{"id":2431588,"date":"2026-05-25T17:33:25","date_gmt":"2026-05-25T17:33:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2431588"},"modified":"2026-05-25T17:33:25","modified_gmt":"2026-05-25T17:33:25","slug":"i-loved-the-amazing-races-big-brother-season-whats-stopping-the-show-from-adding-more-celebs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/i-loved-the-amazing-races-big-brother-season-whats-stopping-the-show-from-adding-more-celebs\/","title":{"rendered":"I Loved The Amazing Race&#8217;s Big Brother Season. What&#8217;s Stopping The Show From Adding More Celebs?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><i>When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission.<\/i><\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-0 size-full\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-3 right-3 rounded-full bg-primary p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-primary\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\" class=\"flex-none size-4 -scale-x-100 text-primary lg:size-6 [&amp;_path]:fill-current\"><path fill=\"currentColor\" d=\"M3.1 3.1V11h1.8V6.314l5.392 5.393 1.415-1.414L6.313 4.9H11V3.1zm17.8 17.8V13h-1.8v4.686l-5.393-5.393-1.415 1.414 5.393 5.393H13v1.8z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Modal Dialog\" aria-modal=\"true\" class=\"fixed bottom-0 left-0 right-0 top-0 z-4 size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-primary hidden\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5\">\n<p>Credit: Robert Voets\/CBS<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">I don\u2019t think anyone would argue the last season of <em>The Amazing Race<\/em> was a fairly big departure from previous seasons. This mostly had to do with the format, which featured teams of <em>Big Brother<\/em> players and a loved one competing against one another for <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cinemablend.com\/television\/how-much-do-the-amazing-race-contestants-make\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:the winning million dollar prize;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;the winning million dollar prize&quot;}\" class=\"link \"><u>the winning million dollar prize<\/u><\/a>. The previous CBS stars were all very aware of the cameras and <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/entertainment\/teams-easier-let-amazing-race-135743620.html\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:how they wanted to come off;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;how they wanted to come off&quot;}\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\"><u>how they wanted to come off<\/u><\/a>, but mostly, it was really interesting to see reality stars from one game play another, and to <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/entertainment\/tv\/articles\/am-finally-excited-big-brother-180300615.html\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:see those fandoms collide;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;see those fandoms collide&quot;}\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\"><u>see those fandoms collide<\/u><\/a>. So, why doesn\u2019t the show mix things up more often?<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"mb-4 text-xl font-bold md:text-2xl\">Apparently, There Is A Reason<\/h2>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">I&#8217;d love to see a season of <em>The Amazing Race<\/em> that mimics what <em>The Traitors<\/em> has done for those with a <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/tech.yahoo.com\/streaming\/articles\/peacock-subscription-plans-price-included-140420036.html\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:Peacock subscription;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Peacock subscription&quot;}\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\">Peacock subscription<\/a>. While we&#8217;ve gotten some celebs on the reality competition series, I\u2019ve honestly always wondered why it hasn&#8217;t brought in more famous or semi-famous people. I do know it can be hard to get celebrities on the show in general, as <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cinemablend.com\/television\/Forte-Wants-Compete-Amazing-Race-With-Val-Kilmer-71671.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:Will Forte and Val Kilmer long wanted to team up;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Will Forte and Val Kilmer long wanted to team up&quot;}\" class=\"link \"><u>Will Forte and Val Kilmer long wanted to team up<\/u><\/a> for the show before <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/entertainment\/generational-talent-jim-carrey-pays-204919562.html\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:his death in 2025;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;his death in 2025&quot;}\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\">his death in 2025<\/a>. Scheduling was the major issue for the pair.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">In an interview with <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/05\/01\/entertainment\/amazing-race-host-phil-keoghan-reveals-why-celebrity-season-may-never-happen\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:Page Six;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Page Six&quot;}\" class=\"link \"><u>Page Six<\/u><\/a>, host Phil Keoghan basically confirmed scheduling was also the main problem with an all-celebrity season.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"mb-4 border-l-2 pl-5 italic text-tertiary\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">I think one of the hard parts of it would be aligning everybody\u2019s schedules, because so many celebrities are so booked up and their schedules are so tight.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">However, there would be several ways to remedy that. I can notably think of two:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"mb-4\">\n<li class=\"ml-4 list-disc\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Do a shorter season (tighter windows would mean greater availability).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"ml-4 list-disc\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Do fewer locations (this goes along with a shorter season and could be like the family season of the series, which took place in North America only, requiring less lengthy travel).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">As it turns out, Phil is no dummy and has thought of this. He also explained what would need to happen if there would be a bigger, bolder celebrity lineup down the line.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"mb-4 border-l-2 pl-5 italic text-tertiary\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">It would have to be a limited run, maybe reducing the number of episodes and maybe running a shorter distance. I just don\u2019t know about getting celebrities that people would want to watch on Amazing Race away for that long, and traveling that far and going through the challenges of what\u2019s involved.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">I mean, c\u2019mon Phil, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cinemablend.com\/television\/sydney-sweeney-wants-do-amazing-race-with-mike-white-the-white-lotus-director-made-point\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:Sydney Sweeney and Mike White want to team up;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Sydney Sweeney and Mike White want to team up&quot;}\" class=\"link \"><u>Sydney Sweeney and Mike White want to team up<\/u><\/a>. Let\u2019s make that happen.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"mb-4 text-xl font-bold md:text-2xl\">We Have Seen Some Celebrities On The Amazing Race Before<\/h2>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><em>The Amazing Race<\/em> has always been a place for semi-famous names to crop up. <em>The White Lotus<\/em> creator Mike White\u2019s popped up. Fellow <em>Survivor<\/em> alum Boston Rob and Amber Mariano have showed up. Professional athletes have appeared from NFL teams, hockey teams and more, including paired teams like Cedric Ceballos and Shawn Marion or DeAngelo Williams and Gary Barnidge. There was also a whole season of influencers before the show tried the <em>Big Brother<\/em> season.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">There\u2019s also been a faction of people who are famous now who broke out on <em>TAR<\/em>. That includes names like Stassi Schroeder, who competed with her family back in Season 8. Or Natalie and Nadiya Anderson, who competed on the Phil Koeghan-led show before transitioning to Jeff Probst\u2019s <em>Survivor<\/em>. Contestants <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/entertainment\/tv\/articles\/winning-amazing-race-big-brother-230826487.html\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:flipping from Survivor to Race and vice versa;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;flipping from Survivor to Race and vice versa&quot;}\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\"><u>flipping from <\/u><u><em>Survivor<\/em><\/u><u> to <\/u><u><em>Race<\/em><\/u><u> and vice versa <\/u><\/a>feels pretty natural at this point.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Phil did also mention the \u201creal people\u201d seasons have anecdotally seemed more popular, but I\u2019d argue a mix of a little bit of everything is better. It can be helpful to have some known faces during early episodes of shows. It\u2019s easier to get to know teams in some ways. Mostly, though, I like it when <em>TAR<\/em> changes things up. I wish we had more seasons with All-Star or other returning characters. I\u2019d also maybe like to see a mash-up where former teammates compete, but with a new partner from another team. Phil has said a <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/entertainment\/articles\/phil-keoghan-just-admitted-worst-181034181.html\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:season where the first-elimated teams came back;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;season where the first-elimated teams came back&quot;}\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\"><u>season where the first-elimated teams came back<\/u><\/a> would be the \u201cworst\u201d disaster, so we probably shouldn\u2019t go that route.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Still, variety is the spice of life, and I wouldn\u2019t mind giving some famous faces a go at a race around the world. Or, if Phil Keoghan is right, a race around one easy-to-navigate-in-a-short-amount-of-time continent.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: Robert Voets\/CBS I don\u2019t think anyone would argue the last season of The Amazing Race was a fairly big departure from previous seasons. This mostly had to do with the format, which featured teams of Big Brother [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2431589,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25172],"tags":[347576,347575],"class_list":["post-2431588","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","tag-phil-keoghan","tag-the-amazing-race"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/I-Loved-The-Amazing-Races-Big-Brother-Season-Whats-Stopping.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2431588","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2431588"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2431588\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2431590,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2431588\/revisions\/2431590"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2431589"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2431588"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2431588"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2431588"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}