Amazing Race 10

Congratulations to Tyler Denk and James Branaman! The male models overcame fierce competition, a wide variety of challenges and obstacles, and their inner demons to win AMAZING RACE 10.

From the preview for the Fall schedule, "Restricted plane travel and strict budgets" occasionally forced teams in AMAZING RACE 10 to strategize in different ways from past races. Certainly the promise of twists, turns, and surprises, kept in Episodes 1 3, 8, and 11, kept the Teams on their toes, not always knowing what to expect. Some of the episodes stood out as especially good viewing, particularly Episode 4, Ha Long Bay, Vietnam, for the difficulty of communication with locals, the rock climbing Roadblock, and the rough water rowing in the Detour, and the more intense emotions displayed by the Racers. The places visited also had emotional weight for both viewers and team members, such as the McCain flight suit at the former prison in Hanoi called the "Hanoi Hilton" by American POWs, the Kuwait segment, so close to war-torn Iraq, and the Roadblock featuring Omaha Beach in Normandy. The Finale was well paced, even though it lacked the expected length, just one hour, and lacked the closeness of competition in the latter stages. The AMAZING RACE 10 aired with the new CBS fall lineup in September, on yet another day and time, Sundays at 8 Eastern time. The challenge with Sundays is NFL football in the fall pushing back the air times from minutes to nearly an hour for the doubleheader weeks, making it harder on viewers and on those trying to catch episodes later on tape or DVR.

As the AMAZING RACE 11 airs after the Superbowl, it should be at the regular starting time for all episodes. AMAZING RACE 11, scheduled to air starting in February, will be the long rumored All Stars edition. Filming has begun and a cast list of the All Stars should appear shortly.

The cast of twelve teams for Amazing Race 10 was revealed on July 15, 2006. A 90 minute episode, the first show aired at an approximate time of 8:30PM Eastern/Pacific, on Sunday, September 17.

If you missed it, see my thoughts on Episode One and my outlook for Episode Two, aired September 24.

If you missed it, see my thoughts on Episode Two and my outlook for Episode Three, aired October 1 at 8PM Eastern/Pacific, or after 60 Minutes, if delayed by NFL football.

If you missed it, see my thoughts on Episode Three and my outlook for Episode Four, aired October 8 at 8PM Eastern/Pacific.

If you missed it, see my thoughts on the emotionally charged Episode Four and my outlook for Episode Five, aired October 15 at 8PM Eastern/Pacific, or after 60 Minutes, if delayed by NFL football.

If you missed it, see my thoughts on Episode Five and my outlook for Episode Six, aired October 22 at 8PM Eastern/Pacific.

If you missed it, see my thoughts on Episode Six and my outlook for Episode Seven, aired October 29 at 8PM Eastern/Pacific, or after 60 Minutes, if delayed by NFL football.

If you missed it, see my thoughts on Episode Seven and my outlook for Episode Eight, aired November 5 at 8PM Eastern/Pacific, or after 60 Minutes, if delayed by NFL football.

If you missed it, see my thoughts on Episode Eight and my outlook for Episode Nine, aired November 12 at 8PM Eastern/Pacific, or after 60 Minutes, if delayed by NFL football.

If you missed it, see my thoughts on Episode Nine and my outlook for Episode Ten, aired November 19 at 8PM Eastern/Pacific, or after 60 Minutes, if delayed by NFL football.

If you missed it, see my thoughts on Episode Ten and my outlook for Episode Eleven, aired November 26 at 8PM Eastern/Pacific, or after 60 Minutes, if delayed by NFL football.

If you missed it, see my thoughts on Episode Eleven and my outlook for Episode Twelve, aired December 3 at 8PM Eastern/Pacific, or after 60 Minutes, if delayed by NFL football.

If you missed it, see my thoughts on Episode Twelve and my outlook for the Season Finale, aired December 10 at 8PM Pacific, or after 60 Minutes in the Eastern time zone, delayed by NFL football about 20 minutes.

See my my thoughts on the Season Finale, aired December 10.

Additionl information: David Conley had made it to Round Two in consideration for the Survivor series on CBS. The producers had been interested in him as a coalminer, but passed his name along to the producers of Amazing Race, who then contacted David to see if he would want to appear in an upcoming Amazing Race. Source: The FINISH LINE, November 6, 2006.

With more information and pictures of the 12 teams, Reality TV World had the most complete report on the cast announcement.

The CBS Amazing Race 10 site features short descriptions of the teams and pre-show interview videos, details of each episode, and the FINISH LINE, live each Monday after Race episodes. Watch on Sunday evenings for the 2006 winner of the Emmy award for Best Reality Show, The Amazing Race!

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