Ready, set, race: ‘Amazing Race’ Season 36 heads to all-new locale
Phone, wallet, keys, passport and a cando attitude — that’s just about all you need to win $1 million. That, and maybe a good teammate. “The Amazing Race” returns with an all-new season of flights, fights and delights, when it premieres Wednesday, March 13, on CBS.
Hosted by Phil Keoghan (“The Ride,” 2011), this 10-time Primetime Emmy-winning reality series follows teams of two as they embark on a life-changing trek around the world, each hoping to be the fastest and brightest in order to avoid elimination on their sprint toward the finish line and claim the life-changing prize waiting just beyond it.
The duos for the upcoming race — often composed of friends, family members, couples or co-workers — have yet to be announced by the network, but CBS has confirmed that 11 teams will be gathered at the Season 36 starting line, ready to traverse the Americas and beyond. Teams are reportedly expected to travel to Mexico, Colombia, Chile, Argentina, Barbados and the Dominican Republic, before finishing their trek in Philadelphia.
After arriving at their given destinations, the teams must then compete in a series of locally themed challenges — some physical, some mental — that they must complete before they can learn of their next location, which could be anywhere from the list above.
Despite minimal details having been released, eagle-eyed fans have noted that this upcoming season appears to have started filming in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, during October 2022 and later concluded in Philadelphia, where the racers will supposedly finish their exhausting journeys.
One detail is for certain, however: the series will continue with its new, 90-minute episode format (originally adopted to fill airtime during last year’s WGA/SAG strikes), leaving ample room for all the drama that transpires along the way — because if traveling with your partner wasn’t hard enough, it certainly doesn’t get any easier with countless destinations to reach and $1 million on the line.
In this race, it takes talent, determination, consistency and a cutthroat attitude to finish first. See who makes it all the way to Philly when the 36th season of “The Amazing Race” kicks off Wednesday, March 13, on CBS.