Fork in the Road

Fork in the Road
Description	Two routes that a team must choose one of and follow for the remainder of the leg
Versions Used	The Amazing Race (US)
Appearance(s)	The Amazing Race 37

The Fork in the Road is a variant of the Detour in which teams must choose one of two routes that they must follow for the remainder of the leg. However, unlike a Detour, teams must choose which route that they want to complete and may not switch to the other route.

Similarly to a normal Detour, teams are given information on each route in the preceding clue. They must then decide which route to take by placing their "Courtesy Of" photo on a board like the ones used in a Yield and a U-Turn. Only a limited number of teams may choose each route. In its first appearance in The Amazing Race 37, the Fork in the Road was paired with the Double Elimination twist.

History

Season	Episode	Leg	Route	Teams				Notes
The Amazing Race 37	"Double the Stakes, Double the Eliminations"	1	Dance	Bernie & Carrigain	Brett & Mark	Carson & Jack	Courtney & Jasmin	Double Elimination: the last team to check-in at the Pit Stop from each route was eliminated.
				Ernest & Bridget	Mark & Larry	Nick & Mike
			Sing	Alyssa & Josiah	Han & Holden	Jackye & Lauren	Jonathan & Ana
				Melinda & Erika	Pops & Jeff	Scott & Lori

Split Starting Lines

A twist similar to the Fork in the Road was first seen in HaMerotz LaMillion 4, and later used in HaMerotz LaMillion 5 and The Amazing Race Australia 6. Teams were divided into two groups in the opening leg, departing from separate Starting Lines, with each group competing in entirely distinct routes. At the end of the leg, the remaining teams from the two groups were merged, competing as one whole group from the next leg onwards.

Unlike the Fork in the Road, however, the choice of what route each team would take was solely up to production. While the Fork in the Road has teams initially competing as one group before branching off into two routes that would converge again at the Pit Stop, the two groups in Split Starting Lines run their own separate routes without interacting with teams from the other route.