The Amazing Race Vietnam: Cuộc đua kỳ thú 2016 is the fifth season of The Amazing Race Vietnam, a Vietnamese reality competition show based on the American series The Amazing Race. It featured ten teams of two in a race around Vietnam for 300 million₫. This season's teams consisted of all-stars.
The program aired on VTV6 from 31 March to 9 June 2016.
Huy Khánh returned as host after he was absent during the previous season.
Rapper Tiến Đạt and hotel manager Thúc Lĩnh Lincoln, who had competed on different teams from Season 2 and Season 4, respectively, were the winners of this season.
Production Development and filming
This season began filming in late 2015.
As the season was titled "All-Stars", it is the first time that one of the international spin-offs of The Amazing Race featured returning contestants (the eleventh, the eighteenth (dubbed as "Unfinished Business") and the twenty-fourth seasons of the original American version also featured returning teams).
The non-elimination penalty, the Speed Bump, was introduced to the series. As with the American version, the Speed Bump requires the team that finished last in a non-elimination leg to perform an additional task at some point during the next leg.
During this season's visit to Australia, there was a planned Roadblock task in Yarrawonga involving an ultralight aircraft. During filming, an ultralight crashed after encountering dust devils, killing both occupants. Ian Cook, the pilot who flew along with Sydney-based Vietnamese cameraman Quoc Huong Vu, were taking aerial shots of the location.Thomson, Blair. "Plane crash victims in Yarrawonga to film The Amazing Race ", The Age, Melbourne, March 14, 2016. Retrieved on September 14, 2016. This incident occurred during the middle of a Roadblock, which some of the contestants had already completed. As such, the Roadblock task was cancelled, and teams continued to New South Wales to continue with the leg. The task in Yarrawonga was not aired or acknowledged during the episode.
Cast
ContestantsAgeProfessionHometownStatus 25 TeacherThe Amazing Race Vietnam 2015HanoiEliminated 1st(in Lìm Mông, Yên Bái) 21 ActorThe Amazing Race Vietnam 2015 26 SingerThe Amazing Race Vietnam 2014 Cần ThơEliminated 2nd(in Nam Định, Nam Định) 24 Model Ho Chi Minh City 43 ActorThe Amazing Race Vietnam 2012 Los Angeles, CaliforniaEliminated 3rd(in Lăng Cô, Thừa Thiên Huế) 27 Office WorkerThe Amazing Race Vietnam 2012 Ho Chi Minh City 27 ModelThe Amazing Race Vietnam 2013 HanoiEliminated 4th(in Thôn Phú Hạnh, Phú Yên) 28 TattooistThe Amazing Race Vietnam 2014 Da Nang 23ActressThe Amazing Race Vietnam 2015 Cần ThơEliminated 5th(in Vũng Tàu, Bà Rịa-Vũng Tàu) 25 Tân An, Long An 32 ModelThe Amazing Race Vietnam 2013 HaiphongEliminated 6th(on Côn Đảo, Bà Rịa-Vũng Tàu) 26 StylistThe Amazing Race Vietnam 2013 Hanoi 29 SingerThe Amazing Race Vietnam 2013 HaiphongEliminated 7th(in An Phú, Ho Chi Minh City) 29 ActorThe Amazing Race Vietnam 2013 Mãn Đức, Hòa Bình 30 ActorThe Amazing Race Vietnam 2013 Cần ThơThird Place 29 EditorThe Amazing Race Vietnam 2013 Hanoi 25 SingerThe Amazing Race Vietnam 2014 HanoiSecond Place 34 AthleteThe Amazing Race Vietnam 2014 Long An 35 RapperThe Amazing Race Vietnam 2013 Ho Chi Minh CityWinners 26 Hotel ManagerThe Amazing Race Vietnam 2015 Paris, France
The returning teams and their prior placements are: From Season 1: Richard "Richie" Humphrey and Ngọc Phượng "Mimi" Lý Thị, dating, 9th place From Season 2: Pha Lê Nguyễn and Hà Việt Dũng, singer and actor, 7th place Anh Tuấn Phạm and Thanh Hoa Đỗ Thị, models, 6th place Nhan Phúc Vinh and Thùy Dung Nguyễn, actor and editor, 2nd place and 3rd place From Season 3: Hương Giang Nguyễn and Huy Phương "Criss" Lai, singer and athlete, 1st place From Season 4: Phạm Thị "Song Ngư" Diễm Chi and Trúc Như Nguyễn Vũ, actresses, 7th place Đăng Hoàng Phạm Ngô and Thùy Anh Nguyễn, actors, 4th place Composite Teams: Thu Hiền Trần Thị, 1st place in Season 2 and Minh Long Nguyễn, 9th place in Season 3 Tiến Đạt Đinh, 4th place in Season 2 and Thúc Lĩnh "Lincoln" Dương Hồng, 2nd place in Season 4 Sơn Ngọc Minh, 5th place in Season 3 and Mâu Thanh Thủy, winner of Vietnam's Next Top Model 4
Future appearances Hương Giang Nguyễn appeared on the sixth season as a clue giver during the third episode and served as the host during the seventh episode in 2019.
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: TeamPosition (by leg)Roadblocksperformed12 34567891011Tiến Đạt & Lincoln1st1st1st2nd3rd2nd2nd2nd2nd1st1stTiến Đạt 4, Thúc Lĩnh 4Hương Giang & Criss3rd8th5th6th1st5th4th1st1st2nd2ndHương Giang 3, Criss 4Phúc Vinh & Thùy Dung5th5th2nd5th5th1st3rd3rd3rd3rd3rdPhúc Vinh 6, Thùy Dung 2Pha Lê & Việt Dũng4th2nd7th1st6th4th5th4thPha Lê 1, Việt Dũng 5Anh Tuấn & Thanh Hoa6th7th3rd4th4th3rd1stAnh Tuấn 4, Thanh Hoa 2Song Ngư & Trúc Như9th8th8th2nd6thSong Ngư 2, Trúc Như 3Trần Hiền & Minh Long9th4th4th3rd7thTrần Hiền 1, Minh Long 2Richie & Mimi2nd6th7thRichie 1, Mimi 1Ngọc Minh & Thanh Thủy8th3rd6thNgọc Minh 1, Thanh Thủy 1Đăng Hoàng & Thùy Anh7thĐăng Hoàng 1, Thùy Anh 1
Key A team placement means the team was eliminated. A indicates that the team won a Fast Forward. A indicates that the team decided to use the Express Pass on that leg; if next to a leg number, it indicates that the team with the Express Pass forfeited the Pass at the Pit Stop of that leg without ever having used it. A team's placement indicates that the team came in last on a non-elimination leg. An team's placement indicates that the team came in last on a non-elimination leg and was "Marked for Elimination"; if the team did not finish 1st on the next leg, they would receive a 30-minute penalty. An placement indicates that the team would not receive any money at the start of the next leg. A placement indicates that the team would have to perform a Speed Bump on the next leg. A means the team chose to use a U-Turn; indicates the team who received it.
Notes
Tiến Đạt & Thúc Lĩnh Lincoln and Pha Lê & Hà Việt Dũng initially arrived 1st and 3rd, respectively, but were each issued a 15-minute penalty after Thúc Lĩnh Lincoln and Hà Việt Dũng took the clue out of their mouth during the first task. While this did not affect Tiến Đạt & Thúc Lĩnh Lincoln's placement, Hương Giang & Criss Lai checked in during Pha Lê & Hà Việt Dũng's penalty time, dropping them to 4th. Thanh Hoa could not complete the Roadblock, and Mimi chose not to attempt it. Both teams were each issued a 2-hour penalty before receiving their next clue. Song Ngư & Trúc Như initially arrived 6th, but were issued a 30-minute penalty for being "Marked for Elimination" and not arriving in 1st. Richie & Mimi, Anh Tuấn & Thanh Hoa and Hương Giang & Criss Lai checked-in during the penalty time, dropping Song Ngư & Trúc Như to 9th. Đăng Hoàng & Thùy Anh initially arrived 7th, but were issued a 30-minute penalty for spilling too much water during the last challenge. The last three teams trailing them (Richie & Mimi, Thanh Hoa & Anh Tuấn and Hương Giang & Criss Lai) checked in during the penalty time, dropping Đăng Hoàng & Thùy Anh to last place and resulting in their elimination. Six of the nine teams who arrived at the Pit Stop after applying time penalties based on how many congee dishes they failed to cook properly during the congee task. The initial placements for all teams and their number of failed dishes (10 minutes per each failed dish, in parentheses) are as follows (the three boldfaced teams without the parentheses were not given the penalty): 1st: Pha Lê & Hà Việt Dũng (2); 2nd: Trần Hiền & Minh Long (3); 3rd: Tiến Đạt & Thúc Lĩnh Lincoln (1); 4th: Anh Tuấn & Thanh Hoa; 5th: Nhan Phúc Vinh & Thuỳ Dung; 6th: Hương Giang & Criss Lai; 7th: Sơn Ngọc Minh & Mâu Thanh Thủy (5); 8th: Richie & Mimi (1); 9th: Song Ngư & Trúc Như (2). Hương Giang & Criss Lai initially arrived 1st, but were issued a 30-minute penalty because Hương Giang did not wear the chef's hat provided with the teams during the fast food challenge. This did not affect their placement. All teams except for Tiến Đạt & Thúc Lĩnh Lincoln were issued time penalties at the Pit Stop for failing to eat their bowl of Phở within the time limit. Hương Giang & Criss Lai were issued a 15-minute penalty for only eating 3 kg, while the remaining teams were issued 1-hour penalties for only eating 2 kg. Only the placement for Nhan Phúc Vinh & Thuỳ Dung was affected; dropping them from 2nd to 3rd. Pha Lê & Hà Việt Dũng initially arrived 2nd, but were issued a 30-minute penalty for taking motorized transportation instead of a bicycle as stated in the clue. Tiến Đạt & Thúc Lĩnh Lincoln and Nhan Phúc Vinh & Thùy Dung checked-in during the penalty time, dropping them to 4th. Anh Tuấn & Thanh Hoa 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. Leg 9 featured a Roadblock that was cancelled during the leg and was not referenced during the episode's airing; it was excluded from the Roadblock count.
Prizes Leg 1 – The Express Pass (Thẻ Ưu Tiên) Leg 12 – 300,000,000₫
Race summary
Leg 1 (Yên Bái)
Airdate: 31 March 2016 Thác Bà, Yên Bái Province, Vietnam (Thác Bà Hydroelectric Dam) (Starting Line) Thác Bà (Rừng Tràm Island) Thác Bà (Hydroelectric Dam Bridge) Thác Bà (Dền Mẫu Thác Bà)
In this season's first Roadblock, one team member had to climb a rope ladder up the tower in the centre of the hydroelectric dam bridge, carrying with them the bottle of Sting Energy Drink from the previous task to exchange for the next clue at the top.
Additional tasks At Thác Bà Hydroelectric Dam, one team member made their way down to the bottom of the dam to find two clue envelopes, only one of which actually contained a clue. They would choose one envelope and carry it in their mouth. Their partner would then rappel down the dam to retrieve it, however their safety cord wasn't long enough to reach all the way to the bottom, so they had to stretch to reach their partner. Once both were back on top, they opened the clue. If the empty envelope was chosen, they had to do the task again. Teams then had to paddle a bamboo boat to Rừng Tràm Island where they touched an Amazing Race flag to determine the order in which teams could perform the next task. One team member would be blindfolded for the duration of the task. Their partner had to guide them using verbal directions through a spiderweb of ropes to find their next clue at the end. If they touched any ropes along the way, a bell would ring. After touching a rope twice, they would have to go to the back of the line and try again. Teams then paddled back to the mainland and the dam. From the dam's bridge, teams threw a bucket with a rope attached off the side to fill it with water from below then pulled it back up. They then had to transfer the water to a second leaky bucket and quickly run it to the other side of the bridge to pour it into a glass box. Once the box was filled enough that a bottle of Sting Energy Drink floated to the top, they received the clue for the Roadblock.
Leg 2 (Yên Bái)
Airdate: 7 April 2016 Tú Lệ, Mù Cang Chải (Specified House) Tú Lệ (Village Bridge) Tú Lệ (Village Farm) Tú Lệ (Chief's House) Lìm Mông (Khau Phạ Pass)
In this leg's Roadblock, one team member had to cross a series of rings suspended beneath the village bridge to retrieve the Detour clue on the other side. If they fell into the river below, they had to go to the back of the line and try again.