page_title: The Amazing Race 25
section_title: Development and filming
hierarchical_section_title: The Amazing Race 25 / Production / Development and filming
caption_attribution_description: English: Hustle and Bustle in NYC
context_page_description: The Amazing Race 25 is the twenty-fifth installment of the American reality television show The Amazing Race. It featured eleven teams of two in a race around the world for a US$1 million grand prize.
  The season premiered on September 26, 2014 on CBS for the 2014–15 television season, moving to Friday at 8:00 pm, with the season finale on December 19, 2014.
  Food scientists Amy DeJong and Maya Warren were the winners of this season of The Amazing Race. They became the third all-female team to win in the American series.
context_section_description: Filming began in the early morning of May 31, 2014 at Times Square in New York City. In contrast to the starts of previous races, which were typically held in private or restricted-access locations to prevent potential spoilers, CBS invited fans to appear at the Starting Line and see the teams off. The publicity of the Times Square start led CBS to announce the identities of the competing teams the same day. It was revealed at the public start that instead of the Express Pass, teams would be awarded a new immunity from elimination pass called "The Save" for coming first in the first leg. This could be used by that team if they came in last place on an elimination leg before Leg 9.
  This season spanned 26,000 miles (42,000 km) through eight countries, including first time visits to the United States Virgin Islands, Malta, and the Shetland Islands of Scotland.
  At various points throughout the filming of the Race (generally once an episode), teams encountered host Phil Keoghan on the course where he explained a task to the home audience while the Race continued behind him.  This new tradition has thus far continued in each season that has succeeded this one.
  Melody Chen from The Amazing Race Asia 1 was the Pit Stop greeter in Leg 9.
  For the first time in Amazing Race history, four teams competed in the final leg of the Race. However, Phil eliminated one team in the middle of the final leg, leaving only three teams racing to the Finish Line for the $1 million grand prize.
  This was the very first season in which all eleven teams finished legs in last place at one time or another.
caption: The 25th season of The Amazing Race started filming on May 31, 2014, at the red bleachers of Duffy Square at Times Square in New York City.
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