The teams take off from the starting line at the Playboy Mansion in Beverly Hills, California and are instructed to fly to Shannon, Ireland. A flight delay leaves teams that thought they were ahead scrambling to catch up. The teams travel to the world's smallest church and then sign up for one of the three ferries departing the next morning. They're then directed to drive 42 miles to Cleggan farm where they must ride a tandem bike to a clue. One member of each team then completes a task that involves more biking -- highwire bicycling while their teammate rides below. Many teams are then frustrated by a task that requires them to fill a basket with fifteen pieces of peat and then transport it using a donkey. Controlling the donkeys proves more difficult for some teams than others and once again some leading teams take a plunge. Ultimately, one team is unable to recover from poor performance on this task and is eliminated from the race.

Episode Viewers and Ratings

Season 12 Episode 1 of The Amazing Race resulted in a 0.00 rating in the 18-49 demographic.

The Amazing Race Season 12 Episodes...

• s12e01 - Donkeys Have Souls, Too
• s12e02 - I've Become the Archie Bunker of the Home
• s12e03 - Please, Lord, Give Me Milk
• s12e04 - Let's Name Our Chicken Phil
• s12e05 - We've Really Burned Bridges, For Sure
• s12e06 - Cherry on Top of the Sundae That's Already Melted
• s12e07 - This Is Forever, Now
• s12e08 - Honestly, They Have Witch Powers or Something!
• s12e09 - I Just Hope He Doesn't Croak on Us
• s12e10 - Sorry, Guys, I'm Not Happy to See You
• s12e11 - The Final Push

The Amazing Race Show Summary

The Amazing Race is an adventure reality show hosted by Phil Keoghan that pits 10, 11, or 12 teams of 2 or 4 people against each other in a race around the world for approximately 40 days. In a leg, they go to destinations where they will complete a roadblock, a task where 1 person completes (Season 1-7) or 2 people (Season 8), a detour, where you have to decide between two tasks that are usually opposite of each other, and a miscellaneous task.

After they complete all these tasks, they will be directed to go to a Pit stop where they will have a 24 hour rest period where they will be able to eat, drink, sleep, and mingle with other teams. The last team to check into the Pit Stop usually is eliminated, but sometimes there is a non-elimination leg in which no one is eliminated. After all teams are eliminated except for 3, these three race to the finish line where the winning team wins 1 million dollars.