The Amazing Race 16
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The Amazing Race 16 is the sixteenth season of the American reality competition show The Amazing Race. Hosted by Phil Keoghan, it featured eleven teams of two, each with a pre-existing relationship, competing in a race around the world in order to win US$1,000,000. This season visited five continents and nine countries and traveled over 40,000 miles (64,000 km). Starting in Los Angeles, racers traveled through Chile, Argentina, Germany, France, the Seychelles, Malaysia, Singapore, and China before finishing in San Francisco. This season also saw the return of the Intersection. The season premiered on CBS on Sunday, February 14, 2010, and the finale aired on May 9, 2010. In Canada, the show premiered on the A-Channel instead of CTV due to the 2010 Winter Olympics, but it returned to CTV after the Winter Olympics concluded.[1]
The Amazing Race 16 | |
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Presented by | Phil Keoghan |
No. of teams | 11 |
Winner | Dan & Jordan Pious |
No. of legs | 12 |
Distance traveled | 40,000 mi (64,000 km) |
No. of episodes | 12 |
Release | |
Original network | CBS |
Original release | February 14 (2010-02-14) – May 9, 2010 (2010-05-09) |
Additional information | |
Filming dates | November 28 (2009-11-28) – December 20, 2009 (2009-12-20) |
Season chronology | |
List of episodes |
Brothers Dan and Jordan Pious were the winners of this season, while cowboy brothers Jet McCoy and Cord McCoy finished in second place, and models Brent Horne and Caite Upton finished in third place.
Development and filming
The sixteenth season spanned 40,000 miles (64,000 km) across five continents and nine countries, including a first-time visit to the Seychelles.[2][3]
Racers were observed leaving Los Angeles International Airport on November 28, 2009.[4] Racers checked into a Pit Stop in Puerto Varas, Chile, on December 2, 2009.[5] Filming of the show also was reported in Bariloche, Argentina.[6] Production crews were reported in Singapore, particularly in the Bugis area and the Singapore Flyer, on December 16.[7]
In the episode which aired on February 28, 2010, and featured the contestants departing Chile, Phil Keoghan acknowledged the February 27, 2010, Chilean earthquake in a special opening.[8]
Leg 4 featured an Intersection for the first time since season 11. Additionally, teams did a Roadblock together for the first time, where one person from each of the Intersected teams worked together to complete the Roadblock.
Casting
Applications were originally due on July 10, 2009, but the deadline was extended. Semi-finalist interviews were held in August 2009 and the final casting interviews took place in Los Angeles in September and October 2009. Filming took place in November and December 2009.[9]
Notable cast members included Big Brother 11 HouseGuests Jordan Lloyd and Jeff Schroeder, professional bull rider Cord McCoy, and Cleveland Indians third-base coach Steve Smith. Caite Upton was the 2007 Miss South Carolina Teen USA, who gained international notoriety after giving a convoluted response to a question asked to her during the Miss Teen USA 2007 pageant.[10]
Contestants | Age | Relationship | Hometown | Status |
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Dana Davis | 39 | High School Sweethearts | Arlington, Texas | Eliminated 1st (in Valparaíso, Chile) |
Adrian Davis | 40 | |||
Jody Kelly | 71 | Grandmother & Granddaughter | Round Rock, Texas | Eliminated 2nd (in Puerto Varas, Chile) |
Shannon Foster | 22 | Georgetown, Texas | ||
Monique Pryor | 39 | Moms & Attorneys | West Orange, New Jersey | Eliminated 3rd (in San Carlos de Bariloche, Argentina) |
Shawne Morgan | 39 | Bowie, Maryland | ||
Joe Wang | 42 | Married | El Segundo, California | Eliminated 4th (in Wargemoulin-Hurlus, France) |
Heidi Wang | 37 | |||
Jordan Lloyd | 22 | Newly Dating | Charlotte, North Carolina | Eliminated 5th (in Épernay, France) |
Jeff Schroeder | 31 | Norridge, Illinois | ||
Steve Smith | 57 | Father & Daughter | Encinitas, California | Eliminated 6th (in George Town, Malaysia) |
Allie Smith | 23 | |||
Carol Rosenfeld | 47 | Dating | Los Angeles, California | Eliminated 7th (in Singapore) |
Brandy Snow | 40 | |||
Louie Stravato | 47 | Detectives | Providence, Rhode Island | Eliminated 8th (in Shanghai, China) |
Michael Naylor | 45 | |||
Brent Horne | 28 | Dating Models | Columbia, South Carolina | Third place |
Caite Upton | 20 | Lexington, South Carolina | ||
Jet McCoy | 30 | Brothers & Cowboys | Ada, Oklahoma | Runners-up |
Cord McCoy | 29 | Tupelo, Oklahoma | ||
Dan Pious | 24 | Brothers | Barrington, Rhode Island | Winners |
Jordan Pious | 22 |
- Future appearances
Jet & Cord raced again in The Amazing Race: Unfinished Business.[11] They raced again in The Amazing Race: All Stars.[12]
Jordan & Jeff competed on Big Brother 13 a year after this season.[13] The two returned to the Big Brother house three years later on the thirty-third episode of Big Brother 16, where they got engaged.[14] In 2015, they also appeared on Marriage Boot Camp: Reality Stars 3.[15] On May 24, 2016, Jeff Schroeder appeared on a Big Brother-themed primetime special of The Price is Right.[16] Jeff also appeared on the second episode of Big Brother: Over the Top to host a Power of Veto competition and on the penultimate episode of Big Brother 20.[17][18]
The following teams are listed with their placements in each leg. Placements are listed in finishing order.
- A red placement with a dagger (†) indicates that the team was eliminated.
- An underlined blue placement with a double-dagger (‡) indicates that the team was the last to arrive at a Pit Stop in a non-elimination leg, and had to perform a Speed Bump task in the following leg.
- A green ƒ indicates that the team won the Fast Forward.
- A brown ⊃ indicates that the team used the U-Turn and a brown ⊂ indicates the team on the receiving end of the U-Turn.
- A violet + indicates that the teams encountered an Intersection.
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4+[lower-alpha 1] | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 |
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Dan & Jordan | 8th[lower-alpha 2] | 8th | 6th | 6th | 4th | 5th | 2nd | 5th | 1stƒ[lower-alpha 3] | 3rd | 3rd | 1st |
Jet & Cord | 3rd | 1st | 1st | 4th | 3rd | 4th | 6th‡[lower-alpha 4] | 1st | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 2nd |
Brent & Caite | 7th[lower-alpha 5] | 4th | 7th | 7th | 6th | 6th[lower-alpha 6] | 3rd | 4th | 2nd⊃[lower-alpha 7] | 2nd | 1st | 3rd |
Louie & Michael | 9th | 9th | 8th | 1st | 1st⊃[lower-alpha 8] | 1st | 4th | 3rd | 4th | 4th‡ | 4th† | |
Carol & Brandy | 6th | 3rd | 3rd | 5th | 5th | 2nd | 5th | 2nd | 5th†⊂[lower-alpha 7] | |||
Steve & Allie | 4th | 7th | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 6th† | ||||
Jordan & Jeff | 1st | 6th | 5th | 8th‡ | 7th | 7th† | ||||||
Joe & Heidi | 5th | 2nd | 4th | 3rd | 8th†⊂[lower-alpha 8] | |||||||
Monique & Shawne | 2nd | 5th | 9th† | |||||||||
Jody & Shannon | 10th | 10th† | ||||||||||
Dana & Adrian | 11th† |
- Notes