The Amazing Race Vietnam 2013

The Amazing Race Vietnam
Cuộc đua kỳ thú 2013
Season run 26 July – 18 October 2013
Filming dates June 2013
No. of episodes 12
Winning team Diệp Lâm Anh & Thu Hiền
Continents visited 1
Countries visited 2
Provinces visited 6
Cities visited 2
No. of legs 6
Season Chronology
Season 1 ◄ Chronology ► Season 3

The Amazing Race Vietnam: Cuộc đua kỳ thú 2013 is the second season of the reality television game show, The Amazing Race Vietnam. It will feature nine teams of two in a race around Vietnam for 300 million₫.

The program will premiere on 26 July on VTV3 and will air every Friday (20:00 UTC+7)

The host for the second season is Huy Khánh, replacing Dustin Nguyen who directed and hosted the first season.

Model and singer Thu Hiền & Diệp Lâm Anh were the winners of the second season of The Amazing Race Vietnam: Cuộc đua kỳ thú.

Production

The Reunification Palace in Ho Chi Minh City was the starting line of the second season of The Amazing Race Vietnam

Development and filming

Filming for this show began in June 2013. This season was also the first time the show had teams travelling outside Vietnam.

Cast

This season was a celebrity edition featuring many celebrities who were chosen to race on the show. The cast was announced on 6 June.[1]

After being eliminated, Tiến Đạt proposed to Hari and she accepted.

Marketing

The show is sponsored by Sting Energy Drink.

Results

The following teams participated in the Race, 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.

Team Relationship Position (by leg) Roadblocks
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Diệp Lâm Anh & Thu Hiền Singer/Model 6th2 3rd 1st 6th 2nd 3rd 2nd 1st 1st 2nd 2nd10 1st Diệp Lâm Anh 7, Thu Hiền 6
Linh Chi & Nhan Phúc Vinh Office Worker/Actor 1st 2nd 2nd 1st 4th 1st 4th7 3rd 4th 1stƒ 1stε9 2nd11 Linh Chi 5, Nhan Phúc Vinh 79
Đức Hưng & Thùy Dung Office Worker/Tennis Player 7th 7th3 5th 3rd 1st 5th6 3rd 4th⊂ 3rd 3rd 3rd 3rd12 Đức Hưng 712, Thùy Dung 7
Hari & Tiến Đạt Student/Rapper 4th 1st 3rd 2nd 3rd 2nd 1st 2nd⊃ 2nd 4th 4th10 Hari 5, Tiến Đạt 7
Đoàn Mạnh & Linh Sơn Real Estate Broker/Actor 3rd1 4th 7th 5th 6th 4th 5th8 5th Đoàn Mạnh 4, Linh Sơn 4
Anh Tuấn & Thanh Hoa Models 5th 8th 4th 4th 5th 6th Anh Tuấn 5, Thanh Hóa 1
Pha Lê & Hà Việt Dũng Singer/Actor 8th 6th 6th 7th 7th5 Pha Lê 2, Hà Việt Dũng 3
Kim Lee & Pharreal Phương DJs 2nd 5th 8th Kim Lee 1, Pharreal Phương 2
S.T & Lâm Hùng Phong Singer/Stuntman 9th 9th4 S.T 2, Lâm Hùng Phong 0
  1. ^ Đoàn Mạnh & Linh Sơn initially arrived 3rd, but were issued a 5-minute penalty for not getting the clue from BHD Cinema. This did not affect their placement.
  2. ^ Diệp Lâm Anh & Thu Hiền initially arrived 4th, but were issued a 15-minute penalty for trading bowls of beef noodles at Food Creative; 2 teams checked-in during the penalty time, dropping them to 6th.
  3. ^ Thùy Dung & Đức Hưng initially arrived 7th, but were issued a 15-minute penalty for tracing number of beans on the dirt. This did not affect their placement.
  4. ^ S.T & Lâm Hùng Phong initially arrived 8th, but were issued a 30-minute penalty for not arrive 1st (since they were marked for elimination on the previous leg). During this time, 2 teams were able to check in and S.T & Lâm Hùng Phong were eliminated before the 30 minutes elapsed.
  5. ^ Pha Lê was unable to complete the Roadblock on leg 5, and were issued a 4-hour penalty. Already in last, they were eliminated at the site of the Roadblock.
  6. ^ Đức Hưng & Thùy Dung initially arrived 2nd, but were issued a 15-minute penalty for not receiving help from local people to complete additional task. During this time, 3 teams were able to check in dropping them into 5th place.
  7. ^ Linh Chi & Nhan Phúc Vinh initially arrived 2nd, but had lost their Roadblock clue. They were required to go and retrieve it before being allowed to check in.
  8. ^ Linh Sơn & Đoàn Mạnh received a 30-minute penalty before departing on the 8th leg of the race because they wrote down numbers during the step-counting challenge, which was explicitly forbidden in the clue.
  9. ^ Linh Chi & Nhan Phúc Vinh used the Express Pass to bypass the Roadblock in Leg 11. Before using the Express Pass, Nhan Phúc Vinh elected to perform the Roadblock, and this is reflected in the total Roadblock count.
  10. ^ Diệp Lâm Anh & Thu Hiền and Hari & Tiến Đạt elected not to eat the foul-tasting stew and both received a 45-minute penalty.
  11. ^ Phúc Vinh & Linh Chi initially arrived 1st at the Finish Line, but were issued three 10-minute penalties. One was for using notes during the calligraphy challenge, and two were for violating traffic laws. The team instructed their taxi drivers to drive the wrong way down a one-way street, and also to drive through a red light. During this mean time, Thu Hiền & Diệp Anh checked in and were declared the winners of the race.
  12. ^ Đức Hưng was unable to complete the Roadblock due to injuring his hands, and so Thùy Dung was permitted to complete it for him. Since they checked in 3rd, no penalty was given to them for this.

Prizes

Race Summary

Destinations Air travel    Rail travel    Water travel    Bus travel
Route Markers Lựa chọn kép (Detour)    Vượt rào (Roadblock)    Nhảy cóc (Fast Forward)   Rào cản (U-Turn)    Về đích (Pit Stop)

Leg 1 (Ho Chi Minh City)

Full Route

Airdate: 26 July 2013

In this leg's Roadblock, one team member must enter room number 1 in BHD Cinema Icon 68 to find the clue which is hidden under a seat. In this leg's Detour, teams chose between Đường Phố (Streets) and Sân Khấu (Stages). In Streets, teams had to sells 500,000 dong worth of peanut taffy (kẹo kéo) from a taffy stall in front of Ben Thanh Market for their next clue. In Stages, teams had to sing while standing in four boxes full of worms, caterpillars, swamp-eels, ice cubes and put their head into a box full of rats for each song for their next clue if approved.

Additional tasks

Leg 2 (Ho Chi Minh City → Cà Mau)

For the second leg of the race, the Pit Stop was located at Cape Cà Mau, the southernmost of Vietnam

Airdate: 2 August 2013

In this leg's Detour, teams chose between Ngư vụ (Fishery) and Nông vụ (Crop). In Fishery, teams had to catch 20 fish in a pond and cook it for their next clue. In Crop, teams had to properly separate and count the soya beans and moon beans for their next clue if approved. In this leg's Roadblock, one team member must put a python on their neck and walk up the stairs to the top of the observatory.

Additional tasks

Leg 3 (Cà Mau → Đồng Nai → Bình Thuận)

For the third leg of the race, the Pit Stop was located at the Mũi Né beach

Airdate: 9 August 2013

In this Detour, teams had to choose between Cỏ (Grass) and Sữa (Milk). In Grass, teams had to cut 20 kg of pasture grass and take it to feed the cows. In Milk, teams had to 2 liters of milk from the cows. In this leg's Roadblock, one team member had to paraglide down the hills of Mui Yen to a target on the ground.

Additional tasks

Leg 4 (Khánh Hòa)

Most of the tasks in Leg 4 took place in the city of Nha Trang.

Airdate: 16 August 2013

In this leg's Roadblock, one team member had to snorkel in the water and search for an underwater coconut with the next location inside. In this leg's Detour, teams had to choose between Cá (Fish) and Chim (Birds). In Fish, teams had to pick up a tied up crocodile and deliver it on foot across the ecotourism zone to a marked hut to get their next clue. In Birds, teams had to ride an ostrich around a marked course while holding a glass of Sting energy drink with only one hand. If they spilled less than the designated line on the glass, they would get their next clue.

Additional tasks

Leg 5 (Khánh Hòa → Đắk Lắk → Đắk Nông)

Airdate: 23 August 2013

The Đray Nur Waterfall served as the site of the Roadblock in Leg 5 of the race.

In this Detour, teams had to choose between Cây (Tree) and Đất (Soil). In Tree, teams had to count the number of coffee trees in a marked area. Using this number and following a selection of information, teams had to solve complex math problems to determine how much raw coffee seeds, dried coffee seeds, processed coffee seeds and coffee powder could be created with this amount of trees. In Soil, teams had to use an old cart to transport 250 unbroken bricks along a bumpy road. In the Roadblock, one team member had to swim up river to the base of the waterfall and then climb a rope ladder to the top. After getting their clue, they would rappel back down and reunite with their partner.

Additional tasks

Leg 6 (Đắk Nông → Quảng Nam → Da Nang)

Airdate: 30 August 2013

Upon arriving in Da Nang, teams were told to go to the Mỹ Sơn Ruins in Quảng Nam.

In this leg's Roadblock, one team member had to dive to the bottom of a swimming pool and use a set of keys to unlock some boxes. Once they found a bottle of Sting Energy Drink, they could bring it up to the surface. They then were lifted by pulley up to the building's roof, where they had to throw the bottle into a basket. Teams had 1 minute 30 seconds to complete the diving portion, and 1 minute to complete the throwing portion. If either of these time limits expired, teams had to move to the back of the queue. In the Detour, teams chose between Tháp Cao (High Tower) and Hầm Sâu (Deep Tunnels). In High Tower, teams had to take a cable car to the highest point of the Bà Nà Hills, where they would enter a castle. They had to climb up thousands of spiraling stairs and take five boards with random numbers one at a time back to the bottom of the stairs so that they came to an exact total of 20 000. In Deep Tunnels, teams traveled by cable car to the largest wine cellar in Da Nang and had search among thousands of wine bottles for one with a race flag attached to it. During this Detour task, one leg of each team member would be tied together.

Additional tasks

Leg 7 (Quảng Bình)

Airdate: 6 September 2013

The Đồng Hới Citadel served as the starting line in Leg 7 of the race.

In this leg's Roadblock, one team member had to build a traditional broom from scratch.

Additional tasks

Leg 8 (Quảng Bình)

Airdate: 13 September 2013

For the Eight Leg of the Race, teams visited the Phong Nha-Kẻ Bàng National Park in Quảng Bình.

In this leg's Detour, teams had to choose between Học (Learn) and Thực Hành (Practice). In Học, teams would have to teach a young child from the village (who did not speak Vietnamese very well) to write out a short Vietnamese poem with good handwriting. In Thực Hành, teams had to carry a bucket down to the river, fill it up, and then water some plants to the satisfaction of a local. In this leg's Roadblock, one team member had to eat a serving of unpleasant-tasting food, including specially-prepared rice, fish and sauce.

Additional tasks

Leg 9 (Quảng Bình → Singapore)

Airdate: 20 September 2013

Teams visited Singapore for this leg of the race. They were instructed to get their first clue at the Merlion Park, overlooking the Merlion Statue.

In the first Roadblock, one team member had to properly complete a flight simulation training exercise to receive their next clue. In the second Roadblock, one team member will experience a skydiving simulation inside of a vertical wind tunnel and had to successfully rise to the top of the tunnel.

Additional tasks

Leg 10 (Singapore → Hanoi → Hai Phong)

The Monkey Island in Cát Bà served as the 10th pit stop of the race.

Airdate: 27 September 2013

In the race's only Fast Forward, both team members had to completely shave each other's heads. They then had to travel to Cát Cò Beach 3, where they had to stand outside of a box in the sand and headbutt a volleyball to each other five times without letting it touch the ground. In this leg's Roadblock, one team member had to rock climb up the sheer face of a cliff to retrieve a bottle of Sting from inside a basket, retrieving three eggs from baskets along the way.

Additional tasks

Leg 11 (Hai Phong → Lào Cai)

Teams visited the Stone Church in Sa Pa during Leg 11 of the race.

Airdate: 4 October 2013

In this Roadblock, one team member had to properly sew an intricate floral pattern onto traditional clothing using a needle and thread. In this Detour, teams chose between Động Vật (Animal) and Thực Vật (Plants). In Animal, teams had to chase after a tiny piglet with a number attached and corral it into the corresponding pen. They could not touch it or bribe it with food. In Plants, teams had to use a carabao to plow a marked section of a muddy field.

Additional tasks

Leg 12 (Lào Cai → Hanoi)

Imperial Citadel of Thăng Long, the world heritage of which the Flag Tower of Hanoi formed its part, served as the finish line for the second season of The Amazing Race Vietnam

Airdate: 18 October 2013

In this Detour, teams had to choose between Water Puppet (Múa Rối Nước) and Library (Thư Viện) In Water Puppet, teams had to learn how to perform a water puppet performance and present it to a panel of judges. In Library, teams received a partially filled key for pigpen cipher and had to use this to translate a series of codes, which they had to use to retrieve certain books from the shelves of the library. In this leg's Roadblock, one team member had to participate in a firefighting training exercise. They would use a rope to climb up a building, shimmy around a ledge, and then ascend to the top. There, they would 'rescue' their partner and use the ladder-equipped fire truck to bring them down to safety.

Additional tasks

References

  1. ↑ http://vtv.vn/Truyen-hinh/Cuoc-Dua-Ky-Thu-2013-Phien-ban-Nguoi-noi-tieng/71210.vtv
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