The Amazing Race (Latin America)

The Amazing Race
Title card from the Space broadcasts
Created by	Elise Doganieri Bertram van Munster
Directed by	Marco Colantoni
Presented by	Harris Whitbeck (2009-2011) (2012) (2013-2014) Jaime Arellano (2014)
Country of origin	Latin America
Original language(s)	Spanish and Portuguese
No. of seasons	5
No. of episodes	65
Production
Executive producer(s)	Leonardo Alanguibel, Fernando Barbosa, Ángel Zambrano, Mariano César, Gerardo Kerik, Jose V Scheuren, María Barrios
Producer(s)	Melyna Deluchi, Mimi Bejarano, Gabriela Núñez
Running time	60 minutes
Production company(s)	Disney Media Networks Latin America Turner Latin America RGB (2009) Cinemat (2010-2013)
Release
Original network	Discovery Channel Latin America (2009-2010) Space (2011-)
Picture format	576i (SDTV) (2009) 720i (HDTV) (2010–present)
Original release	20 September 2009 – Present
Chronology
Related shows	See The Amazing Race -> International Versions

The Amazing Race, formerly known as The Amazing Race en Discovery Channel (Portuguese: The Amazing Race no Discovery Channel), is a reality game show based on the American series of the same name, The Amazing Race.

On 15 October 2008, a Latin American version of the show was announced by Discovery Channel Latin America in association with Disney. The first season was produced by Argentinian television production company RGB, while the second season was produced by Venezuelan television company Cinemat. On 25 January 2011, it was announced that Space in association with Disney was going to produce the third season of the Latin American version of the race, thus retitling the show to The Amazing Race, dropping the en Discovery Channel. This season was also produced by Venezuelan television company Cinemat.

The show is the second Latin American version of the franchise. The first was A Corrida Milionária, the Brazilian version of the franchise. It was also the first version in the Spanish language.

For the fourth season, a special Portuguese-language edition of the show, Edição Brasil, was made. It was hosted by Brazilian model and actor . It featured teams from Brazil in a race mostly concentrated across Brazil.

The original presenter for the show was Guatemalan journalist Harris Whitbeck who presented the first three seasons. For the fifth season, the show was presented by Colombian model María "Toya" Montoya, a former contestant on the third season. She was also the first female host of any version of The Amazing Race. The grand prize for the winning team is $250,000, $750,000 less than the original American version's $1,000,000 prize.

Applications for the fifth season were opened for Brazilians on October 13, 2012. On February 13, 2013 applications were also opened for the rest of Latin America until March 31, 2013.