The Amazing Race: Family Edition
The Amazing Race 8 is the eighth installment of the reality television series The Amazing Race. This specific season represents a departure from the standard format used in other installments. While previous seasons typically featured pairs of adults who shared a pre-existing relationship, this season featured ten families of four. This change in format allowed for the participation of minors as young as eight years
Season 8 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 embark on a trek around the world to amazing destinations.
- Standard competition format typically involves teams of two people racing around the globe.
- Teams compete in the race for a prize of $1,000,000.
- The show was created by Elise Doganieri and Bertram van Munster and is hosted by Phil Keoghan.
Season overview
The Amazing Race 8 is the eighth installment of the reality television series The Amazing Race. This specific season represents a departure from the standard format used in other installments. While previous seasons typically featured pairs of adults who shared a pre-existing relationship, this season featured ten families of four. This change in format allowed for the participation of minors as young as eight years old. The production and filming for this season took place between July 7, 2005, and July 31, 2005. Following the conclusion of the filming period, the season premiered on Tuesday, September 27, 2005, and ran until its conclusion on December 13, 2005. This family-based structure was a temporary variation, as the series returned to its original format of teams consisting of two adults for The Amazing Race 9. Throughout the competition, teams travel to various amazing locations around the globe in a race to reach the finish line.
Episode Guide
Season 8 Progress Shield
Go Mommy, Go! We Can Beat Them
Sep 27, 2005 · 87 min
The new season of The Amazing Race is a Family Edition featuring ten families of four. The teams are varied --- including a team composed entirely of sisters, a familiy with eleven
How Do We Know We Aren't Going to Get Shot?
Oct 4, 2005 · 42 min
The nine remaining families set out from the Rohrer Family Farm in Lancaster, PA and receive a clue instructing them to get to York, PA's Shoe House Road and find the Giant Shoe. A
I Don't Kiss, I Make Out!
Oct 11, 2005 · 43 min
The families travel from their Pit Stop at the Welbourne Manor, once owned by a general in the Confederate Army, to Charleston, South Carolina, flying more than 500 miles. Once the
Think Like an Office Chair
Oct 18, 2005 · 42 min
The teams set off from their Pit Stop in Huntsville and receive a clue telling them to drive one hundred miles to Anniston, Alabama and locate the world's largest office chair. The
We're Getting Out of the Country, Girls
Oct 25, 2005 · 43 min
The teams set off from their Pit Stop in the French Quarter of New Orleans, Louisiana and receive a clue telling them to fly more than 2,000 miles to Panama City, Panama in Central
I'm Sick of Doing Stuff I Can't Do
Nov 1, 2005 · 42 min
The teams travel 600 miles from their Pit Stop at the Miraflores Locks in Panama to San Jose, Costa Rica on three charter buses leaving in half-hour increments. Once in San Jose, t
I Don't Roll with the Punches, I Punch / You Look Ridiculous
Nov 8, 2005 · 86 min
In the first leg of the episode, the teams make their way from Capos, Costa Rica to Arizona. A Detour requires them to choose between Brush or Barrel, in which they must either pai
How's That Face Feel?
Nov 22, 2005 · 42 min
The teams take off from their Pit Stop in the Salt Lake City Library and receive a clue telling them to drive to Park City High School where they will find another clue. This clue
Don't Talk To Me Like I Was An Animal Or Something
Nov 29, 2005 · 43 min
The teams continue from the last episode after being told they have not reached a Pit Stop and travel 49 miles to Dubois, Wyoming's Turtle Ranch. There, they face a Detour involvin
The Family Christmas Card
Dec 6, 2005 · 42 min
The teams set off from their Pit Stop in eastern Montana and receive a clue telling them to fly to Montreal, Canada and then find the basement of the C.D.P. Capital Building in Mon
25 Days, 50 Cities and More than 600 Consecutive Hours as a Family
Dec 13, 2005 · 86 min
The teams set off from their Pit Stop in eastern Montana and receive a clue telling them to fly to Montreal, Canada and then find the basement of the C.D.P. Capital Building in Mon