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The Amazing Race — Season 17

The Amazing Race 17 is the seventeenth installment of the reality television show The Amazing Race. The Amazing Race 17 features 11 teams of two, each with a pre-existing relationship, in a race around the world. The seventeenth cycle started on Sunday, September 26, 2010. It aired on CBS in the United States in a special 90-minute episode; then returned to its normal hour-long format the following week on Sunday nights at 8:00 p.m. ET/PT with the season finale on December 12, 2010. The show was again hosted by Phil Keoghan.

Episodes

  • E01 They Don't Call It the Amazing Race for Nothin'!

    ★ 2.0

    Sep 26, 2010 · 42m

    The 11 teams begin their worldwide journey; the team that finishes the challenge in first place earns a game-changing advantage.

  • E02 A Kiss Saves the Day

    Oct 3, 2010 · 42m

    The ten remaining teams depart the Pit Stop at Eastnor Castle in England to continue their race around the world for one million dollars.

  • E03 In Phil We Trust

    ★ 10.0

    Oct 10, 2010 · 42m

    The remaining teams continue racing in Leg 3, where a challenging detour tests one couple's relationship, while another team's Racer requires medical attention, threatening their position in the competition.

  • E04 We Should Have Brought Gloves and Butt Pads

    Oct 17, 2010 · 42m

    The nine remaining teams set off from the Pit Stop at Awusa Ntso's house in Ghana on the fourth leg of a race around the world for one million dollars.

  • E05 Tastes Like a Million Dollars

    Oct 24, 2010 · 42m

    The eight remaining teams depart the Pit Stop along the Norwegian border in Swedish Lapland on the fifth leg of a race around the world for one million dollars.

  • E06 Run, Babushka, Run

    Oct 31, 2010 · 42m

    The race continues in St. Petersburg, Russia.

  • E07 I Want to Be in the Circus, That's Where I Belong

    ★ 2.0

    Nov 7, 2010 · 42m

    Teams are clowning around when they learn a traditional Russian circus act, but it's no joke when multiple teams make a critical error and misread a clue, jeopardizing their positions in the Race.

  • E08 Ali Baba in a Suit

    ★ 2.0

    Nov 14, 2010 · 42m

    The six remaining teams continue on the eighth leg of a race around the world for one million dollars.

  • E09 There's a Lot of Nuts and Bullets

    Nov 21, 2010 · 42m

    The five remaining teams depart the Pit Stop at Al Alam Palace in Oman on the ninth leg of a race around the world for one million dollars.

  • E10 I Hate Chinese Food

    Nov 28, 2010 · 42m

    The remaining teams continue with the tenth leg of The Amazing Race.

  • E11 I'm Surrounded by Ninjas

    Dec 5, 2010 · 42m

    The final four teams travel to South Korea where they battle it out on water and ice to make the final three in the penultimate leg of the race.

  • E12 Hi. I'm Sorry. I'm in a Race.

    Dec 12, 2010 · 42m

    The final three teams soar to new heights over Southern California, competing in the final leg for a shot at the million-dollar prize and, for two teams, the chance to become the first ever all-female team to win the series.

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