The Amazing Race Season 19, Episode 05 Synopsis: The race continues in Thailand.
Season: 19, Episode: 05
Episode Name: I Feel Like I'm Circus (Bangkok, Thailand)
Airing: 23 October, 2011
Genre: Reality Competition
Created by: Elise Doganieri, Bertram van Munster
Cast: Phil Keoghan
Theme Music Composer: John M. Keane
Country of Origin: United States
Language(s): English
Production Company: cbs
The Amazing Race (U.S. TV series): The Amazing Race is an American reality game show in which teams of two or four race around the world against other teams, with the first-place team winning $1,000,000. As the original version of the Amazing Race franchise, the CBS program has been running since 2001 and is airing its nineteenth season, which is the second season broadcast in high-definition. CBS has renewed the series for its 20th season, scheduled to air in spring 2012; the 19th season is currently airing.The show was created by Elise Doganieri and Bertram van Munster, who, along with Jonathan Littman, serve as executive producers. The show is produced by Earthview Inc. (headed by Doganieri and van Munster), Bruckheimer Television for CBS Television Studios and ABC Studios (a subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company). For all seasons, the series is hosted by veteran New Zealand television personality, Phil Keoghan.
The series has won eight out of nine Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Reality-Competition Program after the category was created in 2003. Although it has moved around several prime time time slots since its inception, the program has averaged about 10 million viewers per season.
