Ready for their greatest adventures! The Amazing Race aired its first season in September 2001 — and has had its fair share of shocking moments in the decades since.The CBS game show follows teams of two as they race around the world completing various tasks and mental challenges in hopes of winning $1 million.
Hosted by Phil Keoghan, the reality series has earned 13 Primetime Emmy Awards (10 of which were in the Outstanding Reality-Competition Program category).
Ahead of the season 32 premiere in October 2020, the New Zealand native officially logged one million miles traveled throughout the series.“There was no hoopla.
There was no champagne. There were no fireworks,” the Tough as Nails host joked to Us Weekly exclusively, comparing the achievement to “going to the moon and back, twice.”At the time, the producer hinted at the “really good mixture of teams” competing on season 32, which aired two years after filming due to the coronavirus pandemic. “Like all of our Amazing Race family, they all get very, very close. … I assure you there’s some good dynamics right out of the gate,” he told Us.However, some of the teams got too close for viewers’ comfort.
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