The Amazing Race 24
Template:Infobox television Amazing Race The Amazing Race 24 (also known as The Amazing Race: All-Stars) is the twenty-fourth installment of the reality television show The Amazing Race. It features eleven teams of two returning competitors in a race around the world.
The season premiere aired on February 23, 2014, at 8:00 p.m. ET[Note 1]/PT on CBS.[1]
Production
Development and filming
The season will travel 35,000 miles through four continents in nine countries including China, Malaysia, Sri Lanka, and Italy.[4][5]
Cast
This season's 11 teams are selected from past contestants, going as far back as Season 14. This includes seven contestants competing for a third time.[4]
The returning teams and their prior race placements are:
- From Season 18, "Unfinished Business":
- Margie O'Donnell (previously Adams) and Luke Adams, mother and son, 8th place (3rd place in their original appearance in Season 14)
- Herbert "Flight Time" Lang and Nathaniel "Big Easy" Lofton, teammates on the Harlem Globetrotters, 2nd place (4th place in their original appearance in Season 15)
- Jet and Cord McCoy, brothers and rodeo cowboys, 6th place (2nd place in their original appearance in Season 16)
- From Season 20:
- Brendon Villegas and Rachel Reilly, newlyweds (engaged in season 20), 3rd place
- From Season 21:
- Natalie and Nadiya Anderson, twin sisters, 4th place
- From Season 22:
- Caroline Cutbirth and Jennifer Kuhle, friends and country singers (formerly of Stealing Angels), 4th place
- Dave and Connor O'Leary, father and son, 8th place
- Jessica Hoel and John Erck, engaged (dating in season 22), 9th place
- Joseph "Joey" Graceffa and Meghan Camarena, best friends and YouTube vloggers, 5th place
- From Season 23:
- Leo Temory and Jamal Zadran, cousins, 4th place
- Composite Team:
- Mark Jackson, 5th place in Season 20 and Mallory Ervin, 3rd place in Season 18 (6th place in her original appearance in Season 17). Jackson originally planned to compete with his Season 20 teammate William "Bopper" Minton. However, the night before the start of the race, Minton was diagnosed with pancreatitis and deemed unfit to race by the production's medical team. To replace him, Ervin was invited to compete as Jackson's teammate. On air, the new team was dubbed "Team Kentucky" in reference to Jackson and Ervin's home state.
Results
The following teams participated in the Race, with their relationships at the time of filming. Note that this table is not necessarily reflective of all content broadcast on television due to inclusion or exclusion of some data. Placements are listed in finishing order:
| Team | Relationship | Position (by leg) | Roadblocks | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | |||
| Brendon & Rachel | Newlyweds | 2nd | 1st | Brendon 1, Rachel 0 | ||||||||||
| Margie & Luke | Mother/Son | 4th | 2nd | Margie 1, Luke 0 | ||||||||||
| Caroline & Jennifer | Country Singers | 9th | 3rdə | Caroline 0, Jennifer 1 | ||||||||||
| Dave & Connor | Father/Son | 3rd | 4th | Dave 0, Connor 1 | ||||||||||
| Flight Time & Big Easy | Harlem Globetrotters | 7th | 5th | Flight Time 1, Big Easy 0 | ||||||||||
| Jet & Cord | Brothers/Cowboys | 1st | 6th | Jet 0, Cord 1 | ||||||||||
| Leo & Jamal | Cousins | 5th | 7th | Leo 1, Jamal 0 | ||||||||||
| Jessica & John | Engaged | 8th | 8th | Jessica 0, John 1 | ||||||||||
| Joey & Meghan | YouTube Hosts | 10th | 9th | Joey 1, Meghan 0 | ||||||||||
| Mark & Mallory | Team Kentucky | 6th | 10th | Mark 0, Mallory 1 | ||||||||||
| Natalie & Nadiya | Twins | 11th | Natalie 1, Nadiya 0 | |||||||||||
- A red team placement means the team was eliminated.
- A purple ε indicates that the team decided to use the first Express Pass on that leg. A magenta ə indicates the team had previously been given the second Express Pass and used it on that leg.
Episode title quotes
Episode titles are often taken from quotes made by the racers.[6]
- "Back in the Saddle" – Cord
- "Baby Bear's Soup" – Mark
- "Welcome to the Jungle" –
Prizes
The prize for each leg is awarded to the first place team for that leg. Trips are sponsored by Travelocity.
- Leg 1 – Two Express Passes – an item that can be used on the race to skip any one task of the team's choosing. The winning team keeps one for themselves but must relinquish the second to another team before the end of the fifth leg of the race.
- Leg 2 – $2,500 each
Race summary
| Destinations |  Air travel  Rail travel  Water travel  Bus travel  Helicopter travel  Bicycle travel  Gondola travel
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|---|---|
| Route Markers |  Detour  Roadblock  Fast Forward  Pit Stop
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Leg 1 (United States → China)
Airdate: February 23, 2014[7]
- Santa Clarita, California, United States
(College of the Canyons) (Starting Line) 
Los Angeles (Los Angeles International Airport) to Guangzhou, China 
(Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport)- Guangzhou (Jiangnan Avenue North)
- Guangzhou (Canton Tower)
- Guangzhou (Haixinsha Stadium)
- Guangzhou (Guangzhou Opera House)
This Leg's Roadblock required the racer to dress in a special costume and perform 5 aerial somersaults while suspended 300 feet (91 m) in the air by wires attached to the stadium's towers.
- Additional tasks
- At the start of the race, teams had to find one of several of the UCLA Bruin Marching Band members with the Chinese symbols for Guangzhou (广州) on their shako's badge (matching the badges displayed on the shakos of the band conductors), and bring the band member back to the starting line to be confirmed by host Phil Keoghan. Once a team brought a band member with the correct shako, Keoghan gave them a set of tickets for one of two flights to Guangzhou.
- Before leaving Los Angeles International Airport, teams had to park their Ford Fusion Energi hybrid cars that they used to drive to the airport in a recharging station.
- On arrival in Guangzhou, teams went to its wedding boutique district on Jiangnan Avenue North, and searched for one of three boutiques that had their next clue. Each store had a limited number of clues, forcing teams to travel to the others if they ran out.
- The clue from the bridal shops directed teams to find "the building with the bubbles on top", giving them a replica "bubble", leaving them to figure out it referred to Canton Tower.
- At Canton Tower, teams had to select one of the bubble cars of the ferris wheel located at the top of the tower and search for their clue, which would be revealed when the door to the car closed, forcing the teams to wait for the car to make a full trip around the building (about 30 minutes)[8] before they were allowed to exit and proceed. Depending on which car they entered, the clue either informed teams to try again in another ferris wheel car or directed them to their next location: Haixinsha Stadium below the tower.
Future legs
- Leg 2 (China)
Airdate: March 2, 2014[9]
- Guangzhou
- Leg 3 (China → Malaysia)
Airdate: March 9, 2014[10]
Ratings
U.S. Nielsen ratings
| # | Airdate | Episode | Rating | Share | Rating/Share | Viewers | Rank | Rank | Rank | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Households | 18–49 | (millions) | Timeslot (Viewers) |
Timeslot (18–49) |
Week (Viewers) |
Week (18–49) | ||||
| 1 | February 23, 2014 | "Back in the Saddle" | 1.5/4 | 6.71[11] | 3 | 3 | 23 | 22 | ||
Canadian ratings
Canadian broadcaster CTV also airs The Amazing Race on Sundays. Episodes air at 8:00 p.m. Eastern and Central (9:00 p.m. Pacific, Mountain and Atlantic), with two exceptions. The broadcast of the second episode will conflict with CTV's broadcast of the 86th Academy Awards; The Amazing Race will instead be shown at 7:00 p.m. in the Atlantic time zone, at 6:00 p.m. in the Eastern time zone, and at 5:00 p.m. in the Central time zone, and immediately after the broadcast of the Oscars in the Pacific and Mountain time zones. The broadcast of the sixth episode will conflict with CTV's broadcast of the 2014 Juno Awards.
Notes
- ^ The Eastern/Central premiere was delayed by 13 minutes.
References
- ^ "All Stars - Season 24 Premiere Announced". CBS. January 15, 2014. Retrieved January 26, 2014.
- ^ "UCLA Marching Band to kick off The Amazing Race". Bruins Nation. 2013-12-18. Retrieved 2014-02-19.
- ^ "UCLA Bruin Marching Band sets musical pace for globe-spanning race". EIN News. Retrieved 2014-02-19.
- ^ a b Barrett, Annie (January 26, 2014). "'The Amazing Race' 24: Meet the All-Star teams!". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved January 27, 2014.
- ^ "The Amazing Race All-Stars: Cast Announced". CBS. January 27, 2014. Retrieved January 27, 2014.
- ^ "CBS Schedule". CBS. Retrieved February 16, 2013.
- ^ "The Amazing Race: All-Stars Episode Guide 2014 Season 24 - Back in the Saddle, Episode 1". TV Guide. Retrieved February 16, 2014.
- ^ "Canton Tower 广州塔 - Guangzhou TV Tower - Highest Ferris Wheel". Gztvtower.info. Retrieved 2014-02-27.
- ^ "The Amazing Race: All-Stars Episode Guide 2014 Season 24 - Baby Bear's Soup, Episode 2". TV Guide. Retrieved February 16, 2014.
- ^ "The Amazing Race: All-Stars Episode Guide 2014 Season 24 - Welcome to the Jungle, Episode 3". TV Guide. Retrieved February 23, 2014.
- ^ Kondolojy, Amanda (February 25, 2014). "Sunday Final Ratings: Olympics Closing Ceremony. 'The Amazing Race', '60 Minutes' & 'Growing Up Fisher' Adjusted Down". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved February 25, 2014.
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