The Amazing Race 18

The Amazing Race is back on CTV (CBS in the US). The season premiere was tonight, which was broadcasted in HD for the first time ever.

The Amazing Race 18: Unfinished Business casts contestants from previous seasons, namely Seasons 12 - 17. The teams are:

a. Amanda & Kris
b. Gary & Mallory
c. Flight Time & Big Easy
d. Jamie & Cara
e. Jet & Cord
f. Kent & Vyxsin
g. LaKisha & Jennifer
h. Margie & Luke
i. Mel & Mike
j. Ron & Christina
k. Zev & Justin

More information can be found on the CBS website, which the link will be provided below.

Today began the first of the twelve weeks of racing around the world. To us is twelve weeks, but to them it's just twenty-ish days (give or take). This seasons, teams will be flying to Australia, Japan, China, India, Austria, Liechtenstein, Switzerland, Brazil, then finally back to the US (not particularly in that order). A results table is posted on Wikipedia, which the link will also be provided below.

I will post them here as well.

LEG 1 (Part I) - Palm Springs, California, United States (San Gorgonio Pass Wind Farm) (Starting Line)
- Los Angeles (Los Angeles International Airport) to Sydney, New South Wales, Australia (Sydney Airport)
- Sydney (Circular Quay - Sydney Ferries) to Manly (Manly Wharf)
- Manly (Oceanworld Manly)
- Manly (Manly 16ft Skiff Sailing Club)
- Manly (Shelly Beach)
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In the Race's first Roadblock, one team member had to scuba dive in the Oceanworld shark and ray tank and search the tank for a compass. The compass included a guide to read a series of nautical flags outside which told them to go to the Manly 16ft Skiff Sailing Club, find the Commodore, and tell him the passphrase "I am between the Devil and the deep blue sea" to receive their next clue.

Additional tasks Before receiving their first clue, teams had to search through hundreds of paper airplanes for one airplane that matched the clue "Queensland and Northern Territory Aerial Services" (the full name of Qantas Airways). The first eight teams to get the right airplane would be on a flight that left 90 minutes before the last 3 teams. The last team to find the correct airplane would also be penalized by having to perform a U-Turn on the Leg. At the sailing club, teams had to join a sailing crew and ride a 16ft Skiff through a race course to a series of buoys that had their next clue. (Text taken from Wikipedia)

1st. Gary & Mallory (Won Express Pass)
2nd. Amanda & Kris
3rd. LaKisha & Jennifer

LEG 2 (Part II)
- Broken Hill, NSW, Australian Outback
- (content missing)
- Sydney Airport to Tokyo, Japan (Narita International Airport)
- Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture


CBS - The Amazing Race Homepage
Wikipedia - The Amazing Race Homepage


Enjoy,
Kevin