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 · E05

Desert Storm

Season 1 · Oct 10, 2001 · 42m

The seven remaining teams start off in El Jem Coliseum, the pit stop for the fourth leg. Upon departure they are given a route marking which tells them they must find a monument known as the Tataouine which is 300 miles away. Although Paul and Amie arrived fifth in the last leg, production problems cause them to move ahead one place in front of Frank and Margarita. When the teams arrive at the Tataouine, they are given a Detour. They must chose between an easy and a difficult game. The easy game is at a hard to find location and the hard game is at an easy to find location. The games are called ""Puzzle"" and ""Listening"" .All the teams chose Listening in which they must find the clue using a walkie talkie and find where the other one is. There they will find the clue. The clue says that must find a ""yellow and white flag"" in the middle of the Sahara Desert and that there are rocks to guide them there. Some teams are a little bit confused as to how the rocks guide them there. But eventual

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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