The Amazing Race 13 is the 13th installment of the reality television competition series The Amazing Race. It featured 11 teams of two, each with a preexisting relationship, in a race around the world.
The 13th season was part of the fall line-up for 2008-09 season and premiered Sunday nights at 8:00 p.m. ET/PT starting on September 28, 2008 and the season finale aired on December 7, 2008 at 8:00 p.m. ET/PT.
Siblings Nick and Emily "Starr" Spangler were the winners of this race. Excluding the Family Edition, Starr remains the youngest person ever to win the Amazing Race, at age 21 during the race. Nick and Starr are also the first team of siblings to win the competition.
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