Unfinished Business (2011)

The Amazing Race 18 is the eighteenth installment of the reality television show The Amazing Race. The Amazing Race 18 featured eleven teams of two – each returning from a previous edition for the first time since Season 11 – in a race around the world for a $1 million prize. The eighteenth cycle started on Sunday, February 20, 2011. It aired on CBS in the United States on Sunday nights at 8:00 pm ET/PT with the two-hour season finale on May 8, 2011. The show is hosted by Phil Keoghan.

Episodes: 12

Star Cast: Phil Keoghan ,

Episodes List

Ep.1 Head Down and Hold On

Air Date: 2011-02-20

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.

Ep.2 I Never Looked So Foolish In My Whole Entire Life

Air Date: 2011-02-27

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

Ep.3 We Had a Lot of Evil Spirits Apparently

Air Date: 2011-03-06

The race continues in Tokyo.

Ep.4 This Is The Most Stupid Day Ever

Air Date: 2011-03-13

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

Ep.5 Don't Ruin the Basketball Game

Air Date: 2011-03-20

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.

Ep.6 I Feel Like a Monkey In a Circus Parade

Air Date: 2011-03-27

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.

Ep.7 You Don't Get Paid Unless You Win

Air Date: 2011-04-10

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

Ep.8 I Cannot Deal With Your Psycho Behavior

Air Date: 2011-04-17

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