Amazing Race (French TV series)

Amazing Race
Presented by	Alexandre Delpérier
No. of teams	9
Winners	Anthony Martinage and Sonja Sacha
No. of legs	10
Distance traveled	50,000 km (31,000 mi)
No. of episodes	10
Release
Original network	D8
Original release	22 October (2012-10-22) – 24 December 2012 (2012-12-24)
Additional information
Filming dates	30 June (2012-06-30) – 23 July 2012 (2012-07-23)

Amazing Race : la plus grande course autour du monde ! (English: Amazing Race: the biggest race around the world!) is a French reality competition show based on the American series The Amazing Race. Following the premise of other versions in the Amazing Race franchise, the show follows nine teams of two as they race around the world. The show was split into legs, with teams tasked to deduce clues, navigate themselves in foreign areas, interact with locals, perform physical and mental challenges, and travel by air, boat, car, taxi, and other modes of transport. Teams are progressively eliminated at the end of most legs for being the last to arrive at designated Pit Stops. The first team to arrive at the Finish Line wins a grand prize of €50,000.

The show was hosted by Alexandre Delpérier, produced by Shine France for CBS Studios International and in association with ABC Studios (a division of The Walt Disney Company), distributed by The Walt Disney Company France and broadcast on D8.^[1] Starting in Paris, teams traveled through United Arab Emirates, Thailand, Japan, the United States, Brazil, and South Africa before returning to France and finishing in the outskirts of Paris. The finale aired on 24 December 2012 with cyber-friends Anthony Martinage and Sonja Sacha as the winners, while childhood friends Hadj Semara and Yacim Djabali finished second, and surfers Stéphanie François and Alice Digne finished third.

D8 began airing the season on Monday 22 October 2012, and D17 on Tuesday 23 October 2012, both at 8:50 p.m. CEST (UST+2)^[2]