The teams take off from Santa Monica Pier, Los Angeles. Viewers learn about a couple of interesting twists: those who finish last on non-elimination legs will be penalized and there's a new element in play called the Yield. The Yield allows a team to keep any other team from racing for a set period of time, but it can only be used once during the race. The teams scramble to catch flights, some not realizing that the flight that departs later actually arrives at their destination, Uruguay, first. The teams navigate through a series of clues, catching ferries and carrying meat to finally reach the game's first Detour: Zips or Chips. Jim is injured early, but still manages to make the fast flight. Two teams make a critical mistake and are sent away from the pit stop, but still manage to make it without being eliminated.

Episode Viewers and Ratings

Season 5 Episode 1 of The Amazing Race resulted in a 0.00 rating in the 18-49 demographic.

The Amazing Race Season 5 Episodes...

• s05e01 - Clearly, I'm More Intelligent Than You
• s05e02 - It Turned Really Ugly Just Now
• s05e03 - I Got Electrocuted
• s05e04 - Who Says Pageant Girls Don't Eat?
• s05e05 - Are You Good at Puzzles?
• s05e06 - Why Can't We Get a Camel?
• s05e07 - Are You Sure This Is Safe?
• s05e08 - I'm Going to Jail
• s05e09 - If You're Gonna Whine, Just Shut Up!
• s05e10 - If They're Screwing the Helmet to My Head—It Can't Be Good
• s05e11 - It's Okay, Run Them Over!
• s05e12 - You've Just Made Me a Millionaire

The Amazing Race Show Summary

The Amazing Race is an adventure reality show hosted by Phil Keoghan that pits 10, 11, or 12 teams of 2 or 4 people against each other in a race around the world for approximately 40 days. In a leg, they go to destinations where they will complete a roadblock, a task where 1 person completes (Season 1-7) or 2 people (Season 8), a detour, where you have to decide between two tasks that are usually opposite of each other, and a miscellaneous task.

After they complete all these tasks, they will be directed to go to a Pit stop where they will have a 24 hour rest period where they will be able to eat, drink, sleep, and mingle with other teams. The last team to check into the Pit Stop usually is eliminated, but sometimes there is a non-elimination leg in which no one is eliminated. After all teams are eliminated except for 3, these three race to the finish line where the winning team wins 1 million dollars.