Air date: 2011-02-20

Runtime: 42 min

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.

Air date: 2011-02-27

Runtime: 42 min

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

Air date: 2011-03-06

Runtime: 42 min

The race continues in Tokyo.

Air date: 2011-03-13

Runtime: 42 min

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

Air date: 2011-03-20

Runtime: 42 min

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. Directed to the Stone Forest from the clue at the Double U-Turn, the Roadblock required safe assembly of a model of a dilophosaurus to earn the location of the Pit Stop: Green Lake Park.

Air date: 2011-03-27

Runtime: 42 min

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.

Air date: 2011-04-10

Runtime: 42 min

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

Air date: 2011-04-17

Runtime: 42 min

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

Air date: 2011-04-24

Runtime: 42 min

The Amazing Race

Air date: 2011-05-01

Runtime: 42 min

The race continues in Zermatt, Switzerland

Air date: 2011-05-08

Runtime: 42 min

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

Air date: 2011-05-08

Runtime: 42 min

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