The Amazing Race Asia 4

The Amazing Race Asia (season 4)
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Season Run	23 September – 9 December 2010
Filming dates	10 June – 30 June 2010
No. of Episodes	11 (12 including recap)
Winning team	Richard Hardin & Richard Herrera
Season Stats
Continents visited	2
Countries visited	8
Cities visited	25
No. of legs	11
Distance traveled	38,000 km (24,000 mi)
Season chronology
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The Amazing Race Asia is a reality television game show based on the American series, The Amazing Race. The fourth installment of the show features several teams of two, each with a pre-existing relationship, in a race around Asia and the Pacific Rim. Production for this installment was delayed in 2009. It is also the first Amazing Race series to be filmed and broadcast in high-definition.

Applications ended 31 March 2010, after a short extension due to popular demand. Semi-finalist and finalist interviews were held between March/April. Filming took place June to July 2010.

The season premiered on 23 September 2010. The identities of the contestants were revealed on 2 September 2010. The premiere episode also shown on AXN's website on 16 September 2010.

A special episode was aired on 2 December 2010, a week before the season finale.

Filipino friends Richard Hardin & Richard Herrera were the winners of the race.

The fourth season of The Amazing Race Asia is the first Amazing Race to be broadcast in high-definition television. Besides the switch to high-definition, updated on-screen graphics (similar in appearance to those introduced in season 14 of the US Amazing Race) and music, were introduced. The opening intro was also updated with a new title card and tuneup in the music. Of note, is the addition of the use of split-screens.

According to AXN, this season is dubbed as "Ride of a Lifetime". Allan noted that this season will travel to exotic locations and feature new challenges. This season features a first-time visit to Sri Lanka, as well as visits to far-flung areas including Invercargill, New Zealand, and Legazpi City, Albay, Philippines. Indonesia was also a previously visited country and was never visited in the original American edition, but later was visited in the nineteenth season, in 2011.

Leg 5 was said to be the most expensive production to date. It features teams riding numerous forms of transportations: airplanes, bus, passenger jeep, carrier jeep, jet ski and an all-terrain vehicle.