The Amazing Race season 36: winners, how to watch and more

Phil Keoghan on The Amazing Race (Image credit: CBS)

The entire world is the playing field in The Amazing Race, with a group of teams jet off with The Amazing Race season 36. Arriving quickly on the heels of The Amazing Race season 35, this season had some interesting things that fans of the long-running reality TV show got to enojy.

Chief and foremost was the return of 90 minute episodes. Season 35 was the first time that The Amazing Race (and its CBS buddy Survivor) aired 90 minute episodes for the entire season, but that trend continued with this latest season.

What else do you need to know about The Amazing Race season 36? Who won? Where did they travel? And where can you go to catch up on any episodes you missed? Read on for everything we know about the new season.

How to watch The Amazing Race season 36

With The Amazing Race season 36 now concluded, if you missed any or all of the season but want to catch up, you are going to need a subscription to Paramount Plus. The streaming service has all episodes of the reality competition show available for on-demand viewing.

If you have a traditional or live TV streaming service subscription, you can also catch up with the episodes directly on CBS.com.

The Amazing Race season 36 winners & final standings

Here are the final standings for The Amazing Race season 36. For some more details on how the race played out, check out our The Amazing Race season 36 cast feature.

Ricky Rotandi and Cesar Aldrete (Winners)
Juan Villa and Shane Bilek
Amber Craven and Vinny Cagungun
Rod and Leiticia Gardner
Yvonne Chavez and Melissa Main
Danny and Angie Butler
Sunny Pulver and Bizzy Smith
Derek and Shelisa Williams
Kishori Turner and Karishma Cordero
Michelle and Sean Clark
Anthony and Bailey Smith
Chris Foster and Mary Cardona-Foster
Maya and Rohan Mody

The Amazing Race season 36 host

For 35 seasons, Phil Keoghan has been the host of The Amazing Race, and that's not stopping for season 36. The native New Zealander is once again shepherding teams and the viewers on the global adventure, something that has seen him earn four Emmy nominations for Outstanding Host for a Reality or Reality-Competition Program.

The Amazing Race season 36 premise

Fans of The Amazing Race pretty much know the gist, but if you're still new or looking to start watching The Amazing Race this season, here's the basics.

The Amazing Race sees teams of two compete in a race around the globe for a $1 million prize. The teams will travel to different locations in each episode (now in a post-COVID world, they are responsible for finding their own transportation again) and are required to complete different challenges that test them physically and mentally while also highlighting different historical and cultural aspects of the places they are. Each location is its own leg and if you are the last to finish that leg, then you are eliminated from the competition. The first team to cross the final finish line is the winner.

The Amazing Race season 36 locations

The Amazing Race season 36 is kicking off in Puerto Vallart, Mexico, before it heads off to other countries in South America, including Colombia and Argentina, as well as two new countries in the Dominican Republic and Barbados.