The Amazing Race 27

The Amazing Race 27 is the twenty-seventh installment of the reality television show, The Amazing Race. It premiered on September 25, 2015 on CBS. Filming began on June 22, 2015 when the Starting Line in Venice Beach, Los Angeles was opened to the public, thus allowing the identity of the teams to be revealed on the same day.^[1]

Teams

Winners Kelsey & Joey Dating News Anchors	Second Justin & Diana Engaged	Third Logan & Chris Dating Paparazzi	4th place Tiffany & Krista Former Cheerleaders	5th place Denise & James Earl Mother/Son
6th place Tanner & Josh Best Friends	7th place Cindy & Rick Newlyweds	8th place Jazmine & Danielle Best Friends/Athletes	9th place Ernest & Jin Brothers	10th place Alex & Adam Cousins
11th place Kelly & Shevonne TMZ Co-Workers

Episodes

Episode		Air Date	Leg	Destination	First Place	Last Place	Finish	Viewership (millions)	Ratings/Share (18-49)
1	"A Little Too Much Beefcake"	September 25, 2015	1	United States → Brazil	Tanner & Josh	Kelly & Shevonne	1st Eliminated 11th Place	5.82^[2]	1.2/5^[2]
2	"Get in There and Think Like a Dog"	October 2, 2015	2	Brazil → Argentina	Justin & Diana	Alex & Adam	2nd Eliminated 10th Place	5.98^[3]	1.2/5^[3]
3	"Where My Dogs At?"	October 9, 2015	3	Argentina	Tanner & Josh	Ernest & Jin	3rd Eliminated 9th Place	5.92^[4]	1.1/5^[4]
4	"Good Old Fashioned Spit in the Face"	October 16, 2015	4	Argentina → Zambia → Zimbabwe	Justin & Diana	Tiffany & Krista	Ordered to Continue Racing	5.92^[5]	1.1/5^[5]
5	"King of the Jungle"	October 23, 2015	5	Zimbabwe	Denise & James Earl	Jazmine & Danielle	4th Eliminated 8th Place	5.94^[6]	1.2/5^[6]
6	"My Tongue Doesn't Even Twist That Way"	October 30, 2015	6	Zimbabwe → France	Justin & Diana	Denise & James Earl	Ordered to Continue Racing	6.07^[7]	1.2/5^[7]
7	"Full Speed Ahead, Captain!"	November 6, 2015	7	France → The Netherlands	Justin & Diana	Cindy & Rick	5th Eliminated 7th Place	5.83^[8]	1.1/4^[8]
8	"Krakow, I'm Gonna Get You"	November 13, 2015	8	The Netherlands → Poland	Justin & Diana	Tanner & Josh	Non-Elimination Leg	5.68^[9]	1.1/4^[9]
9	"It's Always the Quiet Ones"	November 20, 2015	9	Poland → India	Justin & Diana	Tanner & Josh	6th Eliminated 6th Place	6.03^[10]	1.0/4^[10]
10	"Bring the Fun, Baby!"	November 27, 2015	10	India	Justin & Diana	Denise & James Earl	7th Eliminated 5th Place	5.53^[11]	1.0/4^[11]
11	"It's Not Easy Beating Green"	December 4, 2015	11	India → Hong Kong → Macau	Logan & Chris	Tiffany & Krista	8th Eliminated 4th Place	5.75^[12]	1.1/5^[12]
12	"We Got a Chance, Baby!"	December 11, 2015	12	Macau → United States	Kelsey & Joey	Logan & Chris	3rd place	6.16^[13]	1.0/4^[13]
12	"We Got a Chance, Baby!"	December 11, 2015	12	Macau → United States	Kelsey & Joey	Justin & Diana	2nd place	6.16^[13]	1.0/4^[13]

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	Kelsey & Joey	8	7	3	4	4	3	2	2	2⊂	2	2	1	3.33	6-6
2	Justin & Diana	9	1	2	1	2	1	1	1	1	1⊂	3	2	2.08	6-6
3	Logan & Chris	5	4	5	6	6	6	5	4	3	4⊃	1	3	4.33	6-6
4	Tiffany & Krista	10	6	8	8⊂	5	2	3	5	4	3	4		5.27	5-6
5	Denise & James Earl	4	3	6	3	1ϵ	7	6	3	5	5			4.30	4-6
6	Tanner & Josh	1	2	1	2ϵ	3	4	4	6	6⊃				3.22	4-5
7	Cindy & Rick	3	5	7	5	7	5	7						5.57	3-4
8	Jazmine & Danielle	2	8	4	7	8								5.80	2-2
9	Ernest & Jin	7	9	9										8.33	1-1
10	Alex & Adam	6	10											8.00	1-0
11	Kelly & Shevonne	11												11.00	0-0
Notes		^[1] ^[2]		^[3]	^[4] ^[5]^[6]	^[7]	^[5]					^[8]
Legend: The team finished in first place The team finished in last place and was eliminated from the race The team finished in last place in a non-elimination leg The team that won The Amazing Race The team that crossed the Finish Line second The team that crossed the Finish Line third ► The team used the Fast Forward pass ⊂ The team used the U-Turn ⊃ Recipient of the U-Turn ⋐ The team that used the second slot of the "Double U-Turn" ⋑ Recipient of a second U-Turn due to the "Double U-Turn" twist ϵ The team used the Express Pass somewhere during the leg
Notes: 1: Justin & Diana chose to attempt the Fast Forward, but were turned away due to unsafe weather conditions. 2: Because Kelly & Shevonne completed the Detour after all the other teams had checked in, Phil came out to the Detour location to eliminate them. 3: Denise & James Earl initially arrived 5th, but received a 30-minute penalty due to Denise verbally helping James Earl at the Roadblock. Logan & Chris checked in during this time, dropping them to 6th. 4: Tanner & Josh used their Express Pass to bypass the Roadblock on Leg 4. Josh revealed that he elected to perform the Roadblock; this is reflected in the total Roadblock count.^[14] 5: Legs 4 and 6 had no mandatory rest period between legs, and all teams were ordered to continue racing. The teams who checked in last on these leg did not face a Speed Bump in the next leg. 6: Tiffany & Krista attempted to U-Turn Justin & Diana, who were ahead of them. 7: Denise & James Earl used their Express Pass to bypass the Detour on Leg 5. 8: Justin & Diana initially arrived 3rd, but received a 30-minute penalty for taking the Kowloon ferry to Macau when the clue stated that they must take the Hong Kong-Macau ferry, plus an additional 25-minutes to compensate for the shorter crossing time, for a total 55-minute penalty. This did not affect their placement.

Trivia

Franchise

First season ever to not feature production-provided vehicles involving self-driving.
First time visit to the country of Zimbabwe.
Second season where the Starting Line was opened for public viewing, following Season 25.
First season where the Express Pass won by the winning team must use it before the end of the 5th leg.
- Upon usage of the Express Pass, the winning team must hand it over to another team, who must use it on the next leg (5th Leg).

US

First season since Season 4 to feature a Fast Forward on Leg 1.
First season to have two Roadblocks and a Detour in one leg (Leg 6).
First season to have three legs with U-Turns (Legs 4, 9, 10).
- Additionally, this is the first season to feature a single U-Turn since Season 16.
  - Logan & Chris become the first team to survive a single U-Turn.
Second visit to Zambia, which broke the record for having the largest gap between one country's visit in a season and its previous season's visit, which was previously visited in Season 1 (26 seasons).
- The previous record [24 seasons] was in Season 26 for their visit to Namibia, which was previously visited in Season 2.^[15]
Second season to only feature one Speed Bump since its inception, after Season 18.

Reception

Ben Powell at RTV Warriors (01/02/2016): "Top 62 Reality TV Stars of 2015 – #57: Justin & Diana"

References

External links

CBS.com - The Amazing Race

The Amazing Race Season Index
United States	1 · 2 · 3 · 4 · 5 · 6 · 7 · 8 · 9 · 10 · 11 · 12 · 13 · 14 · 15 · 16 · 17 · 18 · 19 · 20 · 21 · 22 · 23 · 24 · 25 · 26 · 27 · 28 · 29 · 30 · 31
Asia	1 · 2 · 3 · 4 · 5
Australia	1 · 2 · 3 · 4
Brazil	1
Canada	1 · 2 · 3 · 4 · 5 · 6 · 7
Central Europe	Canceled
China	1 · 2 · 3 · 4
China Rush	1 · 2 · 3
France	1
Israel	1 · 2 · 3 · 4 · 5 · 6 · 7
Latin America	1 · 2 · 3 · 4 · 5 · 6
Norway	1 · 2
The Philippines	1 · 2
Ukraine	1
Vietnam	1 · 2 · 3 · 4 · 5 · 6

[0] Twitter - @AmazingRace_CBS: "The next #AmazingRace adventure begins Monday in CA! Join us at the Venice Boardwalk Graffiti Wall to send off the teams starting @ 8am PT."

[USBR-1] 2.0 ^2.1 http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/featured/friday-final-ratings-the-amazing-race-shark-tank-adjusted-up/472913/

[BRAR-2] 3.0 ^3.1 http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/1/friday-final-ratings-dr-ken-and-hawaii-five-0-adjusted-up/476434/

[AR-3] 4.0 ^4.1 http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/1/friday-final-ratings-oct-9-2015/477426/

[ARZMZW-4] 5.0 ^5.1 http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/1/friday-final-ratings-oct-16-2015/479083/

[ZW-5] 6.0 ^6.1 http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/daily-ratings/friday-final-ratings-the-amazing-race-and-top-model-adjust-up/

[ZWFR-6] 7.0 ^7.1 http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/daily-ratings/friday-final-ratings-last-man-standing-adjusts-up-grimm-and-others-hold/

[FRNL-7] 8.0 ^8.1 http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/daily-ratings/friday-final-ratings-nov-6-2015/

[NLPL-8] 9.0 ^9.1 http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/daily-ratings/friday-final-ratings-nov-13-2015/

[PLIN-9] 10.0 ^10.1 http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/daily-ratings/friday-final-ratings-nov-20-2015/

[IN-10] 11.0 ^11.1 http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/daily-ratings/friday-final-ratings-nov-27-2015/

[INHKMO-11] 12.0 ^12.1 http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/daily-ratings/friday-final-ratings-dec-4-2015/

[MOUS-12] 13.0 ^13.1 http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/daily-ratings/friday-final-ratings-dec-11-15/

[13] ttps://twitter.com/JoshMAhern/status/656149690296070144

[Season_27_preview-14] Gomez, Patrick (September 16, 2015). VIDEO: Find Out Which Exotic Locations the Amazing Race Contestants Are Visiting This Season. People. Retrieved on September 16, 2015.

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