The Amazing Race

10 Best Episodes of The Amazing Race - Season 16

This reality competition sees teams embark on a trek around the world to amazing destinations where they must compete in a series of challenges, some mental and some physical. Only when the tasks are completed will they learn of their next location. Teams who are the farthest behind will gradually be eliminated as the contest progresses, with the first team to arrive at the final destination winning the race and the $1 million prize.

Written by Sophie and last updated on feb 06, 2023.

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#12 - I Think We're Fighting the Germans, Right? (Season 16 - Episode 5)

A World War I reenactment - complete with air attacks, gunfire and explosions - tests the Racers' nerves, and one Team finds that their cocky attitude may cost them dearly when a Blind U-Turn comes into play

The episode was rated 7.73 from 41 votes.

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#11 - Anonymous? (Season 16 - Episode 7)

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Teams take a stunning helicopter ride to a remote island paradise where they must race with a giant tortoise and search for a message in a bottle at the bottom of the sea

The episode was rated 7.79 from 39 votes.

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#10 - We Are No Longer in the Bible Belt (Season 16 - Episode 4)

Racers must navigate an unfamiliar and confusing train system without their teammates, take a dive over Hamburg and reunite for a nausea-inducing lesson in German gastronomy.

The episode was rated 7.81 from 43 votes.

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#9 - Cathy Drone? (Season 16 - Episode 6)

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Racers are less than bubbly after sprinting to the wrong Detour location, and one Racer tests the power of duct tape after their car becomes a casualty of the Race

The episode was rated 7.82 from 39 votes.

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#8 - Run Like Scalded Dogs! (Season 16 - Episode 3)

One team ends up in the hospital with food poisoning while the other teams struggle through cowboy challenges to make it through this leg of the race.

The episode was rated 7.88 from 33 votes.

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#7 - Nanna is Kickin' Your Butt (Season 16 - Episode 1)

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Eleven Teams depart Los Angeles for Chile, where Racers find themselves dangling 120 feet in the air, battling exhaustion and their fear of heights in order to stay alive in the game, and one Team discovers that Brazilian currency will not get them very far in Chile

The episode was rated 7.89 from 44 votes.

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#6 - When the Cow Kicked Me in the Head (Season 16 - Episode 2)

A Roadblock turns into a recipe for pain when one Racer encounters a moody cow, and things turn sour when a newly formed alliance rubs teams the wrong way.

The episode was rated 7.90 from 39 votes.

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#5 - Dumb Did Us In (Season 16 - Episode 9)

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Tempers and tensions flare when Racers place a target on one Team's back, and feuds come to a head when a U-turn comes into play

The episode was rated 7.92 from 39 votes.

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#4 - Huger Than Huge (Season 16 - Episode 12)

With the million-dollar prize on the line, Racers come face-to-face with Darth Vader, and Teams drop all pretense of friendliness after a cut in line cuts into another Team's time while an angry confrontation awaits another at the finish line, on the 16th season finale of THE AMAZING RACE

The episode was rated 7.94 from 36 votes.

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#3 - You're Like Jason Bourne, Right? (Season 16 - Episode 8)

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Teams find that luck doesn't pick sides in a sweat-drenched test of endurance where they must choose to face a 153-step climb or take a 35-foot-high lesson in Chingay

The episode was rated 7.95 from 40 votes.

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#2 - They Don't Even Understand Their Own Language (Season 16 - Episode 11)

The Final 4 teams struggle with the language barrier in Shanghai while sorting through hundreds of golden Buddhas and thousands of Chinese stamps in their pursuit for a spot in the Final 3.

The episode was rated 8.03 from 32 votes.

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#1 - I Feel Like I'm in, Like, Sicily (Season 16 - Episode 10)

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After noodling their way through their first Roadblock, Teams are forced to complete a second Roadblock, and the fate of two Teams lies in the hands of confused cabbies

The episode was rated 8.05 from 38 votes.

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