Episode 1 | The World Is Waiting: Go!

The eleven teams arrive via helicopter in the desert outside of Las Vegas, Nevada. Their destination is unknown until they rip open the clues waiting on their backpacks. Making their way to the airport in Las Vegas, Nevada, the te...

Episode 2 | Help Me, I'm American

As the race intensifies and elimination looms, many of the teams overcome some bad luck and their fear of heights to get to the breathtaking site of Iguacu Falls.

Episode 3 | My Alarm Clock Didn't Go Off

Teams jet from Brazil to Cape Town, South Africa, where they must overcome cultural challenges and their own deepest fears to avoid elimination, Nine teams make the treacherous journey from the jungles in Brazil to South Africa, w...

Episode 4 | This Game Is About Minutes

Teams brave the deserts of Namibia and must journey more than 500 miles by truck through unmarked roads and the shifting sands to reach a distant pit stop. Meanwhile, conflict arises as one teams accuses another of cheating.

Episode 5 | Welcome to the World of Being Human

Teams fly more than 6,000 miles from the deserts of Namibia to the exotic streets of Bangkok, Thailand, where they encounter a puzzling maze of cultural challenges. En route, tensions between two teams reach a boiling point.

Episode 6 | I'm Gonna Take His Girl

Teams must endure a 15-hour, third class train ride from Bangkok to Northern Thailand then drive into the mountains where they encounter elephants and engage in an intense river-rafting race that causes two teams to come to blows.

Episode 7 | I'm Gonna Throw Up on Phil's Shoes

Seven teams race from the mountains of Northern Thailand to the bustling streets of Hong Kong where they face challenges ranging from controlling a 40-ton crane to consuming a 5,000-year-old Chinese remedy to avoid being eliminated.

Episode 8 | I'm Not a Miner! No, You're an Idiot!

Five teams race from Hong Kong to Sydney and into the Australian Outback in a mad intercontinental dash. Two teams fail to follow instructions at one of the challenges, resulting in a major set back for them. With an elimination l...

Episode 9 | Ready to Lose Our Lives

Four teams race from the Australian Outback to the South Island of New Zealand where they confront a high-speed jet boat river ride, an unruly flock of sheep and a 450-foot bungee jump, one of the largest in the world

Episode 10 | It's Hammer Time

Four teams race from New Zealand's South Island to the capitol city of Auckland, along the way encountering an imposing tribe of Maori warriors, a no-holds-barred All-Terrain Vehicle race and a 350-foot drop into the "Lost World" ...

Episode 11 | Follow That Plane!

As they complete their journey around the world, the final three teams race to reach the finish line first and win the $1 million prize, on the special two-hour season finale.