The Amazing Race Asia 5

[1] This season visited in the entirety of Southeast Asia travelled over 12,000 kilometres (7,500 mi) during ten legs.

Wu was paired up with Tara Basro, an Indonesian film actress in hosting this season while in Indonesia.

There was a planned visit to Taipei, Taiwan, but it was scrapped last minute and was replaced by the Phuket, Thailand leg.

Though both Wu and Basro were present at the Starting Line, Indonesian Deputy Minister for International Tourism Marketing I Gede Pitana officially flagged the teams off.

Zabrina Fernandez & Joe Jer Tee, the winners of the first season, were the Pit Stop greeters for Leg 3 in their home country of Malaysia.

Continuing the casting trend of the Asian franchise, the cast once again consisted of numerous local celebrities or their relatives including 87.6 Hard Rock FM radio announcer Vicky Harahap,[6] Philippines national rugby union team member and host of It's Showtime Eric Tai, Miss Grand International 2015 Parul Shah and Miss Philippines World 2007 Maggie Wilson,[7] Miss Malaysia World 2011 Chloe Chen and Miss Malaysia World 2012 Yvonne Lee, The 8TV Quickie host Brandon Ho,[8] News One Prime Time news anchor Louisa Kusnandar,[9] Power 98 Radio DJs Jerald Justin "JK" Ko & Michael "Mike" Tan, and "UMeAndHara" YouTuber Rei Umehara.

The premiere episode was the best performing English Original Production (OP) in Singapore, Malaysia, and the Philippines in 2016.

The fifth season of The Amazing Race Asia started at Merdeka Square overlooking Monas in the Indonesian capital city of Jakarta .
Parul Shah
Maggie Wilson
Route for The Amazing Race Asia 5 .
One of the first Detour choices in Jakarta required teams to fix an Onthel bicycle in Fatahillah Square overlooking Jakarta History Museum .
The Roadblock and Pit Stop for the second leg took place at the tea fields outside Bandung .
One of the Detour choices in George Town , Penang had teams photograph street murals around Armenian Street .
While in Thailand , teams experienced riding an elephant in Phang Nga Province .
Teams ended this leg at the Quách Thị Trang roundabout overlooking the famous landmark of Ho Chi Minh City , Chợ Bến Thành .
While in the Philippines , teams visited the old city of Vigan , one of the world’s New7Wonders Cities .
The Roadblock in Singapore had racers dive inside the S.E.A. Aquarium 's Open Ocean tank in Resorts World Sentosa , the largest oceanarium in the world.
Prambanan , the largest Hindu temple in Indonesia, was the site of one of this leg's Roadblocks while teams visited Yogyakarta .
While in Banyuwangi , teams visited Ijen Volcano for a Roadblock involving its traditional sulfur mining industry.
Bajra Sandhi Monument in the heart on the island of Bali served as the Finish Line of the 5th season of The Amazing Race Asia .