cheyne, Sam & Dan and Mika & Canaan respectively.
- After Leg 4 , Zev & Justin were the fourth team eliminated but were not immediately sent to the villa due to Zev losing his passport. At the villa, Marcy & Ron asked Garrett & Jessica about the marriage proposal. Noting it had been two days since the next eliminated team was supposed to arrive, the two
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