The Amazing Race Vietnam 2012 | |
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Season 2012 | |
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Presented by | Dustin Nguyen |
No. of teams | 10 |
Winner | Saettie Baggio & Thành Phúc |
No. of legs | 12 |
Distance traveled | 1,316.69 mi (2,119.01 km) |
No. of episodes | 13 |
Release | |
Original network | VTV3 |
Original release | 18 May – 10 August 2012 |
Additional information | |
Filming dates | 6 April – 5 May 2012 |
Season chronology |
The Amazing Race Vietnam: Cuộc đua kỳ thú 2012 is the first season of The Amazing Race Vietnam , a Vietnamese reality competition show based on the American series The Amazing Race . It featured ten teams of two race around Vietnam for 300 million₫.
The program premiered on VTV3 and aired every Friday primetime (8:00 p.m. UTC+7) from 18 May to 10 August 2012. [1]
The first season was directed and hosted by Dustin Nguyen. He also served as an executive producer.
Friends and actors Saettie Baggio and Thành Phúc were the winners of this season.
Filming was from 6 April 2012 to 5 May 2012. [2]
Ten teams of two with pre-existing were chosen to join the race of about one month. Thirteen episodes were ordered with seven pit stops to eliminate teams. It was also reportedly announced that it would be the first-time ever in Vietnamese television history a TV series would be broadcast in high definition.
Route Markers were coloured orange and light green, whereas in the original the colour scheme is yellow and red.
Applications were accepted until 23 March 2012, [3] with interviews in Ho Chi Minh City on 24 March and in Hanoi on 26 March. [4]
The show is sponsored by Sting Energy Drink.
Contestants | Age | Relationship | Hometown | Status |
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Thanh Thủy Nguyễn | 25 | Best Friends | Hanoi | Eliminated 1st (in Hoa Lư, Ninh Bình) |
Minh Thoa Vũ | 25 | |||
Richie Humphrey | 39 | Dating | Los Angeles, California | Eliminated 2nd (in Cúc Phương National Park, Ninh Bình) |
Ngọc Phượng "Mimi" Lý Thị | 23 | Ho Chi Minh City | ||
Thanh Tuấn Phan Huỳnh | 32 | Married | Ho Chi Minh City | Eliminated 3rd (in Da Nang) |
Mỹ Trâm Nguyễn Thị | 27 | |||
Bảo Châu Trần Thị | 34 | Co-Workers | Eliminated 4th (in Huế, Thừa Thiên Huế) | |
Gia Bình Trần | 33 | |||
Minh Châu Nguyễn | 29 | Best Friends | Hanoi | Eliminated 5th (in Nha Trang, Khánh Hòa) |
Trần Châu Nguyễn | 29 | |||
Tuấn Anh Nguyễn | 29 | Cousins | Hanoi | Eliminated 6th (in La Gi, Bình Thuận) |
Xuân Sơn Đỗ | 24 | Hòa Bình, Hòa Bình | ||
Chí Bình Nguyễn | 31 | Best Friends | Hanoi | Eliminated 7th (in Ho Chi Minh City) |
Hồng Long Lê | 29 | |||
Thành Chung Nguyễn | 29 | Brothers | Thái Nguyên, Thái Nguyên | Third Place |
Thanh Bằng Nguyễn | 27 | |||
Minh Hoàng Huỳnh | 29 | Dating | Ho Chi Minh City | Second Place |
Phương Thảo Nguyễn Thị | 28 | |||
Baggio Saetti | 22 | Friends | Ho Chi Minh City | Winners |
Thành Phúc Nguyễn | 22 |
Richard "Richie" Humphrey and Ngọc Phượng "Mimi" Lý Thị later competed in the fifth season in 2016. [5] Baggio & Thành Phúc appeared in a task during the tenth leg of the same season.
The following teams participated in the season, with their relationships at the time of filming. Note that this table is not necessarily reflective of all content broadcast on television due to inclusion or exclusion of some data. Placements are listed in finishing order: [6]
Team | Position (by leg) | Roadblocks performed | ||||||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 10 | 12 | |||
Baggio & Thành Phúc | 6th | 2nd | 1st | 3rd | 1stƒ | 6th | 5th | 3rd | 1st | 3rd 8 | 3rd | 1st | 1st | Baggio 6, Thành Phúc 8 |
Minh Hoàng & Phương Thảo | 7th | 8th | 6th | 6th | 3rd | 4th | 6th | 1st | 5th | 4th 8 , 9 | 1st | 3rd | 2nd | Minh Hoàng 8, Phương Thảo 7 |
Thành Chung & Thanh Bằng | 9th | 7th | 5th | 5th | 2nd | 1st⊃ | 2nd | 5th | 3rd | 2nd 8 | 4th | 2nd | 3rd | Thành Chung 8, Thanh Bằng 7 |
Chí Bình & Hồng Long | 2nd | 4th | 3rd | 2nd | 5th | 3rd | 4th | 2nd 7 | 4th | 1st⊃ | 2nd | 4th 11 | Chí Bình 6, Hồng Long 7 | |
Tuấn Anh & Xuân Sơn | 4th | 1st | 9th | 7th | 7th 5 | 7th⊂ | 1st 6 | 4th | 2nd | 5th⊂ | Tuấn Anh 6, Xuân Sơn 5 | |||
Minh Châu & Trần Châu | 5th | 6th | 4th | 1st | 4th | 5th | 3rd | 6th | Minh Châu 4, Trần Châu 4 | |||||
Gia Bình & Bảo Châu | 10th | 9th 2 | 7th | 8th | 6th | 2nd | 7th | Gia Bình 2, Bảo Châu 5 | ||||||
Thanh Tuấn & Mỹ Trâm | 3rd | 3rd | 2nd | 4th | 8th | Thanh Tuấn 2, Mỹ Trâm 3 | ||||||||
Richie & Mimi | 8th | 10th | 8th 3 | 9th | Richie 2, Mimi 2 | |||||||||
Thanh Thủy & Minh Thoa | 1st | 5th 1 | 10thε | Thanh Thủy 1, Minh Thoa 1 4 |
The prize for each leg is awarded to the first place team for that leg.
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Airdate: 18 May 2012
In this series' first Roadblock, one team member had to climb the steps to the roof of the My Dinh National Stadium and abseil down to receive their next clue.
This series' first Detour was a choice between Phố Giăng Mắc Cửi (Maze of Streets) or Bút Hoa Lưu Truyền (Beautiful Words). In Crowded Streets, teams had to travel to Dong Xuan Market, where they received a list of six objects: two reed mats, two masks, one pipe & one feather duster. Then, teams had to locate three marked shops in the nearby Old Quarter that sold these objects with each shop selling different goods. After collecting all of the objects and delivering them back to the starting point, teams would receive their next clue. In Beautiful Words, teams had to travel to the Temple of Literature and engage in a traditional Vietnamese literal examination. One team member had to listen to a poet reciting a poem with four sentences and tell their partner the poem. This teammate would then write down the poem and show it to a calligraphist. If their poem was correct, the calligraphist would hand them their next clue. If their poem was wrong, team had to wait until one incense stick burned, about five minutes, before they could re-do the task.
Airdate: 25 May 2012
In this leg's Roadblock, one team member had to search the ground of Doch Thech Ancient Cemetery for four hidden numbers: 1, 2, 5, 8. Then, they had to use these numbers to form a combination to open a four-digit combination lock. Each racer had a different set of combination.
This leg's Detour was a choice between two type of activities associated with Muong people: Nông Nhàn (Farm Play) or Nông Vụ (Farm Work). Both tasks had teams travel to Giang Mo Village. In Farm Play, both team member had to stilt-walk across a finish line to receive their next clue. If any team members fell from the stilts, that person had to walk the course again from the beginning. In Farm Work, each team member had to plough, fertilize and plant one furrow of sugarcane and couldn't help each other to receive their next clue from the farmer.
Airdate: 1 June 2012
This leg's Detour was a choice between two activities related to Ninh Binh's most famous products: goat for Chơi (Play) or cơm cháy for Ăn (Eat). In Play, teams traveled to Anh Luc's Goat Ranch. Here, one team member was blindfolded and had to follow verbal directions from the other team member to catch a goat in a mud enclosure wearing the same color as their blindfolded cloth. After catching the goat, racers could take off their blindfolds and herd the animal back to its pen to receive their next clue. In Eat, teams had to travel to Grand Restaurant in Tràng An Marina and eat 20 plates of cơm cháy to receive their next clue.
In this leg's Roadblock, one team member had to climb the stairs of Tam Quan Gate at Cây Bàng Marina and find a young monk, who would tell them to count the stairs' steps. While counting, racers were also distracted by a loudspeaker recounting the Trần dynasty's history. If they came up with the correct answer (214), they would receive their next clue.
Airdate: 8 June 2012
This leg's Detour was a choice between Rừng Rậm (Thick Jungle) or Rừng Thưa (Thin Jungle). In Thick Jungle, teams had to make their way to a marked jungle area. Here, they had to search through the density to find clues hidden among leaves, branches and vines. In Thin Jungle, team members' legs would be tied together like a three-legged race, and they had to pass through a series of ropes without ringing any bells to retrieve their next clue. If a bell rang, teams had start again from the beginning.
In this leg's Roadblock, one team member had to crawl into a snake cage and retrieve a clue put under a python.
Airdate: 15 June 2012
In this season's only Fast Forward, one team had to travel to My Khe Beach and convince any person they could find on the beach to have his/her head shaved to win the Fast Forward award.
This leg's Detour was a choice between Hoa Tay (Finger) or Lòng Tay (Palm). In Finger, teams had to travel to Nguyen Hung Stone and attempt to make a living statue. One team member had to strip down and pretend to be a stone figure while the other team member painted his/her partner's body with white paint, and could only use one finger to do so, to receive their next clue. In Palm, teams had to travel to Sandy Beach Resort, where they had to dig in a marked sand area on the beach for a clue buried somewhere one metre below the sand, with only their bare hands.
In this leg's Roadblock, one team member had to carry a tray of Sting bottles to Quán Bê Thui Thương and serve customers until they received an Amazing Race sticker, which they could trade for their next clue. If any teams ran out of Sting, they had to go back to the starting point and refill.
Airdate: 22 June 2012
In this leg's Roadblock, one team member had to successfully sew a cushion's cover to a chief tailor's satisfaction to receive their next clue.
This leg's Detour was a choice between Trang Trải (Make a Living) or Trang Trọng (Solemn). In Make a Living, teams had to sell bánh tiêu from a movable vendor until they earned 400,000 VND to receive their next clue. In Solemn, teams had to figure out by themselves how to create the symbol of Hội An, a cloth lantern, to receive their next clue from a lantern maker.
Airdate: 29 June 2012
This leg's Detour was a choice between Thân Ngọc Mình Ngà (The Beauty) or Lưng Dài Vai Rộng (The Bold). In The Beauty, teams had to make 400 sticks of incense at Dạ Lê Thượng Shrine to receive their next clue. In The Bold, teams had to travel to Hương Thủy village, where they would have to run through a muddy course without being forced out of the boundary by six professional wrestlers to receive their next clue. Teams were allowed to tackle the wrestlers but not to injure them by any means. Only one team could attempt this task at a time. If a team member were forced out of the boundary, both of them had to start again from the beginning.
In this leg's Roadblock at Minh Mạng Tomb, one team member had to memorize both of the reign times and the faces of seven kings from the Nguyễn dynasty. Then they had to pick up 20 wooden tablets indicating four different time durations: 1, 2, 5 and 10 years. After that, they had to bring these tablets to the inner area of the temple and place the times corresponding to each of the seven kings to receive their next clue. If they were incorrect, they had to travel back to the front of the temple and collect a new set of wooden tablets.
Airdate: 6 July 2012
This leg's Detour was a choice between Mềm (Soft) or Dai (Tough). In Soft, teams had to make a bed according to Sheraton's standards to receive their next clue. Teams were given only one bed to examine as a sample. In Tough, teams had to make 16 bowls of noodles from dough to the satisfaction of a chef to receive their next clue.
In this leg's Roadblock, one team member had to walk on a cầu khỉ (monkey bridge) to reach a hanging clue at the other end.
Airdate: 13 July 2012
In this leg's first Roadblock, one team member had to slide down a stream, abseil down a waterfall to retrieve a hanging clue, jump down from a rock cliff, then return to their partner.
In this leg's second Roadblock, the team member who did not perform the previous Roadblock had to dress up as K'Ho people and ride a horse to a pole holding a bag of arrows. After that, they had to ride the horse to an archer's yard and use a crossbow to shoot one arrow into a bull's eye to receive their next clue. If they ran out of arrows, they had to ride the horse back to retrieve more arrows.
Airdate: 20 July 2012
This leg's Detour was a choice between Biển Xanh (Blue Sea) or Suối Đỏ (Red Stream). In Blue Sea, teams traveled to Mui Ne Beach and had to paddle out to sea in round basket boats and retrieve one of five keys hidden inside 500 ml of bottles of Sting. In Red Stream, teams traveled to the house of Dia and had to load 100 coconuts onto a cattle-drawn carriage and deliver them to the Fairy Stream (Suối Tiên) without dropping any to receive their next clue.
In this leg's Roadblock, one team member had to ride a dune buggy across the nearby sand dunes and follow a marked course, searching for their next clue in one of twenty pots in the sand.
Airdate: 27 July 2012
This leg's first Detour was a choice between Nóng (Hot) or Lạnh (Cold). In Hot, teams had to travel to a pepper farm, where they had to separate all of the fresh pepper seeds from a pile of dried pepper seeds. In Cold, teams traveled to an Ice Factory (Phân Xưởng Nước Đá) where they would find their next clue frozen in a block of ice. They had to use only an ice cream scoop to hack away at the ice to get their clue.
In this leg's first Roadblock, one team member had to guide a key through a rope maze. After extracting the key, they had to pull on a rope to pull a heavy wooden crate out of the sea and use the key to unlock it. Inside, they would find three photographs. They would finally have to search the beach for three parts of a map, which identified the location of the Chez Carole Resort.
Airdate: 3 August 2012
This season's final Detour was a choice between Mát Mắt (Eyes) or Mát Tai (Ears). In Eyes, teams had to travel to the Martial Arts Training Center and learn and perform a series of martial arts moves to the satisfaction of a master to receive their clue. In Ears, teams had to travel to the University of Film and Theater and learn and perform the Cải lương play Lan and Diep to receive their next clue.
In this leg's second Roadblock, one team member had to perform three circus acts in any order of balancing on a balancing board for three minutes, spinning three hula hoops without dropping any for another three minutes and successfully performing a flying trapeze to receive their next clue.
Airdate: 10 August 2012
In this leg's first Roadblock, one team member had to climb up to the top of a stack of large shipping container and then balance across a thin metal beam to the top of another stack to receive their next clue.
In this season's final Roadblock, the team member who did not perform the previous Roadblock had to perform a two-minute action hero stunt. They had to outrun two men on motorcycles and use a stunt trampoline to climb over a shipping container. They then had to climb a rope ladder to a container suspended above the ground, where they would have to engage in a stunt fight. Finally, they would have to jump through a fake wall and fall onto a cushion to receive their final clue.
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