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| Num Episodes: | 12 | ||||||
| Network: | ICS Dragon TV | ||||||
| Film Start: | May 13, 2011 | ||||||
| Film End: | June 7, 2011 | ||||||
| Prev Series: | Season 1 |
The Amazing Race: China Rush 2 is the second season of , a Chinese reality competition show based on the American series The Amazing Race. It featured 11 teams of two, each with a pre-existing relationship, in a race across 11 cities in China to win a trip to Hoh Xil Natural Reserve and a trip around the world worth 400,000 (US$62,000).[1]
The Chinese TV network International Channel Shanghai aired the season in English, and Dragon TV in Chinese. It premiered on August 7, 2011 and ended on October 23, 2011.[2]
American and German dating couple Lily Li and Jan Höpper were the winners of this season.
In early 2011, it was announced that Dragon TV would broadcast a Chinese-language version of the show.[2]
The Intersection was introduced in this season. It has two teams complete further tasks together until a clue indicates that they are no longer Intersected. There was also a Double U-Turn, which allowed two teams to exercise their U-Turn power. This season also introduced the double-length leg, which featured a Virtual Pit Stop and aired as two episodes, with each episode having a Detour and a Roadblock.
Filming for this season began on May 13, 2011 and ended on June 7, 2011.
Applications were accepted from March 4 to April 10, 2011.[3]
In contrast to the previous season which featured foreign and ex-pat contestants, this season has a mixed cast between native born Chinese and foreigners living in China. All the contestants communicated using a mixture of Chinese and English.[4]
| Contestants | Age | Relationship | Hometown | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (保罗) | 28 | High School Teachers | Canada | Eliminated 1st (in Wuzhen, Zhejiang) |
| (纳什) | 37 | Ghana | ||
| (来冬梅) | 47 | Mother & Son | Yinchuan, Ningxia | Eliminated 2nd (in Wuyuan, Jiangxi) |
| (王劼奇) | 23 | |||
| (小龙) | 36 | Wushu Coaches | Shanghai | Eliminated 3rd (in Ningde, Fujian) |
| (吕猛) | 36 | |||
| (夏洲) | 24 | Newly Dating/Childhood Friends | Wenzhou, Zhejiang | Withdrew (in Danxia Shan, Guangdong) |
| (周一成) | 25 | |||
| (瑞特) | 52 | 30 Year China Veterans | United States | Eliminated 5th (in Wulong County, Chongqing) |
| (豪伊) | 49 | |||
| (伊莲娜) | 28 | Fitness Fanatics/Competitive Dancers | Ukraine | Eliminated 6th (in Lijiang, Yunnan) |
| (特玛卡) | 28 | United Kingdom | ||
| (蒋志洁) | 22 | Cousins/Students in Canada | Nanjing, Jiangsu | Eliminated 7th (in Datong County, Qinghai) |
| (蒋欣瑶) | 20 | |||
| (马修) | 28 | Friends/International Students in China | New Zealand | Eliminated 8th (in Penglai, Shandong) |
| (凯莉) | 26 | Perth, Australia | ||
| (孙斌) | 25 | Recording Artists | Shanghai | Third Place |
| (郝菲尔) | 26 | |||
| (西蒙) | 33 | Dating Long Distance | Los Angeles, California | Second Place |
| (王薇毅) | 24 | Hunan | ||
| (莉莉) | 29 | Dating Couple | California | Winners |
| (杨) | 26 | Germany |
The following teams participated in the season, with their relationships at the time of filming. Note this table does not necessarily reflect all content broadcast on television due to inclusion or exclusion of some data. Placements are listed in finishing order.
| Team | Position (by leg) | Roadblocks performed | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | ||||
| Lily & Jan | 3rd | 5th | 7th | 3rd | 2nd | 1st | 5th | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 2nd | 1st | Lily 6, Jan 6 | |
| Simon & Katherine | 6th | 8th | 6th | 6th | 5th | 6th | 3rd | 5th | 4th | 3rd | 3rd | 2nd | Simon 6, Katherine 6 | |
| 8th | 9th | 1st | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 3rd | 2nd | 1st | 3rd | Sun Bin 6, Hao Fei'er 6 | ||
| Matt & Kylie | 10th | 7th | 2nd | 4th | 4th | 5th | 4th | 3rd | 1st | 4th | Matt 6, Kylie 5 | |||
| Mary & Cecilia | 1st | 1st | 8th | 7th | 6th | 4th | 1st | 4th | 5th | Mary 5, Cecilia 4 | ||||
| Elena & Tameka | 7th | 2nd | 3rd | 2nd | 3rd | 3rd | Elena 3, Tameka 4 | |||||||
| Rhett & Howie | 5th | 6th | 4th | 5th | Rhett 2, Howie 3 | |||||||||
| Summer & Eachen | 4th | 4th | 5th | Summer 0, Eachen 3 | ||||||||||
| 2nd | 3rd | |||||||||||||
| A Lai & Jackie | 9th | A Lai 0, Jackie 0 | ||||||||||||
| Paul & Nash | Paul 0, Nash 0 | |||||||||||||
The prize for each leg is awarded to the first place team for that leg.
Airdate: August 7, 2011
In this season's first Detour, teams had to choose between Hang Out or Dig In. In Hang out, teams went to Foliage Dai Ning Workshop, where teams had to successfully hang four different blue calico patterns in traditional bamboo pole drying rack to receive their next clue. In Dig In, teams went to Syria Chang Sauces, where the owner would present a "Wuzhen Tong Bao" coin and teams would have to search marked vats filled with bean sauce to find a matching coin to receive their next clue.
In an unaired Roadblock, one team member had to sit on a floating tub in the lake and catch five fishes to receive their next clue.
Airdate: August 14, 2011
This leg's Detour was a choice between Hunters or Gatherers, both of which took place in nearby tea fields. In Hunters, teams had to search the entire field for a tiny, golden tea leaf, which they could exchange for their next clue. In Gatherers, teams went to a different tea field and had to harvest 150 grams of tea leaves to receive their next clue.
In this season's first aired Roadblock, one team member had to climb up a waterfall cascading over a rock face to receive their next clue.
Airdate: August 21, 2011
This leg's Detour was a choice between Wheels or Peels. In Wheels, teams had to push a large water tricycle into the water, and then pedal it out to a large inflatable ball. They would then ride back to shore on a banana boat with their ball and, once on shore, could open the ball to find their next clue. In Peels, teams had to ride a Segway across a marked course to a dig site on the beach, where they would have to dig up six different kinds of fruits and exchange them for their next clue.
In this leg's Roadblock, one team member had to eat a large serving of blood clams and three glasses of baijiu to receive their next clue.
Airdate: August 28, 2011
In this leg's Roadblock, one team member had to climb down a rocky cliff using a rope ladder, retrieve their clue from the tops of the trees at the bottom, and then climb back up the rope ladder to complete the task.
This leg's Detour was a choice between Chasing Chickens or Dancing Lions. In Chasing Chickens, teams had to travel to a chicken farm, catch 10 chickens, and place them in baskets to receive their next clue. In Dancing Lion, teams had to search the town for a lion head and then search inside specified buildings for the matching tail. They would then have to learn and perform a traditional Chinese dragon dance to receive their next clue.
Airdate: September 4, 2011
This leg's Detour was a choice between Look or Listen (Presented to Chinese-speaking contestants and viewers as Name that View or Name that Tune). In Look, teams travelled to the Xiang Xi Gallery and had to correctly match ten pictures of the famous mountains surrounding Zhangjiajie with their names. If they could get all 10 correct, they would receive their next clue, although there were more than 10 pictures. In Listen, teams travelled to Baofeng Lake and searched the lake on boat for a female singer who was singing four distinct songs, with the corresponding names being displayed. They then had to find a marked cave where a male singer would be singing one of these songs. If they could correctly identify it, they would receive their next clue. If not, they would be required to return to the female singer before being allowed to guess again.
In this leg's Roadblock, one team member had to chop onions, garlic and spices in order to make a famous Hunan spice mixture and receive their next clue.
Airdate: September 11, 2011
For their Speed Bump, Howie & Rhett had to irrigate a cabbage patch by hand, once they had successfully sprinkled two buckets of water in their designated cabbage patch they can continue racing.
This leg's Detour was a choice between Roll It or Ride It. In Roll It, teams had to count all the tires along the hill, once their answer was correct they had to get into a Zorb and go down the hill to receive their next clue. In Ride It, teams had to drive a go-kart in a two lap circuit (one lap each member) in less than 7.30 minutes to receive their next clue. If the team couldn't complete the task in the allotted time, they would have to wash the go-kart before trying again.
In this leg's Roadblock, one team member had to rappel down a 90-meter cliff face-down to retrieve their next clue.
Airdate: September 18, 2011
In this leg's Roadblock, one team member had to zipline across the river near Wulong. On the other side, they would find two women in traditional clothing singing a song. They would then have to zipline back, where they would find many symbols on a board. They would have to correctly identify which symbols were on the dresses worn by the women. Once they identified both correct symbols, they would be able to sign up for a departure time from the Lijiang Airport; otherwise, they had to zipline back and try again.
This leg's Detour was a choice between Communicate or Renovate. in Communicate, one team member would view some pictographic symbols from the Naxi language. The other team member would have to draw these symbols on a chalkboard, following only verbal clues from their partner. In Renovate, teams would have to paint and dress a horse carriage to match a given example.
Airdate: September 25, 2011
In this leg's Roadblock, one team member had to climb a steep, snowy hill while carrying both team members' backpacks and a race flag, while at 4506m (14,783feet) above sea level.
For their Speed Bump, Tameka & Elena had to make a set of traditional pastry snacks before they could continue racing.
This leg's Detour was a choice between On the Mark or Through the Park. In On the Mark, teams went to an archery field where they would shoot a bow and arrow at a target. After achieving 100 points, they would receive their next clue. In Through the Park, teams had to deliver three items (A large pile of firewood, two heavy wine jugs, and two drums) through the village. After delivering the items undamaged, they would receive their next clue.
Airdate: October 2, 2011
This leg's first Detour was a choice between Sun or Bun. In Sun, teams had to properly assemble a solar powered cooking device to receive their next clue. In Bun, teams had to correctly make 20 traditional flower-shaped buns to receive their next clue.
In this leg's first Roadblock, one team member had to utilize a pulley system to pull themselves and a basket of supplies across the Yellow River in a box. They then had to climb up to a monastery and deliver these supplies before pulling themselves back across.
Airdate: October 9, 2011
In this leg's second Roadblock, one team member had to correctly piece together six traditional Chinese shadow puppets to receive their next clue.
This leg's second Detour was a choice between Spin It or Stack It. In Spin It, teams travelled to an apiary and choose a beehive. They then had to remove the bees from the honeycomb and place them into spinning drums that are used to extract honey. Once they had extracted a full jar of honey, they would receive their next clue. In Stack It, teams had to tie up five bales of hay, carry them across a river, and then properly stack them to receive their next clue.
Airdate: October 16, 2011
At the Intersection, teams had to join with one other team to complete tasks and make decisions together until further notice. In this special Roadblock, one team member from each of the Intersected teams had to ride a fishing boat out to a collection of buoys. They then had to lift whatever the buoys were attached to onto the boat. Once they found their next clue which was hidden inside of a string of fishing nets, they could return to the shore, where they would no longer be Intersected.
This leg's Detour was a choice between Count the Vines or Find the Wine. In Count the Vines, teams went out into the fields of the winery where they had to count the number of grapevines growing. In Find the Wine, teams entered the wine cellar, where they found a collection of wine glasses that represented a numerical code. They had to use this example to decipher a code represented by a second collection of wine glasses. If they got the correct number, they had to find the corresponding barrel and then roll it out of the basement to get their next clue.
Airdate: October 23, 2011
This season's final Detour was a choice between Spin It or Snap It. In Spin It, teams had to spin a kongju across a marked course without letting it drop and while keeping it spinning the whole time. In Snap It, teams received a photograph of a tourist. They then had to find this tourist and direct them to the location in the photograph. They then had to recreate the photograph exactly and take a new photo to receive their next clue.
In this season's final Roadblock, one team member had to search among pictures and names attached to sculptures in the sculpture park to find the eleven pictures of the Pit Stop locations they visited, as well as a picture to go with each.
| Leg | Pit Stop | Location | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jiang Zhe Fen Fu | Wuzhen | |
| 2 | Rainbow Bridge | Wuyuan | |
| 3 | She Palace Museum | Ningde | |
| 4 | Shao Yin Ting Pavilion | Danxiashan | |
| 5 | Bai Long Square | Zhangjiajie | |
| 6 | Century Square | Wulong | |
| 7 | Mufu Palace | Lijiang | |
| 8 | Black Dragon Pool | Lijiang | |
| 9 | Camel Spring Mosque | Xunhua | |
| Lao Ye Mountain | Datong | ||
| 10 | Fortified Harbor of Water City | Penglai |
Once the pictures and names of the cities were correctly attached, they would receive their final clue.