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The Best Episodes of The Amazing Race

Every episode of The Amazing Race ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of The Amazing Race!

The Best Episodes of The Amazing Race

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...
  1. Background image for In Phil We Trust
    10.0/10(1 votes)

    #1 - In Phil We Trust

    S17:E3

    The remaining teams continue racing in Leg 3, where a challenging detour tests one couple's relationship, while another team's Racer requires medical attention, threatening their position in the competition.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  2. Background image for We're Finding Our Pot of Gold
    8.7/10(84 votes)

    #2 - We're Finding Our Pot of Gold

    S35:E11

    Teams travel to Dublin, Ireland, where they complete four challenges in the penultimate leg, including swimming in the Irish Sea, dancing with the legendary Riverdance troupe, scoring a point with the hurling team, and reciting quotes from a famed Irish novelist

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    Director:Unknown
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  3. Background image for A Sunset, Seattle Scramble
    8.7/10(96 votes)

    #3 - A Sunset, Seattle Scramble

    S35:E12

    The final three teams travel to Seattle, where they must complete three challenges in a scramble leg, a first in AMAZING RACE history. The challenges are inspired by Seattle’s art scene and include swinging from a high trapeze, glassblowing and being a roadie for a grunge band. The team that successfully completes these challenges and arrives first will win the $1 million prize, on the season finale.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  4. Background image for A Planes, Trains and Automobiles Day
    8.6/10(82 votes)

    #4 - A Planes, Trains and Automobiles Day

    S35:E8

    For the first time, teams visit the country of Slovenia. Racers soar to new heights in glider planes, experience roadblock surprises, and battle to remain in the race.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  5. Background image for Everyone Loves a Comeback Story
    8.6/10(85 votes)

    #5 - Everyone Loves a Comeback Story

    S35:E10

    Teams travel 1,000 miles from Slovenia to Sweden where they must face their fears and skydive from 10,000 feet over the Baltic sea, recreate a midsummer tradition, and sort through recyclable items.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  6. Background image for Be One With the Hay
    8.6/10(86 votes)

    #6 - Be One With the Hay

    S37:E7

    Teams travel to Bulgaria.

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    Director:Unknown
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  8. Background image for The World is Waiting: Go!
    8.5/10(2 votes)

    #7 - The World is Waiting: Go!

    S2:E1

    The second group of the Amazing Race contestants are off on the first leg of a journey across the world. The first place they must travel to is Rio de Janeiro, Brazil where the teams rappel down the face of a 590 foot mountain and others search for the woman that inspired the song ""The Girl from Ipaneema"". Problems arise between two of the teams when Tara & Wil claim to have been at the Hotel (where they were to get reservations) before the rest of the teams arrived. Blake and Wil have it out about this, even to the point of Wil bragging up his travelling skills. Peggy and Claire, the oldest contestants in the race are sure they will get eliminated but in a mad rush to the finish, they get to the pit stop minutes before mother and daughter pair, Deidre and Hillary, while separated couple Tara and Wil place first. After being eliminated, the team feels the race has definitely improved their relationship and has brought them closer together after Hillary had spent most of her life living

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    Director:Unknown
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  9. Background image for The Day Keeps Rockin' Here in Vietnam
    8.5/10(98 votes)

    #8 - The Day Keeps Rockin' Here in Vietnam

    S35:E4

    Teams continue racing in Vietnam and face the hustle and bustle of a congested Vietnamese market, where they must properly set up a fish stand and deliver mattresses to a local hotel.

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    Director:Unknown
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  10. Background image for Race to the Finish (2)
    8.4/10(142 votes)

    #9 - Race to the Finish (2)

    S1:E13

    The three teams, from Alaska have to travel back to the starting point in New York City where Frank and Margarita live. This worries Rob and Brennan. Frank and Margarita think they have it in the bag but at the final pit stop in Flushing Meadows Park where all the eliminated teams are waiting, Rob and Brennan are the first to cross the finish line. Frank and Margarita are the next team to arrive, obviously disappointed because of their loss. Joe and Bill are informed of Rob and Brennan's win back in Alaska and although they are disappointed they are glad that Rob and Brennan had won the race. In post-race interviews, Frank and Margarita claim they have won more than a million dollars in that of the rekindling of their relationship. Rob is happy to have won the race and to have won it with his best friend, Brennan.

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    Director:Unknown
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  11. Background image for Yessir, the Pink City
    8.4/10(93 votes)

    #10 - Yessir, the Pink City

    S35:E5

    Teams travel more than 2,000 miles from Vietnam to India where they must balance traditional pots on their heads while performing a folk dance and assemble a life-size, three-dimensional mural.

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    Director:Unknown
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  12. Background image for In the Belly of the Earth
    8.4/10(81 votes)

    #11 - In the Belly of the Earth

    S35:E9

    Teams continue racing in Slovenia, carefully traveling on foot carrying wooden pieces on their back, descending deep into a cave to assemble a giant dragon, and scraping off mussels and barnacles in the waters.

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    Director:Unknown
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  13. Background image for No Sleep and a Million Dollar Dream
    8.3/10(96 votes)

    #12 - No Sleep and a Million Dollar Dream

    S35:E3

    The teams feel the strain of commercial travel and float their way through the Mekong Delta as they are challenged between making rice paper or customizing a scooter by wrapping it in vinyl in Vietnam.

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  14. Background image for Like Two Cats Fighting in a Car
    8.3/10(93 votes)

    #13 - Like Two Cats Fighting in a Car

    S35:E7

    Having experienced the U-turn in India, relationships are tested as teams take on their first self-drive leg in Germany. Also, teams rappel down a castle wall and use their taste buds to identify different mustards.

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  15. Background image for This One Is for One Million Dollars
    8.2/10(101 votes)

    #14 - This One Is for One Million Dollars

    S31:E11

    With the $1 million on the line, the final four teams race through London, where they take a helicopter ride to Dover Castle, and through Detroit, where they rappel nearly 500 feet down the Guardian Building. The team to cross the finish line first will be crowned the winners!

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    Director:Unknown
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  16. Background image for You Don't See That at Home
    8.2/10(97 votes)

    #15 - You Don't See That at Home

    S35:E2

    Teams dive deeper into the countryside of Thailand for the second leg of the race, encountering catfish-infested waters and pomelo-filled rivers.

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    Director:Unknown
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  17. Background image for Driving Head-On Into Scooters
    8.2/10(86 votes)

    #16 - Driving Head-On Into Scooters

    S35:E6

    For the first time, the votes for the mandatory U-turn are in and one team must complete both detours in India, bundling up flowers and transporting building materials on rickshaws in the bustling streets of Jaipur.

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    Director:Unknown
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  18. Background image for It Smells Like the Desert
    8.2/10(78 votes)

    #17 - It Smells Like the Desert

    S37:E6

    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.

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  19. Background image for My Knight in Shining Armor
    8.2/10(70 votes)

    #18 - My Knight in Shining Armor

    S37:E11

    In the penultimate leg of the Race, the remaining four teams travel through Portugal.

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    Director:Unknown
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  20. Background image for The Race Begins
    8.1/10(174 votes)

    #19 - The Race Begins

    S1:E1

    The teams begin in New York. They need to travel to Johannesburg, South Africa. Cooperation problems surface early on with a few of the couples. The teams have to decide which airport to take to the destination. Once they arrive in South Africa, they must take yet another flight. Before ultimately get to Songwe Village, they must find beautiful Victoria Falls. From there, they must get to Knife's Edge, a cliff. There, they must bungee jump and glide across a rope, eventually getting to the other side. The Pit Stop is located in Songwe Village. Rob and Brennan obtain the Fast Forward near Victoria Falls, allowing them to avoid all other tasks and go straight to the Pit Stop. Matt and Ana are the last to arrive and are eliminated.

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    Director:Unknown
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  21. Background image for Colossal Showdown
    8.1/10(121 votes)

    #20 - Colossal Showdown

    S1:E4

    The teams start off at the Chateau Les Baux in Paris, France. The first task is to find a man in a red hat, standing under a miniature Arc de Triomphe. All they have to discover where the man is located, is a flag and a picture of the man. It seems clear that the alliance between Frank/Margarita, Rob/Brennan and Joe/Bill has officially crumbled. The teams discover that the flag is from Tunisia. Before this discovery, some guess Turkey or Morocco. Paul/Amie at departure, notice the cab they had previously ordered the night before is not there. This causes some anger and Paul debates quitting. All the teams must get to Tunisia. Most take plane but some take boat. When they find the man, they are given a Detour. They must take a ""Full Body Massage"" or ""Full Body Brew"", involving coffee. They must with the given map find one of these two places in busy crowded streets. When these tasks are completed they must get to El Jem Coliseum. There they must run around the coliseum and most find a s

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  22. Background image for Do You Believe in Magic?
    8.1/10(85 votes)

    #21 - Do You Believe in Magic?

    S24:E12

    The teams race through Las Vegas, where they face a final challenge designed by magician David Copperfield.

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    Director:Unknown
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  23. Background image for Let's Split!
    8.1/10(96 votes)

    #22 - Let's Split!

    S31:E9

    Teams take a bumpy ride in Split, Croatia and try not to get tongue-twisted reciting poetry while in motion.

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  24. Background image for The Pizza de Résistance
    8.1/10(75 votes)

    #23 - The Pizza de Résistance

    S37:E9

    The teams travel to Naples, Italy, where they must perfect their pizza-making skills.

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  25. Background image for Up the River Without a Joust
    8.1/10(72 votes)

    #24 - Up the River Without a Joust

    S37:E10

    Racers travel to Strasbourg, France, where they go head-to-head in a water jousting match.

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  26. Background image for We're in Miami Baby!
    8.1/10(75 votes)

    #25 - We're in Miami Baby!

    S37:E12

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Best Episodes Summary

"In Phil We Trust" is the best rated episode of "The Amazing Race". It scored 10/10 based on 1 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 10/10/2010. This episode scored 1.3 points higher than the second highest rated, "We're Finding Our Pot of Gold".