| The Amazing Race Asia | |
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| Genre | Reality competition |
| Created by | Elise Doganieri Bertram van Munster |
| Based on | |
| Presented by | Allan Wu (Seasons 1–Present) Tara Basro (Season 5) |
| Starring | The Amazing Race Asia contestants |
| Theme music composer | John M. Keane |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 5 |
| No. of episodes | 57 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer | Michael McKay |
| Producers | Serena Lau, Ariel White |
| Production location | See below |
| Cinematography | Ryan Godard |
| Editor | Tim Goldby |
| Running time | 60-90 minutes |
| Production companies | activeTV (2006–2010) Profiles Television (2016–present) Sony Pictures Television Networks (2016–present) Disney Media Distribution Asia Pacific[a] |
| Original release | |
| Network | AXN Asia |
| Release | 9 November 2006 – 9 December 2010 |
| Release | 13 October – 15 December 2016 |
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The Amazing Race Asia is an Asian reality competition show based on the American series The Amazing Race. Following the premise of other versions in the Amazing Race franchise, the show follows teams of two as they race across Asia and around the world. Each season is split into legs, with teams tasked to deduce clues, navigate themselves in foreign areas, interact with locals, perform physical and mental challenges, and travel by air, boat, car, taxi, and other modes of transport. Teams are progressively eliminated at the end of most legs for being the last to arrive at designated Pit Stops. The first team to arrive at the Finish Line wins the grand prize of US$100,000.
The Asian cable TV network AXN Asia was among the first to acquire the rights to produce a version of The Amazing Race for its territories. The first few seasons of the series were produced by Australian television production company ActiveTV and Sony Pictures Television Networks, in association with Disney Media Distribution (formerly as Buena Vista International Television-Asia Pacific (2006-2007), then Disney-ABC International Television (2007-2010)) and ABC Studios. Production was later taken over by creator Bertram Van Munster's production company Profiles TV in association with AXN. The host for the show is Singapore based Chinese-American actor Allan Wu.[1]
In mid 2016, it was announced that the series would return in late 2016 after a six-year hiatus.[2][3]
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- ^ 'Amazing Race: Asia' is on
- ^ "Sony Pictures Television Networks, Asia Announces the Amazing Race Asia Season 5 for AXN". 20 May 2016.
- ^ "The Amazing Race Asia is back after six years". The New Paper. 2016-06-02. Retrieved 2017-10-31.