Which YouTube star won this season of 'Amazing Race?'
Warning: Spoilers ahead. Don't read if you haven't watched the Season 28 finale!
Cue a victory dance.
Dancers/YouTube stars Matt Steffanina and fiancée Dana Borriello became the winners of Season 28 of CBS' Amazing Race, outpacing mother-and-son Sherri and Cole LaBrant (second place) and YouTube BFFs Tyler Oakley and Korey Kuhl (third place).
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This season of the network's tentpole reality series was all about "Team Internet," with all 11 teams made up of digital stars. The groups trekked to 18 cities in 10 countries over the course of 21 days.
The final challenge brought the final three teams to Southern California -- Downtown Los Angeles and Santa Barbara, to be exact-- where they kicked off the final leg of tasks by jumping off a 170-foot tall skyscraper to catch a clue.
Steffanina and Borriello -- both known for their popular dance videos on YouTube -- were in the lead throughout the entire episode. And walked away with $1 million.
After leaping to grab their first clue, the teams had to fly to Santa Barbara, travel to a 1926 fishing boat named Theresa Ann for their second clue and cab to the top of Gibraltar Rock.
There, one member had to "Tyrolean traverse" across a canyon to get half the clue while the other teammate was lowered down a vertical rock to get the other half.
Steffanina and Borriello struggled but finished just as the LaBrants (who are really, really afraid of heights) arrived.
Oakley and Kuhl's cab driver got a little lost, but they finally made it to the rock as well, falling closely behind the LaBrants.
Next, during a so-called road block, teams had to arrange wine barrel lids with letters on them to spell out nine of the cities they’ve visited on the Race and match them with hashtags for each cities' clue.
Borriello finished quickly and the two ran to the lake, where the rest of the eliminated teams and host Phil Keoghan stood cheering and waiting for the finalists to finish.
Even the losing teams were all smiles as Race came to an end.
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Saba was a Los Angeles-based reporter who covers all things digital entertainment, including YouTube, streaming services and digital influencers. Prior to that, she spent two years at the Los Angeles Times covering entertainment for the Calendar and Company Town sections. Saba grew up in Santa Monica and graduated from Boston University with a B.S. in journalism and B.A. in political science. When not reporting, she is usually binge watching shows online or looking for new coffee shops to frequent.
