The Amazing Race 33

The Amazing Race 33 is the upcoming thirty-third installment of the American reality television show The Amazing Race. It will feature eleven teams of two in a race around the world for a US$1 million grand prize. The season will premiere on January 5, 2022.[4]

The Amazing Race 33
Presented byPhil Keoghan
No. of teams11
Distance traveled22,000 mi (35,000 km)
Country of originUnited States
Release
Original networkCBS
Additional information
Filming datesFebruary 22 (2020-02-22)[1] –
February 28, 2020 (2020-02-28)[2]
September 17[3] –
October 6, 2021 (2021-10-06)
Season chronology

Production

Development and filming
See also: Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on television in the United States and Travel restrictions related to the COVID-19 pandemic

In January 2020, during the winter press tour for the Television Critics Association in Pasadena, California, Amazing Race co-creators and executive producers Bertram van Munster and Elise Doganieri, who were promoting their new National Geographic show Race to the Center of the Earth, confirmed to Andy Dehnart of Reality Blurred that they would be filming a thirty-third season of The Amazing Race later in the year.[5]

Filming began on February 22, 2020, after host Phil Keoghan finished filming the first season of Tough as Nails.[6] This season of The Amazing Race started with Keoghan contacting teams at their homes, much like The Amazing Race 28, and instructing them to travel to London.[7][8] On February 28, filming was suspended mid-season for the first time in the show's history after three legs had been completed in England and Scotland with the contestants and production crew sent home as a precaution due to the worsening COVID-19 pandemic.[2][8][9] According to van Munster, he contacted CBS after he and his crew arrived in Sweden to film in Lapland to halt the season due to the dangers of the emerging pandemic.[10][11] One contributing factor for suspending filming was due to plans to travel towards Northern Italy, which had a worsening outbreak after filming started,[12] with the original racecourse including visits to Austria, Vietnam, and South America.[10]

When production of The Amazing Race 33 resumed in September 2021, teams used a Titan Airways Boeing 757 charter plane.

After the season was suspended, Phil Keoghan stated that the show intended to resume filming where it had left off,[13][14][15] but he also acknowledged that filming could not resume until viral transmissions declined.[16][17] Kelly Kahl, the President of CBS Entertainment, stated during the 2020 upfronts that the show would film "as soon as we can safely get back into production" with the producers working to "plot out a race that sticks to countries that are safe" but acknowledged the difficulties of "literally [having] to navigate some international waters."[18] Kahl also stated that he wasn't aware of any contestants that had dropped out of the season.[19] Keoghan later stated at ATX Television Festival a year later that he could not guarantee that every team would be able to return once filming restarted.[20] In an interview after The Amazing Race 32 aired, van Munster denied the possibility of a domestically-filmed season like the Family Edition.[21] In April 2021, Mitch Graham, SVP of Alternative Programming, stated that production looked at the option of going to Covid-light countries but that it was unlikely as it would not lead to the same experience of traveling the globe.[22] The following month, the creators of the show stated that they have plans to resume filming the season once they can assure team safety with mass vaccinations in target travel locations.[23][24] Kahl expressed during 2021 upfronts that he hoped to have the season air in the midseason of the 2021–22 television season provided that enough countries open up in the coming months to film the remaining legs.[25] In an interview with Gold Derby in June 2021, Keoghan stated that a plan to film safely had been established.[26]

In September 2021, Thom Sherman, the Senior Executive Vice President, Programming, CBS Entertainment, announced at the Television Critics Association that the show was in pre-production and would return for the 2021–22 television season.[27] In order to restart the season, production chartered an Amazing Race-branded Titan Airways Boeing 757 for subsequent travel by teams and crew, which included four COVID testing teams, to reduce infection risk. To account for common travel on the chartered jet, teams were released from the charter plane with the same time difference when they arrived at the previous Pit Stop.[28] Racers traveled to Switzerland to start filming the fourth leg on September 17, 2021, after nearly twenty months, making the previous Pit Stop effectively the longest in Amazing Race history.[3][8] The legs after Scotland were altered to have travel proceed through cities in countries with the lowest COVID-19 rates, including Zürich, Lugano, Corsica, Chalkidiki, Thessaloniki, and Lisbon before returning to Los Angeles.[8][29][30] Two teams were eliminated before the production shutdown and two were unable to return after production resumed due to extenuating circumstances.[30] Filming of the season wrapped in October.[31]

Casting
See also: List of The Amazing Race (American TV series) contestants

Casting for the season started in late September 2019,[32][33] and casting finals occurred during the end of December 2019.[34] This season also saw Jesse Tannenbaum, who was recently promoted to casting director of Survivor starting with Island of the Idols, become the show's new casting director, a role he previously held during Season 29 and Season 30,[35] after Lynne Spillman's contract with CBS expired in 2018 after casting the previous season.[36][37] The cast was announced by CBS on December 10, 2021.[8]

The cast includes Love Island season 1 couple Raymond "Ray" Gantt and Caroline "Caro" Viehweg;[38] internet personalities Kim and Penn Holderness;[39] 2015 Thalys train attack heroes Anthony Sadler and Spencer Stone; Ryan W. Ferguson, who spent ten years in prison after being wrongfully convicted;[40] WKTU radio DJs Marianela "Lulu" Gonzalez and Marissa "Lala" Gonzalez;[41] and Buffalo Police Officers and "Singing Cops" Michael Norwood and Armonde "Moe" Badger.[42][43]

Results

The following teams participated in the season, each listed along with their placements in each leg and their relationships at the time of filming. Note that this table is not necessarily reflective of all content broadcast on television, owing to the inclusion or exclusion of some data. Placements are listed in finishing order:

Team Relationship Position (by leg) Roadblocks
performed
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Akbar & Sheridan Married Educators Akbar 0, Sheridan 0
Anthony & Spencer Childhood Friends Anthony 0, Spencer 0
Arun & Natalia Father/Daughter Arun 0, Natalia 0
Caro & Ray Dating Caro 0, Ray 0
Connie & Sam Married Connie 0, Sam 0
Kim & Penn Internet Personalities Kim 0, Penn 0
Lulu & Lala Twins/Radio Hosts Lulu 0, Lala 0
Michael & Moe Singing Police Officers Michael 0, Moe 0
Raquel & Cayla Flight Attendants Raquel 0, Cayla 0
Ryan & Dusty Best Friends Ryan 0, Dusty 0
Taylor & Isaiah YouTube Sensations Taylor 0, Isaiah 0
Key
  • A red team placement means the team was eliminated.
  • An underlined blue team's placement indicates that the team came in last on a non-elimination leg and had to perform a Speed Bump during the next leg.

Race summary
Destinations Air travel    Rail travel    Water travel    Bus travel
Helicopter travel    Bicycle travel    Gondola travel
Route Markers Detour    Roadblock    U-Turn    Speed Bump    Pit Stop
Icons placed after a location indicate the clue was picked up at this location,
while icons placed before a location indicate that the clue was picked up at a prior location.

Leg 1 (United States → England)

Airdate: January 5, 2022[44]

Additional tasks
  • Instead of a traditional Starting Line, teams received a video message from Phil Keoghan in their homes informing them of the start of The Amazing Race. Teams then had to fly from their local airports to London, England.[8]

Upcoming legs
Leg 2 or 3
Leg 4 (Switzerland)

Future legs

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