The Amazing Race 33 – reality blurred

Amazing Race 33's teams and host at the end of the race. (From left) Taylor and Isaiah Green-Jones, Sheri Cook, Moe Badger, Michael Norwood, Akbar Cook, Kim and Penn Holderness, Phil Keoghan, Raquel Moore, Lala Gonzalez, Cayla Platt, Lulu Gonzalez, Dusty Harris, Ryan Ferguson, Arun and Natalia Kumar

Why Amazing Race 33 was such a satisfying season

TAR 33 accidentally became the “back to basics” season that fans of long-running shows (Survivor, cough cough) so desperately want. The changes that were made, small and large, made the season better.

Phil Keoghan at the Natural History Museum in London at the start of TAR 33

Did Amazing Race 33’s winners make history, break a streak, or repeat a pattern?

The Amazing Race 33 concluded with two final legs, one in Portugal and the other back in the United States, both of which were strong legs and produced a very satisfying result.

Phil Keoghan with a tiny clue on The Amazing Race 33 episode 9, the season's penultimate episode

Amazing Race 33 eliminated skill and replaced it with luck

Flipping over rocks in a Greek theatre consumed most of the penultimate Amazing Race 33 episode, but it did have some great moments, like a hilarious nod to the editing.

Kim is happy during The Amazing Race 33's episode 8, probably because she and Penn placed first again, for the third time in a row

Teams go on an ‘Amazing Race roller-coaster’ of spelling and souvlaki in Greece

A recap of The Amazing Race 33 episode 8, in which the teams had to drive, roll, spell, search, and take a quiz. Was there any movement among the teams, or did they place the same yet again?

Kim, Penn, Cayla and (off-camera) Raquel worked together to memorize fake fish on The Amazing Race 33, episode 7

Are Amazing Race 33’s start groups actually a ‘brick wall’?

The Amazing Race 33’s teams stayed in Corsica, where they took boat rides and tied knots—and didn’t shuffle very much at all. Why is that?

Lulu in a waterfall during the canyoning Roadblock task on The Amazing Race 33 episode 6

On The Amazing Race 33, cheese, canyoning, and commendable comebacks in Corsica

There were not one but two impressive comebacks on The Amazing Race 33 episode 6, which took place in Corsica and involved cheese, mules, and natural waterslides.

Cayla Platt bungee jumps off the Verzasca Dam in Switzerland during The Amazing Race 33's fifth episode

Amazing Race 33 changed how teams leave the pit stop, and mislead us

A new method for pit stop departures was revealed on The Amazing Race 33 episode 5, which also featured the return of the Travelocity gnome.