‘The Amazing Race 26’ video: ‘Blind Date’ racers talk twist, more on ‘Home & Family’

Amazing Race -Come Wednesday night at 9:30 p.m. Eastern time, the latest season of “The Amazing Race” is going to premiere, but before you watch that, we have a chance to offer up a variety of insight on everything from the casting to the Blind Date twist, some basic questions about the race itself, and much more.

During a recent episode of the Hallmark Channel’s “Home & Family” (weekdays at 10:00 a.m. Eastern), host Phil Keoghan was joined by four contestants who all took part in the much-hyped “Blind Date” twist: Laura Pierson (who is also a senior producer on “Home & Family”), Tyler Adams, Jenny Wu and Jelani Roy. The four agreed to go on the show without really knowing what they were up against, and who they were going to be paired with. Admittedly, this is such a huge change to the show’s foundation that we are still trying to wrap our head around it.

While we cannot give you much reassurance one way or another about the blind-date twist working out, or if any of the five teams selected are actually still together, we can at least tell you that there is another twist in the premiere: A U-Turn! Typically, these are saved for much later in the race. We’re not entirely sure that using this is a good idea, unless you absolutely know you are in danger in need to save your own hide. The last thing you want is a reputation for being cutthroat so early in the game; you’re leaving yourself a lot of time for someone to hold a grudge.

As a whole, this is a pretty fascinating chat for diehard “Race” fans to maybe learn more about the process and the show than you do in other interviews; also, it’s nice to see a daytime talk show actually donate more than two or three minutes to a topic, which is what frustrates us about many of them these days.

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