'' was the third installment of the popular Reality Television show, '' The Amazing Race ''. It premiered on October 2 , 2002 and ended on December 18 , 2002. In 2003, this installment of the race won the inaugural Primetime Emmy Award for "Outstanding Reality/Competition Program."
Filming began on August 9 , 2002 and finished on September 7 , 2002.
The following teams participated in the Race, listed in reverse finishing order:
- Red means the team was eliminated.
- Blue means the team was the last to arrive at a pit stop in a non-elimination leg of the race.
- Green means the team won the Fast Forward clue.
- --- Dennis & Andrew used the Fast Forward in England , but they still fell behind the other teams and were eliminated.
- ^ Andre & Damon arrived 7th, but since they didn't follow the donkey route correctly, they were penalized 78 minutes and fell to 9th. They then overslept an extra three minutes at the start of the next leg. Dennis & Andrew arrived 8th and Teri & Ian arrived 9th.
- + Heather & Eve arrived 1st, but they didn't follow the last clue and therefore received a 37 minute penalty.
- This edition has featured the first father/son team.
- Jill and her brother originally applied for Season 1 . Later, her brother was killed in 9/11 , and John Vito and Jill applied in remembrance of him.
- Dennis & Andrew became the first team to use the Fast Forward and be eliminated. But they were not the first team to use it and be the last team to arrive. Joe & Bill used that and were last to arrive in Season 1 . But they were not eliminated due to Nancy & Emily's 24-hour penalty for skipping the detour.
- Heather and Eve were the first team to arrive at the Pit Stop in Portugal on , but they misread a clue that told them walk to the Pit Stop rather than take a Taxi . They proceeded to walk the rest of the way, but received a 7 minute time penalty for the advantage gained (the 2nd team arrived 7 minutes later), plus an additional 30 minutes. Since all teams arrived less than 37 minutes apart, Heather and Eve were the first team ever to arrive first and be eliminated.
- Andre and Damon were officially Detained in , when their taxi took them far out of the way in Morocco and they encounted a local official who wanted to seize their Passports . Andre and Damon refused, and The Amazing Race's security team had to come help them out of the situation.
- On the "Dry" Detour of , teams received a clue from Singapore an actor Gurmit Singh , who acted as Phua Chu Kang .
- On in Vietnam , all route markers were solid Yellow instead of Red and yellow. This was done to avoid confusion with the Vietnamese National Flag , which is also red and yellow.
Individual prizes were awarded to the first team to complete a leg.
- - A seven night Caribbean vacation on Royal Caribbean 's ''Voyager of the Seas'' cruise ship.
- - Two Kodak EasyShare digital cameras.
- - Two Kodak EasyShare digital cameras.
- - Two Kodak EasyShare digital cameras.
- - Two Kodak EasyShare digital cameras.
- - A seven night Caribbean vacation on Royal Caribbean's ''Explorer of the Seas'' cruise ship.
- - A seven night European vacation on Royal Caribbean's ''Splendour of the Seas'' cruise ship.
- - A seven night European vacation on Royal Caribbean's ''Splendour of the Seas'' cruise ship.
- - A seven night Alaskan cruise vacation on Royal Caribbean's ''Radiance of the Seas'' cruise ship.
- - $1,000,000
in Cancún during a Detour]]
The detour of this leg was Count the Money or Run the Numbers. In Count the Money, teams had to count the Switz currecy inside a jar. In run the Numbers teams had to run around Zürich to count a random series of things and use the total as a safe code to open the safe, with their next clue. The roadblock was to shoot an apple off a mannequin child's head with a cross bow.
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