The Amazing Race 16

The mountainous Chilean town of Valparaíso was the first destination in the 16th season of The Amazing Race after teams started off at Vista Hermosa Natural Park in Los Angeles.

The sixteenth season spanned 40,000 miles (64,000 km) across five continents and nine countries, including Chile, Argentina, Germany, Singapore, China and for the first time, Seychelles.[3][4]

Racers were observed leaving Los Angeles International Airport on November 28, 2009.[1] For the third time, teams had to use public transportation to make their way from the Starting Line to the airport as in the first and sixth seasons.

Racers checked into a Pit Stop in Puerto Varas, Chile, on December 2.[5] Filming of the show also was reported in Bariloche, Argentina, and Germany.[6] Production crews were reported in Singapore, particularly in the Bugis area and the Singapore Flyer.[7]

In the third episode, which aired on February 28, 2010, and featured the contestants departing Chile, Phil Keoghan acknowledged the February 27, 2010, massive earthquake in Chile in a special opening.[8]

Leg 4 featured an Intersection for the first time since Season 11. Also for the first time, teams did a Roadblock together, where one person from each of the Intersected teams worked together to complete the Roadblock. This is also the first time since Season 8 that two racers worked together to complete a Roadblock, and the first time an Intersection occurred on a leg other than Leg 8.

In Leg 8, Jet & Cord became the first team since the inception of the Speed Bump in Season 12 to finish in first place on a leg in which they had to complete a Speed Bump.

Leg 9 featured an appearance from Allan Wu, the host of The Amazing Race Asia and China Rush. Leg 9 was also the first time that a U-Turn warning was in the team's first clue, due to the fact that the team taking the Fast Forward option would have skipped the Detour and the U-Turn point. Also, Leg 9 was the first time a Fast Forward and a U-Turn occurred in the same leg.

At the end of Leg 10, the death of He Pingping was acknowledged. He appeared giving clues to the teams after the first Roadblock. Leg 10 was the first single-length leg of The Amazing Race to have two Roadblocks (Each team member had to complete one of the Roadblocks). The next leg featured Bao Xishun, the world's tallest man at the time, as the greeter at the Pit Stop in Shanghai.

Applications were originally due on July 10, 2009, but the deadline was extended. Semi-finalist interviews were held in August 2009 and the final casting interviews took place in Los Angeles in September and October 2009. Filming took place in November and December 2009.[9]

Notable cast members included Big Brother 11 houseguests Jordan Lloyd and Jeff Schroeder, 2007 Miss South Carolina Teen USA Caite Upton, professional bull rider Cord McCoy, and Cleveland Indians third-base coach Steve Smith. Caite, 20, was the youngest contestant in the show's history at the time (excluding the Family Edition); while Jody Kelly, 71, was the oldest contestant in the show's history. Other racers included cowboys, detectives, a lesbian couple, high school sweethearts, attorney moms, and the show's first Asian married couple.

Jet & Cord raced again in The Amazing Race: Unfinished Business among a cast made up of returning teams from seasons 12–17.[10] They later raced again in The Amazing Race: All Stars among a cast of returning teams from seasons 14–23.[11]

Jordan & Jeff competed on Big Brother 13 a year after this season and finished in fourth and seventh place respectively.[12] The two returned to the Big Brother house three years later on the thirty-third episode of Big Brother 16, where they got engaged.[13] In 2015, they also appeared on Marriage Boot Camp: Reality Stars 3.[14] On May 24, 2016, Jeff Schroeder appeared on a Big Brother-themed The Price is Right primetime special.[15] Jeff also appeared on the second episode of Big Brother: Over the Top to host a Power of Veto competition and on the penultimate episode of Big Brother 20.[16][17]

In order to travel throughout the mountainous town of Valparaíso, teams rode the various funicular railways between tasks, including Ascensor Artillería.

Airdate: February 14, 2010

• Los Angeles, California, United States (Vista Hermosa Natural Park) (Starting Line)
• Los Angeles (Union Station to Los Angeles International Airport) or Los Angeles (7th Street/Metro Center Station to Aviation/LAX Station)
• Los Angeles (Los Angeles International Airport) to Santiago, Chile (Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport)
• Santiago (Terminal San Borja (in Spanish)) to Valparaíso (Valparaíso Bus Terminal (in Spanish))
• Viña del Mar (Wulff Castle) (Unaired)[19]
• Valparaíso (Ascensor Villaseca (in Spanish))
• Valparaíso (Ascensor Artillería)
• Valparaíso (Paseo Templeman)
• Valparaíso (Palacio Baburizza)

In this season's first Roadblock, one team member had to cross a tightrope the length of a football field (360 ft or 110 m) suspended 120 feet (37 m) above the ground to the end of the valley where they received their next clue.

Additional tasks

• Teams were required to use public transportation to go to Los Angeles International Airport to book one of two American Airlines flights to Santiago, Chile. The first three teams would receive tickets on a flight that would depart one hour ahead of the second flight.[lower-alpha 1]
• After the Roadblock, teams had to take a funicular down the mountain to find their next clue.
• At Paseo Templeman, teams picked up painting supplies (4 paint cans, paint brushes, and a ladder) and had to find a group of house painters next to a house matching the color of their paint. Once at the house, they had to finish painting a portion of the house to receive their next clue.

In this leg, teams traveled throughout the Los Lagos Region of Chile, known for its lakes and the Osorno volcano.

Airdate: February 21, 2010

• Valparaíso (Valparaíso Bus Terminal) to Santiago (Terminal San Borja)
• Santiago (Terminal San Borja) to Puerto Varas (Bus Terminal)
• Vicente Pérez Rosales National Park (Hotel Petrohué) to Todos los Santos Lake (Isla Margarita – Mirador)
• Puerto Varas (Onces y Cabañas Bellavista (in Spanish))
• Puerto Varas (Iglesia del Sagrado Corazón de Jesús (in Spanish) – Gruta de la Virgen)

This season's first Detour was a choice between Llama Adoration and Condor Consternation. In Llama Adoration, teams traveled by boat to a farm where they dressed a llama by placing a blanket on its back and a scarf around its neck to receive their next clue. In Condor Consternation, teams traveled by boat to a beach where they wore special shoes resembling birds' feet and used a hang glider-like condor costume to fly to a clue in the water.

In this leg's Roadblock, teams had to collect ingredients to make Kuchen, which included a plate of butter, a bowl of sugar, a bag of flour, a baker's dozen of eggs from a hen house, and a cup of milk from a cow, and deliver them to the baker to receive a serving of Kuchen and their next clue.

Additional task

• At the start of the leg, teams had to travel by bus back to Santiago before boarding another bus to Puerto Varas. Once there, teams had to drive themselves to the Hotel Petrohué and take a boat to Isla Margarita on Todos los Santos Lake to find their next clue on an overlook.

Tasks featured on this leg related to gauchos and other aspects of Argentine equestrianism.

Airdate: February 28, 2010

• Puerto Varas (Del Salvador Bus Terminal or Cruz del Sur Bus Terminal) to San Carlos de Bariloche, Argentina (Bus Station)
• Nahuel Huapi (El Boliche Viejo)
• Nahuel Huapi (Peña Gaucha)
• Ñirihuau (Puente Ñirihuau)
• Neuquén Province (Estancia Fortin Chacabuco)

In this leg's Roadblock, one team member chose a station and used a lasso to rope a target 18 feet (5.5 m) away and pull it toward them to receive their next clue.

This leg's Detour was a choice between Horse Sense and Horse Power. In Horse Sense, teams were given a set of directions by a gunslinger and, using only a stationary compass, find a bag of loot buried in a field. They then delivered the bag to the lead bandit, and if the markings on their bag matched the coordinates given to them, he would give the team a coin with the name of the Pit Stop location on it as their next clue. In Horse Power, teams went to a polo field and, using a wooden practice horse, had to score a goal within 9 strokes to receive a trophy with the name of the Pit Stop location on its base as their next clue. If they were unsuccessful, they had to start the course from beginning.

Additional task

• At El Boliche Viejo, teams had to win a game of five-card stud against the Travelocity Roaming Gnome to receive the gnome with their next clue on the bottom of its base. Teams had to keep the gnome with them for the duration of the leg.

Teams finished this leg near Beatles-Platz, paying tribute to Hamburg's important role in The Beatles' early history.

Airdate: March 7, 2010

• San Carlos de Bariloche (San Carlos de Bariloche Airport) to Frankfurt, Germany (Frankfurt Airport)
• Frankfurt (Frankfurt Airport Long-Distance Station) to Hamburg (Hamburg Hauptbahnhof)
• Hamburg (Jungfernstieg)
• Hamburg (Jungfernstieg Station to Landungsbrücken Station)
• Hamburg (Port of Hamburg)
• Hamburg (Altonaer Rathaus (in German) – Kaiser Wilhelm I Statue)
• Hamburg (Adolf-Jäger-Kampfbahn Stadium (in German) or Alt Hamburger Bürgerhaus (in German))
• Hamburg (Haifischbar (in German))
• Hamburg (Beatles-Platz)
• Hamburg (Reeperbahn – Indra Musikclub (in German))

In this special Roadblock, one team member from each of the Intersected teams took the S-Bahn to the Port of Hamburg to complete a 150-foot (46 m) tandem bungee jump to receive their next clue that they couldn't open until reuniting with their partners. After the Roadblock, teams were no longer Intersected.

This leg's Detour was a choice between Soccer or Sauerkraut. In Soccer, teams made their way to Adolf-Jäger-Kampfbahn Stadium and had to kick soccer balls from the penalty mark (12 yd or 11 m) through 5 targets located in the goal to receive their next clue. In Sauerkraut, teams traveled to Alt Hamburger Bürgerhaus restaurant and had to eat a plate of sauerkraut while a band played a song called the "Sauerkraut Polka". Teams had to finish the plate before the end of the song to receive their clue. If the song ended before teams finished, they had to start over with a new plate of sauerkraut.

Additional tasks

• At Jungfernstieg, teams encountered an Intersection, where two teams had to join together to complete tasks and make decisions together until further notice.
• At the Haifischbar, each team had to drink a boot of beer to receive their next clue.
• Once at Beatles-Platz, teams had to search through Hamburg's red-light district to find the Pit Stop.

During the Detour, teams were "attacked" by a pilot in the Red Baron's Fokker Dr.I in an historical reenactment of trench warfare during World War I.

Airdate: March 14, 2010

• Hamburg to Les Monthairons, France (Château des Monthairons (in French)) (Pit Start)
• Sainte-Menehould (Boulangerie Defontaine)
• Massiges (La Main de Massiges (in French))
• Massiges (Church of Massiges) to Wargemoulin-Hurlus (Eglise Saint-Étienne de Wargemoulin (in French))

For their Speed Bump, Jordan & Jeff had to reinforce a trench wall with branches before they could continue racing.

This leg's Detour was a choice between In the Trenches or Under Fire. For both tasks, teams dressed up as World War I-era American soldiers known as doughboys. In the Trenches, teams traveled through trenches to a telegraph where they deciphered a message in Morse code –"We will prevail. Vive la France."– and presented their deciphered message to the French sergeant. In Under Fire, teams crawled under barbed wire 100 feet to receive a message –"The war is over. Vive La Liberté."– from a man in a foxhole. They then crawled back through the barbed wire to present the message to the sergeant. After completing either task, teams had to send their message to "headquarters" via carrier pigeon to receive their next clue.

Additional tasks

• At Boulangerie Defontaine, teams had to buy a fresh baguette, which contained their next clue.
• After the Detour, teams headed south on a road to find the U-Turn and their next clue.
• At Church of Massiges, teams changed out of their doughboy gear into turn-of-the-20th-century French bicycling gear, including a fake mustache, and rode on antique bicycles, much like the first Tour de France, along a 4-mile (6.4 km) course to the Pit Stop.

Additional note

• During the Pit Stop, all teams boarded a bus and traveled from Hamburg to an unknown destination, revealed to viewers to be Les Monthairons.

This leg's tasks paid tributes to France's champagne industry in Champagne-Ardenne, home of prestigious champagne houses.

Airdate: March 21, 2010

• Reims (Notre-Dame de Reims – Joan of Arc Statue)
• Épernay (Leclerc Briant)
• Pierry (Château de la Marquetterie (in French))
• Épernay (l'ORCCA (in French) – La Maison Gallice (in French))

In this leg's Roadblock, one team member rappelled 100 feet (30 m) into the chalk cellars of the winery of Leclerc Briant to search for a bottle of champagne marked with a small yellow and red striped flag on the bottom amongst the riddling racks. After finding the bottle, the team member returned to the surface to use the traditional sabrage technique to open the bottle, the force of which propelled their next clue out.

This leg's Detour was a choice between Tower or Terra. In Tower, teams stacked 680 champagne coupes into a 15-level pyramid with only one coupe on the top level, then pour the entire contents of a magnum of Taittinger champagne onto the top of the pyramid without breaking any of the glasses to receive the next clue. In Terra, teams searched the 1-square-kilometre (250-acre) winter-barren Taittinger vineyards for a cluster of wine grapes marked with an Amazing Race flag. After finding the grapes, they returned them to the harvest foreman for their next clue.

Additional task

• At the Cathedral of Notre-Dame, Reims, teams looked for a woman playing a musical saw to receive their next clue: a cork from a bottle of Leclerc Briant.

While in the Seychelles, teams had to use a banana to lure a 100-year-old and 500-pound (230 kg) Aldabra giant tortoise for one of the Detour options.

Airdate: March 28, 2010

• Paris (Charles de Gaulle Airport) to Victoria, Mahé, Seychelles (Seychelles International Airport)
• Pointe La Rue (Seychelles International Airport) to L'Union, La Digue (La Digue Helipad)
• L'Union (L'Union Estate) to La Passe (La Digue Marina)
• La Passe (La Digue Marina) to St. Pierre Island
• Anse Volbert, Praslin (Paradise Sun Hotel)

This leg's Detour was a choice between Turtle Toddle or Ox Trot. In Turtle Toddle, teams used a banana to lure a 500-pound (230 kg), 100-year-old Aldabra giant tortoise across a marked path on a lawn. Once the turtle crossed the finish line, both team members had to deliver a bunch of bananas to a fruit merchant 1.5 miles (2.4 km) away at La Digue Marina to receive their next clue. In Ox Trot, teams pulled a cart to a clearing to load a pile of coconuts. After an ox was hitched to their cart, teams had to deliver the coconuts to the same fruit merchant at La Digue Marina to receive their clue. If teams forgot or lost any of their coconuts, they had to retrieve them to complete the task.

In this leg's Roadblock, one team member had to dive into the ocean to retrieve one of seven bottles tied to a platform in the water.

Additional task

• Upon arrival in Mahé, teams had to find a marked kiosk in the airport and take a number. The first 3 teams would then board one of three helicopters, leaving at the same time, to La Digue. The last three would depart one hour later.
• After finishing the Detour, teams had to swim a marked boat and travel to a buoy near St. Pierre Island, where the captain would give them their next clue.
• After finishing the Roadblock, teams were taken off the shore of Praslin and had to swim to land. Once ashore, teams had to empty the contents of their bottle revealing a puzzle map that, when assembled, would lead them to the Pit Stop at the Paradise Sun Hotel.

Additional note

• Due to limited availability of flights, teams were provided tickets on the same flight to the Seychelles.

Teams ended this leg at the Pinang Peranakan Mansion in Penang's capital city of George Town.

Airdate: April 4, 2010

• Baie Ste Anne (Baie Ste Anne Jetty) to Victoria, Mahé (Port of Victoria)
• Victoria (Seychelles International Airport) to George Town, Penang, Malaysia (Penang International Airport)
• Bayan Lepas (Snake Temple)
• Air Itam (Tien Kong Than Temple) or George Town (Esplanade)
• Teluk Bahang (Kuil Sri Singamuga Kaliamman)
  • Teluk Bahang (Tropical Spice Garden)
• George Town (Pinang Peranakan Mansion)

This leg's Detour was a choice between Buddhist Tradition or Chinese Custom. In Buddhist Tradition, teams traveled to the Tien Kong Than Temple and carried a series of joss sticks to the top of the temple. After arranging them in the proper order, teams lit them and received their next clue. In Chinese Custom, teams traveled to the Esplanade in George Town, where they participated in the Chinese New Year tradition of balancing large flags on their foreheads and running across the esplanade. After both team members made it across the esplanade without letting the flag fall, they received their next clue.

For their Speed Bump, Jet & Cord traveled to the Tropical Spice Garden to find a woman crushing spices for tea. Then by smell, they chose the right prepared tea and serve it to a guru sitting on a swing. Once the guru finished drinking the tea, they could continue racing.

In this leg's Roadblock, one team member had to prepare a traditional Hindu offering called a float by breaking open several coconuts to find one that had colored flesh. They then had to build the float and give it to the waiting Gurukkal, who sent it out to sea and then gave racers their next clue.

Additional note

• After leaving the Pit Stop, teams had to take a boat to the island of Mahé at 2:00 a.m.

The only Fast Forward of this season of The Amazing Race took place at the Singapore Flyer, the tallest Ferris wheel in the world at that time.

Airdate: April 11, 2010

• Sungai Nibong (Sungai Nibong Express Terminal) to Kuala Lumpur (Puduraya)
• Kuala Lumpur (Kuala Lumpur Sentral Railway Station) to Singapore (Tanjong Pagar Railway Station)
• Singapore (Victoria Theatre and Concert Hall)
  • Singapore (Singapore Flyer)
• Singapore (Speakers' Corner or Rochor Road)
• Singapore (Istana Park)
• Singapore (ASL Marine Shipyard)
• Singapore (Sentosa – MegaZip Adventure Park)
• Singapore (Marina Barrage)

In this season's only Fast Forward, one team traveled to the Singapore Flyer, where they climbed out of an observation pod at the top of the 541-foot (165 m) Ferris wheel and crossed a ladder to the next pod to win the Fast Forward award.

This leg's Detour was a choice between Pounding The Drums and Pounding The Pavement. In Pounding The Drums, teams traveled to Speakers' Corner and learned a complex drum routine for a lion dance performance. Once teams could correctly perform the routine with a lion dance troupe on a nearby stage, they would receive their next clue. In Pounding The Pavement, teams traveled to an open area on Rochor Road, where they had to gather supplies, chairs, an umbrella, a loaf of bread, wafers, and 10 boxes of ice cream, and then find a marked ice cream cart to sell 25 Singapore-style ice cream sandwiches for S$1 a piece to receive their next clue.

In this leg's Roadblock, one team member inspected an anchor chain by counting the number of links, while dealing with the noise created by the other workers at the port and announcements read through a loudspeaker. When they gave the right number (521) on a clipboard to the dock manager, they received their next clue.

Additional tasks

• At the Victoria Theatre and Concert Hall, teams had to find Allan Wu, the host of The Amazing Race Asia , who would give them their next clue.
• After the Detour, teams were instructed to find the U-Turn and their next clue at the intersection of their "last Pit Stop city" (Penang) and Orchard Road sending them to Istana Park, on the intersection of Penang Road and Orchard Road.
• On Sentosa, teams had to ride the MegaZip, a 1,476-foot (450 m) long zip line, to receive their next clue.

Upon arrival in Shanghai, teams visited the water town of Zhujiajiao in the Qingpu District.

Airdate: April 25, 2010

• Singapore (Changi Airport) to Shanghai, China (Shanghai Pudong International Airport)
• Shanghai (Zhujiajiao)
• Shanghai (Tianzifang – Deke Erh Art Center)
• Shanghai (Hongkou Football Stadium)
• Shanghai (Hongkou Football Stadium Station to Shanghai Science and Technology Museum Station)
• Shanghai (Shanghai Science and Technology Museum)

In this leg's first Roadblock, one team member had to follow a demonstration by a local noodle maker to make 1 kg (2.2 lb) of la mian noodles. When completed, He Pingping, the world's shortest man, would give them their next clue. (He Pingping died about three months after the episode was filmed and one month before it aired on American television. The episode concluded with a brief shot of his photo and the message "In Memory of He Pingping".)

In this leg's second Roadblock, the team member who did not perform the first Roadblock had to put together a 96-piece puzzle and give the puzzle to a group of fans in the bleachers. If the puzzle was assembled correctly, the other side of the puzzle would reveal a seat with their next clue.

Additional tasks

• In Zhujiajiao, teams traveled on foot to a boat dock, where they would ride a boat to their next clue.
• In Shanghai's fashion district Tianzifang, teams entered a fashion studio where they had to choose a sketch of an outfit. They then had to choose the correct pieces of clothing that were shown in the sketch and give them to a fashion model to wear. If they chose the right clothing and accessories, the fashion designer would give them their next clue.

In this leg's Roadblock, one team member had to count the statues in the Longhua Temple's Arhat Hall.

Airdate: May 2, 2010

• Shanghai (Garden Bridge)
• Shanghai (Longhua Temple)
• Shanghai (Yuyuan Garden)
• Shanghai (Art Stone Store or Nanxiang Steamed Bun Restaurant)
• Shanghai (Riverside Promenade (in Chinese))

For their Speed Bump, Louie & Michael had to participate in a good-luck ritual by each tossing one coin into the top opening of the large incense burner on the Longhua Temple grounds before they could continue racing.

In this leg's Roadblock, one team member entered Longhua Temple's Arhat Hall and had to correctly count all of the golden statues in the room (523) to receive their next clue. If their guess was incorrect, they would have to wait 10 minutes before making their next guess.

This leg's Detour was a choice between Pork Chops and Pork Dumplings. In Pork Chops, teams entered an art stone store and looked through several hundred special stone stamps called chops for the two that had a pig on the bottom and one with each of their names to receive their clue from the shop owner. In Pork Dumplings, teams traveled to Nanxiang Steamed Bun Restaurant and delivered 10 orders of xiaolongbao across the market. Once they completed the deliveries, they received their clue.

Additional tasks

• At the start of the leg, teams were told to go to the Garden Bridge, which is known more commonly by locals as the Waibaidu Bridge, to find their next clue.
• After the Roadblock, teams took a motorcycle to their next destination Yuyuan Garden.

Additional note

• Teams were prohibited from traveling by taxi from Garden Bridge to the Longhua Temple.

For the final Roadblock on The Amazing Race 16, teams visited the famous Coit Tower in San Francisco's Telegraph Hill, which one team member had to climb up from the outside.

Airdate: May 9, 2010

• Shanghai (Shanghai Pudong International Airport) to San Francisco, California, United States (San Francisco International Airport)
• San Francisco (Fort Point – Battery Godfrey)
• San Francisco (Coit Tower)
• San Francisco (Letterman Digital Arts Center – Yoda Statue)
• San Francisco (Fairmont Hotel – Tonga Room)
• San Francisco (Great American Music Hall)
• San Francisco (Candlestick Park)

In this season's final Roadblock, one team member had to use an ascender to reach the top archways of Coit Tower to get their next clue before being lowered back to the ground.

Additional tasks

• After receiving the clue at Battery Godfrey, teams had to solve a riddle, "I was built in 1933. I'm 210 feet tall. My insides are lined with mural from 26 different artists. What am I?", to lead them to their next clue at Coit Tower.
• At the Letterman Digital Arts Center, one team member put on a motion capture suit while their partner directed their avatar through a virtual course, based on Star Wars: The Clone Wars. After getting through the two levels of the course, the directing partner copied down their next clue from a computer screen which directed them to the Tonga Room.
• At Tonga Room, teams were instructed to take a trunk to their next location: the Great American Music Hall.
• At the Great American Music Hall, teams opened the trunk from the Tonga Room, which contained eight psychedelic posters of the eliminated teams and three posters for the non-elimination legs. Teams had to arrange the posters in chronological order to receive their final clue from a roadie. The correct order was:

Leg	Pit Stop	Team Eliminated
1	Valparaíso	Dana & Adrian
2	Puerto Varas	Jody & Shannon
3	San Carlos de Bariloche	Monique & Shawne
4	Hamburg	Non-elimination
5	Wargemoulin-Hurlus	Joe & Heidi
6	Épernay	Jordan & Jeff
7	Praslin	Non-elimination
8	Penang	Steve & Allie
9	Singapore	Carol & Brandy
10	Shanghai	Non-elimination
11		Louie & Michael

• The final clue was a portion of the "Jack Be Nimble" nursery rhyme; teams were left to figure out that the missing word "candlestick" referred to the location of the Finish Line: Candlestick Park.

• Episode 1, "Nanna Is Kickin' Your Butt" aired on Valentine's Day.
• Episode 4, "We Are No Longer In The Bible Belt" had a considerably low number of viewers, most likely because it aired on the same night as the 82nd Academy Awards.
• Episode 7, "Anonymous?" had the most viewers and adults 25–54 rating since the November 4, 2007, episode of The Amazing Race 12, as well as the best numbers in adults 18–49 since the January 6, 2008, episode of the same season.
• Episode 8, "You're like Jason Bourne, right?" aired on Easter Sunday.
• Episode 12, "Huger Than Huge", the season finale, aired on Mother's Day. The show was down nearly two million viewers compared to the season 15 finale and was the lowest rated finale since season 4.[28]

Canadian broadcaster CTV also aired The Amazing Race on Sundays at 8 p.m. The first three episodes were aired on A-Channel. When the show returned to the said network, episode four aired an hour earlier than its normal start time due to the network's broadcast of the 82nd Academy Awards.