The Amazing Race 27

The Amazing Race 27 is the twenty-seventh installment of the reality television show, The Amazing Race. It will premiere on September 25, 2015 on. Filming began on June 22, 2015 when the Starting Line in, was opened to the public, thus allowing the identity of the teams to be revealed on the same day.

Leaderboard
Notes: Justin & Diana chose to attempt the Fast Forward, but were turned away due to unsafe weather conditions. Because Kelly & Shevonne completed the Detour after all the other teams had checked in, Phil came out to the Detour location to eliminate them. Denise & James Earl initially arrived 5th, but received a 30-minute penalty due to Denise verbally helping James Earl at the Roadblock. Logan & Chris checked in during this time, dropping them to 6th Tanner & Josh used their Express Pass to bypass the Roadblock on Leg 4. Josh revealed that he elected to perform the Roadblock; this is reflected in the total Roadblock count. Legs 4 and 6 had no mandatory rest period between legs, and all teams were ordered to continue racing. The teams who checked in last on these leg did not face a Speed Bump in the next leg. Tiffany & Krista attempted to U-Turn Justin & Diana, who were ahead of them. Denise & James Earl used their Express Pass to bypass the Detour on Leg 5.

Trivia

 * This is the first season to visit the country of.
 * This is the second season where the Starting Line was opened for public viewing, following Season 25.
 * This is the first season since Season 4 to feature a Fast Forward on Leg 1.
 * This is the first season where the Express Pass won by the winning team must use it before the end of the 5th leg. Upon usage of the Express Pass, the winning team must hand it over to another team, who must use it on the next leg (5th Leg).
 * This season features the Race's second visit to, which breaks the record for having the largest gap between one country's visit in a season and its previous season's visit, which was previously visited in Season 1 (26 seasons). The record will be broken with Season 26 (for , which was previously visited in Season 2 [24 seasons]).
 * This is the first season to have 2 Roadblocks and a Detour in one leg (Leg 6).
 * This is the first American season to have 3 legs with U-Turns (Legs 4, 9, 10). Additionally, this is the first season to feature a single U-Turn since Season 16.