The Amazing Race: All-Stars

For the previous season with the same subtitle, see The Amazing Race: All-Stars (2007).

The Amazing Race: All-Stars (2014) is the twenty-fourth installment of the reality television series, The Amazing Race. The series was renewed on March 27, 2013 for the 2013–14 TV season. This is the second season to have All-Stars subtitle (Season 11 was the first) and the third to feature players from different seasons. This season premiered on February 23, 2014.

Development

The season began filming on November 16, 2013. The 24th edition was decided to be another returnee season featuring eleven returning teams from past seasons (only post Season 13 though), including seven contestants competing for the third time. The season's introduction bumper did not include the intro caps for all the teams as previous seasons did.

Filming was marred by several production issues. Season 20 contestant Bopper of Bopper & Mark began showing signs of pancreatitis before arriving in Los Angeles for filming and was deemed unfit to compete by the production's medical team upon arrival. To make the last minute adjustment, Mallory of Gary & Mallory was invited to be Bopper's replacement. Bopper & Mark were advertised as a team, with Bopper's replacement intended to be aired as a surprise twist. However, this was leaked well before the premiere.

The season traveled through three continents, seven nations (the lowest excluding Family Edition), and 22 cities, spanning a distance of 23,000 miles (37,000 km)

Teams

Dave & Connor 1st place Dave & Connor Father/son The Amazing Race 22	Caroline & Jennifer 2nd place Caroline & Jennifer Country singers The Amazing Race 22	Brendon & Rachel 3rd place Brendon & Rachel Newlyweds The Amazing Race 20	Leo & Jamal ELIMINATED Leo & Jamal Cousins The Amazing Race 23	Jet & Cord ELIMINATED Jet & Cord Cowboys The Amazing Race 16 & 18
Flight Time & Big Easy ELIMINATED Flight Time & Big Easy Harlem Globetrotters The Amazing Race 15 & 18	Jessica & John ELIMINATED Jessica & John Engaged The Amazing Race 22	Margie & Luke ELIMINATED Margie & Luke Mother/son The Amazing Race 14 & 18	Joey & Meghan ELIMINATED Joey & Meghan YouTube hosts The Amazing Race 22	Mark & Mallory ELIMINATED Mark & Mallory Team Kentucky The Amazing Race 17, 18, & 20
Natalie & Nadiya ELIMINATED Natalie & Nadiya Twins The Amazing Race 21

Episodes

Episode		Air Date	Leg	Destination	First Place	Last Place	Finish	Viewership (millions)	Ratings/Share (18-49)
1	"Back in the Saddle"	February 23, 2014	1	United States → China	Jet & Cord	Natalie & Nadiya	1st Eliminated 11th Place	6.71^[1]	1.5/4^[1]
2	"Baby Bear's Soup"	March 2, 2014	2	China	Brendon & Rachel	Mark & Mallory	2nd Eliminated 10th Place	6.10^[2]	1.5/4^[2]
3	"Welcome to the Jungle"	March 9, 2014	3	China → Malaysia	Dave & Connor	Joey & Meghan	3rd Eliminated 9th Place	8.46^[3]	1.9/5^[3]
4	"Smarter, Not Harder"	March 16, 2014	4	Malaysia	Jet & Cord	Brendon & Rachel	Non-Elimination Leg	8.30^[4]	1.8/5^[4]
5	"Can't Make Fish Bite"	March 23, 2014	5	Malaysia → Sri Lanka	Dave & Connor	Margie & Luke	4th Eliminated 8th Place	8.70^[5]	1.8/5^[5]
6	"Down and Dirty"	March 30, 2014	6	Sri Lanka	Leo & Jamal	Caroline & Jennifer	Non-Elimination Leg	9.51^[6]	2.0/5^[6]
7	"The Gladiators Are Here!"	April 13, 2014	7	Sri Lanka → Italy	Brendon & Rachel	Jessica & John	5th Eliminated 7th Place	8.83^[7]	1.8/5^[7]
8	"Donkeylicious"	April 20, 2014	8	Italy	Brendon & Rachel	Flight Time & Big Easy	6th Eliminated 6th Place	7.65^[8]	1.7/5^[8]
9	"Accidental Alliance"	April 27, 2014	9	Italy → Switzerland	Dave & Connor	Caroline & Jennifer	Non-Elimination Leg	8.45^[9]	1.9/6^[9]
10	"Bull Down"	May 4, 2014	10	Switzerland → Spain	Dave & Connor	Jet & Cord	7th Eliminated 5th Place	8.09^[10]	1.7/5^[10]
11	"Hei Ho Heidi Ho"	May 11, 2014	11	Spain → United Kingdom	Dave & Connor	Leo & Jamal	8th Eliminated 4th Place	7.37^[11]	1.7/5^[11]
12	"Do You Believe in Magic?"	May 18, 2014	12	United Kingdom → United States	Dave & Connor	Brendon & Rachel	3rd Place	8.22^[12]	1.8/5^[12]
12	"Do You Believe in Magic?"	May 18, 2014	12	United Kingdom → United States	Dave & Connor	Caroline & Jennifer	2nd Place	8.22^[12]	1.8/5^[12]

Leaderboard

Place	Team	Leg 1	Leg 2	Leg 3	Leg 4	Leg 5	Leg 6	Leg 7	Leg 8	Leg 9	Leg 10	Leg 11	Leg 12	Average
1	Dave & Connor	3	4	1	2	1	4	3	4⊃⋐	1	1	1	1	2.17	5-8
2	Caroline & Jennifer	9	3ϵ	6	4	2	7	2	5	5	4⋐	2	2	4.25	7-6
3	Brendon & Rachel	2	1	8	8	7	5	1	1⊂	4	2	3	3	3.75	7-6
4	Leo & Jamal	5	7	3	3	4	1	5	3⋑	3	3⊂	4		3.73	5-6
5	Jet & Cord	1	6	2	1	3	2	4	2ϵ	2	5⊃			2.80	5-5
6	Flight Time & Big Easy	7	5	5	6	6	6	6	6					5.88	5-3
7	Jessica & John	8	8	7	5	5	3	7						6.14	3-4
8	Margie & Luke	4	2	4	7	8								5.00	2-2
9	Joey & Meghan	10	9	9										9.33	2-1
10	Mark & Mallory	6	10											8.00	1-1
11	Natalie & Nadiya	11												11.00	1-0
Notes			^[1]^[2]			^[3]			^[4]		^[5]
Legend: The team finished in first place The team finished in last place and was eliminated from the race The team finished in last place in a non-elimination leg The team that won The Amazing Race The team that crossed the Finish Line second The team that crossed the Finish Line third ϵ The team used the Express Pass somewhere during the leg ⊂ The team used the U-Turn ⊃ Recipient of the U-Turn ⋐ The team that used the second slot of the "Double U-Turn" ⋑ Recipient of a second U-Turn due to the "Double U-Turn" twist
Notes: 1: Several teams got time credit due to production errors and left the pit start of the second leg in a different order than their placements in the previous leg. Margie & Luke departed 3rd, Dave & Connor departed 4th, Joey & Meghan departed 8th, Jessica & John departed 9th and Caroline & Jennifer departed 10th. 2: Jet & Cord decided to give their other Express Pass to Caroline & Jennifer in Leg 2. Caroline & Jennifer later used it to bypass the Roadblock in the same leg. 3: Due to being so far behind the other teams, Margie & Luke did not perform any of the tasks on this leg.^[13] 4: Jet & Cord used their Express Pass to elude the Detour. 5: Caroline & Jennifer attempted to U-Turn Brendon & Rachel. However, Brendon & Rachel had already passed the U-Turn Point, and were unaffected.

Reception

Andy Dehnart at realityblurred (01/27/2014): "Amazing Race's secret 'dramatic twist' is not all that secret, dramatic, or twisty"
DryedMangoez (05/19/2014): "The Amazing Race 24 Wrap-Up"
Dan Heaton at Rob Has A Website (05/23/2014): "The Amazing Race: Ten Ideas to Make It Incredible Once Again"

References

The Amazing Race Season Index
United States	1 · 2 · 3 · 4 · 5 · 6 · 7 · 8 · 9 · 10 · 11 · 12 · 13 · 14 · 15 · 16 · 17 · 18 · 19 · 20 · 21 · 22 · 23 · 24 · 25 · 26 · 27 · 28 · 29 · 30 · 31 · 32 · 33 · 34 · 35
Asia	1 · 2 · 3 · 4 · 5
Australia	1 · 2 · 3 · 4 · 5 · 6 · 7
Brazil	1
Canada	1 · 2 · 3 · 4 · 5 · 6 · 7 · 8 · 9
Central Europe	Cancelled
China	1 · 2 · 3 · 4
China Rush	1 · 2 · 3
Finland	1
France	1
Israel	1 · 2 · 3 · 4 · 5 · 6 · 7 · 8
Latin America	1 · 2 · 3 · 4 · 5 · 6
Norway	1 · 2
Philippines	1 · 2
Ukraine	1
Vietnam	1 · 2 · 3 · 4 · 5 · 6

[USCN-1] 1.0 ^1.1 http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/sdsdskdh279882992z1/sunday-final-ratings-olympics-closing-ceremony-the-amazing-race-60-minutes-growing-up-fisher-adjusted-down/

[CN-2] 2.0 ^2.1 http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/sdsdskdh279882992z1/sunday-final-ratings-the-oscars-adjusted-up/

[CNMY-3] 3.0 ^3.1 http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/sdsdskdh279882992z1/sunday-final-ratings-resurrection-once-upon-a-time-the-amazing-race-adjusted-up/

[MY-4] 4.0 ^4.1 http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/sdsdskdh279882992z1/sunday-final-ratings-once-upon-a-time-resurrection-americas-funniest-home-videos-cosmos-american-dad-believe-adjusted-up/

[MYLK-5] 5.0 ^5.1 http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/sdsdskdh279882992z1/sunday-final-ratings-americas-funniest-home-videos-once-upon-a-time-60-minutes-american-dad-revenge-the-good-wife-adjusted-down/

[LK-6] 6.0 ^6.1 http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/sdsdskdh279882992z1/sunday-final-ratings-the-good-wife-resurrection-crisis-60-minutes-the-mentalist-adjusted-down/

[LKIT-7] 7.0 ^7.1 http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/sdsdskdh279882992z1/sunday-final-ratings-resurrection-once-upon-a-time-the-simpsons-the-amazing-race-cosmos-the-mentalist-60-minutes-ad/ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name "LKIT" defined multiple times with different content

[IT-8] 8.0 ^8.1 http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/sdsdskdh279882992z1/sunday-final-ratings-the-amazing-race-adjusted-up-dateline-american-dream-builders-the-good-wife-believe-adjusted-down/

[ITCH-9] 9.0 ^9.1 http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/sdsdskdh279882992z1/sunday-final-ratings-once-upon-a-time-revenge-believe-60-minutes-dateline-american-dream-builders-adjusted-down/

[CHES-10] 10.0 ^10.1 http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/sdsdskdh279882992z1/sunday-final-ratings-once-upon-a-time-the-simpsons-dateline-the-good-wife-adjusted-down/

[ESGB-11] 11.0 ^11.1 http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/sdsdskdh279882992z1/sunday-final-ratings-once-upon-a-time-american-dad-revenge-cosmos-dateline-adjusted-down/

[GBUS-12] 12.0 ^12.1 http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/sdsdskdh279882992z1/sunday-final-ratings-the-amazing-race-american-dream-builders-adjusted-up/

[13] ttp://www.cbs.com/shows/amazing_race/news/1002195/

[1]

[2]

[3]

[4]

[5]

[6]

[7]

[8]

[9]

[10]

[11]

[12]

[13]