# Heads Up on The Amazing Race 5 **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 15, 2004, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heads-up-on-the-amazing-race-5/240211 "2004-04-15T18:48:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Trion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ccd318/32.png) [@Trion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trion)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2004, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heads-up-on-the-amazing-race-5/240211/1 "2004-04-15T18:48:48Z")
[http://www.realityhq.com/news121.html](http://www.realityhq.com/news121.html) > [@](#): > > CBS has also announced that Amazing Race 5 will air with a 90 minute special Tuesday, July 6 at 9:30pm EST following the Big Brother 5 season premiere…….After that Amazing Race will move to its normal time on Tuesday at 10:00 pm EST……Alison Irwin, Former house guest from Big Brother 4 and her boyfriend Donny will be one of the couples competing on Amazing Race this season for the $1 million prize! ! I have no idea who this Alison Irwin is. Never watched Big Brother in my life and I don’t really like the idea of having someone from another CBS Reality Show on. But, whatever. At least I know when the show will be on now. Something to look forward to this summer. ---
**Author:** ![DeVena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dec6dc/32.png) [@DeVena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DeVena)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2004, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heads-up-on-the-amazing-race-5/240211/2 "2004-04-15T20:26:41Z")
Oh goodie!! I just love this show! (And there was a Big Brother 4? Who knew?) What amazes me is the number of people who sign up for this global scavenger hunt who can’t read a map! Marking my calendar… ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2004, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heads-up-on-the-amazing-race-5/240211/3 "2004-04-15T20:37:29Z")
_Amazing Race_ is my absolute favorite. I don’t know who Alison and Donnie are, either, but assume they’ll be a couple we can love to hate – ah, bliss… ---
**Author:** ![Avarie537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/48db29/32.png) [@Avarie537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Avarie537)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2004, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heads-up-on-the-amazing-race-5/240211/4 "2004-04-15T21:10:45Z")
YAY! This is my favorite “reality show” on TV, and I’m really glad CBS is continuing to produce it. They just need to do it way more frequently, like Survivor. ---
**Author:** ![scotandrsn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a4c791/32.png) [@scotandrsn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scotandrsn)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2004, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heads-up-on-the-amazing-race-5/240211/5 "2004-04-15T21:45:19Z")
This is the season to try to hook everyone you can on this show. It’s been a pretty big hit overseas, but not in the US, I am given to understand. The only reason CBS is even doing a season this year is because last year’s one an emmy or two. ---
**Author:** ![Ashes\_Ashes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/db5fbb/32.png) [@Ashes\_Ashes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ashes_Ashes)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2004, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heads-up-on-the-amazing-race-5/240211/6 "2004-04-15T23:01:32Z")
Yay! I was beginning to think there wasn’t going to be another one, phew. I hope this Allison and Donny don’t mess up a good show.