The Amazing Race

This season, The Amazing Race

hit one million miles traveled.

It all kicked off in Hollywood,

where 11 teams began a race around the world.

Go!

- This is it. We're on The Amazing Race. - My God.

Three teams formed an early bond.

Let's make it to the finals, boys.

Let's do it. Perfect.

Through surprising twists...

Everyone's gonna have the power to yield.

Next leg is a Mega Leg.

And hair-raising challenges...

- My God, my God! - My God!

The bond between these three teams

only grew stronger.

Guys, the alliance is complete.

Yeah, this feels good.

As other teams began to fall

Nathan and Cody... Kellie and LaVonne

Jerry and Frank... Michelle and Victoria,

you have been eliminated from the race.

The alliance made game-changing moves...

We choose to yield the Blonde Bandits.

No hard feelings.

We're gonna U-turn Deangelo and Gary.

Which means we're just burning the board.

To knock out their competition.

Leo and Alana... Kaylynn and Haley...

Eswar and Aparna, you have been eliminated from the race.

And one final move...

- Do not let them see. - Okay.

He just told them.

They all three banded together to eliminate us.

To take out the biggest competitors of all.

Deangelo and Gary, you have been eliminated from the race.

And for the first time in Amazing Race history,

an alliance of three advanced to the final leg together.

All according to plan. Are you kidding me? All according to plan.

But coming up tonight,

Riley and Maddison, Hung and Chee,

- and Will and James... - Just be calm.

- Will battle each other. - There it is, Chee!

Okay, let's go, let's go.

Who will win the $1 million

and The Amazing Race?

I'm so mad I have to do this right now.

Say hello to my little friend.

Now that we're on the final leg,

now it's about winning.

"Fly to New Orleans, Louisiana,

Our final three teams will now complete

their race around the world flying east

across the Pacific Ocean to New Orleans, Louisiana.

There's a party on Bourbon Street tonight,

and we're here to celebrate with them.

Teams must now make their way into the heart of the city

in the oldest neighborhood, the French Quarter.

Final leg. We are headed back to U.S.A.

and good old N'awlins.

Louisiana.

Yes!

We started the race a little shaky.

We finished fourth, fourth, third, third,

but Maddison and I are peaking right now.

We've won the past three legs all in a row.

Feels so good.

To see our alliance work out?

- Yeah... - Like, who would've thought?

I think one of the reasons why we feel prepared

for this final is just based off of how much we've grown.

Not only individually, but more so

as, like, a cohesive unit, as brothers.

This is nuts.

Being in the top three further proves to us

that the relationship we do have

and the foundation we have set is strong.

The memories to share with the kids

we hope to adopt one day...

This money would change our life.

- Crazy. - Now let's just win.

- Looks like there's a cab. - The race

refreshed for me in my mind why

I initially fell in love with Chee.

- Aw. - Right?

His sparkly quality is that he's so steadfast.

He's not as intense or up-and-down as me,

and that's a good thing,

because otherwise we would be a wreck.

I knew Hung was a very determined,

loyal and trusting person, and all those qualities just

came through big-time on this race.

We've placed above beard brothers and boyfriends

on previous legs.

No reason why we can't do it again.

Let's go, let's go.

We are gonna win The Amazing Race.

No question about it. We got this.

We're gonna bring our game.

I think we're gonna win it.

Look at my legs.

They don't touch anything.

- What? No way. - What? What? What?

This is amazing.

Good night, America.

We just got to beat two teams.

For a million dollars.

- Right here, the first one. - Taxi, taxi, taxi.

- Taxi, taxi, taxi. - Taxi, taxi.

So, we're going to Louis Armstrong Park.

And we're racing. We got to go quick.

Louis Armstrong Park. Can you take us?

- Yes, thank you. Can you go very fast? - Take us there please,

- as fast as you can. - We just left the airport.

The beards are in front of us,

Hung and Chee are behind us.

It's gonna be neck and neck this entire leg,

which makes it a lot more exciting.

Nerve-racking.

- Try and beat that cab in front of us. - Yeah.

We got to beat that cab in front of us.

- And not let these guys pass us. - Okay.

My gosh, we just passed the beards, Will.

Yes.

Feels really good to be back on American soil.

There's beard bros.

I love passing these cars.

That's Chee and Hung.

Damn, dude.

Now that we're on the final leg,

it's no longer about survival and just advancing.

Now it's about winning.

We believe we're in third,

but Karim just said that he took a shortcut, so...

Where is the park? It's to the left?

To the left, yeah.

You got this, Karim. Let's do this?

- Here we go. - We believe in you.

Right here. Right here.

- We got to go right there. - That's the arch.

Go, baby.

Hurry, hurry, hurry.

Go.

"Route Info."

Mardi Gras parades began in New Orleans

around the 1830s.

Parade crews would toss out necklaces into crowds.

Today, these necklaces remain the most popular trinkets

at the celebration.

Teams must now join the party

and collect beaded necklaces that are being thrown

from Bourbon Street's iconic balconies.

When they have 50 red necklaces and 50 gold necklaces

that match what the grand marshal has around his neck,

they'll get a clue.

Let's go.

Right here?

Yep. Here. Thank you, Mohammed.

Come on, Chee. Come-come on.

"Route Info."

"Join the party on Bourbon Street

"in the French Quarter and collect 50 red

and 50 gold beads to receive your next clue."

Bourbon's straight ahead.

- Do you know where we're going? - Yes.

Having been to New Orleans before,

especially the French Quarter,

I knew exactly where Bourbon Street was.

So running from Armstrong Park to Bourbon Street

was easy for us because I knew exactly where to go.

There's Hung and Chee, Will.

We're in third place. We've been in last place before

and ended up winning a leg, so...

Yeah, we got to make up some time here.

- Here? - Is this the park right here?

So we overshot it?

I want to make sure we show up to the right place.

Is this the park right here?

- You have more... Yeah. - Pull-pull over, pull over.

Let's go.

- You're sure it's that way? - Yeah, North Rampart...

Well, wait, wait. Here's North Rampart.

No, it might be that way, Riley.

- Is it down there? - I don't... I don't know.

You said you saw it. I didn't see it.

- This is Toulouse. - I-I see N-North...

Let's just run this way real fast. Come on.

Now we're lost.

How long is this street?

Really long. I see it.

- This is it. - Yes.

How cool.

I've been to Mardi Gras a few times.

I've ridden on a float in Mardi Gras.

So I feel like when we got to Bourbon Street

and we saw the floats and the beads flying everywhere,

I was in my element.

This is so cool!

Keep going straight.

Okay.