Also known as "Unfinished Business," the 18th season of Amazing Race brings together previous Race competitors, who return to compete for a second chance to win. Sprinting nearly 40,000 miles through five continents and 20 cities, the teams travel through the Australian Outback, Tokyo, Vienna, Rio de Janeiro, Kolkata, India and for the first time Liechtenstein, among other destinations far and wide. Along the route, the teams face extreme obstacles, harsh challenges and rigorous competition such as enduring freezing waters from Mount Fuji and rescue drills from the peaks of the iconic Swiss Matterhorn, measuring the length of a country from a moped, and making traditional fuel patties from water buffalo manure. As an added element, Season 18 introduced legs without a mandatory rest period.

Then, two new game components add to the mix of hurdles In "The Amazing Race" Season 19. From the get-go, teams' problem-solving abilities are put to the test with the "Hazard" element - a penalty one team incurs for being the last to finish the starting-line task. Later in the race, they discover the series' first ever Double Elimination. Travelling through four continents and 20 cities, racers find themselves amidst an 8th Century Buddhist temple in Indonesia, riding elephants through the rain forests of Thailand, and putting the pedal to the metal while racing cars in Belgium. For the first time in the race's history, contestants visit Indonesia, Belgium, Denmark and Malawi. An assortment of well-known individuals and average race-worthy Joes join Season 19, including Olympic snowboarders Andy Finch and Tommy Czeschin, former NFL tight end Marcus Pollard, the first person under 18 to sail solo around the world, "Survivor" winners Ethan Zohn and Jenna Morasca, twin sisters, and flight attendants, among others. To find out which team succeeded, watch The Amazing Race season 19 on DVD!!
CBS Home Entertainment and www.odvdo.com 's CreateSpace MOD program are bringing you the late 2010 and the early 2011 contests on DVD soon, with upcoming releases of The Amazing Race - The 18th Season: Unfinished Business and also The Amazing Race - The 19th Season. Each will be a 3-disc set priced at $34.95 SRP, and each comes with the early cover art shown below (may not be finalized, and could be subject to change). Extras, if any, haven't been revealed yet. When will they be out? That date hasn't been finalized yet, and www.odvdo.com 's entries merely say, "This title has not yet been released. You may pre-order it now and we will deliver it to you when it arrives." Our thanks to one of our readers, "Nick," for being the first to email us with this info!