{"id":437,"date":"2026-05-01T12:59:30","date_gmt":"2026-05-01T12:59:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/amazing-race-host-phil-keoghan-reveals-why-celebrity-season-may-never-happen\/"},"modified":"2026-05-01T12:59:30","modified_gmt":"2026-05-01T12:59:30","slug":"amazing-race-host-phil-keoghan-reveals-why-celebrity-season-may-never-happen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/amazing-race-host-phil-keoghan-reveals-why-celebrity-season-may-never-happen\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Amazing Race&#8217; host Phil Keoghan reveals why celebrity season may never happen"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/04\/Phil-Keoghan.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Phil Keoghan blamed busy schedules for why an all-celebrity season of \u201cThe Amazing Race\u201d may never happen.<\/p>\n<p>The host of the <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/03\/19\/us-news\/bay-ridge-brothers-competing-on-amazing-race-after-seven-years-of-training\/\">CBS reality series<\/a> said \u201cCelebrity Amazing Race\u201d would only work if it were shorter than regular seasons.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Phil Keoghan (seen above) told Page Six that celebrities\u2019 busy schedules are the major issue in why an all-celeb season may never happen. <span class=\"credit\">\u00a9CBS\/Courtesy Everett Collection<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Koeghan (pictured above on the CBS reality show) said the celebrity season would only work if it\u2019s shorter than regular seasons. <span class=\"credit\">\u00a9CBS\/Courtesy Everett Collection<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>\u201cIt would have to be a limited run, maybe reducing the number of episodes and maybe running a shorter distance,\u201d he told us. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI just don\u2019t know about getting celebrities that people would want to watch on \u2018Amazing Race\u2019 away for that long, and traveling that far and going through the challenges of what\u2019s involved.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But Keoghan, 58, clarified that he \u201cwouldn\u2019t say no\u201d to doing the celebrity season.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>\u201cIt would have to be a limited run, maybe reducing the number of episodes and maybe running a shorter distance,\u201d said Keoghan, who is pictured above on \u201cHacks.\u201d <span class=\"credit\">Courtesy of HBO Max and photographed by Kenny Laubbacher<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Keoghan (seen above with brother-sister team Nick and Starr on \u201cAmazing Race\u201d Season 13) noted that the long traveling and intense challenges would also deter celebrities from going on the show. <span class=\"credit\">CBS \/ courtesy everett collection<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Multiple celebrities have competed on \u201cThe Amazing Race\u201d since it premiered in 2001, including \u201cThe White Lotus\u201d creator <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/04\/23\/entertainment\/survivor-50-star-christian-hubicki-reveals-where-he-stands-with-mike-white\/\">Mike White<\/a>, pro surfer Bethany Hamilton, \u201cVanderpump Rules\u201d alum <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/04\/27\/entertainment\/stassi-schroeder-reveals-secret-falling-out-with-vanderpump-rules-co-star-katie-maloney\/\">Stassi Schroeder<\/a>, former NFL player DeAngelo Williams, New Kids on the Block singer Jonathan Knight and more.<\/p>\n<p>Keoghan told us that according to production data, the most successful seasons of the show have featured \u201creal people\u201d \u2014 and not celebs.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen I say real people, unknown people from heartland America who maybe have never traveled, never owned a passport, never had the opportunity to do something like that,\u201d he explained. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat scenario does seem to resonate more with viewers,\u201d Keoghan continued. \u201cAnd I think it\u2019s because they see themselves in the racers. It\u2019s fun to watch a celebrity, but I think it\u2019s harder to see themselves in it, and it\u2019s harder for them to live vicariously through the racers.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>\u201cThe White Lotus\u201d creator Mike White and his dad Mel White (pictured above) competing on \u201cThe Amazing Race\u201d twice. <span class=\"credit\">CBS via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Pro surfers Adam Dirks and Bethany Hamilton (pictured above) were on Season 25. <span class=\"credit\">CBS via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>\u201cVanderpump Rules\u201d alum Stassi Schroeder appeared on the \u201cFamily Edition\u201d in 2005. <span class=\"credit\">CBS via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The ten-time Emmy Award winner also pointed out that since <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/03\/05\/style\/maura-higgins-tells-page-six-radio-why-she-knew-rob-rausch-would-make-good-on-birkin-promise\/\">other reality shows<\/a> are stacked with celebrities, he wants \u201cAmazing Race\u201d to continue casting everyday people.<\/p>\n<p>He explained, \u201cYou don\u2019t need to be a great dancer. You don\u2019t need to be a great singer. You don\u2019t need to be a great baker or cook. You\u2019re literally on the show because you\u2019re interesting and dynamic and captivating, and I think that\u2019s what has always set this show apart.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>After last season featured all <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/09\/29\/entertainment\/big-brother-27-ashley-hollis-defends-her-win-reacts-to-vince-speech\/\">\u201cBig Brother\u201d stars<\/a>, Keoghan promised that Season 39, set to premiere in the fall, has \u201ca great cast.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s back to so-called everyday people,\u201d he shared. \u201cIt\u2019s like everyday people who are extraordinary. It\u2019s such a good season and it\u2019s literally just real people from heartland America.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Keoghan (pictured above during \u201cAmazing Race 12\u201d) told us that seasons with \u201cregular people\u201d are most successful. <span class=\"credit\">\u00a9CBS\/Courtesy Everett Collection<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Keoghan (seen above) also teased that Season 39, premiering in the fall, has a \u201cgreat cast\u201d and that they have \u201cexciting\u201d plans for Season 40. <span class=\"credit\">\u00a9CBS\/Courtesy Everett Collection \/ Everett Collection<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Keoghan also teased that the show has \u201cexciting\u201d plans for Season 40.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re definitely looking at it as a milestone season,\u201d he said. \u201cI mean, it has to be. And fans already, or have been for a long time, throwing out ideas about what the theme could be and what we could do with it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s lots of fun ideas that we\u2019re throwing around and it\u2019s exciting,\u201d Keoghan added.<\/p>\n<p>Season 39 of \u201cAmazing Race\u201d is set to return this fall.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/05\/01\/entertainment\/amazing-race-host-phil-keoghan-reveals-why-celebrity-season-may-never-happen\/\" target=\"_blank\">Source link<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Phil Keoghan blamed busy schedules for why an all-celebrity season of \u201cThe Amazing Race\u201d may<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":438,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-437","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Phil-Keoghan.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/437","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=437"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/437\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/438"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=437"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=437"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=437"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}