The Amazing Race Preview for "I Never Looked So Foolish in My hole Entire Life"

Teams dressed as kangaroos continue through Australia where one Racer reverts to old habits as tempers start to flare, and another Team breaks down in tears from utter exhaustion, on THE AMAZING RACE: UNFINISHED BUSINESS

Also a special plea this week from Amazing Race host Phil Keoghan:

“More than that the message that I really want to communicate … is … people need to travel to New Zealand,” Keoghan told Craig Ferguson. ”This is a national emergency. If people stop going to New Zealand — the economy is so small and tourism is so important — if people cancel trips and they don’t travel to New Zealand …”

"The city of Christchurch, which is a small city. The rest of New Zealand is open for business, and we need to communicate that, because in all seriousness, it could absolutely collapse the economy if people just stop coming to the country. … It’s the best thing that people can do.”

This all in response to the terrible earthquake that hit the wonderful country of New Zealand this past week.

'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.