The Amazing Race Season 36 Episode 09 Description
Barbados → Dominican Republic
My Precious Cacao
Locations
Flight: Bridgetown → Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic
Imbert (Puente Peatonal Saltos Damajagua) Pit Start
Imbert (27 Charcos de la Damajagua) Roadblock: “Who can see the writing on the wall?”
Altamira (Don Manuel’s Finca de Cacao)
Altamira (Estadio Bartolo Colón) Roadblock: “Who wants to play ball?”
Puerto Plata (Paseo de Doña Blanca)
Puerto Plata (Anfiteatro de Puerto Plata) Pit Stop: Leg 9
Episode summary
During the Pit Stop, teams were flown to Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic. Teams departed from the Puente Peatonal Saltos Damajagua in Imbert in groups 15 minutes apart based on the order of their arrival at the previous Pit Stop and had to travel on foot to their next clue at the 27 Charcos de la Damajagua.
Roadblock: “Who can see the writing on the wall?” In this leg’s first Roadblock, one team member had to navigate through a series of waterfalls, memorize ten Taíno petroglyph symbols, and arrange them in chronological order in order to receive their next clue.
After the first Roadblock, teams were driven to their next clue at Don Manuel’s Finca de Cacao in Altamira. There, teams had to harvest cacao pods, remove the cocoa seeds, and cover a tarp with the seeds in order to receive their next clue, which directed teams to Estadio Bartolo Colón.
Roadblock: “Who wants to play ball?” In this leg’s second Roadblock, one team member had to complete three baseball drills – catching and tossing a ground ball to first base, catching a flyball in center field, and playing vitilla by hitting a bottle cap with a broomstick 25 feet – in order to receive their next clue from former MLB pitcher Bartolo Colón.
After the second Roadblock, teams had to travel by taxi to Paseo de Doña Blanca in Puerto Plata and find their next clue, which directed them to the Pit Stop: the Anfiteatro de Puerto Plata.
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The Amazing Race Show Description
The Amazing Race is an American adventure reality game show in which 11 or 12 teams of two race around the world (except the Family edition which featured 10 teams of four). The race is split into legs, with each leg requiring teams to deduce clues, navigate themselves in foreign areas, interact with locals, perform physical and mental challenges, and travel by airplane, boat, taxi, and other public transportation options on a limited budget provided by the show. Teams are progressively eliminated at the end of most legs, while the first team to arrive at the end of the final leg wins the grand prize of US$1 million. As the original version of the Amazing Race franchise, the CBS program has been running since September 2001. Numerous international versions have been developed following the same core structure, while the American version is also broadcast to several other countries.
The show was created by Elise Doganieri and Bertram van Munster, who, along with Jonathan Littman, serve as executive producers. The show is produced by Earthview Inc. (headed by Doganieri and van Munster), Jerry Bruckheimer Television for CBS Studios and ABC Signature (divisions of ViacomCBS and The Walt Disney Company, respectively). The series has been hosted by veteran New Zealand television personality Phil Keoghan since its inception.
Since the inception of the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Reality-Competition Program in 2003, The Amazing Race has won it ten out of fifteen times; the show has also won other awards and commendations. Although it has moved around several prime time slots since its inception, the program has averaged about 10 million viewers per season.
The series was renewed for a 33rd season, but filming on the season was suspended in February 2020 after three episodes due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[2] With new COVID-19 precautions in place, the race completed filming from September to October 2021, and is set to premiere on January 5, 2022
