The Amazing Race 5

The Amazing Race 5 is the fifth season of the American reality competition show The Amazing Race. Hosted by Phil Keoghan, it featured eleven teams of two, each with a pre-existing relationship, competing in a race around the world for US$1,000,000. This season visited six continents and twelve countries, traveling approximately 72,000 miles (116,000 km) over thirteen legs. Filming took place from January 30 to February 27, 2004. Starting in Santa Monica, California, racers traveled through Uruguay, Argentina, Russia, Egypt, Kenya, Tanzania, the United Arab Emirates, India, New Zealand, the Philippines, and Canada, before returning to the United States and finishing in Dallas, Texas. New elements introduced this season included the Yield, where one team could force another team to stop racing for a predetermined amount of time, and a new non-elimination leg penalty where teams that finished last were stripped of all of the money they had accumulated during previous legs and did not receive any money at the start of the next leg. The season premiered on CBS on July 6, 2004, and concluded on September 21, 2004.