The Amazing Race: China Rush 1
| The Amazing Race: China Rush (season 1) |
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| Season Run | August 8 – October 30, 2010 |
| Filming dates | April 28 – June 3, 2010 |
| No. of Episodes | 12 |
| Presenter | {{{presenter}}} |
| Winning team | Charlie Gale & Rachel Chen |
| Season Stats | |
| Continents visited | 1 |
| Countries visited | 1 |
| States visited | 8 |
| Cities visited | 8 |
| No. of legs | 12 |
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The Amazing Race: China Rush (Chinese: 极速前进：冲刺！中国; pinyin: Jísù Qiánjìn: Chōngcì! Zhōngguó) is a Chinese reality television game show based on the American series, The Amazing Race. The first season of the show features 10 teams of two, each with a pre-existing relationship, in a race across 11 cities in China to win a world tour provided by Travelzen. The host of the show is Allan Wu.
The Amazing Race: China Rush premiered on Sunday, August 8, 2010 at 8:00 p.m. (UTC+8).
It is the third Asian version of the franchise. The first two were The Amazing Race Asia and HaMerotz LaMillion.
The Chinese TV network International Channel Shanghai acquired the rights to produce a version for its territories. The show was produced by Shanghai-based production company Fly Films. International Channel Shanghai had previously attempted to make their own version of the show entitled Shanghai Rush.
Australian and American "flirtatious friends" Charlie Gale & Rachel Chen were the winners of the race.
Applications for the first season ended April 16, 2010 (extended from the original deadline on March 29, 2010). The 10 teams call composed of expats living in China were announced in a press release on April 27, 2010. Filming took place between April 28 and June 3, 2010.
Karen is currently the first ever Canadian to be on any of the Amazing Race seasons representing Canada (Canadian citizens Tisha Silang, Natalie Glebova and Vince Chung from The Amazing Race Asia 3 were representing Philippines, Thailand and Hong Kong respectively). Rick, Joshua and Charlie are the first Australians to represent their country (similarly, Australian citizens Henry & Bernie of The Amazing Race Asia 3 represented Malaysia), Paul and Francis are the first team from an African country (Kenya), and Janis, Aleksandra (Latvia) and Sarah (England) are the first Europeans to represent their home countries (British citizens Andy Lawson, Laura Kluk, Francesca von Etzdorf and Howard Bicknell from The Amazing Race Asia 1 represented Thailand, Hong Kong and Sri Lanka respectively and Frenchwoman Aurelia Chenat of The Amazing Race Asia 2 represented Hong Kong).
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