Later that day, Andy Dehnart posted that former Amazing Race contestants had also been contacted for the same season. On May 4, 2018, a TMZ article reported that former Big Brother HouseGuests had been asked to compete on the upcoming season of The Amazing Race. This season is also the first to utilize the U-Turn Vote, which has been previously utilized by the Israeli, Chinese, Australian, and Filipino versions of The Amazing Race.

The Head-to-Head returned this season after it was introduced in the previous season. Laos was previously visited on the fourth season of the The Amazing Race Vietnam.

The Amazing Race 31 traveled over 25,000 miles across four continents and ten countries, including first-time visits for the American edition to Uganda and Laos. However, the permit was denied as the Michigan Department of Natural Resources had not been informed about the large gathering of musicians needed for filming. On July 3, filming concluded in Detroit, which featured a performance of The White Stripes' single ' Seven Nation Army' that was originally planned to be set in Belle Isle Park. On June 30, teams were spotted at the Nieuwe Toren in Kampen, Netherlands. On June 10, 2018, Phil Keoghan announced on the show's social media accounts that the season had begun filming and that the teams would be composed of contestants from CBS's reality competition programs. Production Development and filming The 31st season of The Amazing Race began on Jat the Hermosa Beach Pier and nearby beach in Hermosa Beach, California. Best friends Tyler Oakley and Korey Kuhl, who had competed on The Amazing Race 28, finished in second place and cousins Leo Temory and Jamal Zadran, who had competed on The Amazing Race 23 and The Amazing Race 24, finished in third place. Life partners Colin Guinn and Christie Woods, who had competed on The Amazing Race 5, were the winners of this season. The season premiered on CBS on April 17, 2019, and the season finale aired on June 26, 2019.Īll three of the final teams consisted of returning players from previous seasons of The Amazing Race. A new twist introduced in this season was the U-Turn Vote. Starting in Hermosa Beach, California, racers traveled through Japan, Laos, Vietnam, the United Arab Emirates, Uganda, Switzerland, Croatia, the Netherlands, and England before finishing in Detroit. This season visited four continents and ten countries and traveled over 25,000 miles (40,000 km). Hosted by Phil Keoghan, it featured eleven teams of two, each consisting of former contestants from CBS's flagship reality shows, Big Brother, Survivor, and The Amazing Race, competing in a race around the world in order to win US$1,000,000. The Amazing Race 31 (also promoted as The Amazing Race: Reality Showdown ) is the thirty-first season of the American reality competition show The Amazing Race.

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