The Amazing Race Asia 1

Hosted by Allan Wu, it featured ten teams of two, each with a pre-existing relationship, in a race around Asia and the Pacific Rim to win US$100,000.

Malaysian workers Zabrina Fernandez and Joe Jer Tee were the winners of this season becoming the first all-female team to win in the history of the Amazing Race franchise and were also the first winners to win only the final leg, while Hong Kong dating expats Sandy Sydney and Francesca Von Etzdorf finished in second place and Malaysian dating couple Andrew Tan and Syeon Park finished in third place.

Ricky Ow, General Manager of SPE Networks Asia described Wu as "a big fan of The Amazing Race" and felt that "his good looks and natural charisma will offer a different appeal from the US version.

[5] Ultimately, ten teams were selected to participate in the race; the cast included expatriates in Thailand and Hong Kong and Indian models.

[6] Host Allan Wu commented that "the producers definitely took the time and did their homework to select the most diverse, entertaining, and controversial batch of contestants for our first season."

Aubrey Miles is a filipina actress who acted in local movies such as Prosti, Xerex, Sanib, A Beautiful Life and Gagamboy; she is also the co-host of noontime show Masayang Tanghali Bayan.

[9] In 2016, Zabrina & Joe Jer appeared as the Pit Stop greeters for the third leg of The Amazing Race Asia 5 in their home country of Malaysia.

Merdeka Square overlooking Sultan Abdul Samad Building in Kuala Lumpur was the Starting Line of the first season of The Amazing Race Asia .
Aubrey Sandel
Sahil Shroff
Complete route map Note: the green dot represents both the starting city and the transfer point of the final leg.
Teams finished the inaugural leg of The Amazing Race Asia in Bukit Nanas , atop of KL Tower .
The National Monument in Indonesia 's capital city of Jakarta served as the Pit Stop of this leg.
While in Bali , Indonesia, teams visited Uluwatu where they searched for their clue inside the caves within its rock formations.
One of the Detour options in Sydney required teams to climb up the famous Sydney Harbour Bridge to retrieve their clue.
While in Auckland , teams visited the Sky Tower and climbed to the top.
Melody took part in the bungee jump Roadblock at Nevis Highwire Platform at Nevis River along with other racers.
The Roadblock in Krabi required one team member to climb the Railay East rock wall.
The Detour in Dubai took place entirely inside Ski Dubai , the largest indoor ski resort in the world, where one side of it required teams to hike the ski place's steepest slope.
The penultimate leg of the race finished in Mina A'Salam Beach, overlooking Dubai 's famous 7-star hotel Burj Al Arab .
Upon arriving in Kuching , Sarawak, teams had to find the correct cat statue among many, which turned to be the one in its Golden Triangle.