The Amazing Race: All-Stars (2014)

 is the twenty-fourth installment of the reality television series, The Amazing Race. The series was renewed on March 27, 2013 for the 2013–14 TV season. This is the second season to have All-Stars subtitle (Season 11 was the first) and the third to feature players from different seasons. This season premiered on February 23, 2014.

Teams

 * Main article: The Amazing Race 24 Teams

Results
The following teams participated in the Race, with their relationships at the time of filming. Placements are listed in finishing order:


 * All contestants appeared in a previous season.

Route

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Leg 1 - Episode 1 (United States → China)
Title: "Back in the Saddle" - Cord
 * Starting Line: Cougar Stadium, College of the Canyons, Santa Clarita, California, United States
 * Teams must search for one band member of the UCLA Bruin Marching Band among several others with the Chinese characters of Guangzhou (广州), their first destination, written on the band member's shako using the conductor's shako as their guide. Once they have brought the correct member to Phil, he will give them their first clue, containing their flight tickets to Guangzhou.
 * Upon arrival at Los Angeles International Airport, teams must park their Ford Fusion Energi cars they drove on a marked recharging station.
 * Flight from Los Angeles International Airport, Los Angeles to Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport, Guangzhou, China
 * Jiangnan Avenue, Guangzhou
 * Teams must search for one of three bridal shops that contain their next clue, where each shop contain a limited number of clues making teams go to another. Once they have found a clue, it will instruct them to travel to "the building with the bubbles on top," which is the Canton Tower where a horizontal ferris wheel is located with bubble-like passenger cars.
 * Canton Tower, Guangzhou
 * Teams must search for several "crystal" passenger cars at the observation deck's horizontal ferris wheel that contain their next clue, which, when found, will tell them to travel to the Haixinsha Stadium located below.
 * Haixinsha Stadium, Guangzhou
 * Who's feeling wired?: One team member must wear a costume then perform five somersaults while ascending mid-air by wires attached to one of the stadium's towers to receive their next clue.
 * Guangzhou Opera House, Guangzhou

Leg 2 - Episode 2 (China)
Title: "Baby Bear's Soup" - Mark
 * Chen Clan Academy, Guangzhou
 * Teams must watch a martial arts demonstration where the master will approach them and stamp their next destination on their foreheads, printed in Chinese characters, after watching the demonstration.
 * Edaytown, Guangzhou
 * Who's the mechanic?: One team member must assemble a motorized toy car with the satisfaction of the toy soldier judge to receive their next clue.
 * Guangzhou Children's Activity Center, Guangzhou
 * Teams must bring the motorized toy car that they assembled at the Roadblock to the Guangzhou Children's Activity Center. Once they have delivered the motorized toy car, they will receive their next clue.
 * Liwanhu Park, Guangzhou / Sauna Center, Guangzhou
 * Featherball: Teams must play a traditional Asian game similar to hackeysack called "Jiànzi" where they must join a group and make ten consecutive volleys of a shuttlecock in order to receive their next clue.
 * China Cup: Teams must experience a traditional Chinese cupping therapy to receive their next clue.
 * Shamian Island Promenade, Guangzhou

Leg 3 - Episode 3 (China → Malaysia)
Title: "Welcome to the Jungle" - Big Easy
 * Flight from Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport, Guangzhou to Kota Kinabalu International Airport, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia
 * The first flight to Kota Kinabalu has seating for the first six teams to check in at Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport, while the remaining three teams will board the second flight that departs three hours after the departure of the first flight.
 * Kiansom Waterfall, Inanam
 * Who will fall for this one?: With a Travelocity roaming gnome being held, one team member must zip-line across the waterfall, then rappel down the ten-storey equivalent Kiansom Waterfall, where they will retrieve their next clue. Teams must also bring along their Travelocity roaming gnome with them throughout the leg.
 * Kampung Tompinahaton, Kiulu, Tuaran
 * Teams must assemble a bamboo raft and travel across the river and the rapids to the location of their Detour choice.
 * Kampung Tombung, Kiulu / Kampung Linsuk, Kiulu
 * River Delivery: Teams must deliver goods from the depot to the Kampung Tombung village, where they must give it to the village chief, and ride through the rapids.
 * Jungle Run: Teams must join a Murut hunting safari in hitting a toy bird using a blowpipe. If both members successfully hit the bird, they may continue through the rapids.
 * Once teams have completed their Detour, they must travel through the river with their bamboo raft, where a river guide will hand them their next clue.
 * Tanjung Aru Water Village

Leg 4 - Episode 4 (Malaysia)
Title: "Smarter, Not Harder" - Brendon
 * Prince Phillip Park, Kota Kinabalu
 * Who's got a spring in their step?: One team member must participate in a traditional Lansaran dance, where they must jump on a bamboo trampoline to retrieve the flag of Sabah from above. Once they have caught the flag, they will receive their next clue.
 * Flight from Kota Kinabalu International Airport, Kota Kinabalu to Kuala Lumpur International Airport, Kuala Lumpur
 * The first flight has seating for the first three teams to check in at Kota Kinabalu International Airport, while the remaining five teams will board the second flight which is scheduled to depart 90 minutes after the departure of the first flight.
 * Petronas Twin Towers, Kuala Lumpur
 * Traders Hotel - Skybar, Kuala Lumpur
 * Mix Master: Teams must learn how to scratch on a DJ table with a coach, then perform in front of a disc jockey and a live audience, where they must make a series of seven record scratches with the satisfaction of the DJ to receive their next clue.
 * Master Mix: Teams must create a pyramid out of seven cocktail glasses, then they must pour yellow and red cocktails with a special technique into each glass simultaneously, without any of them mixing together and turning orange, to receive their next clue.
 * Batu Caves, Gombak

Leg 5 - Episode 5 (Malaysia → Sri Lanka)
Title: "Can't Make Fish Bite" - Jet
 * Flight from Kuala Lumpur International Airport, Kuala Lumpur to Bandaranaike International Airport, Colombo, Sri Lanka
 * Gangaramaya Temple, Colombo
 * Each team member must receive a traditional blessing before receiving their next clue.
 * From Fort Railway Station, Colombo to Galle Railway Station, Galle
 * King Coconut Stand, Koggala
 * Fishing Pole: Teams must fish while sitting on top of traditional fishing stilts, where they must catch one fish each to receive their next clue.
 * Spin Control: Teams must learn a traditional Kandyan dance, then perform while spinning a raban with the satisfaction of the lead dancer to receive their next clue.
 * Trendy Connections Garment Factory, Colombo
 * For the Speed Bump, Brendon & Rachel must apply the final printing of the Sri Lankan flag to fifteen shirts each using silk screening in order to continue racing.
 * Who's ready to put the pedal to the metal?: One team member must sew a shirt with the satisfaction of the floor manager in order to receive their next clue, which will be printed on the shirt after the floor manager brings it to the heat transfer machine.
 * Colombo Rowing Club, Colombo

Leg 6 - Episode 6 (Sri Lanka)
Title: "Down and Dirty"

Memorable Moments

 * During the second leg, a total of 7 teams got to the pit stop near the same time. Brandon & Rachel got there first, followed by Margie & Luke, Caroline & Jennifer, Dave & Connor, Flight Time & Big Easy, Jet & Cord, and the moment ended when Leo & Jamal got there 7th and they all watched as other teams checked in. This also confused Phil, who mixed up Dave & Connor's and Flight Time & Big Easy's placements.
 * Mallory forgetting Mark's backpack, causing their elimination on leg 2.
 * Brendon & Rachel winning their first leg ever.
 * Dave & Connor winning the third leg despite missing the location of the Detour.
 * Joey & Meghan losing their taxi at the leg 3 Roadblock, causing them to find a taxi in the provincial area, leading to their elimination.

Franchise

 * Mark & Mallory
 * First all-star team to feature two people from different seasons (Mark is from Season 20, while Mallory is from Seasons 17 and 18).

Pitstop Greeters

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