'The Amazing Race' Heads to Ghana for First Time

For the first time in the history of The Amazing Race, the teams head to the African nation of Ghana this week.

Racers hit the streets of Ghana and get upset as they deal with difficult challenges and taxi woes. Jill and Thomas fall behind enough to consider saving themselves by using the very special, get out of jail free card, The Express Pass.

This 17th season of The Amazing Race has or will record a number of “firsts”. As seen in the premiere last week Jill and Thomas won the first Express Pass ever awarded on The Amazing Race. This pass will allow them to skip any single challenge during the first 8 legs of the race.  Last week’s start from Gloucester, Mass was the first time the race started in a location other than Los Angeles. TAR visits Ghana and Bangladesh for the first time this season and it crosses the Arctic Circle for the first time too. All of these firsts have to make one wonder if it will also be the first time that a female team reaches the finish line and claims the $1,000,000 prize.

The team of best friends, Ron and Tony were the first ones eliminated from TAR 17 when they were unable to cross a river in their walnut shell boats without capsizing. Although disappointed, they were quite good-natured about it at the mat with host Phil Keoghan. Their spirits were high as they chatted with Phil about their friendship and fulfilling Tony’s desire to run in the race.

Tune in to CBS on Sunday as The Amazing Race settles into its regular 8:00 – 9:00PM spot to see who will make it one more week and out of Ghana.