Changes: The Amazing Race 31

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The Amazing Race 31 is the thirty-first installment of the reality television show, The Amazing Race.

Development

On June 10, 2018, it was confirmed by host Phil Keoghan from the Starting Line that this season would feature teams who have previously competed on The Amazing Race, Survivor, and Big Brother.^[3]

Initially slated to premiere on May 22, 2019^[4], on April 5, 2019, it was announced that the premiere would be moved forward to April 17, 2019, replacing the low-rated Million Dollar Mile.^[2]

If the original premiere airdate of the season had not changed, the season would not have been eligible for 2019 Primetime Emmy Awards as half of the episodes would not have aired before May 31, 2019.^[5]

Teams

1st Place Colin & Christie Life Partners The Amazing Race 5	2nd Place Tyler & Korey Best Friends The Amazing Race 28	3rd Place Leo & Jamal Cousins The Amazing Race 23, 24	4th Place Nicole & Victor Engaged Big Brother	5th place Becca & Floyd Friends The Amazing Race 29
6th place Chris & Bret Friends Survivor	7th place Rachel & Elissa Sisters Big Brother	8th place Janelle & Britney Friends Big Brother	9th place Corinne & Eliza Friends Survivor	10th place Rupert & Laura Married Survivor
11th place Art & JJ Best Friends The Amazing Race 20

Episodes

Episode		Air Date	Leg	Destination	First Place	Last Place	Finish	Viewership (millions)	Ratings/Share (18-49)
1	"You're in Our Race Now"	April 17, 2019	1	United States → Japan	Leo & Jamal	Art & JJ	1st Eliminated 11th Place	5.80^[6]	1.2/6^[6]
2	"Knock the Newbie Out of Us"	April 24, 2019	2	Japan → Laos	Leo & Jamal	Rupert & Laura	2nd Eliminated 10th Place	4.65^[7]	1.0/5^[7]
3	"Here Fishy, Fishy, Fishy"	May 1, 2019	3	Laos → Vietnam	Becca & Floyd	Chris & Bret	Non-Elimination Leg	4.50^[8]	0.9/4^[8]
4	"I Took Out a Polar Bear"	May 8, 2019	4	Vietnam	Colin & Christie	Corinne & Eliza	3rd Eliminated 9th Place	4.50^[9]	0.8/4^[9]
5	"I'm a Bird, I'm a Plane, I'm on The Amazing Race"	May 22, 2019	5	Vietnam → United Arab Emirates	Becca & Floyd	Rachel & Elissa	Non-Elimination Leg	4.47^[10]	0.9/5^[10]
6	"Who Wants a Rolex?"	May 22, 2019	6	United Arab Emirates → Uganda	Tyler & Korey	Janelle & Britney	4th Eliminated 8th Place	3.94^[10]	0.7/4^[10]
7	"Living Fearlessly"	May 29, 2019	7	Uganda → Switzerland	Tyler & Korey	Nicole & Victor	Non-Elimination Leg	4.74^[11]	0.8/4^[11]
8	"You're the Apple in My Eye"	June 5, 2019	8	Switzerland	Tyler & Korey	Rachel & Elissa	5th Eliminated 7th Place	4.67^[12]	0.9/5^[12]
9	"Let's Split!"	June 12, 2019	9	Switzerland → Croatia	Tyler & Korey	Chris & Bret	6th Eliminated 6th Place	4.66^[13]	0.8/4^[13]
10	"Chugga Chugga Choo Choo!"	June 19, 2019	10	Croatia → The Netherlands	Colin & Christie	Becca & Floyd	7th Eliminated 5th Place
11	"This One Is for One Million Dollars"	June 26, 2019	11	The Netherlands → United Kingdom	Leo & Jamal	Nicole & Victor	8th Eliminated 4th Place
			12	United Kingdom → United States	Colin & Christie	Leo & Jamal	3rd Place
			12	United Kingdom → United States	Colin & Christie	Tyler & Korey	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	Colin & Christie	2	4	3	1	3	2	2	3⊃	4	1	3	1	2.42	6-6
2	Tyler & Korey	3	7⋑	4	5	4	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2.75	6-6
3	Leo & Jamal	1	1	8	6	7	6	4	6	5	3⊂	1	3	4.25	7-5
4	Nicole & Victor	6	2	2	2	5	3	7	5	2	4⊃⋐	4		3.81	5-6
5	Becca & Floyd	5	9⊃⋐	1	4	1	5	3	4	3	5⋑			4.00	5-5
6	Chris & Bret	7	8	9	3	2	4	6	2	6				5.22	5-5
7	Rachel & Elissa	4	3⊂	7	8	8	7	5	7⋑					6.13	4-5
8	Janelle & Britney	8	5	6	7	6	8∇							6.67	5-2
9	Corinne & Eliza	9	6	5	9∇									7.25	2-3
10	Rupert & Laura	10	10											10.00	2-1
11	Art & JJ	11												11.00	1-1
Notes:		^[1]			^[2]
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 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 ∇ The team that lost the Double Battle
Notes: 1: Art elected to quit the second Roadblock, thus he and JJ took a 4-hour penalty at the Roadblock site starting from the arrival of the next team. Rupert & Laura, the only team trailing, finished the Roadblock and checked in at the Pit Stop before their penalty was up. 2: There was unaired Head-to-Head at Tầm Vu Park. The team that lost the final Head-to-Head was eliminated.^[14]

Voting History

Teams on the eighth leg verbally voted for who should receive the U-Turn in front of other teams. The two teams who had the most votes had to complete both Detour tasks. The order in which teams voted is listed from top to bottom.

Leg #:	8
U-Turned:	Colin & Christie Rachel & Elissa
Vote:	3–2–1–1
Rachel & Elissa	Colin & Christie
Nicole & Victor	Leo & Jamal
Colin & Christie	Rachel & Elissa
Leo & Jamal	Colin & Christie
Becca & Floyd	Colin & Christie
Tyler & Korey	Nicole & Victor
Chris & Bret	Rachel & Elissa

Trivia

For this season, teams representing The Amazing Race have their chyrons in the standard yellow, teams representing Big Brother have theirs in blue, and teams representing Survivor have theirs in green.
Only teams representing The Amazing Race won legs this season.

Franchise

This is the first season to visit Uganda.^[15]
Most U-Turns in a season, with 6.

US

First season to include a mixture of both new and returning racers.
This season is the first time that a season premiered in April.
This season marks the first visit to Laos.^[16]
This is the first time since The Amazing Race 12 that the country of Croatia is visited.^[17]
First season to feature the U-Turn Vote.
This season finale marks the first visit to Detroit, Michigan.
First season with two returning teams (Tyler & Korey and Colin & Christie) to make the Final 3 for the 2nd time.
- Likewise two of three teams to make the Final 3 twice (along with Brendon & Rachel)
First season with all Non-Elimination legs taking place with seven or more teams remaining.

Reception

Riley Chow at Gold Derby (03/13/2019): "Emmys rename Competition Program category as The Amazing Race sits out"
Joyce Eng at Gold Derby (03/21/2019): "The Amazing Race is a DNQ at the Emmys for the 1st time, so which show do you want to grab its spot?"
Benjamin Powell at RealityTVWarriors (April 2019): "Who Are These Teams?"
Barb Oates at Las Vegas Review-Journal (04/11/2019): "Amazing Race plots reality-TV showdown"

Gallery

Videos

References

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 · 32 · 33 · 34 · 35
Asia	1 · 2 · 3 · 4 · 5
Australia	1 · 2 · 3 · 4 · 5 · 6 · 7
Brazil	1
Canada	1 · 2 · 3 · 4 · 5 · 6 · 7 · 8 · 9
Central Europe	Cancelled
China	1 · 2 · 3 · 4
China Rush	1 · 2 · 3
Finland	1
France	1
Israel	1 · 2 · 3 · 4 · 5 · 6 · 7 · 8
Latin America	1 · 2 · 3 · 4 · 5 · 6
Norway	1 · 2
Philippines	1 · 2
Ukraine	1
Vietnam	1 · 2 · 3 · 4 · 5 · 6

[1] ttps://deadline.com/2019/04/the-amazing-race-season-31-premiere-date-up-survivor-big-brother-teams-watch-sneak-peek-1202589359/

[premiere-2] 2.0 ^2.1 https://deadline.com/2019/04/the-amazing-race-season-31-premiere-date-up-survivor-big-brother-teams-watch-sneak-peek-1202589359/

[3] ttps://twitter.com/AmazingRaceCBS/status/1005906670407450624

[4] ttps://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/cbs-midseason-schedule-2019-1163986

[5] ttps://www.emmys.com/news/emmys-calendar/emmy-awards-industry-calendar

[USJP-6] 6.0 ^6.1 https://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/daily-ratings/tv-ratings-wednesday-april-17-2019/

[JPLA-7] 7.0 ^7.1 https://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/daily-ratings/wednesday-final-ratings-april-24-2019/

[LAVN-8] 8.0 ^8.1 https://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/daily-ratings/wednesday-final-ratings-may-1-2019/

[VN-9] 9.0 ^9.1 https://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/daily-ratings/tv-ratings-wednesday-may-8-2019/

[VNAEUG-10] 10.0 ^10.1 ^10.2 ^10.3 https://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/daily-ratings/wednesday-final-ratings-may-22-2019/

[UGCH-11] 11.0 ^11.1 https://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/daily-ratings/wednesday-final-ratings-may-29-2019/

[CH-12] 12.0 ^12.1 https://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/daily-ratings/wednesday-final-ratings-june-5-2019/

[CHHR-13] 13.0 ^13.1 https://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/daily-ratings/wednesday-final-ratings-june-12-2019/

[14] ttps://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ep15-amazing-race-season-31-w-corinne-eliza/id1448436548?i=1000437654898

[15] ttps://www.theexaminernews.com/phil-keoghan-talks-season-31-of-the-amazing-race/

[16] ttp://www.blogtalkradio.com/televised/2019/04/15/tomorrow-will-be-televised-i-ship-itchambersthe-amazing-race-episode

[17] ttps://www.theexaminernews.com/phil-keoghan-talks-season-31-of-the-amazing-race/

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