The Amazing Race 4 was the fourth installment of the popular reality television show on US television, The Amazing Race. It premiered on May 29, 2003 and ended on August 21, 2003. In 2004, this installment of the race won the series its second consecutive Primetime Emmy Award for "Outstanding Reality-Competition Program."
} *Red means the team was eliminated. *Blue means the team was the last to arrive at a pit stop in a non-elimination leg of the race. *Green means the team won the Fast Forward clue. ** Reichen & Chip had arrived 2nd, but they chose to drive to the pit stop and therefore received a 35 minute penalty. *° Although David and Jeff were in third place at the end of the episode, they did not finish the race.
* At the time the show was filmed and broadcast, same-sex marriage was not legally recognized anywhere in the United States. Reichen and Chip were never legally married under U.S. law, though they were married in a religious ceremony; CBS decided to honor their description of themselves as "married" for the purposes of the show. * A record seven Fast Forwards were handed out (including the first five legs of the race), only one of which was sought by more than one team. * At six (aired), Tian holds the record for most Roadblock tasks performed by a contestant whose teammate did not perform any. * Although they are the third team overall not to finish a leg in first place immediately following the Fast Forward, the NFL Wives (Monica and Sheree) are the first team to use it and finish neither first nor last. They finished in fourth.
Pre-Race
* Redundant names were a theme in this edition of the Race. There were 3 Steves, 2 Jons, a David and a Dave, and a Sheree and a Jaree. In addition, this is the second season to feature a Cindy ("Cyndi" on season 2) and a Russell on the same team.
In-Race
* Reichen and Chip were not planning on taking the Fast Forward task in the Sepilok Orangutan Sanctuary in Leg 9. However, since they had unintentionally traveled in that direction, they decided to complete the route. Jon and Kelly were trying for the green pass (color of the Fast Forward indicator) but had to go back to complete the Detour and the Roadblock, barely beating out Chuck and Millie for a final four berth. * On Leg 13, David and Jeff made a mistake in flying into Sydney to get flights to Hawaii. There were none until the next day, which put them so far behind that they did not reach the Finish Line. This is the second time this a team hasn't crossed the finish line, the first time being Joe and Bill in season 1. *Three legs had 36 hour Pit Stops, which occurred after Leg 3 in Gmunden, Austria; Leg 5 in Muiden, Netherlands; and Leg 7 in Alleppey, India. There were also two 24 hour Pit Stops, after Leg 9 in Sepilok, Malaysia and after Leg 11 in Brisbane, Australia.
Post-Race
* After the race, Reichen & Chip "divorced" but still remained friends. After winning Reichen started a career in modelling, selling his own semi-nude annual calendar. Reichen hosted "The Reichen Show" on the now-defunct Q Television. Reichen also was a contestant on "Reality Stars Fear Factor." He finished in sixth place. * In July, 2006, Lance Bass announced that Reichen and he are in a long-term relationship.
Individual prizes were awarded to the first team to complete a leg. *Leg 1 - A vacation to Hawaii provided by American Airlines website. *Leg 5 - A seven-day Mexican Rivera cruise vacation on Royal Caribbean. *Leg 6 - A seven-night cruise to Hubbard Glacier on Royal Caribbean. *Leg 7 - A seven-night cruise vacation to the Western Caribbean on Royal Caribbean. *Leg 8 - A vacation to Mexico, compliments of American Airlines website. *Leg 9 - A festive Latin American vacation courtesy of American Airlines website. *Leg 10 - A Caribbean vacation, courtesy of American Airlines website. *Leg 11 - A vacation to Mexico courtesy of American Airlines website. *Leg 12 - A vacation to Europe compliments of American Airlines Website. *Leg 13 - $1,000,000
The Detour choices in this leg were Strong Hands or Strong Stomach. In Strong Hands, teams had to go to a local Tae Kwon Do school and break three boards before being receiving their clue. In Strong Stomach, teams had to go to a restaraunt where they had order and eat a Korean delicacy. What they didn't know until it was given to them is that the delicacy was a large bowl of live octopi.
