Board Thread:Questions and Answers/@comment-96.33.154.121-20130506014541/@comment-1093812-20130609211719

The Amazing Race has a minimum age requirement of 21 years. For The Amazing Race Family Edition the minimum age was 8, but at least one member of the 4-person team had to be 21 years old.

There is no monetary cost to be a contestant on the Race. According to the rules only the winning team is awarded a cash prize. It is widely believed that other teams do receive some type of stipend for being a contestant, though this has never been confirmed.