‘The Amazing Race 27’ episode 2 preview: Fighting, travel, and much more

We will be the first to admit that we don’t love it when shows do the whole “this season on” promo at the end of the premiere, mostly because those of you with a keen eye can probably figure out for the most part some of what is being hinted at. We know, for example, that there are many fans of “The Amazing Race” who are a smart bunch, and will probably figure out based on that who makes it reasonably far.

We’re not going to do that. Instead, we will say that this season is going to travel once again to several different continents, give you a variety of different challenges, and push some teams to the core in ways that they haven’t been over the course of their lives.

Based on what we did see in the first episode, we imagine that it is probably going to be Tanner & Josh who are the two to beat, mostly because they are both very athletic, and will probably barrel through most tasks that are even remotely physical. Sure, they did screw things up at the start of the episode in Venice Beach, but there are often ways to recover on this show.

Still, we feel like Justin & Diana are probably going to be the fan favorites of many, mostly because it is probably the easiest to live vicariously through the two of them thanks to their longtime love of the show. They provide that opportunity to feel like you are running the race along with them. Still, right now Ernest & Jin are our favorites, even though we are not that confident in their ability to last a long time.

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