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The Amazing Race Wiki fansite

There are a lot of wiki fan sites on the Web. Since The Amazing Race concluded this week, I decided to take a look at its fansite. The official Amazing Race fansite wiki on Wetpaint offers episode summaries, video clips, polls, online chat, and trivia. Have you ever wondered about what's up with prior race contestants? There's a spot on the wiki for those details too. There is a section called My Amazing Race where the community members can post interesting information about their hometowns in case the contestants zip through their town. Members can post details about their own amazing trips on the site too. This fan site has over 5,100 community members and twelve members with moderator and higher authority.

What more I hoped to see. I saw a page with a link to the CBS webpage for information on how to apply for the race. It also had a spot for visitors to post their application videos on the wiki to show other fans. However, there was only one video posted on the page. I checked YouTube and found a lot of videos posted at that site. I also found another site on the Web with some general hints about applying as a contestant. I guess I was just hoping to see a bit more about the applicants and that process.

If you're amazed by this whirlwind adventure around the world and think you'd like to pursue it, check out the following links:
How to get on Amazing Race, from AssociatedContent
The application site by CBS

Here are two videos from YouTube posted by race applicants that you will likely enjoy:

Rob and Kayla from Colorado

As posted on YouTube by amazingracevote4us


Team Ren

As posted on YouTube by kaitlinp1

Once again, another wiki site that is informative, interesting, and entertaining. Check it out.



Image credit: Wikipedia's article on The Amazing Race