| The Amazing Race 26 | |
|---|---|
| Season 26 | |
 Region 1 DVD cover | |
| Presented by | Phil Keoghan |
| No. of teams | 11 |
| Winner | Laura Pierson & Tyler Adams |
| No. of legs | 12 |
| Distance traveled | 35,000 mi (56,000 km) |
| No. of episodes | 12 |
| Release | |
| Original network | CBS |
| Original release | February 25 – May 15, 2015 |
| Additional information | |
| Filming dates | November 12 – December 6, 2014 |
| Season chronology | |
The Amazing Race 26 is the twenty-sixth season of the American reality competition show The Amazing Race. Hosted by Phil Keoghan, it featured eleven teams of dating couples (six existing couples and five blind date teams who met for the first time at the start of the race) competing in a race around the world in order to win US$1,000,000.[1][2] This season visited five continents and nine countries and traveled over 35,000 miles (56,000 km). Starting in Castaic, California, racers traveled through Japan, Thailand, Germany, France, Monaco, Namibia, the Netherlands, and Peru before returning to the United States and finishing in Dallas. The season premiered on CBS with a special 90-minute episode on February 25, 2015, and the season finale aired on May 15, 2015.[3][4]
All three of the final teams were couples matched up as blind dates at the start of the race. Laura Pierson and Tyler Adams were the winners of this season, while Jelani Roy and Jenny Wu finished in second place, and Hayley Keel and Blair Townsend finished in third place.
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- ^ Andy Dehnart (December 22, 2014). "Amazing Race drops pre-existing relationships for blind date twist". Reality Blurred. Retrieved January 16, 2015.
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