The Amazing Race 4

The Amazing Race 4 was the fourth installment of the popular reality television show on US television, The Amazing Race. It premiered on May 29, 2003 and ended on August 21, 2003. In 2004, this installment of the race won the series its second consecutive Primetime Emmy Award for "Outstanding Reality-Competition Program."

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Filming began on January 18, 2003 and finished on February 14, 2003.

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Results

The following teams participated in the Race, listed in reverse finishing order:

		Position (by leg)
Team	Relationship	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	Roadblocks performed
Reichen & Chip	Married (Now Divorced)	9th	2nd	4th	5th	4th	2nd	5th	2nd	1st	2nd	3rd*	2nd	1st	Reichen 4, Chip 7
Kelly & Jon	Engaged	6th	3rd	8th	7th	3rd	3rd	3rd	5th	4th	1st	2nd	3rd	2nd	Kelly 2, Jon 10
David & Jeff	Best Friends	10th	5th	7th	6th	6th	1st	1st	4th	3rd	4th	1st	1st	3rd	David 6, Jeff 4
Jon & Al	Best Friends / Clowns	7th	6th	6th	2nd	2nd	6th	2nd	1st	2nd	3rd	4th			Jon 5, Al 4
Millie & Chuck	Dating 12 Years / Virgins	1st	8th	5th	2nd	1st	4th	4th	3rd	5th					Millie 2, Chuck 5
Tian & Jaree	Friends / Models	11th	4th	3rd	1st	7th	5th	6th							Tian 6, Jaree 0
Monica & Sheree	NFL Wives / Moms	4th	10th	2nd	4th	5th	7th								Monica 3, Sheree 2
Steve & Dave	Air Traffic Controllers	5th	1st	9th	8th	8th									Steve 2, Dave 1
Steve & Josh	Father & Son	1st	9th	1st	9th										Steve 0, Josh 2
Russell & Cindy	Friends / Dating	8th	7th	10th											Russell 2, Cindy 0
Amanda & Chris	Dating	1st	11th												Amanda 0, Chris 1
Debra & Steve	Married Parents	12th													Debra 0, Steve 0

Red means the team was eliminated.
Blue means the team was the last to arrive at a pit stop in a non-elimination leg of the race.
Green means the team won the Fast Forward clue.
* Reichen & Chip had arrived 2nd, but they chose to drive to the pit stop and therefore received a 35 minute penalty.

Trivia

General

The final 2 teams raced through 4 continents, 24 cities, 9 countries, and traveled 44,000 miles.
On the final leg, David and Jeff made a mistake in flying into Sydney to get flights to Hawaii. There were none until the next day, which put them so far behind that they did not reach the Finish Line.
At the time the show was filmed and broadcast, gay marriage was not legal anywhere in the United States. Reichen and Chip were never legally married under U.S. law; CBS chose not to contest their description of themselves despite the inaccuracy.
After the race, Reichen & Chip "divorced" but still remained friends. After winning Reichen started a career in modelling, selling his own semi-nude anual calendar.
A record seven Fast Forwards were handed out (including the first five of the entire race), only one of which was sought by more than one team.

Pre-Race

Redundant names were a theme in this edition of the Race. There were 3 Steves, 2 Jons, a David and a Dave, and a Sheree and a Jaree.
The finale, originally planned to air as one two-hour episode, aired over two weeks because of power outages affecting the large areas in Eastern United States.

In-Race

This season marks the first time a reference was made to a previous season, when during Leg 1 Chris shouted to Amanda, "Come on, Flo!"
Leg 4 of Season 4 marked the first time in the history of The Amazing Race that a roadblock occurred before a detour.
Reichen and Chip were not planning on taking the Fast Forward task in the Sepilok Orangutan Sanctuary in Leg 9. However, since they had unintentionally traveled in that direction, they decided to complete the route. Jon and Kelly were trying for the green pass (color of the Fast Forward indicator) but had to go back to complete the Detour and the Roadblock, barely beating out Chuck and Millie for a final four berth.

Post-Race

This season marked the first time three teams tied up in a single ranking at the pitstop (first place at Leg 1 of the race in Italy).
Although they are the third team overall not to finish a leg in first place immediately following the Fast Forward, the NFL Wives are the first team to use it and finish neither first nor last. They finished in fourth.
At six (aired), Tian holds the record for most Roadblock tasks performed by a contestant whose teammate did not perform any.
Jon and Kelly held the highest position, up to that point, for a team that hadn't used the Fast Forward.