


^ Jelani & Jenny used the Express Pass to bypass the Detour in Leg 8 However, they still had to do one side of the Detour since Matt & Ashley U-Turned them before they got to the board.Phil met with them where they rested the night to inform them of their elimination. Additionally, Bergen & Kurt got lost while finding the Detour location of their choice and fell behind all the other teams. Throughout the leg, Bergen & Kurt had to walk or use public transportation. They were then issued a 2-hour penalty upon arrival, as they did not have their vehicle present to perform the task there. ^ Bergen & Kurt left their Ford Focus vehicle behind on their way to Schlafwagenfabrik due to difficulties driving it, and instead traveled by taxi.^ At the Leg 3 Pit Stop, Matt proposed to Ashley, who accepted.^ Jeff & Lyda used their Blind U-Turn on Jeff & Jackie however, they already passed the U-Turn point and therefore were unaffected by it.Teams were warned that at some point in the next leg, a team would be eliminated. An underlined team placement indicates that the team came in last, was ordered to continue racing, and didn't have to perform a Speed Bump in the next leg. The first place team was still awarded a prize for that leg.


Each team member received Fitbit devices, which were used in one of the tasks in Leg 10. Travelocity and Ford continued their sponsorships with The Amazing Race. Ibarra was evicted eighth during a double eviction on Day 57 and became the second member of the jury. In June 2015, Jackie Ibarra and Jeff Weldon were revealed as additional contestants on the seventeenth season of fellow CBS reality show Big Brother by Amazing Race host Phil Keoghan. No team from this season has competed on a subsequent returnee season. The reasons for not casting at least one lesbian dating couple, whether preexisting or blind date, are unknown.Īt the Pit Stop of Leg 3, Matt Cucolo proposed to Ashley Gordon, who accepted, becoming the third team to do so after Hayden & Aaron from The Amazing Race 6 and Chad & Stephanie from The Amazing Race 17. This season was the first in the history of the American edition or any international edition of the program, which did not include at least one all-female team. The cast included Olympic couple Aly Dudek and Steven Langton, as well as New Kids on the Block member Jonathan Knight, racing with his boyfriend, Harley Rodriguez.
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See also: List of The Amazing Race (American TV series) contestants Starting with this season, the scenes in which host Phil Keoghan described the country and Pit Stop were removed and replaced with the teams discussing what happened during the previous episode or a team having their date night before the next leg began. However, the host of the show, Phil Keoghan, eliminated one team in the middle of the final leg, leaving only three teams to race to the Finish Line for the $1 million grand prize. įor the second season in a row, four teams competed in the final leg. It could be obtained during the third leg by completing both sides of the Detour. The Save from the previous season returned for this season but was unaired, unclaimed, and unused. Teams that received the special clue were given a Date Night reward, an opportunity to participate in a romantic activity. In some legs, a special clue was available. This season covered 35,000 miles (56,000 km), five continents, and eight countries, including visits to Japan, Thailand, Namibia, Germany, and for the first time Monaco. The Amazing Race 26 began at Castaic Lake outside of Los Angeles.
