The Amazing Race

Season 17

12 episodes 38 seasons

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.

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The Amazing Race Season 17 released on September 26, 2010.

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S17E01 Aired September 26, 2010

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

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

S17E02 Aired October 03, 2010

A Kiss Saves the Day

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

S17E03 Aired October 10, 2010

In Phil We Trust

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.

S17E04 Aired October 17, 2010

We Should Have Brought Gloves and Butt Pads

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.

S17E05 Aired October 24, 2010

Tastes Like a Million Dollars

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.

S17E06 Aired October 31, 2010

Run, Babushka, Run

The race continues in St. Petersburg, Russia.

S17E07 Aired November 07, 2010

I Want to Be In the Circus, That's Where I Belong

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.

S17E08 Aired November 14, 2010

Ali Baba In a Suit

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

S17E09 Aired November 21, 2010

There's a Lot of Nuts and Bullets

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.

S17E10 Aired November 28, 2010

I Hate Chinese Food

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

S17E11 Aired December 05, 2010

I'm Surrounded By Ninjas

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.

S17E12 Aired December 12, 2010

Hi. I'm Sorry. I'm In a Race.

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.