Rachel Brown

As 11 Teams depart Santa Barbara, Calif. for Santa Barbara, Argentina, one team struggles to keep their nerves at bay. Meanwhile, Teams quickly discover winning $1 million may be tougher than expected when they find themselves skydiving from a plane at 10,000 feet.

Teams race through Buenos Aires, Argentina, where the stress of the Race causes one Team to break down into tears. Meanwhile, chaos ensues when Racers are required to sharpen their numerical skills at the world's largest cattle market.

The final four Teams battle for the million dollar prize in a grueling two-hour season finale that starts in Japan, where Racers call upon their track skills for an exhausting Japanese game show, and concludes in Hawaii, where Teams hit the waves to put their rescue mission skills to the test.

The race travels to Paraguay for the first time ever, as teams struggle to produce during a fruity challenge, and racers face a harsh reality if they fail to perfect a local balancing act.

Teams scour King Ludwig's quarters in the same castle that served as the inspiration for Sleeping Beauty's castle, and tempers flare during one teams walk through a snowy labyrinth.