The Amazing Race 32

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The Amazing Race 32
Presented byPhil Keoghan
No. of teams11
WinnersWill Jardell & James Wallington
No. of legs11
Distance traveled33,000 mi (53,000 km)
Country of originUnited States
No. of episodes12
Release
Original networkCBS
Original releaseOctober 14 (2020-10-14) –
December 16, 2020 (2020-12-16)
Additional information
Filming datesNovember 10 (2018-11-10)[1] –
December 3, 2018 (2018-12-03)[2]
Season chronology
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List of episodes

The Amazing Race 32 is the thirty-second installment of the American reality television show The Amazing Race. It features eleven teams of two in a race around the world for a US$1 million grand prize. The season premiered on October 14, 2020, following Big Brother: All-Stars.[3][4][5] The season finale aired on December 16, 2020.

Boyfriends Will Jardell and James Wallington were the winners of this season.

Production[]

Development and filming[]

The Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles hosted the Starting Line for the thirty-second season of The Amazing Race.

During the airing of Season 30 in January 2018, Phil Keoghan suggested that the show could return to filming two seasons a year after two years of only filming one.[6] After Season 31 completed filming in July 2018, The Amazing Race 32 began on November 10, 2018 with filming of first leg reported on the island of Tobago, marking the first time The Amazing Race visited Trinidad and Tobago.[1] The season concluded filming on December 3, 2018 in New Orleans, Louisiana,[2] which had previously only hosted a Pit Stop during the Family Edition back in 2005.[7]

According to Phil Keoghan, this season was the most physically demanding to film since The Amazing Race 3.[8] This season also saw The Amazing Race reach a milestone of traveling one million cumulative miles.[9]

At twenty-two months, The Amazing Race 32 has the longest gap between its filming completion and its premiere (for comparison, Season 31 premiered 10 months after its filming).[10] This is primarily attributed to the filming of the season prior to Season 31's broadcast and the delays on the 2020–21 television season as television production was suspended following the COVID-19 pandemic. CBS originally announced on April 13, 2020, that the season was to premiere with a two-hour special on May 20, 2020, taking over the Wednesday slot of Survivor: Winners at War. Following this, the show would have returned to the standard one-hour episode format.[11] However, less than a month later on April 29, 2020, CBS announced it was postponing the premiere until later in 2020, and the freshman game show Game On! would be taking show's former scheduled slot.[12] The postponement was designed to allow pre-filmed Amazing Race to replace shows scheduled in the 2020–21 television season whose production has not begun as a result of suspended television production following the COVID-19 pandemic.[13] Ultimately The Amazing Race 32 premiered in Survivor's planned slot on Wednesdays at 8:00 p.m., as the 41st season was unable to air on time due to filming complications during the pandemic.[14]

Outside of a message from Keoghan at the start of the first episode describing the timing of filming of this season relative to the COVID-19 pandemic, the season made no other changes or mention of the pandemic. Keoghan explained this choice was made by production to keep the show evergreen.[15]

This season was the first to eliminate the last place team during a no-rest leg.[16] It also saw the first appearance of the Yield since the first All-Stars edition back in 2007, making this the first season to feature both the Yield and the U-Turn (the U-Turn initially replaced the Yield on The Amazing Race 12).[17][18] The mechanics of the Yield were changed in that teams had to find a 10-minute or 20-minute hourglass during Leg 2 that they could use later in the season to Yield another team.[19] Kaylynn & Haley became the first team in Amazing Race history to be Yielded twice in the same leg. This was also the first season in Amazing Race history to have each leg feature a different country.

Two new twists were introduced this season: the "Mega Leg" and "City Sprint". The eighth leg featured the Mega Leg – a rebranding of the double-length leg last seen on The Amazing Race 14 – which featured two Detours and two Roadblocks over the course of one leg.[20] As a result of the Mega Leg, this season was the first since the fourteenth season to only feature 11 legs. Leg 10 featured the "City Sprint", where teams did not face any Detours, Roadblocks, or additional obstacles but rather a series of Route Info tasks that they had to complete as fast as possible.[21] Prior to this season, only the Chicago leg on The Amazing Race 29 and the Bahrain leg on The Amazing Race 30 had a similar structure.

Filipino basketball player E.J. Feihl appeared as the Pit Stop greeter during the tenth leg.[22]

Casting[]

See also: List of The Amazing Race (American TV series) contestants

Casting finals occurred during the end of July 2018 for filming set to occur around November 2018.[23]

Unlike five of the past six seasons, which had a particular casting themes involving dating and "blind date" couples, social media personalities, strangers, 'champions' of their specific fields, and former reality show contestants, host Phil Keoghan referred to this season as taking a "back to basics" approach in an interview with Gold Derby with the cast and the show going back to core elements.[24][25]

This cast includes former Carolina Panthers players DeAngelo Williams and Gary Barnidge, Olympic hurdlers Kellie Wells-Brinkley and LaVonne Idlette, professional volleyball player Riley McKibbin,[26] college basketball coach Jerry Eaves,[27] and America's Next Top Model cycle 21 runner-up Will Jardell.[28]

After host Phil Keoghan announced to Will & James that they had won The Amazing Race, Will proposed on the finish mat to James, who accepted. They became the first same-sex couple to become engaged on The Amazing Race and were the first team to do so after winning the show.[29][30] Will & James were married at the New Orleans Athletic Club on December 3, 2021, the three year anniversary of their Amazing Race win and their engagement.[31][32]

Results[]

The following teams participated in the season, each listed along with their placements in each leg and their relationships at the time of filming. Note that this table is not necessarily reflective of all content broadcast on television, owing to the inclusion or exclusion of some data. Placements are listed in finishing order:

Team Relationship Position (by leg) Roadblocks
performed
1 <2> 3 <4> <5> <6> 7 81 9 10 11
Will & James Boyfriends 4th 6th 1st⊃ 1st 4th 4th 1st 3rd> 2nd 2nd 2nd 1st Will 6, James 5
Hung & Chee Married Parents 1st 1st 2nd 6th 2nd 3rd 3rd 4th 4th2 3rd 3rd 2nd Hung 5, Chee 6
Riley & Maddison Pro Volleyball Brothers 3rd 3rd 4th 4th 1st 2nd 2nd 1st 1st> 1st⋑3 1st 3rd Riley 6, Maddison 5
DeAngelo & Gary Former NFL Stars 10th 2nd 5th 7th 5th 1st 4th 2nd 3rd 4th⊃ 4th4 DeAngelo 5, Gary 4
Eswar & Aparna Siblings 7th 4th 6th 5th 6th 5th 6th 5th 5th 5th⊂ Eswar 5, Aparna 4
Kaylynn & Haley Sisters 8th 8th 3rd⋑ 8th 7th 7th 5th> 6th< 6th< Kaylynn 4, Haley 4
Leo & Alana Dating 6th 7th 8th⊂ 3rd 3rd 6th 7th< Leo 4, Alana 2
Michelle & Victoria Sisters 2nd 5th 7th 2nd 8th Michelle 3, Victoria 2
Jerry & Frank Father/Son 5th 9th 9th⋐ Jerry 0, Frank 2
Kellie & LaVonne Former Olympic Hurdlers 9th 10th Kellie 1, LaVonne 1
Nathan & Cody Best Friends 11th Nathan 0, Cody 1
Key
  • A red team placement means the team was eliminated.
  • An underlined blue team's placement indicates that the team came in last on a non-elimination leg and had to perform a Speed Bump during the next leg.
  • An underlined leg number indicates that there was no mandatory rest period at the Pit Stop and all teams were ordered to continue racing (except for the last team to arrive, who was eliminated).
  • A yellow > means that team chose to use the Yield; < indicates the team who received it; <> around the leg number indicates that the Yield for that leg was available but not used.
  • A brown ⊃ or a cyan ⋑ indicates that the team chose to use one of the two U-Turns in a Double U-Turn, while a ⊂ or ⋐ indicates the team who received it.
  • Italicized results indicate the position of the team at the midpoint of a two-episode leg.
Notes
  1. ^ Leg 8 was a Mega Leg, with two Detours, two Roadblocks, and two Yields, shown over two episodes. The placements listed in the first column reflect the order teams finished the first Roadblock, the leg's halfway point.
  2. ^ Due to a production delay during Leg 8, Hung & Chee were given a time credit for the start of the next leg and departed 26 minutes ahead of Eswar & Aparna.[33] This did not affect their placement.
  3. ^ Riley & Maddison U-Turned DeAngelo & Gary; however, they had already passed the U-Turn point and were therefore unaffected by it.
  4. ^ DeAngelo & Gary elected to quit the leg's final task and wait out a 2-hour penalty at Mehan Garden.

Episode title quotes[]

Episode titles are often taken from quotes made by the racers.[34]

  1. "One Million Miles" – Phil Keoghan
  2. "Red Lipstick is Not My Color" – DeAngelo
  3. "We're Makin' Big Moves" – Will
  4. "Olé, Olé!" – Michelle
  5. "You Don't Strike Me as a Renaissance Man" – DeAngelo
  6. "I'm Not Even Walking, I'm Falling" – Hung
  7. "Give Me a Beard Bump" – Maddison
  8. "Are You a Rickshaw?" – James
  9. "This is Not Payback, This is Karma" – Kaylynn
  10. "Getting Down to the Nitty Gritty" – Riley
  11. "Run on Your Tippy Toes" – Riley
  12. "Now It's About Winning" – Chee

Prizes[]

The prize for each leg, with the exception of Legs 1[a] and 10, was awarded to the first place team for that leg. Trips were provided by Travelocity. The prizes were:

  • Leg 2 – A trip for two to Switzerland
  • Leg 3 – A trip for two to Bali, Indonesia
  • Leg 4 – US$5,000 each
  • Leg 5 – A trip for two to Phú Quốc, Vietnam
  • Leg 6 – US$7,500 each
  • Leg 7 – A trip for two to Las Vegas, Nevada
  • Leg 8 – A seven-day Eastern Caribbean cruise for two from Sint Maarten on the Windstar Cruises Wind Surf
  • Leg 9 – A trip for two to Bergen, Norway
  • Leg 11 – US$1,000,000

Race summary[]

Complete race map and countries visited during the season
Destinations Legenda lotnisko.svg Air travel   Legenda kolej.svg Rail travel   BSicon BOOT.svg Water travel   Bus-logo.svg Bus travel
Maki-heliport-15.svg Helicopter travel   Maki-bicycle-15.svg Bicycle travel   Maki-aerialway-15.svg Gondola travel
Route Markers Detour icon.svg Detour   Roadblock icon.svg Roadblock   Yield icon.svg Yield   U-Turn icon.svg U-Turn   Speed Bump icon.svg Speed Bump   TAR-pitstop-icon.png Pit Stop
Icons placed after a location indicate the clue was picked up at this location,
while icons placed before a location indicate that the clue was picked up at a prior location.

Leg 1 (United States → Trinidad and Tobago)[]

At Pigeon Point on the island of Tobago, one team member had to learn how to play the steelpan.

Airdate: October 14, 2020[34]

In this season's first Roadblock, one team member had to learn to play a section of "Day-O" on a steelpan and then perform alongside the Redemption Sound Setters to receive their next clue from the bandleader.

Additional tasks
  • From the 24 Hour Fruit Stand, each team member had to roll an oil drum used to make steelpans a quarter of a mile (400 m) to a Carnival at the Exodus Panyard to receive their next clue containing plane tickets to Tobago from the Midnight Robber. The first seven teams would depart at 7:40 a.m. while the remaining four teams would depart at 8:10 a.m.
  • At Swallows Beach, teams had to board a boat that would take them to the Nylon Pool and memorize a uniquely painted fish with a four digit combination on their boat. Once at the pool, teams had to search among 125 fish for an exact match and unlock the fish to receive their next clue.
  • At Buccoo Integrated Facility, teams had to take part in goat racing with both team members having to run across a finish line with a goat to check into the Pit Stop.

Leg 2 (Trinidad and Tobago → Colombia)[]

After landing in Bogotá, teams searched the Nemocón salt mine for an hourglass.

Airdate: October 21, 2020[34]

In this leg's Roadblock, one team member had to dress up as a clown, take a disorienting ride in a wheel of death, and then walk across a tightrope and back again without falling or dropping any item they were carrying on a tray to receive their next clue from the ringleader.

Additional tasks
  • After obtaining a clue outside Bogotá's airport, teams had to travel by taxi to the Nemocón Salt Mine, which they had to search for a 10 or 20-minute hourglass they could use to Yield another team later in the season before signing up for one of two departure times in the morning, when they would receive their next clue. The first five teams would depart at 6:00 a.m. while the remaining five teams would depart at 6:30 a.m.
  • At Templo Parroquial San Francisco de Asís, teams had to climb to the top of the bell tower, retrieve either an emerald or a golden raft replica, and then travel back to Bogotá to deliver the emerald to an emerald broker at Plazoleta del Rosario or the golden raft to an archeology professor inside Universidad del Rosario to receive their next clue.
  • Outside Escuela Nacional Circo Para Todos, teams would find the Yield and their next clue.
  • At Carrera 26 #10-03, teams had to decorate a volqueta, a dump truck, so that it matched an example and hook up the truck's horn to receive their next clue.

Leg 3 (Colombia → Brazil)[]

One of the Detour choices in the Amazon rainforest had teams assemble a roof section of an indigenous Dessana people's house.

Airdate: October 28, 2020[34]

This season's first Detour was a choice between Shelter from Trees or Well Done Please. In Shelter from Trees, teams had to carry a bundle of babassu palm leaves to the tribal chief's new house and use them to cover a section of roof to receive their next clue. In Well Done Please, teams had to use the items they purchased at the market to prepare a three-course meal and receive their next clue.

Additional tasks
  • During the Pit Stop, teams were provided a smartphone with the Travelocity app to book their flight to Manaus.
  • At Mercado Municipal Adolpho Lisboa, teams had to purchase eleven items from a list written in Portuguese (cassava root, a tipiti, two pairs of gloves, tucupi, two hammocks, tucumã peelings, a steel machete, cassava flour, 10 hot peppers, a pirarucu filet, and a thermal bag) and then bring them to the dock manager at Balsa Laranja to receive their next clue.
  • At Balsa Laranja, teams had to board a boat, with the items they purchased at the market, that would take them to Dessana Village in the Amazon rainforest, where Chief Piñón would use a blowgun to knock teams' Detour clue down from a tree.

Leg 4 (Brazil → Paraguay)[]

The Detour in Asunción was a Double Switchback to the watermelon stacking and bottle dance tasks from Season 20.

Airdate: November 4, 2020[34]

In this leg's Roadblock, one team member had to assemble a cello out of recycled items for the Recycled Orchestra of Cateura to receive their next clue.

This leg's Detour was a Double Switchback, with both tasks originally from the Paraguay leg on Season 20, and was a choice between Stack Your Melons or Use Your Melon. In Stack Your Melons, teams had to make their way to Plaza O'Leary and stack watermelons into a 10-by-10 pyramid to receive their next clue. In Use Your Melon, teams had to make their way to Estacion Central del Ferrocarril and perform a traditional Paraguayan bottle dance. Both team members had to successfully perform a choreographic routine with a glass bottle on their heads without breaking their bottles to receive their next clue.

Additional task
  • At Mercado 4, teams encountered a Yield and then had to use a mortar and pestle to prepare enough tereré, Paraguay's national drink, to fill a termos, which teams could carry for the rest of the leg, and receive their next clue.
Additional notes
  • During the Pit Stop, the Barco Corrêa Filho traveled back to Manaus, where teams began the fourth leg.
  • There was an unaired clue box at the Asunción Sign near Palacio de los López.[35]

Leg 5 (Paraguay → France)[]

The first Roadblock in France had racers match a person with one of the pieces of art inside the Château de Chantilly.

Airdate: November 11, 2020[b][34]

For their Speed Bump, Kaylynn & Haley had to clean the riding gear for two of the Château de Chantilly's horses before they could continue racing.

In this leg's first Roadblock, one team member had to compare the dozens of paintings on the walls in a room in the Musée Condé with the dozens of Renaissance-styled partygoers in another room to identify one of the nine partygoers dressed to resemble a character in one of the paintings. Once a match was identified, the team member would bring the partygoer to the museum curator and tell her the name of the artist of the matching painting to receive their next clue.

In this leg's second Roadblock, the team member who did not perform the previous Roadblock had to win three 19th-century carnival games — the passe boule, the chamboule-tout, and the courses de chevaux — before retrieving their next clue from the shooting gallery.

Additional tasks
  • Once in France, teams had to choose a marked manual transmission Volkswagen Tiguan and drive to Domaine de Chantilly to find their next clue.
  • At Le Vertugadin, each team member had to prepare enough Crème Chantilly to fill two pies and then deliver the pies through a tent where, unbeknownst to the teams, chefs would pelt them with pies to receive their next clue.
  • At Musée des Arts Forains, teams would find the Yield and their next clue.

Leg 6 (France → Germany)[]

Once in Germany, teams searched for a clue along a section of the Berlin Wall.

Airdate: November 18, 2020[c][34]

In this leg's Roadblock, one team member had to rappel face-first nearly 180 feet (55 m) down the Andel's Hotel and memorize flashing letters that they had to unscramble on the ground to spell the word "sauerkraut" and receive their next clue.

This leg's Detour was a choice between Belt It Out or Belch It Out. In Belt It Out, teams had to correctly sing the German lyrics of "I wish I were a chicken" ("Ich wollt' ich wär' ein Huhn") with the Berlin Comedian Harmonists to receive their next clue. In Belch It Out, teams had to lead a beer yoga class, which involved naming and completing four couples' yoga poses while drinking beer (Beer Salutation, Beer Chair, Beer Boat, and Beer Dancer), to receive their next clue.

Additional tasks
  • Once in Berlin, teams had to find their next clue, which was in a suitcase marked with an Amazing Race ribbon, at the East Side Gallery.
  • From the East Side Gallery, teams had to drive an East German Trabant to Teledisko and dance for three minutes until the music stopped to receive a photograph with their next clue.
  • Outside Andel's Hotel, teams would find the Yield and their next clue.
Additional note
  • If the Trabant broke down, teams would not be provided a replacement car and could either spend time fixing the car or continue on foot.[36] After the Roadblock, teams could travel by taxi.

Leg 7 (Germany → Kazakhstan)[]

While in Kazakhstan, teams had to furnish the interior of a yurt.

Airdate: November 18, 2020[34]

For their Speed Bump, Kaylynn & Haley had to apply prosthetic beards to each other before they could continue racing.

This leg's Detour was a choice between Great Khan's Spy or Knock Out Guy, each of which had a limit of four teams. In Great Khan's Spy, teams had to watch an action sequence and correctly answer a series of questions to receive their next clue. The four questions were: (1) How many horses entered the village during the battle? (6); (2) How many warriors in the battle fought with an axe? (1); (3) How many warriors in the battle carried spears? (5); (4) How many times did the Great Khan call out to his warriors during the battle? (0). In Knock Out Guy, teams had to perform a choreographed fight scene before breaking a clay vase to retrieve their next clue.

Additional tasks
  • In the nomad village, teams would find the Yield and their next clue, which instructed them to lead a camel laden with possessions to an empty yurt. There, teams had to set up the interior to match an example, which included procuring a boiled sheep's head from the nomads, to receive their next clue.
  • At Zelenyi Bazaar, teams had to search the meat market for their next clue.

Leg 8 (Kazakhstan → India)[]

The first Roadblock of the Mega Leg took place at the Qutb Shahi tombs in Hyderabad.
The final task and Pit Stop for the Mega Leg in India were set at Taj Falaknuma Palace.

Airdate: November 25, 2020[d][34]

This leg's first Detour was a choice between Food App or Number Trap. In Food App, teams had to pick up three Swiggy food orders from a restaurant and deliver them to the correct addresses as instructed to them by a phone operator to receive their next clue. In Number Trap, teams had to capture all of the highlighted ones and zeros on a motion detecting screen and then use the numbers to crack a binary code that would lead them to their next clue in the fourth floor bunker.

In this leg's first Roadblock, one team member had to use an augmented reality feature on a tablet computer to find three virtual men in turbans standing in front of the tomb's columns. They then had to find the matching men atop the tomb and place them above the correct columns to receive three scrolls they could exchange for their next clue.

This leg's second Detour was a Blind Detour, where teams would learn about the task they chose at its location, and was a choice between This or That. In This, teams had to push a cart of bangles to a store and then find a set of seven bangles that matched the ones on a bride to receive their next clue. In That, teams had to make a dental impression of a patient's teeth and then polish a set of dentures before fitting them into another patient's mouth to receive their next clue.

In this leg's second Roadblock, one team member had to prepare ten place settings on a section of India's longest table to the exact standards for a royal dinner to receive their next clue.

Additional tasks
  • At Multi Cuisine Restaurant, teams had to smog test three auto rickshaws to receive their next clue.
  • At Qutb Shahi Tombs, teams would find the Yield and their next clue.
  • At Taj Falaknuma Palace, teams had to don sherwani outfits and travel by horse and carriage with a pair of socialites to the season's final Yield and their next clue.

Leg 9 (India → Cambodia)[]

Teams found the Pit Stop in Cambodia near the eastern gate of Angkor Thom.

Airdate: December 2, 2020[34]

This season's final Detour was a choice between Fish or Farm. In Fish, teams had to pull a 3,280-foot (1,000 m) fishing net through a contraption that removed the caught fish and then collect at least 15 kilograms (33 lb) of fish, with teams having to attach a needle from the Travelocity Roaming Gnome's satchel to the scale, to receive their next clue. In Farm, teams had to mix a combination of compost and soil, plant a garden of local produce on a floating platform to match an example floating garden, and then plant seeds from the Travelocity Roaming Gnome's satchel to receive their next clue.

In this leg's Roadblock, one team member had to make an encaustic cement tile. Then, they had to use a key from the Travelocity Roaming Gnome's satchel to unlock a chest of sliding puzzle pieces depicting the gnome that they had to solve to receive their next clue.

Additional tasks
  • At Psah Chas, teams had to find a marked tuk-tuk with a Travelocity Roaming Gnome, a basket of donations, and their next clue, which instructed them to attach their tuk-tuk to a motorbike and travel to Chong Kneas Pier to search for their next clue.
  • At Silat Tik Meas Buddhist Temple, teams had to respectfully give their basket of donations to a monk to receive their next clue.

Leg 10 (Cambodia → Philippines)[]

The final task in the City Sprint across Manila was set at Mehan Garden.

Airdate: December 9, 2020[34]

Additional tasks
  • After the City Sprint started, teams had to solve a riddle that would lead them to dancing traffic enforcer Ramiro Hinojas[38] at the intersection of Macapagal Boulevard and Epifanio de los Santos Avenue and had to reach their hands out to grab their next clue from Hinojas as they drove past him.
  • Outside the Mall of Asia, teams had to run one lap around the esplanade while wearing high-heeled shoes, much like the Tour de Takong in Marikina, to receive their next clue.
  • After passing through the Arch of Goodwill, teams had to search Binondo for the one lion dancer out of four that had their next clue in its mouth.
  • Outside the Manila Central Post Office, teams were instructed to prepare a feed for a horse attached to a kalesa in Liwasang Bonifacio by obtaining ingredients from three nearby vendors to receive their next clue.
  • At Mehan Garden, teams had to listen to a band playing four songs that they heard during earlier legs (French Renaissance music, "Entrance of the Gladiators", "Pájaro Campana", and "Day-O"). They then had to find the four instrument cases marked with the flags of the respective countries where they heard the songs and present them to the band in the order that they visited the countries (Trinidad and Tobago, Colombia, Paraguay, France), not the order the band was playing them, to receive their next clue.
Additional note
  • Upon arrival in Manila, teams boarded a jeepney that transported them to Lapu-Lapu Circle, where they were greeted by host Phil Keoghan, who informed all of them that this leg would be a "City Sprint" – meaning they would complete a series of challenges before returning to Lapu-Lapu Circle which would serve as the leg's Pit Stop. Teams would not encounter any Detours or Roadblocks – meaning that there would be one set of tasks to be completed by both team members. Phil then informed teams to find their next clue in a marked jeepney near the park.

Leg 11 (Philippines → United States)[]

In the final destination city of New Orleans, teams visited the historic Bourbon Street.

Airdate: December 16, 2020[34]

In this leg's first Roadblock, teams had to join a Dixieland band and play vest frottoirs until they reached Cafe Beignet, where one team member had to search through king cakes until they found a small king cake baby inside one of the cakes. Then, both team members had to eat six beignets between the two of them to receive their next clue.

In this season's final Roadblock, the team member who did not perform the previous Roadblock had to climb beneath the Crescent City Connection and then jump from a seated position from a beam 180 feet (55 m) above the Mississippi River to grab their next clue.

Additional tasks
  • On Bourbon Street, teams had to climb atop a Mardi Gras parade float and collect beads thrown at them from nearby balconies that matched the ones worn by the grand marshal until one team member had 50 red beads and the other had 50 gold beads to receive their next clue.
  • After the second Roadblock, teams had to rappel from the Crescent City Connection back to the ground and then roll a 10-foot (3.0 m) tall ball to Mardi Gras World to find their next clue.
  • At Mardi Gras World, teams had to search the warehouse for a crate with 32 panels that they had to attach to their ball to create a globe and then place it upright on a float to receive their final clue from the Mardi Gras World owner.
  • Teams' final clue told them to find the Finish Line where "the Saints go marching in", referring to the NFL team's home stadium: the Mercedes-Benz Superdome.
Additional note
  • The final three teams received a free upgrade to business class on their flight to New Orleans.

Reception[]

Critical response[]

The Amazing Race 32 received mixed reviews. Andy Dehnart of reality blurred wrote that the season was "imperfect but thoroughly enjoyable" and that the biggest letdown of the season was the "Mine Five" alliance.[39] Justin Fedich of Screen Rant called the season a "standout" and praised the diversity in casting and the gameplay and engagement of winners Will & James.[40] Mack Rawden of CinemaBlend criticized seeing "an entire season controlled and ultimately ruined by an alliance".[41] Matt Roush of TV Insider criticized the answer-sharing among the "Mine Five" alliance saying that it felt like "cheating on a test" and that it "soured" the season.[42][43] In response to critic and fan criticism about answer-sharing among alliance members, Amazing Race co-creator and executive producer Elise Doganieri stated in an interview after the season that the show was considering challenge-specific rules to limit answer-sharing.[44]

Ratings[]

U.S. Nielsen ratings[]

Viewership and ratings per episode of The Amazing Race 32
No. Title Air date Rating
(18–49)		 Viewers
(millions)		 DVR
(18–49)		 DVR viewers
(millions)		 Total
(18–49)		 Total viewers
(millions)		 Ref(s)
1 "One Million Miles" October 14, 2020 (2020-10-14) 0.7 3.58 TBD TBD TBD TBD [45]
2 "Red Lipstick is Not My Color" October 21, 2020 (2020-10-21) 0.7 3.30 0.4 1.63 1.1 4.93 [46][47]
3 "We're Makin' Big Moves" October 28, 2020 (2020-10-28) 0.7 4.17 0.4 1.36 1.1 5.53 [48][49][50]
4 "Olé, Olé!" November 4, 2020 (2020-11-04) 0.7 4.03 0.4 1.40 1.1 5.43 [51][52]
5 "You Don't Strike Me as a Renaissance Man" November 11, 2020 (2020-11-11) 0.7 3.72 0.3 1.10 1.0 4.83 [53][54]
6 "I'm Not Even Walking, I'm Falling" November 18, 2020 (2020-11-18) 0.7 3.90 0.3 1.54 1.0 5.44 [55][56]
7 "Give Me a Beard Bump" November 18, 2020 (2020-11-18) 0.6 3.18 0.4 1.67 1.0 4.86 [55][56]
8 "Are You a Rickshaw?" November 25, 2020 (2020-11-25) 0.6 4.20 TBD TBD TBD TBD [57]
9 "This is Not Payback, This is Karma" November 25, 2020 (2020-11-25) 0.6 3.80 TBD TBD TBD TBD [57]
10 "Getting Down to the Nitty Gritty" December 2, 2020 (2020-12-02) 0.7 4.30 0.4 1.30 1.1 5.60 [58][59]
11 "Run on Your Tippy Toes" December 9, 2020 (2020-12-09) 0.7 4.15 0.4 1.39 1.1 5.54 [60][61]
12 "Now It's About Winning" December 16, 2020 (2020-12-16) 0.8 4.46 TBD TBD TBD TBD [62]

Canadian ratings[]

Canadian broadcaster CTV also aired The Amazing Race on Wednesdays.[63]

Canadian DVR ratings are included in Numeris's count.

No. Air date Episode Viewers
(millions) 		Rank
(Week) 		Ref
1 October 14, 2020 (2020-10-14) "One Million Miles" 1.72 2 [64]
2 October 21, 2020 (2020-10-21) "Red Lipstick is Not My Color" 1.50 1 [65]
3 October 28, 2020 (2020-10-28) "We're Makin' Big Moves" 1.46 5 [66]
4 November 4, 2020 (2020-11-04) "Olé, Olé!" 1.30 8 [67]
5 November 11, 2020 (2020-11-11) "You Don't Strike Me as a Renaissance Man" 1.25 10 [68]
6 November 18, 2020 (2020-11-18) "I'm Not Even Walking, I'm Falling" 1.37 12 [69]
7 November 24, 2020 (2020-11-24) "Give Me a Beard Bump" 0.83 29 [70]
8 November 25, 2020 (2020-11-25) "Are You a Rickshaw?" 1.57 6
9 November 25, 2020 (2020-11-25) "This is Not Payback, This is Karma"
10 December 2, 2020 (2020-12-02) "Getting Down to the Nitty Gritty" 1.22 12 [71]
11 December 9, 2020 (2020-12-09) "Run on Your Tippy Toes" 1.33 12 [72]
12 December 16, 2020 (2020-12-16) "Now It's About Winning" 1.44 9 [73]

Notes[]

  1. ^ No prize was awarded to the first place team on this leg. Instead, teams were told that they were to immediately continue racing; however, this leg was still an elimination leg.
  2. ^ Leg 5 was originally scheduled to air on November 4, 2020 in a double episode with the previous episode, but was postponed to accommodate special coverage from CBS News regarding updated 2020 United States presidential election results.
  3. ^ This episode was originally scheduled to air on November 11, 2020, but was postponed due to the preemption of the previous double episode on November 4.
  4. ^ The episode from the first half of the leg was originally scheduled to air on November 18, 2020, but was postponed due to the preemption of the fifth episode. The leg instead aired over a two hour period of November 25.

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