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'''''The Amazing Race 2014 Forum Edition''''' is the sixth installment of the reality television show ''[[The Amazing Race|The Amazing Race]]'' on this forum. It features twelve teams of two in a race around the world for a $1 million grand prize.

==Production==


===Casting and contestants===

==Results==
The following teams participated in the Race, each listed along with their placements in each leg and their "Team Name" as identified by the program. Unlike previous years, the production team has given teams [[hashtag]]s for use on social media; modifications of these are given below rather than their relationship to each other. 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:

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* A {{red|red}} team placement means the team was eliminated.
* An {{blue|<u>underlined blue</u>}} team's placement indicates that the team came in last on a non-elimination leg and had to perform a [[The Amazing Race#Speed Bump|Speed Bump]] during the next leg of the race.
* A {{brown|brown ⊃}} or a {{cyan|cyan ⋑}} indicates that the team chose to use one of the two U-Turns in a Double U-Turn; {{brown|⊂}} or {{cyan|⋐}} indicates the team who received it; {{sup sub|{{brown|⊂}}|{{cyan|⋑}}}} indicates that the team was U-Turned, but they used the second U-Turn on another team; {{cyan|⋐⋑}} around a leg number indicates that only one of the two available U-Turns was used.
* A {{purple|purple ε}} indicates that the team decided to use the [[The Amazing Race#Express Pass|Express Pass]] on that leg.
* A {{green|green ƒ}} indicates that the team won a [[The Amazing Race#Fast Forward|Fast Forward]].
* An <u>underlined</u> leg number indicates that there was no mandatory rest period at the Pit Stop and all teams were ordered to continue racing. In addition, there was no elimination at the end of the leg, but at some point in the next leg, a team would be eliminated.
{{refbegin}}
#^{{note label|1||a}}{{note label|1||b}}{{note label|1||c}} Keith, Scott, and Lisa elected to quit the Roadblock. Keith & Whitney and Michael & Scott were issued 4-hour penalties for their forfeits that were applied at the start of the next Leg. However, Lisa & Michelle were the last team to arrive and were instead eliminated from the Race.
#{{note|2}} Adam and Bethany found an Express Pass during this leg.
#{{note|3}} Misti & Jim arrived in last place and handed over the Save to prevent their elimination. However, Phil informed them that it was a standard non-elimination leg and returned the Save to them.
#{{note|4}} In an unaired segment shown on the CBS website, Keith & Whitney used their U-Turn on Amy & Maya, but because Amy & Maya had already passed the U-Turn they were unaffected.
#{{note|5}} Adam & Bethany used the Express Pass to bypass the Detour.
#{{note|6}} Amy & Maya used their U-Turn on Adam & Bethany. However, Adam & Bethany had won the Fast Forward and did not have to pass the U-Turn point, thus they were unaffected.
#{{note|7}} Brooke & Robbie were eliminated partway through the final leg at the first Roadblock.
{{refend}}

==Prizes==
The prize for each leg is awarded to the first place team for that leg. Trips are sponsored by [[Travelocity]].

* '''Leg 1''' – The ''Express Pass'' – a prize that can save people from doing one detour/roadblock/speed bump or fast forward in order to get their next clue.
* '''Leg 2''' –
* '''Leg 3''' – 
* '''Leg 4''' – 
* '''Leg 5''' – 
* '''Leg 6''' – 
* '''Leg 7''' – 
* '''Leg 8''' – 
* '''Leg 9''' –
* '''Leg 10''' – 
* '''Leg 11''' –
* '''Leg 12''' – $1 million lol.

==Episode title quotes==
Episode titles are often taken from quotes made by the racers.
#"These lines on the lion... Chaos..." &ndash; ''Janko''
#"Episode 2" &ndash; ''contestant''
#"Episode 3" &ndash; ''contestant''
#"Episode 4" &ndash; ''contestant''
#"Episode 5" &ndash; ''contestant''
#"Episode 6" &ndash; ''contestant''
#"Episode 7" &ndash; ''contestant''
#"Episode 8" &ndash; ''contestant''
#"Episode 9" &ndash; ''contestant''
#"Episode 10" &ndash; ''contestant''
#"Episode 11" &ndash; ''contestant''
#"Episode 12" &ndash; ''contestant''

==Race summary==
{{TAR Captionbox|Style15}}
===Leg 1 (United States → U.S. Virgin Islands, USA)===
[[File:USVI St. Thomas Charlotte Amalie Fort Christian.JPG|thumb|right|[[Fort Christian]] on [[Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands|Saint Thomas]] in the [[United States Virgin Islands]] served as the Pit Stop for the first Leg of the 25th season of ''The Amazing Race''.]]

*Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, '''United States''' {{flagicon|USA}} ([[Times Square]] – [[Rittenhouse Square]]) (Starting Line)
*[[Queens]] ([[Flushing Meadows–Corona Park]] – [[Unisphere]])
*{{TAR travel|flight}} Philadelphia (Philadelphia International Airport) to Colombo, Sri Lanka {{flagicon|LKA}} ([Bandaranaike International Airport)
*Charlotte Amalie (Vendors Plaza)
*{{TAR travel|flight}} Charlotte Amalie ([[Charlotte Amalie Harbor Seaplane Base]]) to [[Lovango Cay]]
*{{TAR travel|boat}} Lovango Cay to [[Carvel Rock (United States Virgin Islands)|Carval Rock]]
*{{TAR travel|boat}} Carval Rock to [[Hans Lollik Island]]
*Hans Lollik Island (''[[Blackbeard]]'s Revenge'') {{TAR clue|Roadblock|Who digs?}}
*{{TAR travel|boat}} Hans Lollik Island to Charlotte Amalie ([[Magens Bay]])
*Charlotte Amalie ([[Fort Christian]]) {{TAR clue|Pit Stop|1}}

At the start of ''The Amazing Race 25'', in a public reveal in [[New York City]]'s [[Times Square]], teams were informed that the winner of this first leg would be awarded the new Save prize, giving them a chance to avoid elimination if they are in last place on any elimination leg. They were then given their first task: head to the location of the finish line of [[The Amazing Race 1|the first season of ''The Amazing Race'']]. Teams then asked the crowd for the answer, sending them off to the [[Unisphere]] in Flushing Meadows, Queens, where they found their next clue which gave them their first destination: [[Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands|Saint Thomas]] in the [[United States Virgin Islands]]. The clue informed them that only five teams would be allowed to check in for the first of two flights to Saint Thomas, with a second flight leaving 40 minutes later, beginning a race to the airport.

Upon arriving on Saint Thomas, teams headed to the city of [[Charlotte Amalie]]'s Vendors Plaza to signed up for one of six chartered flights in a [[seaplane]] to Lovango Cay, each leaving at different times. Upon arriving at Lovango Cay, teams took a boat out to [[Carvel Rock (United States Virgin Islands)|Carval Rock]] where they were told to climbed up and along its length. At the end of Carval Rock, teams were told to jump into the water and swim to a series of floating bottles that held their next clue, telling them to find the boat ''Blackbeard's Revenge'' (a [[ship replica|replica]] of [[Blackbeard]]'s [[flagship]] the ''[[Queen Anne's Revenge]]''). On board, a Blackbeard impersonator gave them their next clue, before kicking them off of his ship, with the clue telling them to use a series of rowboats connected by ropeways to pull themselves to shore where they would find their next clue.

Once ashore, they found that the clue was for the Roadblock that asked teams, "Who digs?" One team member had to pick out a set of directions with a particular starting landmark on the beach (an anchor, a set of barrels, a ship's bell, and a ship's wheel), a traditional [[compass#Liquid compass|liquid compass]], and a shovel that had markings for exactly {{convert|1|yd|m}} to search the beach for a treasure chest buried in the sand that held their next clue. Teams were not told that the direction facing them on the liquid compass was the direction they were facing, leading many to search the wrong area of the beach until they discovered the mistake. Once they found their treasure chest, the clue inside directed them to the Pit Stop located at historic [[Fort Christian]].



==Notes==
{{notelist}}

==References==
{{reflist|30em}}

==External links==
*{{official|http://www.escforums.net/}}

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