


Other variations include the Blind (or Blind Double) U-Turn (seen occasionally starting in Season 14), where the team(s) using it can remain anonymous and the Must Vote U-Turn, which forces all the teams to vote at the beginning of the leg for who should be U-Turned at the upcoming Detour. Season 17 later modified this into the Double U-Turn, where two teams can each hinder a group behind them. Come Season 12, it was replaced by the U-Turn, which is placed immediately before or after a Detour and forces the targeted team to complete both Detour tasks. Yield/ U-Turn - Introduced in Season 5, the Yield allowed one team to hinder the progress of another, forcing them to wait for approximately 30 minutes before they were able to continue.Season 25 featured the Blind Detour, where teams are only given the names of the tasks, and must travel to the task location before receiving instructions. The producers got better at this after the first All-Stars, and it's now uncommon to see all the teams choose the same Detour. However, up until about Season 12, the tasks were still unbalanced enough that teams could easily see that one was much faster than the other. Starting with Season 5, it became more of a choice between two conflicting skill sets, such as brains vs. For Seasons 1-4, one route was typically shorter but harder (or scarier) to use while the other was longer but relatively easier. Detour - A Detour is a choice between two tasks, each with its own pros and cons.The most common types of tasks that the racers must perform along the way: Hosted by Phil Keoghan, the show could vaguely be considered the Reality Show version of Around the World in 80 Days.Įleven teams of two people note Though four seasons have featured twelve teams (Seasons 3, 4, 10, and 15), while Season 8 featured ten teams of four go on a journey around the world, following clues and performing tasks in order to find their way to the designated Pit Stops the last team to arrive is usually (but not always) eliminated. Emmy-winning Reality Show created by Elise Doganieri and Bertram van Munster and airing on CBS since September 5, 2001.
