The family edition of The Amazing Race begins on the streets of New York City as ten families of four set out on the adventure of a lifetime and the chance to win one million dollars.

How Do We Know We Aren't Going to Get Shot?

S8 E2

Oct 04, 2005

The teams travel to the reflecting pool in Washington, DC and retrieve clues from ‘spies’ holding briefcases. The Detour features transporting ‘wounded' soldiers in a Civil War reenactment or rolling barrels of oil and lighting oil lamps.

I Don't Kiss, I Make Out!

S8 E3

Oct 11, 2005

Tensions mount at Dulles airport as the teams fly to Charleston, South Carolina where they work on shrimp and drive a ‘Mud Run.’ The teams then travel to the U.S. Space & Rocket Center in Huntsville, Alabama, and ride a centrifuge.

Think Like an Office Chair

S8 E4

Oct 18, 2005

The race moves on to the Talladega Motor Speedway to complete a lap around the track in a party bike. In Mississippi, their challenges include sawing logs and playing cards in a riverboat before ending up in New Orleans and the French Quarter.

We're Getting Out of the Country, Girls

S8 E5

Oct 25, 2005

The race goes international and the teams cross the Panama Canal to find a scientist for their next clue. The Detour challenges include collecting musical instruments or find replicas of local birds. The last challenge takes place in a baseball stadium where they must get a hit off a Little League pitcher.

I'm Sick of Doing Stuff I Can't Do

S8 E6

Nov 01, 2005

The race moves to a volcano in Costa Rica where their first clue leads them to Doka Estate, a coffee plantation. The Detour is a choice between looking for relics in a rainforest or gathering bushels of bananas.

You Look Ridiculous/I Don't Roll With The Punches....

S8 E7

Nov 07, 2005

The race begins in a beach in Quepos and a church in Grecia. The Detour is a choice between painting cart wheels or loading and transporting sugarcane. In Phoenix, Arizona, the teams must race go karts. The teams have to complete a 360-degree loop in a fighter plane in Mesa, Arizona. A clue in the Grand Canyon leads them to the Horseshoe Bend where the teams collect cards using a compass or bail water from a submerged boat.

How's That Face Feel?

S8 E8

Nov 08, 2005

A clue in Monument Valley, Utah, has the teams taking a helicopter to Elephant Butte. The Detour is a choice between riding bikes down the mountain or rappelling down. Bart, a bear, leads the teams to Olympic Park where teams ski down a training ramp into a pool.

Don't Talk To Me Like I Was An Animal or Something

S8 E9

Nov 22, 2005

The teams inflate and ride hot air balloons for their next clue. In the Heber Valley Railway, the Detour is a choice between completing a section of railroad track or filling a steam locomotive with coal. Lastly, the teams go to Old Faithful in Yellowstone National Park.

The Family Christmas Card

S8 E10

Nov 29, 2005

The Detour is an Old West theme; either attach wheels to a covered wagon or build a traditional teepee. In Cody, Wyoming, the teams are led to the Irma Hotel where teams have to dress in period clothing. The Roadblock involves searching for golf balls in a golf cart.

25 Days, 50 Cities, And More Than 600 Consecutive Hours As A Family

S8 E11

Dec 06, 2005

The last three teams travel to Montreal where the teams search a maze in the Underground City. The Detour is a choice between curling on ice or roll logs along a course. After performing stunts on a trapeze, the teams drive a golf cart into Parc Olympique stadium and search the seats for plane tickets. Then teams travel to Toronto and ascend the CN Tower to find their next clue. The Detour is a choice of climbing a schooner or searching for a woman who can fit in a particular shoe. In the final Roadblock, the teams assemble a giant jigsaw puzzle of Central and North America.