The Amazing Race 29 | |
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Season 29 | |
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Presented by | Phil Keoghan |
No. of teams | 11 |
Winner | Brooke Camhi & Scott Flanary |
No. of legs | 12 |
Distance traveled | 36,000 mi (58,000 km) |
No. of episodes | 12 |
Release | |
Original network | CBS |
Original release | March 30 – June 1, 2017 |
Additional information | |
Filming dates | June 10 – July 2, 2016 |
Season chronology | |
The Amazing Race 29 is the twenty-ninth season of the American reality competition show The Amazing Race . Unlike previous seasons, which almost exclusively featured teams with pre-existing relationships, this season, hosted by Phil Keoghan, featured 22 contestants who were all complete strangers who met for the first time and formed eleven teams of two at the starting line. These teams competed in a race around the world in order to win US$1,000,000. This season visited five continents and nine countries and traveled over 36,000 miles (58,000 km). Starting in Los Angeles, racers traveled through Panama, Brazil, Tanzania, Norway, Italy, Greece, Vietnam, and South Korea before returning to the United States and finishing in Chicago. A new twist introduced in this season allowed teams to use the U-Turn more than once. The season premiered on CBS on Thursday, March 30, 2017, and the season finale aired on June 1, 2017.
Brooke Camhi and Scott Flanary were the winners of this season, while Tara Carr and Joey Covino finished in second place, and London Kaye and Logan Bauer finished in third place.
Filming began on June 10, 2016, in Los Angeles. [1] [2] By June 12, the show had traveled to Brazil. [1] The season concluded on July 2, 2016, in Chicago. [3] The season included visits to 17 cities across five continents and nine countries over 36,000 miles (58,000 km). [4]
Host Phil Keoghan stated that the twist of casting twenty-two individuals rather than eleven pairs was an idea that the production crew had talked about for some time. They had heard from fans who wanted to apply for the show but were unable to find a partner who could also take time off from work, and the format allowed them to cast twenty-two stand out individuals. Despite the similarities of the twenty-sixth season having team members meeting for the first time at the starting line, Keoghan said that the season was not a testing ground for this season. [5]
This season also introduced a few alterations to the show's rules. While the traditional limit on Roadblock performances was still enforced, there was an additional requirement for this season wherein team members could not perform more than four Roadblocks before the ninth leg. Additionally, there was no limit on how many times a team could use the U-Turn on this season. [6]
Unlike previous seasons, casting calls for this season sought single applicants to apply in addition to pairs of applicants. [7]
In March 2016, CBS renewed The Amazing Race for the 2016–17 season, but it was left off the fall schedule for the first time since season 12. It was announced in November 2016 that the season would premiere on Friday, April 21, 2017, in its regular Friday time slot after MacGyver finished its season run. On March 10, 2017, CBS announced that it was moving its low-rated new drama Training Day to Saturdays and would move the season premiere up to March 30. [8] [9]
The contestants were all strangers to each other who met for the first time at the starting line where they paired up into impromptu teams. Winter X Games snowboarder Matt Ladley was one of the twenty-two individuals included in this season's cast. [4]
Contestants | Age | Team Name | Hometown | Status |
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Kevin Ng | 31 | Long Hair, Don't Care | San Diego, California | Eliminated 1st (in Panama City, Panama) |
Jenn Lee | 25 | Palos Verdes, California | ||
Jessie Shields | 28 | Swole Sisters | Howland, Ohio | Eliminated 2nd (in São Paulo, Brazil) |
Francesca Piccoli | 33 | Banning, California | ||
Seth Tyler | 37 | Team America | Seattle, Washington | Eliminated 3rd (in Zanzibar City, Tanzania) |
Olive Beauregard | 24 | Providence, Rhode Island | ||
Shamir Arzeno | 28 | The S and S Express | Bronx, New York | Eliminated 4th (in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania) |
Sara Fowler | 27 | Baltimore, Maryland | ||
Vanck Zhu | 28 | Team Vanck & Ashton | Saint Paul, Minnesota | Eliminated 5th (in Tremezzo, Italy) |
Ashton Theiss | 25 | Fort Worth, Texas | ||
Liz Espey | 24 | Team Liz & Mike | Maryville, Missouri | Eliminated 6th (in Athens, Greece) |
Michael Rado | 37 | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania | ||
Becca Droz | 26 | Team Fun | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania | Eliminated 7th (in Hoa Lư, Vietnam) |
Floyd Pierce | 21 | Highlands Ranch, Colorado | ||
Matt Ladley | 25 | The Boys | Steamboat Springs, Colorado | Eliminated 8th (in Seoul, South Korea) |
Redmond Ramos | 28 | Fremont, California | ||
London Kaye | 27 | Team LoLo | New York City, New York | Third place |
Logan Bauer | 27 | Navarre, Florida | ||
Tara Carr | 38 | Team Mom and Dad | Alexandria, Virginia | Runners-up |
Joey Covino | 46 | Boston, Massachusetts | ||
Brooke Camhi | 36 | Team Brooke & Scott | Lynbrook, New York | Winners |
Scott Flanary | 34 | Charlotte, North Carolina |
Becca & Floyd returned to compete on The Amazing Race: Reality Showdown . [10] In 2020, Jenn Lee appeared on the thirty-fifth season of The Challenge . [11]
The following teams are listed with their placements in each leg. Placements are listed in finishing order.
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 |
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Brooke & Scott | 4th | 6th | 6th | 7th | 6th | 5th | 4th | 3rd⊃ [a] | 4th | 2nd | 1st | 1st |
Tara & Joey | 6th | 7th | 2nd⊃ [b] | 1st | 1st | 3rd | 3rd | 1st⊃ [c] | 5th‡ | 3rd | 3rd | 2nd |
London & Logan | 8th [d] | 8th | 5th | 5th | 5th | 6th | 5th | 4th | 3rd | 4th | 2nd | 3rd |
Matt & Redmond | 3rd | 3rd | 4th⊂ [e] | 4th | 2nd | 2nd | 1st | 2nd | 2nd | 1st | 4th† | |
Becca & Floyd | 2nd | 5th | 8th [f] | 2nd | 3rdƒ [g] | 1st | 2nd | 5th⊂ [c] | 1st | 5th† | ||
Liz & Michael | 10th | 1st | 1st | 3rd | 7th [h] | 4th⊃ [i] | 6th‡ | 6th†⊂ [a] | ||||
Vanck & Ashton | 7th | 2nd | 3rd⊃ [e] | 6th | 4th | 7th†⊂ [i] | ||||||
Shamir & Sara | 5th | 9th | 7th | 8th† | ||||||||
Seth & Olive | 1st | 4th | 9th†⊂ [b] | |||||||||
Jessie & Francesca | 9th | 10th† | ||||||||||
Kevin & Jenn | 11th† [j] |
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City | Country | Leg | Placements | ||
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London & Logan | Tara & Joey | Brooke & Scott | |||
Ålesund | Norway | 5 | 5th | 1st | 6th |
Athens | Greece | 8 | 4th | 1st | 3rd |
Dar es Salaam | Tanzania | 4 | 5th | 1st | 7th |
Hanoi | Vietnam | 9 | 3rd | 5th | 4th |
Lake Como | Italy | 6 | 6th | 3rd | 5th |
Ninh Bình | Vietnam | 10 | 4th | 3rd | 2nd |
Panama City | Panama | 1 | 8th | 6th | 4th |
São Paulo | Brazil | 2 | 8th | 7th | 6th |
Seoul | South Korea | 11 | 2nd | 3rd | 1st |
Venice | Italy | 7 | 5th | 3rd | 4th |
Zanzibar | Tanzania | 3 | 5th | 2nd | 6th |
The Amazing Race 29 received mostly positive reviews. Andy Dehnart of reality blurred wrote that the twist of casting individuals was able to refresh the format of The Amazing Race and the season "delivered a cast that has consistently delivered." [17] Mikey Glazer of TheWrap wrote that the format of this season worked because "unlike previous seasons where the two-person teams often suffered from one clunker team member — camouflaged in the edit under proverbial team nicknames like 'the frat boys' or 'the dancers' — each of the 22 racers on this season was identifiable, memorable and got a full story arc." [18] Lincee Ray of Entertainment Weekly praised how this format was able to deliver "highly entertaining" teams like Brooke & Scott due to their love/hate relationship. [19] Conversely, Ken Tucker of Yahoo! called this season "dire" as the format led to teams that either got along well or despised each other and said that he wasn't rooting for anyone to win. [20] In 2024, Rhenn Taguiam of Game Rant ranked this season 21th out of 36. [21]
No. | Title | Air date | Rating/share (18–49) | Viewers (millions) | DVR (18–49) | DVR viewers (millions) | Total (18–49) | Total viewers (millions) | Ref. |
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1 | "We're Coming For You, Phil!" | March 30, 2017 | 0.9/3 | 4.30 | 0.7 | 2.44 | 1.6 | 6.73 | [22] [23] |
2 | "Scared Spitless" | April 6, 2017 | 0.9/4 | 3.99 | 0.6 | 2.47 | 1.5 | 6.46 | [24] [25] |
3 | "Bucket List Type Stuff" | April 13, 2017 | 0.8/3 | 4.18 | 0.7 | 2.40 | 1.5 | 6.51 | [26] [27] |
4 | "Another One Bites The Dust" | April 20, 2017 | 0.9/4 | 4.40 | 0.6 | 2.08 | 1.5 | 6.48 | [28] [29] |
5 | "Have Faith in Me, Broski" | April 20, 2017 | 0.8/3 | 3.84 | 0.6 | 2.29 | 1.4 | 6.13 | [28] [29] |
6 | "Double U-Turn Ahead" | April 27, 2017 | 0.7/3 | 3.80 | — | — | — | — | [30] |
7 | "Have Fun and Get It Done" | May 4, 2017 | 0.9/4 | 4.01 | 0.6 | 2.36 | 1.5 | 6.37 | [31] [32] |
8 | "Good Job, Donkey" | May 11, 2017 | 0.9/3 | 4.04 | 0.7 | 2.51 | 1.6 | 6.56 | [33] [34] |
9 | "I Thought We Were Playing It Nice" | May 18, 2017 | 0.9/4 | 4.42 | 0.6 | 1.90 | 1.5 | 6.32 | [35] [36] |
10 | "Riding a Bike Is Like Riding a Bike" | May 18, 2017 | 0.8/3 | 3.86 | 0.6 | 1.94 | 1.4 | 5.80 | [35] [36] |
11 | "As Easy As Stacking Cups" | May 25, 2017 | 0.6/3 | 3.63 | 0.8 | 2.36 | 1.4 | 5.99 | [37] [38] |
12 | "We're Going To Victory Lane" | June 1, 2017 | 0.8/3 | 3.92 | 0.6 | 2.14 | 1.4 | 6.06 | [39] [40] |
Canadian broadcaster CTV also aired The Amazing Race on Thursdays.
Canadian DVR ratings are included in Numeris's count.
No. | Air date | Episode | Viewers (millions) | Rank (Week) | Ref |
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1 | March 30, 2017 | "We're Coming For You, Phil!" | 1.38 | 13 | [41] |
2 | April 6, 2017 | "Scared Spitless" | 1.26 | 17 | [42] |
3 | April 13, 2017 | "Bucket List Type Stuff" | 1.29 | 11 | [43] |
4 | April 20, 2017 | "Another One Bites The Dust" | 1.33 | 10 | [44] |
5 | "Have Faith in Me, Broski" | ||||
6 | April 27, 2017 | "Double U-Turn Ahead" | 1.32 | 11 | [45] |
7 | May 4, 2017 | "Have Fun and Get It Done" | 1.45 | 9 | [46] |
8 | May 11, 2017 | "Good Job, Donkey" | 1.37 | 17 | [47] |
9 | May 18, 2017 | "I Thought We Were Playing It Nice" | 1.34 | 9 | [48] |
10 | "Riding a Bike Is Like Riding a Bike" | ||||
11 | May 25, 2017 | "As Easy As Stacking Cups" | 1.15 | 8 | [49] |
12 | June 1, 2017 | "We're Going To Victory Lane" | 1.47 | 4 | [50] |