The Amazing Race 26 is the twenty-sixth installment of the reality television show, The Amazing Race. It premiered on February 25, 2015, Wednesday, on CBS, before returning to the previous season's regular Friday schedule, beginning February 27.[2] The teams were officially announced on January 20, 2015.
Production[]
On June 17, 2014, it was announced the applications were open for all dating couples and even singles looking for blind date, it was closed in September 2014. Semi-finalist interviews and final casting interviews were both held in October 2014.
Filming for The Amazing Race 26 began on November 12, 2014, and ended on December 6, 2014. For the first time in the Race's history, all 11 teams were dating couples, five of which had never met each other prior to the race.[3] Also introduced this season was the "Date Night" ticket, in the team who retrieves the special clue for each leg would be able to participate in a one-on-one romantic-related activity at the Pit Stop.[4]
This season traveled through five continents and eight countries, under a distance of 35,000 miles (56,000 km).[5]
Teams[]
Laura & Tyler
Blind Dating |
Jelani & Jenny
Blind Dating |
Hayley & Blair
Blind Dating |
Mike & Rochelle
Dating |
Matt & Ashley
Dating → Engaged |
Aly & Steve
Dating Olympians |
Jeff & Jackie
Blind Dating |
Bergen & Kurt
Blind Dating |
Harley & Jonathan
Dating |
Libby & CJ
Dating |
Jeff & Lyda
Dating |
Episodes[]
Episode | Air Date | Leg | Destination | First Place | Last Place | Finish | Viewership (millions) |
Ratings/Share (18-49) | |
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1 | "Great Way to Start a Relationship" | February 25, 2015 | 1 | United States → Japan | Jelani & Jenny | Jeff & Lyda | 1st Eliminated 11th Place |
6.16[6] | 1.5/4[6] |
2 | "I Got the Smartest Dude" | February 27, 2015 | 2 | Japan | Jelani & Jenny | Libby & CJ | 2nd Eliminated 10th Place |
6.15[7] | 1.1/4[7] |
3 | "#MurphysLaw" | March 6, 2015 | 3 | Japan → Thailand | Mike & Rochelle | Harley & Jonathan | Non-Elimination Leg |
6.07[8] | 1.2/5[8] |
4 | "The Great Amazing Nasty Race" | March 13, 2015 | 4 | Thailand | Bergen & Kurt | Harley & Jonathan | 3rd Eliminated 9th Place |
6.29[9] | 1.1/4[9] |
5 | "Get in That Lederhosen, Baby" | April 3, 2015 | 5 | Thailand → Germany | Aly & Steve | Bergen & Kurt | 4th Eliminated 8th Place |
6.07[10] | 1.3[10] |
6 | "Smells Like a Million Bucks" | April 10, 2015 | 6 | Germany → France → Monaco → France | Hayley & Blair | Jeff & Jackie | 5th Eliminated 7th Place |
5.75[11] | 1.1/4[11] |
7 | "Back in Business" | April 17, 2015 | 7 | France → Namibia | Matt & Ashley | Aly & Steve | Non-Elimination Leg |
5.46[12] | 1.1/4[12] |
8 | "Moment of Truth" | 8 | Namibia | Laura & Tyler | Aly & Steve | 6th Eliminated 6th Place | |||
9 | "Can I Get a Hot Tub!" | April 24, 2015 | 9 | Namibia → Netherlands | Laura & Tyler | Matt & Ashley | Non-Elimination Leg |
5.75[13] | 1.1/4[13] |
10 | "Fruits of Our Labor" | May 1, 2015 | 10 | Netherlands → Peru | Hayley & Blair | Matt & Ashley | 7th Eliminated 5th Place |
5.52[14] | 1.1/5[14] |
11 | "In It to Win It" | May 8, 2015 | 11 | Peru | Hayley & Blair | Mike & Rochelle | Ordered to Continue Racing |
5.48[15] | 1.1/5[15] |
12 | "Monster Truck Heroes" | May 15, 2015 | 12 | Peru → United States | Laura & Tyler | Mike & Rochelle | 8th Eliminated 4th Place |
5.72[16] | 1.1/5[16] |
Hayley & Blair | 3rd Place | ||||||||
Jelani & Jenny | 2nd Place |
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 | Laura & Tyler | 3 | 2 | 4 | 4♥ | 6 | 6♥ | 2♥ | 1⋐ | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 3.08 | 5-6 |
2 | Jelani & Jenny | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4ϵ⊃ | 3♥ | 2♥ | 2 | 2 | 3.17 | 6-5 |
3 | Hayley & Blair | 8 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3.33 | 5-6 |
4 | Mike & Rochelle | 7⊂ | 8 | 1 | 6 | 7♥ | 3 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4.75 | 6-4 |
5 | Matt & Ashley | 9 | 7 | 6♥ | 8 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2⊂ | 5 | 5 | 4.90 | 5-3 | ||
6 | Aly & Steve | 4 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6⋑ | 3.75 | 3-3 | ||||
7 | Jeff & Jackie | 2 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 5.17 | 2-2 | ||||||
8 | Bergen & Kurt | 6 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 5.40 | 2-0 | |||||||
9 | Harley & Jonathan | 5 | 4♥ | 9 | 9 | 6.75 | 1-1 | ||||||||
10 | Libby & CJ | 10 | 10 | 10.00 | 1-0 | ||||||||||
11 | Jeff & Lyda | 11⊃⋐ | 11.00 | 0-0 | |||||||||||
Notes | [1] | [2] | [3] | [4] | [5][6] | ||||||||||
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Trivia[]
Franchise[]
- First time visit to Monaco.
- With a land size of 2 km²[17] and a population of 37,831 (2013),[18] Monaco is the smallest country the race has visited, surpassing Liechtenstein, which was previously visited in The Amazing Race: Unfinished Business.
- This is the first season to not feature all-female teams or family teams.
- This is the second season to not feature a friend team (after The Amazing Race: Family Edition), and the first two-person season to do so.
US[]
- This season has the second-most teams without a pre-existing relationship (5 teams), and is the first season not to feature returning racers to do so.
- This season had the second Finish Line in Texas after The Amazing Race 5.
- This season had the second visit to Namibia since The Amazing Race 2, breaking the record for the largest gap between one country's visit in a season and its previous visit (24 seasons).
- The first, and so far only, season to feature no all-female teams and 2 all-male teams.
- The second season after The Amazing Race 7 to visit Peru.
- The first season since The Amazing Race 13 to feature a Detour on the first leg.
- The first season to feature a U-Turn on the first leg.
- First season to have a Detour assigned by luck rather than a team choosing which Detour option.
Reception[]
- Andy Dehnart at realityblurred (01/20/2015): "Amazing Race really is becoming The Bachelor"
- Jessica Liese at RHAP (02/05/2015): "Five Broken Game Twists, and how to Improve Them"
References[]
- ↑ http://www.cbs.com/shows/2015-finales/photos/1003956/these-are-the-season-finale-storylines-for-your-favorite-shows/81801/the-amazing-race/
- ↑ CBS News - "The Amazing Race" season 26 cast revealed
- ↑ Reality Blurred - Amazing Race drops pre-existing relationships for blind date twist
- ↑ CBS.com - The Amazing Race 26 Will Be The Most Extreme Blind Date Ever
- ↑ wikipedia:The Amazing Race 26
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Zap2it - Wednesday Final Ratings: 'Empire', 'American Idol', 'Survivor' & 'Arrow' Adjusted Up; 'The 100', 'black-ish' & 'Nashville' Adjusted Down
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Zap2it - TV Ratings Friday: 'Cristela' & 'Last Man Standing' Rise, 'Hawaii Five-0' Slides + 'World's Funniest Fails' Flat
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Zap2it - Friday Final Ratings: No Adjustment for 'Glee', 'Hawaii Five-0', or 'Shark Tank'
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 Zap2it - Friday Final Ratings: 'The Amazing Race', 'Cristela', 'Hawaii Five-0' & 'Blue Bloods' Adjusted Down
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 Zap2it - Friday Final Ratings:'The Amazing Race' Adjusted Up; No Adjustment for 'Grimm' or 'Hawaii Five-0'
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 Zap2it - Friday Final Ratings: '20/20' Adjusted Down; No Adjustments to 'Grimm' or 'Hawaii Five-0'
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 Zap2it - Friday Final Ratings: 'The Amazing Race' Adjusted Up; '20/20' Adjusted Down
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 Zap2it - Friday Final Ratings: "Shark Tank' Adjusted Up; 'Cedric's Barber Battle', 'Whose Line Is It Anyway?' & 'The Messengers' Adjusted Down
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/sdsdskdh279882992z1/friday-final-ratings-the-amazing-race-barber-shop-battle-adjusted-down/398951/
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/1/friday-final-ratings-shark-tank-hawaii-five-0-the-amazing-race-adjusted-up/402060/
- ↑ 16.0 16.1 http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/sdsdskdh279882992z1/friday-final-ratings-the-amazing-race-adjusted-up-the-messengers-adjusted-down/405287/
- ↑ The World Factbook (Central Intelligence Agency) - Field Listing :: Area
- ↑ World Bank - Population, total
External links[]
The Amazing Race Season Index | |
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Australia | 1 · 2 · 3 · 4 · 5 |
Brazil | 1 |
Canada | 1 · 2 · 3 · 4 · 5 · 6 · 7 · 8 |
Central Europe | Cancelled |
China | 1 · 2 · 3 · 4 |
China Rush | 1 · 2 · 3 |
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 |