Amazing Race (French TV series)

is a French reality competition show based on the American series The Amazing Race.

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.

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.

Teams travelled to seven countries for 24 days, spanning over 50,000 kilometres (31,000 mi) in five continents, finishing on 23 July at the Stade de France.

Among the highlights are a leg in the streets of Bangkok, an African safari, an excursion to Iguazu Falls and the beaches of Rio de Janeiro.

The Starting Line for the inaugural French Amazing Race was at the Rond-point de la Balustrade in the Parc de Saint-Cloud , Paris.
The complete route map for the first series of the French Amazing Race .
Atlantis, The Palm in Dubai hosted the season's first Pit Stop.
In Bangkok, teams had to take the ferry to Wat Arun where they later encountered a Roadblock.
At Tokyo's Shibuya Scramble Crossing teams had to look for their next clue on the big center right screen located on the building.
For the Roadblock in Hawaii , one team member had to board the USS Missouri and decipher flag semaphore .
In Los Angeles, teams had to find a saxophonist outside the Walt Disney Concert Hall playing one of the songs on a CD given to them, " The Bare Necessities ".
The sixth leg had teams visit Iguaçu Falls in Iguaçu National Park .
In Rio de Janeiro, teams visited the famous Christ the Redeemer statue to find a clue.
In this leg, teams traveled to Victoria & Alfred Waterfront in Cape Town to perform one of the selected Detours.
Much of the second leg in South Africa was set in the Aquila Private Game Reserve.
The final task of Amazing Race took place at Chaalis Abbey .