The Amazing Race season 38 is officially underway.
This season’s competition sees 13 Big Brother alums join forces with their loved ones to race through Europe, complete various challenges and overcome travel obstacles for the chance to win $1 million.
The cast includes Big Brother 26’s Angela Murray and daughter Lexi Murray, Big Brother 23’s Hannah Chaddha and sister Simone Chaddha, Big Brother 25’s Izzy Gleicher and fiancée Paige Seber, Big Brother 26’s Chelsie Baham and dad Jack Baham, and Big Brother 12 and 22’s Enzo Palumbo and brother Jack Palumbo.
Other stars this season include Big Brother 25’s Jag Bains and brother Jas Bains, Big Brother 24’s Joseph Abdin and brother Adam Abdin, Big Brother 21’s Kat Dunn and boyfriend Alex Romo, Big Brother 26’s Rubina Bernabe and sister Kristine Bernabe, Big Brother 24 winner Taylor Hale and boyfriend/Big Brother 23’s Kyland Young, Big Brother 24’s Matt Turner and wife Megan Turner, Big Brother 18’s Natalie Negrotti and sister Stephanie Negrotti and Big Brother 26’s Tucker Des Lauriers and brother Eric Des Lauriers.
Expect the unexpected on The Amazing Race season 38, because Big Brother stars are taking over the competition. CBS confirmed in March 2025 that the beloved reality TV competition would be returning for another season. Two months later, the network revealed that season 38 would air in its usual Wednesday night time slot in the […]
One team will be eliminated in each leg until the Final 3, who will race to the finish line in the finale.
Keep scrolling to see each week’s eliminations:
Jack and Enzo Palumbo
Jack Palumbo and Enzo Palumbo Sonja Flemming/CBS
The September 25, 2025, premiere — which appropriately aired right after Big Brother 27’s penultimate episode — began with the teams finding a clue that directed them to an ice rink. The duos had to push each other on sleds down the rink and knock down a set of bowling pins. The first team to complete the challenge and make it to host Phil Keoghan received an Express Pass and the ability to give a second pass to another team. Meanwhile, the last team to complete the challenge received a Hazard.
Taylor and Kyland won the Express Pass and gave the second one to Jag and Jas. Jack and Enzo got stuck with the Hazard — eating some herring while other teams continued the race — and it ultimately led to their demise. After chowing down on the fish, the pair struggled to ride a clog bike, got lost on the way to the Roadblock and struggled with the flower arrangement matching challenge. Jack and Enzo arrived at the Pit Stop last and were eliminated from the race.
“I’m super proud. There are just so many things I’ve done in this country that I would be terrified to do and I wasn’t scared at all. It was just, ‘Let’s go, let’s go, let’s go,’” Jack said in his exit interview.
Angela and Lexi Murray
Angela Murray, Lexi Murray Sonja Flemming/CBS
Episode 2 saw the teams travel from Amsterdam to Prague, but their journey was nothing short of stressful. Multiple teams accidentally got off on the wrong stop and had to take a detour to reach their destination. On top of that, some teams, including Angela and Lexi, tried to take another train and learned that it was canceled while they were waiting for its arrival.
After finally arriving in Prague, Angela and Lexi found themselves stuck in the back of the pack. Like many other racers, Lexi struggled to shake off her fear of heights for the Roadblock, which saw the teams walk out onto a plank in the air and grab a clue.
After successfully completing the challenge, she and Angela moved on to their Detour: memorizing and reciting the names of village crests in a restaurant. This proved to be much harder than it seemed and resulted in Lexi getting frustrated that they weren’t getting it right.
Angela and Lexi completed the Detour shortly after Megan and Matt, and they ended up in a footrace to the Pit Stop. Megan and Matt beat Angela and Lexi by only a minute or two.
Matt Turner and Megan Turner
Megan and Matt fell behind after getting a late start in the third leg of the race. After being one of the final teams to complete the Road Block, the married couple got lost while on their way to the next destination. Then, they struggled to find their clue during the plowing challenge. The remaining teams arrived at the Pit Stop before Megan and Matt managed to find the clue. Phil met them at the field to tell them that they were unable to complete the leg and were eliminated from the race.
Kat Dunn and Alex Romo
Kat Dunn and Alex Romo Sonja Flemming/CBS
During the October 15, 2025, episode, the teams traveled to Budapest, Hungary, where the challenges included solving a Rubik’s cube, finding a clue in The House of Houdini, steering a horse-drawn coach, juggling and performing a Hungarian folk dance. Kat and Alex chose to do the dancing challenge as their detour, but Kat struggled to get the moves right and was overcome by emotion. She and Alex were the last to arrive at the Pit Stop and were eliminated from the race.
Hannah Chaddha and Simone Chaddha
Hannah Chaddah and Simone Chaddah Robert Voets/CBS
The October 22, 2025, episode saw the teams head to Dubrovnik, Croatia. Though Izzy and Paige and Kristine and Rubina were the victims of U-Turns from their fellow competitors, both teams found themselves safe from elimination. Instead, it was Hannah and Simone who packed their bags and headed home after Simone struggled to complete a street luge race in under 36 seconds. The emotional final moments of the night saw Hannah cheering her sister on from the finish line, knowing they were in last place, as Simone finished the challenge so that they could make it to the mat one last time.
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Rubina and Kristine Bernabe
Kristine and Rubina Bernabe Sonja Flemming/CBS via Getty Images
As the last group to start their journey through Croatia, Rubina and Kristine lagged behind the entire way, despite handling the detour and roadblock with less trouble than they had in their disastrous fifth leg. They were last to arrive at the Pit Stop on the October 29, 2025 episode, coming in after Izzy and Paige. Even with their elimination, Kristine said “we feel good” about the experience. The two spoke at length in the episode about how they have bonded in recent years after the loss of their mother in 2019, who was an avid Amazing Race fan.
“This is something that we feel like would be a dream for her and now we get to do it vicariously for her,” Rubina said.
Interestingly, Phil asked Rubina who she was rooting for after being eliminated, and Rubina said Izzy and Paige — not Tucker, who she was dating at the time.
“Sorry, not sorry, love you,” Rubina yelled as the episode cut to the final credits.
Natalie Negrotti and Stephanie Negrotti
Natalie Negrotti, Stephanie Negrotti Sonja Flemming/CBS
The teams headed to Romania during the November 5, 2025, episode, splitting up on two different flights. Natalie and Stephanie found themselves on the later flight, which put them on the last skydiving flight the next morning. The sisters then headed to a sheep farm, where they had to corral several sheep into a pen.
After struggling with the task, Natalie and Stephanie moved on to building a pontoon boat and steering it through water to reach their next clue, which resulted in plenty of arguing. As if that wasn’t stressful enough for the pair, they later hit a delay when Stephanie failed to properly read the clue, leading Natalie to park in the wrong spot when they reached the brick-making detour.
Stephanie and Natalie struggled through the detour a bit, as a few of their bricks initially didn’t pass the inspection. It ended up being a close race to the Pit Stop with Jack, Chelsie, Izzy and Paige, but the sisters were ultimately the last to arrive.
Episode 8 Was a Non-Elimination Leg
Joseph Abdin and Adam Abdin Sonja Flemming/CBS
During episode 8, the remaining six teams traveled through Romania to hunt intricately designed Easter eggs, roll sausages and more. While many of the teams chose to build their own homemade pan flutes and play a tune for the Detour challenge, Jag and Jas and Joseph and Adam opted to perform a Transylvanian folk dance. Adam, who has type 1 diabetes, noticed that his sugar was low, but he insisted that he didn’t want to take any breaks to ensure they wouldn’t fall behind.
After getting their dance approved, Joseph and Adam headed to the sausage rolling challenge, where they finished just after Chelsie and Jack. Adam broke down in tears in the car on the way to the Pit Stop as he realized that his and Joseph’s journey might have been over, feeling guilty that his sugar levels may have slowed them down.
Though Adam was certain he and Joseph were going home, Phil informed them at the mat that it was a non-elimination leg, which sent Adam into tears again (albeit happy ones this time). The brothers will have a penalty in the next leg for arriving in last place, but they’re still in the race.
Where Was ‘The Amazing Race’ Season 38 Filmed?
Filming for The Amazing Race season 38 took place from March to April 2025, with the race kicking off in Hoorn, Netherlands. Subsequent legs were filmed in the Czech Republic, Croatia, Romania, Greece, Italy and New York City, according to multiple reports.
How to Watch ‘The Amazing Race’ Season 38
Fans can tune into The Amazing Race on CBS on Wednesdays at 9:30 p.m. ET, after Survivor. New episodes are also available to stream the following day on Paramount+.