Imperial Treasures () is a Russian reality television show, that broadcast on TNT. The format was claimed an unlicensed edition of the international franchise The Amazing Race, but, unlike all other versions, filmed within only one country, China.
Every leg begins with an Initial Trial, series of mini-challenges to determine the starting order and amount of provided money. After completing, a hint is given to reach a definite location and perform there a task, finishing which next clue is deduced; this creates a unique route containing from eight to ten checkpoints. Typical race requires teams of celebrities to navigate themselves in foreign areas and interact with locals, while travelling across provinces by public transportation options, such as taxi, bus, metro or train. Ending up participants arrive to a Pit Stop, where meet Mikhail Galustyan & Olga Buzova and find their standings: first ones receive 1 million, last ones eliminate immediately. Winners get additional 8 millions, that makes the prize pool of 20 million rubles.
The concept was introduced at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum and was named "a new story for the television", due to the largest production crew, so players being filmed in the different places at the same time, independently of others.
Series overview
Season 1 (2024) Contestant Age Occupation Team colour Entered Exited Status Zurab Matua 43 Comedy Club comedian Day 1 Day 3 Eliminated 1st Andrey Averin 45 Comedy Club comedian Evelina Tarkhanova 23 TikTok blogger Day 1 Day 6 Eliminated 2nd Yan Shaimukhametov 25 TikTok blogger Alexander Ptashenchuk 37 Once in Russia comedian Day 7 Day 9 Eliminated 3rd Mikhail Stognienko 39 Once in Russia comedian Vladimir Selivanov 38 Real guys actor Day 4 Day 12 Eliminated 4th Alexandra Selivanova 29 Dietitian Anfisa Chekhova 46 Talk show presenter Day 13 Day 15 Eliminated 5th Alexander Zlatopolsky 43 Film director GeeGun 38 Rapper Day 1 Day 18 Eliminated 6th Oxana Samoilova 36 Cosmetics brand founder Marat Basharov 49 Bitva extrasensov presenter Day 16 Day 21 Eliminated 7th Anastasia Borisova 37 Stage actress Denis Lebedev 44 Boxer Day 1 Day 24 Eliminated 8th Kostya Tszyu 54 Boxer Ivan Pyshnenko 42 KVN comedian Day 1 Day 27 Eliminated 9th Daria Blokhina 30 Voice actress Anatoly Tsoy 34 MBAND singer Day 1 Day 30 Eliminated 10th Ksenia Lugovaya 34 Singer Timur Rodriguez 44 Radio personality Day 1 Day 33 Eliminated 11th Ekaterina Kabak 33 The Club actress Oleg Vereshchagin 41 Comedy Woman comedian Day 1 Day 36 Eliminated 12th Alexandra Vereshchagina 42 Wedding photographer Evgenia Iskandarova 32 Stand-Up comedienne Day 1 Day 39 Finalists Karina Koks 41 Slivki singer Kirill Sarychev 35 Powerlifter Day 1 Day 40 Runners-up Vasily Kamotsky 34 Armwrestler Maria Minogarova 34 Model Day 10 Day 40 Winners Pavel Mamaev 35 Football player
Pair 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Maria & Pavel ❌ ❌ ❌ 6th 7th 1st 5th 2nd 3rd 4th 3rd 1st 1st 3.3 Kirill & Vasily 6th 3rd 3rd 3rd 4th 2nd 6th 7th 2nd 2nd 1st 3rd 2nd 3.3 Evgenia & Karina 4th 2nd 2nd 1st 3rd 4th 1st 1st 1st 5th 2nd 2nd 3rd 2.3 Oleg & Alexandra 1st 1st 1st 9th 2nd 3rd 4th 6th 5th 1st 4th 4th 3.4 Timur & Ekaterina 5th 4th 6th 2nd 1st 5th 3rd 4th 6th 3rd 5th 4.0 Anatoly & Ksenia 2nd 9th 7th 4th 6th 8th 8th 5th 4th 6th 5.9 Ivan & Daria 3rd 5th 4th 8th 5th 9th 2nd 3rd 7th 5.1 Denis & Kostya 9th 7th 8th 7th 9th 6th 7th 8th 7.6 Marat & Anastasia ❌ ❌ ❌ ❌ ❌ 7th 9th 8.0 GeeGun & Oxana 7th 6th 9th 5th 8th 10th 7.5 Anfisa & Alexander ❌ ❌ ❌ ❌ 10th 10.0 Vladimir & Alexandra ❌ 8th 5th 10th 7.6 Alexander & Mikhail ❌ ❌ 10th 10.0 Evelina & Yan 8th 10th 9.0 Zurab & Andrey 10th 10.0
Season 2 (2025) Contestant Age Occupation Team colour Entered Exited Status Masha Malinovskaya 44 Video jockey Day 1 Day 3 Eliminated 1st Marina Sadkova 56 Real estate agent Alexey Dolmatov 45 Centr rapper Day 1 Day 6 Eliminated 2nd Olga Dolmatova 42 Record producer Roza Syabitova 63 Let's Get Married presenter Day 4 Day 9 Eliminated 3rd Denis Syabitov 35 Toastmaster Glukoza 38 Singer Day 1 Day 12 Eliminated 4th Lidia Chistyakova 18 Music college student Mikhail Kukota 37 KVN comedian Day 13 Day 15 Eliminated 5th Karen Arutyunov 42 KVN comedian Dmitry Shchebet 33 Dancing with the Stars professional Day 1 Day 18 Eliminated 6th Yulianna Bukholts 32 Dancing with the Stars professional Denis Klyaver 50 Chai vdvoem singer Day 1 Day 21 Eliminated 7th Alexandra Savelieva 41 Fabrika singer Artem Kacher 36 Rapper Day 1 Day 24 Eliminated 8th Lesha Svik 34 Rapper Alena Zhigalova 44 Interviewer Day 10 Day 27 Eliminated 9th Ekaterina Gordon 44 Public figure Lina Dzhebisashvili 39 Bitva extrasensov star Day 1 Day 30 Eliminated 10th Magomed Ismailov 38 MMA fighter Ksenia Borodina 41 Dom-2 presenter Day 16 Day 33 Eliminated 11th Regina Todorenko 35 Heads and Tails presenter Irina Dubtsova 43 Singer Day 1 Day 36 Eliminated 12th Natan Mirov 39 Rapper Sofia Kashtanova 37 Psychologistesses actress Day 7 Day 39 Finalists Wolfgang Cerny 40 Nuremberg actor Anton Shkaplerov 53 Cosmonaut Day 1 Day 40 Runners-up Kristina Shkaplerova 30 Rocket scientist Nyusha 34 Singer Day 1 Day 40 Winners Maria Shurochkina 30 Synchronized swimmer
Pair 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Nyusha & Maria 5th 5th 9th 6th 2nd 8th 3rd 6th 5th 5th 1st 1st 1st 4.3 Anton & Kristina 2nd 4th 3rd 3rd 1st 2nd 2nd 4th 4th 1st 2nd 3rd 2nd 2.5 Sofia & Wolfgang ❌ ❌ 6th 1st 4th 7th 5th 1st 3rd 3rd 4th 2nd 3rd 3.5 Irina & Natan 1st 1st 5th 5th 6th 1st 6th 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 3.1 Ksenia & Regina ❌ ❌ ❌ ❌ ❌ 5th 4th 5th 2nd 4th 5th 4.1 Lina & Magomed 3rd 2nd 1st 4th 9th 9th 1st 2nd 6th 6th 4.3 Alena & Ekaterina ❌ ❌ ❌ 7th 5th 6th 8th 7th 7th 6.6 Artem & Lesha 9th 6th 7th 9th 3rd 4th 7th 8th 6.6 Denis & Alexandra 4th 3rd 2nd 2nd 7th 3rd 9th 4.2 Dmitry & Yulianna 8th 7th 4th 8th 8th 10th 7.5 Mikhail & Karen ❌ ❌ ❌ ❌ 10th 10.0 Glukoza & Lidia 6th 8th 8th 10th 8.0 Roza & Denis ❌ 9th 10th 9.5 Alexey & Olga 7th 10th 8.5 Masha & Marina 10th 10.0
Season 3 (2026) Contestant Age Occupation Team colour Entered Exited Status Anna Tsukanova-Kott 36 Silver Spoon actress Day 1 Day 3 Eliminated 1st Anna Chapman 44 Intelligence officer Alexander Emelianenko 44 MMA fighter Day 4 Day 6 Eliminated 2nd Igor Kostenko 45 Lawyer Igor Rybakov 53 Businessman Day 1 Day 9 Eliminated 3rd Polina Rybakova 25 MFTI student Instasamka 25 Rapper Day 1 Day 12 Eliminated 4th Moneyken 25 Rapper Irina Bezrukova 60 Stage actress Day 1 Day 15 Eliminated 5th Stanislav Vlaiku 36 PR director Leonid Slutsky 54 Football manager Day 10 Day 18 Eliminated 6th Oleg Yarovinsky 44 Football coach Ilya Glinnikov 41 Interns actor Day 1 Day 21 Eliminated 7th Daria Yanina 35 The Club actress Natasha Koroleva 52 Singer Day 16 Day 24 Eliminated 8th Melissa Glushko 25 Make-up artist Pavel Derevyanko 49 Unprincipled actor Day 7 Day 27 Eliminated 9th Zoya Futs 35 Clothing line designer Victoria Daineko 38 Singer Day 1 Day 30 Eliminated 10th Berkeli Ovezov 39 Oil engineer Dina Averina 27 Rhythmic gymnast Day 1 Day 33 Eliminated 11th Arina Averina 27 Rhythmic gymnast Maria Pogrebnyak 38 Instagram blogger Day 1 Day 36 Eliminated 12th Ekaterina Shkuro 26 TikTok blogger David Manukyan 33 Rapper Day 1 Day 39 Finalists Misha Marvin 36 Singer Ekaterina Morgunova 39 Once in Russia comedienne Day 13 Day 40 Runners-up Yana Koshkina 36 Once in Russia comedienne Nikita Katsalapov 34 Figure skater Day 1 Day 40 Winners Victoria Sinitsina 30 Figure skater
Pair 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Nikita & Victoria 1st 4th 2nd 2nd 8th 3rd 8th 1st 3rd 5th 1st 3rd 1st 3.2 Ekaterina & Yana ❌ ❌ ❌ ❌ 7th 9th 5th 2nd 4th 3rd 3rd 2nd 2nd 4.1 David & Misha 9th 3rd 9th 6th 6th 4th 4th 3rd 2nd 4th 4th 1st 3rd 4.4 Maria & Ekaterina 2nd 6th 5th 3rd 9th 7th 3rd 7th 5th 1st 2nd 4th 4.5 Dina & Arina 4th 1st 6th 1st 1st 2nd 6th 6th 1st 2nd 5th 3.1 Victoria & Berkeli 6th 7th 1st 5th 3rd 1st 1st 5th 6th 6th 4.1 Pavel & Zoya ❌ ❌ 8th 7th 4th 6th 2nd 4th 7th 5.4 Natasha & Melissa ❌ ❌ ❌ ❌ ❌ 8th 7th 8th 7.6 Ilya & Daria 7th 9th 4th 8th 5th 5th 9th 6.7 Leonid & Oleg ❌ ❌ ❌ 4th 2nd 10th 5.3 Irina & Stanislav 8th 8th 7th 9th 10th 8.4 Instasamka & Moneyken 5th 2nd 3rd 10th 5.0 Igor & Polina 3rd 5th 10th 6.0 Alexander & Igor ❌ 10th 10.0 Anna & Anna 10th 10.0
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