The Amazing Race: Season 13
The Amazing Race 13 is the thirteenth installment of the reality television competition series The Amazing Race. This season was part of the fall line-up for the 2008-09 season and featured 11 teams of two, with each team possessing a preexisting relationship. The competition involves a race around the world, where teams travel to various amazing destinations. The season premiered on Sunday, September 28, 2008, at 8:
Season 13 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- The series is a reality competition where teams of two race around the globe.
- Participants compete for a grand prize of $1,000,000.
- The show was created by Elise Doganieri and Bertram van Munster.
- Phil Keoghan serves as the host of the series.
Season overview
The Amazing Race 13 is the thirteenth installment of the reality television competition series The Amazing Race. This season was part of the fall line-up for the 2008-09 season and featured 11 teams of two, with each team possessing a preexisting relationship. The competition involves a race around the world, where teams travel to various amazing destinations. The season premiered on Sunday, September 28, 2008, at 8:00 p.m. ET/PT and concluded with the season finale on December 7, 2008, also airing at 8:00 p.m. ET/PT. The series was created by Elise Doganieri and Bertram van Munster, and is hosted by Phil Keoghan. Throughout the competition, teams must navigate foreign environments and complete various tasks as they race to be the first to reach the finish line.
Episode Guide
Season 13 Progress Shield
Bees are Much Calmer than All This!
Sep 28, 2008 · 42 min
To start the thirteenth season of The Amazing Race, eleven teams are transported by classic cars to the Los Angeles Coliseum. After receiving a set of initial instructions, they al
Do You Like American Candy?
Oct 5, 2008 · 42 min
The ten remaining teams take off from their Pit Stop in a seventh century fortress in Salvador, Brazil and receive a clue instructing them to fly to Fortaleza, Brazil. Tensions eru
Did You Push My Sports Bra Off the Ledge?
Oct 12, 2008 · 42 min
The remaining teams are instructed to fly from Fortaleze, Brazil to La Paz, Bolivia, but not before a rivalry between two teams heats up at the Pit Stop. The teams fly 1,200 miles
I Wonder If They Like Blondes in New Zealand?
Oct 19, 2008 · 42 min
At the Pit Stop in La Paz, Bolivia, frustrations continue to build between two teams. The remaining teams receive a clue instructing them to fly 6,900 miles to Auckland, New Zealan
Do It Like a Madman
Oct 26, 2008 · 42 min
The seven remaining teams take off from their Pit Stop at Summer Hill in New Zealand and receive a clue instructing them to fly over 5,600 miles to Siem Reap, Cambodia. The teams s
Please Hold While I Singe My Skull
Nov 2, 2008 · 42 min
The six remaining teams take off from their Pit Stop at the Bayon Temple in Siem Reap Cambodia and receive a clue instructing them to fly 2,000 miles to Delhi, India and then find
My Nose Is on Fire
Nov 9, 2008 · 42 min
The remaining teams take off from their Pit Stop at the Baha'i House and receive a clue instructing them to travel to Deshbandhu Apartments. Once there, they participate in a Roadb
I’m Like an Angry Cow
Nov 16, 2008 · 42 min
The remaining teams set off from their Pit Stop at Humayun's Tomb in Old Delhi, India and receive a clue instructing them to fly Almaty, Kazakhstan and then find a chicken factory.
That Is Studly
Nov 23, 2008 · 42 min
At the Old Square in Almaty, Kazakhstan, the four teams racing in the ninth leg receive a clue instructing them to fly nearly 2,000 miles to Moscow, Russia. All teams make the same
You're Gonna Get Me Killed
Nov 30, 2008 · 42 min
The remaining teams set off from their Pit Stop in a public park in Moscow, Russia and receive a clue instructing them to travel a retired Russian nuclear submarine and find an act
You Look Like Peter Pan
Dec 7, 2008 · 42 min
The final three teams, Nick & Starr Spangler, Andrew Lappitt & Dan Honig amd Ken & Tina Greene set off from their Pit Stop at VDNKh Park and receive a clue instructing them to fly