The Amazing Race: Season 16
The Amazing Race 16 is the sixteenth installment of the reality television competition series The Amazing Race. This season features eleven teams of two, where each team possesses a pre-existing relationship, participating in a race around the world. The sixteenth cycle commenced on Sunday, February 14, 2010, and aired on CBS in the United States on Sunday nights at 8:00 p.m. ET/PT. The season concluded with its fina
Season 16 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.
- Teams compete for a grand prize of $1,000,000.
- The show is hosted by Phil Keoghan and was created by Elise Doganieri and Bertram van Munster.
- The competition involves traveling to various amazing destinations to reach the finish line first.
Season overview
The Amazing Race 16 is the sixteenth installment of the reality television competition series The Amazing Race. This season features eleven teams of two, where each team possesses a pre-existing relationship, participating in a race around the world. The sixteenth cycle commenced on Sunday, February 14, 2010, and aired on CBS in the United States on Sunday nights at 8:00 p.m. ET/PT. The season concluded with its finale on May 9, 2010. In Canada, the series premiered on the A-Channel before returning to CTV following the conclusion of the Winter Olympics. Phil Keoghan serves as the host for the season. The series, which was created by Elise Doganieri and Bertram van Munster, involves teams embarking on a trek to amazing destinations. Throughout the competition, teams navigate various environments and compete to reach the finish line first. The overarching prize for teams competing in the series is $1,000,000.
Episode Guide
Season 16 Progress Shield
Nanna is Kickin' Your Butt
Feb 14, 2010 · 42 min
Eleven Teams depart Los Angeles for Chile, where Racers find themselves dangling 120 feet in the air, battling exhaustion and their fear of heights in order to stay alive in the ga
When the Cow Kicked Me in the Head
Feb 21, 2010 · 42 min
A Roadblock turns into a recipe for pain when one Racer encounters a moody cow, and things turn sour when a newly formed alliance rubs teams the wrong way.
Run Like Scalded Dogs!
Feb 28, 2010 · 42 min
One team ends up in the hospital with food poisoning while the other teams struggle through cowboy challenges to make it through this leg of the race.
We Are No Longer in the Bible Belt
Mar 7, 2010 · 42 min
Racers must navigate an unfamiliar and confusing train system without their teammates, take a dive over Hamburg and reunite for a nausea-inducing lesson in German gastronomy.
I Think We're Fighting the Germans, Right?
Mar 14, 2010 · 42 min
A World War I reenactment - complete with air attacks, gunfire and explosions - tests the Racers' nerves, and one Team finds that their cocky attitude may cost them dearly when a B
Cathy Drone?
Mar 21, 2010 · 42 min
Racers are less than bubbly after sprinting to the wrong Detour location, and one Racer tests the power of duct tape after their car becomes a casualty of the Race
Anonymous?
Mar 28, 2010 · 42 min
Teams take a stunning helicopter ride to a remote island paradise where they must race with a giant tortoise and search for a message in a bottle at the bottom of the sea
You're Like Jason Bourne, Right?
Apr 4, 2010 · 42 min
Teams find that luck doesn't pick sides in a sweat-drenched test of endurance where they must choose to face a 153-step climb or take a 35-foot-high lesson in Chingay
Dumb Did Us In
Apr 11, 2010 · 42 min
Tempers and tensions flare when Racers place a target on one Team's back, and feuds come to a head when a U-turn comes into play
I Feel Like I'm in, Like, Sicily
Apr 25, 2010 · 42 min
After noodling their way through their first Roadblock, Teams are forced to complete a second Roadblock, and the fate of two Teams lies in the hands of confused cabbies
They Don't Even Understand Their Own Language
May 2, 2010 · 42 min
The Final 4 teams struggle with the language barrier in Shanghai while sorting through hundreds of golden Buddhas and thousands of Chinese stamps in their pursuit for a spot in the
Huger Than Huge
May 9, 2010 · 42 min
With the million-dollar prize on the line, Racers come face-to-face with Darth Vader, and Teams drop all pretense of friendliness after a cut in line cuts into another Team's time