The Amazing Race 4
| The Amazing Race 4 | |
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| Season Run | May 29 – August 21, 2003 |
| Filming dates | January 18 – February 14, 2003 |
| No. of Episodes | 13 |
| Winning team | Reichen Lehmkuhl & Chip Arndt |
| Season Stats | |
| Continents visited | 4 |
| Countries visited | 9 |
| Cities visited | 24 |
| No. of legs | 13 |
| Distance traveled | 44,000 mi (71,000 km) |
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The Amazing Race 4 is the fourth installment of the U.S. reality television show The Amazing Race. The show features twelve teams, divided in pairs based on pre-existing relationship. These teams then race around the world. Season 4 was first premiered on May 29, 2003 and ended on August 21, 2003.
Married couple Reichen Lehmkuhl and Chip Arndt were the winners of the race and are the first openly gay couple to win the competition.
The complete season was released on DVD on November 29, 2011.
The fourth season of The Amazing Race spanned 44,000 miles (71,000 km) across four continents with never previously firmed locations in Netherlands and South Korea. Filming for the show began on January 18, 2003 and finished on February 14, 2003.
This was the last season where ties at the end were allowed at the mat (and the subsequent distribution of additional first place prizes should there be a tie for first place). In subsequent seasons, even if several teams arrived at the mat on the same time, a chronological order would be determined and the official check-in times for teams arriving simultaneously would be set a minute apart to avoid ties. Oswald and Danny, and Uchenna and Joyce of The Amazing Race: All-Stars completed a Fast Forward together via the Intersection, so they were the exception to this rule. This was also the last season where the Fast Forward appeared in every leg.
This season's cast included a gay married couple, NFL wives, female models, clowns and air traffic controllers. "NFL Wives" Monica and Sheree are respectively married to Ashley Ambrose and Ray Buchanan, both of whom played for the Atlanta Falcons the season before the television series was filmed.
At the time the show was filmed and broadcast, same-sex marriage had not yet been made legal in the United States. Reichen and Chip were never legally married, although they were married in a religious ceremony. CBS decided for the purpose of the show to respect the fact that they recognised themselves as a "married" couple.
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