# The Amazing Race 32
**The Amazing Race 32** is the thirty-second season of the CBS reality competition series *[The Amazing Race](https://www.edgepedia.org/the-amazing-race-american-tv-series)*, in which eleven teams of two race around the world for a $1 million prize. It premiered on October 14, 2020 and ran for twelve episodes through December 16, 2020, hosted by [Phil Keoghan](https://www.edgepedia.org/phil-keoghan).[1](https://www.cbs.com/shows/amazing_race/episodes/32/) • [2](https://amazingrace.fandom.com/wiki/The_Amazing_Race_32) The season was filmed before the COVID-19 pandemic began, and the producers made no changes to address the pandemic, so it aired as a traditional around-the-world race.[3](https://www.cinemablend.com/television/2556868/why-the-amazing-race-wont-mention-covid-in-season-32)
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Season | 32nd season of *The Amazing Race*, CBS, hosted by Phil Keoghan[1](https://www.cbs.com/shows/amazing_race/episodes/32/) |
| Broadcast | 12 episodes, October 14 to December 16, 2020[1](https://www.cbs.com/shows/amazing_race/episodes/32/) |
| Route | 33,000 miles (53,000 km) across eleven countries on four continents[2](https://amazingrace.fandom.com/wiki/The_Amazing_Race_32) |
| Distinctive route | First season to visit a different destination country on each leg[2](https://amazingrace.fandom.com/wiki/The_Amazing_Race_32) |
| New twists | First-ever "Mega Leg" (Hyderabad, India) and first-ever "city sprint" (Manila, Philippines); the Yield returned for the first time since 2007[1](https://www.cbs.com/shows/amazing_race/episodes/32/) • [4](https://tiered.tv/shows/amazing-race/season/season-32) |
| Prize | $1 million to the first team to cross the finish line in New Orleans[1](https://www.cbs.com/shows/amazing_race/episodes/32/) |
## Route and episodes
The race began at the [Hollywood Bowl](https://www.edgepedia.org/hollywood-bowl) in Los Angeles, with the first destination leg in [Trinidad and Tobago](https://www.edgepedia.org/trinidad-and-tobago). Subsequent legs visited Bogotá, Colombia; Manaus, Brazil; Asunción, Paraguay; Paris, France; Berlin, Germany; Almaty, [Kazakhstan](https://www.edgepedia.org/kazakhstan); Hyderabad, India; Siem Reap, Cambodia; and Manila, Philippines, before the final three teams flew to New Orleans for the finish.[1](https://www.cbs.com/shows/amazing_race/episodes/32/) In total the season covered 33,000 miles (53,000 km) across eleven countries on four continents, and it was the first season in which every leg took place in a different country.[2](https://amazingrace.fandom.com/wiki/The_Amazing_Race_32)
Several legs reused or echoed earlier seasons. The Paraguay leg featured switchback Detours from season 20, in which teams either stacked a pyramid of watermelons or performed a traditional Paraguayan bottle dance. In Berlin, teams walked face-first down the exterior of a building for nearly 200 feet.[1](https://www.cbs.com/shows/amazing_race/episodes/32/)
## New twists
**Mega Leg.** Episodes 8 and 9 covered the first "Mega Leg" in the show's history: a double-length leg through [Hyderabad](https://www.edgepedia.org/hyderabad), India, in which teams completed double the detours, double the roadblocks, and double the travel distance of a standard leg.[1](https://www.cbs.com/shows/amazing_race/episodes/32/)
**City sprint.** The penultimate leg in Manila, the capital of the Philippines, was the first-ever "city sprint": the final four teams faced no roadblocks and no detours, completing every challenge as a team as fast as they could.[1](https://www.cbs.com/shows/amazing_race/episodes/32/)
**Returning game pieces.** The season brought back the Yield, which gives a team the power to stop another team's race for a designated amount of time, for the first time since 2007; it appeared in the Bogotá leg. The route also included a U-turn in Manaus and a second and final double U-turn in [Siem Reap](https://www.edgepedia.org/siem-reap).[1](https://www.cbs.com/shows/amazing_race/episodes/32/) • [4](https://tiered.tv/shows/amazing-race/season/season-32)
## Production and broadcast
Applications for the season were due on June 19, 2018.[2](https://amazingrace.fandom.com/wiki/The_Amazing_Race_32) The season was filmed before the global outbreak of COVID-19, and according to host Phil Keoghan the production did not adjust or change anything about the season to address the pandemic; it aired as a pre-pandemic, traditional season while the following season's production had been suspended.[1](https://www.cbs.com/shows/amazing_race/episodes/32/) • [3](https://www.cinemablend.com/television/2556868/why-the-amazing-race-wont-mention-covid-in-season-32) The executive producers were [Jerry Bruckheimer](https://www.edgepedia.org/jerry-bruckheimer), Bertram van Munster, Jonathan Littman, Elise Doganieri, and Mark Vertullo.[5](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/the_amazing_race_cbs/s32)
The cast included former NFL running back [DeAngelo Williams](https://www.edgepedia.org/deangelo-williams) and former NFL tight end Gary Barnidge, as well as dancers Will Jardell and James Waller and siblings Eswar and Aparna Dhinakaran, among other pairs.[5](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/the_amazing_race_cbs/s32)
## Reception
The season drew a divided and largely negative response from fans. On Rotten Tomatoes the season holds a 9% audience score with fewer than 50 ratings.[5](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/the_amazing_race_cbs/s32)
## References
1. [The Amazing Race Season 32 Episodes, CBS](https://www.cbs.com/shows/amazing_race/episodes/32/)
2. [The Amazing Race 32, The Amazing Race Wiki (Fandom)](https://amazingrace.fandom.com/wiki/The_Amazing_Race_32)
3. [Why The Amazing Race Won't Mention COVID In Season 32, CinemaBlend](https://www.cinemablend.com/television/2556868/why-the-amazing-race-wont-mention-covid-in-season-32)
4. [The Amazing Race — Season 32, tiered.tv](https://tiered.tv/shows/amazing-race/season/season-32)
5. [The Amazing Race: Season 32, Rotten Tomatoes](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/the_amazing_race_cbs/s32)
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