Raleigh’s Holderness duo premieres on ‘The Amazing Race’ Wednesday night. How to watch
Penn and Kim Holderness, of the Raleigh family behind viral videos like “Christmas Jammies,” begin their “Amazing Race” journey Wednesday night on CBS.
The two will join 10 other teams in a race around the world for Season 33 of the award-winning reality competition series. One team is usually eliminated at the end of each episode after arriving last at that leg’s pit stop.
The ultimate winning team in the final episode receives a $1 million prize.
This season’s contestants also include Connie and Sam Greiner, a married couple from Charlotte.
Filming for Season 33 actually began in February 2020 and had to pause — for a year and a half — because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
In Wednesday night’s two-hour premiere, the first leg of the race starts in competitors’ homes, where they get the “go!” signal via video from host Phil Keoghan and then rush to the nearest airport for a flight to London.
Penn and Kim hug their children goodbye on the front lawn and run to a waiting cab as their son, Penn Charles, yells, “Say hi to Phil for me!”
The teams get their first clue in London’s Trafalgar Square and later head to Scotland. That’s when the pandemic brings action to a screeching halt.
Wednesday’s premiere episode starts at 8 p.m. on CBS, but typically, the show will air at 9 p.m. on Wednesdays and last for only one hour.
This story was originally published January 4, 2022 at 2:35 PM.
