The Amazing Race 35

Results

The following teams are listed with their placements in each leg. Placements are listed in finishing order.

• A placement with a dagger () indicates that the team was eliminated.
• A indicates that the team used an Express Pass on that leg to bypass one of their tasks.
• An <u>italicized and underlined</u> placement indicates that the team was the last to arrive at a Pit Stop, but there was no rest period at the Pit Stop and all teams were instructed to continue racing.
• A indicates the team on the receiving end of a U-Turn.

Race summary

Leg 1 (United States → Thailand)

• Episode 1: "The Amazing Race Is Back!" (September 27, 2023)
• Prize: Cashback rewards for a trip for two to Patagonia, Chile (awarded to Jocelyn & Victor)
• Eliminated: Alexandra & Sheridan

• Los Angeles, California (Griffith Park – Hollywood Sign) (Starting Line)
• Los Angeles (Millennium Biltmore Hotel)
• Los Angeles → Bangkok, Thailand
• Bangkok (Wat Paknam)
• Bangkok (Wat Suthat)
• Bangkok (Saranrom Park Putthinan Thai Massage)
• Mueang Nonthaburi (Wat Chaloem Phra Kiat Worawihan)

Leg 2 (Thailand)

• Episode 2: "You Don't See That At Home" (October 4, 2023)
• Prize: US$2,000 each (awarded to Jocelyn & Victor)
• Eliminated: Elizabeth & Iliana

• At the start of this leg, teams were instructed to travel to Wat Suwannaram in Salaya to find their next clue.
• In this leg's Roadblock, one team member had to harvest 20 lotus flower bulbs from a muddy pond. Racers then had to make two bundles arranged in a specific pattern and wrapped with leaves and bamboo ties to receive their next clue.
• After the Roadblock, teams had to travel to Wat Rai Khing, place a coin in a marked elephant, and walk under the elephant three times to receive their next clue.
• This leg's Detour was a choice between <u>Stock Up</u> or <u>Scoop Up</u>. In <u>Stock Up</u>, teams had to purchase eight food items of specified quantities at Don Wai Market using only a phonetically-spelled shopping list to receive their next clue. In <u>Scoop Up</u>, teams had to load a boat with pomelos from canals and then unload them at a dock until they filled five baskets to receive their next clue.
• After the Detour, teams had to check in at the Pit Stop: Suan Sampran.

Leg 3 (Thailand → Vietnam)

• Episode 3: "No Sleep and a Million Dollar Dream" (October 11, 2023)

• Bangkok (Santichaiprakarn Park)
• Bangkok → Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
• Ho Chi Minh City → Cần ThÆ¡ (Ninh Kiều Wharf)
• Cần ThÆ¡ (Cái Răng Floating Market)
• Cần ThÆ¡ (Pier 20)
• Cần ThÆ¡ (Sáu Hoài Thanh Vân)
• Cần ThÆ¡ (Trúc Lâm PhÆ°Æ¡ng Nam Zen Monastery)

• At the start of this leg, teams were instructed to fly to Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. Once there, teams had to travel by bus to Ninh Kiều Wharf in Cần ThÆ¡ and choose one of three departure times for the morning, when they received their next clue. Teams then boarded a sampan and had to deliver baskets of fruit – dragonfruit, tangerines, and golden melons – to three marked boats. With each delivery, teams received a third of a photograph that, when combined, revealed the location of their next clue: Pier 20. Morgan & Lena used their Express Pass to bypass this task.
• This leg's Detour was a choice between <u>Paper</u> or <u>Plastic</u>. In <u>Paper</u>, teams had to make twelve sheets of edible rice paper to receive their next clue. In <u>Plastic</u>, teams had to apply vinyl onto a motorcycle part to receive their next clue.
• After the Detour, teams had to check in at the Pit Stop: Trúc Lâm PhÆ°Æ¡ng Nam Zen Monastery.

• There was no elimination at the end of this leg; all teams were instead instructed to continue racing.

Leg 4 (Vietnam)

• Episode 4: "The Day Keeps Rockin' Here In Vietnam" (October 18, 2023)
• Prize: Cashback rewards for a trip for two to Madrid, Spain (awarded to Robbin & Chelsea)
• Eliminated: Jocelyn & Victor

• Cần ThÆ¡ (Cafe TÆ° Điếc)
• Cần ThÆ¡ (Chợ Tân An Nhà Hàng Riverside & West Hotel)
• Cần ThÆ¡ (Ong Pagoda)
• Cần ThÆ¡ (Hùng King Temple)

• At the start of this leg, teams had to travel by taxi to Cafe TÆ° Điếc and ask a barista for their next clue.
• This leg's Detour was a choice between <u>Stand</u> or <u>Deliver</u>. In <u>Stand</u>, teams had to carry seafood through a market to a stall and set up the stall so that it matched a vendor's to receive their next clue. In <u>Deliver</u>, teams had to carry four mattresses to a hotel to receive their next clue.
• After the Detour, teams had to travel to the Ong Pagoda and write a wish on a card before receiving their next clue, which directed them to travel by taxi to the Hùng King Temple.
• In this leg's Roadblock, one team member had search among thousands of tiles that adorn the temple grounds and find the one tile that matched the photograph in their clue before they could check in at the nearby Pit Stop.

Leg 5 (Vietnam → India)

• Episode 5: "Yessir, the Pink City" (October 25, 2023)
• Prize: US$3,000 each (awarded to Steve & Anna Leigh)
• Eliminated: Joe & Ian

• Cần ThÆ¡ (Sheraton Can Tho)
• Ho Chi Minh City → Jaipur, India
• Amber (Amber Palace)
• Amber (Panna Meena ka Kund)
• Amber (Jaigarh Fort)
• Jaipur (Gatore Ki Chhatriyan)

• At the start of this leg, teams were instructed to fly to Jaipur, India. Once there, teams had to travel by taxi to the Amber Palace in Amber, and carry a bundle of sugarcane up a path to a mahout to receive their next clue.
• In this leg's Roadblock, one team member had to perform a Bhavai dance, which involved balancing a stack of three pots on their head without dropping them, to receive their next clue.
• After the Roadblock, teams had to travel on foot to Panna Meena ka Kund and find their next clue.
• This leg's Detour was a choice between <u>All Dolled Up</u> or <u>The Big Picture</u>. In <u>All Dolled Up</u>, teams had to assemble two Kathputli marionettes to receive their next clue. In <u>The Big Picture</u>, teams had to recreate a Rajput painting by adding themselves in costumes and the correct cutouts to an incomplete mural to receive their next clue.
• After the Detour, teams had to check in at the Pit Stop: Gatore Ki Chhatriyan in Jaipur.

Leg 6 (India)

• Episode 6: "Driving Head on Into Scooters" (November 1, 2023)
• Prize: Cashback rewards for a trip for two to New Zealand (awarded to Greg & John)
• Eliminated: Liam & Yeremi

• Jaipur (Gatore Ki Chhatriyan)
• Jaipur (Famous Nagra Shoe Store №32)
• Jaipur (Hawa Mahal)
• Jaipur (City Palace – Udai Poll №2)
• Jaipur (SD Masala Spice Shop №49)
• Jaipur (Sani Phula Bhandar №79 & Two Temples Vivek Enterprises & 826 Balai Colony)
• Jaipur (Garg Textile Wholesale Fabric Shop)
• Jaipur (Jaipur Mahal)
• Jaipur (Badi Chaupar)

• At the start of this leg, teams had to travel by taxi to Famous Nagra Shoe Store №32 and ask the shop owner for their next clue. Teams then had to use a telescoping monocular to search the 953 windows of Hawa Mahal for the location of their next clue: Udai Poll №2 near Jalebi Chowk. There, teams had to get an electric auto rickshaw out of a lot by pushing surrounding rickshaws out of the way and then travel to SD Masala Spice Shop №49 to find their next clue and learn if they were U-Turned.
• This leg's Detour was a choice between <u>Bundles</u> or <u>Bricks</u>. In <u>Bundles</u>, teams had to bundle four types of Navrang flowers, load an auto rickshaw with the flowers, deliver the flowers to two temples, and return to the flower market to exchange their receipts for their next clue. In <u>Bricks</u>, teams had to load a cycling rickshaw with 50 bricks, one sack of sand, and two sacks of gravel, deliver the supplies to a construction site, and give their receipt to a supplier to receive their next clue.
• After the Detour, teams had to travel by auto rickshaw to Garg Textile Wholesale Fabric Shop to receive a bolt of fabric and their next clue directing them to Jaipur Mahal.
• In this leg's Roadblock, one team member had to use four printing blocks to properly print nine Indian peacocks on their fabric bolt to receive their next clue directing them to the Pit Stop: Badi Chaupar.

• Before teams began this leg, they had to vote in secret for a team to be U-Turned. Steve & Anna Leigh received the most votes. The teams' votes were as follows:

Leg 7 (India → Germany)

• Episode 7: "Like Two Cats Fighting in a Car" (November 8, 2023)
• Prize: US$4,000 each (awarded to Greg & John)
• Eliminated: Andrea & Malaina

• Jaipur (Badi Chaupar)
• Jaipur → Frankfurt, Germany
• Kaub (Fähre-Kaub)
• Trechtingshausen (Burg Rheinstein)
• Cologne (Gürzenich Köln)
• Cologne (Hohenzollernbrücke)
• Cologne (Deutsches Sport & Olympia Museum Hafenterrasse)
• Cologne (Schokoladenmuseum)

• At the start of this leg, teams were instructed to fly to Frankfurt, Germany. Once there, teams had to drive to Fähre-Kaub and exchange five euros for a bag of historical coins. Teams then continued on to Burg Rheinstein, which had their next clue.
• In this leg's first Roadblock, one team member had to use a formula to give the equivalent of five groschen using witten to a robber baron. Once done, racers gained entry to the castle, received their next clue, and rappelled back down to their partner.
• After the first Roadblock, teams had to drive to Cologne and find their next clue at Gürzenich Köln. There, teams had to take part in a Cologne Carnival with one team member pedaling a hussar bicycle and the other throwing roses to the crowd before receiving their next clue. Then, teams had to travel on foot to the Hohenzollernbrücke, which had their next clue.
• In this leg's second Roadblock, the team member who did not perform the previous Roadblock had to find a love lock marked with an Amazing Race flag and unlock the combination lock with the numbers of the oldest cologne produced in Cologne to receive their next clue.
• This leg's Detour was a choice between <u>Just for Kicks</u> or <u>Matter of Taste</u>. In <u>Just for Kicks</u>, teams had to kick four soccer balls onto a large dartboard and score exactly 66 points to receive their next clue. In <u>Matter of Taste</u>, teams had to sample nine mustards, memorize their German names, and then identify nine unmarked samples to receive their next clue.
• After the Detour, teams had to check in at the Pit Stop: the Schokoladenmuseum.

• Andrea & Malaina fell so far behind that Phil met them when they arrived at Gürzenich Köln to inform them of their elimination, as all of the other teams had already checked in at the Pit Stop.

Leg 8 (Germany → Austria → Slovenia)

• Episode 8: "A Planes, Trains and Automobiles Day" (November 15, 2023)
• Prize: Cashback rewards for a trip for two to Namibia (awarded to Greg & John)
• Eliminated: Morgan & Lena

• Cologne (Schokoladenmuseum)
• Frankfurt → Vienna, Austria
• Vienna → Ljubljana, Slovenia (Ljubljana Railway Station)
• Ljubljana (Congress Square)
• Lesce (Lesce-Bled Airport)
• Planica (Planica Nordic Centre)
• Podkoren (Zelenci Nature Reserve) Rateče (Bee-Toni)
• Ljubljana (Nebotičnik)
• Ljubljana (Dragon Bridge)

• At the start of this leg, teams were instructed to fly to Vienna, Austria, and then travel by train to Ljubljana, Slovenia. Once there, teams had to travel on foot to Congress Square, choose a marked car, drive to Lesce-Bled Airport, and find their next clue.
• In this leg's Roadblock, one team member had to fly over Lake Bled in a glider, spot four boats with large numbers, and then arrange the numbers to form the year of Slovenian independence after returning to the airport before they could open up a clipboard with their next clue.
• After the Roadblock, teams had to drive to the Planica Nordic Centre and find their next clue. There, teams had to don cross-country skis, ski to the top of the indoor ski track, and retrieve their next clue.
• One team had the option of winning an Express Pass if they could climb to the top of the Letalnica Bratov GoriÅ¡ek and then ride a zipline back down. Rob & Corey won the Express Pass.
• This leg's Detour was a choice between <u>Field Work</u> or <u>House Work</u>. In <u>Field Work</u>, teams had to place hay onto a hayrack to receive their next clue. In <u>House Work</u>, teams had to assemble an apiary to receive their next clue.
• After the Detour, teams had to drive to Nebotičnik in Ljubljana, climb the staircase to the top of the building, and find their next clue, which directed them to travel on foot to the Pit Stop: the Dragon Bridge.

• Teams were provided with airplane and train tickets to Ljubljana, but were under no obligation to use them.
• Once in Ljubljana, teams had to search outside of the train station for their next clue. This task went unaired in the episode.

Leg 9 (Slovenia)

• Episode 9: "In The Belly of the Earth" (November 22, 2023)
• Prize: US$5,000 each (awarded to Greg & John)
• Eliminated: Robbin & Chelsea

• Ljubljana (Dragon Bridge)
• Ljubljana (Congress Square)
• Ljubljana (Dežnik & Levstikov Trg)
• Postojna (Pivka Jama)
• Lucija (Fonda Fish Farm)
• Socerb (Grad Socerb)

• At the start of this leg, teams were instructed to travel on foot to Congress Square and find their next clue.
• In this leg's Roadblock, one team member had to attach wooden kitchen utensils to a backpack called a krosnja and then deliver them to a judge to receive their next clue.
• After the Roadblock, teams had to drive to Pivka Jama, descend into the cave, and find their next clue. Teams then had to assemble a dragon to receive their next clue, which directed them to the Fonda Fish Farm.
• This leg's Detour was a choice between <u>Scrape Off</u> or <u>Swap Out</u>. In <u>Scrape Off</u>, teams had to use chains to scrape the barnacles from the underside of a floating fish farming container to receive their next clue. In <u>Swap Out</u>, teams had to paddle a kayak to two marked buoys, pull out nets filled with mussels, replace the buoys, and deliver the mussels to shore to receive their next clue.
• After the Detour, teams had to check in at the Pit Stop: Grad Socerb in Socerb.

Leg 10 (Slovenia → Austria → Sweden)

• Episode 10: "Everyone Loves a Comeback Story" (November 29, 2023)
• Prize: Cashback rewards for a trip for two to the Galápagos Islands (awarded to Joel & Garrett)
• Eliminated: Todd & Ashlie

• Ljubljana (Four Points by Sheraton Ljubljana Mons)
• Ljubljana → Vienna, Austria
• Vienna → Stockholm, Sweden
• Gryttjom (Stockholms Fallskärmsklubb)
• Stockholm (DjurgÃ¥rden)
• Vaxholm Municipality (Tynningö)
• Stockholm (Royal Dramatic Theatre)
• Stockholm (Solna Centrum Station)
• Stockholm (Bromma Återvinningscentral Stockholm City Hall – Stadshuskällaren)
• Stockholm (Pampas Marina)
• Stockholm (Strömparterren)

• At the start of this leg, teams were instructed to travel by bus to Vienna, Austria, and then fly to Stockholm, Sweden. Once there, teams were instructed to travel by taxi to Stockholms Fallskärmsklubb and grab a number. The next morning, teams retrieved their next clue and were instructed to skydive over the Baltic Sea. After landing on DjurgÃ¥rden, teams found their next clue. They then had to travel on foot to Villa Källhagen and then by boat to the island of Tynningö to find their next clue.
• In this leg's Roadblock, one team member had to construct a flower ring, attach it to a Midsummer maypole, then raise the maypole and join the circle dance around it to receive their next clue. Rob & Corey used their Express Pass to bypass this Roadblock.
• After the Roadblock, teams had to travel by boat to Nybrokajen and then search the Royal Dramatic Theatre for a violinist with their next clue. They then had to travel by subway to the Solna centrum metro station, which had their next clue.
• This season's final Detour was a choice between <u>Sort</u> or <u>Serve</u>. In <u>Sort</u>, teams had to sort a pile of trash into the correct receptacles to receive their next clue. In <u>Serve</u>, one team member had to memorize four three-course Nobel Banquet dinners and relay them to their partner, who had to find the correct dishes from a vast spread. Once all four Nobel laureates were served, teams received their next clue.
• After the Detour, teams had to travel by taxi to the Pampas Marina and search for their next clue by the M/Y Alba II. Teams then had to travel by subway to the Pit Stop: Strömparterren.

Leg 11 (Sweden → Ireland)

• Episode 11: "We're Finding Our Pot of Gold" (December 6, 2023)
• Prize: Cashback rewards for a trip for two to Fiji (awarded to Rob & Corey)
• Eliminated: Steve & Anna Leigh

• Stockholm (Sheraton Stockholm Hotel)
• Stockholm → Dublin, Ireland
• Dublin (Forty Foot)
• Dublin (Gaiety Theatre)
• Dublin (Croke Park)
• Dublin (Toner's Pub)
• Dublin (St Patrick's Cathedral)

• During the Pit Stop, teams used a mobile app to book a flight to Dublin, Ireland. Once there, teams had to drive to Forty Foot and swim in the Irish Sea to a buoy with their next clue. Teams then had to drive to the Gaiety Theatre and find their next clue.
• In this leg's first Roadblock, one team member had to perform thirty seconds of an Irish stepdance routine from Riverdance to receive their next clue.
• After the first Roadblock, teams had to drive to Croke Park and find their next clue.
• In this season's final Roadblock, one team member, regardless of who performed the first Roadblock, had to perform a hurling drill, which involved completing and catching a pass and then scoring a point to receive their next clue.
• After the second Roadblock, teams had to drive to Toner's Pub. There, both team members had to memorize and recite a passage from James Joyce's Ulysses to receive their next clue, which directed them to travel on foot to the Pit Stop: St Patrick's Cathedral.

• When teams arrived at Croke Park, they had to rappel down from the stadium's jumbotron and onto the field before receiving their second Roadblock clue. This task went unaired in the episode.

Leg 12 (Ireland → United States)

• Episode 12: "A Sunset, Seattle Scramble" (December 13, 2023)
• Prize: US$1,000,000
• Winners: Greg & John
• Runners-up: Joel & Garrett
• Third place: Rob & Corey

• Dublin (St Patrick's Cathedral)
• Dublin → Seattle, Washington (Seattle–Tacoma International Airport)
• Seattle (Space Needle)
• Seattle (Chihuly Garden and Glass)
• Seattle (Seattle Glassblowing Studio)
• Seattle (The Showbox)
• Seattle (Emerald City Trapeze Arts)
• Kenmore (Kenmore Air Harbor)
• Redmond (Clise Mansion)

• At the start of this leg, teams were instructed to fly to Seattle, Washington. Once there, teams had to search the airport's parking garage for a marked car with their next clue: a miniature souvenir Space Needle. Teams had to drive there and find their next clue. Teams then had to climb onto the roof of the Space Needle and retrieve their next clue, which directed them to Chihuly Garden and Glass.
• Teams encountered a Scramble and had to complete each of the following Seattle arts tasks in any order so as to get three pieces of a clue which, when assembled, revealed their next destination.
• For the task at the Seattle Glassblowing Studio entitled <u>Glass</u>, teams had to use glassblowing techniques to turn molten glass into a glass float.
• For the task at The Showbox entitled <u>Grunge</u>, teams had to set up a stage for a grunge band.
• For the task at the Emerald City Trapeze Arts entitled <u>Grab</u>, both teams members had to perform a knee hang catch on a flying trapeze.
• The three clue pieces formed a model seaplane that directed teams to drive to the Kenmore Air Harbor, which had their next clue. There, teams had to arrange kayaks with the Roadblock prompts and Detour choices from the previous eleven legs in chronological order on storage racks and place kayak paddles displaying each country on the associated rack before receiving their final clue, which directed them to the finish line: the Clise Mansion in Redmond, Washington. The correct answers were:

Reception

Critical response

The Amazing Race 35 received mostly positive reviews. Andy Dehnart of reality blurred wrote, "This season of The Amazing Race started slowly for me, with two episodes that couldn't really fill their 90 minutes. Starting with its legs in Vietnam, though, it recovered, finding its way not only into a better use of the 90 minutes, but back to its old self." Meghan Behnke of CinemaBlend was positive with the use of 90-minute episodes for both The Amazing Race 35 and Survivor 45. Amanda Gardner of Screen Rant wrote, "All the teams brought something unique throughout the race, making it an unforgettable season." In 2024, Rhenn Taguiam of Game Rant placed this season within the bottom 13 out of 36.

Ratings

U.S. Nielsen ratings

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