The Amazing Race 4 | |
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Season 4 | |
Presented by | Phil Keoghan |
No. of teams | 12 |
Winner | Reichen Lehmkuhl & Chip Arndt |
No. of legs | 13 |
Distance traveled | 44,000 mi (71,000 km) |
No. of episodes | 13 |
Release | |
Original network | CBS |
Original release | May 29 – August 21, 2003 |
Additional information | |
Filming dates | January 18 – February 14, 2003 |
Season chronology | |
The Amazing Race 4 is the fourth season of the American reality competition show The Amazing Race . Hosted by Phil Keoghan, it featured twelve teams of two, each with a pre-existing relationship, competing in a race around the world to win US$1,000,000. This season visited four continents and nine countries and traveled over 44,000 miles (71,000 km) during thirteen legs. Starting in Los Angeles, racers traveled through Italy, Austria, France, the Netherlands, India, Malaysia, South Korea, and Australia before returning to the United States, traveling through Hawaii, and finishing in Phoenix. The season premiered on CBS on May 29, 2003, and concluded on August 21, 2003.
Married couple Reichen Lehmkuhl and Chip Arndt were the winners of the season, while engaged couple Jon Corso and Kelly Parks finished in second place, and best friends David Dean and Jeff Strand finished in third place.
The fourth season of The Amazing Race spanned 44,000 miles (71,000 km) across four continents and featured first-time visits to two countries: the Netherlands and South Korea. Filming for the show began on January 18, 2003, and finished on February 14. [1]
Casting for this season began in late August 2002. [2]
This season's cast included a gay married couple, NFL wives, a pair of circus clowns, and air traffic controllers. The "NFL Wives", Monica & Sheree, were respectively married to Ashley Ambrose and Ray Buchanan, both of whom played for the Atlanta Falcons the season before the television series was filmed. [3] [4] At the time this season was filmed and broadcast, same-sex marriage had not yet been made legal in the United States. Reichen & Chip were never legally married, although they were married in a religious ceremony. CBS decided for the purpose of the show to respect the fact that they recognized themselves as a married couple. [5] Not long after the season ended, Reichen revealed that he and Chip had separated. [6]
Contestants | Age | Relationship | Hometown | Status |
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Debra Carmody | 49 | Married Parents | Louisville, Kentucky | Eliminated 1st (in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy) |
Steve Carmody | 40 | |||
Amanda Adams | 25 | Dating | Sioux Falls, South Dakota | Eliminated 2nd (in Venice, Italy) |
Chris Garry | 28 | |||
Russell Brown | 32 | Friends & Dating | Hermosa Beach, California | Eliminated 3rd (in Gmunden, Austria) |
Cindy Duck | 39 | Los Angeles, California | ||
Steve Cottingham | 47 | Father & Son | Santa Barbara, California | Eliminated 4th (in Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, France) |
Josh Cottingham | 21 | Los Angeles, California | ||
Steve Meitz | 46 | Air Traffic Controllers | Chicago, Illinois | Eliminated 5th (in Muiden, Netherlands) |
Dave Cottingham | 43 | |||
Monica Ambrose | 29 | NFL Wives & Moms | Duluth, Georgia | Eliminated 6th (in Mumbai, India) |
Sheree Buchanan | 31 | |||
Tian Kitchen | 30 | Friends & Models | Miami, Florida | Eliminated 7th (in Alleppey, India) |
Jaree Poteet | 33 | |||
Millie Smith | 29 | Dating 12 Years & Virgins | Chattanooga, Tennessee | Eliminated 8th (in Sepilok, Malaysia) |
Chuck Shankles | 28 | |||
Jon Weiss | 40 | Best Friends & Clowns | Long Island, New York | Eliminated 9th (in Mooloolaba, Australia) |
Al Rios | 34 | |||
David Dean | 32 | Best Friends | Los Angeles, California | Third place |
Jeff Strand | 37 | |||
Kelly Parks | 30 | Engaged | Miami, Florida | Runners-up |
Jon Corso | 28 | |||
Reichen Lehmkuhl | 28 | Married | Los Angeles, California | Winners |
Chip Arndt | 36 |
In 2005, Reichen Lehmkuhl appeared on a "Reality All-Stars" episode of Fear Factor . [7] Reichen also appeared as part of the cast of The A-List: New York in 2011. [8] Monica & Sheree, now both divorced, appeared on Atlanta Exes in 2014. [9]
The following teams are listed with their placements in each episode. Placements are listed in finishing order.
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 |
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Reichen & Chip | 9th | 2nd | 3rd | 5th | 4th | 2nd | 5th | 2nd | 1stƒ [lower-alpha 1] | 2nd | 3rd [lower-alpha 2] | 2nd | 1st |
Kelly & Jon | 6th | 3rd | 8th | 7th | 3rd | 3rd | 3rd | 5th‡ | 4th | 1st | 2nd | 3rd‡ | 2nd |
David & Jeff | 10th | 5th | 7th | 6th | 6th | 1st | 1st | 4th | 3rd | 4th‡ | 1stƒ [lower-alpha 1] | 1st | 3rd |
Jon & Al | 7th | 6th | 6th | 2nd [lower-alpha 3] | 2nd | 6th | 2nd | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th† | ||
Millie & Chuck | 1st [lower-alpha 4] | 8th | 5th | 2nd [lower-alpha 3] | 1stƒ [lower-alpha 1] | 4th | 4th | 3rd | 5th† | ||||
Tian & Jaree | 11th | 4th | 4th | 1stƒ [lower-alpha 1] | 7th | 5th | 6th† | ||||||
Monica & Sheree | 4thƒ [lower-alpha 1] | 10th | 2nd | 4th | 5th | 7th† | |||||||
Steve & Dave | 5th | 1stƒ [lower-alpha 1] | 9th | 8th | 8th† | ||||||||
Steve & Josh | 1st [lower-alpha 4] | 9th | 1stƒ [lower-alpha 1] | 9th† | |||||||||
Russell & Cindy | 8th | 7th | 10th† | ||||||||||
Amanda & Chris | 1st [lower-alpha 4] | 11th† | |||||||||||
Debra & Steve | 12th† |
Destinations | Air travel Rail travel Water travel Bus travel Helicopter travel Bicycle travel Gondola travel |
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Route Markers | Detour Roadblock Fast Forward Pit Stop |
Compared to the first three seasons, which were positively received, The Amazing Race 4 received more mixed reviews. Linda Holmes of Television Without Pity wrote "I loved a lot of things about the season, but that ending blew." [12] Heather Havrilesky of Salon wrote that "'The Amazing Race' has always been an imaginative and well-produced show, but this year's lineup of couples has offered more hilarious calamities and personality clashes than usual." [13] Kareem Gantt of Screen Rant wrote that "season four may not have had a cast that was particularly likable, but it did visit some cool locations". [14] In 2016, this season was ranked 22nd out of the first 27 seasons by the Rob Has a Podcast Amazing Race correspondents. [15] In 2024, Rhenn Taguiam of Game Rant placed this season within the bottom 13 out of 36. [16]
In 2004, this season of The Amazing Race won the series its second consecutive Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Reality Competition Program. [17]
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