History Characters / TheAmazingRaceAsia5

Radio DJs from Singapore. After their 3rd place finish in the 1st leg, the subsequent 4 legs saw them racing back of the pack, placing bottom 2 in 3 of them. Though Philippines smiled upon them as they sang their way for 2 straight leg wins, their final leg in Yogyakatra, Indonesia saw them in the bottom again after JK becomes the only person who failed the Roadblock on the first try, and while they eventually managed to catch up with Chloe & Yvonne, a wrong direction from a local to a Pitstop eliminatied them in 5th.

''Asia'': [[Characters/TheAmazingRaceAsia1 1]] | [[Characters/TheAmazingRaceAsia2 2]] | [[Characters/TheAmazingRaceAsia3 3]] | [[Characters/TheAmazingRaceAsia4 4]] | ''5''\\

[-United States original: [[Characters/TheAmazingRace1 1]] | [[Characters/TheAmazingRace2 2]] | [[Characters/TheAmazingRace3 3]] | [[Characters/TheAmazingRace4 4]] | [[Characters/TheAmazingRace5 5]] | [[Characters/TheAmazingRace6 6]] | [[Characters/TheAmazingRace7 7]] | [[Characters/TheAmazingRaceFamilyEdition 8: Family Edition]] | [[Characters/TheAmazingRace9 9]] | [[Characters/TheAmazingRace10 10]] | [[Characters/TheAmazingRaceAllStars2007 11: All-Stars]] | [[Characters/TheAmazingRace12 12]] | [[Characters/TheAmazingRace13 13]] | [[Characters/TheAmazingRace14 14]] | [[Characters/TheAmazingRace15 15]] | [[Characters/TheAmazingRace16 16]] | [[Characters/TheAmazingRace17 17]] | [[Characters/TheAmazingRaceUnfinishedBusiness 18: Unfinished Business]] | [[Characters/TheAmazingRace19 19]] | [[Characters/TheAmazingRace20 20]] | [[Characters/TheAmazingRace21 21]] | [[Characters/TheAmazingRace22 22]] | [[Characters/TheAmazingRace23 23]] | [[Characters/TheAmazingRaceAllStars2014 24: All-Stars]] | [[Characters/TheAmazingRace25 25]] | [[Characters/TheAmazingRace26 26]] | [[Characters/TheAmazingRace27 27]] | [[Characters/TheAmazingRace28 28]] | [[Characters/TheAmazingRace29 29]] | [[Characters/TheAmazingRace30 30]] | [[Characters/TheAmazingRace31 31: Reality Showdown]] | [[Characters/TheAmazingRace32 32]] | [[Characters/TheAmazingRace33 33]] | [[Characters/TheAmazingRace34 34]]\\
''Asia'': [[Characters/TheAmazingRaceAsia1 1]] | [[Characters/TheAmazingRaceAsia2 2]] | [[Characters/TheAmazingRaceAsia3 3]] | [[Characters/TheAmazingRaceAsia4 4]] | [[Characters/TheAmazingRaceAsia5 5]]\\

''Australia'': [[Characters/TheAmazingRaceAustralia1 1]] | [[Characters/TheAmazingRaceAustralia2 2]] | [[Characters/TheAmazingRaceAustraliaVNewZealand 3: Australia v New Zealand]] | [[Characters/TheAmazingRaceAustralia4 4]] | [[Characters/TheAmazingRaceAustralia5 5]] | '''6: ''Around the World''''' | [[Characters/TheAmazingRaceAustralia7 7: Celebrity Edition]]\\

At last, in 2016, the fifth installment of ''The Amazing Race Asia'' has finally returned with great enthusiasm. The fans would not be disappointed. The season's likable teams far outnumbered the teams who were unlikable or unnoticeable, provided a variety of physical and mental challenges that had no bias in any specific areas requiring teams to be a JackOfAllTrades to succeed on the course, had one of the most original and memorable Fast Forwards ever in Leg 5 where both teams failed even after one team attempted it '''49 times''', several [[ShockingElimination Shocking Eliminations]] where 3 of the teams who had been eliminated had placed first in the previous leg, a finale where the placements instantaneously inverted halfway through leading to a tight race at the memory task, and a very likable winner. The season was not without flaws though as the course was rather short with 10 legs and was exclusively in Asia (5 of which were in Indonesia due to the biggest sponsor being Wonderful Indonesia), the teams were less memorable than the previous season, using the unpopular starting line elimination, and having both a Yield and U-Turn in the penultimate leg. [[note]] Which alone is a death sentence towards a team, eliminated the strongest and most competitive team leaving the finale without a frontrunner. Plus it contributed to ruining the possibility of the first all female final 3.[[/note]] Nonetheless, the positives more than outweighed the negatives ending the season on a good note and giving the spin-off the revival it deserved.

Beauty queens from Malaysia. Despite being nearly eliminated in the first leg, they proved to be rather serious contenders when they won the next leg and becoming a fixture in the Top 3 for most of their legs. They started off being last at the first half of Bali, and while they found themselves 1st for the final Roadblock thanks to a really good cab, Maggie is able to pass them, ending their journey in 2nd.

* GameBreakingInjury: Chloe has a sprained ankle when they reached Banyuwangi.

Married couple representing Philippines (as Eric is from New Zealand), a middle-of-the-pack team where got their only win in the penultimate leg. Despite Rona looking out of shape, her biggest handicap was letting her emotions overtake her when they struggled. Though despite having a huge lead in Bali for the first half of the leg, the troubles with getting a good cab driver combined with Rona's subsequent breakdown at the final Roadblock dropped them to 3rd.

''Asia'': [[Characters/TheAmazingRaceAsia1 1]] | [[Characters/TheAmazingRaceAsia2 2]] | [[Characters/TheAmazingRaceAsia3 3]] | [[Characters/TheAmazingRaceAsia4 4]] | '''5'''\\

''Australia'': [[Characters/TheAmazingRaceAustralia1 1]] | [[Characters/TheAmazingRaceAustralia2 2]] | [[Characters/TheAmazingRaceAustraliaVNewZealand 3: Australia v New Zealand]] | [[Characters/TheAmazingRaceAustralia4 4]] | [[Characters/TheAmazingRaceAustralia5 5]] | [[Characters/TheAmazingRaceAustralia6 6: Around the World]]\\

Radio DJs from Singapore. After their 3rd place finish in the 1st leg, the subsequent 4 legs saw them racing back of the pack, placing bottom 2 in 3 of them. Though Philippines smiled upon them as they sang their way for 2 straight leg wins, their final leg in Yogyakatra, Indonesia saw them in the bottom again after JK becomes the only team why failed the Roadblock on the first try, and while they eventually managed to catch up with Chloe & Yvonne, a wrong direction from a local to a Pitstop eliminatied them in 5th.

Siblings from Singapore. Eliminated in 10th due to being very unlucky in traffic in Bogor, West Java

* ReadTheFreakingManual: From the post elimination interview, the reason why they are stuck in the bad traffic in the first place is because Keiji realized that they are still carrying the wrong compass from the Starting Line task, which states that they had to return in order to avoid a penalty.

At last, in 2016, the fifth installment of the Amazing Race has finally returned with great enthusiasm. The fans would not be disappointed. The season's likable teams far outnumbered the teams who were unlikable or unnoticeable, provided a variety of physical and mental challenges that had no bias in any specific areas requiring teams to be a JackOfAllTrades to succeed on the course, had one of the most original and memorable Fast Forwards ever in Leg 5 where both teams failed even after one team attempted it '''49 times''', several [[ShockingElimination Shocking Eliminations]] where 3 of the teams who had been eliminated had placed first in the previous leg, a finale where the placements instantaneously inverted halfway through leading to a tight race at the memory task, and a very likable winner. The season was not without flaws though as the course was rather short with 10 legs and was exclusively in Asia (5 of which were in Indonesia due to the biggest sponsor being Wonderful Indonesia), the teams were less memorable than the previous season, using the unpopular starting line elimination, and having both a Yield and U-Turn in the penultimate leg. [[note]] Which alone is a death sentence towards a team, eliminated the strongest and most competitive team leaving the finale without a frontrunner. Plus it contributed to ruining the possibility of the first all female final 3.[[/note]] Nonetheless, the positives more than outweighed the negatives ending the season on a good note and giving the spin-off the revival it deserved

* ReadTheFreakingManual: In leg 2, they took the longest to finish the Grab Bike task due to interpreting the clue as remembering the names of the signboard instead of making a word from the letters marked by an arrow

Radio DJs from Singapore. After their 3rd place finish in the 1st leg, the subsequent 4 legs saw them racing back of the pack, placing bottom 2 in 3 of them. Though Philippines smiled upon them as they sang their way for 2 straight leg wins, their final leg in Yogyakatra, Indonesia saw them in the bottom again after JK becomes the only team why failed the Roadblock on the first try, and while they eventually managed to catch up with Chloe & Yvonne, a wrong direction from a local to a Pitstop eliminating them in 5th.

* ICouldaBeenAContender

!!Chloe & Yvonne

!!Louisa & Treasuri

* ActionGirl: Most the most legs with 4, and have the highest average placing of the season.

!!JK & Mike

!!Tom & Anita

!!Brandon & Alphaeus

!!Rei & Keiji

!!Lisa & Nicole

* ICouldHaveBeenAContender

* GenreSavvy: Unlike many teams, they took initiative to focus on the small details allowing them to pass teams who would overlook them.

Beauty queens from Philippines, a middle-of-the-pack team with no wins prior to the finale, which was usually caused by a minor falter towards the end of the leg. Their positive attitudes, good teamwork, and intense focus on the race allowed them to gradually place better and better on every leg (except for one slip up on Leg 7 which was mostly caused by KillerFatigue). They spend most of their lead in Bali in 2nd place, until the final Roadblock where clue reading enable them to win the race.

* ReadTheFreakingManual: 2 instances in their final leg, which led them to their victory when they read their clues again.

Married couple representing Philippines (as Eric is from New Zealand), a middle-of-the-pack team where got their only win in the penultimate leg. Despite Rona looking out of shape, her biggest handicap was letting her emotions overtake her when they struggled. Though despite having a huge lead in Bali for the first half of the leg, the troubles with getting a good cab driver dropped them to 3rd.

* Acrofatic: Rona being plus-sized didn't seem to hinder her much in keeping up with her burly husband.

* VomitIndescretionShot: The camera caught the moment Alex projectile vomited all the sticky race he ate.

At last, in 2016, the fifth installment of the Amazing Race has finally returned with great enthusiasm. The fans would not be disappointed. The season's likable teams far outnumbered the teams who were unlikable or unnoticeable, provided a variety of physical and mental challenges that had no bias in any specific areas requiring teams to be a JackOfAllTrades to succeed on the course, had one of the most original and memorable Fast Forwards ever in Leg 5 where both teams failed even after one team attempted it '''49 times''', several [[ShockingElimination Shocking Eliminations]] where 3 of the teams who had been eliminated had placed first in the previous leg, a finale where the placements instantaneously inverted halfway through leading to a tight race at the memory task, and a very likable winner. The season was not without flaws though as the course was rather short with 10 legs and was exclusively in Asia (5 of which were in Indonesia due to the biggest sponsor being Wonderful Indonesia), the teams were less memorable than the previous season, using the unpopular starting line elimination, and having both a Yield and U-Turn in the penultimate leg. [[note]] Which alone is a death sentence towards a team, eliminated the strongest and most competitive team leaving the finale without a frontrunner. Plus it contributed to ruining the possibility of the first all female final 3.[[/note]] Nonetheless, the positives more than outweighed the negatives ending the season on a good night and giving the spin-off the revival it deserved

At last, in 2016, the fifth installment of the Amazing Race has finally returned with great enthusiasm. The fans would not be disappointed. The season's likable teams far outnumbered the teams who were unlikable or unnoticeable, provided a variety of physical and mental challenges that had no bias in any specific areas requiring teams to be a JackOfAllTrades to succeed on the course, had one of the most original and memorable Fast Forwards ever in Leg 5 where both teams failed even after one team attempted it '''49 times''', several [[ShockingElimination Shocking Eliminations]] where 3 of the teams who had been eliminated had placed first in the previous leg, a finale where the placements instantaneously inverted halfway through leading to a tight race at the memory task, and a very likable winner. The season was not without flaws though as the course was rather short with 10 legs and was exclusively in Asia (5 of which were in Indonesia due to the biggest sponsor being Wonderful Indonesia, the teams were less memorable than the previous season, using the unpopular starting line elimination, and having both a Yield and U-Turn in the penultimate leg [[note]] Which alone is a death sentence towards a team, eliminated the strongest and most competitive team leaving the finale without a frontrunner. Plus it contributed to ruining the possibility of the first all female final 3.[[/note]]. Nonetheless, the positives more than outweighed the negatives ending the season on a good night and giving the spin-off the revival it deserved

At last, in 2016, the fifth installment of the Amazing Race has finally returned with great enthusiasm. The fans would not be disappointed. The likable teams far outnumbered the teams who were unlikable or unnoticeable, provided a variety of physical and mental challenges that had no bias in any specific areas requiring teams to be a JackOfAllTrades to succeed on the course, had one of the most original and memorable Fast Forwards ever in Leg 5 where both teams failed even after one team attempted it '''49 times''', several [[ShockingElimination Shocking Eliminations]] where 3 of the teams who had been eliminated had placed first in the previous leg, a finale where the placements instantaneously inverted halfway through leading to a tight race at the memory task, and a very likable winner. The season was not without flaws though as the course was rather short with 10 legs and was exclusively in Asia (5 of which were in Indonesia due to the biggest sponsor being Wonderful Indonesia, the teams were less memorable than the previous season, using the unpopular starting line elimination, and having both a Yield and U-Turn in the penultimate leg [[note]] Which alone is a death sentence towards a team, eliminated the strongest and most competitive team leaving the finale without a frontrunner. Plus it contributed to ruining the possibility of the first all female final 3.[[/note]]. Nonetheless, the positives more than outweighed the negatives ending the season on a good night and giving the spin-off the revival it deserved

At last, in 2016, the fifth installment of the Amazing Race has finally returned with great enthusiasm. The fans would not be disappointed. The likable teams far outnumbered the teams who were unlikable or unnoticeable, provided a variety of physical and mental challenges that had no bias in any specific areas requiring teams to be a JackOfAllTrades to succeed on the course, had one of the most original and memorable Fast Forwards ever in Leg 5 where both teams failed even after one team attempted it '''49 times''', several [[ShockingEliminaton Shocking Eliminations]] where 3 of the teams who had been eliminated had placed first in the previous leg, a finale where the placements instantaneously inverted halfway through leading to a tight race at the memory task, and a very likable winner. The season was not without flaws though as the course was rather short with 10 legs and was exclusively in Asia (5 of which were in Indonesia due to the biggest sponsor being Wonderful Indonesia, the teams were less memorable than the previous season, using the unpopular starting line elimination, and having both a Yield and U-Turn in the penultimate leg [[note]] Which alone is a death sentence towards a team, eliminated the strongest and most competitive team leaving the finale without a frontrunner. Plus it contributed to ruining the possibility of the first all female final 3.[[/note]]. Nonetheless, the positives more than outweighed the negatives ending the season on a good night and giving the spin-off the revival it deserved

At last, in 2016, the fifth installment of the Amazing Race has finally returned with great enthusiasm. The fans would not be disappointed. The likable teams far outnumbered the teams who were unlikable or unnoticeable, provided a variety of physical and mental challenges that had no bias in any specific areas requiring teams to be a JackOfAllTrades to succeed on the course, had one of the most original and memorable Fast Forwards ever in Leg 5 where both teams failed even after one team attempted it '''49 times''', several [[ShockingEliminaton ShockingEliminations]] where 3 of the teams who had been eliminated had placed first in the previous leg, a finale where the placements instantaneously inverted halfway through leading to a tight race at the memory task, and a very likable winner. The season was not without flaws though as the course was rather short with 10 legs and was exclusively in Asia (5 of which were in Indonesia due to the biggest sponsor being Wonderful Indonesia, the teams were less memorable than the previous season, using the unpopular starting line elimination, and having both a Yield and U-Turn in the penultimate leg [[note]] Which alone is a death sentence towards a team, eliminated the strongest and most competitive team leaving the finale without a frontrunner. Plus it contributed to ruining the possibility of the first all female final 3.[[/note]]. Nonetheless, the positives more than outweighed the negatives ending the season on a good night and giving the spin-off the revival it deserved

At last, in 2016, the fifth installment of the Amazing Race has finally returned with great enthusiasm. The fans would not be disappointed. The likable teams far outnumbered the teams who were unlikable or forgettable, provided a variety of physical and mental challenges that had no bias in any specific areas requiring teams to be a JackOfAllTrades to succeed on the course, had one of the most original and memorable Fast Forwards ever in Leg 5 where both teams failed even after one team attempted it '''49 times''', several ShockingEliminations where 3 of the teams who had been eliminated had placed first in the previous leg, a finale where the placements instantaneously inverted halfway through leading to a tight race at the memory task, and a very likable winner. The season was not without flaws though as the course was rather short with 10 legs and was exclusively in Asia (5 of which were in Indonesia due to the biggest sponsor being Wonderful Indonesia, using the unpopular starting line elimination, and having both a Yield and U-Turn in the penultimate leg [[note]] Which alone is a death sentence towards a team, eliminated the strongest and most competitive team leaving the finale without a frontrunner. Plus it contributed to ruining the possibility of the first all female final 3.[[/note]]. Nonetheless, the positives more than outweighed the negatives ending the season on a good night and giving the spin-off the revival it deserved

At last, in 2016, the fifth installment of the Amazing Race has finally returned with great enthusiasm. Despite the 10 leg course being exclusively focused only in Asia (with 5 legs in Indonesia due to the biggest sponsor being Wonderful Indonesia), the remaining race course was seen as surprisingly strong with a likable cast and a really solid & focused task design. Still, this season have major controversies for having a Starting Line Eliminated and doing both of Yield + U-Turn at the penultimate leg, which caused a finale without a clear front-runner.

Beauty queens from Philippines, a middle-of-the-pack team with no wins prior to the finale. They spend most of their lead in Bali in 2nd place, until the final Roadblock where clue reading enable them to win the race.

Married couple representing Philippines (as Eric is from New Zealand), a middle-of-the-pack team where got their only win in the penultimate leg. Though despite having a huge lead in Bali for the first half of the leg, the troubles with getting a good cab driver dropped them to 3rd.

Muscle brothers from Malaysia. Surprisingly, they ran a rather weak race with only placing above 5th once (2nd in Malaysia). In their last leg in Vietnam, they choose the Fast Forward after everyone else except for Tom & Anita decided against it. However, even with Tom & Anita quitting the Fast Forward, they ended up being very unlucky with finding the coin in the sticky rice, & forced to quit after eating 49 of them. By the time they came back, they were too late in catching everybody else & eventually eliminated in 7th.

Travel hosts from Indonesia. In the 3rd leg in Malaysia, they faced a Speed Bump as they decide to stay in the Street Play Detour despite all the slots being taken by the other teams. They got eliminated 8th in Thailand as they are unable to catch with all the other teams

At last, in 2016, the fifth installment of the Amazing Race has finally returned. While the return is well received with enthusiasm, it got some flak when the 10 leg race course ended up giving too much focus towards Indonesia (5 legs, & probably due to the biggest sponsor, Wonderful Indonesia), a new host (Tara Basro) who joined with Allan Wu which can seen as redundant and a decision to do a Starting Line Elimination.

!!Eric Tai & Rona Tai
Married couple representing Philippines (as Eric is from New Zealand)

Beauty queens from Philippines

Beauty queens from Malaysia

* HumiliationConga: Being hit by a Yield & a U-Turn at the same leg.
* TallPoppySyndrome

!!Louisa & Treasuri
Childhood friends from Indonesia

* TryingNotToCry: Treasuri in the 5 Course Vietnam meal Roadblock, to the point the Rona compared it as a funeral.

!!JK & Mike
Radio DJs from Singapore

* BigEater: Lampshaded by JK: "I'm gonna be the fat guy that eats everything." in the 5 Course Vietnam meal Roadblock, which got him to pass Tom & getting him place above bottom 2 for once.
* ThrowADogABone: After placing 3 consecutive bottom 2 finishes in 3 of their 5 legs, they managed to place 1st in Philippines.

Dating couple from Thailand

!!Chloe & Yvonne
Beauty queens from Malaysia

Muscle brothers from Malaysia. Surprisingly, they ran a rather weak race with only placing above 5th once (2nd in Malaysia). In their last leg in Vietnam, they choose the Fast Forward after everyone else except for Tom & Anita decided against it. However, even with Tom & Anita quitting the Fast Forward, they ended up being very unlucky with finding the coin in the sticky rice, & forced to quit after eating 46 of them. By the time they came back, they were too late in catching everybody else & eventually eliminated in 7th.

!!Alex & Will
Brother from Malaysia

Life partners from Vietnam, and got struck with the Starting Line Elimination for being last in finding the correct compass where it heads head 210 degrees southwest.

!!Rachel Tampubolon & Vicky Harahap
Travel hosts from Indonesia

Old School Mates from Malaysia. Despite winning the first leg and get themselves a huge lead in the 2nd leg after the Detour, they incorrectly typed in the wrong location for their next clue that got them very lost, enabling all the teams [[note]]which include Parul & Maggie who made a similar mistake, and both Alex & Will and JK & Mike who are trailing way behind the other teams[[/note]] to pass them and got them eliminated in 9th.

!!Brandon & Alphaeus
Old School Mates from Malaysia