The Amazing Race

- Season 21

(2012)

Eleven new teams of two travel from Pasadena, California to Shanghai, China. Pressure reaches an all-time high when the teams find out that the first team to check in at the first Pit Stop will win US$2 million if they are also the first to reach the finish. One team's act of kindness comes back to haunt them.

The ten remaining teams travel from Shanghai, China to Surabaya, Indonesia. A bold move made by one team could cost them the game. One person breaks down when a Road Block gets too frustrating for them.

The nine remaining teams stay in Indonesia as they travel from Surabaya to Bangil. It's every team for themself when the teams encounter a Double Blind U-Turn. Some teams start to feel the heat of the race when their heads are set ablaze at the Detour.

The eight remaining teams travel from Surabaya, Indonesia to Dhaka, Bangladesh. The game heats up when one person's enthusiasm pushes a competing team to their breaking point at the Road Block. One team performs the unpleasant task of working as "rat collectors" on their way to the Fast Forward.

The seven remaining teams stay in Bangladesh as they travel from Dhaka to Sonargaon. The scorching heat takes its toll when dehydration threatens one team's place in the race. One team receives sad news from home, causing emotions to run high.

The seven teams travel from Sonargaon, Bangladesh to Istanbul, Turkey, where some of them have to face a steamy Detour in order to avoid their race being scrubbed. The last team to check in on the previous leg have to overcome a tasty Speed Bump in order to keep their hopes in the race alive.

The six remaining teams travel from Istanbul, Turkey to Moscow, Russia, where some find themselves in deep water and struggling to stay in sync at the Detour. A costly mistake by one team threatens their place in the race.

The final three teams struggle to complete the previous leg, then all six teams stay in Moscow for the next leg as one team continue their quest to recover a lost passport, and an ankle injury takes its toll on one person, threatening their ability to complete a physical Detour choice.

The five remaining teams travel from Moscow, Russia to Ransdorp, Netherlands, where an alliance make a game-changing decision at a Double U-Turn. The teams encounter one of the show's most infamous Road Blocks at this season's "switchback".

The four remaining teams travel from Ransdorp, Netherlands to Palma de Mallorca, Spain, where on a visit to Rafael Nadal's practice courts in Manacor, one person from each team has to volley balls in bounds at a smashing Road Block.

The four teams travel from Palma de Mallorca, Spain to Chenonceaux, France. In the Loire Valley, one person from each team has to pick three different types of mushrooms in a terrifying Road Block. The final three teams then travel to New York City, New York, where some people have to escape like Houdini before the first team to reach the finish line wins the US$1 million prize.