The Amazing Race

The teams begin their worldwide journey at the Playboy Mansion in Beverly Hills, Calif.

Teams must pole-vault over a stream to get their next clue.

Teams must milk several stubborn camels at a roadblock to receive their next clue.

To avoid a penalty and get the next clue, the teams must impress judges in Burkina Faso with their dancing.

The intensity of the race causes one team to lose their focus and places them on a collision course with a speeding bus.

One team falls apart during a detour in Croatia; one of the strongest teams makes a costly mistake.

One of the strongest teams suffers a breakdown in Italy; another team considers permanent changes to their bodies to further their position in the race.

One team is eliminated.

One racer is too tired to perform at a roadblock; another racer is livid when the taxi driver lets the team out in the wrong spot; one team is eliminated.

One racer marks her birthday on the road, and the only gift she wants is a spot in the final three.

The final three teams set off; a team experiences its first conflict; one team misreads a vital clue.