The Amazing Race (2011) / Unfinished Business

2011 The Amazing RaceUnfinished BusinessWorldrace Productions

First episode: 2011-02-20Last episode: 2011-05-08

The Amazing Race 18 is the eighteenth installment of the reality television show The Amazing Race. The Amazing Race 18 featured eleven teams of two – each returning from a previous edition for the first time since Season 11 – in a race around the world for a $1 million prize. The eighteenth cycle started on Sunday, February 20, 2011. It aired on CBS in the United States on Sunday nights at 8:00 pm ET/PT with the two-hour season finale on May 8, 2011. The show is hosted by Phil Keoghan.

Episodes

Head Down and Hold On E1S18

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The 18th season begins with 11 former teams who failed to win returning for a chance to claim the $1 million prize. The race starts in Palm Springs, Cal., and continues in Sydney, Australia, where the teams swim with sharks and receive a surprise from Phil at the pit stop

I Never Looked So Foolish In My Whole Entire Life E2S18

0h 42m

The race continues in Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia

We Had a Lot of Evil Spirits Apparently E3S18

0h 42m

The race continues in Tokyo

This Is The Most Stupid Day Ever E4S18

0h 42m

The race continues in Lijiang, located in the Yunnan Province of China

Don't Ruin the Basketball Game E5S18

0h 42m

Continuing with the clue Phil provided at the Eternal Tower in Lijiang, China, the teams head back to Kunming with the knowledge there would be a Double U-Turn ahead. A long wait for a train turned into a friendly basketball game with Flight Time and Big Easy. Pointed from the Dounan Flower Market to the Golden Horse and Jade Cock arches, the Detour awaited: teams could "Honor the Past" by arranging dolls by memory only to match a traditional Tibetan dance troupe, or "Embrace the Future" by assembling a solar water heater

I Feel Like a Monkey In a Circus Parade E6S18

0h 42m

Overwhelmed by a swarming sea of people on the congested streets of India, one team narrowly dodges a traffic collision while another's clumsiness threatens to spoil their chances of acing the Detour

You Don't Get Paid Unless You Win E7S18

0h 42m

The seven remaining teams depart from the Fountain of Joy in Kolkata, India for the seventh leg of the race

I Cannot Deal With Your Psycho Behavior E8S18

0h 42m

Confronted by a psychological Detour, teams try to avoid making a Freudian slip in the slick streets of Austria, and a hefty meal proves to be too big for some teams' stomachs

We're Good American People E9S18

0h 42m

The Amazing Race

Too Many Cooks In the Kitchen E10S18

0h 42m

The race continues in Zermatt, Switzerland

This Is Where It Ends (1) E11S18

0h 42m

The final four teams race through Rio de Janeiro before heading to the finish line in Miami as the season concludes

This is Where It Ends (2) E12S18

0h 42m

The final four teams race through Rio de Janeiro before heading to the finish line in Miami as the season concludes