S A ⁘Huge Advantage⁘ The Amazing Race Has Over Other...

The sights change. The challenges change. The mix of contestants changes. While The Amazing Race is known for sometimes repeating successful challenges and often repeating the types of challenges contestants face, Phil Keoghan opened up about the ⁘huge advantage⁘ the longtime CBS series has over other shows in the space, and while I⁘ve never seen it put so succinctly, I agree it⁘s the magic bean that has grown the show⁘s success from the ground up..

The Amazing Race is heading into its 37th season when it returns to the TV schedule in 2025. While the show has gone from two cycles in its peak to one a year in more recent years, it⁘s still immensely popular and a staple for a large swathe of television viewers across platforms. Keoghan recently spoke about the show⁘s longevity, calling it a ⁘testament to consistency⁘ and also explaining to Gold Derby the ⁘huge advantage⁘ the series has over most reality shows.

The closest thing to Amazing Race probably used to be Survivor , but while Survivor has added new ⁘twists⁘ (both good and bad) in recent years, it also has a more homogenous cast (in some ways) than it used to and has stopped switching locations globally for filming, instead typically going to Fij i. Because it is so much less contained, The Amazing Race probably has the most moving parts to pull off of any reality series (that I can think of at least) and that forces constant innovation.

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