The Amazing Race 1 () is the first season of the Chinese reality television series The Amazing Race () based on the American reality TV series, The Amazing Race. It featured eight teams of two in a race around the world. This is the second version of The Amazing Race to be produced in China, following The Amazing Race: China Rush. This new version was broadcast on Shenzhen TV, and had its premiere on October 17, 2014. The hosts for the show were Hong Kong actor Andy On (episodes 1 and 2) and Singapore based Chinese-American actor Allan Wu, who was also the host of The Amazing Race Asia and The Amazing Race: China Rush (episodes 3 to 10).
Infiniti was the main sponsor for this event, including the grand prize: two Infiniti Q50Ls. All logos associated with the Chinese Amazing Race had the Infiniti logo. The English translation of the show is Infiniti The Amazing Race.
Wallace Chung (referred to in the show as Zhong Hanliang) and his sister Jackie were the winners of this season.
Production
Development and filming
The first season was filmed from July 21, 2014 to November 23, 2014. The filming was not consecutive due to celebrities' schedule problems, differing from most international franchises.
A task originally arranged after the Detour of Leg 4 was cancelled due to terrible weather condition. The Pit Stop of Leg 8 was forced to be moved for the same reason. Previews on the official site originally cited Austria as the destination to be visited after Greece. However, during filming, this was changed to South Korea for unknown reasons.
The Yield on Leg 6 was unaired. This season introduced two twists. The Save was awarded to the winners of the eighth leg. The team that won the pass must use it and make a team that was eliminated return at the ninth leg. The Versus had teams compete against each other. The winning team receives their next clue, while the losing team waits out a 15-minute penalty.
This is the first time in an Amazing Race franchise that an elimination occurred in a double-length final leg.
Marketing
The show is sponsored by Infiniti, Sohu, Satine and Eastroc Super Drink.
Cast
This season was a celebrity edition featuring celebrities who were chosen to race on the show.
Future appearances
Liu Chang & Jin Dachuan later competed in the third season in 2016 as a replacement of another team (Huang Jingyu and Xu Weizhou) who was axed during production on the last minute.
Li Xiaopeng competed on Race the World in 2016.
Results
The following teams participated in the season, each listed along with their placements in each leg and relationships as identified by the program. Note that this table is not necessarily reflective of all content broadcast on television, owing to the inclusion or exclusion of some data. Placements are listed in finishing order:
Key
A team placement means the team was eliminated. A indicates that the team won a Fast Forward. A indicates that the team decided to use the first Express Pass on that leg. A indicates the team had previously been given the second Express Pass and used it on that leg. A indicates that a team was brought back into the competition by means of the Save won during the previous leg. An team placement indicates that the team came in last on a non-elimination leg and had to perform a Speed Bump during the next leg. Matching colored symbols (, and ) indicate teams who worked together during part of the leg as a result of an Intersection. An indicates that there was a Versus on this leg, while an indicates the team that lost the Versus and received a 15-minute penalty. A means that team chose to use the Yield; indicates the team who received it. A or a indicates that the team chose to use one of the two U-Turns in a Double U-Turn; or indicates the team who received it; around a leg number indicates that only one of the two available U-Turns was used. Italicized results indicate the position of the team at the midpoint of a two-part leg.