The Amazing Race 32 is the thirty-second season of the Americanreality competition showThe Amazing Race. Hosted byPhil Keoghan, it featured eleven teams of two, each with a pre-existing relationship, competing in a race around the world to win US$1,000,000. This season visited four continents and eleven countries and traveled over 33,000 miles (53,000 km) during eleven legs. Starting inLos Angeles, racers traveled throughTrinidad and Tobago,Colombia,Brazil,Paraguay,France,Germany,Kazakhstan,India,Cambodia, and thePhilippines before returning to theUnited States and finishing inNew Orleans. New twists introduced in this season include an elimination during a no-rest leg, a Double Switchback, and the City Sprint. Elements of the show that returned for this season were the Yield and double-length legs, which were renamed Mega Legs. The season premiered onCBS on October 14, 2020,[1] and the season finale aired on December 16, 2020.
Boyfriends Will Jardell and James Wallington were the winners of this season, while married parents Hung Nguyen and Chee Lee finished in second place, and professional volleyball players Riley McKibbin and Maddison McKibbin finished in third place.
TheHollywood Bowl inLos Angeles hosted the starting line of the thirty-second season ofThe Amazing Race.
During the airing ofseason 30 in January 2018,Phil Keoghan suggested that the show could return to filming two seasons a year after two years of only filming one.[2] Afterseason 31 completed filming in July 2018,The Amazing Race 32 began on November 10, 2018, with filming of first leg reported on the island ofTobago, marking the first timeThe Amazing Race visitedTrinidad and Tobago.[3] The season concluded filming on December 3, 2018, inNew Orleans, Louisiana.[4]
According to Phil Keoghan, this season was the most physically demanding to film sinceThe Amazing Race 3.[5] This season also sawThe Amazing Race reach a milestone of traveling one million cumulative miles.[6]
This season was the first to eliminate the last place team during ano-rest leg.[7] It also saw the first appearance of theYield since thefirstAll-Stars edition back in 2007, making this the first season to feature both the Yield and the U-Turn.[8][9] The mechanics of the Yield were changed such that teams had to find an hourglass during Leg 2 that they could use later in the season to Yield another team.[10]
Two new twists were introduced this season: the Mega Leg and City Sprint. Leg 8 featured a Mega Leg: a rebranding of the double-length leg last seen onThe Amazing Race 10, which featured two Detours and two Roadblocks over the course of one leg.[11] Leg 10 featured the City Sprint, where teams did not have to complete any Detours or Roadblocks, but rather a series of tasks that they had to complete as quickly as possible.[12]
Unlike five of the past six seasons, which had particular themes, Phil Keoghan referred to this season as taking a "back to basics" approach with the cast and the show going back to core elements.[13]
At twenty-two months,The Amazing Race 32 has the longest gap between its filming completion and its premiere.[14] This is primarily attributed to the filming of the season prior to season 31's broadcast and the delays on the2019–20 television season astelevision production was suspended following theCOVID-19 pandemic. CBS first announced on April 13, 2020, that the season would originally premiere with a two-hour special on May 20, 2020, taking over the Wednesday slot ofSurvivor: Winners at War part of the 2019–20 TV season. Following this, the show would have returned to the standard one-hour episode format.[15] However, on April 29, 2020, CBS announced that it was postponing the premiere until later in 2020, and the freshman game showGame On! would assumeSurvivor's former timeslot.[16] The postponement was designed to allowThe Amazing Race to replace shows scheduled in the2020–21 television season whose production has not begun as a result ofsuspended television production following the COVID-19 pandemic.[17]
Outside of a message from Keoghan at the start of the first episode describing the timing of filming of this season relative to the COVID-19 pandemic, the season made no other changes or mention of the pandemic. Keoghan explained this choice was made by production to keep the showevergreen.[18]
AfterPhil Keoghan announced to Will & James that they had wonThe Amazing Race, Will proposed to James, who accepted.[22] Will & James were married on December 3, 2021: the three year anniversary of theirAmazing Race win and their engagement.[23][24]
The following teams are listed with their placements in each leg. Placements are listed in finishing order.
Ared placement with a dagger (†) indicates that the team was eliminated.
Anunderlined blue placement with a double-dagger (‡) indicates that the team was the last to arrive at a Pit Stop in a non-elimination leg, and had to perform a Speed Bump in the following leg.
Anitalicized placement indicates a team's placement at the midpoint of aMega Leg.
Abrown > indicates that the team used the Yield and abrown < indicates the team on the receiving end of the Yield.
Abrown ⊃ indicates that the team used the U-Turn and abrown ⊂ indicates the team on the receiving end of the U-Turn.
^Leg 8 was a Mega Leg with two Detours, two Roadblocks, and two Yields shown over two episodes. The placements listed for the first half are the order of the teams' completion of the first Roadblock.
^abWill & James chose to use the U-Turn on Leo & Alana.
^abWill & James chose to Yield Kaylynn & Haley during the first half of the Mega Leg.
^abRiley & Maddison chose to Yield Kaylynn & Haley during the second half of the Mega Leg.
^abDeAngelo & Gary chose to use the U-Turn on Eswar & Aparna.
^abKaylynn & Haley chose to use the U-Turn on Jerry & Frank.
Teams set off from theHollywood Bowl and flew to the island ofTrinidad. Once there, teams had to find their next clue at the 24 Hour Fruit Stand inSaint Augustine. Both team members then had to roll an oil drum used to makesteelpans one-quarter mile (400 m) to aCarnival at the Exodus Panyard. There, teams had to find theMidnight Robber, who had their next clue and tickets for one of two flights to the island ofTobago on the next day.
Once on Tobago, teams found their next clue at Swallow's Beach, which instructed them to board a boat to theNylon Pool and memorize a uniquely-painted fish with a four-digit combination on their boat. Once at the pool, teams had to search amongst 125 fish for an exact match and unlock the fish in order to receive their next clue, which directed them to the Pigeon Point Jetty.
In this season's first Roadblock, one team member had to learn to play a section of "Day-O" on a steelpan and then perform alongside the Redemption Sound Setters in order to receive their next clue.
After the Roadblock, teams had to travel to Buccoo Integrated Facility and take part ingoat racing, with both team members having to run across a finish line with a goat in order to check in at the Pit Stop.
Additional note
Although the last team to arrive at the Pit Stop was eliminated, there was no rest period at the end of the leg and all remaining teams were instead instructed to continue racing.
At the start of this leg, teams were instructed to fly toBogotá, Colombia. Once there, teams found their next clue outside of theairport, which instructed them to travel by taxi to the Nemocón Salt Mine and search for either a 10- or 20-minutehourglass that they could use to Yield another team later in the season. They then signed up for one of two departure times the next morning, when they also received their next clue.
The next day, teams had to climb to the top of the bell tower at Templo Parroquial San Francisco de Asís, retrieve either anemerald or agolden raft replica, and then travel back to Bogotá to deliver either the emerald to a broker at Plazoleta del Rosario or the raft to an archeology professor at theUniversidad del Rosario in order to receive their next clue, which directed them to Escuela Nacional Circo Para Todos.
In this leg's Roadblock, one team member had to dress as a clown, take a ride in awheel of death, and thenwalk across a tightrope and back without falling or dropping any of the items they were carrying on a tray in order to receive their next clue.
After the Roadblock, teams had to travel to Carrera 26 #10-03 and decorate avolqueta (a dump truck) so that it matched an example, as well as hook up the truck's horn, in order to receive their next clue, which directed them to the Pit Stop:Parque Nacional Enrique Olaya Herrera.
At the start of this leg, teams were instructed to fly toManaus, Brazil. Once there, teams had to travel to theMercado Municipal Adolpho Lisboa and purchase eleven items on a list written inPortuguese, and then bring them to the dock manager at the Balsa Laranja in order to receive their next clue. Teams then had to board a boat, which took them toDessana Village in theAmazon rainforest, with the items that they had purchased. Once there, a chief used ablowgun to knock teams' next clue down from a tree.
This season's first Detour was a choice betweenShelter From Trees orWell Done, Please. InShelter From Trees, teams had to carry a bundle ofbabassu palm leaves to the tribal chief's new house and use them to cover a section of the roof in order to receive their next clue. InWell Done, Please, teams had to use the items that they had purchased at the market to prepare athree-course meal in order to receive their next clue.
After the Detour, teams had to travel on foot to themaloca on a nearby beach, where they found their next clue, which directed them to the Pit Stop: theBarco Corrêa Filho floating on theRio Negro.
Additional note
This leg featured a Double U-Turn. Will & James chose to use the U-Turn on Leo & Alana, while Kaylynn & Haley chose to use the U-Turn on Jerry & Frank.
Asunción (Plaza O'Learyor Estación Central del Ferrocarril)
Asunción (Plaza Italia)
Episode summary
During the Pit Stop, theBarco Corrêa Filho traveled back toManaus, where teams began this leg. Teams were instructed to fly toAsunción, Paraguay, and then travel toCateura.
In this leg's Roadblock, one team member had to assemble acello out of recycled items for theRecycled Orchestra of Cateura in order to receive their next clue.
After the Roadblock, teams had to travel to Mercado 4 and use amortar and pestle to prepare enoughtereré to fill athermos in order to receive their next clue.
This leg's Detour was a Double Switchback, with both tasks originally fromseason 20, and was a choice betweenStack Your Melons orUse Your Melon. InStack Your Melons, teams had to travel to Plaza O'Leary and stackwatermelons into apyramid in order to receive their next clue. InUse Your Melon, teams had to travel to the Estación Central del Ferrocarril and perform a traditionalParaguayan bottle dance. Both team members had to successfully perform a choreographic routine with a glass bottle on their heads without breaking their bottles in order to receive their next clue.
After the Detour, teams had to check in at the Pit Stop: Plaza Italia.
Additional notes
After arriving in Asunción, teams had to first find the Asunción sign nearPalacio de los López, where they found the clue that directed them to the Roadblock in Cateura. This task was unaired.[26]
At the start of this leg, teams were instructed to fly toParis, France. Once there, teams had to drive to theChâteau de Chantilly, where they found their next clue.
For their Speed Bump, Kaylynn & Haley had to clean the riding gear for two of the château's horses before they could continue racing.
In this leg's first Roadblock, one team member had to compare the dozens of paintings in theMusée Condé with the dozens ofRenaissance-styled party guests in another room of the château in order to identify one of the nine guests dressed as a character from one of the paintings. Once a match was identified, they had to bring the guest to the museum curator and tell her the name of the artist whose painting the guest matched in order to receive their next clue.
After the first Roadblock, teams had to travel on foot to Le Vertugadin. There, both team members had to prepare enoughcrème Chantilly to fill two pies and then deliver the pies through a tent where, unbeknownst to the teams, chefs pelted them with pies before receiving their next clue, which directed them to theMusée des Arts Forains in Paris.
In this leg's second Roadblock, the team member who did not perform the previous Roadblock had to win three 19th-centurycarnival games at the Musée des Arts Forains before retrieving their next clue from the shooting gallery, which directed teams to the Pit Stop: thePont des Arts.
At the start of this leg, teams were instructed to travel by train toBerlin, Germany. Once there, teams had to find their next clue in a suitcase marked with anAmazing Race ribbon at theEast Side Gallery. Teams then had to drive anEast GermanTrabant from the gallery to the Teledisko and dance for three minutes until the music stopped in order to receive a photograph with their next clue directing them to Andel's Hotel.
In this leg's Roadblock, one team member had torappel face-first nearly 180 feet (55 m) down the Andel's Hotel and memorize flashing letters which they had to unscramble once on the ground to spell a word –Sauerkraut – in order to receive their next clue.
This leg's Detour was a choice betweenBelt It Out orBelch It Out. InBelt It Out, teams had to dress as chickens and correctly sing theGerman lyrics to "Ich wollt' ich wär' ein Huhn" ("I Wish I Were a Chicken") with theBerlin Comedian Harmonists in order to receive their next clue. InBelch It Out, teams had to lead abeer yoga class, which involved naming and completing four couples' yoga poses while drinking beer, in order to receive their next clue.
After the Detour, teams had to check in at the Pit Stop:Neukölln.
At the start of this leg, teams were instructed to fly toAlmaty, Kazakhstan. Once there, teams had to travel to theKazakhfilm Studio in order to find their next clue.
For their Speed Bump, Kaylynn & Haley had to apply prosthetic beards to each other before they could continue racing.
This leg's Detour was a choice betweenGreat Khan's Spy orKnock Out Guy. InGreat Khan's Spy, teams had to watch an elaborate action sequence and correctly answer a series of questions from the actor portrayingGenghis Khan in order to receive their next clue. If they answered any of the questions incorrectly, they had to watch the action sequence again before making another attempt. InKnock Out Guy, teams had to perform a choreographed fight scene before breaking a vase in order to retrieve their next clue.
After the Detour, teams traveled to a nomad village inKarasay District and found their next clue, which instructed them to lead a camel laden with possessions to an emptyyurt. There, teams had to set up the interior so that it matched an example, which included procuring a boiled sheep's head from the nomads, in order to receive their next clue. Teams were then directed to theZelenyi Bazaar in Almaty and had to search the meat market for their next clue, which directed them to the Pit Stop:First President's Park.
Additional note
Kaylynn & Haley chose to use the Yield on Leo & Alana.
At the start of this leg, teams were instructed to fly toHyderabad, India. Once there, teams had tosmog test threeauto rickshaws in order to receive their next clue.
This leg's first Detour was a choice betweenFood App orNumber Trap. InFood App, teams had to pick up threeSwiggy food orders from a restaurant and deliver them to the correct addresses as instructed to them by a phone operator in order to receive their next clue. InNumber Trap, teams had to capture all of the highlighted ones and zeros on amotion detecting screen and then use the numbers to crack abinary code that led them to their next clue.
After the first Detour, teams found their next clue at theQutb Shahi Tombs.
In this leg's first Roadblock, one team member had to use anaugmented reality feature on atablet computer to find three virtual men wearingturbans and standing in front of the tomb's columns. They then had to find the matching men atop the tomb and place them above the correct columns in order to receive three scrolls that they could exchange for their next clue.
Episode summary (Episode 9)
After the first Roadblock, teams found their next clue at theCharminar.
This leg's second Detour was a Blind Detour, where teams only learned about the task that they chose once they arrived at its location, and was a choice betweenThis orThat. InThis, teams had to push a cart ofbangles to a store and then find a set of seven bangles that matched the ones worn by a bride in order to receive their next clue. InThat, teams had to make adental impression of a patient's teeth and then polish a set ofdentures before fitting them into another patient's mouth in order to receive their next clue.
After the second Detour, teams had to travel to theTaj Falaknuma Palace, where they had to donsherwani outfits and then travel by horse and carriage with a pair ofsocialites to their next clue.
In this leg's second Roadblock, one team member had to prepare tenplace settings on a section of India's longest table to the exact standards for a royal dinner in order to receive their next clue, which directed them to the nearby Pit Stop.
Additional notes
Leg 8 was a Mega Leg spread out over two episodes, both of which aired back-to-back on the same night.
Will & James chose to use the Yield on Kaylynn & Haley during the first half of this leg.
Riley & Maddison chose to also use the Yield on Kaylynn & Haley during the second half of this leg.
At the start of this leg, teams were instructed to fly toSiem Reap, Cambodia. Once there, teams had to find a markedtuk-tuk at theOld Market with aTravelocityRoaming Gnome, a basket of donations, and their next clue, which instructed them to attach their tuk-tuk to a motorbike and travel to Chong Kneas Pier. There, they had to search for their next clue, which instructed teams to travel bylong-tail boat to Silat Tik Meas Buddhist Temple and respectfully give their basket of donations to amonk in order to receive their next clue.
This season's final Detour was a choice betweenFish orFarm. InFish, teams had to pull a 3,280-foot (1,000 m) fishing net and collect at least 15 kilograms (33 lb) of fish in order to receive their next clue. InFarm, teams had to mix a combination of compost and soil, plant a garden of local produce on a floating platform so as to match an example floating garden, and then plant seeds from their gnome's satchel in order to receive their next clue.
After the Detour, teams had to travel by long-tail boat to a floating restaurant in order to find their next clue, which instructed teams to return to Siem Reap and travel to Khmer Floor Handicraft in order to find their next clue.
In this leg's Roadblock, one team member had to make anencausticcement tile. They then had to use a key from the gnome's satchel to unlock a chest ofsliding puzzle pieces that they had to solve in order to receive their next clue, which directed them to the Pit Stop: the east gate ofAngkor Thom.
Additional note
This leg featured a Double U-Turn. DeAngelo and Gary chose to use the U-Turn on Eswar & Aparna, while Riley & Maddison attempted to use the U-Turn on DeAngelo & Gary. However, DeAngelo & Gary had already passed the U-Turn by this point and were therefore unaffected.
At the start of this leg, teams were instructed to fly toManila, Philippines. Once there, teams boarded ajeepney that transported them toLapu-Lapu Circle, where they were greeted byPhil Keoghan. He informed them that this leg would be aCity Sprint, meaning teams would have to complete a series of challenges before returning to Lapu-Lapu Circle, which would serve as the leg's Pit Stop, and there would be no Detours or Roadblocks. Phil then informed teams to find their next clue in a marked jeepney nearRizal Park.
Teams had to solve a riddle that led them to dancing traffic enforcer Ramiro Hinojas[28] at the intersection ofMacapagal Boulevard andEpifanio de los Santos Avenue, and had to grab their next clue from Hinojas as they drove past him. Teams were then sent to theMall of Asia, where they were instructed to run one lap around the esplanade while wearinghigh-heeled shoes in order to receive their next clue.
After passing through the Arch of Goodwill, teams had to searchBinondo for the onelion dancer out of four who had their next clue in its mouth. Teams continued on foot to theManila Central Post Office, where they were instructed to prepare feed for a horse attached to akalesa inLiwasang Bonifacio by obtaining ingredients from three nearby vendors in order to receive their next clue.
After traveling on foot toMehan Garden, teams had to listen to a band playing four songs that they had heard in previous legs. They then had to find the fourinstrument cases marked with the flags of the respective countries where they'd heard the songs, and then present them to the band in the order that they visited the countries, and not the order that the band was playing the music, in order to receive their next clue.
At the start of this leg, teams were instructed to fly toNew Orleans, Louisiana. Once there, teams had to travel toLouis Armstrong Park and find their next clue, which directed them toBourbon Street. There, teams had to climb atop aMardi Grasparade float and collectbeads thrown at them from nearby balconies until one team member had 50 red beads and the other had 50 gold beads, when they received their next clue.
In this leg's first Roadblock, teams had to join aDixieland band and playvest frottoirs until they reached Cafe Beignet, where one team member had to search throughking cakes until they found a smallking cake baby inside one of the cakes. Both team members then had to eat sixbeignets between the two of them before receiving their next clue.
In this season's final Roadblock, the team member who did not perform the previous Roadblock had to climb beneath theCrescent City Connection, jump from a seated position from a beam 180 feet (55 m) above theMississippi River, and grab their next clue.
After the second Roadblock, teams had to rappel back to the ground, roll a 10-foot (3.0 m) tall ball toMardi Gras World, and find their next clue. Then, teams had to search the warehouse for a crate with 32 panels that they had to attach to their ball so as to create a giant globe and place it upright on a float before receiving their final clue, which instructed teams to find the finish line where "theSaintsgo marching in", referring to theNFL team's home stadium: theMercedes-Benz Superdome.
The Amazing Race 32 received mixed reviews.Andy Dehnart ofreality blurred wrote that the season was "imperfect but thoroughly enjoyable" and that the biggest letdown of the season was the Mine Five alliance.[30] Justin Fedich ofScreen Rant called the season a "standout" and praised the diversity in casting and the gameplay and engagement of winners Will & James.[31] Mack Rawden of CinemaBlend criticized seeing "an entire season controlled and ultimately ruined by an alliance".[32] Matt Roush of TV Insider criticized the answer-sharing among the "Mine Five" alliance saying that it felt like "cheating on a test" and that it "soured" the season.[33][34] In response to criticism from critics and fans about answer-sharing among alliance members,Amazing Race co-creator and executive producerElise Doganieri stated in an interview after the season that the show was considering challenge-specific rules to limit answer-sharing.[35] In 2024, Rhenn Taguiam of Game Rant placed this season within the bottom 13 out of 36.[36]
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