- “The Fast Forward is task that, when completed, a team can use to skip all other tasks and go directly to the Pit Stop.”
Only one team may use each Fast Forward. Any team that is beaten to the Fast Forward will have wasted their time and must go back and pick up where they left off. Also, prior to Season 10, each team was allowed to use only one Fast Forward during the whole race, requiring teams to decide when it was most advantageous to use it. With the introduction of the Intersection route marker in Season 10, a team can claim two Fast Forwards in a single race, one while part of a grouped team during an Intersection, and another as a single team.
Availability[]
Originally, Fast Forwards were offered in every leg of the race (provided that there was as least one team left that had not used one), except for the final two legs. Starting in The Amazing Race 5, the number of Fast Forwards was reduced to no more than two on the entire race. In the event a Fast Forward was not attempted by any team on a leg, the task involved was usually not shown, though clue envelopes with the green Fast Forward marker can usually be spotted by the viewers.
Decrease Over Time in US Version[]
Following budget cuts in summer 2008 by CBS, production began to put less emphasis on Fast Forwards. Season 14 was the first season in which the Fast Forward was present but not used. Only 8 subsequent seasons (out of 16) has the Fast Forward been successfully attempted. In Seasons 18, 19, 24, 26, 28, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34 and 35, Fast Forwards were not an option. Seasons 23 and 27 each had a Fast Forward but weather conditions prevented the task from taking place.
Results[]
A Fast Forward usually results in the team arriving at the Pit Stop first, but does not guarantee it. In the history of the show, three teams who earned a Fast Forward still arrived last at the Pit Stop. In Season 1, Joe & Bill won the Fast Forward but still arrived last (but were not eliminated due to a penalty received by Nancy & Emily). After winning the Fast Forward on Leg 3 (Mexico-United Kingdom) of Season 3, Dennis & Andrew were still eliminated due to their late arrival into England. After winning the Fast Forward on Leg 10 (India) of Season 20, Bopper & Mark were still eliminated due to their late departure from the pit stop. Similarly, NFL wives Monica & Sheree of Season 4 earned the Fast Forward but only placed 4th in the first leg (behind a three-way tie for first). On Leg 8 of Season 10, Tyler & James and Rob & Kimberly both won the Fast Forward as a result of the Intersection, the first time two teams have ever won the Fast Forward on the same leg. They, however, arrived second and third respectively behind Dustin & Kandice, becoming only the second and third teams ever to place neither first nor last after winning a Fast Forward, which also made Dustin & Kandice become the first and so far, the only team to place first in a leg which has multiple Fast Forward winning teams. In the first season of the Latin American version, Tamara & Matías won the Fast Forward, but arrived in second place, behind Casilda & Casilda.
Fast Forward Users[]
The Amazing Race (US)[]
The Amazing Race Asia[]
Season | Episode | Leg | Fast Forward Winners | First Place? | Notes |
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The Amazing Race Asia 1 | "They're Speedy, They're Fast and They're First" | 2 | Sahil & Prashant |
Yes 1 of 10 |
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"My Legs Are Shaking Like Jelly" | 8 | Marsio & Mardy |
Yes 1 of 6 |
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The Amazing Race Asia 2 | "This Is Embarrassing, There's A Guy Running Faster Than Us" | 10 | Adrian & Collin |
Yes 1 of 5 |
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The Amazing Race Asia 3 | "You See How They're Not Fighting All the Time" | 5 | Vince & Sam |
Yes 1 of 6 |
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The Amazing Race Asia 4 | "You Have So Many Good Students Here" | 4 | Richard & Richard |
Yes 1 of 9 |
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The Amazing Race Asia 5 | "Taste Like Chicken" | 5 | Not Taken |
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The Amazing Race Australia[]
Season | Episode | Leg | Fast Forward Winners | First Place? | Notes |
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The Amazing Race Australia 1 | "We've Got Pain, but We've Not Lost Any Weight" | 3 | Richard & Joey |
Yes 1 of 10 |
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The Amazing Race Australia 2 | "Why Am I Trying to Ride a Log on Icy Water?" | 9 | Paul & Steve |
Yes 1 of 6 |
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The Amazing Race: Australia v New Zealand | "I Can't Feel My Nadz!" | 8 | Daniel & Ryan |
No 3 of 5 |
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The Amazing Race Australia 4 | Episode 4 | 4 | Jasmin & Jerome |
No 4 of 5 |
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Episode 8 | 8 | Tom & Tyler |
Yes 1 of 6 |
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The Amazing Race Australia 5 | Episode 16 | 16 | Skye-Blue & Jake |
Yes 1 of 7 |
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The Amazing Race Australia Celebrity Edition | Episode 3 | 3 | Darren & Tristan |
Yes 1 of 9 |
The Amazing Race: A Corrida Milionária[]
Season | Episode | Leg | Fast Forward Winners | First Place? | Notes |
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The Amazing Race: A Corrida Milionária | 3 | 3 | Carlos & Eduardo |
Yes 1 of 9 |
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8 | 8 | Jonatas & Rafael |
No 2 of 6 |
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10 | 10 | Jorge & Silvia |
Yes 1 of 5 |
The Amazing Race Canada[]
Season | Episode | Leg | Fast Forward Winners | First Place? | Notes |
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The Amazing Race Canada 1 | "Death by Lentils" | 5 | Not Taken |
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The Amazing Race Canada 2 | "She's the Pierogi Poobah" | 6 | Alain & Audrey |
No
2 of 7 |
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"How Are We Going to Explain This to Mom and Dad?" | 9 | Sukhi & Jinder |
Yes 1 of 5 |
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The Amazing Race Canada 3 | "Who Is Alex Trebek?" | 6 | Gino & Jesse |
Yes 1 of 8 |
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The Amazing Race Canada 5 | "This Is a Real Cat and Mouse Chase" | 5 | Adam & Andrea |
Yes 1 of 7 |
The Amazing Race (China)[]
Season | Episode | Leg | Fast Forward Winners | First Place? | Notes |
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The Amazing Race 1 (China) | 4 | 4 | Zhong Hanliang & Jackie |
Yes 1 of 6 |
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The Amazing Race China 3 | 4 | 4 | Wu Jianhao & Yao Fengfeng |
Yes 1 of 7 |
The Amazing Race: China Rush[]
Season | Episode | Leg | Fast Forward Winners | First Place? | Notes |
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The Amazing Race: China Rush 3 | 3 | 3 | Janelle & Karin |
Yes 1 of 9 |
HaMerotz LaMillion[]
Season | Episode | Leg | Fast Forward Winners | First Place? | Notes |
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HaMerotz LaMillion 1 | 5, 6 | 3 | Hannah & Margalit |
Yes 1 of 9 |
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13, 14 | 7 | Shay & Guy |
Yes 1 of 5 |
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HaMerotz LaMillion 2 | "The Baptism of Fire!", "Deal Breaker", "Racing Legend!" | 5 | Osnat & Carmit |
No
3 of 7 |
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"Dreaming About A Place in the Final", "The Couples in the Race of Their Lives!" | 10 | Bar & Inna |
Yes 1 of 5 |
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HaMerotz LaMillion 3 | "Landing in Brazil!", "City of God", "Leaving Brazil!" | 6 | Eliran & Itzik |
Yes 1 of 8 |
The Amazing Race (Latin America)[]
Season | Episode | Leg | Fast Forward Winners | First Place? | Notes |
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The Amazing Race en Discovery Channel 1 | Episode 3 | 3 | Tamara & Matías |
No 2 of 10 |
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The Amazing Race en Discovery Channel 2 | Episode 6 | 6 | Edison & Edison |
Yes 1 of 8 |
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The Amazing Race 3 (Latin America) | Episode 9 | 9 | Nicolás & Cristóbal |
Yes 1 of 5 |
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The Amazing Race 5 (Latin America) | 6 | 6 | Not Taken |
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The Amazing Race Philippines[]
Season | Episode | Leg | Fast Forward Winners | First Place? | Notes |
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The Amazing Race Philippines 1 | 30, 31 | 10 | Fausto & Dayal |
Yes 1 of 5 |
The Amazing Race Vietnam[]
Season | Episode | Leg | Fast Forward Winners | First Place? | Notes |
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The Amazing Race Vietnam 2012 | 5 | 5 | Baggio & Thành Phúc |
Yes 1 of 8 |
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The Amazing Race Vietnam 2013 | 10 | 10 | Linh Chi & Phúc Vinh |
Yes 1 of 4 |
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The Amazing Race Vietnam 2014 | 13, 14 | 7 | Trang Khiếu & An Đinh |
No
3 of 6 |
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The Amazing Race Vietnam 2015 | 10 | 10 | Lincoln & Chí Thành |
Yes 1 of 4 |
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The Amazing Race Vietnam 2016 | 8 | 8 | Hương Giang & Criss |
Yes 1 of 5 |
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The Amazing Race Vietnam 2019 | 6 | 6 | Hương Giang & Criss |
Yes 1 of 7 |
Trivia[]
- Due to the Intersection in Season 11 also having a Fast Forward, Oswald & Danny and Uchenna & Joyce are the only teams to have done both versions of the Fast Forward in a career. Also Oswald & Danny are the only team to do two Fast Forwards in a single season.
- Eleven of the Fast Forward tasks have involved head shaving. Only 10 of them are succeeded and those are Uchenna & Joyce, Bopper & Mark, Richard & Joey, Richard & Richard, Carlos & Eduardo, Shay & Guy, Edison & Edison, Baggio & Thành Phúc, Fausto & Dayal, and Linh Chi & Phúc Vinh.
- Five of the Fast Forward tasks have involved nudity. All of them are succeeded and those are Osnat & Carmit, Paul & Steve, Eliran & Itzik, Sukhi & Jinder, and Skye-Blue & Jake. This has yet to appear in the flagship American version.
- Season 20 of the American version featured the most Fast Forwards in a single season since the reduction of Fast Forwards beginning in Season 5, at three.
- Brandon & Nicole, Jason & Amy, Justin & Diana, Anita & Tom and Will & Alex are the teams attempted to go for a Fast Forward, but neither team completed the task.
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