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The Best Episodes of The Amazing Race Season 16

Every episode of The Amazing Race Season 16 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of The Amazing Race Season 16!

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    The Amazing Race Season 16 Episode 1 - Nanna is Kickin' Your Butt
    7.5/10(73 votes)

    #1 - Nanna is Kickin' Your Butt

    S16:E1

    Eleven Teams depart Los Angeles for Chile, where Racers find themselves dangling 120 feet in the air, battling exhaustion and their fear of heights in order to stay alive in the game, and one Team discovers that Brazilian currency will not get them very far in Chile

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. The Amazing Race Season 16 Episode 2 - When the Cow Kicked Me in the Head
    7.2/10(66 votes)

    #2 - When the Cow Kicked Me in the Head

    S16:E2

    A Roadblock turns into a recipe for pain when one Racer encounters a moody cow, and things turn sour when a newly formed alliance rubs teams the wrong way.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. The Amazing Race Season 16 Episode 3 - Run Like Scalded Dogs!
    7.4/10(68 votes)

    #3 - Run Like Scalded Dogs!

    S16:E3

    One team ends up in the hospital with food poisoning while the other teams struggle through cowboy challenges to make it through this leg of the race.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. The Amazing Race Season 16 Episode 4 - We Are No Longer in the Bible Belt
    7.7/10(71 votes)

    #4 - We Are No Longer in the Bible Belt

    S16:E4

    Racers must navigate an unfamiliar and confusing train system without their teammates, take a dive over Hamburg and reunite for a nausea-inducing lesson in German gastronomy.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. The Amazing Race Season 16 Episode 5 - I Think We're Fighting the Germans, Right?
    7.6/10(66 votes)

    #5 - I Think We're Fighting the Germans, Right?

    S16:E5

    A World War I reenactment - complete with air attacks, gunfire and explosions - tests the Racers' nerves, and one Team finds that their cocky attitude may cost them dearly when a Blind U-Turn comes into play

    Director:Bertram van Munster
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. The Amazing Race Season 16 Episode 6 - Cathy Drone?
    7.4/10(64 votes)

    #6 - Cathy Drone?

    S16:E6

    Racers are less than bubbly after sprinting to the wrong Detour location, and one Racer tests the power of duct tape after their car becomes a casualty of the Race

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. The Amazing Race Season 16 Episode 7 - Anonymous?
    7.5/10(62 votes)

    #7 - Anonymous?

    S16:E7

    Teams take a stunning helicopter ride to a remote island paradise where they must race with a giant tortoise and search for a message in a bottle at the bottom of the sea

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. The Amazing Race Season 16 Episode 8 - You're Like Jason Bourne, Right?
    7.7/10(68 votes)

    #8 - You're Like Jason Bourne, Right?

    S16:E8

    Teams find that luck doesn't pick sides in a sweat-drenched test of endurance where they must choose to face a 153-step climb or take a 35-foot-high lesson in Chingay

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. The Amazing Race Season 16 Episode 9 - Dumb Did Us In
    7.5/10(71 votes)

    #9 - Dumb Did Us In

    S16:E9

    Tempers and tensions flare when Racers place a target on one Team's back, and feuds come to a head when a U-turn comes into play

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. The Amazing Race Season 16 Episode 10 - I Feel Like I'm in, Like, Sicily
    7.6/10(63 votes)

    #10 - I Feel Like I'm in, Like, Sicily

    S16:E10

    After noodling their way through their first Roadblock, Teams are forced to complete a second Roadblock, and the fate of two Teams lies in the hands of confused cabbies

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. The Amazing Race Season 16 Episode 11 - They Don't Even Understand Their Own Language
    7.5/10(63 votes)

    #11 - They Don't Even Understand Their Own Language

    S16:E11

    The Final 4 teams struggle with the language barrier in Shanghai while sorting through hundreds of golden Buddhas and thousands of Chinese stamps in their pursuit for a spot in the Final 3.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. The Amazing Race Season 16 Episode 12 - Huger Than Huge
    7.3/10(69 votes)

    #12 - Huger Than Huge

    S16:E12

    With the million-dollar prize on the line, Racers come face-to-face with Darth Vader, and Teams drop all pretense of friendliness after a cut in line cuts into another Team's time while an angry confrontation awaits another at the finish line, on the 16th season finale of THE AMAZING RACE

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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Season 16 Ratings Summary

"Nanna is Kickin' Your Butt" is the best rated episode of "The Amazing Race" season 16. It scored 7.5/10 based on 73 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 2/14/2010. This episode is rated 0.3 points higher than the second-best, "When the Cow Kicked Me in the Head".