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The Amazing Race 5 was the fifth installment of the popular reality television show, The Amazing Race. It aired between July 6, 2004 and September 21, 2004.

Filming began on January 25, 2004 and finished on February 27, 2004.

In this edition of the race, several rule changes were introduced, including:

  • Yield >Yield< - This was a new element in the game that allowed one team to force another team to stop racing for a predetermined amount of time. The Yield was available on each leg, though it was not presented on each episode.
  • Fast Forward decrease - This race had Fast Forwards (passes to skip directly to the next Pit Stop) on only two legs, as opposed to previous seasons, where they were available on all legs except the last two.
  • Non-elimination penalty - Beginning this season, teams finishing last on non-elimination legs were penalized by being stripped of any money they had accumulated. In addition, they received no money at the start of the next leg. In previous seasons, there was no penalty for finishing last on non-elimination legs.

Because of its likeable cast, a likeable winning team, and the wide variety of places visited and tasks performed, many fans consider Season 5 to be one of the best seasons of The Amazing Race.

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Contestants

The following teams participated in the Race.

Main article: Amazing Race 5 contestants

Results

The following teams participated in the Race, with their relationships at the time of filming. Placements are listed in finishing order:

Team Relationship Position (by leg) Roadblocks performed
1<> 2 3 4<> 5 6 7 8 9<> 10<> 11 12 13
Chip & Kim Married Parents 8th1 8th 7th 1st 4th 2nd 1st 3rd 2nd 4th 1st> 2nd 1st Chip 11, Kim 1
Colin & Christie Dating 7th 6th 1st 2nd 1st 1st 2nd 1st 1st 1st 4th< 3rd 2nd Colin 10, Christie 1
Brandon & Nicole Dating Models 6th 1st 3rd 5th 3rd 4th 4th 2nd 5th 3rd 3rd 1st 3rd Brandon 11, Nicole 1
Linda & Karen Bowling Moms 3rd 4th 6th 6th 7th 6th 3rd 4th 3rd 2nd 2nd 4th Linda 6, Karen 5
Kami & Karli Twins 9th2 9th 5th 7th 6th 3rd 5th 5th 4th 5th Kami 5, Karli 4
Charla & Mirna Cousins ("Mirna & Schmirna") 5th 2nd 2nd 4th 2nd 5th 6th Charla 4, Mirna 2
Marshall & Lance Brothers 2nd 7th 8th 3rd 5th 7th3 Marshall 1, Lance 4
Bob & Joyce Internet Dating Couple 4th 5th 4th 8th Bob 1, Joyce 2
Jim & Marsha Military Dad & Daughter 10th 3rd 9th Jim 1, Marsha 1
Alison & Donny Dating 1st 10th Alison 0, Donny 1
Dennis & Erika Once Engaged 11th Dennis 0, Erika 0

Template:FnbChip and Kim arrived first in the pit stop, but forgot to pick up a clue which caused them to fall to 8th.
Template:FnbKami and Karli arrived second in the pit stop, but forgot to pick up a clue which caused them to fall to 9th.
Template:FnbMarshall & Lance decided to quit the Amazing Race, due to Marshall's knee injury.

  • Red means the team was eliminated.
  • Blue means the team was the last to arrive at a pit stop in a non-elimination leg of the race. This means that while the team was not eliminated, they were forced to give up all their money and did not receive any money at the beginning of the next leg.
  • Green means the team won the Fast Forward clue.
  • A yellow > means that team chose to use the Yield; < indicates the team who received it; <> indicates that the yield for that leg was available but not used.


Trivia

General

  • This edition featured the first father/daughter team, cousins team, female twins team, and a competitor with dwarfism (Charla).
  • This season was also the first (and so far only) to visit all six inhabited continents.
  • This season features the first African-American and the oldest couple to win the Race (Chip & Kim).
  • Chip and Brandon hold the record for most Roadblocks performed by a single person. The record is unlikely to be broken because of a rule limiting the number of Roadblocks a person may perform beginning in Season 6. It is speculated that the rule was enacted to eliminate reliance on stronger team members in completing the Roadblocks regardless of the situation.
  • Every team in the final leg had the female in each team complete 1 Roadblock, and the male Team member completing 10 or 11 Roadblocks.
  • Nearly every country featured this season had not been previously visited; these include Uruguay, Argentina, Russia (the race's first trip to Eastern Europe), Egypt, Kenya, Tanzania, United Arab Emirates (the race's first trip to the Middle East), Philippines, and Canada. The only exclusions were India and New Zealand.
  • This is the first race not to announce post-check-in time credits or penalties to any team. In Leg 1, Chip & Kim and Kami & Karli arrived at the pit stop after accidentally skipping a clue box earlier in the leg. Neither team was allowed to check in until they returned to the missed box and read its clue.
  • This season features the first female team (Linda and Karen) to make it to the Final Four.

Pre-Race

In-Race

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Charla and Mirna block shots during a Detour in Saint Petersburg, Russia
  • Nicole took 4 hours to complete the caviar challenge in Saint Petersburg in Leg 4.
  • Marshall and Lance were the first team in Amazing Race history to quit. Marshall was suffering from a knee injury in the Roadblock in Luxor, Egypt, on Leg 6 and the team arrived at the task site after all others had left. They decided to give up.
  • On Leg 8, Colin almost went to jail having an argument with the cab driver. Colin wanted to give the cab driver $50, but the cab driver needed $100.
  • The woman that welcomed the teams in the Pit Stop of Leg 11 (Rotorua, New Zealand to Manila, Philippines) was Luli Arroyo, the daughter of the current Philippine president, Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo.
  • In Leg 12 where the teams are tasked to find the Philippine flag, the other two flags the teams would choose were actually those of the Czech Republic and Equatorial Guinea, both similar in design to the Philippine flag.
  • Leg 12 to date has been the second leg of The Amazing Race series to air without a Detour challenge (the first being in season 2).
  • On the final leg (Leg 13), Colin ordered the limousine in Dallas by using a fake credit card number. Teams were only allowed to use their provided credit cards for purchasing airfare.
  • A tire blowout in Dallas on Colin and Christie's limousine was not shown in Leg 13. This mishap essentially prevented them from winning the race.
  • There were 36-hour pitstops in Leg 4; Leg 6; Leg 10 and Leg 12.

Post-Race

  • Two challenges were edited out of the program since they did not affect team placement. The first was there was a nut finding Roadblock in the markets of Dubai; the second, a tipi building challenge in Banff, Alberta[1]. The clam-hunting task in the Philippines, presented as a normal challenge, was originally one of two Detour choices. The yellow Detour clue is visible in several Racers' hands, particularly Kim's, and the second Detour choice was never presented on-air.
  • Charla & Mirna appeared on MADtv in an Amazing Race parody.
  • Colin & Christie gave one of their trips to Dennis and Erika.
  • Charla & Mirna appeared in the audience of The Price Is Right, but neither of them was chosen into Contestant's Row.
  • Charla & Mirna and Chip & Kim appeared on Bravo TV's Battle of the Network Reality Stars. Charla & Mirna were each eliminated, but Mirna returned and ended up on the winning team.
  • Charla appeared in the "reality stars" themed first game of Season 7 of Celebrity Poker Showdown.
  • Colin proposed to Christie during the Early Show interview after the race.
  • Charla appeared on HBO's The Comeback starring Lisa Kudrow.
  • Charla & Mirna were featured in recap on various episodes of The Soup on E!.
  • Erika is now a producer with the show and was on-hand during the Season 12 open casting call in Cabazon, CA.
  • Charla & Mirna were selected to race in The Amazing Race All-Stars.
  • Colin & Christie were expected to be on the All Stars edition, but they didn't make it because Christie was pregnant.

Prizes

Individual prizes were awarded to the first team to complete a leg.

  • Leg 1 - A vacation to Hawaii provided by American Airlines website AA.com.
  • Leg 6 - A vacation to exotic Mexico provided by American Airlines website AA.com.
  • Leg 7 - A vacation to sunny Latin America provided by American Airlines website AA.com.
  • Leg 8 - A vacation to sunny Caribbean provided by American Airlines website AA.com.
  • Leg 9 - A vacation to exotic Mexico provided by American Airlines website AA.com.
  • Leg 10 - A vacation to Europe provided by American Airlines website AA.com.
  • Leg 11 - A vacation to Hawaii provided by American Airlines website AA.com.
  • Leg 12 - A vacation to sunny Caribbean provided by American Airlines website AA.com.
  • Leg 13 - $1,000,000

Race locations

Route map

Leg 1 (United States → Uruguay)

The first Detour of the race was Zips or Chips. In Zips, teams had to ascend into a penthouse and travel by zipline down to a pool to find their next clue. In Chips, teams had to play roulette inside the hotel with 20 chips. If they lost all of their chips they would have to do the other Detour.

Leg 2 (Uruguay → Argentina)

The Detour choices were Perro or Tango. In Perro, teams had to take eight dogs to three checkpoints. In Tango, teams had to travel the streets of Buenos Aires into a theater. They were given a picture of someone they would find in the theatre. They then had to search tango dancers that looked alike find the match to their picture. If they gave the picture to the wrong person they wouldn't receive their clue from the person and had to go back to the entrance and get another picture of a different person. The first Roadblock of the race was to play a game traditionally played by a children into a ranch, ribbon roping. One team member had to remove a bandana from the neck of one of the calves.

Leg 3 (Argentina)

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Phil explains the Roadblock in San Carlos de Bariloche

The Roadblock required one team member to search through 11,000 chocolates (by biting into them) until they located one with a white center. The Detour choices were Smooth Sailing or Rough Riding. In Smooth Sailing, teams must tandem paraglide with an instructor off a 5,000 foot mountain. In Rough Riding, teams must ride a bike down the mountain.

Leg 4 (Argentina → Russia)

The Detour choices were Block Five Shots and Drink One Shot. In Block Five Shots, teams must travel to an ice hockey rink and block five slap shots by professional hockey players. In Drink One Shot, teams must travel to Palace, grab a saber and perform a cossack ritual: Balance a shot glass of vodka on the blade and tilt the sword to drink without dropping the glass. The Roadblock required one team member to eat one kilogram of caviar.

Leg 5 (Russia → Egypt)

The Fast Forward on this leg of the race was to carry a sarcophagus into the temple. In the Roadblock for this leg of the race, one team member had to descend into Osiris Shaft to retrieve a satchel containing puzzle pieces which were used to find the next clue. The Detour offered teams a choice between Rock & Roll and Hump & Ride. In Rock & Roll, teams used traditional techniques to transport two stone blocks. Hump & Ride required teams to transport two camels loaded with carpets to a merchant.

Leg 6 (Egypt)

The Detour for this leg was a choice between Herd It and Haul It. In Herd It, teams had to load ten goats into a sailboat and deliver them to a shepherd on the other side of the Nile River. In Haul It, teams had to haul water from the Nile and transport it by donkey to fill a cistern. In the Roadblock, one team member had to use archeological tools to dig for a stone scarab.

Leg 7 (Egypt → Tanzania)

The Detour choices were Buzzing and Busy. In Buzzing, teams must travel by bicycle to a local honey farm and harvest two kilograms of honey. In Busy, teams must travel to a furniture store and deliver two chairs to a specified house. The Roadblock required one team member to eat an ostrich egg.

Leg 8 (Tanzania → United Arab Emirates)

The Detour for this leg offered teams the choice of Off Plane or Off Road. In Off Plane, teams travel to the Al Quwain Aero Club and tandem skydive 10,000 ft with an instructor to a landing site in the Margam Dunes. In Off Road, teams travel directly to the Margam Dunes and drive an ATV over a six mile course to the skydiving landing site.

Leg 9 (United Arab Emirates → India)

The Fast Forward instructed teams to travel to a temple and engage in head shaving, a traditional Hindu ritual. For the Roadblock, one team member was required to use a traditional mold to make 20 mud bricks. The Detour was a choice between Heavy but Short and Light but Long. In Heavy but Short, teams must travel over ten miles to Land's Down to transport a taxi a half-mile to a local garage. The taxis have no engines so teams must push them. In Light but Long, teams must travel to Calcutta's largest flower market to find a particular stall and receive a garland, which they must then release into the Ganges River.

Leg 10 (India → New Zealand)

The Detour for this leg offered the choice of Clean or Dirty . In Clean, teams drive 13 miles to Okere Falls and complete a one mile whitewater river sledge course. In Dirty, teams travel ten miles to Hell's Gate and search for clues buried in a hot mud pit. In the Roadblock, one team member has to inflate a Zorb and ride it down a hillside. At the bottom of the hill, the rider has to get out and push the Zorb a short distance, then join his/her teammate and run to the Pit Stop.

Leg 11 (New Zealand → Philippines)

In the Roadblock for this leg, one team member had to climb a 70 foot ladder to the underside of a suspension bridge. From there he or she had to walk along narrow girders until reaching the clue, and were then lowered to a waiting boat below. In the Detour, teams chose between Plow and Fowl. In Plow, teams would choose a marked field and use an ox-drawn plow to till the soil, until the plow caught on a buried rope attached to a hidden clue. In Fowl, teams had to herd 1,000 ducks from one pen to another 50 yards away.

Leg 12 (Philippines)

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Chip and Kim prepare for the luge at Canada Olympic Park

The Roadblock for this leg required one team member to climb a 150 foot rock wall using an ascender.

Leg 13 (Philippines → Canada → United States)

The Detour offered teams the choice of Slide or Ride. In Slide, teams had to complete the Olympic course on a two-man luge in 34 seconds or less. In Ride, teams had to use mountain bikes to complete the Olympic slalom course in three minutes or less. Failure to complete either course in the specified time meant teams had to repeat the course. There was a final Roadblock of this race, which went unaired, required one team member to build a teepee outside the Banff Springs Hotel.

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