Amazing Race 17: Official Contest Rules and Entry

// September 29th, 2010 // fun

Time for the Mike’s official The Amazing Race 17 Contest!

The object: Watch the first episode (which was last weekend) and then pick THREE teams that you think could make it to the end of the season, plus a tiebreaker (specified below). You can meet the cast for reference by clicking right here.

The prize is a $25 gift card of your choosing. Sorry to Melissa Jill, not enough funding to do the $1 million prize this year, maybe next :)

General Scoring:

  • Finish 1st on a Leg: 10 pts
  • Finish 2nd on a Leg: 5 pts
  • Finish 3rd on a Leg: 3 pts
  • Finish a Leg: 1 pts
  • Win the Amazing Race: 25 pts
  • Complete a Fast-Forward: 15 pts
  • Get Yielded: MINUS 10pts *changed from last year
  • Yield someone: +5pts *changed from last year
  • Last team on a  Non-Elimination round: 10 pts
  • Any time penalty: MINUS 5 pts

New this year (Pay attention to the second addition below Adrian!):

  • Bonus: 15 points for having the top3  teams on a leg
  • If you lose a team in the FIRST week, you have the option to continue with only TWO, or take a -15 point deduction and choose another team before the second week of the contest.
  • Worst to First: If a team goes from LAST to FIRST in a single episode, that is a 10 point bonus
  • First to Worst: If a team goes from FIRST to LAST in a single episode, that is a -10 point deduction.
  • Tiebreaker: Pick the first week that you think there will be a Non-Elimination Leg.  There are 11 episodes left, so specify which episode from here on out.

Some of you have made picks already, and I have them, so just put a tiebreaker down below in the comments if you can.

This season I will make sure to include what teams everyone has left every week, so you guys can compare and contrast the competition.

I ALSO may do a few fun things this year like toss out a question about the show, like what team do you think will go home on the NEXT episode, or something like that. Will allow for some bonus points along the way.

So if you haven’t made your picks, do it below right now before Sunday night!!!

15 Responses to “Amazing Race 17: Official Contest Rules and Entry”

  1. Ryann says:
    September 29, 2010 at 12:33 pm

    Here are my picks!!

    1 — Nat & Kat — go doctors!!! :)
    2 — Katie & Rachel
    3 — Chad & Stephanie

    Tiebreaker — I choose leg #4 for the first non-elimination leg.

  2. Mike Olbinski says:
    September 29, 2010 at 12:56 pm

    There are from Jessica Hoyt:

    Here are my pics:
    1- Nat & Kat
    2- Jill & Thomas
    3-Katie & Rachel
    Tie Breaker – episode 5 which would be five from now, right?

  3. Matt Granz says:
    September 29, 2010 at 5:27 pm

    Here are my pics (from the heart not the head)
    1- Brook and Claire
    2- Gary and Mallory
    3- Michael and Kevin
    Tie Breaker- Episode 7

  4. jina says:
    September 29, 2010 at 6:30 pm

    For the tie-breaker, I choose episode #6. You guys are going down this year!

  5. Melissa Jill :) says:
    September 29, 2010 at 8:09 pm

    My pics:
    1-Connor & Jonathan
    2-Nat & Kat
    3-Katie & Rachel

    Episode 3

    Fun!

  6. kathy says:
    September 29, 2010 at 8:15 pm

    Episode #4
    Chad and Stephanie
    Conner and Johnathan
    Brook and Clair

  7. nicky says:
    September 29, 2010 at 10:59 pm

    my tie breaker is episode 3.

  8. Heather Melvoin says:
    September 30, 2010 at 3:28 pm

    Love this show and have wanted to get in on the competition for a while now. So here goes:

    Chad & Stephanie
    Jill & Thomas
    Nat & Kat
    Tie breaker: Episode 4

  9. Mike Olbinski says:
    October 3, 2010 at 4:19 pm

    My picks!

    Brook and Claire
    Jill and Thomas
    Nat and Kat

  10. Mike Olbinski says:
    October 3, 2010 at 4:19 pm

    Oh, tiebreaker: Week 7

  11. adrian says:
    October 3, 2010 at 5:04 pm

    Thanks for calling me out with the new rule, Mike :)
    My picks:
    Brook and Claire
    Connor and Jonathan
    Gary and Mallory
    Tiebreaker: week 5

  12. dave says:
    October 3, 2010 at 5:05 pm

    Nat & Kat
    Jill & Thomas
    Katie & Rachel
    Tie Breaker: Episode 4, which will really be the 3rd episode from now, since we’ve already seen ep 1. Make sense?

  13. Josie says:
    October 3, 2010 at 5:24 pm

    Tiebreaker for me is episode 3, since that’s Collin’s favorite star wars. ;)

  14. Tracy says:
    October 3, 2010 at 9:01 pm

    whoo hoo! my tie breaker is episode #5

  15. Seth & Lisa says:
    October 4, 2010 at 1:36 pm

    sorry I didn’t get this in before last night, is it too late to pick episode 7 for our tie breaker?

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