The Amazing Race 5


The Amazing Race 5 is the fifth installment of the American reality television show The Amazing Race. The Amazing Race 5 featured 11 teams of two, with a pre-existing relationship, in a race around the world.
This season premiered on July 6, 2004, with weekly showings at 8:00 pm EDT, followed by the Tuesday edition of Big Brother 5. The 2-hour season finale aired on September 21, 2004.
Married parents Chip and Kim McAllister were the winners of the Race, and were the first African-American team to win the competition.
A DVD for this season was released on April 24, 2012, via Amazon.com's CreateSpace program.

Production

Development and filming

After the anemic ratings for The Amazing Race 4, CBS chairman and CEO Les Moonves doubted whether the series would be renewed for another season. After much deliberation, CBS officially ordered a fifth installment of the Race in September 2003. Some observers cited the series' recent Emmy win as the factor behind its renewal. While CBS flirted with the idea of a fall premiere, it ultimately gave Season 5 a summer broadcast to create momentum for The Amazing Race 6 on the fall schedule.
This season introduced two major twists to the Race: the Yield and a non-elimination penalty. The Yield 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. The non-elimination penalty meant teams finishing last on non-elimination legs were stripped of any money they had accumulated and received no money at the start of the next leg. This was also the first season to see the number of Fast Forwards reduced; only two were available in the entire Race.
The Amazing Race 5 lasted 31–32 days and traveled, which was the longest Race route yet, covering six continents and twelve countries. The teams visited nine countries not previously seen on the show, including Uruguay, Argentina, Russia, Egypt, Kenya, Tanzania, United Arab Emirates, Philippines, and Canada. This is the first time the former Soviet Union and the Middle East were visited on the Race. Also, for the first time the final leg had an intermediate destination in a foreign country.
During pre-production, the producers moved the Dubai leg of the Race from the originally planned location of Istanbul, Turkey. The reason for this decision has not been disclosed. Istanbul was eventually visited by the Race in The Amazing Race 7. The producers also moved the Philippine legs from the planned Japan legs, but the nation was eventually visited by the Race in The Amazing Race 9.
The Zorb task in Leg 10 was filmed at a New Zealand farm owned by one of Keoghan's friends. Prior to the season, Keoghan had experienced rolling in the Zorb from his friend and insisted it would be a task on the show.
Marshall & Lance were the first team in Amazing Race history to quit following Marshall's knee injury during the Leg 6 Roadblock in Luxor, Egypt. When the team arrived at the final Roadblock site after all the other teams had left, the decision was made to give up rather than complete the frustrating 'needle in a haystack' digging task.
Two challenges were edited out of the program since they did not affect team placement. The first was a nut finding Roadblock in the markets of Dubai, and the second was a tipi building challenge in Banff, Alberta.
The show also featured Miss Uruguay Natalia Rodriguez Lassiy, who competed in Miss World 2003, as a greeter at the Uruguay Pit Stop, and Luli Arroyo, the daughter of then-Philippine president, Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo as the local greeter at the Manila Pit Stop.

Cast

Applications were due on October 8, 2003. Filming began on January 30, 2004 and finished on February 27, 2004.
Following two seasons that featured twelve teams, the contestant pool was reduced to eleven for this season. They included a military man, a dating widowed couple, female twins, a former Big Brother contestant, a team member with dwarfism, and a few beauty pageant queens.
Chip portrayed a young Muhammad Ali in the 1977 film The Greatest.
Erika, Alison, Nicole, and Christie competed against one another in various beauty pageants. Christie was a former Miss Teen USA champion, while Nicole was the winner of Miss Texas USA.
Alison of CBS's Big Brother 4 was the first contestant from a previously aired reality show to take part in The Amazing Race.
Colin & Christie were engaged on CBS's Early Show.
Erika became a producer with the show and was on-hand during the Season 12 open casting call in Cabazon, California. Erika is credited with recruiting the show's first and second all-female winning teams, anesthesiologists Nat & Kat, the winners of Season 17, and sisters Kisha & Jen, who competed on Season 14 before winning Season 18.

Future appearances

& Mirna returned to compete in The Amazing Race All-Stars among a cast of returning teams from seasons 1-10. Colin & Christie were also invited to participate in The Amazing Race All-Stars, but had to decline due to Christie's pregnancy. They later competed on the thirty-first season which aired in 2019.
Alison Irwin later appeared on Big Brother: All Stars and was the first person evicted. In 2005, Chip, Kim, Charla, and Mirna all competed on the Bravo reality series Battle of the Network Reality Stars, along with 28 other individuals from various reality series. Mirna was a member of the winning team.

Results

The following teams participated in the Race, each listed along with their placements in each leg and relationships as identified by the program. Note that this table is not necessarily reflective of all content broadcast on television, owing to the inclusion or exclusion of some data. Placements are listed in finishing order:
  1. The Roadblock count does not include the results of the unaired Roadblock from Leg 8.
  2. ^ Chip & Kim and Kami & Karli initially arrived 1st and 2nd, respectively, but they had missed the clue to the Detour, having simply arrived by chance at one of the two options. They had to go back and retrieve the clue before checking in, causing them to fall to 8th and 9th, respectively.
  3. Marshall & Lance, exhausted, injured, working in the dark and already in last place, decided to quit the Race during the Roadblock. This marked the first time ever that host Phil Keoghan had to travel to a Race location to eliminate a team still on the racecourse.

    Episode title quotes

Episode titles are often taken from quotes made by the racers.
  1. "Clearly, I'm More Intelligent than You" – Alison
  2. "It Turned Ugly Just Now" – Kami
  3. "I Got Electrocuted" – Charla
  4. "Who Says Pageant Girls Don't Eat?" – Brandon
  5. "Are You Good at Puzzles?" – Brandon
  6. "Why Can't We Get a Camel?" – Marshall
  7. "Are You Sure This is Safe?" – Nicole
  8. "I'm Going to Jail" – Colin
  9. "If You're Going to Whine, Just Shut Up!" – Karen
  10. "If They're Screwing the Helmet to My Head, It Can't Be Good!" – Linda
  11. "It's Okay, Run Them Over!" – Christie
  12. "You've Just Made Me a Millionaire" – Chip

    Prizes

Individual prizes were awarded to the first team to complete a leg. Trips were provided by American Airlines website .

Leg 1 (United States → Uruguay)

Airdate: July 6, 2004
The first Detour of the Race was Zips or Chips. In Zips, teams had to ascend into a penthouse of the Conrad Hotel and travel by zip-line above the ground, then take a second zip line 18 stories down to the hotel pool to receive their next clue. In Chips, teams had to play roulette in the hotel casino with 20 chips and would receive their clue if they won a game. If they lost all of their chips, they would have to do the Zips task.
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Airdate: July 13, 2004
In this leg's Detour, teams had a choice between Perro or Tango. In Perro, teams took on the extremely popular job of dog walking. They had to walk eight dogs on a course that began outside the cemetery, while using a provided map to navigate past a series of three checkpoints to their final destination, Floralis Genérica to locate their next clue. In Tango, teams had to travel to Teatro Lola Membrives, which was filled with similar-looking tango dancers. Teams were given a photo of a tango dancer and had find the dancer who matched their photo to receive their next clue. If the teams gave the photo to the wrong dancer, the dancer would take it and they would have to get a new picture and try again.
The first Roadblock of the Race, one team member had to play a game traditionally played by children on a ranch, ribbon roping. They had to enter a corral and attempt to remove a bandana from the neck of one of the calves to receive their next clue from a gaucho.
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Airdate: July 20, 2004
In this leg's Roadblock, one team member had to search through 11,000 chocolates by biting into them until they found one of only 20 with a white center to receive their next clue from a factory worker.
The Detour of this leg was a choice between Smooth Sailing or Rough Riding. In Smooth Sailing, each team member had to paraglide in tandem with an instructor off the edge of the hill. They would sail through the air and back down to the base of the mountain. When they successfully landed, the paraglider would get their next clue. In Rough Riding, each team had to ride a mountain bike through a rugged trail course down the mountain to receive their next clue.
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Airdate: July 27, 2004
The Detour of this leg was a choice between Block 5 Shots or Drink 1 Shot. In Block 5 Shots, teams had to travel to SKA hockey rink, dress up into a professional hockey gear, and step to the goal's position to block five slap shots by professional hockey players to receive their next clue from a coach. In Drink 1 Shot, teams had to travel to Anichkov Palace where they had to perform a cossack ritual. Each team member had to balance a shot glass of vodka on the blade of a saber and tilt the sword to their mouth to drink the vodka without even dropping the glass to receive their next clue.
In this leg's Roadblock, one team member had to eat of caviar to receive their next clue from a waiter.
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Airdate: August 3, 2004
In this Fast Forward, teams had to go to the Pharaonic Village and find a marked sarcophagus that they had to transport through the village, across the Nile River on a ferry, and to a temple. Once the team handed it over to the priest, they would receive the Fast Forward award.
In the leg's Roadblock, one team member had to descend down a series of ladders into the depths of Osiris Shaft below sea level. Then, they retrieved a satchel containing a full puzzle pieces, which they had to carry back up the ladder to the surface and presented it to an Egyptologist to get the next clue.
The Detour of this leg was a choice between Rock & Roll or Hump & Ride. In Rock & Roll, teams had to use an ancient Egyptian technique of using round logs to move a sled carrying two rocks weighing approximately across an area the size of a football field to receive their next clue. In Hump & Ride, teams had to pick a pair of horses to lead camels laden with carpets to a merchant to receive the next clue. This task closed at 5:30 pm.
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Airdate: August 10, 2004
The Detour of this leg was a choice between Herd It or Haul It. In both Detours, teams had to travel on traditional carriage known as a kalesh. In Herd It, teams had to travel to Banana Island and load ten goats into a sailboat and deliver them to a shepherd on the other side of the Nile River in exchange for their next clue. In Haul It, teams traveled to Pigeon Farm. Once there, teams had to use an ancient device to lift water from the Nile river and fill an urn. Then, teams had to transport the urn by donkey to a farmhouse and fill a cistern to a marked line to receive their next clue.
In the leg's Roadblock, one team member had to choose a large dig site and use archeological tools to dig in the sand until they unearthed a scarab, a beetle stone carving which is a part of Egyptian mythology. When the scarab was found, an archeologist would give teams their next clue.
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Airdate: August 17, 2004
The Detour on this leg was a choice between Buzzing or Busy. In Buzzing, teams had to travel by bicycle to a local honey farm. There, they had to put on beekeeper suits and work together to harvest of honey from traditional African hives in order to receive their next clue. In Busy, teams have to find a specific shop, where they have to load two chairs onto a bicycle-driven cart. When the chairs were delivered to a specific address, the house owner would give teams a receipt. Teams then had to return to the shopkeeper and give him the receipt to get their clue.
In this leg's Roadblock, one team member had to crack open an ostrich egg and pour it into a wooden bowl. When the bowl was full, team members had to cook and then eat the egg, which is equal to two dozen chicken eggs, to receive their next clue.
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Airdate: August 24, 2004
There was a Roadblock that involved the team member searching through many stalls for a particular kind of nut in a local market. After purchasing some and then delivering them to a dhow in the nearby harbor, they would receive their next clue. This task was unaired; however, Chip can be seen holding a Roadblock envelope when boarding the dhow in the episode.
The Detour was a choice between Off Plane or Off Road. In Off Plane, teams had to travel to the Al Quwain Aero Club and tandem skydive with an instructor to a landing site in the Margham Dunes. When teams successfully landed, they would get their next clue. Each plane would only carry one team, and planes departed 45 minutes apart. In Off Road, teams had to travel directly to the Margham Dunes, where they had to drive a marked 4x4 over a course through the desert ending at the skydiving landing site. If teams got stuck in the sand, they had to radio for help, which could take a long time.
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Airdate: August 31, 2004
The Fast Forward instructed teams to travel to a Hindu Temple and engage in a Hindu cleansing ritual that involves shaving the head of all hair. Once both team members were completely bald, they would win the Fast Forward award.
In this leg's Roadblock, one team member had to use a traditional Indian mold to make 20 mud bricks. If the molds weren't filled in the correct way, the bricks would fell apart. Once the factory worker determined that the bricks were all properly formed, teams would receive their next clue.
The Detour was a choice between Heavy but Short or Light but Long. In Heavy but Short, teams had to travel over to Lansdowne Road to transport a taxi a half-mile to a local garage, where the owner would hand them their next clue. The taxis had no engines, so teams would have to push the taxi. In Light but Long, teams had to travel to Kolkata's largest flower market to find a particular stall and receive a garland, which they then had to release into the Ganges for good luck to receive their next clue.
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Airdate: September 7, 2004
The Detour of this leg was a choice between Clean or Dirty. In Clean, teams had to drive to Okere Falls to put on a protective gear and perform an adventure sport called river sledging on the Kaituna River. With the help of the two guides, teams had to complete a course with only a small board, called a sledge for protection. At the end of the course, the instructor would give them their next clue. In Dirty, teams had to travel to Hell's Gate and search within the marked area of a bubbling hot mud pit for their next clue.
In the leg's Roadblock, one team member had to inflate a Zorb and ride it down a hillside. At the bottom of the hill, the rider had to walk the Zorb a short distance to cross a finish line, then get out and run to the Pit Stop with his or her teammate.

Leg 11 (New Zealand → Philippines)

Airdate: September 14, 2004
In this leg's Roadblock, one team member had travel by boat to Auckland Harbour Bridge and climb a ladder to the girders beneath the roadway. From there, he or she had to walk along the girders until they retrieved the clue on the other side. They were then lowered to a waiting boat below.
The Detour was a choice between Plow or Fowl. In Plow, teams had to 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. This side of the Detour later appeared on Season 25 as a Switchback. In Fowl, teams had to work together and herd 1,000 ducks from one pen to another away to receive their next clue.
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Airdate: September 21, 2004
In the one aired choice for the Detour, teams had to put on snorkel gear and search underwater for one of four giant clams containing their next clue. This Detour was shown as additional task.
In this leg's Roadblock, one team member to climb the Lagen Wall using an ascender, retrieve their next clue, and rappel down back.
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Airdate: September 21, 2004
In the final Roadblock of the Race, one team member had to build a First Nations teepee outside the Banff Springs Hotel with an example of an exact given model. This task was unaired.
The final Detour of the Race was a choice between Slide or Ride. In Slide, teams had to travel to the top of the Olympic luge course, where they would hop into a two-man luge. They had to ride down the course at a wild and complete the course in 34 seconds or less to receive their next clue. In Ride, teams had to ride mountain bikes through a snow-covered Olympic slalom ski course in three minutes or less to receive their next clue.
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