The Amazing Race
Reality competitionReal people competing under format rules.This show: 10/10Long-runnerA show whose sheer longevity shapes how it's watched.This show: 8/10Family-safeNothing to worry about with anyone in the room.This show: 7/10
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| Avg | E1 | E2 | E3 | E4 | E5 | E6 | E7 | E8 | E9 | E10 | E11 | E12 | E13 | ||
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| S1 | 7.9 | 8.1 | 8.0 | 7.9 | 8.1 | 8.0 | 7.9 | 7.8 | 7.6 | 8.0 | 7.6 | 7.9 | 7.7 | 8.4 | |
| S2 | 7.6 | 7.6 | 7.7 | 7.6 | 7.5 | 7.6 | 7.4 | 7.6 | 7.9 | 7.7 | 7.6 | 7.9 | |||
| S3 | 7.8 | 7.7 | 7.6 | 7.7 | 7.8 | 7.9 | 7.6 | 7.7 | 7.9 | 7.8 | 8.0 | 7.8 | |||
| S4 | 7.4 | 7.6 | 7.4 | 7.4 | 7.4 | 7.4 | 7.4 | 7.2 | 7.5 | 7.4 | 7.4 | 7.3 | 7.3 | 7.2 | |
| S5 | 7.7 | 7.6 | 7.6 | 7.6 | 7.5 | 7.6 | 7.9 | 7.7 | 7.9 | 7.6 | 7.8 | 8.0 | 8.1 | ||
| S6 | 7.6 | 7.8 | 7.7 | 7.8 | 7.6 | 7.6 | 7.6 | 6.7 | 7.6 | 7.6 | 7.6 | 7.7 | 7.7 | 7.6 | |
| S7 | 7.7 | 7.7 | 7.4 | 7.7 | 7.6 | 7.9 | 7.7 | 7.1 | 7.6 | 7.9 | 7.7 | 8.0 | 8.2 | ||
| S8 | 7.1 | 7.1 | 7.6 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 6.8 | 7.2 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 7.4 | 7.1 | ||
| S9 | 7.7 | 7.7 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 7.8 | 7.4 | 7.6 | 7.6 | 7.6 | 7.6 | 8.0 | 7.7 | 7.8 | ||
| S10 | 7.1 | 7.3 | 7.5 | 7.2 | 7.1 | 7.1 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 7.2 | 7.2 | 7.2 | 6.9 | 6.8 | 7.0 | |
| S11 | 7.3 | 7.3 | 7.4 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 7.1 | 7.3 | 7.3 | 7.2 | 7.2 | 7.6 | 7.6 | 7.2 | 7.1 | |
| S12 | 7.4 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 7.6 | 7.6 | 7.5 | 7.4 | 7.3 | 7.2 | 7.2 | 7.5 | 7.6 | |||
| S13 | 7.3 | 7.4 | 7.3 | 7.3 | 7.3 | 7.3 | 7.2 | 7.2 | 7.2 | 7.4 | 7.2 | 7.9 | |||
| S14 | 7.6 | 8.0 | 7.6 | 7.8 | 7.8 | 7.7 | 7.5 | 7.2 | 7.4 | 7.3 | 7.5 | 7.7 | 7.6 | ||
| S15 | 7.5 | 7.8 | 7.3 | 7.3 | 7.3 | 7.7 | 7.2 | 7.6 | 7.5 | 7.2 | 7.4 | 7.7 | |||
| S16 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 7.3 | 7.4 | 7.7 | 7.6 | 7.5 | 7.6 | 7.8 | 7.5 | 7.6 | 7.6 | 7.3 | ||
| S17 | 7.7 | 7.8 | 7.5 | 7.7 | 7.8 | 7.6 | 7.7 | 7.5 | 7.6 | 7.7 | 7.7 | 7.7 | 8.1 | ||
| S18 | 7.7 | 8.0 | 7.7 | 7.8 | 7.9 | 7.9 | 7.9 | 7.6 | 7.7 | 7.1 | 7.8 | 7.7 | |||
| S19 | 7.7 | 8.0 | 7.8 | 7.6 | 7.5 | 7.7 | 7.8 | 7.7 | 8.0 | 7.9 | 8.0 | 7.0 | 7.4 | ||
| S20 | 7.7 | 7.8 | 7.4 | 7.8 | 7.6 | 7.6 | 7.4 | 7.7 | 7.6 | 8.0 | 7.5 | 7.8 | |||
| S21 | 7.5 | 8.0 | 7.1 | 7.7 | 7.3 | 7.5 | 7.2 | 7.8 | 7.7 | 7.4 | 7.0 | 7.8 | |||
| S22 | 7.4 | 7.4 | 7.3 | 7.6 | 7.5 | 7.2 | 7.1 | 7.1 | 7.2 | 7.4 | 7.5 | 7.8 | |||
| S23 | 7.5 | 7.4 | 7.4 | 7.4 | 7.7 | 7.4 | 7.6 | 7.5 | 7.4 | 7.5 | 7.6 | 7.9 | |||
| S24 | 7.8 | 8.0 | 7.7 | 7.7 | 7.8 | 7.5 | 7.8 | 7.7 | 7.6 | 7.8 | 7.7 | 7.6 | 8.1 | ||
| S25 | 7.5 | 7.9 | 7.5 | 7.6 | 7.4 | 7.4 | 7.2 | 7.4 | 7.3 | 8.0 | 7.4 | 7.6 | 7.6 | ||
| S26 | 7.3 | 7.7 | 7.2 | 7.4 | 7.0 | 7.2 | 7.3 | 7.0 | 7.5 | 7.2 | 7.2 | 7.5 | 8.0 | ||
| S27 | 7.2 | 7.2 | 7.2 | 6.8 | 7.1 | 7.7 | 7.2 | 7.5 | 7.4 | 7.1 | 7.0 | 7.6 | 7.2 | ||
| S28 | 6.8 | 6.1 | 6.4 | 6.5 | 6.7 | 6.8 | 6.9 | 7.1 | 7.3 | 7.0 | 7.3 | 7.0 | 6.8 | ||
| S29 | 7.5 | 7.9 | 7.4 | 7.4 | 7.8 | 7.7 | 6.7 | 7.8 | 7.7 | 7.7 | 7.6 | 8.0 | 6.9 | ||
| S30 | 7.6 | 7.6 | 7.2 | 7.6 | 7.5 | 7.4 | 7.7 | 7.5 | 7.9 | ||||||
| S31 | 7.8 | 7.7 | 7.7 | 7.9 | 7.6 | 7.6 | 7.4 | 7.9 | 7.9 | 8.0 | 7.7 | 8.1 | |||
| S32 | 7.1 | 7.5 | 7.4 | 7.6 | 7.4 | 7.6 | 7.4 | 7.6 | 7.5 | 7.2 | 7.1 | 6.0 | 5.4 | ||
| S33 | 7.9 | 7.8 | 7.8 | 7.7 | 7.8 | 7.8 | 7.7 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 8.6 | 8.1 | 8.4 | |||
| S34 | 7.8 | 7.8 | 7.5 | 7.4 | 7.6 | 7.6 | 7.4 | 7.8 | 7.7 | 7.7 | 8.1 | 8.3 | 8.6 | ||
| S35 | 8.4 | 8.1 | 8.3 | 8.3 | 8.5 | 8.4 | 8.2 | 8.4 | 8.8 | 8.5 | 8.6 | 8.7 | 8.7 | ||
| S36 | 7.1 | 7.5 | 7.3 | 7.5 | 7.3 | 7.2 | 7.2 | 6.8 | 6.8 | 7.1 | 6.4 | ||||
| S37 | 8.0 | 7.9 | 7.9 | 7.9 | 7.9 | 7.1 | 8.2 | 8.6 | 7.9 | 8.1 | 8.0 | 8.1 | 8.1 | ||
| S38 | 6.9 | 5.9 | 6.7 | 6.6 | 7.4 | 7.5 | 7.2 | 7.6 | 7.7 | 6.5 | 7.6 | 7.3 | 6.6 | ||
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"Endurance travel drama disguised as a game show"
Teams of two race around the world, completing challenges and puzzles at each destination while trying to avoid being the last to check in and get eliminated. It's a globe-trotting endurance test that mixes travel-show spectacle with reality-TV gamesmanship: airport sprints, language barriers, physical dares, and the occasional meltdown under jet lag and pressure. The pace is relentless and episodic, built around ticking clocks and last-minute reversals. What carries it is the teams themselves, their dynamics under stress, and the sheer novelty of the locations, more than any deep narrative arc.
Watch it for
the vicarious thrill of watching real places and real relationships tested by exhaustion and deadlines.
Maybe skip if
you find repetitive game-show structure and manufactured airport drama tedious after a few episodes.
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All Seasons
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Season 12001
7.92K139h 42m
The Amazing Race 1 is the first season of the American reality television series The Amazing Race. It was broadcast for the first time on September 5, 2001, and ended on December 13, 2001, on American television.
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Season 22002
7.61K119h 33m
The Amazing Race 2 is the second installment of the American reality television show The Amazing Race. The Amazing Race 2 features eleven teams of two with a pre-existing relationship in a race around the world. It premiered on March 11, 2002 and ended on May 15, 2002.
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Season 32002
7.8956119h 32m
The Amazing Race 3 is the third installment of the reality television show, The Amazing Race. This season featured 12 teams of two, with a pre-existing relationship, in a race around the world, making it the first season to have 12 teams. It premiered on October 2, 2002 and ended on December 18, 2002.
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Season 42003
7.4954139h 55m
The Amazing Race 4 is the fourth installment of the reality television show on US television The Amazing Race. The Amazing Race 4 featured 12 teams of two, with a pre-existing relationship, in a race around the world. It premiered on May 29, 2003 and ended on August 21, 2003.
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Season 52004
7.71K1310h 55m
The Amazing Race 5 is the fifth installment of the American reality television show The Amazing Race. The Amazing Race 5 featured 11 teams of two, with a pre-existing relationship, in a race around the world.
This season premiered on July 6, 2004, with weekly showings at 8:00 pm EDT, followed by Big Brother 5. The 2-hour season finale aired on September 21, 2004.
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Season 62004
7.69011311h 16m
The Amazing Race 6 is the sixth installment of the reality television series The Amazing Race. It premiered on November 16, 2004, and concluded on February 8, 2005.
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Season 72005
7.78491211h 50m
The Amazing Race 7 is the seventh installment of the reality television show The Amazing Race. The Amazing Race 7 features 11 teams of two, each with a pre-existing relationship, in a race around the world. This installment ran from March 1, 2005 to May 10, 2005.
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Family Edition2005
7.17691211h 12m
The Amazing Race 8 is the eighth installment of the reality television show The Amazing Race. The Amazing Race 8 differed from previous installments of The Amazing Race in that instead of pairs of adults with a pre-existing relationship, this race featured ten families of four and allowed the participation of minors as young as 8. The Race returned to the original teams of two adults for The Amazing Race 9. Filming ran from July 7, 2005 to July 31, 2005. The show premiered on Tuesday, September 27, 2005 and concluded on December 13, 2005.
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Season 92006
7.77411210h 15m
The Amazing Race 9 is the ninth installment of the American reality television show The Amazing Race. This season featured eleven teams of two with a pre-existing relationship in a race around the world to win one million dollars. The show premiered on Tuesday, February 28, 2006 and concluded on May 17, 2006.
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Season 102006
7.1789139h 56m
The Amazing Race 10 is the tenth installment of the reality television show The Amazing Race. The Amazing Race 10 features twelve teams of two with a pre-existing relationship in a race around the world.
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All-Stars2007
7.3826139h 35m
The Amazing Race 11 is the 11th installment of the reality television show The Amazing Race. The Amazing Race 11 featured eleven teams of two — ten returning teams from previous editions, and a dating couple who had met and competed against each other on a previous season — in a race around the world.
The eleventh cycle premiered on February 18, 2007 at 8:00 p.m. EST, 7:00 CST for one hour, and the season finale was on May 6, 2007.
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Season 122007
7.4742118h 4m
The Amazing Race 12 is the twelfth installment of winning reality television show The Amazing Race.
The 12th season premiered on November 4, 2007 at 8 p.m. ET/PT. It took the timeslot of the canceled CBS series Viva Laughlin. The finale aired on January 20, 2008 at 8 p.m. ET/PT.
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Season 132008
7.3701118h 4m
The Amazing Race 13 is the 13th installment of the reality television competition series The Amazing Race. It featured 11 teams of two, each with a preexisting relationship, in a race around the world.
The 13th season was part of the fall line-up for 2008-09 season and premiered Sunday nights at 8:00 p.m. ET/PT starting on September 28, 2008 and the season finale aired on December 7, 2008 at 8:00 p.m. ET/PT.
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Season 142009
7.6872128h 48m
The Amazing Race 14 is the fourteenth installment of the reality television show The Amazing Race. The Amazing Race 14 featured 11 teams of two, with a pre-existing relationship, in a race around the world.
The season premiered on Sunday, February 15, 2009 at 8:00 p.m. ET/PT and aired on Sunday nights with the season finale on May 10, 2009. The show was again hosted by Phil Keoghan.
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Season 152009
7.5763118h 47m
The Amazing Race 15 is the fifteenth installment of the reality television show The Amazing Race. The Amazing Race 15 featured 12 teams of two, with a pre-existing relationship, in a race around the world.
The fifteenth cycle started on Sunday, September 27, 2009, with a two hour premiere. It aired on CBS in the United States, and CTV in Canada. The Amazing Race 15 aired on Sunday nights at 8:00 p.m. ET/PT with the season finale on December 6, 2009. The show is again hosted by Phil Keoghan. In Asia, it was on-air on AXN.
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Season 162010
7.5819128h 48m
The Amazing Race 16 is the sixteenth installment of the reality television show The Amazing Race. The Amazing Race 16 features eleven teams of two, each with a pre-existing relationship, in a race around the world.
The sixteenth cycle started on Sunday, February 14, 2010. It aired on CBS in the United States on Sunday nights at 8:00 p.m. ET/PT with the season finale on May 9, 2010, and in Canada, the show premiered on the A-Channel, not CTV, but it returned to CTV after the Winter Olympics concluded. The show was again hosted by Phil Keoghan.
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Season 172010
7.7849129h 9m
The Amazing Race 17 is the seventeenth installment of the reality television show The Amazing Race. The Amazing Race 17 features 11 teams of two, each with a pre-existing relationship, in a race around the world.
The seventeenth cycle started on Sunday, September 26, 2010. It aired on CBS in the United States in a special 90-minute episode; then returned to its normal hour-long format the following week on Sunday nights at 8:00 p.m. ET/PT with the season finale on December 12, 2010. The show was again hosted by Phil Keoghan.
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Unfinished Business2011
7.78151210h 36m
The Amazing Race 18 is the eighteenth installment of the reality television show The Amazing Race. The Amazing Race 18 featured eleven teams of two – each returning from a previous edition for the first time since Season 11 – in a race around the world for a $1 million prize.
The eighteenth cycle started on Sunday, February 20, 2011. It aired on CBS in the United States on Sunday nights at 8:00 pm ET/PT with the two-hour season finale on May 8, 2011. The show is hosted by Phil Keoghan.
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Season 192011
7.7856129h 4m
The Amazing Race 19 is the nineteenth installment of the reality television show The Amazing Race. The Amazing Race 19 features eleven teams of two, each with a pre-existing relationship, in a race around the world. The 19th season premiered on September 25, 2011.
The nineteenth cycle started on Sunday, September 25, 2011. It aired on CBS in the United States on Sunday nights at 8:00 p.m. ET/PT with the season finale on December 11, 2011. The show is hosted by Phil Keoghan.
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Season 202012
7.7723117h 51m
The Amazing Race 20 is the twentieth installment of the reality television show The Amazing Race. The Amazing Race 20 features eleven teams of two, each with a pre-existing relationship, in a race around the world.
The twentieth Race premiered on Sunday, February 19, 2012. It aired on CBS in the United States on Sunday nights at 8:00 p.m. ET/PT with the two-hour season finale on May 6, 2012. The show is hosted by Phil Keoghan.
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Season 212012
7.5779118h 47m
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Season 222013
7.4766119h 20m
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Season 232013
7.5728129h 41m
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All-Stars2014
7.8823128h 48m
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Season 252014
7.5896128h 49m
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Season 262015
7.38261210h 43m
The Amazing Race 26 is the upcoming twenty-sixth instalment of the reality television show The Amazing Race. In this season, the teams will consist of eleven dating couples, with five of the teams meeting for the first time in a blind date, in a race around the world for a US$1 million grand prize.
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Season 272015
7.2921128h 39m
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Season 282016
6.81K128h 37m
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Season 292017
7.51K128h 37m
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.
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Season 302018
7.678688h 40m
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Season 312019
7.81K118h 37m
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Season 322020
7.12K128h 53m
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Season 332022
7.91K119h 55m
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Season 342022
7.81K128h 58m
The Amazing Race 34 is the thirty-fourth season of the American reality television show The Amazing Race. It featured twelve teams of two competing in a race around the world. The season premiered on CBS on September 21, 2022.
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Season 352023
8.41K1213h
Armed with a limited budget, 13 teams of two embark on a race around the world that rewards $1 million to the first team to reach the final destination.
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Season 362024
7.11K1010h 33m
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Season 372025
8.01K1212h 53m
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Season 382025
6.91K1212h 56m
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Season 39
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Full Cast & Crew
Cast
Phil Keoghan Self - Host
Joyce Robinson Self - Contestant
Uchenna Agu Self - Contestant
Jet McCoy Self - Contestant
Cord McCoy Self - Contestant
Leo Temory Self - Contestant
Jamal Zadran Self - Contestant
Rachel Reilly Self - Contestant, Self
Herbert 'Flight Time' Lang Self - Contestant
Nathaniel 'Big Easy' Lofton Self - Contestant
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