The Amazing Race 27

The Amazing Race 27
Season Information
Version:	United States
Continents Visited:	5
Countries Visited:	10
Distance Traveled:	34,000 miles (55,000 km)
Starting Line:	Venice Beach, Los Angeles, California
Finish Line:	1620 Meadow Lane, Southampton, New York
Filming Dates:	June 22, 2015 - July 14, 2015
Season Run	September 25, 2015 - December 11, 2015
Number of Legs:	12
Number of Teams:	11
Winners:	Kelsey & Joey
Runners-Up:	Justin & Diana Logan & Chris
Cast
Season Chronology
Previous:	The Amazing Race 26
Next:	The Amazing Race 28

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.

Teams

1st place  Kelsey & Joey Dating News Anchors	2nd place  Justin & Diana Engaged	3rd place  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	1.2/5
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	1.2/5
3	"Where My Dogs At?"	October 9, 2015	3	Argentina	Tanner & Josh	Ernest & Jin	3rd Eliminated 9th Place	5.92	1.1/5
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	1.1/5
5	"King of the Jungle"	October 23, 2015	5	Zimbabwe	Denise & James Earl	Jazmine & Danielle	4th Eliminated 8th Place	5.94	1.2/5
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	1.2/5
7	"Full Speed Ahead, Captain!"	November 6, 2015	7	France → Netherlands	Justin & Diana	Cindy & Rick	5th Eliminated 7th Place	5.83	1.1/4
8	"Krakow, I'm Gonna Get You"	November 13, 2015	8	Netherlands → Poland	Justin & Diana	Tanner & Josh	Non-Elimination Leg	5.68	1.1/4
9	"It's Always the Quiet Ones"	November 20, 2015	9	Poland → India	Justin & Diana	Tanner & Josh	6th Eliminated 6th Place	6.03	1.0/4
10	"Bring the Fun, Baby!"	November 27, 2015	10	India	Justin & Diana	Denise & James Earl	7th Eliminated 5th Place	5.53	1.0/4
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	1.1/5
12	"We Got a Chance, Baby!"	December 11, 2015	12	Macau → United States	Kelsey & Joey	Logan & Chris	3rd place	6.16	1.0/4
						Justin & Diana	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	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: 2: Because Kelly & Shevonne completed the Detour hours after all the other teams had checked in, host Phil Keoghan 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. Before doing so, Josh revealed that he elected to perform the Roadblock, so this is reflected in the total Roadblock count. 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 used their Blind U-Turn power on Justin & Diana. However, Justin & Diana were actually ahead of them, thus the U-Turn had no effect. 7: Denise & James Earl used their Express Pass to bypass the Crocs 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 required them to 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 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 The Amazing Race 25.
• First season where the Express Pass won by the winning team on the first leg must be used before the end Leg 5.
  • Upon usage of the Express Pass, the winning team must hand it over to another team, who must then use it on the following leg.

US

• First season since The Amazing Race 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, and 10), if the automatic U-Turn in The Amazing Race: Unfinished Business is excluded.
  • Additionally, this is the first season to feature a single U-Turn since The Amazing Race 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 The Amazing Race 1 (26 seasons).
  • The previous record (24 seasons) was between visits to Namibia in The Amazing Race 2 then in The Amazing Race 26.
• Second season to only feature one Speed Bump since its inception, following Unfinished Business.

Reception

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

External links

• CBS.com - The Amazing Race