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The biggest field, given room.
Thirteen teams, three continents, and the move to 90-minute episodes: the biggest field the race had ever sent out, given room to breathe.
Record field, ninety-minute episodes.
The largest field the franchise had ever run. Thirteen teams covered roughly 23,800 miles across three continents and nine countries, from a Los Angeles start through Thailand, Vietnam, and India, then Germany, Austria, Slovenia, Sweden, and Ireland before a Greater Seattle finish. The season moved to feature-length 90-minute episodes, which gives each leg more room than the standard hour. Commercial flights, the Express Pass, and the U-Turn returned, joined by a new Blind U-Turn vote that sharpens the strategic layer.
The #35 slot.
Slot #35 of 38 in the Amazing Race Editor's Canon. Season 35 ran the largest field the franchise had assembled to date, and the canon places it where the scale lands. Thirteen teams covered roughly 23,800 miles across three continents and nine countries — Los Angeles through Thailand, Vietnam, and India, then Germany, Austria, Slovenia, Sweden, and Ireland before a Greater Seattle finish. The move to feature-length 90-minute episodes gives each leg more room than the standard hour, and the returning Express Pass, U-Turn, and a new Blind U-Turn vote sharpen the strategy. The canon places it thirty-fifth because the bigger field and longer hour are real without reshaping what the format is for.
4 moments, no spoilers.
- Format · the 90-minute hour
The season moved to feature-length episodes, giving the editing room more space per leg than the standard hour allowed.
- Casting · the record field
Thirteen teams of two, the largest field in show history at the time. Watch how the bigger cast fills the opening legs.
- Format · familiar tools return
Commercial flights, the Express Pass, and the U-Turn return, with a new Blind U-Turn vote added to the strategic toolkit.
- Route · Asia to Europe
Los Angeles through Thailand, Vietnam, India, then Germany, Austria, Slovenia, Sweden, and Ireland before a Greater Seattle finish.