The WORST episodes of The Amazing Race Asia

Every episode of The Amazing Race Asia ever, ranked from worst to best by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The worst episodes of The Amazing Race Asia!

This Asian adaptation of the four time Emmy Award® winning –reality competition series, The Amazing Race, will see ten teams of two from Asia going head to head with mental, physical AND emotional obstacles all over the world. No one knows where they will be headed next or what challenges they have to face From models to lovers, brothers to best friends, expect an intense no holds barred scramble to the finishing tarmac, where a prize money of US$100,000 awaits the winning team. The Amazing Race Asia promises to be a highly entertaining program not to be missed!

Last Updated: 11/1/2026Network: AXNStatus: Ended
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#1 - Leg 10

Season 5 - Episode 10 - Aired 12/15/2016

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#2 - Leg 9

Season 5 - Episode 9 - Aired 12/8/2016

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#3 - Leg 8

Season 5 - Episode 8 - Aired 12/1/2016

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#4 - Leg 7

Season 5 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/24/2016

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#5 - Leg 6

Season 5 - Episode 6 - Aired 11/17/2016

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#6 - Leg 5

Season 5 - Episode 5 - Aired 11/10/2016

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#7 - Leg 4

Season 5 - Episode 4 - Aired 11/3/2016

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#8 - Leg 3

Season 5 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/27/2016

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#9 - Leg 2

Season 5 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/20/2016

Leg 11
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#10 - Leg 11

Season 4 - Episode 12 - Aired 12/8/2010

In this leg's Detour, teams must choose between Stay Up and Add Up. In Stay Up, teams must successfully ride a wave for an accumulated time of two minutes at the Wave House in Sentosa Island. In Add Up, teams must head to the Gmax Reverse Bungee and add up three numbers called out by the host and get the sum correctly to receive their next clue. In this leg's Roadblock, one team member must make a tightrope walk from tower 1 to tower 2 of the Marina Bay Sands Resort to get their clue. They must then make their way back to tower 1 to finish the task.

Best Moments
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#11 - Best Moments

Season 4 - Episode 11 - Aired 12/1/2010

Recap of events leading up to the final leg of The Amazing Race Asia

Leg 10
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#12 - Leg 10

Season 4 - Episode 10 - Aired 11/25/2010

In this leg's Detour, teams must drive to Hwarang Educational Institute and choose between Bow N' Arrow or Rock N' Roll. In Bow N' Arrow, they must choose another team's photograph as target and hit the target three times with a traditional arrow to receive their next clue. In Rock N' Roll, teams must build a ceremonial pagoda to a certain height using rocks to receive their next clue. In this leg's Roadblock, teams must drive to Daereungwon Tomb Complex and one team member must figure out the correct set of three gates to receive their next clue. If the team member incorrectly chooses a gate, s/he will be blocked by warriors. Each team member will be given three attempts to correctly decode the warrior's code or else they have to go back to the starting line.

New Destination
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#13 - New Destination

Season 3 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/4/2008

In this leg's Detour, teams had to choose between Shoot It or Shape It. In Shoot It, teams drive themselves to the Miniatures Museum of Taiwan and are told to use a Sony Cybershot camera to shoot a very miniature model of a yellow-race envelope hidden inside one of the dioramas. After the photo was printed, the next clue could be found behind their new photo. In Shape It, teams drive themselves to Raohe Street Night Market where they will have to solve four sets of figures using a large tangram set. In this leg's Roadblock, one team member had to completely consume an entire bowl of a Taiwanese/Chinese delicacy: stinky tofu.

24 Days, 15 Cities, 39,000 Kilometers and it Comes Down to This
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#14 - 24 Days, 15 Cities, 39,000 Kilometers and it Comes Down to This

Season 1 - Episode 13 - Aired 2/1/2007

The pulse pounding race to the final pit stop and US$100,000 begins with the three final teams: Sandy & Francesca, Andrew & Syeon and Joe Jer & Zabrina. Starting from the Mina A' Salam Beach in Dubai, the teams quickly learn that they will return to where it all started to get to where it all ends: Malaysia. From Kuala Lumpur, its an exciting and suspensful ride through the final detour and road block to the final pit stop in Kuching, Malaysia. There Amazing Race history is made and the winners crowned!

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#15 - Leg 1

Season 5 - Episode 1 - Aired 10/13/2016

Leg 4
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#16 - Leg 4

Season 2 - Episode 4 - Aired 12/13/2007

Eight teams leave Auckland and continued their adventures in New Zealand as they drove to Rotorua. At the Okere Falls Scenic Reserve, teams experienced white water sledging followed by riding on a Agrojet craft through Blue Lake. A Roadblock forced team members to search the hot mud baths of Hell's Gate for their next clue. For the Detour at a Maori village in Te Puia, teams must choose between Flax (weaving a traditional Maori headband) and Sticks (tossing training sticks to the beat of drum music). One team failed to recover after starting the leg nearly six hours behind and was eliminated.

Leg 5
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#17 - Leg 5

Season 2 - Episode 5 - Aired 12/20/2007

In this leg's first Detour, teams had to choose between You Catch It or You Cart It. In You Catch It, teams had to participate in the traditional game of goldfish scooping, using paddles made of rice paper (which disintegrates very easily when immersed in water) to scoop up 40 goldfish with paddles. In You Cart It, teams had to locate a dry cleaner's store and collect a yukata which they had to deliver to a certain address. In the first Roadblock, one team member had to decipher an ice block puzzle. The answer would be the name of one of the biggest cities in Japan. Once the team member has figured out the answer, the personnel will hand them their next clue. In the leg's second Detour, teams had to choose between Slither or Deliver. In Slither, teams had to proceed to the Jagalchi Fish Market where they will have to find a marked fish tank filled with octopus. Each team member must retrieve one 100-year old Korean coin (token) from the bottom of the tank before receiving their next clue. In Deliver, teams had to deliver six meals to three different addresses, some of the deliveries in which might have an ambiguous location. In the second Roadblock, teams proceeded to Yongdusan Park and look for a gatekeeper. The team member must then use the key given to search and open one of the locks before the gatekeeper will hand them their next clue. Teams will have to start over if they break their key.

What The Fish?
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#18 - What The Fish?

Season 3 - Episode 7 - Aired 10/25/2008

From one of the world's leading financial capitals, team Hong Kong, buddies Sam and Vince have a lot to celebrate. Not only are they home, but they have also emerged top in the previous leg of the race. In this leg's Roadblock, the chosen team member must climb to the top of the Macau Tower, obtain their next clue there, and go down back to their partner before reading their next clue. However, due to the storm, not all the teams who were still performing the Roadblock at the time were allowed to climb to the top as a precaution. In this leg's Detour, the choice was between Dance or Chance. In Dance, the team members must correctly perform a lion dance routine to the satisfaction of the performance troupe. In Chance, teams must don formal attire and play a game of blackjack in the casino of Hotel Royal Macau; they must beat the dealer nine times (as denoted by the letters of the word COMPLETED) before receiving their next clue.

Leg 3
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#19 - Leg 3

Season 2 - Episode 3 - Aired 12/6/2007

The nine teams continued on to Hong Kong before heading directly to New Zealand where teams faced a Roadblock involving a bungee jump off the Auckland Harbour Bridge. Teams also experienced Rock climbing or a wet and wild task in a tiresome Detour. After a close foot race, one team was unable to catch up and were the last to arrive at the Pit Stop. This lead to their elimination.

Leg 8
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#20 - Leg 8

Season 4 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/11/2010

In this leg's Roadblock, one team member must take a Subaru Impreza WRX and make a lap within one minute and forty-two seconds to get their next clue. If they did not made the lap after the correct time, they would do it again. In this Detour, teams must first participate in an Aborigine tradition of face-painting before doing one of the Detours, Bush Chucker and Bush Hunter. In Bush Chucker, teams must throw a boomerang and have it land within a marked circular area. In Bush Hunter, teams must throw a hunting spear to a hay bale. After doing their Detour, one team member must eat a live witchetty grub, an Aborigine delicacy, to receive their next clue.

Leg 7
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#21 - Leg 7

Season 4 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/4/2010

In this leg's first Detour, teams had to choose between Pen or Pinot. In Pen, teams must separate three marked sheep from a flock to another pen to receive their next clue. In Pinot, teams must carry and fill a wine barrow with wine to receive their next clue. For the leg's first Roadblock, teams took a taxi to Circus Art School on Sydney Olympic Park, one team member must perform flying trapeze routine to receive their next clue. In this leg's second Roadblock, teams drive themselves to WRX Rally Experience Circuit race and one team member must take a Subaru Impreza WRX and make a lap within 1:42 (one minute and forty-two seconds) to get their next clue. If they did not made the lap after the correct time, they would do it again. In this leg's second Detour, teams must first participate in an Aborigine tradition of face-painting before doing one of the Detours, Bush Chucker and Bush Hunter. Both Detours located at a farm in Coombabah. In Bush Chucker, teams must throw a boomerang and have it land within a marked circular area. In Bush Hunter, teams must throw a hunting spear to a hay bale. After doing their Detour, one team member must eat a live witchetty grub, an Aborigine delicacy, to receive their next clue.

Leg 2
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#22 - Leg 2

Season 4 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/30/2010

The Roadblock required one team member to guide a ring through an underwater rope maze whilst using diving equiptment. If the team member did not finish the puzzle in time (which is when the diver instructor told them the time is up), the team would incur a four-hour penalty for not completing the Roadblock (which would be assessed at the pit-stop). In this leg's Detour, teams chose between Rapid Water or Rapid Fire. In both detours, teams had to first drive themselves to Kiulu River White Water Rafting. In Rapid Water, teams had to sail a bamboo raft down river rapids and across the river to retrieve their next clue. In Rapid Fire, both teammates had to shoot Malaysian slingshots at two targets to receive their next clue.

Episode 8
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#23 - Episode 8

Season 3 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/1/2008

Luck seems to be smiling on Malaysian mothers Ida and Tania. Despite coming in last in the last two legs, both have proven to be non-elimination rounds. However, this could be their last chance as they are now faced with a 30 minute penalty if they are not the first team to the pit stop in this leg. In this leg's Roadblock, the chosen team member must perform a bungee jump from the top of the Macau Tower to receive their next clue. The first team to complete the task will receive a helicopter ride from Macau to Hong Kong instead of the TurboJET ferry ride. In this leg's Detour, the choice was between Fish or Fill. In Fish, the team members must carry six large swordfish to a nearby restaurant before receiving their next clue. In Fill, teams must fill an intricate floor pattern using colored rice before receiving their next clue.

25 Hour Rest-Less Journey
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#24 - 25 Hour Rest-Less Journey

Season 3 - Episode 3 - Aired 9/27/2008

From the Museum of Vietnamese History in Ho Chi Minh, 8 teams remain in the race towards US$100.000. Siblings Bernie and Henry take the lead in this leg, and teams must now travel by bus, to the city of Hue in central Vietnam. The catch is, Hue is over 1,000kn away and the bus journey takes slightly over 25 hours.

Leg 12
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#25 - Leg 12

Season 2 - Episode 12 - Aired 2/7/2008

In the final Detour, teams travelled to Victoria & Alfred Waterfront and had to choose between Search or Assemble (This option was presented as "Sound" in the teams' clue). In Search, teams had to go The Scratch Patch and search amongst thousands of semi-precious gemstones for the three race stones which were yellow in colour and marked with a red dot. They will trade these three stones for their next clue. In Assemble, teams had to go to Waterfront Craft Market and watch a demonstration on how to assemble a wire-frame radio. Once teams had successfully put together a working radio using the tools provided, they would receive their next clue. In this Roadblock, one team member had to grab flags from the ten different countries they visited on the Race and arrange them in the order that they visited them. Once teams got the correct order of correct flags, they may retrieve the final clue.