“Greek Games” – Greece, Season 9: Teams had to complete three events from the ancient Olympic Games - discus, javelin throw and Greco-Roman wrestling - to receive their next clue.Ĩ. This challenge literally brought one contestant to tears, but in the final leg, it was all worth it, because they won the race and the $1 million.ħ. “Head Shaving” – India, Season 7: This Fast Forward required a team to shave their heads to receive their next clue. That ensured that he would not be eliminated.Ħ. He convinced other teams to quit the Roadblock, too, which would cause them to have a four-hour penalty. Rob Mariano, realizing this was an extremely difficult task, played a mental mind game by taking a four-hour penalty and not attempting the challenge. “Meat Eating” – Argentina, Season 7: In this Roadblock, each team had to eat four pounds of meat. Most teams completed in less than an hour, but one team never found the clue and after nearly nine hours, Phil had to eliminate them on the field so that production could catch the next flight to the next location.ĥ. The challenge was to unroll each hay bale and find a clue in the center. “Hay Bales” – Sweden, Season 6: In this Roadblock, a contestant was faced with hundreds of hay bales in a field. Unfortunately, one team found this task extremely frustrating as the ox was not cooperating and the contestant yelled at production and anyone who would listen that his ox was broken!Ĥ. “My Ox Is Broken” – Philippines, Season 5: Teams had to plow a field with the help of an ox. “Basket Boats” – Vietnam, Season 3: Teams had to paddle round shaped basket boats from place to place, but most teams wound up going in circles!ģ. We were on pins and needles watching the teams as they jumped!Ģ. “Swing, You Fat Bastard!” – Africa, Season 1: The first big “wow” in “Amazing Race” history, teams had to jump and swing from a rope hundreds of feet above a gorge. Specifically, in honor of its 20th anniversary, we asked Doganieri to come up with a list of the 20 most difficult or exciting producing moments, focusing on challenges, she and van Munster have experienced with “The Amazing Race.” She came back with a broad list reaching back to the very beginning.
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(For its part, CBS is still optimistic about the show’s return and has previously announced that Season 33 will air during the 2021-2022 television season.)Īs host Phil Keoghan practices his raised eyebrow in the hopes that they’ll be back on the road soon, “The Amazing Race” executive producers and creators Elise Doganieri and Bertram van Munster are taking a moment this weekend to celebrate two decades of “The Amazing Race,” and reflect on how they turned a logistically challenging idea into a hit TV series with all those awards and plenty of critical acclaim. As the world changed, so did travel, and that altered the way production of future seasons had to be handled - just as, once again, the impact of the pandemic will likely have a lasting impact on “Race” moving forward. 5, 2001 - six days before another major tragedy, the Sept. “The Amazing Race” originally premiered on Sept. And they have every intention of resuming the show’s 33rd season after pausing it midstream. But producers are eager to get the show, which halted mid-race in February 2020 - back up and running when it’s safe. Production on “The Amazing Race” currently remains on hiatus, unfortunately, as the world continues to contend with the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. After 20 years and 32 seasons, CBS’ “ The Amazing Race” remains one of the gold standards of reality competition TV, having won 10 Emmys in that series category since its inception, more than any other show.
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