“Amazing Race” Contestant Whacked In Face With Watermelon!

Yikes! Bad things are bound to happen when you combine flying fruits and the force of gravity! Take a peek at this promo clip from the upcoming premiere of the new season of CBS’ The Amazing Race, which features home shopping television hosts Brook and Claire and their close encounter with a runaway watermelon!

Claire Champlain was competing on the challenge show in a segment that required contestants to use a watermelon-hurling slingshot to knock down targets a short distance away. But Champlain’s efforts backfired when a watermelon she was attempting to fling stayed in the slingshot’s pouch and was flung back at her.

The watermelon smacked Champlain in the face, exploding on impact.

“I can’t feel my face,” Champlain groined as her partner and Home Shopping Network co-host Brooke Roberts went to her aid. “I have the worst headache ever.”

Footage of the incident was released on Twitter by CBS Thursday as part of the network’s promotion for the premiere of Season 17 of the show. The new season of the globetrotting series premieres with a 90-minute debut (8:30PM-10PM) Sept. 26 on CBS.