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Season 7

The crossover season, with a pair of returning Survivor players folded into the lineup and CBS leaning into the publicity. Ratings climbed sharply across the spring, and the route ran through South America, southern Africa and back across the Pacific. The casting around the headliners runs deep on regional pairings the audience already recognized. Phil Keoghan works the pit stops with sharper edges. This is the season that moved the show from cult favorite to network anchor.

Filmed
Global route, starting Long Beach, California
Premiered
Mar 1, 2005
CBS · Tuesday 9/8c
Episodes
12
Format
11 teams of 2 · standard
Cast size
22 players
Host
Phil Keoghan
On this page4 sections
  1. 01The take
  2. 02Where it sits in the canon
  3. 03Adjacent in the canon
  4. 04Also appears in
01The take

The moment it went national.

02Where it sits in the canon

The #01 slot.

Slot #01 of 38 in the Amazing Race Editor's Canon. Season 7 sits at the top because this is the season the race becomes a network anchor. A pair of crossover Survivor returnees gave CBS the publicity moment, and the casting around them runs three pairs deep — regional teams the audience already recognized from spring promo, paired against newcomers who could hold a confessional. The route through South America and southern Africa delivers some of the show's most photogenic leg-work, and Phil Keoghan tightens the pit-stop rhythm into the version the franchise still runs. The canon places it first because no other race season produced a sharper jump in audience and prestige.

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04Also appears in

Cross-references.

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