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Season 20

Eleven teams left Santa Barbara into a twelve-leg spring route through Argentina, Paraguay, Italy, Germany, Tanzania, India, Azerbaijan, and Turkey before a Hawaiian finish line. CBS held the Sunday hour and the production ran the format in its established lane — the version the show had been making for a decade now. The casting leans on partner pairs and dating couples. Phil Keoghan paces an outing that is competent across the legs without reaching for novelty.

Filmed
Global route, starting Santa Barbara, California, finishing in Hawaii
Premiered
Feb 19, 2012
CBS · Sunday 8/7c
Episodes
12
Format
11 teams of 2 · standard
Cast size
22 players
11 teams of 2
Host
Phil Keoghan
01The take

Season 20.

Eleven teams left Santa Barbara into a twelve-leg spring route through Argentina, Paraguay, Italy, Germany, Tanzania, India, Azerbaijan, and Turkey before a Hawaiian finish line. CBS held the Sunday hour and the production ran the format in its established lane — the version the show had been making for a decade now. The casting leans on partner pairs and dating couples. Phil Keoghan paces an outing that is competent across the legs without reaching for novelty.

03Where it sits in the canon

The #21 slot.

Slot #21 of 23 in the The Amazing Race Editor's Canon. The neighbors below frame what we ranked above and below it.

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06Also appears in

Cross-references.

Also appears in
The Amazing Race S20 — Season 20 — tiered.tv