Hosted by Billy S. (formerly known as Billybae10K), "The Amazing Race" is a fan-season based on the famous reality show of the same name. Only, instead of traveling the actual world, instead the various teams travel across various different Minecraft builds, creating in uniquely designed challenges suited to the gameplay in question. By all accounts, a competitive let's play!
However, unlike most let's plays, this isn't so much an amateur production as it is a full crew filming it as if it were the actual show; a crew of well-over 13 people was responsible for building, filming, editing, and more for the series, and it truly comes through in full, incredible detail with strong production values. It's led to the series becoming something of a cult favorite among the online game show (ORG) community, particularly with fans of Minecraft itself.
While initially planned to get a second season, the difficulty of putting the series together (most notably in its scheduling), the cancellation of the channel it was located on, and a seeming lack of interest, has led to the show's unofficial cancellation. However, all 6 episodes of the first season are still fully viewable, and can be viewed here
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- Team Team Team, made up of Unique and Aeglen. Represented by the color blue, a pair of rivals who want to take their competitive edge to turn themselves into a winning combination. Their interview can be found here. Finished in 4th.
- Team Zealand, made up of Peach and Marcus. Represented by the color green, Minecraft newbies who want to give the race their all in spite of the their lack of knowledge on the game. Their interview can be found here. Finished in 6th.
- Team E-Girl Slayers, made up of Garrett and Yoru. Represented by the color black, a pair of "non-friends" who're here to win but are unaware of what exactly they're getting into. Their interview can be found here. Finished in 2nd.
- Team Topaz, made up of Chalky and Dan. Represented by the color pink, they're boyfriends of 3-years who believe they've got the synergy and chemistry needed to take the competition down. Their interview can be found here. Finished in 5th.
- Team Neophytes, made up of Roller and Numbers. Represented by the color purple, they're complete strangers who were only paired up due to lacking partners, but are determined to give it their all in spite of the disadvantage. Their interview can be found here. Finished in 1st.
- Team Patater Tots, made up of Frisky and Yolo. Represented by the color red, best friends who think their great communication will bring them far, the other teams "not standing a chance". Their interview can be found here. Finished in 7th.
- Team Sidetracked, made up of Stig and George. Represented by the color orange, who're infamous for getting easily...Well, you know?. Their interview can be found here. Finished in 3rd.
Billybae10K's The Amazing Race contains examples of:
- Bittersweet Ending: The E-Girl Slayers and Sidetracked just barely miss out on the win against the Neophytes, but ultimately look back on the experience fondly and were happy to have played.
- Coordinated Clothes: Downplayed; each team was assigned a color at the beginning of the season, and most of the teams wear skins associated with such, but it wasn't mandatory and some (Team Patater Tots) skip it entirely, while others (Team Neophytes) barely do so with any notability.
- Eliminated from the Race: Once per episode, in fact, except for the fourth episode which is a non-elimination.
- Epic Race: Considering the series is a loving send-up to the most epic of non-fictional races on television, it's to be expected.
