The Amazing Race Asia 2
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| Season Run | 22 November 2007 – 14 February 2008 |
| Filming dates | 5 July – 26 July 2007 |
| No. of Episodes | 13 |
| Winning team | Adrian Yap & Collin Low |
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| Continents visited | 4 |
| Countries visited | 10 |
| Cities visited | 28 |
| No. of legs | 13 |
| Distance traveled | 51,534 km (32,022 mi) |
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The Amazing Race Asia is a reality television game show based on the American series, The Amazing Race. The second season of the show features ten teams of two with a pre-existing relationship, in a race around the world to win US$100,000.
This season premiered on 22 November 2007 at 9PM (UTC+8) and ended on 14 February 2008 at 9PM (UTC+8).
Singaporean gym buddies Adrian Yap & Collin Low were the winners of this race.
The second season of The Amazing Race Asia covered 50,000 kilometres (31,000 mi) in 24 days. This season had teams racing across 4 continents. The show adopted newer rules in the US version, such as the non-elimination penalty where the team who checked in last must make it to first place in the next leg or else incur the 30 minute penalty. Production made the Race more competitive by imposing more self-driving and reducing the chance of teams being bunched up on the same airplane flight.
This season had two different penalties for coming in last on a non-elimination leg. While Edwin & Monica were marked for elimination for coming in last on the first leg, Henry & Terri were stripped of all their money and will begin the next leg with no money after coming in last on the seventh leg. Racers were not told that the original non-elimination penalty was still applicable. This twist led to an argument between Henry and host Allan Wu at the Seoul finish mat, when the former was unwilling to give up his team's money. In the following leg, the penalty reverted to the 'marked for elimination' penalty after Terri & Henry finished last consecutively.
This season featured 10 teams chosen from 2500 applicants, including racers from the original US series. Final applications were accepted 13 April 2007 (two weeks after the original deadline). This season was also open to the Japanese, who were ineligible for Season 1. Final interviews were held sometime in April or May 2007. Filming took place sometime in June or July 2007.
This season's cast included reunited siblings, childhood friends, and dating couples. Notably, Adrian is the first hearing-impaired contestant in The Amazing Race' franchise. It also featured a large number of local media personalities or their relatives. represented Toronto, Canada and won the 1997 Miss Chinese International Pageant, while Paula is a Channel [V] VJ. Vanessa and Pamela are the sisters of famous Malaysian singer Vince Chong.Kinaryosih is a famous Indonesian movie actress and model, who has also won a Citra Award for Best Supporting Actress in 2006. Sophie is a filmmaker for the Discovery Channel, as well as a correspondent for the Asian Film Festival.Marc is a model and host of the Philippine sports show Sports Unlimited, while Rovilson is a host for another similar show, Gameplan and an editor for Maxim Philippines.
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