The Amazing Race
| Television broadcast | |
|---|---|
| German title | The big race |
| Original title | The Amazing Race |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Year (s) | since 2001 |
| Production company |
Earthview Productions Jerry Bruckheimer Television Amazing Race Productions ABC Studios |
| length | 43 minutes |
| Episodes | 367 in 30+ seasons |
| genre | Reality |
| Theme music | John M. Keane |
| idea | Elise Doganieri, Bertram van Munster |
| production |
Jerry Bruckheimer , Bertram van Munster , Jonathan Littman , Elise Doganieri , Mark Vertullo |
| Moderation | Phil Keoghan |
| First broadcast | September 5, 2001 (USA) on CBS |
| German-language first broadcast |
November 1, 2004 on AXN |
The Amazing Race (literally The Amazing Race ) is a frequently Emmy -preisgekrönte American reality - TV show . In the game show, teams of two (in the 8th season, teams of four) face each other in a competition in which they visit predetermined locations in stages and solve certain tasks or overcome obstacles. The race leads visually around the globe by means of notices that are stored at the specified stations and is accompanied by several camera teams while the pairs of participants try to win the prize money of one million US dollars and prevent premature elimination.
Overview
The concept of the program comes from the pen of Elise Doganieri and Bertram van Munster , who successfully submitted the program to the US television network CBS , where it was first broadcast in September 2001. The show is produced by Earthview Productions - the joint venture between Doganieri and van Munster - and Jerry Bruckheimer Television , as well as Amazing Race Productions - a subsidiary of CBS Corporation - and ABC Studios , who share the worldwide distribution rights. The Amazing Race has also been produced in localized variants with varying degrees of success since 2006 .
The original US version won several awards, including twelve Emmys (until 2010), seven of which were awarded consecutively from 2003 to 2009 in the then newly created category Best Reality TV Competition Show (in the Original Outstanding Reality Competition Program ). The Amazing Race is one of the longest-running reality formats in the United States, after The Real World (MTV) and Survivor (CBS).
concept
The Amazing Race usually begins with eleven teams of two, which are reduced to three teams in the course of the multi-day "race" around the world, which fight for victory and thus the prize money of one million dollars in the last stage. The essential element in the concept is a global paper chase , combined with elements from orienteering , namely the checkpoints. The race is supplemented by various obstacles and tasks at individual checkpoints. These can be puzzles, games of skill, hard work, traditional rituals, tests of courage or physical activities. These tasks are mostly related to the local culture of the country in which the teams are currently located.
Participants play an essential role in the end product as a television broadcast. It is also part of the concept of the program that the participating teams of two must know each other beforehand. As different teams as possible are selected for each edition of the race, which will inevitably meet and interact again and again in the course of the race. The influence of this human factor is also reinforced by checkpoints at which cooperation is required, direct competition is pending or teams with additional tasks can be punished.
Season overview
| Season | Start of the race | Finish | Start of broadcast | Season finale | winner | relationship | Teams |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | March 8, 2001 | April 8, 2001 | September 5, 2001 | December 13, 2001 | Rob Frisbee & Brennan Swain | Best friends | 11 teams of two |
| 2 | January 7, 2002 | February 3, 2002 | March 11, 2002 | May 15, 2002 | Chris Luca & Alex Boylan | Friends | |
| 3 | August 9, 2002 | September 7, 2002 | October 2, 2002 | December 18, 2002 | Flo Pesenti & Zach Behr | Friends | 12 teams of two |
| 4th | January 18, 2003 | February 14, 2003 | May 29, 2003 | August 21, 2003 | Reichen Lehmkuhl & Chip Arndt | partner | |
| 5 | January 30, 2004 | February 27, 2004 | July 6, 2004 | September 21, 2004 | Chip & Kim McAllister | married couple | 11 teams of two |
| 6th | August 13, 2004 | September 12, 2004 | November 16, 2004 | February 8, 2005 | Freddy Holliday & Kendra Bentley | Fiancée | |
| 7th | November 20, 2004 | December 19, 2004 | March 1, 2005 | May 10, 2005 | Uchenna & Joyce Agu | married couple | |
| 8 (Family Edition) | July 7, 2005 | July 31, 2005 | September 27, 2005 | December 13, 2005 | Nick, Alex, Megan & Tommy Linz | siblings | 10 families (including children) |
| 9 | November 7, 2005 | December 3, 2005 | February 28, 2006 | May 17, 2006 | BJ Averell & Tyler MacNiven | Best friends | 11 teams of two |
| 10 | May 27, 2006 | June 24, 2006 | 17th September 2006 | December 10, 2006 | Tyler Denk & James Branaman | Friends | 12 teams of two |
| 11 (All-Stars) | November 20, 2006 | December 17, 2006 | February 18, 2007 | May 6, 2007 | Eric Sanchez & Danielle Turner | Pair | 11 teams of two |
| 12 | July 8, 2007 | July 29, 2007 | November 4, 2007 | January 20, 2008 | TK Erwin & Rachel Rosales | Pair | |
| 13 | April 22, 2008 | May 14, 2008 | September 28, 2008 | December 7, 2008 | Nick & Starr Spangler | siblings | |
| 14th | October 31, 2008 | November 21, 2008 | February 15, 2009 | May 10, 2009 | Tammy & Victor Jih | siblings | |
| 15th | July 18, 2009 | August 7, 2009 | September 27, 2009 | December 6, 2009 | Meghan Rickey & Cheyne Whitney | Pair | 12 teams of two |
| 16 | November 28, 2009 | December 20, 2009 | February 14, 2010 | May 9, 2010 | Dan & Jordan Pious | brothers | 11 teams of two |
| 17th | May 26, 2010 | June 15, 2010 | September 26, 2010 | December 12, 2010 | Nat Strand & Kat Chang | Friends / Doctors (1st all-female winning team) | |
| 18 (Unfinished Business) | November 20, 2010 | December 12, 2010 | February 20, 2011 | May 8, 2011 | Kisha & Jen Hoffman | Sisters | |
| 19th | June 18, 2011 | July 10, 2011 | September 25, 2011 | December 11, 2011 | Ernie Halvorsen & Cindy Chiang | Fiancée | |
| 20th | November 26, 2011 | December 19, 2011 | 19th February 2012 | May 6, 2012 | Dave & Rachel Brown | married couple | |
| 21st | May 26, 2012 | June 16, 2012 | September 30, 2012 | December 9, 2012 | Josh Kilmer-Purcell & Brent Ridge | Pair | |
| 22nd | November 13, 2012 | December 7, 2012 | 17th February 2013 | May 5, 2013 | Bates & Anthony Battaglia | siblings | |
| 23 | June 9, 2013 | 2nd of July 2013 | 29th September 2013 | December 8, 2013 | Jason Case & Amy Diaz | Pair | |
| 24 (All-Stars) | November 16, 2013 | December 6, 2013 | February 23, 2014 | May 18, 2014 | Dave O'Leary & Connor O'Leary | Father / son | |
| 25th | May 31, 2014 | June 22, 2014 | September 26, 2014 | 19th December 2014 | Amy & Maya | Colleagues / friends | |
| 26th | November 12, 2014 | December 6, 2014 | February 25, 2015 | May 15, 2015 | Laura Pierson & Tyler Adams | Dating couples | |
| 27 | June 22, 2015 | July 14, 2015 | September 25, 2015 | December 11, 2015 | Kelsey Gerckens & Joey Buttitta | Dating couples | |
| 28 | 15th November 2015 | December 6, 2015 | 1 February 2, 2016 | May 13, 2016 |
Prizes and awards
Since 2003, the series has won ten out of thirteen possible Emmys in the category Best Reality TV Competition Show (in the Original Outstanding Reality Competition Program ). Only in 2010, 2013 and 2015 did Top Chef and The Voice win this award once .
Web links
- The Amazing Race in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Official CBS website