U-Turns are typically contentious on The Amazing Race, but even as U-Turns go, we’ve had a lot of hard feelings this season. Izzy and Paige were furious for multiple legs after they got U-turned by frontrunners Jas and Jag. A few episodes later, the live U-Turn devolved into a mess of accusations and hard feelings that criss-crossed multiple teams. Ahead of the finale, host Phil Keoghan was asked about all that bitterness, and it turns out we only saw a small portion of it.
Speaking to Parade Magazine, the longtime face of The Amazing Race was asked about the live U-Turn, and he said he had to step in multiple times to stop the drama from getting out of hand. Apparently the players voted, pointed fingers, argued and voted again for more than ninety minutes, and it would have taken even longer if he didn’t repeatedly try to keep them on track.
