The eight teams receive a clue telling them to get from the Pit Stop to the Battleship Aurora—itsballoons signaled the start of the Russian Revolution. The trip is long, a twenty-hour bus ride, followed by a 8,000 mile flight to Russia. The jockeying and bickering immediately begin at the bus station, but some patient planning pays off for a few teams who take a later bus that makes less stops and then visit a travel agent. Some unfortunate airport luck leaves Bob and Joyce catching a later flight and striving to remain in the race. In St. Petersburg, Russia, the teams get a Detour clue to choose either a hockey challenge: Block Five Shots, or a drinking challenge: drink one shot. The choices are about evenly split and no team has a particularly tough time at the Detour. What many do have a very tough time with is the Roadblock, which involves eating two pounds of caviar. Christie struggles and her and Colin's lead evaporates, along with Brandon and Nicole, when Nicole passes out. Teams such as Chip and Kim and Charla and Mirna are able to power through it and gain ground, but it's not enough for Bob and Joyce, who are eliminated from the race.

Episode Viewers and Ratings

Season 5 Episode 4 of The Amazing Race resulted in a 0.00 rating in the 18-49 demographic.

The Amazing Race Season 5 Episodes...

• s05e01 - Clearly, I'm More Intelligent Than You
• s05e02 - It Turned Really Ugly Just Now
• s05e03 - I Got Electrocuted
• s05e04 - Who Says Pageant Girls Don't Eat?
• s05e05 - Are You Good at Puzzles?
• s05e06 - Why Can't We Get a Camel?
• s05e07 - Are You Sure This Is Safe?
• s05e08 - I'm Going to Jail
• s05e09 - If You're Gonna Whine, Just Shut Up!
• s05e10 - If They're Screwing the Helmet to My Head—It Can't Be Good
• s05e11 - It's Okay, Run Them Over!
• s05e12 - You've Just Made Me a Millionaire

The Amazing Race Show Summary

The Amazing Race is an adventure reality show hosted by Phil Keoghan that pits 10, 11, or 12 teams of 2 or 4 people against each other in a race around the world for approximately 40 days. In a leg, they go to destinations where they will complete a roadblock, a task where 1 person completes (Season 1-7) or 2 people (Season 8), a detour, where you have to decide between two tasks that are usually opposite of each other, and a miscellaneous task.

After they complete all these tasks, they will be directed to go to a Pit stop where they will have a 24 hour rest period where they will be able to eat, drink, sleep, and mingle with other teams. The last team to check into the Pit Stop usually is eliminated, but sometimes there is a non-elimination leg in which no one is eliminated. After all teams are eliminated except for 3, these three race to the finish line where the winning team wins 1 million dollars.