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The Best Episodes of The Amazing Race Season 18

Every episode of The Amazing Race Season 18 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of The Amazing Race Season 18!

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 mental and some physical. Only when the tasks are completed will they learn of their next location. Teams who are the farthest behind will gradually be eliminated as the contest progresses, with the first team to arrive at the final destination winning the race and the $1 million prize.

Genre:Reality
Network:CBS

Season 18 Ratings Summary

The best episode of "The Amazing Race" season 18 is "Head Down and Hold On", rated 8/10 from 81 user votes. It was directed by N/A and written by N/A. "Head Down and Hold On" aired on 2/20/2011 and is rated 0.3 point(s) higher than the second highest rated, "I Never Looked So Foolish In My Whole Entire Life".

  • Head Down and Hold On
    8.0/10 81 votes

    #1 - Head Down and Hold On

    Season 18 Episode 1 - Aired 2/20/2011

    The 18th season begins with 11 former teams who failed to win returning for a chance to claim the $1 million prize. The race starts in Palm Springs, Cal., and continues in Sydney, Australia, where the teams swim with sharks and receive a surprise from Phil at the pit stop.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • I Never Looked So Foolish In My Whole Entire Life
    7.7/10 68 votes

    #2 - I Never Looked So Foolish In My Whole Entire Life

    Season 18 Episode 2 - Aired 2/27/2011

    The race continues in Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • We Had a Lot of Evil Spirits Apparently
    7.8/10 67 votes

    #3 - We Had a Lot of Evil Spirits Apparently

    Season 18 Episode 3 - Aired 3/6/2011

    The race continues in Tokyo.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • This Is The Most Stupid Day Ever
    7.9/10 64 votes

    #4 - This Is The Most Stupid Day Ever

    Season 18 Episode 4 - Aired 3/13/2011

    The race continues in Lijiang, located in the Yunnan Province of China.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Don't Ruin the Basketball Game
    7.9/10 65 votes

    #5 - Don't Ruin the Basketball Game

    Season 18 Episode 5 - Aired 3/20/2011

    Continuing with the clue Phil provided at the Eternal Tower in Lijiang, China, the teams head back to Kunming with the knowledge there would be a Double U-Turn ahead. A long wait for a train turned into a friendly basketball game with Flight Time and Big Easy. Pointed from the Dounan Flower Market to the Golden Horse and Jade Cock arches, the Detour awaited: teams could "Honor the Past" by arranging dolls by memory only to match a traditional Tibetan dance troupe, or "Embrace the Future" by assembling a solar water heater. Directed to the Stone Forest from the clue at the Double U-Turn, the Roadblock required safe assembly of a model of a dilophosaurus to earn the location of the Pit Stop: Green Lake Park.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • I Feel Like a Monkey In a Circus Parade
    8.0/10 63 votes

    #6 - I Feel Like a Monkey In a Circus Parade

    Season 18 Episode 6 - Aired 3/27/2011

    Overwhelmed by a swarming sea of people on the congested streets of India, one team narrowly dodges a traffic collision while another's clumsiness threatens to spoil their chances of acing the Detour.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • You Don't Get Paid Unless You Win
    7.7/10 61 votes

    #7 - You Don't Get Paid Unless You Win

    Season 18 Episode 7 - Aired 4/10/2011

    The seven remaining teams depart from the Fountain of Joy in Kolkata, India for the seventh leg of the race.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • I Cannot Deal With Your Psycho Behavior
    7.6/10 60 votes

    #8 - I Cannot Deal With Your Psycho Behavior

    Season 18 Episode 8 - Aired 4/17/2011

    Confronted by a psychological Detour, teams try to avoid making a Freudian slip in the slick streets of Austria, and a hefty meal proves to be too big for some teams' stomachs

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • We're Good American People
    7.0/10 66 votes

    #9 - We're Good American People

    Season 18 Episode 9 - Aired 4/24/2011

    The Amazing Race

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Too Many Cooks In the Kitchen
    7.9/10 61 votes

    #10 - Too Many Cooks In the Kitchen

    Season 18 Episode 10 - Aired 5/1/2011

    The race continues in Zermatt, Switzerland

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • This Is Where It Ends (1)
    7.8/10 64 votes

    #11 - This Is Where It Ends (1)

    Season 18 Episode 11 - Aired 5/8/2011

    The final four teams race through Rio de Janeiro before heading to the finish line in Miami as the season concludes.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • This is Where It Ends (2)
    NaN/10 0 votes

    #12 - This is Where It Ends (2)

    Season 18 Episode 12 - Aired 5/8/2011

    The final four teams race through Rio de Janeiro before heading to the finish line in Miami as the season concludes.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A