The Amazing Race 27

The Amazing Race 27
Season Information
Version:	United States
Continents Visited:	5
Countries Visited:	10
Distance Traveled:	34,000 mi (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 season of the reality television show, The Amazing Race. It premiered on September 25, 2015 and ended on December 11, 2015 on CBS. The entire season was released on DVD on November 21, 2017.

Production

Applications for the season were due on February 2015. Semi-finalist interviews were held in March 2015, and the final casting interviews were held in April 2015.

Filming began on June 22, 2015 and concluded on July 14, 2015. This season traveled a total of 34,000 miles (55,000 km), across ten countries on five continents. Similarly to The Amazing Race 25, the Starting Line was opened to the public, with fans invited to attend. This allowed for the identity of the teams to be revealed on the same day.

Travelocity and Fitbit were the official sponsors during this season and would provide the prizes awarded to first place teams on certain legs.

Twists/Changes

• Roadblock Limits: This season featured 12 Roadblocks, leaving for a maximum Roadblock split of 6-6.
• Hand-Off Express Pass: The team that wins the first leg would be awarded the Express Pass, which allows them to skip any task of their choosing until the end of the fifth leg. Once used, they must inform host Phil Keoghan at the next Pit Stop which team they choose to give the Express Pass to. That team would then be able to use the Express Pass until the end of the following leg.
• U-Turn: U-Turns are available on certain legs of the Race. In addition to the Double U-Turn, which has been the standard variation since The Amazing Race 17, single U-Turns were offered for the first time since The Amazing Race 16. Beginning with this season, the U-Turn board may now variably be placed either before or after the Detour.
• No-Rest Leg: Upon checking in at the Pit Stop at the end of the fourth and sixth legs, teams were given their next clue by Keoghan and immediately began the next leg. The last place team did not face a penalty.
• 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.
• Rules and Penalties: The following rules and penalties were revealed on this season:
  • Beginning with this season, the non-participating team member in a Roadblock may no longer offer their partner verbal assistance. A team that does so would incur a 30-minute penalty.
  • A team that embarks at a location other than the one specified in their clue would incur a 30-minute penalty. In addition, if the location they embarked from was faster than what is specified in their clue, they would incur an additional time penalty to compensate for the time gained.

Teams

Kelsey & Joey  1st place  Kelsey & Joey Dating News Anchors	Justin & Diana  2nd place  Justin & Diana Engaged	Logan & Chris  3rd place  Logan & Chris Dating Paparazzi	Tiffany & Krista  4th place  Tiffany & Krista Former Cheerleaders	Denise & James Earl  5th place  Denise & James Earl Mother/Son
Tanner & Josh  6th place  Tanner & Josh Best Friends	Cindy & Rick  7th place  Cindy & Rick Newlyweds	Jazmine & Danielle  8th place  Jazmine & Danielle Best Friends/Athletes	Ernest & Jin  9th place  Ernest & Jin Brothers	Alex & Adam  10th place  Alex & Adam Cousins
Kelly & Shevonne  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 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 hand to 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.
• This season's visit to Zambia breaks the record for the largest gap between one country's visit in a season and its previous visit (26 seasons since its last visit in The Amazing Race 1).
• Eighth season where all the final three teams are co-ed teams.
  • Coincidentally, all the final three teams were involved in a romantic relationship (after The Amazing Race 5, The Amazing Race 6, The Amazing Race 7, The Amazing Race 19, and The Amazing Race 23).

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