The teams take off from their Pit Stop, a ranch in Mendoza, to Cabana La Guatana, 25 miles away. While several teams enjoy a nice lead following the four-hour penalties taken by teams the previous week, others scramble to catch up. The teams take part in a Roadblock that involves riding a horse to spear a ring in under 40 seconds and one team manages a last-second catch-up, to the shock and surprise of the top teams from the previous week. As these teams enjoy a nice lead, the others struggle to catch up and avoid being eliminated. The Detour for this episode is Shipwreck or Island --- search a seven mile radius for a Shipwreck or find a flag on an island. Generally, most teams complete this with ease, although some have problems with their boats and one is even surprised when they end up at the island when they were looking for the shipwreck. It's another close finish as the trailing teams race for the Pit Stop, hoping to avoid elimination.

Episode Viewers and Ratings

Season 7 Episode 4 of The Amazing Race resulted in a 0.00 rating in the 18-49 demographic.

The Amazing Race Season 7 Episodes...

• s07e01 - Courteous? This Is a Race!
• s07e02 - The Whole Country Hates Me
• s07e03 - Do You Need Some Mouth-to-Mouth Resuscitation
• s07e04 - What a Gaucho You Are
• s07e05 - I've Been Wanting a Face-Lift for a Long Time
• s07e06 - Houston, We Have An Elephant
• s07e07 - They Saved the Eyeball
• s07e08 - Mow'em Down Like Grass
• s07e09 - We Have A Bad Elephant!
• s07e10 - We Got a Gnome! We Got a Gnome!
• s07e11 - The Devil Made Me Do It
• s07e12 - Five Continents, 25 Cities and More than 40,000 Miles

The Amazing Race Show Summary

The Amazing Race is an adventure reality show hosted by Phil Keoghan that pits 10, 11, or 12 teams of 2 or 4 people against each other in a race around the world for approximately 40 days. In a leg, they go to destinations where they will complete a roadblock, a task where 1 person completes (Season 1-7) or 2 people (Season 8), a detour, where you have to decide between two tasks that are usually opposite of each other, and a miscellaneous task.

After they complete all these tasks, they will be directed to go to a Pit stop where they will have a 24 hour rest period where they will be able to eat, drink, sleep, and mingle with other teams. The last team to check into the Pit Stop usually is eliminated, but sometimes there is a non-elimination leg in which no one is eliminated. After all teams are eliminated except for 3, these three race to the finish line where the winning team wins 1 million dollars.