

Four teams checked in during this penalty time, dropping them to 8th.

The two returned to the Big Brother house three years later on the thirty-third episode of Big Brother 16, where they got engaged. Jordan & Jeff competed on Big Brother 13 a year after this season. They raced again in The Amazing Race: All Stars. Jet & Cord raced again in The Amazing Race: Unfinished Business. Other racers included cowboys, detectives, a lesbian couple, high school sweethearts, and the show's first Asian married couple. 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.
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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. Filming took place in November and December 2009. Semi-finalist interviews were held in August 2009 and the final casting interviews took place in Los Angeles in September and October 2009. The next leg featured Bao Xishun, the world's tallest man at the time, as the Pit Stop greeter in Shanghai.Īpplications were originally due on July 10, 2009, but the deadline was extended. The tenth episode was dedicated to He Pingping, who appeared giving clues to the teams after the episode's first Roadblock. Leg 9 featured an appearance from Allan Wu, the host of The Amazing Race Asia and China Rush. 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. Leg 4 featured an Intersection for the first time since season 11. 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. Production crews were reported in Singapore, particularly in the Bugis area and the Singapore Flyer. Filming of the show also was reported in Bariloche, Argentina, and Germany.

Racers checked into a pit stop in Puerto Varas, Chile, on December 2, 2009. Racers were observed leaving Los Angeles International Airport on November 28, 2009. The sixteenth season spanned 40,000 miles (64,000 km) across five continents and nine countries, including a first-time visit to the Seychelles.

The mountainous Chilean town of Valparaíso was the first destination in the 16th season of The Amazing Race after teams started off at Vista Hermosa Natural Park in Los Angeles.
