The Amazing Race 39, Episode 3 Recap

Episode Description: A new advantage is up for grabs in the Moroccan desert; a fruit-stacking challenge has teams falling apart.

Episode Airdate: Wednesday, October 7th, 2026 on CBS

To start this leg of the Amazing Race, teams flew from Madrid, SPAIN south over the Strait of Gibraltar to nearby MOROCCO. At the episode’s Roadblock, one person on each team smashed clay pottery of assorted shapes and sizes to find a classic Amazing Race clue card. They can also find a Roadside Assistance triangle — this can be used in the competition to allow a teammate to assist his or her partner who may be struggling to complete the task. Dafina and Saran discretely found the gamepiece! Later in the episode, they were especially elated when talking to Phil at the Pit Stop because no other team noticed them finding the Roadside Assistance.

After destroying a huge amount of pottery to smithereens, teams encountered the “Walk” or “Talk” Detour in the Agafay Desert in west-central Morocco. Ann-Marie and Riley, Daisha and Dalton, Conner and Garrett, Doug and Dylan, Anuar and Andrea, Matt and Michelle, and Ali and Joanna chose the “Walk” detour. They rolled a big tire for a long distance and arrived at an area with several camels. Teams then filled the tire with alfalfa to feed the desert-hardy animals. Daisha/Dalton and Matt/Michelle switched to the “Talk” detour, while Andrea/Anuar used their Express Pass to skip the task. In the “Talk” detour initially chosen by Dafina/Saran, Erin/Javi, Cody/Jaime, and Jenn/Jody, teams had fun driving and riding in a dune buggy. They looked for three signposts listing the names of three Berberine (Amazigh) teas in the pictograph-like Berber language. The signs also had English letters spelled phonetically. Teams therefore remembered and recited the tea names to receive the next clue — and enjoyed tea given by a local Berber.

After successfully completing one of the two Detour challenges, teams raced to the Jemaa el-Fnaa Square in Marrakesh. At a fruit market stall, teams carefully stacked fruit in several triangular shapes. Once they properly arranged the many pieces of fruit, teams sprinted nearby to the Pit Stop at Koutoubia Gardens. This amazing place includes a relaxing circular fountain and a pristine 12th century mosque — the largest in Marrakesh — providing a picturesque backdrop to the Pit Stop mat.

  Season 39, Episode 3 Results

  1st — Anne-Marie and Riley
       1st place prize — vacation to SINGAPORE

• culinary experiences including a cooking class and a trip to a local market
• Garden Rhapsody light show at Gardens by the Bay
• snorkeling

  2nd — Andrea and Anuar

  3rd — Ali and Joanna

  4th — Conner and Garrett

  5th — Cody and Jaime

  6th — Matt and Michelle

  7th — Dafina and Saran

  8th — Erin and Javi

  9th — Daisha and Dalton

  10th — Doug and Dylan [same as the previous episode]

  11th — Jenn and Jody
       Eliminated from the competition; revealed in the next episode due to the “To Be Continued” moment at the end of Episode 3

The Amazing Race 39, Episode 2 Recap

Episode 2 Description: Racers travel to Madrid, Spain where a new alliance emerges, and one team’s Express Pass strategy comes with instant regret.

Episode Airdate: Thursday, October 1st, 2026 on CBS

The twelve teams flew from Vancouver, CANADA for a stopover in Paris, FRANCE before arriving in Madrid, SPAIN. In the “Who’s Feeling Saucy?” Roadblock, one member on each team participated in a throwback challenge that was previously encountered in season 10. Teams visited the Plaza de Toros El Batán bullfighting ring — in the community of Batán west of Madrid — and encountered a large pile of tomatoes in the center. Locals greeted the Amazing Race teams by pelting them with many tomatoes! Just like in season 10, some competitors were pelted so hard that they felt the ouchy impact. This task pays homage to the very popular, annual La Tomatina spectacle in the eastern Spanish town of Buñol in VALENCIA where over 40,000 people throw hundreds of thousands of tomatoes! Teams searched the pile for a small capsule clue containing an image of Madrid’s Puerta del Sol (Gate of the Sun) public square, their next destination. Daisha and Dalton used their Express Pass since they (and other teams) struggled with finding a clue among the thousands of tomatoes.

To access the Puerta del Sol in Madrid, teams rode the Metro train. Sisters Charlotte and Katie were the last team to arrive and boarded the wrong train; they made a spelling mishap when they went to the Puerta del Sur (not Sol) train stop! Erin and Javi also made this mistake initially but Erin noticed the discrepancy; the team therefore boarded the correct train in first place. Teams arrived in the beautiful and vibrant public square and chose between the “Slice of Ham” or “Slice of History” Detour.

In the “Slice of Ham” detour option, teams carried a giant pork leg known as a jamón ibérico (Iberian ham) and had it sliced by a chef at a restaurant. Teams arranged this ham along with grapes, kiwi, peapods, a dipping sauce, several cheeses, and more on a charcuterie board to the chef’s liking. This task definitely included attention to detail; for example, they had to slice a cheese in thin triangle shapes and arrange it in a radial circle. Cody and Jaime used their Express Pass.

Teams choosing “Slice of History” detour option met twelve local Spaniards dressed as famous people in Spain’s history and modern times. Each Spaniard mentioned a fact about the famous person he or she is representing, and teams matched the impersonator’s portraits with the famous people’s names based on the facts. The famous Spaniards are authors/writers (Rosalía de Castro and Don Quixote author Miguel de Cervantes), artists (Salvador Dali, Pablo Picasso, and Diego Velázquez), a teacher (María Elena Maseras Ribera), explorers (Hernán Cortés and Juan Ponce de León), queens (Queen Isabel I of Castile and Queen Letizia), and politicians (Clara Campoamor and Dolores Ibárruri). Jenn and Jody used their Express Pass even though Jody is actually a history teacher!

After completing the detour task of their choice, teams travelled nearby to the Plaza de España Pit Stop in Madrid. Ali and Joanna worked their way up from their 10th place finish in the previous episode and arrived first at the mat, where Phil and a Spanish matador greeted them. Phil asked Ali and Joanna if they know where Tasmania is continentally located. They enthusiastically exclaimed “AFRICA!!!” but Phil replied that the island belongs to the continent (and country) of AUSTRALIA.

  Season 39, Episode 2 Results

  1st — Ali and Joanna
       1st place prize — vacation to Tasmania, AUSTRALIA

  2nd — Matt and Michelle

  3rd — Cody and Jaime

  4th — Ann-Marie and Riley

  5th — Jenn and Jody

  6th — Daisha and Dalton

  7th — Erin and Javi

  8th — Andrea and Anuar

  9th — Conner and Garrett

  10th — Doug and Dylan

  11th — Dafina and Saran

  12th — Charlotte and Katie
       Eliminated from the competition

The Amazing Race 39, Episode 1 Recap

Episode 1 Description: In Vancouver, host Phil Keoghan surprises racers with the first twist of the season — for the first time in the show’s history there are 13 Express Passes in play.

Episode Airdate: Wednesday, September 30th, 2026 on CBS

The Amazing Race is back, and team will visit nine countries around the world throughout Season 39! Teams arrived in Vancouver, British Columbia, CANADA to picturesque views in the sky and on the water thanks to Harbour Air Seaplanes. The thirteen teams were welcomed to Canada by Squamish Nation people singing and playing drums. For the first time in Amazing Race history, each team was treated to an Express Pass that they can use within one of six legs (episodes). With an Express Pass, they can skip a challenge if they are spending too much time on a task or want to move on and save time before starting a task. We were introduced to this season’s teams:
  ● Ali and Joanna, pro soccer teammate moms (both formerly on the U.S. women's national soccer team)
  ● Andrea (daughter) and Anuar (dad)
  ● Ann-Marie (mom) and Riley (daughter)
  ● Charlotte and Katie, sisters
  ● Cody and Jaime, siblings
  ● Conner and Garrett, childhood friends
  ● Dafina and Saran, sisters
  ● Daisha and Dalton, dating
  ● Doug (grandpa) and Dylan (grandson)
  ● Erin and Javi, couple
  ● Jenn and Jody, moms
  ● Matt and Michelle, parents
  ● Nate and Zach, brothers

Teams were instructed to go to BC Place, a stadium where one member of each team bungee jumped 300 feet from a top balcony while wearing big bear claws to catch a big polyester salmon. Erin and Javi chose to use their Express Pass before beginning this challenge. Erin mentioned how it took some time for teams to get geared up, while Javi added that teams had to wait since the challenge could only be completed one team at a time. This wasn't the first time Ali visited BC Place. She and her teammates on the UNITED STATES national soccer team won the 2015 Women's World Cup on July 5th in which they defeated JAPAN 5 to 2. Joanna was on the soccer team in earlier years and not in 2015.

Next up on the itinerary was a visit to the Plaza of Nations; teams then hopped on an aquabus travelling to the Vancouver Maritime Museum. Here they encountered the “Run It Up” or “Paddle It Out” Detour. In “Run It Up,” teams memorized various maritime flags and their meanings. They then listened to a captain who called out some of these flags in a particular order, so teams hoisted the flags accordingly and were handed the Pit Stop clue if correct. Dafin and Saran used their Express Pass at the “Run It Up” detour. In “Paddle It Out,” teams arrived at Teetotaler Beach and paddled in an outrigger canoe to reach a yellow tetrahedron-shaped buoy for the Pit Stop clue. Doug and Dylan used their Express Pass at the “Paddle It Out” detour.

Teams finalized their first episode Amazing Race journey with a Pit Stop at the beautiful VanDusen Botanical Garden which features a serene waterfall as depicted in this wonderful photo by Richard Wong (↗). Erin and Javi using their Express Pass in the beginning worked out well for them — they stepped on the Pit Stop mat in first place!

  Season 39, Episode 1 Results

  1st — Erin and Javi
       1st place prize — vacation to TÜRKIYE

• Istanbul
• cave and underground cities of Cappadocia exploration
• hot air balloon rides over the mesmerizing Fairy Chimneys

  2nd — Conner and Garrett

  3rd — Matt and Michelle

  4th — Doug and Dylan

  5th — Charlotte and Katie

  6th — Anuar and Andrea

  7th — Ann-Marie and Riley

  8th — Jenn and Jody

  9th — Dafina and Saran

  10th — Ali and Joanna

  11th — Cody and Jaime

  12th — Daisha and Dalton

  13th — Nate and Zach
       Eliminated from the competition

August 2026 Geography Bee Quiz

Learn more about the Earth with the help of a GeoFact of the Day Geography Bee Quiz (↗) like this one! Think of this resource as free food for your mind. Whether you are preparing for a geography bee, wanting to impress folks at a trivia contest, or just yearning to learn, I hope you enjoy these morsels about the world. The answers to this quiz are listed below — enjoy and good luck!

1)      Which country's economy is more dependent on fisheries than the other two options?
A — BURKINA FASO
B — NORWAY
C — BOLIVIA

2)      What Central American country was formerly known as British Honduras?
A — BELIZE
B — COSTA RICA
C — PANAMA

3)      When Prophet Muhammad left Mecca, he traveled north to which now-sacred city in SAUDI ARABIA?
A — Tabuk
B — Riyadh
C — Medina

4)      Central Bengal, Eastern Bengal, Northern Bengal, and Southern Bengal are regions in which country?
A — PAKISTAN
B — THAILAND
C — BANGLADESH


























ANSWERS

Question 1:
B . . . . . Norway

Question 2:
A . . . . . Belize

Question 3:
C . . . . . Medina

Question 4:
C . . . . . Bangladesh

Czech Republic Castles

Like multiple countries throughout Europe, the CZECH REPUBLIC is home to many stoically spectacular castles! Over twenty notable examples include Bezděz, Bouzov, Český Krumlov, Český Šternberk, Děčín, Hluboká nad Vltavou, Jindřichův Hradec, Karlštejn, Kokořín, Konopiště, Kost, Křivoklát, Kunětická Hora (Kunetice Mountain), Ledeč nad Sázavou, Lednice, Loket, Orlík, Pernštejn, Rabí, Raduň, Sovinec, and Trosky. Lovely pictures, an interactive Google map showing castle locations sprinkled throughout the Czech Republic, and many details about twenty of these castles are found in this Road Affair post (↗). There is a particularly picturesque photo of a castle at sunset with over a dozen hot air balloons floating in the sky! The Czech words that translate from castle include hrad and zámek. At least three UNESCO World Heritage Sites feature majestic Czech castles. Including the Lednice and Valtice castles, the Lednice-Valtice Cultural Landscape (↗) was inscribed to the Heritage List in 1996 and underwent a recent boundary update in 2025. The Kroměříž Gardens and Castle (↗) site was inscribed in 1998 and Litomyšl Castle (↗) was inscribed in 1999.

June 2026 Geography Bee Quiz

Learn more about the Earth with the help of a GeoFact of the Day Geography Bee Quiz (↗) like this one! Think of this resource as free food for your mind. Whether you are preparing for a geography bee, wanting to impress folks at a trivia contest, or just yearning to learn, I hope you enjoy these morsels about the world. The answers to this quiz are listed below — enjoy and good luck!

1)      MONACO had an adult literacy rate of 99% in the year 2023. The relatively tiny but wealthy principality is east of Nice — a city in which country?
A — GERMANY
B — FRANCE
C — SPAIN

2)      Lake Mattamuskeet is only five miles away from the Atlantic Ocean. It is completely contained within Hyde County in which state in the UNITED STATES?
A — North Carolina
B — Pennsylvania
C — Vermont
D — Arkansas

3)      Jaco is a tiny, circular island east of Timor Island and Cape Cutcha. It is the easternmost point of TIMOR-LESTE (East Timor) and is about 4 kilometers (2.5 miles) in length. Overnight stays are not allowed on the uninhabited island. What is the official reason why visitors are banned from staying overnight on Jaco?
A — vicious nocturnal crocodiles
B — the island is sacred
C — to let birds sleep peacefully
D — sneaky leopards like to prowl at night and scare visitors

4)      True or false: there are no time zones in the Arctic Circle.





















ANSWERS

Question 1:
B . . . . . France

Question 2:
A . . . . . North Carolina

Question 3:
B . . . . . the island is sacred

Question 4:
True

April 2026 Geography Bee Quiz

Learn more about the Earth with the help of a GeoFact of the Day Geography Bee Quiz (↗) like this one! Whether you are preparing for a geography bee, wanting to impress folks at a trivia contest, or just want to learn, I hope you enjoy these morsels about the world. The answers to this quiz are listed below — enjoy and good luck!

1)      True or false: according to 2018 data from UNESCO's Institute for Statistics, LESOTHO's youth literacy rate is 95.2%.

There is a town named Bratsberg near the center of ____________________.
A — NORWAY
B — GERMANY
C — LATVIA

3)      Which of the following is not a city in Lebanon?
A — Beirut
B — Tyre
C — Riyadh
D — Tripoli

4)      Being home to an interesting red-and-white 1800s lighthouse (↗) and having a namesake current, Cape Agulhas is located southeast of Cape Town, SOUTH AFRICA. The southernmost point of Africa, this cape is known as a separation point between the Atlantic Ocean and __________ Ocean.























ANSWERS

Question 1:
True

Question 2:
A . . . . . Norway

Question 3:
C . . . . . Riyadh which is in Saudi Arabia (↗); Tripoli (D) is a city in Lebanon and also in Libya (↗)

Question 4:
Indian

March 2026 Geography Bee Quiz

Learn more about the Earth with the help of a GeoFact of the Day Geography Bee Quiz (↗) like this one! Whether you are preparing for a geography bee, wanting to impress folks at a trivia contest, or just want to learn, I hope you enjoy these morsels about the world. The answers to this quiz are listed below — enjoy and good luck!

1)      The Principality of MONACO borders which sea?
A — Caspian Sea
B — Mediterranean Sea
C — Sulu Sea

2)      According to data in the year 2022, IRAN has an overall adult literacy rate of _________.
A — 23%
B — 61%
C — 89%

3)      True or false: rainbows are very common in Antarctica.

4)      While there are several San Juan counties in the Western UNITED STATES, one of these has the highest number of neighboring counties (14) in the U.S. It is also one of the largest counties with a 7,933 square-mile area. Which state is this county located in?
A — Washington
B — Colorado
C — New Mexico
D — Utah






















ANSWERS

Question 1:
B . . . . . Mediterranean Sea

Question 2:
C . . . . . 89%

Question 3:
False: they are quite rare in Antarctica; colorless icy haloes are more frequent.

Question 4:
D . . . . . Utah (↗)

Have a Happy Saint Patrick's Day on March 17th!

TV Censorship in the USA

Can you believe the interview below was BANNED from being shown on CBS? The FCC used the equal time rule as an excuse, but most Americans likely haven't heard of his candidacy and he has not received much coverage overall... so why is this interview banned from television? I am fuming at all the censorship going on right here in a country that purports to love freedom, rights, and religion. Here is a kind-hearted priest running for Senate whose interview was banned from being shown by the corporate bigwigs (or should I say goons as David Letterman called them) at CBS — a broadcasting giant who is complicit in the corrupt and devilish Trump Administration's trampling of the Constitution.

As mentioned in this YouTube video (↗), CBS didn't even want Stephen to mention that he was not allowed to interview Talarico on CBS! Don't get me wrong, I am okay with Jasmine Crockett as a candidate as well, so I am hoping that Texans make a well-informed decision to choose who they believe can turnout the vote among Democrats, Independents, and reasonable Republicans to win against the Republican candidate for the now-more-important-than-ever Senate seat. I appreciate she spoke up against FCC censorship (↗) (especially the 5 minute mark in this linked video) even as it relates to CBS/FCC preventing her opponent's interview from airing. It is worth noting that Jasmine was on the Colbert show multiple times in the past, so having this first interview for James should not have been an issue. Whoever you vote for, this is blatantly clear: vote Democrat to vote for freedom. Thank you YouTube, James Talarico, Jasmine Crockett, and Stephen Colbert for standing up for freedom of speech rights, which I will always be a supporter of! It would be nice if I can focus on geography, but there is so much nonsense going on in this country that I feel compelled to speak up.

Interactive Website for Island Finding

Have you ever wondered about the name of a particular island on a map but there isn't a label? As an avid map peruser, I dealt with this problem countless times. There were a couple of islands off the coast of mainland GUINEA-BISSAU that did not a label on multiple interactive maps. However, I turned to a trusty website that is typically useful for planning travel itineraries but also provides a meticulous level of detail. This post is not sponsored or an advertisement, but ViaMichelin (viamichelin.com) provided me the answers I was looking for! Etuntute and Mochkutuch are the islands not typically labeled. ViaMichelin comes from the same company as that big, poofy mascot known as the Michelin Man (or Bibendum, or Bib for short). If you ever looked at a map and wondered the name of an unlabeled island, give ViaMichelin a try and see if they have the island labeled.

The Amazing Race Season 38 Finale

Season 38 Episode 12 (Wednesday, December 10th, 2025) “One Million Cookies” Finale Info: “The final three teams race through New York City where they rappel down the Empire State Building, and host Phil Keoghan crowns one team the winners.”

In this twelfth and grand finale episode of The Amazing Race Season 38 (U.S. Edition), we found out whether Izzy and Paige or Adam and Joseph arrived to the 🇫🇷 Paris, FRANCE Pit Stop 🗼 in third place. As mentioned as a spoiler alert at the bottom of the eleventh episode post, Adam and Joseph arrived third and continued in the competition; Izzy and Paige arrived in fourth and therefore could not compete for a million dollars. The three teams competing for moolah — Kyland and Taylor, Jag and Jas, and Adam and Joseph — flew ✈️ westward across the Atlantic Ocean from Paris to 🗽 New York City, USA 🇺🇸 and arrived at the magnificent Empire State Building. In a thrilling task, they went all the way to the top and rappelled down the spire!

Each team was given $550 💵 to spend in this episode, presumably for taxi rides, food, and maybe some souvenirs. Teams met and chatted with the Cookie Monster 🍪 and Oscar the Grouch — two wonderful personalities from one of the most popular PBS shows of all time, Sesame Street! Later at a gigantic fabric store known as Spandex Fabrics Inc., teams found sixteen specific bolts of fabric to match swatch samples. They gave the fabrics to a student waiting outside in front of the Feldman Center (Fashion Institute of Technology).

For the last challenge of Season 38, teams visited Seret Studios which provides an assortment of filming locations 🎥 throughout New York City. Teams completed a giant crossword puzzle recapping places and moments throughout this season. Finally, they unscrambled letters from the puzzle to determine the 🏁 Pit Stop location: Yankees Stadium ⚾. To cheer on the final three teams, most teams from Season 38 were present at the Pit Stop mat including Eric/Tucker, Izzy/Paige, Chelsie/Jack, Matt/Megan, Enzo/Jack, etc. 🥇 Jag and Jas arrived first and won the $1 million! 🏆 This was likely not a surprise to Amazing Race viewers due to their remarkable performance throughout the competition. In basically every episode, Jag and Jas arrived at the Pit Stop in first place or in the top three. Congratulations to them! The second-place team (Kyland and Taylor) 🥈, the third-place team (Adam and Joseph) 🥉, Izzy and Paige 🏅, and pretty much every other team are also to be commended for excelling at Season 38 of the The Amazing Race!

Newest Blog Map: Rwanda

A new and detailed map of RWANDA on the GeoFact of the Day Blog provides locations of cities/towns, features, and country borders. This map is available on the Rwanda post (↗). To tell me what you think about this map, feel free to comment down below or send an email! What country, territory, place, island, etc. should be the focal point of my next map?

New Year 2026 Geography Bee Quiz

New year, new geography quiz! Learn more about the Earth with the help of a GeoFact of the Day Geography Bee Quiz (↗) like this one! Whether you are preparing for a geography bee, wanting to impress folks at a trivia contest, or just want to learn, I hope you enjoy these morsels about the world. The answers to this quiz are listed below — enjoy and good luck!

1)      Which of the following is not a city in PORTUGAL?
A — Lisbon
B — Porto
C — Madrid
D — Coimbra

2)      Highclere Castle is the grand main setting of the episodes and movies of Downton Abbey. This impressive building is located in which southern ceremonial county of the UNITED KINGDOM?
A — Cornwall County
B — Devon County
C — Hampshire County

3)      True or false: BAHRAIN is an island country.

4)      Nicknamed the Green Mountain State, which of the following choices gained statehood to the UNITED STATES as the 14th state?
A — Maine
B — Vermont
C — Minnesota
D — Washington






















ANSWERS

Question 1:
C . . . . . Madrid — capital of Spain (↗)

Question 2:
C . . . . . Hampshire County

Question 3:
True

Question 4:
B . . . . . Vermont (↗)

Happy New Year 2026!

The Amazing Race 38, Episode 11

Season 38 Episode 11 (Wednesday, December 3rd, 2025) Info: “The final four teams race through Moulin Rouge, the Eiffel Tower, and other iconic Paris locations.”

In this penultimate eleventh episode of The Amazing Race Season 38 (U.S. Edition), the four teams flew on the same flight from Milan, ITALY 🇮🇹 to Paris, FRANCE 🇫🇷. They visited the famous Moulin Rouge (“Red Mill”) and performed a fast-paced choreography to the tune of Orphée aux enfers with the Moulin Rouge ladies. Teams then visited the world-renown Notre Dame Cathedral ✝️ which suffered an unfortunate fire in 2019. The twelfth century French Gothic architectural masterpiece dedicated to Virgin Mary was majestically restored in December 2024. The next stop 🛑 on teams’ itinerary was the National Institute for Blind Youth (Institut National des Jeunes Aveugles) — the first school for the blind in France and among all Western countries.

Teams encountered a Roadblock 🚧 challenge known as “Who Thinks They Know Their Type?”. Teams used a Braille typewriter to decode and type out a famous phrase from the Statue of Liberty 🗽 which includes “give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free”. Most teams typed away for quite a while because they would be so close to getting the paper correct but sometimes had just one spelling mistake — and had to type the whole poem again. The next task of the day sent teams on a scavenger hunt throughout Paris to look for three Statue of Liberty replicas. At each of the three locations, teams received a plastic 3D “puzzle piece” 🧩 of the French tricolor flag; they put the three pieces together to reveal an engraving and name of the Pit Stop. For this challenge, teams went near the Pont de Grenelle bridge 🌉, to the Jardin du Luxembourg garden ⛲ (colloquial name: le Luco), and to the Musée des Arts et Métiers (Museum of Arts and Crafts) 🖼️.

The particularly picturesque Pit Stop of this episode occurred at the Place du Trocadéro which is an ideal vantage point to view the Eiffel Tower 🗼. Teams encountered host Phil Keoghan as always but were also met with silence… a mime was there! Jag and Jas arrived first at the Pit Stop as usual; they won an exciting trip to FIJI 🇫🇯. Kyland and Taylor arrived second, but the show did not reveal whether Adam and Joseph or Izzy and Paige arrived next and who therefore stayed in the competition. However, I will do that now. There is definitely a spoiler alert below! If (at this time) you don’t want to know who made it to the finale episode, please skip the bottom of this post.
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Adam and Joseph arrived to the Pit Stop in third place and therefore made it to the finale episode! Izzy and Paige arrived in fourth and were therefore eliminated from the The Amazing Race. They expressed gratitude for having a wonderful journey to the various places they visited and the memories they made.

The Amazing Race 38, Episode 10

Season 38 Episode 10 (Wednesday, November 26th, 2025) Info: “Racers visit Milan, Italy where one team faces a major setback when they're forced to travel an hour behind the pack; heat exhaustion threatens to end the race for another team.”

In this tenth episode of The Amazing Race Season 38 (U.S. Edition), teams traveled from Athens, GREECE 🇬🇷 to the world-class fashion city of Milan, ITALY 🇮🇹. This majestic city of about 1.4 million residents in northern Italy is home to the world’s oldest shopping mall dating to 1877. The episode info above mentions that a team was “forced to travel an hour behind the pack”; the duo Kyland and Taylor had to book a slightly later flight from Athens to Milan due to previous teams reaching the first plane’s maximum capacity. This episode did not have a Detour task like most previous episodes in Season 38.

A Roadblock was the first task of the day; teams recreated a floral designer dress to meet a fashionista’s approval. Multiple team members struggled with this detail-oriented task since they had to have the correct number of flowers (five or so varieties) and arrange them in specific spots. The second part of the episode info above took place at this Roadblock; Adam suffered from heat exhaustion and took a well-needed break. When he resumed the task, teams encouraged him by cheering, especially Izzy and Paige. Teams encountered the “Who’s Got Italian Game?” Roadblock in the town of Vigevano — geographically located 40 kilometers (24.8 miles) west-southwest of Milan. Fun Fact: Leonardo da Vinci was involved in planning the town’s layout! First, a team member had to complete a replica of Vigevano’s Bramante Tower. To accomplish the second Roadblock task, the same team member was pushed on a rolling horse by two Italians and had to poke a lance (essentially a pole used for pole jumping) through four rings.

Before arriving at the Pit Stop, teams built a self-supporting bridge with notched logs. This task was inspired by da Vinci’s clever bridge invention. When teams were putting these together, I was reminded of being a kid constructing small buildings with Lincoln Logs! Anyways, Kyland/Taylor and Chelsie/Jack were building their bridges as fast as possible to avoid last place. Chelsie and Jack almost completed the bridge when all of a sudden it collapsed, giving Kyland and Taylor a much-needed advantage. They quickly rebuilt it but were not able to avoid last place. Jag and Jas won $7,500 each for arriving in first place at the Villa Borri-Manzoli Pit Stop in Corbetta — a town located north of Vigevano and west of Milan. Izzy and Paige arrived second (their best finish so far), Adam and Joseph in third, Kyland and Taylor in fourth, and Chelsie and Jack in fifth/last place. Chelsie and Jack completed their Amazing Race journey — which was occasionally chaotic with navigational difficulties but positively filled with memories nonetheless.