Now It's About Winning

Now It's About Winning
Episode Information
Version:	United States
Season:	The Amazing Race 32
Episode Number:	12/12 (373)
First Broadcast:	December 16, 2020
Episode Chronology
Previous:	"Run on Your Tippy Toes"
Next:	"We're Back!" (next season)
Subpages

Now It's About Winning is the season finale of The Amazing Race 32.

Route Markers

• Pit Start
• Route Info 1
• Route Info 2
• Route Info 3
• Roadblock 1
• Route Info 4
• Roadblock 2
• Route Info 5
• Route Info 6
• Route Info 7 and Finish Line

The order of departure from Lapu-Lapu Circle are as follows:

1. Riley & Maddison (5:58 am)
2. Will & James (6:01 am)
3. Hung & Chee (6:03 am)

Teams must fly to New Orleans, Louisiana. Upon arrival, teams must make their way to Louis Armstrong Park, where they would find their next clue.

Teams must make their way on foot to Bourbon Street in the French Quarter, where they would find their next clue.

Teams must climb atop a Mardi Gras parade float and collect 50 red beads and 50 yellow beads thrown at them from nearby balconies that matched the ones worn by the grand marshal. Once they have collected enough beads, they may exchange them for their next clue.

"Who will be left holding the baby?"

The team member assigned to this Roadblock must first, along with their partner, join a Dixieland band and play vest frottoirs until they reached Cafe Beignet. The participating member must then search through king cakes until they found a small king cake baby inside one of the cakes, which they may then exchange for six beignets, which they and their partner must finish in order to receive their next clue.

The Roadblock performers per team are underlined:

• Hung & Chee
• Riley & Maddison
• Will & James

Teams must take a taxi to Hall H at the New Orleans Morial Convention Center, where they would find their next clue.

"Who wants to take a swing at this Roadblock?"

The team member who sat out of the previous Roadblock must climb a ladder, then walk across one of the beams on the underside of the Crescent City Connection, then jump from a beam 180 feet above the Mississippi River to grab their next clue hanging mid-air. If they fail to obtain their clue or drop it on their way down, they must make their way back to the beam to try again.

The Roadblock performers per team are underlined:

• Hung & Chee
• Riley & Maddison
• Will & James

Teams must rappel down the side of the Crescent City Connection, then roll a 10-foot tall ball along a marked path to Mardi Gras World, where they wold find their next clue.

Teams must search Mardi Gras World for one of three crates containing 32 panels that they must attach to their ball to create a globe, then place it upright on a float. Once the owner is satisfied with their globe's assembly, he would give teams their final clue.

Teams must make their way to where "the Saints go marching in", leaving teams to figure out that this referred to the Mercedes-Benz Superdome, and cross the Finish Line.

Leaderboard

Legend:
     First Place •      Eliminated •      Last placer on a Non-Elimination Leg or continue racing on a No-Rest Leg •      Season winner •      Season 2nd place •      Season 3rd place • > Used the Yield • < Recipient of the Yield• ⊂ User of the first Double U-Turn slot • ⊃ Recipient of the first Double U-Turn slot • ⋐ User of the second Double U-Turn slot • ⋑ Recipient of the second Double U-Turn slot

1st place  Will & James Dating

2nd place  Hung & Chee Married Parents

3rd place  Riley & Maddison Pro Volleyball Players

Trivia

• This is the first season finale to air in the month of December since "We Got a Chance, Baby!" in The Amazing Race 27.
• Teams departed 13 hours after the end of the previous leg.
• This episode marks the first time that a team of same sex won in the American version since The Amazing Race 25 and the first time since The Amazing Race: All-Stars that an all-male team won.
• The episode title is said by Chee Lee.