The Amazing Race(2001)
The world is waiting for you.
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.
- Created by:
- Bertram van Munster, Elise Doganieri
- First aired:
- 2001-09-05
- Country:
- US
- Network:
- CBS
Episodes
1. Double the Stakes, Double the Eliminations
★ 3.02025-03-05 · 64m
Fourteen teams compete; in Hong Kong, teams confront the inaugural Fork in the Road, forcing them to choose which direction and route they want to take to the Pit Stop, creating two parallel races where two teams will be eliminated.
2. Very Strong Warrior Energy
★ 3.02025-03-12 · 65m
Teams depart for Osaka, Japan, where they encounter an Intersection at the Roadblock, forcing one partner to team up with a member of another team and complete a challenge performing the taiko drums. Air Date: Mar 12, 2025
3. Chaotic, Crazy, That's What We're Used to
★ 3.02025-03-19 · 64m
Racers must play the ancient Japanese game of kemari and the first team with both members to successfully complete the game will win the express pass.
4. There's No Addresses in the Jungle
★ 4.02025-03-26 · 64m
Racers travel to Bali, Indonesia, where the first team to arrive must make a difficult decision.
5. It's Not Personal, It's Business
★ 3.02025-04-02 · 65m
Host Phil Keoghan shocks the teams when he announces a surprise where teams must cast their vote live, and the two teams with the most votes are required to complete both detours.
6. It Smells Like the Desert
★ 4.02025-04-09 · 64m
Racers skydive over the city of Dubai, and one team wins the classic game piece the Fast Forward, allowing them to skip all remaining tasks and head straight to the Pit Stop.
7. Be One With the Hay
★ 4.02025-04-16 · 65m
For the first time ever on THE AMAZING RACE, teams travel to Bulgaria where they face a surprise double U-Turn.
8. We're Letting Race Brain Win
★ 4.52025-04-23 · 64m
Teams continue traveling through Bulgaria where the express pass is up for grabs; one team makes a critical mistake that could jeopardize their race.
9. The Pizza de Résistance
★ 4.02025-04-30 · 64m
The teams travel to Naples, Italy, where they must perfect their pizza-making skills.
10. Up the River Without a Joust
★ 4.02025-05-07 · 65m
Racers travel to Strasbourg, France, where they go head-to-head in a water jousting match.
11. My Knight in Shining Armor
★ 4.02025-05-14 · 64m
In the penultimate leg of the Race, the remaining four teams travel through Portugal.
12. We're in Miami Baby!
★ 4.02025-05-15 · 63m
Teams race to Miami where, after nine countries, 18 cities and more than 29,000 miles, one team will be crowned the winners of THE AMAZING RACE and receive the $1 million prize, on the season 37 finale.
Where to watch
Stream
Free
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Cast
Phil Keoghan
Self - Host
