The Amazing Race 25
| The Amazing Race 25 | |
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| Season Run | September 26 – December 19, 2014 |
| Filming dates | May 31 – June 22, 2014 |
| Winning team | Amy DeJong & Maya Warren |
| Season Stats | |
| Continents visited | 4 |
| Countries visited | 9 |
| Cities visited | 20 |
| No. of legs | 12 |
| Distance traveled | 26,000 mi (42,000 km) |
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The Amazing Race 25 is the twenty-fifth installment of the reality television show The Amazing Race. It featured eleven teams of two in a race around the world for a US$1 million grand prize.
The season premiered on September 26, 2014 on CBS for the 2014–15 television season, moving to Friday at 8:00 pm, with the season finale on December 19, 2014.
Food scientists Amy DeJong and Maya Warren were the winners of this season of The Amazing Race.
Filming began in the early morning of May 31, 2014 at Times Square in New York City. In contrast to the starts of previous races, which were typically held in private or restricted-access locations to prevent potential spoilers, CBS invited fans to appear at the start line and see the teams off. The publicity of the Times Square start led CBS to announce the identities of the competing teams the same day. It was revealed at the public start that instead of the Express Pass, teams would be awarded a new immunity from elimination pass - called "The Save" - for coming first in the first leg. This could be used by that team if they came in last place on an elimination leg before Leg 9.
This season spanned 26,000 miles (42,000 km) through eight countries, including first time visits to the United States Virgin Islands, Malta, and the Shetland Islands of Scotland.
At various points throughout the filming of the race (generally once an episode), teams encountered host Phil Keoghan on the course where he explained a task to the home audience while the race continued behind him.
For the first time in the Amazing Race history, four teams competed in the final leg of the race. However, Phil eliminated one team in the middle of the final leg, leaving only three teams to be racing to the finish line for the $1 million grand prize.
The cast included married professional surfers Bethany Hamilton—a shark attack survivor whose story was told in her memoirs and the film Soul Surfer—and Adam Dirks, former Survivor: South Pacific contestants and engaged couple Whitney Duncan and Keith Tollefson, and TNA Wrestling stars Brooke Adams and Robbie E.
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