- For the previous season with the same subtitle, see The Amazing Race: All-Stars (2007).
The Amazing Race: All-Stars (2014) is the twenty-fourth season of the reality television series, The Amazing Race. It premiered on February 23, 2014 and ended on May 18, 2014 on CBS. This is the second season to have the All-Stars subtitle (following season 11) and the third to feature racers from different previous seasons. The entire season was released on DVD on November 19, 2017
Production[]
Filming began on November 16, 2013 and concluded on December 6, 2013. This season traveled a total of 23,000 miles (37,000 km), across eight countries on three continents.
The Starting Line for the season was initially set to be at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California, home of the UCLA Bruins football team. However, scheduling conflicts meant that production could not film at the Rose Bowl on the intended day the Race was to begin so production was forced to move the Starting Line to Cougar Stadium at the College of the Canyons in nearby Santa Clarita.[1] In spite of the change, the UCLA Bruin Marching Band was still featured as part of the Starting Line Task.
Travelocity and Ford were the official sponsors during this season and provided prizes throughout the Race to winning teams on certain legs.
Casting[]
The 24th edition was decided to be another All-Star season, following The Amazing Race: All-Stars (2007). This season featured eleven returning teams from past seasons featuring teams from The Amazing Race 14 onwards, including seven contestants competing for the third time. Host Phil Keoghan said that they sought to bring back teams that "some fans love to hate", "the most lovable ever", as well as teams that "spark a lot of reaction".[2]
Brook & Claire (season 17), Amani & Marcus (season 19)[3], and Tim & Marie (season 23)[4] all decline invitations to compete. Art & JJ (season 20) were initially selected, but cut from the final cast a few days before filming began.[5]
Bopper & Mark (season 20) were one of the teams chosen for the final cast. However, Bopper began showing signs of pancreatitis before arriving in Los Angeles for filming and was deemed unfit to compete by the show's medical team upon arrival.[6] As a last-minute replacement, production flew in Mallory Ervin, who previously competed in season 17 and season 18 with her father, Gary, to be Mark's teammate.[7] Bopper & Mark were initially advertised as a team[8], with Bopper's replacement and Mark & Mallory's formation as a team aired as a surprise twist.
Twists/Changes[]
- All-Stars: Former racers returned for another shot to win the million dollar prize.
- Roadblock Limits: This season featured 13 Roadblocks, with team members limited to performing a maximum of 6 Roadblocks by the end of the tenth leg. Either team member was allowed to perform the Roadblock in the eleventh leg. The final leg then featured two Roadblocks, with each team member required to perform one, leaving for a maximum Roadblock split of 8-5.[9]
- Double Express Pass: The team that wins the first leg would be awarded two Express Passes. However, they must give the second Express Pass away to another team by the end of the fifth leg. Both Express Passes allow their holders to skip any task of their choosing until the end of the eighth leg.
- Speed Bump: A team that came in last place on a Non-Elimination Leg would encounter an additional task in the following leg that only they would have to perform.
- Double U-Turn: Double U-Turns are available on certain legs of the Race.
- Rules and Penalties: The following rule was revealed on this season:
- A team that uses an Express Pass to bypass a Detour task then later discovers that they have been U-Turned must complete the Detour option they did not use the Express Pass on.
Teams[]
Episodes[]
| Episode | Air Date | Leg | Destination | First Place | Last Place | Finish | Viewership (millions) |
Ratings/Share (18-49) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Back in the Saddle" | February 23, 2014 | 1 | United States → China | Jet & Cord | Natalie & Nadiya | 1st Eliminated 11th Place |
6.71[10] | 1.5/4[10] |
| 2 | "Baby Bear's Soup" | March 2, 2014 | 2 | China | Brendon & Rachel | Mark & Mallory | 2nd Eliminated 10th Place |
6.10[11] | 1.5/4[11] |
| 3 | "Welcome to the Jungle" | March 9, 2014 | 3 | China → Malaysia | Dave & Connor | Joey & Meghan | 3rd Eliminated 9th Place |
8.46[12] | 1.9/5[12] |
| 4 | "Smarter, Not Harder" | March 16, 2014 | 4 | Malaysia | Jet & Cord | Brendon & Rachel | Non-Elimination Leg |
8.30[13] | 1.8/5[13] |
| 5 | "Can't Make Fish Bite" | March 23, 2014 | 5 | Malaysia → Sri Lanka | Dave & Connor | Margie & Luke | 4th Eliminated 8th Place |
8.70[14] | 1.8/5[14] |
| 6 | "Down and Dirty" | March 30, 2014 | 6 | Sri Lanka | Leo & Jamal | Caroline & Jennifer | Non-Elimination Leg |
9.51[15] | 2.0/5[15] |
| 7 | "The Gladiators Are Here!" | April 13, 2014 | 7 | Sri Lanka → Italy | Brendon & Rachel | Jessica & John | 5th Eliminated 7th Place |
8.83[16] | 1.8/5[16] |
| 8 | "Donkeylicious" | April 20, 2014 | 8 | Italy | Brendon & Rachel | Flight Time & Big Easy | 6th Eliminated 6th Place |
7.65[17] | 1.7/5[17] |
| 9 | "Accidental Alliance" | April 27, 2014 | 9 | Italy → Switzerland | Dave & Connor | Caroline & Jennifer | Non-Elimination Leg |
8.45[18] | 1.9/6[18] |
| 10 | "Bull Down" | May 4, 2014 | 10 | Switzerland → Spain | Dave & Connor | Jet & Cord | 7th Eliminated 5th Place |
8.09[19] | 1.7/5[19] |
| 11 | "Hei Ho Heidi Ho" | May 11, 2014 | 11 | Spain → United Kingdom | Dave & Connor | Leo & Jamal | 8th Eliminated 4th Place |
7.37[20] | 1.7/5[20] |
| 12 | "Do You Believe in Magic?" | May 18, 2014 | 12 | United Kingdom → United States | Dave & Connor | Brendon & Rachel | 3rd Place | 8.22[21] | 1.8/5[21] |
| Caroline & Jennifer | 2nd Place | ||||||||
Leaderboard[]
| Place | Team | Leg 1 | Leg 2 | Leg 3 | Leg 4 | Leg 5 | Leg 6 | Leg 7 | Leg 8 | Leg 9 | Leg 10 | Leg 11 | Leg 12 | Average | 
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dave & Connor | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4⊃⋐ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2.17 | 5-8 |
| 2 | Caroline & Jennifer | 9 | 3ϵ | 6 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 4⋐ | 2 | 2 | 4.25 | 7-6 |
| 3 | Brendon & Rachel | 2 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1⊂ | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3.75 | 7-6 |
| 4 | Leo & Jamal | 5 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 3⋑ | 3 | 3⊂ | 4 | 3.73 | 5-6 | |
| 5 | Jet & Cord | 1 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 2ϵ | 2 | 5⊃ | 2.80 | 5-5 | ||
| 6 | Flight Time & Big Easy | 7 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5.88 | 5-3 | ||||
| 7 | Jessica & John | 8 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 6.14 | 3-4 | |||||
| 8 | Margie & Luke | 4 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 5.00 | 2-2 | |||||||
| 9 | Joey & Meghan | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9.33 | 2-1 | |||||||||
| 10 | Mark & Mallory | 6 | 10 | 8.00 | 1-1 | ||||||||||
| 11 | Natalie & Nadiya | 11 | 11.00 | 1-0 | |||||||||||
| Notes | [1][2] | [3] | [4] | [5] | |||||||||||
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Trivia[]
Original cast with Bopper & Mark.
Franchise[]
- This season marks the first time that a team without a pre-existing relationship competed.
- This is the first season to feature a three-time returning racers.
US[]
- First time visit to the British constituent country of Wales.
Reception[]
- Andy Dehnart at realityblurred (01/27/2014): "Amazing Race's secret 'dramatic twist' is not all that secret, dramatic, or twisty"
- DryedMangoez (05/19/2014): "The Amazing Race 24 Wrap-Up"
- Dan Heaton at Rob Has A Website (05/23/2014): "The Amazing Race: Ten Ideas to Make It Incredible Once Again"
References[]
- ↑ https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/phil-keoghan-previews-amazing-race-682642/
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20210228042957/https://cougarnews.com/2014/06/the-amazing-race-makes-a-stop-at-coc/
- ↑ https://www.jacksonville.com/story/sports/nfl/2013/08/04/art-listening-jaguars-marcus-pollard-knows-his-role-head/15820690007/#
- ↑ https://robhasawebsite.com/amazing-race-2014-all-stars-marie-mazzocchi-episode-11-recap/
- ↑ https://cococaliente.libsyn.com/ep12-the-amazing-race-season-31-premiere-w-art-jj
- ↑ https://www.realitytvworld.com/news/exclusive-william-bopper-minton-talks-the-amazing-race-all-stars-%28part-1%29-15963.php
- ↑ https://www.realitytvworld.com/news/exclusive-the-amazing-race-all-stars-eliminees-mark-jackson-and-mallory-ervin-talk-%28part-2%29-16018.php
- ↑ https://ew.com/gallery/amazing-race-meet-all-star-teams/
- ↑ https://x.com/PhilKeoghan/status/468187866368315392
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/sdsdskdh279882992z1/sunday-final-ratings-olympics-closing-ceremony-the-amazing-race-60-minutes-growing-up-fisher-adjusted-down/
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/sdsdskdh279882992z1/sunday-final-ratings-the-oscars-adjusted-up/
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/sdsdskdh279882992z1/sunday-final-ratings-resurrection-once-upon-a-time-the-amazing-race-adjusted-up/
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/sdsdskdh279882992z1/sunday-final-ratings-once-upon-a-time-resurrection-americas-funniest-home-videos-cosmos-american-dad-believe-adjusted-up/
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/sdsdskdh279882992z1/sunday-final-ratings-americas-funniest-home-videos-once-upon-a-time-60-minutes-american-dad-revenge-the-good-wife-adjusted-down/
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/sdsdskdh279882992z1/sunday-final-ratings-the-good-wife-resurrection-crisis-60-minutes-the-mentalist-adjusted-down/
- ↑ 16.0 16.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20180712094431/https://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/sdsdskdh279882992z1/sunday-final-ratings-resurrection-once-upon-a-time-the-simpsons-the-amazing-race-cosmos-the-mentalist-60-minutes-ad/
- ↑ 17.0 17.1 http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/sdsdskdh279882992z1/sunday-final-ratings-the-amazing-race-adjusted-up-dateline-american-dream-builders-the-good-wife-believe-adjusted-down/
- ↑ 18.0 18.1 http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/sdsdskdh279882992z1/sunday-final-ratings-once-upon-a-time-revenge-believe-60-minutes-dateline-american-dream-builders-adjusted-down/
- ↑ 19.0 19.1 http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/sdsdskdh279882992z1/sunday-final-ratings-once-upon-a-time-the-simpsons-dateline-the-good-wife-adjusted-down/
- ↑ 20.0 20.1 http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/sdsdskdh279882992z1/sunday-final-ratings-once-upon-a-time-american-dad-revenge-cosmos-dateline-adjusted-down/
- ↑ 21.0 21.1 http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/sdsdskdh279882992z1/sunday-final-ratings-the-amazing-race-american-dream-builders-adjusted-up/
- ↑ http://www.cbs.com/shows/amazing_race/news/1002195/
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