Leg 1 (China → Hong Kong → United States) , teams searched for their next clue in
Times Square. Airdate: October 17, 2014 •
Shenzhen, Guangdong (
OCT East) (Starting Line) • Shenzhen (Luohu Stadium) •
Hong Kong (
Hong Kong International Airport) →
New York City, United States (
John F. Kennedy International Airport) • New York City (
Times Square) • New York City (Theatre Circle) • New York City (
Grand Army Plaza) • New York City (
East River Park or
Lombardi's Pizza) • New York City (
Tompkins Square Park) • New York City (Hollywood Stunts NYC) • New York City (
Brooklyn Bridge Park) In this series' first Roadblock, one team member had photograph themselves kissing three of the following kinds of people with a
polaroid camera outside the
Plaza Hotel – (1) a lady with white hair; (2) a person with a child in a stroller; (3) someone of the opposite gender wearing a wedding ring; (4) someone lying on the ground; (5) someone holding a briefcase – and exchange them with a photographer for their next clue. This series' first Detour was a choice between 好身体 (
Hǎo Shēntǐ – Good Body) or 好记性 (
Hǎo Jìxìng – Good Memory). In Good Body, teams traveled to the East River Park and have to participate in American Football. Teams have to dress in football gear, then run through a series of tires without falling over, push past a gauntlet of football players, and then kick a football over a group of players. Once teams scored a goal, they could receive their next clue. In Good Memory, teams made their way to Lombardi's Pizza. Teams then chose a series of three pizza orders and had to memorise the addresses of three different locations and carry all three orders at once through the streets to deliver them in exchange for receipts. Once they got all three receipts, they could exchange those for the next clue. In this leg's second Roadblock, one team member, regardless of who performed the previous Roadblock, was tied up into a
straitjacket. After being hung upside-down at a height of four storeys, they had to free themselves before climbing to a platform and jumping onto a soft landing pad before receiving their next clue. ;Additional tasks • At OCT East, teams had to search among 50 balloons for one of a total of eight car keys attached to them. Once they got a key, teams have to pick up one of the
Infiniti Q50 and would reveal their next destination played on the Infiniti's video screen: Luohu Stadium. • At Luohu Stadium, teams have to search a taxi and a driver who would take teams to the
Hong Kong airport, where teams would reserve one of two flights to
New York, departing at 4:10 pm and 6:45 pm, respectively. • At Times Square, teams have to look up through many electronic billboards for the one that would display their next location "Theatre Circle, 268 West 44th Street", flashing every three minutes. • At Theatre Circle, teams would pick up a souvenir keychain with a number determining the order that they would enter the store starting at 9.00 am the following morning. There, teams searched the store for their next clue. • At Tompkins Square Parks, teams had to search a red and yellow hot dog stall and eat four different kinds of
hot dogs to receive their next clue from the vendor.
Leg 2 (United States) , racers had to ride a
mechanical bull in order to receive their next clue. • Episode 2 (24 October 2014) • Eliminated: Bai Jugang & Guan Xiaotong ;Locations •
New York City (
1 Lexington Avenue) • New York City (
John F. Kennedy International Airport) →
Dallas (
Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport) •
Fort Worth (
Fort Worth Stockyards – Intersection of Exchange Avenue & Main Street) • Fort Worth (Cross Eyed Moose Antiques
Billy Bob's Texas) • Fort Worth (Fort Worth Stockyards – Water Tower) • Fort Worth (Fort Worth Stockyards – Cowtown Cattlepen Maze) •
Cleburne (Mainstay Farm) •
Grandview (Farm) • Grandview (Beaumont Ranch) • Grandview (Beaumont Ranch – Bell House) ;Episode summary • At the start of this leg, teams were instructed to fly to
Dallas and then travel to the
Fort Worth Stockyards for their next clue. • This leg's Detour was a choice between Snap ( – ) or Stomp ( – ). In Snap, teams had to find eight antique photographs outside of Cross Eyed Moose Antiques. They had to memorize the details of one of these photographs and then dress up exactly as the subjects in the photograph before recreating the pose for a photographer. If the photograph was taken perfectly, teams would get their next clue; otherwise, teams had to completely remove their costumes before trying again. In Stomp, teams had to find
Billy Bob's Texas, dress in
cowboy attire and then learn and perform a
line dance before receiving their next clue. • After the Detour, teams had to find a water tower, where one team member had to ride a
mechanical bull for 45 seconds without falling off before receiving their next clue. • For their Speed Bump, Bai Jugang & Guan Xiaotong had to go into the giant maze to find the four letters that spell out "MAZE" before they could continue racing. • In this leg's first Roadblock, one team member had to choose an
armadillo, place it into the playing area of a field and then guide it towards a goal by blowing onto it or luring it with worms before receiving their next clue. • After the first Roadblock, teams were brought to a farm in
Grandview. There, teams have to roll over several hay bales until they found one that had their next clue beneath. Teams then had to travel to Beaumont Ranch. • In this leg's second Roadblock, the team member who did not perform the previous Roadblock had to ride a zip line over the ranch and spot six pictures along the ground. They then had to choose the same pictures from a set of pictures and arrange them in chronological order (Kiss Print, Hot Dogs, Brooklyn Bridge, Mechanical Horse Rider, Armadillo and Hay Bales) before receiving their next clue. • After the second Roadblock, teams were given a map of the ranch and a compass and had to navigate the grounds to find the Pit Stop at Bell House. ;Additional note • After this leg concluded, teams returned to
China.
Leg 3 (India) , racers had to search through a group of
Holi festival goers. Airdate: October 31, 2014 •
Delhi, India (Hotel) • Delhi (
Qutb Minar) • Delhi (
Ghazipur Market) •
Noida (
Eagle Films Studio) • Delhi (
New Friends Colony Community Market – Jitender Rajasthani Mehandi Wala) • Delhi (
Defence Colony Club Sport Complex) • Delhi (
Humayun's Tomb) This leg's Detour was a choice between 鱼儿欢 (
Yú Ér Huān – Happy Fish) or 花儿香 (
Huā Er Xiāng – Sweet Flower). In Happy Fish, teams had to find market stall #25 and catch live fish and put them into a basket. They then had to transport this basket of fish to stall #63 while carrying it on their head. Once 25 fish were delivered, teams would receive their next clue. In Sweet Flower, teams had to recreate a traditional Indian flower garland using 178 flowers that matched an example to receive their next clue. In this leg's Roadblock, one team member had to search a crowd of people for one of seven people that was assigned to their team, all while people were participating in a
Holi celebration by throwing coloured dyes at each other and the racers, to receive their next clue. ;Additional tasks • At the start of the leg, teams were given a photograph of a green
auto rickshaw and were told to travel by one to Qutb Minar. Along the way, teams had to learn the
Hindi word for "hello" ("
Namaste") and greet a woman there to receive their next clue. • After finishing the Detour, teams had to search the grounds of the market to find the U-Turn board and their next clue. • At Eagle Films Studio, teams had to learn and perform a
Bollywood movie dance routine and recite dialog in Hindi to the satisfaction of the director to receive their next clue. • At the New Friends Colony market, teams were given a
henna tattoo and had to figure out that the next location was written on their hand in Sanskrit.
Leg 4 (India) while racing through
Jaipur. Airdate: November 7, 2014 •
Delhi (
Indira Gandhi International Airport) →
Jaipur (
Jaipur Airport) • Jaipur (
Jantar Mantar) • Jaipur (Cricket Stadium) • Jaipur (Jaipur Neighbourhood) • Jaipur (
Chaugan Stadium) • Jaipur (Jhamundas Girdhari Temple or Balaji Pottery) • Jaipur (
Hawa Mahal) •
Amber (
Amber Fort) In this leg's Roadblock, one team member had to hit at least one of six bowled cricket balls to receive their next clue. If racers were unable to hit any cricket balls, they had to relinquish their turn to other teams before they could try again. In this season's only Fast Forward, teams traveled to a small neighbourhood where had to make 50 traditional
dung cakes made of cow manure. The first team to complete the task would win the Fast Forward award. This leg's Detour was a choice between 慢下来 (
Màn Xià Lái – Slow Down) or 跑起来 (
Páo Qǐ Lái – Hurry Up). In Slow Down, teams made their way to the Jhamundas Girdhari Temple and had to learn a series of five
yoga poses. They then had to perform all five within two minutes, holding each one correctly for at least 10 seconds, to receive their next clue. In Run Up, teams made their way to Balaji Pottery where they would load pots onto a tricycle delivery device, and transport the pots onto only one tricycle to a specified address. Once teams managed to deliver at least 32 unbroken pots in one trip, they would receive the next clue; otherwise, they had to go back to Balaji Pottery and start over. ;Additional tasks • At Jantar Mantar, teams had to find from the 50 men wearing turbans for one of six that had their next clue hidden within their turban. If teams do not find one, teams have to rewrap the man's turban before they could continue searching. • Teams who didn't choose the Fast Forward had to travel to the Chaugan Stadium, where they had to search for entrance for their next clue. • At Hawa Mahal, teams had to search inside the fort for their next clue. • At Amber Fort, teams had to search the grounds for the Pit Stop.
Leg 5 (United Arab Emirates) , teams visited the
Madinat Jumeirah and
Burj Al Arab (background) for the last part of the leg. Airdate: November 14, 2014 •
Dubai, United Arab Emirates (
Jumeirah Al Qasr) • Dubai (
Burj Khalifa) • Dubai (
Mall of the Emirates –
Ski Dubai or
Dubai Autodrome) • Dubai (
Dubai Polo & Equestrian Club) •
Margham (Skydive Dubai) • Dubai (
Burj Al Arab) • Dubai (
Madinat Jumeirah) This leg's Detour choices were derived from the names of the popular films translated in Chinese, namely (
Bīngxuě Qíyuán –
Frozen) or (
Sùdù yǔ Jīqíng –
Fast and Furious). In
Frozen, teams made their way to Ski Dubai. They had to climb to the top of the ski hill, then alternating sliding a toboggan back down into a set of ten snowman-style bowling pins. Once they either score a strike, or both members scored a spare, they could receive the next clue. In
Fast and Furious, teams made their way to the Dubai Autodrome and drove an Infiniti Q50 around a course. They had to drive through a slalom of cones and then park in a designated space within 48-seconds, all without hitting any obstacles, to receive their next clue. For this series' first Versus, teams had to dress in either red or green polo attire and ride in camels to take part in camel polo. The first team to score three points would receive the next clue, while the losing team have to wait for another team before they could try again; the last team remaining had to wait for 15 minutes before they could continue racing. For their Speed Bump, Chen Xiaochun & Zheng Yijian had to paint a traditional Arabian face painting on each other before they could continue racing. In this leg's Roadblock, one team member had to tandem skydive with an instructor out of a plane 4,000 metres (13,000 ft) above the ground. Once they reunited with the other team member, they would receive their next clue. ;Additional tasks • At Burj Khalifa, teams had to search among four different kinds of plants on the first floor (
erect prickly pear,
spider lily,
American aloe,
bird of paradise), identify the plant which was the inspiration for the building's design, bring the pot up to the highest floor and give it to the judge. If teams gave the correct plant (spider lily), they would receive their next clue; otherwise, they had to go back down and pick another plant. • At Burj Al Arab, teams had to clean up a hotel room, using a model room as a reference, to the hotel's standards in order to receive their next clue.
Leg 6 (United Arab Emirates) was visited in this leg, which paid tribute to the Middle Eastern folk tale
Aladdin. Airdate: November 21, 2014 •
Abu Dhabi (Sharjah Aristocratic Villa) • Al Khatim (Arabian Nights Village) • Al Khatim (
Al Khatim Desert) • Al Khatim (Arabian Nights Village) •
Al Ain (Wadi Adventure) • Al Ain (
Al Jahili Fort) For their Speed Bump, Zhang Yueliang & Tielin had to go to the tiger pool and scoop all the plastic balls using the tools provided before they could continue racing. This leg's Detour was a choice between 火眼金睛 (
Huǒyǎn Jīnjīng – Sharp Eyes) or 满眼金星 (
Mǎnyǎn Jīnxīng – Seeing Stars). In Sharp Eyes, teams had to choose a board which had pictures of the eyes of five different Arabian women. Then, teams would be tied together by wristbands before they were allowed to go to the villa to search among 15 women to identify the five pictured and receive their next clue. In Seeing Stars, teams had to don dancing attire and spin continuously for 30 seconds. Then, teams had to stack eight clay vases on top of one another within 30 seconds to receive their next clue; otherwise, they had to start over from the dance and try again. In this leg's Roadblock, one team member had to use a meter detector to search a marked area in the sand for
Aladdin's lamp, which they had to retain for the rest of the leg, to receive their next clue. ;Additional tasks • At the start of the leg, teams had to perform a "tiger kiss" (touching their nose to a local adolescent tiger) to receive their first clue. • At the Arabian Nights Village, teams rode a camel into the bare sand dunes to search for their next clue. • After completing the Roadblock, teams had to following directions to go back to the village. There, teams encountered an Intersection, where two teams had to erect a traditional
Bedouin tent and prepare the interior properly to receive their next clue. After finishing the task, they were no longer Intersected. • At Wadi Adventure, teams had to ride a raft down at the artificial rapids in the park while grabbing all three coloured flags (red, yellow and blue) hanging above to receive their next clue. Only two teams were allowed in the pool, and each team were given three attempts to complete; if they were unable to complete the task, they had to relinquish the spot to other teams before they could start over.
Leg 7 (Greece) , teams visited
Zappeion for this leg. Airdate: November 28, 2014 •
Athens, Greece (Athens Ledra Hotel) • Athens (Athens Antiques Market) • Athens (
Zappeion) • Athens (
National Library of Greece or Poulaki Michail Park) • Athens (
Roman Agora) • Athens (Archeon Gefsis) • Athens (
Panathenaic Stadium) • Athens (
Olympieion) This leg's Detour was a choice between 智慧 (
Zhìhuì – Wisdom) or 勇气 (
Yǒngqì – Courage). In Wisdom, teams would have 30 seconds to memorize the
Archimedes' law written in Mandarin Chinese. They then had to correctly recite the law to an
Archimedes impersonator within 20 seconds to receive their next clue. In Courage, teams had to use a slingshot to launch watermelons towards a suit of armour standing away. For each round, teams would launch ten watermelons and had five rounds to knock the armour over and receive the next clue. If teams were unable to knock the armour within five rounds, they would have to do the Wisdom task. In this leg's Roadblock, one team member had to walk through an Ancient Greek dinner party. Afterwards, the racer had to correctly answer a question randomly chosen by the team member who did not participate in the Roadblock to receive their next clue. ;Additional tasks • At the Antiques Market, teams had to operate a spinning wheel to shape a clay basin to the satisfaction of the potter to receive their next clue. If teams were unable to shape the clay basin to the potter's satisfaction after six attempts, they had to serve a 15-minute penalty before they could continue racing. • At Zappeion, teams had to observe a series of living statues representing ancient Greek gods and goddesses (
Athena,
Apollo,
Poseidon and
Zeus), put up objects from a selection of props onto the corresponding statues (Zeus: Lightning Bolt, Poseidon: Trident, Apollo: Harp, Athena: Spear and Shield), and say "Please Come to Life" in Greek. Once teams placed the objects onto the correct statues, the statues would come to life to give teams their next clue. • At the Panathenaic Stadium, teams had to run around the track to receive their next clue.
Leg 8 (Greece) , including the town of
Fira. Airdate: December 5, 2014 •
Athens (
Athens International Airport) →
Kamari (
Santorini National Airport) •
Oia (Oia Church) •
Fira (Ellis Restaurant) • Fira (Porto Carra Cafe) •
Perissa (Perissa Beach) • Perissa (Demilmar Restaurant) •
Akrotiri (Remezzo Tavern) • Fira (Old Port) • Amoudi (
Amoudi Bay Dock) For their Speed Bump, Chen Yiru & Zhou Weitong both had to chop of onions before they could continue racing. In this leg's first Roadblock, one team member had to rock climb up a sheer cliff face on Perissa Beach to reach an
Amazing Race flag that they could trade for their next clue on the ground. This leg's Detour was a choice between 爱情海 (
Àiqíng Hǎi – Aegean Sea) or 忘情水 (
Wàngqíng Shuǐ – Love Potion). In Aegean Sea, one team member had to fill a bucket with water from the
Aegean Sea, stand in a designated area and toss the water to their partner, who was holding another bucket and had to pour the collected water into a container until it was full to receive their next clue. In Love Potion, teams had to stack seven cocktail glasses into a two-tier pyramid and then use a stack of mixing glasses to pour red and yellow cocktails into each glass simultaneously without mixing colors to receive their next clue. In this leg's second Roadblock, one team member, regardless of who performed the previous Roadblock, had to retrieve a key from a net, don scuba gear and dive down to a shipwreck, where they had to search among several treasure chests for one that they could unlock to retrieve their next clue. ;Additional tasks • At Santorini National Airport, teams were given a photograph depicting a church roof and had to figure out that their next clue was at Oia Church. • At Ellis Restaurant, teams had to choose a donkey, pack exactly 120 eggs into two baskets and deliver them to Porto Carra Cafe to receive their next clue. Teams would serve a 30-second penalty per every broken egg. • At Old Port, teams had to choose an Infiniti car and a driver, who would drive them to the Pit Stop.
Leg 9 (South Korea) , teams visited the famous
Gwanghwamun Plaza and convince to help a giant jumprope with the locals. Airdate: December 12, 2014 •
Seoul, South Korea (
Gyeonghuigung) • Seoul (
Namsan –
Namsangol Hanok Village) • Seoul (
Noryangjin Fish Market) • Seoul (
Gwanghwamun Plaza) • Seoul (
Kyung Hee University) • Seoul (
World Cup Park –
Haneul Park) This season's final Detour was a choice between 出的厅堂 (
Chūdetīngtáng – Outer Hall) or 下得厨房 (
Xiàdéchúfáng – Inner Kitchen). In Outer Hall, teams had to learn a traditional Korean folk dance involving pots. This would involve intricate moves as well as balancing the pots on their heads. Once the dance was to the choreographer's satisfaction, they would receive their next clue. In Inner Kitchen, teams would observe and memorise a table laid out with 30 different Korean dishes. They then had to enter a different area with large pots full of the different foods and properly set a table so that it was identical to the given example. If all the 30 dishes were correctly placed, teams would receive their next clue; if not, the table would be cleared out and teams would have to start over. In this leg's Roadblock, which took place at Kyung Hee University, one team member had to pick up to pick up a rose from the entrance, and then search the grounds of the school for
Miss Korea 2014,
Kim Seo-yeon, who would be pictured at the entryway. Teams had to give the rose to this woman, amongst many similarly dressed women. If they handed the rose over to the correct woman, teams would receive their next clue. ;Additional tasks • At the start of the leg at Gyeonghuigung, teams wrote a message on a scroll before they could travel to Namsangol Hanok Village for the next clue. • At the Noryangjin Fish Market, teams have to catch five small octopuses from a tank at stall #142 and carry them by hand to the Busan Ilbeonji Shop. There, teams were given a simple instruction: "Eat Them", and teams have to each the octopuses they caught to receive the next clue.
Leg 10 (South Korea → Hong Kong → China) {{multiple image Airdate: December 19, 2014 •
Seoul (
Incheon International Airport) →
Hong Kong (
Hong Kong International Airport) • Hong Kong (
Kowloon Walled City Park) • Hong Kong (
Aberdeen Harbour –
Jumbo Floating Restaurant) • Hong Kong (
Golden Bauhinia Square) (Elimination Point) •
Shenzhen, Guangdong (
University Town of Shenzhen) • Shenzhen (Excellence Century Center) • Shenzhen (Dashahe Park) • Shenzhen (
Shenzhen Bay Sports Center) In this leg's first Roadblock, one team member had to don an ancient costume and walk across the square to interact with the ten figures. Afterwards, they must make their way to the throne and have to correctly identify all ten names they recalled within the given 90 seconds. Once they correctly identified the names of all the ancient figures, the Emperor (portrayed by former racer
Zhang Tielin) would give teams their next clue. In this season's final Roadblock, the team member who did not perform the previous Roadblock in Hong Kong had to rappel face-first down the exterior of the Excellence Century Centre to retrieve the next clue. ;Additional tasks • At the Jumbo Kingdom restaurant, teams had to use their eyes to search among 70 different plates of food set out on a table for one of a few
fake food normally used for display to receive their next clue. Any real food picked up had to be eaten. • From the virtual Pit Stop, teams were required to find their rest place after arriving at Shenzhen. • At University Town of Shenzhen, teams have to move the cars forward and backwards only in order to clear a path for one of the three marked cars to exit the maze. They can use the car for means of transportation for the final leg. • At Dashahe Park, teams had to enter a giant
ball pit to find globes marked with the various countries they had visited during the Race. Only one team member was allowed in the pit at one time, and they have to pass the globes to their partner, who would place the globes into the corresponding podiums. Once all six globes were placed onto the correct podiums, a giant globe would open, where teams would get their final clue. ==Ratings==