Amazing Race (France)

Amazing Race: la plus grande course autour du monde! (English: Amazing Race: the biggest race around the world!) is a French reality game show based on the American series, The Amazing Race. It was produced by Shine France (A division of Shine Group which the group is now merged into Banijay) for CBS Studios International (Paramount Global Content Distribution) and in association with ABC Studios (ABC Signature), distributed by The Walt Disney Company France, and premiered on October 22, 2012, on D8 (C8). The season finale aired on December 24, 2012. Alexandre Delpérier was the host. The show features nine teams of two who are in a pre-existing personal relationship and follows the various challenges that they undertake as they race around the world to win €50,000.

Development[]

An announcement was made that on March 23, 2012, Canal+ acquired the format to make a French version of the show. Filming started on June 30, 2012, in Paris, France. From that point, the nine pairs of candidates traveled to seven countries for 24 days which averages to over 31,000 miles. They start the journey away from France to the United Arab Emirates, Thailand, Japan, the United States (The first time a foreign Amazing Race traveled there), Brazil, and South Africa.

A few things differ from this show in comparison to the American version. The show is stopped multiple times to explain the culture and life in the places they visit. Also, the teams are presented their first clue of the next leg at the Pit Stop of the latest one. They are also told of the next destination numerous times before even opening the clue. Usually, teams are released separately from airports or begin the next leg of the race at the hotels they stayed in at the Pit Stop.

Conclusion[]

Filming ended on July 23, 2012, at Stade de France, Saint-Denis where Anthony & Sonja (Cyber Friends) are crowned the winners of Amazing Race and win the grand prize of €50,000.

Teams[]

1st place  Anthony & Sonja Cyber Friends	2nd place  Hadj & Yacim Childhood Friends	3rd place  Alice & Stéphanie Surfers	4th place  Heïdi & Michel Bikers	5th place  Francis & Benjamin Father/Son
6th place  Oucéni & Lassana Twins	7th place  Mathilde & Séverine Parisians	8th place  Fabien & Aurélien Police Officers	9th place  Antoine & Héléna Belgian Couple

Episodes[]

Leaderboard[]

The following teams participated in the Race. Placements are listed in finishing order:

Place	Team	Leg 1	Leg 2	Leg 3	Leg 4	Leg 5	Leg 6	Leg 7	Leg 8	Leg 9	Leg 10	Average
1	Anthony & Sonja	2	5	7⊃	2	1	2	3	4	2	1	2.90	7-2
2	Hadj & Yacim	3	3	6	6	4	5	1	3	1⊂	2	3.40	6-3
3	Alice & Stéphanie	5	2	4	3	5	3	4	1	3	3	3.30	5-4
4	Heïdi & Michel	1	6	3	1	3	4	2	2	4⊃		2.89	2-6
5	Francis & Benjamin	7	4	2	5	2	1	5				3.71	3-4
6	Oucéni & Lassana	8	1	1⊂	4	6						4.00	2-3
7	Mathilde & Séverine	4	7	5	7							5.75	2-2
8	Fabien & Aurélien	6	8									7.00	1-1
9	Antoine & Héléna	9										9.00	1-0
Notes		[1]	[2]				[3]
Legend:      The team finished in first place      The team finished in last place and was eliminated from the race      The team finished in last place in a non-elimination leg      The team that won The Amazing Race      The team that crossed the Finish Line second      The team that crossed the Finish Line third ⊂ The team used the U-Turn ⊃ Recipient of the U-Turn
Notes: 1: Oucéni & Lassana lost their key for the Pont des Arts task. They were able to continue racing, receiving a new key, but incurred a 20-minute penalty once landed in Dubai. 2: Anthony & Sonja and Heïdi & Michel initially arrived 5th and 6th respectively, but both teams were issued a 5-minute penalty for taking a taxi to Wat Arun instead of the ferry. This did not affect their placement. 3: Leg 6 had no mandatory rest period between legs, and all teams were ordered to continue racing.

Watch on YouTube[]

As of May 26, 2024, the entire season is on the YouTube Channel of Icon TV - Aventure. All episodes are in the original language (French) and have French subbing via YouTube's auto-generation feature. However, you can view subbing in multiple languages such as English via YouTube's auto-translate feature.

Trivia[]

• First season to only have teams representing France.
• First The Amazing Race franchise season to feature only 9 teams.
• First international version to visit the United States.
• First season to feature only 10 legs.
• Second time that no eliminated teams were present at the Finish Line after The Amazing Race: A Corrida Milionária.

External links[]

Icon TV - Aventure's YouTube Channel For FR episodes: /@ICONTVAventure