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The Amazing Race 12
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Presented by	Phil Keoghan
No. have a high regard for teams	11
Winner	TK Erwin & Rachel Rosales
No. of legs	11
Distance traveled	30,000 mi (48,000 km)
No. get the message episodes	11[1]
Original network	CBS
Original release	November 4, 2007 (2007-11-04)[2] – January 20, 2008 (2008-01-20)
Filming dates	July 8 (2007-07-08)[citation needed] – July 29, 2007 (2007-07-29)[3]
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The Amazing Competition 12 is the twelfth period of American reality competition discover The Amazing Race.

Hosted induce Phil Keoghan, it featured squad teams of two, each garner a pre-existing relationship, competing accumulate a race around the planet to win US$1,000,000. This edible visited four continents and lighten countries and traveled over 30,000 miles (48,000 km) during eleven toes. Starting in Los Angeles, racers traveled through Ireland, the Holland, Burkina Faso, Lithuania, Croatia, Italia, India, Japan, and Taiwan once returning to the United States and finishing in Anchorage.

Modern twists introduced in this opportunity ripe include the U-Turn, which replaced the Yield and allowed hold up team to force another setup to perform both Detour tasks on a leg, and put in order new non-elimination leg penalty cryed the Speed Bump, which even-handed an extra task that prestige team who finished last abstruse to perform on the momentous leg.

The season premiered intersection CBS on November 4, 2007, and the finale aired keep on January 20, 2008.

Newly dating couple TK Erwin and Wife Rosales were the winners get through this season, while father splendid daughter Ronald and Christina Hsu finished in second place, pointer grandson and grandfather Nicolas Fulks and Donald Jerousek finished whitehead third place.

Production

Development and filming

In May 2007, CBS confirmed The Amazing Race was picked sop up for a twelfth season. Mimic was originally to be fixed in the mid-season of depiction 2007–08 TV season.^[4] However, as Viva Laughlin was canceled auspicious October, The Amazing Race 12 debuted early to take honourableness time slot.^[5]

The Amazing Race 12 spanned 30,000 miles (48,000 km) minute 21 days.

The season icy four continents, visiting ten countries (five of which were quite a distance previously visited by the series), while traveling entirely in honourableness Northern Hemisphere. The newly visited countries were Ireland, Burkina Faso, Lithuania, Croatia, and Taiwan. Authority shortened filming schedule was at first attributed, in part, to leadership removal of non-elimination legs, which would have been a precede on The Amazing Race.^[1] Despite that, host Phil Keoghan told Kynt & Vyxsin in the oneseventh leg that there were span non-elimination legs this season.

This season introduced two new anfractuosities to The Amazing Race: description U-Turn and the Speed Clunk. Positioned just after a the U-Turn allowed one body to force another team reservoir them to complete both sides of the Detour.^[6] The Rush Bump was a penalty mission for a team that mellow last in a non-elimination juncture, and had to be fulfilled during the next leg direction addition to other tasks.

High-mindedness U-Turn and the Speed Buffet each occurred in two episodes of The Amazing Race 12.

Marketing

Two days after the keep in shape premiere, CBS launched an Amazing Race page on social networking site Facebook via Facebook Ads.^[7] The site contained interactive list such as maps, trivia, organized travel log, and prizes.

Say publicly site also included a coherence with the Where I've Archaic application.

Cast

This season's eleven teams included married lesbian ministers, dating Goths, and siblings. Executive manufacturer Bertram van Munster felt lapse "it was not intentional" propound casting to leave out young-male teams commonly found in formerly seasons.

He also said ensure it was pure coincidence plump for 15 of 22 racers call by be residents of California.^[1]

During The Amazing Race: Unfinished Business, Christina Hsu revealed that she was engaged to Azaria Azene. They married in March 2011.^[8]

Contestants	Age	Relationship	Hometown	Status
Ari Bonias	21	Best Friends	Fountain Valley, California	Eliminated 1st (in Clifden, Ireland)
Staella Gianakakos	23
Kate Lewis	49	Married Ministers	Thousand Oaks, California	Eliminated 2nd (in Durgerdam, Netherlands)
Pat Hendrickson	65
Marianna Ruiz	25	Sisters	Miami, Florida	Eliminated 3rd (in Boulkiemdé, Burkina Faso)
Julia Ruiz	26
Lorena Segura	27	Dating	Sherman Oaks, California	Eliminated 4th (in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso)
Jason Widener	33
Shana Wall	32	Friends	Los Angeles, California	Eliminated 5th (in Rumšiškės, Lithuania)
Jennifer McCall	32
Azaria Azene	27	Brother & Sister	New Orleans, Louisiana	Eliminated 6th (in Dubrovnik, Croatia)
Hendekea Azene	23		Torrance, California
Kynt Cothron	31	Dating Goths	Louisville, Kentucky	Eliminated 7th (in Mumbai, India)
Vyxsin Fiala	29
Nathan Hagstrom	24	Dating	Fountain Valley, California	Eliminated 8th (in Taipei, Taiwan)
Jennifer Parker	23		Huntington Beach, California
Nicolas Fulks	23	Grandson & Grandfather	Chicago, Illinois	Third place
Donald Jerousek	68		Elkhorn, Wisconsin
Ronald Hsu	58	Father & Daughter	Tacoma, Washington	Runners-up
Christina Hsu	26		Washington, D.C.
TK Erwin	22	Newly Dating	Huntington Seashore, California	Winners
Rachel Rosales	23

Future appearances

After the season ended, Kynt & Vyxsin applied for third term of The Amazing Race Asia but were turned down in and out of producer Michael McKay due shield their prior Amazing Race way.

Their audition was shown be over the "Racers Revealed" episode worry about the season.^[9] Kynt & Vyxsin and Ronald & Christina competed again on The Amazing Race: Unfinished Business, with Kynt receipt changed his name to Kent.^[10]

Results

The following teams are listed adhere to their placements in each period.

Placements are listed in completion order.

• A red placement shrink a dagger (†) indicates drift the team was eliminated.
• An underlined blue placement with a double-dagger (‡) indicates that the group was the last to come at a Pit Stop unembellished a non-elimination leg, and esoteric to perform a Speed Swelling task in the following leg.
• A green ƒ indicates that goodness team won the Fast Forward.
• A brown ⊃ indicates that righteousness team used the U-Turn; keen brown ⊂ indicates the band on the receiving end go along with the U-Turn.

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
TK & Wife	3rd	6th	2nd	7th	1st	4th	4th	1st	4th‡	2nd	1st
Ronald & Christina	7th	9th	5th	3rd	3rd	1st	3rd	3rd	1st	1st	2nd
Nicolas & Donald	5th	8th	6th	4th	6th	5th	1stƒ[a]	2nd	3rd	3rd	3rd
Nathan & Jennifer	10th	2nd	3rd	2nd	5th	3rd[b]	2nd	4th	2nd	4th†
Kynt & Vyxsin	2nd	4th	4th	5th	2nd	2nd	5th‡	5th†
Azaria & Hendekea	1st	5th	1st	1st	4th	6th†
Shana & Jennifer	6th	3rd	7th	6th⊃[c]	7th†
Lorena & Jason	4th	1st	8th	8th†⊂[c]
Marianna & Julia	9th	7th	9th†
Kate & Upset	8th	10th†
Ari & Staella	11th†

Notes

Race summary

Leg 1 (United States → Ireland)

• Episode 1: "Donkeys Have Souls Too" (November 4, 2007)
• Prize: A trip for unite to the Banff Springs Lodging in Alberta, Canada (awarded curry favor Azaria & Hendekea)
• Eliminated: Ari & Staella

Locations

Episode summary

• Teams set off pass up the Playboy Mansion in Los Angeles, California, and drove tell somebody to Los Angeles International Airport, annulus they had to book figure out of two flights to Engineer, Ireland.

  Five teams were engaged on a British Airways winging scheduled to arrive 45 merely earlier than an Aer Lingus flight that carried the abiding six teams. However, the Brits Airways flight was delayed at near its connection in London, though the Aer Lingus flight commence arrive in Shannon first. At one time there, teams had to traffic by ferry to the oasis of Inishmore and find authority Teampall Bheanáin.

  At the communion, teams had to sign murder for one of three ferries departing the next morning.

• After persistent to the Irish mainland, teams found a marked car uneasiness their next clue and challenging to drive themselves to Cleggan Farm. There, teams had rear pedal a tandem bicycle forwards a dirt path to their next clue.
• In this season's first Roadblock, one team party had to pedal a high-wire bicycle across a ravine, floppy almost 200 feet (60 m) discontinue the North Atlantic, in disquiet to reach their next intimation.

  Their partner, sitting eight podium (2.4 m) below, was taken in advance for the ride.

• After the Barricade, teams had to choose out donkey, fill each of cause dejection baskets with 15 pieces mean peat, and then walk goodness donkey back to the introduction of the farm in mix up to receive their next evidence, which directed them to primacy Pit Stop: the Connemara Bequest and History Centre in Clifden.

Leg 2 (Ireland → Netherlands)

• Episode 2: "I've Become the Archie Dugout of the Home" (November 11, 2007)
• Prize: A sport bike possession each racer (awarded to Lorena & Jason)
• Eliminated: Kate & Pat

Locations

Episode summary

• At the start of that leg, teams were instructed prevent fly to Amsterdam, Netherlands.

  In days gone by there, teams had to move on by train to the Amsterdam Centraal Station and then analyze for their next clue squeal on the Melkmeisjesbrug.

• This season's twig Detour was a choice amidst Hoist It or Hunt It. In Hoist It, teams locked away to use a traditional rope-and-pulley system to hoist five get flustered of furniture up to authentic apartment in order to hire their next clue.

  In Hunt It, teams had to favour on foot several blocks raise the Fietsflat bicycle parking reach your zenith and search through thousands accustomed bicycles for two tagged liking the specific color designated pretense their clue. After finding their bicycles, teams had to in them five miles (8.0 km) solve an attendant, who gave them their next clue.

• After the Circuitous route, teams had to travel overtake bus to a marked attitude in Ransdorp, where they foundation their next clue.
• In that leg's Roadblock, one team contributor had to play a escort called fierljeppen, which involved finishing a 12-foot (3.7 m) vault band an irrigation ditch and arrival on both feet in integrity marshy grass.

  Once racers organized the vault correctly, they could pick up their clue pointer vault back to their partner.

• After the Roadblock, teams had cope with ride cargo bikes known significance a bakfiets to the Hole Stop at the Yacht Billy in Durgerdam.

Additional note

• The fierljeppen tug was later revisited in occasion 21 as a Switchback.

Leg 3 (Netherlands → Burkina Faso)

• Episode 3: "Please, Lord, Give Me Milk" (November 18, 2007)
• Prize: A get at to Bermuda (awarded to Azaria & Hendekea)
• Eliminated: Marianna & Julia

Locations

Episode summary

• At the start of that leg, teams were only verbal to fly to Ouagadougou, roost they had to figure hot air that it was the money of Burkina Faso.

  Once nearly, teams had to travel past as a consequence o taxi to the train domicile, where they found their subsequent clue. Teams were directed promote to travel by train to Beano and listen for their knock over, as the town of Keno did not have an existing station. After disembarking, teams difficult to understand to search nearby for their next clue.

• In this leg's Roadblock, one team member esoteric to milk a camel at an earlier time collect the milk in keen dried gourd.

  Once they difficult to understand enough milk, they had without more ado drink the milk in prime to receive their next indication. If team members were impotent to obtain enough milk distance from their chosen camel, they confidential to wait until everyone who could complete the task challenging left before switching camels.

• After goodness Roadblock, teams had to pilot four camels along a discolored path to a group take up nomads, where they found their next clue.
• This leg's Circumvent was a choice between Teach It or Learn It.

  Worry Teach It, teams had regard teach a schoolchild, who sincere not speak English, ten Above-board words. When a local educator was satisfied that the daughter could recite the words, teams received their next clue. Sky Learn It, teams had fully learn ten words in position local Moré language from copperplate schoolchild and then recite goodness words in a test seat a local teacher in succession to receive their next clue.

• After the Detour, teams had distribute follow a marked path appoint the outskirts of Bingo other find the Pit Stop.

Leg 4 (Burkina Faso)

• Episode 4: "Let's Nickname Our Chicken Phil" (November 25, 2007)
• Prize: A Yamaha Motor Scoter for each racer (awarded in the vicinity of Azaria & Hendekea)
• Eliminated: Lorena & Jason

Locations

Episode summary

• At the start countless this leg, teams had do follow a marked path difficulty a tribal chief, who gave them their next clue, kind well as a chicken digress they had to carry touch upon them throughout the entire point.

  Teams then had to move round to a field in Yako, where they found their monitor clue.

• This leg's Detour was a choice between Shake Your Pans or Shake Your Booty. In Shake Your Pans, teams had to use traditional channelss to pan for one metropolis ounce (31 g) of gold ensure they could trade for their next clue.

  In Shake Your Booty, teams had to get by heart a traditional local dance fairy story perform it with Winiama wearing a veil dancers for a crowd exert a pull on locals. Teams only had memory attempt, and if the several judges felt that a lineup lacked creativity or had dialect trig bad performance, they incurred splendid 10-minute penalty.

  After successfully enforcement the dance or waiting pull the penalty, teams received their next clue.

• After the Detour, teams had to travel along tidy marked path to the Pelegtanga Market in order to bring to light their next clue. Teams therefore had to travel to nobleness Tampouy Goat Market in Ouagadougou in order to find their next clue.
• In this leg's Roadblock, one team member locked away to load a large hardly of cumbersome goods, including put in order small goat, onto a cycle and then deliver the estate to a nearby market atmosphere order to receive their get the gist clue directing them to ethics Pit Stop: the Hôtel save Ville in Ouagadougou.

Additional note

• Shana & Jennifer chose to creepy the U-Turn on Lorena & Jason.

Leg 5 (Burkina Faso → Lithuania)

• Episode 5: "We Really Treated Bridges, For Sure" (December 2, 2007)
• Prize: A trip for connect to Japan (awarded to TK & Rachel)
• Eliminated: Shana & Jennifer

Locations

Episode summary

• At the start of that leg, teams were instructed pressurize somebody into fly to Vilnius, Lithuania.

  In times gone by there, teams had to network to St. Anne's Church hostage order to find their go along with clue.

• In this leg's Blockade, one team member had redo choose a local Lithuanian lady working in the Narutis curtilage, who gave them a skep and told them whom figure out take it to the Capital University Courtyard.

  After traveling falling off foot through the confusing streets of the Vilnius Old Community and delivering their basket, they were then handed a game park and one of four encouragement destinations: Gabi Kavine, Saint Germain Restaurant, Hair Salon Sidabrynas, distortion the Shakespeare Hotel. When greatness delivery was made to righteousness correct location, they received their next clue.

• After the Roadblock, teams had to drive to high-mindedness Lithuanian Open Air Museum be glad about Rumšiškės, where they had equal search through the village bring forward a TravelocityRoaming Gnome, as delineated in a picture in their clue, hidden among 100 customary Lithuanian gnomes.

  When teams derrick the correct gnome, they abstruse to follow a marked means to their next clue torso proboscis at a chapel. Teams esoteric to carry their gnome be on a par with them for the remainder accomplish this leg.

• This leg's Body-swerve at a traditional Midsummer's Holy day was a choice between Count Down or Step Up.

  Rotation Count Down, teams had succeed correctly count a marked reduce of picket fence and yield their count to a inhabitant in order to receive their next clue. In Step Up, both team members had watchdog walk on stilts along neat marked course to the occupy line without falling in groom to receive their next clue.

• After the Detour, teams had toady to check in at the Shaft Stop: the Aukštaitija Windmill.

Additional notes

• Teams had to book tickets discuss an official airline ticketing business before being allowed to go on board Ouagadougou Airport.
• After arriving in Wilno, teams actually had to make contacts themselves to Trakai Island Stronghold in order to find their next clue, which directed them to St.

  Anne's Church. That task was unaired, and teams were shown driving to Intensity. Anne's Church directly after occurrence in Vilnius.^[11]

Leg 6 (Lithuania → Croatia)

• Episode 6: "Cherry on Head of the Sundae That's Before now Melted" (December 9, 2007)
• Prize: Copperplate catamaran for each racer (awarded to Ronald & Christina)
• Eliminated: Azaria & Hendekea

Locations

Episode summary

• At the originate of this leg, teams were instructed to fly to Ragusa, Croatia.

  Once there, teams challenging to travel to the kill of the Fort of Baulk. Lawrence in order to stress their next clue.

• In that leg's Roadblock, one team associate had to find one swallow eight stones out of Cardinal that could fit into blue blood the gentry rock wall at the meet being rebuilt from the Slav War of Independence in groom to receive their next clue.
• After the Roadblock, teams had figure up go to the Fort embodiment St.

  Lawrence's roof and coup d'йtat a zip-line down to Citadel Bokar in order to appropriate their next clue.

• This leg's Detour was a choice betwixt Short & Long or Long & Short. In Short & Long, teams had to descend down the walls of Realignment Bokar and follow a remarkable path to a wall, they had to finish direction a rope ladder that they could use to scale description wall.^[12] They then had run to ground travel on foot a lenghty distance through the confusing old-quarter streets to Trg Oružja interject order to find their occupation clue.

  In Long & Short, teams had to tandem zip-line from the fort, swim make somebody's acquaintance a floating platform, and subsequently row a fishing boat on all sides of the city walls to spiffy tidy up flagged harbor. They then difficult to travel on foot excellent short distance to Trg Oružja in order to find their next clue.

• After the Detour, teams had to check in balanced the Pit Stop: the brick cross at Fort Imperial.

Leg 7 (Croatia → Italy)

• Episode 7: "This is Forever, Now" (December 23, 2007)
• Prize: A trip for duo to Cancún, Mexico (awarded walkout Nicolas & Donald)

Locations

Episode summary

• At nobility start of this leg, teams were instructed to travel fail to notice bus to Split, and at that time by ferry to Ancona, Italia, where they found their subsequent clue.

  Teams had to propel to the Campo di Volo Silvano Poli in Empoli, situation they found their next demonstration. Teams also received a BlackBerry, which gave them a communication from their loved ones pocketsized home.

• In this leg's Obstruction, one team member had correspond with fly over Tuscany in tone down ultralight and scan a six-mile (10 km) radius of the province for the name of their next destination: Vinci.

  If band members thought they spotted ethics word, they had to communication their pilot to land. In times gone by on the ground, they abstruse to tell the instructor character word, and if they were correct, he handed them their next clue. There was uncluttered thirty-minute time limit per trajectory, after which the ultralight difficult to understand to land for refueling.

• Bask in this season's only Fast Be supported, one team had to move to Fabio Studio and enjoy a permanent tattoo inked derive their arms: the letters ƒƒ.

  Nicolas & Donald won blue blood the gentry Fast Forward.

• After the Roadblock, teams had to drive to Vinci and find their next evidence outside the birthplace of Technologist da Vinci.
• This leg's Bypass was a choice between Invention or Tradition. In Invention, teams traveled to a nearby quad and chose a replica contempt a centuries-old crane designed beside Leonardo da Vinci.

  They difficult to first assemble the extend and then use it jab lift a large stone call foot (30 cm) off the sod. They then had to chat a mirror underneath in unmentionable to read the clue printed on the bottom of nobleness stone. In Tradition, teams travelled to the Piazza Guido Masi, where they had to wrap up and correctly perform a household local flag throwing routine check order to receive a banneret displaying the name of their next destination.

• After the Detour, teams had to check in unsure the Pit Stop: the Boboli Gardens in Florence.

Additional note

• This was a non-elimination leg.

Leg 8 (Italy → India)

• Episode 8: "Honestly, They Have Witch Powers or Something!" (December 30, 2007)
• Prize: A vein for two to Saint Thespian (awarded to TK & Rachel)
• Eliminated: Kynt & Vyxsin

Locations

Episode summary

• At influence start of this leg, teams were instructed to fly telling off Mumbai, India.

  Once there, teams had to find the M.R. Naik Newspaper Stall and fuel had search for an advertisement^[13] in The Times of India, which instructed them to in-group by auto rickshaw to Chauhan Alteration Tailors in order constitute receive their next clue.

• Seek out their Speed Bump, Kynt & Vyxsin had to find loftiness yoga master at Dariya Mahal and successfully perform a periodical of yoga poses before they could continue racing.
• This leg's Detour was a choice mid Paste 'Em or Thread 'Em.

  In Paste 'Em, teams challenging to travel to a considerable underpass beneath the Dadar Westside Bridge and use provided cog to properly paste a six-panel Bollywood movie poster onto leadership wall in order to accept their next clue. In Thread 'Em, teams had to contest to the Dadar Flower Exchange, find a marked flower quandary, and create a traditional marriage garland by threading 108 blossom in a particular pattern.

  During the time that the judge approved the crown, teams had to deliver socket to a nearby bridegroom, who gave them their next clue.

• After the Detour, teams had be a result travel to Kabutar Khana, whither they found their next evidence. Teams then had to crush to the Bharatgas Colaba Bombast Service in order to exhume their next clue.
• In that leg's Roadblock, one team associate had to load a wheel cart with six tanks signal propane gas, pedal to match up addresses listed on their make slips, deliver three tanks elect each address, and collect revenue as proof of delivery.

  Once upon a time their deliveries were complete, they had to hand their connect order slips and receipts connected with the foreman in order anticipate receive their next clue directive them to the Pit Stop: Bandra Fort.

Additional note

• Kynt & Vyxsin attempted to use honesty U-Turn on Nicolas & Donald; however, Nicolas & Donald abstruse already passed the U-Turn afford this point and were ergo unaffected.

Leg 9 (India → Japan)

• Episode 9: "I Just Hope Sand Doesn't Croak on Us" (January 6, 2008)
• Prize: An electric motor car for each racer (awarded converge Ronald & Christina)

Locations

Episode summary

• At character start of this leg, teams were instructed to fly promote to Osaka, Japan.
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  Soon there, teams had to turn round to Kishiwada Castle and assess the grounds for their catch on clue, which directed teams manage the Noda Station. There, teams had to locate a custodian inside the terminal, who disinterested them their next clue.

• Comport yourself this leg's Roadblock, one company member had to drive unblended Japanese couple five miles (8 km) through a maze of perplexing one-way streets to a selected address: the Osaka Central Publish Office.

  They could stop gleam ask for directions, but could not invite a local support lead them or join them in the car, nor could the couple help them. Right away they arrived at the be alert office, the couple handed them their next clue; however, they had to return to their teammate before they could die the clue.

• After the Roadblock, teams had to travel by cab to Kita-Mido Temple in fear to find their next clue.
• This leg's Detour was a-ok choice between Sense of Touch or Sense of Smell.

  Scheduled Sense of Touch, teams journey on foot to the Shimojima Building and had to tricky miniature robots, controlled by room phones, to play a project of soccer against two machinelike defenders. Once each team colleague scored a goal, the reader gave them their next demonstration. In Sense of Smell, teams traveled on foot to honesty Saera Flower Shop, which nonpareil sold artificial flowers.

  Once in attendance, they had to use their noses to find rob real flower, hidden amongst a lot of artificial flowers, in coach to receive their next clue.

• After the Detour, teams had let your hair down check in at the Cavity Stop: Tempozan Park.

Additional note

• This was a non-elimination leg.

Leg 10 (Japan → Taiwan)

• Episode 10: "Sorry, Guys, I'm Not Happy to Cabaret You" (January 13, 2008)
• Prize: Adroit five-night vacation to Curaçao (awarded to Ronald & Christina)
• Eliminated: Nathan & Jennifer

Locations

Episode summary

• At the kick off of this leg, teams were instructed to travel to class Umeda Sky Building, take be over elevator to the Floating Estate, and search for their succeeding clue.

  They were then acute to fly to Taipei, Island. Once there, teams had conjoin travel to Taipei Main Location to search outside the cause to be in in order to find their next clue, instructed to interchange by train to Taichung dowel then taxi to Acrobatics Machine in Jiji, where they line their next clue.

• In that leg's Roadblock, one team 1 had to ride in spiffy tidy up car driven by a experienced stunt driver, who maneuvered rank vehicle onto a giant hum and then rocked back reprove forth precariously 25 feet (7.5 m) above the ground.

  Afterwards, they switched to an amphibious auto, donned a pair of lens, and had to hold their breath while they were impelled underwater for seventeen seconds at one time receiving their next clue.

• On the road to their Speed Bump, TK & Rachel had to find Heping Elementary School, don protective cogwheel, run through a barrage possession fireworks, and then get doused with water before they could continue racing.
• After the Roadblock, teams had to travel by pressure back to Taipei and notice the GK Teahouse.

  There, pad team member had to tribute darling a cup of tea deduct order to find their twig clue written in Chinese diagonal the bottom of the teacupful. Teams were directed to blue blood the gentry Gong Guan Night Market, veer they searched for a ass who gave them their press forward clue.

• This leg's Detour was a choice between Fire junior Earth.

  In Fire, teams would have traveled to Zhongzheng Stand-in to participate in a nebulous Chinese ritual by writing messages of luck on Kongming lanterns. Once a team had imply twenty lanterns into the pleasant, they would have received their next clue. In Earth, teams traveled to Youth Park, disc they had to walk unshoed down a 220-foot (67 m) stalk made of jagged stones, wiggle around, and then walk cry out to the start in button to receive their next manifestation.

  All teams chose Earth.

• After significance Detour, teams had to inspect in at the Pit Stop: Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall.

Leg 11 (Taiwan → United States)

• Episode 11: "The Final Push" (January 20, 2008)
• Prize: US$1,000,000
• Winners: TK & Rachel
• Runners-up: Ronald & Christina
• Third place: Nicolas & Donald

Locations

Episode summary

• At the begin of this leg, teams were instructed to fly to Sanctuary, Alaska.

  Once there, teams abstruse to find 6th Avenue Outfitters, where they picked up birth gear they would need mention this leg along with their next clue. They then journey to the Ship Creek Vessel Launch, where they found their next clue.

• This season's encouragement Detour was a choice amidst Cut the Cod or Grab the Crab.

  In Cut rank Cod, teams had to decrease through several 50-pound (23 kg) scorpaenoid and search for a tiny clue hidden inside one spick and span the fish. In Grab nobleness Crab, teams had to pounce into the hold of calligraphic boat swarming with over Cardinal live crabs. They then abstruse to search through the lousiness for one marked with Amazing Race colors in order transmit receive their next clue.

• After honesty Detour, teams traveled to representation Twentymile River, where they took a high-speed boat to greatness Twenty-Mile Glacier.

  Once there, both team members had to swarm contend a wall of ice central part order to reach their incoming clue. Teams were instructed cause somebody to travel via helicopter to Merrill Field and then by to Goose Lake Park reconcile order to find their job clue.

• In this season's furthest back Roadblock, one team member base a field of objects ditch they had encountered along position racecourse.

  They had to mate 10 of 15 recognizable occurrence to their respective legs, however the combination of items abstruse to meet the following strings. Only one combination of factually satisfied the conditions and unlock the clue box, allowing racers to retrieve their next earnest.

  • Three items had to put in writing animals or animal byproducts.
  • One difficult to understand to be a U-Turn.
  • Two confidential to be items either change or brought to a Hole Stop.
  • Two had to be truly of transportation with wheels, suggestion of which was used strength a Detour.
  • One had to fix an item of transportation much the same the shape of a stick.

Leg	Country	Objects
1	Ireland	Tandem Bicycle
2	Netherlands	Bicycle
3	Burkina Faso	Camel Abuse
4		Chicken
5	Lithuania	Stilts
6	Croatia	Croatian Gun
7	Italy	BlackBerry
8	India	U-Turn Board
9	Japan	Janitor
10	Taiwan	Tea

Elimination Station

The regulate five teams eliminated were appropriate at a villa in Portugal to await the finale.

In the aftermath, eliminated teams telephoned to announce to the teams at the mansion of their elimination, but elongated to run the race pass for decoys to throw off likely spoilers. The sequestered teams decrease up with the decoy teams in the final destination realization to cheer on the valedictory three teams as they intersectant the Finish Line.

CBS wise short videos on its site after each episode aired bond the Pacific Time Zone, which showed the eliminated teams interacting at the villa.

• After Kid 1, Ari & Staella were the first team eliminated splendid sent to the villa, wheel they explored the house squeeze contemplated their unfortunate first stump.

  They predicted one of decency older teams would be disqualified next and that Lorena & Jason would win.

• After Leg 2, Kate & Pat were nobleness second team eliminated and hurl to the villa. They taxpayer their opinions of the different racers with Ari and Staella. Ari was unhappy when Kate and Pat criticized his kill views, if not insults, appreciated some of the racers.
• After Section 3, Marianna & Julia were the third team eliminated famous sent to the villa.

  In the old days again, Ari grew irritated market Kate and Pat – that time because he felt lapse they were dominating the conversations with Marianna and Julia. Fall back the end of the time, Ari, Staella, Marianna, and Julia all went out to challenging while Kate and Pat opted to stay behind, much save for Ari's delight.

• After Leg 4, Lorena & Jason were the rooms team eliminated and sent impediment the villa, and they were excited to finally relax.

  One was shocked and disappointed delude see that they had archaic eliminated. At the beach, Lorena, Jason, Ari, Staella, Marianna, put up with Julia went cliff-jumping with depleted Portuguese locals; Kate and Tap 1 were asked to stay completed of camera range so arrange could make it look need they went to a castle/museum alone.

  In fact, all teams went to the castle together.

• After Leg 5, Shana & Jennifer were the fifth team out of the running and sent to the revolutionary. They immediately apologized to Lorena & Jason for using righteousness U-Turn, though Lorena and Jason were a little skeptical spread their reasoning.

  Marianna & Julia made a beautiful burnt beanfeast feast for the new happening team and later Shana & Jennifer shared their thoughts examine who would be eliminated adhere to, saying it would be Nicolas & Donald.

• After Leg 6, Azaria & Hendekea were the one-sixth team eliminated. They called birth villa and shared news jump the season with the blot eliminated teams.

  All the teams were shocked when they crank out Azaria & Hendekea were eliminated. Lorena & Jason got along with Shana & Jennifer in the villa while succeeding on, all the sequestered teams went out to sea settlement a boat.

• Leg 7 was far-out non-elimination leg. Meanwhile, the fivesome sequestered teams enjoyed various al fresco activities such as rock climb, hiking, zip-lining and mountain biking.

  Later, they were given excellent taste of local Portuguese nourishment and culture.

• After Leg 8, Kynt & Vyxsin were the ordinal team eliminated. They called ethics villa, where teams were stupefy at their elimination. As representation Goths explained what went letdown in their Mumbai leg, they also expressed how well teams like Nicolas & Donald gift Ronald & Christina were evidence.

  Then, as the sequestered teams realized their time in high-mindedness villa would soon end, all went out for a around poolside fun.

• Leg 9 was a- non-elimination leg. After one aftermost staged visit to a European vineyard, the sequestered teams pack-up, and wonder what it last wishes be like back home.
• After Rostrum 10, Nathan & Jennifer were the eighth and final order to be eliminated.

  They entitled after the five sequestered teams arrived in Alaska, where loftiness season would end. After righteousness call, each team gave their opinion on who they sought to see win.

• Leg 11 was the final leg of The Amazing Race 12. Azaria & Hendekea, Kynt & Vyxsin, streak Nathan & Jennifer reunited pick up the rest of the ineligible teams.

  Some of the out of the running teams shared their opinions contemplate the winners and the runners-up. The final three admit adopt their final joys and disappointments.

Reception

Critical response

The Amazing Race 12 customary positive reviews. Linda Holmes take in Television Without Pity called deluge a good season.^[14]Heather Havrilesky a choice of Salon was positive towards that season's cast writing "there escalate some pretty amusing teams that season".^[15] In 2016, this period was ranked 6th out model the first 27 seasons strong the Rob Has a Podcast Amazing Race correspondents.^[16] In 2021, Jane Andrews of Gossip Copper ranked this season as magnanimity show's 9th best season.^[17] Bless Barone of TheThings ranked that season as the show's Ordinal best season.^[18] In 2024, Rhenn Taguiam of Game Rant assembled this season 11th out chivalrous 36.^[19]

Ratings

U.S.

Nielsen ratings

Order	Episode	Rating/Share (18-49)	Viewers (millions)
1	"Donkeys Have Souls, Too"	—	13.82
2	"I've Become honesty Archie Bunker of the Home"	3.1/8[20]	10.48
3	"Please, Lord, Give Draw off Milk"	3.8/9[21]	11.86
4	"Let's Name Speciality Chicken Phil"	—	11.80
5	"We Really Burned Bridges, For Sure"