The Amazing Race 16

Hosted by Phil Keoghan, it featured eleven teams of two, each with a pre-existing relationship, competing in a race around the world in order to win US$1,000,000.

Starting in Los Angeles, racers traveled through Chile, Argentina, Germany, France, the Seychelles, Malaysia, Singapore, and China before returning to the United States and finishing in San Francisco.

[1] Brothers Dan and Jordan Pious were the winners of this season, while cowboy brothers Jet McCoy and Cord McCoy finished in second place, and models Brent Horne and Caite Upton finished in third place.

The sixteenth season spanned 40,000 miles (64,000 km) across five continents and nine countries, including a first-time visit to the Seychelles.

[9] Notable cast members included Big Brother 11 HouseGuests Jordan Lloyd and Jeff Schroeder, professional bull rider Cord McCoy, and Cleveland Indians third-base coach Steve Smith.

The first five eliminated teams were sequestered at a villa in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, to await the finale.

CBS posted short videos on its website after each episode to show the eliminated teams interacting at the villa.

[24] Michael Hewitt of the Orange County Register wrote that "stupidity and luck ruled, and the game-changing plays came via two lethal U-Turns.

[28] Conversely, Luke Dwyer of TV Fanatic called this season a blast, praised the locations and tasks, and said that it "was one of the more entertaining in recent memory and Dan and Jordan's victory was well deserved.

The mountainous Chilean town of Valparaíso was the first destination in the 16th season of The Amazing Race after teams started off at Vista Hermosa Natural Park in Los Angeles .
The route of The Amazing Race 16.
In order to travel throughout the mountainous town of Valparaíso , teams rode the various funicular railways between tasks, including the Ascensor Artillería .
In this leg, teams traveled throughout the Los Lagos Region of Chile, known for its lakes and the Osorno Volcano .
Tasks featured on this leg related to gauchos and other aspects of Argentine equestrianism .
Teams finished this leg near the Beatles-Platz , paying tribute to Hamburg 's role in The Beatles ' early history .
Much of the fifth leg was set in the trenches of Massiges during an historical reenactment of World War I .
This leg's tasks paid tributes to France 's champagne industry in Champagne-Ardenne , home of prestigious champagne houses.
While in the Seychelles , teams had to use a banana to lure a 100-year-old and 500-pound (230 kg) Aldabra giant tortoise for one of the Detour options.
Teams ended this leg at the Pinang Peranakan Mansion in Penang 's capital city of George Town .
The only Fast Forward of this season took place at the Singapore Flyer : the tallest Ferris wheel in the world at that time.
After arriving in Shanghai , teams visited the town of Zhujiajiao in the Qingpu District .
In this leg's Roadblock, one team member had to count all of the statues in the Longhua Temple 's Arhat Hall.
For the final Roadblock on The Amazing Race 16 , teams visited the famous Coit Tower in San Francisco 's Telegraph Hill , which one team member had to climb from the outside.