The teams take off from their Pit Stop in Munich, Germany and receive a clue instructing them to fly 850 miles to a 100-year-old opera house in Palermo, Italy. One team manages an early flight and takes off to a nice lead. Once at the opera house, the teams receive a clue instructing them to travel 42 miles in a marked car to Castellammare del Golfo. There, they face a Detour --- Laundry, in which they must search through 2,400 items of laundry or Foundry, in which they must transport a heavy bell. Finally, the Roadblock requires one member of each team to assemble a Greek statue, but they are not told that there are two additional pieces. Once they complete the statue, they travel on foot one mile to the Pit Stop at the Tempio di Siegesto. One team makes a critical error by heading for the Pit Stop before the Roadblock, but ultimately different circumstances cause another team's downfall.

Episode Viewers and Ratings

Season 9 Episode 5 of The Amazing Race resulted in a 0.00 rating in the 18-49 demographic.

The Amazing Race Season 9 Episodes...

• s09e01 - Here We Go, Baby, Off to Win a Million Bucks!
• s09e02 - I'm Filthy and I Love It!
• s09e03 - I Am in Russia Playing with the Dolls
• s09e04 - It's Not Over Until the Phil Sings
• s09e05 - Good Thing I Took That Human Anatomy Class in High School
• s09e06 - Sleep Deprivation is Really Starting to Irritate Me
• s09e07 - Herculean Effort for Some Herculean Dudes
• s09e08 - Here Comes the Bedouin!
• s09e09 - Do You Know How Much Running I Did Today, Phil?
• s09e10 - Man, They Should Have Used Their Fake Names
• s09e11 - I Think This Monkey Likes Me!
• s09e12 - 5 Continents...10 Countries...And More than 59 Thousand Miles!

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.