The Amazing Race

“The world is waiting for you.”

2001Reality

First aired

September 5, 2001

6.9

TMDB Score

69% match · 170 votes

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S01 · E02

Divide and Conquer

Season 1 · Sep 19, 2001 · 42m

The teams start out in Songwe Village,Zameia. When the times depart from the pit stop they must find the Songwe Museum in the village without any signs to indicate where it is located. They must use the help of the villagers. The first to leave are Rob and Brennan but they decide to wait for the members of their newly formed alliance with Frank, Margarita, Joe and Bill. Once locating the museum, the teams must decide in a detour to do one of two tasks involving photography. Then they have to bring the pictures to a chief in another village. Pat and Brenda decide not to do the tasks after failing to find the museum and decide to go for the Fast Forward. They complete this with ease and head to the next pit stop, the Arch de Triomphe in Paris. At the airport, some problems surface between Kim/Leslie and Paul/Amie. Once in Paris,the teams must find a monument through a telescope. For some of the teams this is easy but for others, proves extremely difficult. Kim and Leslie are the last to

About the Series

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Reality

Synopsis

This reality competition sees teams embark on a trek around the world to amazing destinations where they must compete in a series of challenges, some mental and some physical. Only when the tasks are completed will they learn of their next location. Teams who are the farthest behind will gradually be eliminated as the contest progresses, with the first team to arrive at the final destination winning the race and the $1 million prize.

CreatorsBertram van Munster, Elise Doganieri

First aired
September 5, 2001
Last aired
October 14, 2026
Seasons
39 seasons · 456 episodes
Status
Returning Series
Original language
English
Network
CBS

Top Billed Cast

Phil Keoghan

Phil Keoghan

Self - Host

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