ImANewUser Amazing Race 5

ImANewUser Amazing Race 5 (also known as TAR Fanfic Teams) is the 5th installment of the fictional series, ImANewUser Amazing Race.

Production

Development and Filming

The route spans around almost 40,000 miles and covers 5 continents. Previously unvisited countries include Colombia, Brazil, Egypt, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Mali, Hungary, Croatia, Syria, Afghanistan & Taiwan. Russia and China were also visited.

This season featured the first mid-leg elimination (in Leg 1; Cody and Genya were eliminated as a result), as well as the first double elimination (Both Stephen & Joseph and Jenn & Nicole were eliminated in Leg 8).

There was an extended Pit Stop on Leg 7. Leg 11 was a tribute to the TAR 6 leg that visited Shanghai, China.

Cast

For the first time, the season featured 18 teams, all of which previously raced in different virtual races. Danielle & Lauren originally appeared on Season 4.

After the race, Stephen & Joseph had a falling out, but reconciled.

Jim & Frank and Kim & Kimberley were chosen to represent the season in Season 7.

Leaderboard

Team Fanfic Of Origin	Relationship	Position (by leg)														Roadblock Tally
Team Fanfic Of Origin	Relationship	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8²	9	10	11	12	13	14	Roadblock Tally
Jim & Frank World Race (Palpatine)	Air Traffic Controllers	15th	13th	14th	8th	10th	5th	7th	8th	7th	1st	1st+>	2nd	2nd	1st	Jim 6, Frank 7
Steve & Steve The Un-Amazing Race 1 1/2 (MK)	Twins	11th	5th	9th	9th	7th	9th	2nd	2nd	1st	4th	5th+<	4th	3rd	2nd	Steve 7, Steve 6
Aras & Yul The New Amazing Race (MK)	Survivor Winners	1st	2nd	9th<	3rd	5th	2nd	9th	7th	6th	3rd	3rd+	3rd	1st	3rd	Aras 7, Yul 6
Danielle & Lauren ImANewUser Amazing Race 4	Mother / Daughter	9th	7th	6th	1st	3rd	7th	10th<	5th	3rd	5th	4th+	1st	4th		Danielle 6, Lauren 6
Kelly & Louisa Katsuya's Fantasy Race	Strippers	5th	9th	4th	10th	2nd	1st	4th>	6th	5th	2nd	2nd+	5th			Kelly 5, Louisa 6
Kim & Kimberley Verysmiley's Amazing Race 2	Twins	6th	6th	6th	5th	6th	5th	1st	3rd	2nd	6th	6th+				Kim 5, Kimberley 5
Paris & Nicole CBS's The Celebrity Race (Amazing_Racer)	Co-Stars	7th	8th	1st	6th	12th	9th	3rd	4th	4th	7th					Paris 5, Nicole 4
Ben & Matt The Amazing Race Celebrity Edition (musicman85)	Best Friends	4th	4th	8th	7th	11th	8th	5th	1st	8th						Ben 4, Matt 4
Stephen & Joseph TAR: Jake	Friends	2nd	1st	3rd	2nd	4th	3rd	6th	9th							Stephen 4, Joseph 3
Jenn & Nicole The Amazing Race Fantasy (dragoondaniel78)	Dating	3rd	3rd	2nd>	4th	1st	4th	7th	10th							Jenn 3, Nicole 4
Karl & Mary Orlen's Fanfiction	Married Grandparents	13th	12th	13th	13th	9th	11th	11th								Karl 4, Mary 3
Josh & Emily Verysmiley's Amazing Race	Dating	16th	14th	5th	11th	8th	12th									Josh 3, Emily 3
Gian & Audrey VAR 2 (CallMeRob)	Separated Couple	14th	15th	11th	12th	13th										Gian 3, Audrey 2
Nick & Kelly GrEeNdAyFaN42's Virtual TAR	Dating	12th	10th	12th	14th											Nick 2, Kelly 2
Sebastian & Caleb Kiwi Jay's Amazing Race	Friends / Bodybuilders	10th	11th	15th												Sebastian 1, Caleb 2
Ninna & Jewel VAR (CallMeRob)	Internet Addicts	8th	16th													Ninna 1, Jewel 1
Stacy & Donny Ben's Amazing Race (benyap88)	Dating Models	17th														Stacy 0, Donny 1
Cody & Genya TAR 4 life's First Amazing Race	Married	18th¹														Cody 0, Genya 0

^{Note 1: Cody & Genya were the last team to arrive at the Parque Jaime Duque and were eliminated as per the provisions given at the start of the race (see below).

Note 2: Leg 8 was a double-elimination leg. The last two teams to check in at the Pit Stop were both eliminated.}

Red means the team was eliminated.
Green means the team won the Fast Forward clue. A green leg number means no team took the Fast Forward this leg.
A < means the team was Yielded. A > means the team used their Yield. A <> indicates an unused Yield.
Matching colors of symbols indicate teams who worked together during part of the leg as a result of the Intersection route marker.

Prizes

Leg 1 – A trip to Acapulco
Leg 2 – A trip to the Caribbean
Leg 3 – A cruise to Alaska
Leg 4 – A cruise to the Bahamas
Leg 5 – A trip to Hawaii
Leg 6 – A trip to Brazil
Leg 7 – A cruise around Antarctica
Leg 8 – A cruise around Mexico
Leg 9 – A trip to Patagonia
Leg 10 – A trip to Europe
Leg 11 – An African safari
Leg 12 – A trip around East and Southeast Asia
Leg 13 – A trip around East and Southeast Asia
Leg 14 – $1,000,000

Race Locations

Air travel

Rail travel

Detour Roadblock Fast Forward Yield Intersection Pit Stop

IANUAR5RouteMap — The IANU AR 5 route map

Leg 1 (United States Of America → Colombia)

IANUAR5Leg1 — At the Parque Jaime Duque, one team was eliminated mid-leg in a twist.

Miami, Florida , United States Of America (The Everglades) (Starting Line)
Miami (Miami International Airport) to Bogota, Colombia (El Dorado International Airport)
Bogota (Simon Bolivar Metropolitan Park)
Bogota (Parque Jaime Duque) (Elimination Point)
Bogota (El Dorado International Airport) to Cartagena (Rafael Nuñez International Airport)
Cartagena (Torre de la Escollera)
Cartagena (El Castillo de San Felipe)

The Fast Forward required a team to perform a bambuco piece.

For this Roadblock, that person had to search the construction workers for one with a bottle of aguapanela, a local drink. Once they found him, they had to drink the entire bottle to receive their next clue.

In the Detour, Cane Top or Cotton Top, teams chose between making a Sombrero Vueltiao or taking a picture of the Cottontop Tamarin.

Additional Task

At the Parque Jaime Duque, teams signed up for one of four charter flights to Cartagena the following morning. The last team to reach the park was not given a spot on any charter flight and was eliminated.

Leg 2 (Colombia → Brazil)

IANUAR5Leg2 — Teams had to check in at the Paranoá Lake for this leg of the Race.

Cartagena (Palace Of The Inquisition)
Cartagena (Rafael Nuñez International Airport) to Brasilia, Brazil (Presidente Juscelino Kubitschek International Airport)
Brasilia (Praça dos Três Poderes)
Brasilia (Juscelino-Kubitschek Bridge)
Brasilia (Metropolitan Cathedral Of Brasilia)
Brasilia (Paranoá Lake)

The Fast Forward required a team to search the Juscelino-Kubitschek Bridge for the Fast Forward.

For this Roadblock, that person had to search the Lucio Costa Space for the building model with a race flag flying above it. Afterwards, they had to then head to the actual building to receive their next clue. However, teams didn't know that the Lucio Costa Space was beneath the Praça dos Três Poderes.

In the Detour, Samba Lesson or Saintly Vision, teams chose between making a learning a samba performance and dancing it or searching the city streets for a church named after the saint who pictured a city that looked like Brasilia in a dream.

Leg 3 (Brazil → Egypt)

IANUAR5Leg3 — Khan El-Khalili, where one team member had to shop for five items.

Brasilia (Temple of the Legião da Boa Vontade)
Brasilia (Presidente Juscelino Kubitschek International Airport) to Cairo, Egypt (Cairo International Airport)
Cairo (Cairo Tower)
Cairo (Pharaonic Village)
Cairo (Khan El-Khalili)
Cairo (The Sphinx)

The Fast Forward required a team to carry a sarcophagus from the Pharaonic Village to the temple.

In the Detour, Lost In Translation or Lost In The Desert, teams chose between translating three Egyptian messages or searching the entire plateau for their next clue.

For this Roadblock, that person had to shop for 5 items in the nearby suq to receive their next clue.

Leg 4 (Egypt → Democratic Republic Of The Congo)

IANUAR5Leg4 — For the *Animals from the Jungle* Detour, each team had to photograph an okapi at the Kinshasa Zoo.

Cairo (Cairo International Airport) to Kinshasa, Democratic Republic Of The Congo (N'Djili International Airport)
Kinshasa (Stade Des Martyrs)
Kinshasa (Boulevard Du 30 Juin)
Kinshasa (Kinshasa Museum)
Kinshasa (Kinshasa Central Market)
Kinshasa (Hotel Memling)

The Fast Forward required a team to search for it somewhere in the Boulevard du 30 Juin.

In the Detour, teams chose between Animals From The Jungle or Rumble In The Jungle. In Animals From The Jungle, teams had to take a picture of an okapi in the Kinshasa zoo to get their next clue. For Rumble In The Jungle, teams had to search the Stade Tata Raphaël for their next clue.

For this Roadblock, that team member had to learn how to hunt to receive their next clue.

Leg 5 (Democratic Republic Of The Congo → Mali)

IANUAR5Leg5 — At the top of the BCEAO Tower, teams had to make *bogolon* in order to win the Fast Forward.

Kinshasa (N'Djili International Airport) to Bamako, Mali (Senou International Airport)
Bamako (BCEAO Tower)
Bamako (National Museum of Mali)
Bamako (Bamako Botanical Gardens)
Bamako (Point G Hill)

The unused Fast Forward required a team to make bogolon, genuine mudcloth.

For this Roadblock, that member had to search the museum for an artifact with their next clue.

In the Detour, teams chose between Teachings and Preachings. In Teachings, teams had to teach the N'Ko alphabet to three students to receive their next clue. For Preachings, teams had to perform 3 daily Muslim rites inside a mosque for their next clue.

Leg 6 (Mali → Hungary)

IANUAR5Leg6 — At the start of the leg, teams were directed to the starting city of the Budapest-Bamako Rally.

Bamako (Place Des Heroes)
Bamako (Senou International Airport) to Budapest, Hungary (Budapest Ferihegy International Airport)
Budapest (Csepel Island)
Budapest (Széchenyi Medicinal Bath)
Budapest (Buda Castle)
Budapest (Fisherman's Bastion)

The unused Fast Forward required a team to to take a bath in one of the two thermal springs located in Széchenyi Medicinal Bath.

In the Detour, teams chose between Catapult and Canoe. In Catapult, teams had to break a box 50 feet away with their next clue using a catapult. In Canoe, teams had to search the Danube river from Csepel Island on canoe for a buoy with their next clue.

For this Roadblock, that team member had to drink a glass of blood to receive their next clue.

Leg 7 (Hungary → Croatia)

IANUAR5Leg7 — Teams had to make their way to the Ban Jelačić Square for their next clue.

Budapest (Budapest Ferihegy International Airport) to Zagreb, Croatia (Pleso Airport)
Zagreb (Ban Jelačić Square)
Zagreb (Arts and Crafts Museum)
Zagreb (Croatian Naive Art Museum)
Zagreb (Croatian National Theatre)
Zagreb (Medvedgrad Fortress)

For the Fast Forward, that team had to make their way to the Croatian Naive Art Museum. Once there, they had to assemble a painting inside a marked room to form a picture of the Pit Stop.

In the Detour, teams chose between Arts & Crafts. In Arts, teams had to paint a portrait of their teammate. They had to then search the museum for a guy named Art who approved the portraits they made of each other. In Crafts, teams had to search the museum for a guy named Craft holding a piece just like the enclosed handicraft.

For this Roadblock, that team member had to search for the Vatroslav Lisinski concert hall. Once there, they had to sing a Croatian opera for their next clue.

Leg 8 (Croatia)

IANUAR5Leg8 — For the Roadblock, that team member had to dig for a Croatian coin to receive their next clue.

Zagreb (Zagreb Main Station) to Split (Split Train Station)
Split (Brela Beach)
Split (Bell Tower)
Split (Archeological Museum)
Split (Palace of Diocletian)

The unused Fast Forward was hidden somewhere in Brela Beach.

In the Detour, teams chose between Bacon and Bakalar. In Bacon, teams had to deliver 5 meals containing a locally-made bacon to receive their next clue. In Bakalar, teams had to prepare bakalar, a local meal, using a recipe written in Croatian (without asking the chefs to translate the recipe). Once the head chef was satisfied with their work, they received their next clue. In both tasks, teams had to head to a marked shack in the beach.

For this Roadblock, that team member had to dig for a Croatian coin for their next clue.

Leg 9 (Croatia → Syria)

IANUAR5Leg9 — The *Pipe* Detour had teams searching for a man with a hookah, as shown above.

Split (Split Airport) to Damascus, Syria (Damascus International Airport)
Damascus (House of Ananias)
Damascus (Ananias Chapel)
Damascus (Bab Sharqi)
Damascus (Umayyad Mosque - Minaret Of The Bride)
Damascus (Al-Hijaz Station)
Damascus (Damascus Oasis)

For this Fast Forward, that team had to search the Ananias Chapel for a bible and hand it to the local priest. However, the team had to do it as peacefully as possible for it to count, observing the chapel's sanctity.

For this Roadblock, that team member had to navigate Bab Sharqi to find a man with their next clue.

In this Detour, teams chose between Pipe and Paper. In Pipe, teams had to spot a man smoking a hookah for their next clue. In Paper, teams had to write a local encantation in Arabic.

Leg 10 (Syria → Afghanistan)

IANUAR5Leg10 — For the Roadblock, that team member had to help create and successfully sell an Afghan carpet.

Damascus (Damascus International Airport) to Kabul, Afghanistan (Kabul International Airport)
Kabul (Bagh-e Babur Park)
Kandahār (Mosque of the Cloak of the Prophet Muhammad)
Kandahār (Kabul Bazaar)
Kandahār (Char Suq)
Kandahār (Shrine of Baba Wali)

The unused Fast Forward required teams to pay their respects to the Mughal Emperor Babur in the Bagh-e Babur Park.

For this leg's Detour, teams had to choose between Inside and Outside. In Inside, teams had to eat an entire plate of Qabuli Palau, a traditional rice dish. In Outside, teams had to correctly perform a spice rub on a piece of chicken being prepared for a local dinner. In both Detours, teams had to head to the Kabul Bazaar and search for a certain stall.

For this Roadblock, that team member had to make a traditional Afghan carpet and successfully sell an already-made Afghan carpet.

Leg 11 (Afghanistan → China)

IANUAR5Leg11 — Teams visited the Yuyuan Gardens in Shanghai, China.

Kandahār (Kandahār International Airport) to Shanghai, China (Shanghai Pudong International Airport)
Shanghai (Yuyuan Gardens)
Shanghai (Jade Buddha Temple)
Shanghai (Huaneng Union Tower)
Shanghai (People's Heroes Monument)
Shanghai (Jiangpu Road)
Shanghai (Peace Hotel South)

The unaired Fast Forward required teams to perform a Buddhist ritual.

Upon arrival at the Huaneng Union Tower, teams faced an Intersection. At the Intersection, teams had to join with one other team to complete tasks and make decisions together until further notice.

For this Roadblock, the chosen team members had to wash a window 40 stories above the ground on the Huaneng Union Tower. Washing the window would reveal a message, and they would have to report the message to the supervisor to receive their next clue.

After arriving at Jiangpu Road, teams were not Intersected anymore. The Detour had teams choose between Bricks or Ice. In Bricks, teams had to use a traditional device to transport 300 clay bricks off a barge to receive their clue. In Ice, teams had to load two 220-pound blocks of ice onto flatbed tricycles and deliver them to a fish market, where they would have to break them into smaller pieces.

Leg 12 (China → Russia)

IANUAR5Leg12 — Teams flew to the city of Khabarovsk in Russia.

Shanghai (Jing'an Temple)
Shanghai (Oriental Pearl Tower)
Shanghai (Shanghai Pudong International Airport) to Khabarovsk, Russia (Khabarovsk Novy Airport)
Khabarovsk (Khabarovsk Bridge)

For this Detour, teams had to choose between Art and Fashion. In Art, teams had to go to Shanghai School, pick up a painting, and then search the nearby shikumen residences for a painter who would give them their next clue. In Fashion, teams had to go to Chenghuang Miao Shopping Center. Once there, they had to search for a stall and make a qipao to fit on a mannequin using the tools provided. Once satisfied, a lady gave them their next clue.

For this Roadblock, that team member had to perform a Russian ballet to receive a map guiding them to the next Pit Stop.

Leg 13 (Russia → Taiwan)

IANUAR5Leg13 — For *Taipei Tofu*, teams had to sell stinky tofu.

Khabarovsk (Khabarovsk Novy Airport) to Taipei, Taiwan (Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport)
Taipei (Taipei 101)
Taipei (Shilin Night Market)
Taipei (Chiang Kai-Shek Memorial Hall)
Taipei (Longshan Temple)

For this Detour, teams had to choose between Oyster Omelet and Taipei Tofu. In Oyster Omelet, teams had to search the market for a stall which made oyster omelettes. When teams found it, they had to finish one oyster omelet to receive their next clue. In Taipei Tofu, teams had to search for a certain stall. Once there, they had to make and sell 5 packages of stinky tofu to receive their next clue.

For this Roadblock, that team member had to search the Taipei Rapid Transit System for five people wearing a Race-colored scarf. When they found one, they had to have them sign on a given sheet of paper. When all 5 signatures were completed, they had to head back to the Chiang Kai-Shek Memorial Hall and show it to the guard, who handed them their next clue.

Leg 14 (Taiwan → United States Of America)

IANUAR5Leg14 — The IANU AR 5 Finish Line was at Green Lake Park.

Taipei (National Palace Museum)
Kaohsiung (Kaohsiung International Airport)
Kaohsiung (Love River)
Kaohsiung (Holy Rosary Cathedral)
Kaohsiung (Lotus Lake)
Kaohsiung (Kaohsiung International Airport) to Seattle, Washington , United States Of America (Seattle-Tacoma International Airport)
Seattle (Seattle Space Needle)
Seattle (Henry Art Gallery)
Seattle (Green Lake Park) (Finish Line)

For the final Roadblock of the Race, that team member had to navigate the sailboat containing their teammate to the other side of the river where their next clue was waiting.

The final Detour of the Race had teams choosing between Pavilion or Pagoda. In Pavilion, teams had to sketch the Spring and Autumn Pavilions and show it to an artist who gave them their next clue. In Pagoda, teams had to ascend the Tiger or Dragon Pagoda and search for one of two jade necklaces. Once they found it, they had to drive themselves to a jewelry store where the jeweler handed them their next clue in exchange for the necklace.