The three-time Emmy Award-winning reality adventure series returns to its international format where teams of two will travel to exotic locations, spanning five continents, with stops in the Middle East, Moscow and Sicily, to name a few. The 11 teams, including a Pizza Hut manager, a dentist, a science teacher, a children's minister, a retired physician and a valet, will compete against one another in a race around the world for a $1 million prize.
The three-time Emmy Award-winning reality adventure series is off to an Amazing start as the Teams learn quickly about the toll this Race has on the mind and body. One Racer breaks into tears after facing an extreme fear of heights while repelling down a 400-foot building.
Frustration mounts when teams have difficulty searching for a clue buried inside thousands of Russian nesting dolls.
Driving to the Roadblock in Germany, one team follows another who leads them in the wrong direction.
Competition heats up in Italy when Teams must reconstruct broken statues in order to get their next clue.
Tensions mount and the stress of the race takes its toll on several teams who get lost while trying to find their next clue in Sicily.
Teams participate in a special "Da Vinci Code"-themed challenge in which teams are given a portion of Da Vinci's famed "Vitruvian Man" and must find the other half in order to solve the clue.
Teams face a difficult Detour in Oman, which requires the racers to get up close and personal with several ornery camels in order to receive their next clue.
Fierce rivalry between two teams starts to heat up when one duo tells the other that at the next opportunity to use the Yield, they will use it against them.
Knowing that the Million Dollar Prize is within their reach, the final four Teams turn up the intensity.
While racing through Bangkok, Teams face a Roadblock where they must prepare a feast for hundreds of sacred monkeys.
After traveling to five continents, 10 countries and more than 59,000 thousand miles, one Team will be the first to cross the Finish Line and take home the one million dollar grand prize.