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The Amazing Race
"The world is waiting for you."
Overview
This reality competition sees teams embark on a trek around the world to amazing destinations where they must compete in a series of challenges, some mental and some physical. Only when the tasks are completed will they learn of their next location. Teams who are the farthest behind will gradually be eliminated as the contest progresses, with the first team to arrive at the final destination winning the race and the $1 million prize.
Status
Returning Series
Created By
Bertram van Munster, Elise Doganieri
Network
CBS
Seasons & Episodes
Season 29
In season 29, in a brand-new twist, all 22 Racers are complete strangers who will meet on the starting line. Before “GO,”Racers will immediately compete in a challenge that will determine the order for picking a Teammate, based on nothing but first impressions. These new pairs of Teammates will then have mere moments to learn their traveling companion's name before beginning a race around the world that will span 9 countries, 17 cities and 36,000 miles.
Episodes
We're Coming for You, Phil!
Season 29 begins with 22 strangers meeting at the starting line in Los Angeles and then pairing up to form 11 teams who then fly to the first destination, Panama City.
Scared Spitless
Teams travel to Sao Paulo, Brazil where tensions rise between two teams when one goes back on their word.
Bucket List Type Stuff
Racers travel to Zanzibar, Tanzania where teams build and deliver desks to a local school. Also, tensions rise when teams face a blind double U-turn, and one team's Race may be in jeopardy when they misplace their passports.
Another One Bites the Dust
A previously played U-turn causes friction between two teams in Tanzania.
Have Faith in Me, Broski
Racers take on a record setting Roadblock by helping build a 13-story bonfire in Norway.
Double U-Turn Ahead
The race continues in Milan and Lake Como, Italy.
Have Fun and Get It Done
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Good Job, Donkey
The race continues in Athens, Greece.
I Thought We Were Playing It Nice
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Riding a Bike is Like Riding a Bike
The race continues in Ninh Binh, Vietnam, where teams battle scorching heat while transporting shrimp baskets for one mile to a local fisherman. One racers nears their breaking point during the exhausting Roadblock.
As Easy as Stacking Cups
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We're Going to Victory Lane
The final three teams race to Chicago where they must complete their last challenges within the city's most iconic landmarks, including Wrigley Field, the home of the World Series champion Chicago Cubs, before they dash to the finish line.
Top Cast
Phil Keoghan
Self - Host
