Here are some facts about continents and countries for the U.S. version of The Amazing Race. Accounted for up to and including TAR 28, but no TAR 29 route spoilers please.
TAR 27-28 are the first back-to-back seasons with eastward routes since TAR 16-17.
There are four seasons whose continents visited have never been repeated in another season:
- TAR 2 is the only season to visit South America, Africa, Asia, Oceania, and North America.
- TAR 4 is the only season to visit Europe, Asia, Oceania, and North America.
- TAR 8 is the only season to visit North America.
- TAR 22 is the only season to visit Europe, Africa, Asia, Oceania, and North America.
TAR 23 is the newest season whose continents visited had never occurred in a previous season (South America, Europe, Asia, North America).
There are only two instances of back-to-back seasons whose continents visited were the same:
- TAR 14 and 15 both visited Europe, Asia, and North America.
- TAR 26 and 27 both visited South America, Europe, Africa, Asia, and North America.
TAR 1-3, TAR 5-7, TAR 10-12, and TAR 25-27 are the instances where Africa was visited for three seasons in a row.
TAR 4-5 is the only instance where Oceania was visited for two seasons in a row.
TAR 26-27 became the first instance where South America was visited for two seasons in a row, and TAR 26-28 became the first instance where South America was visited for three seasons in a row.
The longest Africa went without being visited was for three seasons (TAR 13 - 15), but given any five consecutive seasons, Africa has always been visited at least twice.
South America has never been skipped for more than two seasons in a row, but there was one instance of five consecutive seasons where South America was visited just once (TAR 21-25, with the visit in TAR 23).
Oceania has not been visited since TAR 22, making it six consecutive seasons without a visit.
A fun fact about countries, specifically African countries: Since and including TAR 12, no African nation has been visited in more than one season:
- Burkina Faso (TAR 12)
- Seychelles (TAR 16)
- Ghana (TAR 17)
- Malawi (TAR 19)
- Tanzania (TAR 20)
- Botswana (TAR 22)
- Morocco (TAR 25)
- Namibia (TAR 26)
- Zambia, Zimbabwe (TAR 27)
And TAR 27 is the first season to visit more than one African nation since TAR 11 (Mozambique, Tanzania).