The Amazing Race 32 – reality blurred

Amazing Race 32's final three teams, minus one of the beards, talk to Phil Keoghan. From left to right: Riley McKibbin, Will Jardell, James Wallington, Hung Nguyen, and Chee Lee

Amazing Race producers on alliances, future rules, TAR 33’s status, and much more

I interviewed The Amazing Race executive producer and creator Elise Doganieri, and director and executive producer Bertram Van Munster, and we talked everything from season 32’s alliance and future rule changes to the status of The Amazing Race 33.

Phil Keoghan on Bourbon Street in New Orleans during the Amazing Race 32 finale

Amazing Race 32 ends with a joyful but surprise-free finale

What the The Amazing Race 32’s finale lacked in intrigue or actual racing, it made up for by just being an overall joyful delight. That was true of this entire season, too: imperfect but enjoyable.

Phil Keoghan fires a starter pistol to start The Amazing Race 32's final four teams—hil Keoghan, Will Jardell, James Wallington, Hung Nguyen, Chee Lee, DeAngelo Williams, Gary Barnidge, Riley McKibbin, and Maddison McKibbin—on the city spring in Manila

Amazing Race 32’s final four teams sprint to a bitter end

During Amazing Race’s first city sprint—which involved racing around Manila and completing tasks, kind of like every other leg of The Amazing Race, just without those tasks being labeled as Detours or Roadblocks—the alliance struck again.

Phil Keoghan and the Travelocity Roaming Gnome on The Amazing Race 32 episode 10.

Amazing Race 32: Travelocity’s gnome got more attention than the eliminated team

When a company’s inanimate mascot gets more screen time and character development than the eliminated team on The Amazing Race, something may be broken. A recap and analysis of Amazing Race 32, episode 10, “Getting Down to the Nitty Gritty.”

Phil Keoghan asks Riley and Maddison about the alliance at the end of The Amazing Race 32's mega leg

On Amazing Race’s first mega leg, the alliance kneecaps one of its own

The alliance started to crumble internally during The Amazing Race’s mega leg in India, which offered twice the challenges, twice the Yields, and even the return of Phil Keoghan introducing a Detour with “This” or “That.”

Gary Barnidge and DeAngelo Williams in chair pose at Berlin's Beer Yoga during The Amazing Race 32

Amazing Race’s alliance is throwing the race off-balance

Amazing Race 32’s five-team alliance was back in full force this week, basically neutralizing an entire challenge. It may not be affecting the outcome, but it is affecting the show.

Michelle Newland and Victoria Newland ask for directions in Paris, France

Amazing Race teams self-drive themselves crazy—and closer together

The second half of last week’s episode worked very well as an episode on its own, and had strong challenges, from whisking to identifying. But it was self-driving that led to the biggest surprises. A recap of Amazing Race season 32 episode 5, “You Don’t Strike Me as a Renaissance Man.”