The Amazing Race 5 (Latin American season) explained

Module1:
Num Teams:11
Winner:Ezequiel Sapochnik &
Tobías de la Barra
Num Legs:12
Km Traveled:12,600
Num Episodes:13
Network:Space
Film Start:19 June 2013
Film End:mid-July 2013
Prev Series:Season 4

The Amazing Race 5 (also known as The Amazing Race on Space 3) is the fifth season of The Amazing Race, a Latin American reality competition show based on the American series The Amazing Race and the third installment of Space's iteration of the show. Hosted by Toya Montoya, it featured eleven teams of two, each with a pre-existing relationship, in a race across Latin America to win US$250,000. This season visited two continents and six countries and travelled over 12600km (7,800miles) during twelve legs. Starting in Cartagena, teams travelled through Colombia, Peru, Curaçao, the Dominican Republic, Panama and Mexico before finishing in Chiapa de Corzo. This season returned to the regular format by featuring teams from all over Latin America and not only from Brazil, unlike the previous season. This season premiered on Space and TNT on 16 September 2013 at 9:00 p.m. (UTC−3), and the season finale aired on Space and TNT on 9 December 2013 at 9:00 p.m. (UTC−3).

Argentine friends Ezequiel Sapochnik and Tobías de la Barra were the winners of this season, while Uruguayan couple Darío & Esther finished in second place and Argentine dating couple Karina & Braian finished in third place.

Production

Development and filming

Space greenlit the fifth season of the series on 19 October 2012. On 23 April 2013, Colombian television host and model Toya Montoya, who was also a contestant on the third season, was announced as the new host of the show,[1] [2] making her the first female host in the franchise.[3] [4]

Filming for this fifth season took place from 19 June 2013 to mid-July 2013. Ten teams were spotted in Barranquilla, Colombia on 22 June 2013.[5] This season covered nearly 12600km (7,800miles) and featured the first visit by an Amazing Race franchise to the Dutch constituent country of Curaçao.[6]

None of the eliminated teams were present at the Finish Line.[7]

Casting

Applications for the fifth season were opened for Brazilians on 13 October 2012. On 13 February 2013 applications were also opened for the rest of Latin America until 31 March 2013.

Marketing

Sponsors for this season were Samsung Electronics and Scotiabank. The sponsors played a major role in the series by providing prizes and integrating their products into various tasks.

Cast

This season had eleven teams from Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Mexico, Venezuela, Uruguay for the first time, and the first contestant from Guatemala. For the first time in the regular series, Chile was not represented. The cast included the series's first brothers-in-law, Filippo & Eddy from Venezuela;[8] Evelyn Christopher from Evelyn & Jorge, who was a contestant on the Colombian Got Talent show, Colombia Tiene Talento, in 2012 with the group Aqualia, Teatro Negro de Colombia;[9] the first binational team in the Latin American version, Juanjo & Beto, representing both Guatemala and Mexico (although have had previously presented binational teams); and the first team from Uruguay, married couple Darío & Esther.[10]

ContestantsAgeRelationshipHometownStatus
26SiblingsMexico City, MexicoEliminated 1st
(in Cartagena, Colombia)
32
42Brothers-in-law Ocumare del Tuy, VenezuelaEliminated 2nd
(in Santa Marta, Colombia)
47Maracaibo, Venezuela
38MarriedGuatemala City, GuatemalaEliminated 3rd
(in Lima, Peru)
36Mexico City, Mexico
30CousinsSão Paulo, BrazilEliminated 4th
(in Lima, Peru)
26
34SistersMedellín, ColombiaEliminated 5th
(in Willemstad, Curaçao)
28
39DatingBogotá, ColombiaEliminated 6th
(in Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic)
30
27FriendsCaracas, VenezuelaEliminated 7th
(in Panama City, Panama)
30
25FriendsAlajuela, Costa RicaEliminated 8th
(in Guadalajara, Mexico)
27San José, Costa Rica
26DatingBuenos Aires, ArgentinaThird Place
24
41CoupleCanelones, UruguaySecond Place
38
34FriendsSanta Rosa, ArgentinaWinners
35Chubut, Argentina

Results

The following teams participated in the season, with their relationships at the time of filming. Note that this table is not necessarily reflective of all content broadcast on television due to inclusion or exclusion of some data. Placements are listed in finishing order:

Team placement (by leg)
Team123456789101112
3rd9th5th2nd3rd5th4th1st1st2nd1st1st
Darío & Esther5th1st5th2nd4th5th1st1st4th4th3rd3rd2nd
Karina & Braian2nd7th2nd4th6th6th4th3rd3rd2nd1st2nd3rd
9th8th3rd3rd1st1st2nd2nd2nd3rd
6th4th7th6th5th4th3rd5th
Evelyn & Jorge1st6th4th1st3rd2nd
Astrid & Aleja10th5th6th7th
Juanjo & Beto4th2nd8th8th
Débora & Renata7th3rd1st9th
Filippo & Eddy8th
Ari & Ra
Key
Notes
  1. Four of the nine teams arrived at the Pit Stop after applied 2-hour penalties for failing to complete the second Roadblock (Esther, Jessica, Beto, and Ezequiel) The initial placements for all teams are as follows (the five boldfaced teams were not given the penalty):

1st: Débora & Renata; 2nd: Darío & Esther; 3rd: Jessica & Michelle; 4th: Beto & Juanjo; 5th: Braian & Karina; 6th: Manfred & Pierre; 7th: Evelyn & Jorge; 8th: Ezequiel & Tobías; 9th: Astrid & Aleja

  1. Evelyn & Jorge use their Express Pass to bypass the second Roadblock in Leg 3. Before using the Express Pass, Evelyn elected to perform the Roadblock; this is reflected in the total Roadblock count.
  2. Astrid & Aleja and Débora & Renata initially arrived 6th and 7th, respectively, but both teams were each issued 15-minute penalties for traveling by mototaxi instead of by taxi to the Club Deportivo Caza y Pesca as instructed on the clue. While Astrid & Aleja's placement was dropped to 7th, Débora & Renata's placement Was dropped to last place; however, they were notified the leg was non-elimination, and the remaining penalty would be assessed at the start of the next leg.
  3. Leg 5 was a double-elimination leg. The last two teams to be checked in at the Pit Stop were both eliminated.
  4. Evelyn & Jorge initially arrived 2nd, but were issued a 15-minute penalty for not dropping their belongings in the marked area during the additional task in the Club Universitario de Regatas. Ezequiel & Tobias checked-in during the penalty time, dropping Evelyn & Jorge to 3rd.
  5. Astrid & Aleja used their Express Pass given to them by Evelyn & Jorge to bypass an additional task in the Club Universitario de Regatas during leg 5. Later, they arrived 7th at the Pit Stop, but were issued a 1-hour penalty for failing to complete the Roadblock. This did not affect their placement, since the remaining teams arrived at the time were unable to check in due to penalties accumulated during the leg (see note 7).
  6. Débora & Renata and Beto & Juanjo initially arrived 6th and 8th, respectively, but both teams were each issued 2-hour penalties for refusing to complete the additional task in the Club Universitario de Regatas. Débora & Renata were further issued their 30-minute penalty for not completing correctly the additional task where they had to make an Amazing Race flag. While Beto & Juanjo's placement was not affected by the penalty, Débora & Renata's placement was dropped to last place; as both teams were the last two teams to check-in at the double-elimination leg (see note 4), both teams were eliminated.
  7. Ezequiel & Tobías and Karina & Braian initially arrived 1st and 6th, respectively, but both teams were each issued 30-minute penalties for reaching the first Roadblock location before retrieving their clue from the cluebox. While Karina & Braian's placement was not affected by the penalty, Ezequiel & Tobias's placement was dropped to 3rd.
  8. All the teams (except Darío & Esther) did not realise that they had to light a candle for Saint Michael at the San Miguel Church as indicated on a sign, and were forced to backtrack and light the candle before being allowed to check in.
  9. Ezequiel & Tobias (who initially arrived 2nd) and Jessica & Michelle (4th) were each issued 30-minute penalties for exceeding the speed-limit while driving during the course of the leg. Their placements were dropped to 4th and 5th place, respectively. Evelyn & Jorge were eligible to be penalized for the same infraction, but they were the last team to arrive to the Pit Stop, resulting in their elimination.
  10. Manfred & Pierre failed to complete an additional task at the Lienzo Charro Ignacio Zermeño. After all the other teams had already checked in at the Pit Stop, Toya came out to their location to inform them of their elimination.
  11. Leg 12 was a double-length leg. It featured a Virtual Pit Stop and had one Detour (first half) and two Roadblocks shown over two episodes.

Prizes

The prize for each leg is awarded to the first place team for that leg.

Race summary

Leg 1 (Colombia)

Locations
Episode summary

Leg 2 (Colombia)

Locations
Episode summary

Leg 3 (Colombia)

Locations
Episode summary
Additional note

Leg 4 (Colombia → Peru)

Airdate: October 7, 2013

For their Speed Bump, Tobías & Ezequiel had to clean a manatee tank then clean and feed two manatee babies before they could continue racing.

In this leg's Roadblock, one person had to use a simple, traditional tool to climb to the top of a fruit tree and hack off a branch of aguaje fruits to fill a bag and get their next clue.

This season's first Detour was a choice between Entregar (Deliver) or Observar (Observe). In Entregar, teams traveled to Mercado de Productores, where they would picked up three bags of yuca and three bushels of bananas. They had to load them into a moto-taxi and deliver them to three different welfare centers and exchange them for stamps. Once they had all three stamps, they could exchange them for their next clue. In Observar, teams had to look for five consonants (PTMYZ) and three vowels (UAO) written on the tops of moto-taxis. Once they got all eight letters, they would receive a numerical value for each one, and with this they had to solve a mathematical problem, multiplying the value of the consonants and dividing it for the value of the vowels. If they give the correct answer to the judge (157.5), they would get their next clue.

Additional tasks
Additional note

Leg 5 (Peru)

Airdate: October 14, 2013

For their Speed Bump, Débora & Renata had to deliver twenty suitcases to ten different rooms of the hotel, without using the elevator, before they could continue racing.

This leg's Detour was a choice between Fuerzas Especiales (Special Forces) or Paracaidistas (Paratroopers). In Fuerzas Especiales, teams had to complete a course used by the Peruvian Special Forces to train, which included climbing, to receive their next clue. In Paracaidistas, teams had to complete a training session of the paratroopers division, which included bungee jumping from a tower to the ground, to receive their next clue.

In this leg's Roadblock, one team member had to eat and then recognize four out of six different ingredients in each of four different dishes to receive their next clue from the chef.

Additional tasks
Additional note

Leg 6 (Peru → Curaçao)

Airdate: October 21, 2013

In this leg's first Roadblock, one team member had to rappel down the Queen Juliana Bridge and get their next clue from the instructor once on the ground. Then, the team member had to follow a marked path back to the top of the bridge and reunite with their teammate.

In this leg's second Roadblock, the team member who did not perform the previous Roadblock had to stand up paddle to a nearby platform, where they would have to rescue a person and take them back to shore in order to get their next clue.

A Fast Forward clue was visible along with the second Roadblock clue. It is unknown what the task required, since it was unaired.

Additional task

Leg 7 (Curaçao → Dominican Republic)

Airdate: October 28, 2013

In this leg's Roadblock, one team member had to play la vitilla, a game derived from baseball, which required the team member to use a bat, similar to a broomstick, and hit a small ball ten times between the delimited area to receive their next clue from the coach.

This leg's Detour was a choice between Cuadro (Picture) or Cartel (Poster). In Cuadro, teams had to make their way to the Mercado Modelo and search in one of two marked art stores for a picture matching their given extract of the original picture. Once teams found their picture, they had to exchange it for their next clue. In Cartel, teams had to make their way to the Chinatown, where they had to search for a poster matching their given Chinese characters in order to get their next clue.

Additional tasks

Leg 8 (Dominican Republic)

Airdate: November 4, 2013

In this leg's Roadblock, one team member had to complete an obstacles circuit with their hands tied, crawling over a pool with water, digging on the sand with their feet until they found a figurine, and then digging with their feet to make enough space to go under a tree trunk to receive their next clue.

For their Speed Bump, Evelyn & Jorge had to eat each one plate of mofongo before they could continue racing.

This leg's Detour was a choice between Distancia (Distance) or Precisión (Accuracy). In Distancia, each team member had to hit five golf balls at least away to receive their next clue. In Precisión, each team member had to hit a golf ball to the hole in no more than two hits. Once each team member sunk five balls in the hole, they would receive their next clue.

Additional task

Leg 9 (Dominican Republic → Panama)

Airdate: November 11, 2013

This leg's Detour was a choice between Tierra (Earth) or Agua (Water). In Tierra, both team members had to ride an all-terrain vehicle on a course while looking for their clue under one of many buckets, with only a few containing clues and the rest containing hourglasses. If teams found an hourglass instead of a clue, they would have to wait until the sand went from one side of the hourglass to the other before continuing their search. In Agua, one team member at a time had to ride a wakeboard while being towed by an electronic mechanism from one side of a lagoon to the other without falling from the board, and then returning in the same way to the starting point. Once both team members had completed this task successfully, they would receive their next clue.

In this leg's Roadblock, one team member had to search among the classified ads of fifty newspapers for the one containing their next clue. This ad instructed teams to make their way to the next Pit Stop, the helipad of the Bayfront Tower.

Additional task

Leg 10 (Panama)

Airdate: November 18, 2013

This leg's Detour was a choice between Visual or Manual. In Visual, teams had to search for a Mola matching their given picture among many molas hanging from a cord. Once teams found the correct mola, the Kuna woman would give them their next clue. In Manual, teams had to build the wall of a Kuna hut using only Gynerium sagittatum for its construction. Once the judge was pleased with their work, teams would receive their next clue.

In this leg's Roadblock, one team member had to swim from the beach to a shipwreck, where they had to search for a conch containing their next clue, among dozens of empty conches. Once the team members got the clue, they had to swim back to the beach and read the clue with their teammate.

Additional tasks

Leg 11 (Panama → Mexico)

Airdate: November 25, 2013

For their Speed Bump, Darío & Esther had to find the correct card with The Amazing Race logo among dozens of cards with logos that looked similar before they could continue racing.

In this leg's first Roadblock, one team member had to harvest seven agave tequilana plants using the traditional Jimador harvesting method to receive their next clue.

In this leg's second Roadblock, the team member who did not perform the previous Roadblock had to eat four small tortas ahogadas, a sandwich submerged in dried chili pepper, to receive their next clue.

Additional tasks

Leg 12 (Mexico)

Airdate: December 2, 2013

In this leg's first Roadblock, one team member had to climb a crane located on a cliff over the sea and bungee jump from a platform 40m (130feet) over the sea to receive their next clue.

This season's final Detour was a choice between Ascenso de Rana (Frog Ascent) or Escalera Loca (Crazy Ladder). For both Detour options, teams had to drive a four-wheel drive vehicle to their chosen location inside the adventure park. In Ascenso de Rana, one team member at a time had to use an ascender in order to climb a rope and reach a platform high above the ground in less than ten minutes. Once both team members were at the platform, they had to rappel down so they would receive their clue from the hands of the instructor. In Escalera Loca, one team member at a time had to climb a rope ladder in order to reach a platform high above the ground in less than ten minutes. Then, each team member had to rappel down, and once both reached the ground, they would get their next clue.

Additional tasks

Airdate: December 9, 2013

In this season's final Roadblock, one team member had to choose a marked cart with twelve fruit crates and deliver them using the cart to twelve marked stalls in the market, in exchange for a stamp. Once the team member had all 12 stamps, they would receive their next clue.

Additional tasks

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: La 'Toya' Montoya estará nuevamente en 'The Amazing Race Latinoamérica'. es. Radio Santa Fe. 23 April 2013. 3 December 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200726002153/http://www.radiosantafe.com/2013/04/23/la-toya-montoya-estara-nuevamente-en-the-amazing-race-latinoamerica/. 26 July 2020. dead.
  2. Web site: Toya Montoya presentará the Amazing Race Latinoamérica. 23 April 2013.
  3. News: Cara a cara con la aventura . 2013-06-20.
  4. News: "Toya" Montoya, una mujer extrema . 2013-07-17.
  5. News: The Amazing Race, con La Toya, grabó en Barranquilla . 2013-06-22.
  6. Web site: The Amazing Race Latin America 2013. Curaçao Chronicle. 2013-10-15. 2020-12-27.
  7. News: Ezequiel y Tobías llegaron al final de Amazing Race . 2013-12-15.
  8. News: Se acerca una competencia para la que no hay segundas tomas. 2013-08-18. https://web.archive.org/web/20130818103233/http://www.el-nacional.com/escenas/acerca-competencia-segundas-tomas_0_247175445.html. 2013-08-18. dead.
  9. News: Conozca los colombianos que participarán en la nueva edición de 'The Amazing Race' . 15 July 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20150924050750/http://www.elpais.com.co/elpais/entretenimiento/noticias/conozca-colombianos-participaran-nueva-edicion-amazing-race. 24 September 2015. dead.
  10. Web site: Se acerca The Amazing Race Latinoamérica. es. 2 September 2013. La República. 5 July 2021.

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