| The Amazing Race Asia 5 | |
|---|---|
| Season 5 | |
 The Amazing Race Asia logo since season 5 | |
| Presented by | Allan Wu Tara Basro |
| No. of teams | 11 |
| Winner | Parul Shah & Maggie Wilson |
| No. of legs | 10 |
| Distance traveled | 12,000 km (7,500 mi) |
| No. of episodes | 10 |
| Release | |
| Original network | AXN Asia |
| Original release | 13 October – 15 December 2016 |
| Additional information | |
| Filming dates | 8 August – 26 August 2016 |
| Season chronology | |
The Amazing Race Asia 5 is the fifth season of The Amazing Race Asia, a reality television game show based on the American series The Amazing Race. It returned after a 6-year hiatus and featured eleven teams of two for the first time in the Asia's version of franchise, each with a pre-existing relationship, in a race across Southeast Asia to win US$100,000.[1]
This season visited in the entirety of Southeast Asia travelled over 12,000 kilometres (7,500 mi) during ten legs. Starting in Jakarta, teams travelled across Indonesia, alongside Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam, the Philippines, Singapore, before returning to Indonesia in the last three legs. The season premiered on AXN Asia on 13 October 2016, and the finale aired on 15 December 2016.[2]
Allan Wu[3] returned to host his fifth season of The Amazing Race Asia and eleventh season of The Amazing Race franchise overall. Wu was paired up with Tara Basro, an Indonesian film actress in hosting this season while in Indonesia.
Beauty queens Parul Shah and Maggie Wilson from the Philippines were the winners of this season, marking the Philippines's second consecutive win in The Amazing Race Asia, while fellow beauty queens Yvonne Lee and Chloe Chen from Malaysia finished second and Philippine married couple Eric and Rona Tai finished third.
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