The Amazing Race Australia 5 | |
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Season 5 | |
Presented by | Beau Ryan |
No. of teams | 16 |
Winner | Brendon Crawley & Jackson Dening |
No. of legs | 24 |
Distance traveled | 17,000 km (11,000 mi) |
No. of episodes | 24 |
Release | |
Original network | Network 10 |
Original release | 1 February – 28 March 2021 |
Additional information | |
Filming dates | 6 October[1] – 14 November 2020 |
Season chronology |
The Amazing Race Australia 5 is the fifth season of The Amazing Race Australia , an Australian reality competition show based on the American series The Amazing Race and the second instalment of Network 10's iteration of the show. Hosted by Beau Ryan, it featured sixteen teams of two, each with a pre-existing relationship, in a race around Australia due to the COVID-19 pandemic to win A$250,000. [2] This season visited four states and two territories and travelled over 17,000 kilometres (11,000 mi) during twenty-four legs. Starting in Newell, Queensland, racers travelled through Queensland, the Northern Territory, South Australia, Tasmania, New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory before finishing atop Mount Kosciuszko. New twists introduced in this season include forcing the first team to arrive at a U-Turn to use it, stowaway teams and the First Class Pass, which was awarded to the winners of non-elimination legs, allowed them to skip the next leg and give a Salvage (an advantage) and a Sabotage (a disadvantage) for the last two teams during the next leg. The season premiered at 7:30 pm on 1 February 2021 and concluded on 28 March 2021. [3]
Cowboys Brendon Crawley and Jackson Dening were the winners of this season, while Gold Coast friends Ashleigh Lawrence and Amanda Blanks finished in second place and Sikh friends Jaskirat Dhingra and Anurag Sobti finished in third place.
On 10 October 2019, the show's renewal was announced at the 2020 upfronts prior to the premiere of the previous season [4] with the second season from Network 10 initially set to air in late 2020. [5]
After production of the thirty-third season of the American edition of The Amazing Race was halted in February 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, questions were raised over whether a new Australian edition would be filmed later in the year. [6] A Network 10 spokesperson later stated that the network was seeking advice to create a safe route and establish proper safety measures. [7] Host Beau Ryan stated on The Kyle and Jackie O Show that the season would not be cancelled, but the outbreak had caused producers to change the season's route twice and that the season could film only in Australia if the outbreak worsened. [8] The initially planned international route for this season included visits to India, Brazil and Europe. [9] On 11 March, a Network 10 spokesperson confirmed that the season would film only in Australia. [10] [11] Filming was set to occur between June and July 2020 [12] but was postponed due to interstate travel restrictions. [13] Beverley McGarvey, the chief content officer and executive vice president of ViacomCBS in Australia and New Zealand, stated that the network was committed to filming the season once state borders reopened. [14] In an interview on Studio 10 , Beau Ryan stated that the show created COVID safety officers, contestants and crew members would be regularly tested and provided with personal protective equipment and the show would be travelling to areas with lower populations to reduce personal interactions. [15]
According to Beau Ryan, production would take place over eight to nine weeks starting in late September with a two-week quarantine before filming, and Victoria and Western Australia would be hard to include due to border and lockdown restrictions. [16] [17] The planned legs in Western Australia were to be Perth, Rottnest Island and Broome, but were eventually cancelled and replaced by reused legs in Queensland. [18] These Western Australian locations were later visited during the final three legs of the following season.
Following the quarantine period to medically clear the teams and production, filming started in Queensland in early October 2020. [19] [20] During filming, producer Yasmin Kara broke her vertebrae while testing a challenge that involved jumping into the water. [21] Production concluded in mid-November. [22]
Chris Diloreto & Aleisha Groth set a record for most consecutive legs run in a single season at 22 legs. [23] With eight leg wins, Ashleigh Lawrence & Amanda Blanks broke the record for most leg wins by an all-female team, previously held by Natalie & Meaghan from The Amazing Race Canada 2 , and tied the record for most leg wins in a single season. [24]
This season's visits to South Australia, Tasmania and the Australian Capital Territory meant that all of Australia's states and territories were featured at least once among the first five seasons of The Amazing Race Australia.
This season introduced two new game mechanics: the First Class Pass and Stowaway teams. [25] [26]
Additionally, unlike other versions of The Amazing Race and previous seasons of The Amazing Race Australia, the first team to arrive at a U-Turn was required to use it. In other versions, this decision was optional for all teams, unless it was used by a team who arrived earlier).
A new twist called the T-Junction was announced in pre-season press but did not appear this season. The T-Junction would have been similar to an Intersection, but with all remaining teams split into two larger teams for the rest of the leg. The first team to arrive at the T-Junction would create both super-teams. The second super-team to arrive at the Pit Stop would then have to choose one team from the group to eliminate. [25] The twist of combining pairs into two larger teams was previously included on Australia vs New Zealand season on the Seven Network's iteration of the series in the "Nation vs Nation" challenges (in which teams joined with their countrypeople for a particular challenge).
Casting for the fifth season of The Amazing Race Australia initially opened during the finale week of the previous season on 2 December 2019. [27] As the number of coronavirus cases began to decline across much of the country and some states started the process of reopening borders, [28] casting resumed on 16 June 2020. [29] Casting was initially set to close on 26 July 2020 but was extended to 2 August 2020. [30] [31]
30,000 people applied for this season. [32] Ultimately only 16 teams were chosen to compete – 14 teams began racing from the first leg with two additional "stowaway teams" entering the competition in the seventh & tenth legs. At 16 teams, this season set the record for the most teams running a season of The Amazing Race , which was only beaten by the following season's cast of 20 teams.
Telstra, Bundaberg Brewed Drinks, Subway and Disney+ served as sponsors for this season. [33]
The cast included actress Aleisha Rose, Dancing with the Stars professional dancer Violeta Mugica, footballers Marijana "MJ" Rajčić and Chelsea Randall [26] and professional bodybuilders Stan Turek and Wayne Marino. [34]
Contestants | Age | Relationship | Hometown | Status |
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Dwes Wigann-Dann | (Returned to competition) | Eliminated 1st (in Mossman, Queensland) | ||
Katherine Dann | ||||
Alex Newell | 23 | Twin Models | Sydney, New South Wales | Quit (in Cairns, Queensland) |
Jack Newell | 23 | |||
Jude Richards | 49 | Mums | Brisbane, Queensland | Eliminated 3rd (in Longreach, Queensland) |
Shannon Nay | 45 | Gold Coast, Queensland | ||
Malaan Ajang | 27 | Childhood Friends | Melbourne, Victoria | Eliminated 4th (on Palm Island, Queensland) |
Tina Kuek | 26 | |||
Shane Wilson | 47 | Parents | Wollongong, New South Wales | Medically removed (in Horseshoe Bay, Queensland) |
Deb Wilson | 41 | |||
Jobelle Collier | 29 | Daughter & Dad | Shepparton, Victoria | Eliminated 6th (on Green Island, Queensland) |
Rani Alegre | 52 | |||
Sefa Palu | 29 | Besties | Sydney, New South Wales | Eliminated 7th (in Darwin, Northern Territory) |
Jessica Matavao | 32 | |||
Dwes Wigann-Dann | 32 | Kimberley Cousins | Ardyaloon, Western Australia | Eliminated 8th (in Coober Pedy, South Australia) |
Katherine Dann | 31 | Broome, Western Australia | ||
Jordan Saisi | 23 | Dancing Exes | Melbourne, Victoria | Eliminated 9th (in Lincoln National Park, South Australia) |
Violeta Mugica | 22 | |||
Stan Turek | 36 | Bodybuilders | Richmond, New South Wales | Eliminated 10th (in Brisbane, Queensland) |
Wayne Marino | 26 | |||
Holly Edwards | 25 | Power Couple | Sydney, New South Wales | Eliminated 11th (in Hobart, Tasmania) |
Dolor Edosomwan | 26 | |||
MJ Rajčić | 31 | Footy Mates | Adelaide, South Australia | Eliminated 12th (in Launceston, Tasmania) |
Chelsea Randall | 29 | |||
Skye-Blue Henderson | 27 | Siblings | Melbourne, Victoria | Eliminated 13th (in Leura, New South Wales) |
Jake Henderson | 29 | |||
Chris Diloreto | 31 | Geek & Princess | Brisbane, Queensland | Eliminated 14th (in Silverton, New South Wales) |
Aleisha Groth | 30 | |||
Jaskirat Dhingra | 29 | Super Sikhs | Sydney, New South Wales | Third place |
Anurag Sobti | 29 | |||
Ashleigh Lawrence | 32 | The Gold Coast Girls | Gold Coast, Queensland | Runners-up |
Amanda Blanks | 29 | |||
Brendon Crawley | 25 | Cowboys | Yass, New South Wales | Winners |
Jackson Dening | 23 | Tamworth, New South Wales |
The following teams are listed with their placements in each leg. Placements are listed in finishing order. [35] [36] [37]
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 + [lower-alpha 1] | 10 | 11 | 12 + [lower-alpha 2] |
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Brendon & Jackson | 12th | 3rd | 2nd | 1st | 3rd | 6th | 5th | 6th | 5th | 4th | 9th‡ | 4th§ [lower-alpha 3] |
Ashleigh & Amanda | 8th | 4th | 3rd | 3rd | 1st | FCP [lower-alpha 4] | 6th | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 1st |
Jaskirat & Anurag | 1st | 1st | FCP [lower-alpha 4] | 8th | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 8th | 7th$ [lower-alpha 5] | 3rd | 5th | 5th |
Chris & Aleisha | 3rd | 8th | 8th | 7th | 4th | 5th | 4th | 2nd | 2nd | 1st | 8th [lower-alpha 6] | 6th$ [lower-alpha 5] |
Skye-Blue & Jake | 6th | 10th | 4th | 5th | 5th | 1st | 7th | 7th | 4th | 8th | 6th | 7th |
MJ & Chelsea | 3rd [lower-alpha 7] | 1st | FCP [lower-alpha 4] | 5th | 1st | FCP [lower-alpha 4] | ||||||
Holly & Dolor | 9th | 11th | 5th§ [lower-alpha 3] | 9th⊂ [lower-alpha 8] | 6th | 8th | 8th | 4th | 8th [lower-alpha 9] | 9th | 4th | 2nd |
Stan & Wayne | 6th [lower-alpha 10] | 7th | 3rd | |||||||||
Jordan & Violeta | 4th | 5th | 10th | 11th | 10th‡ [lower-alpha 11] | 7th$ [lower-alpha 5] | 9th | 5th | 3rd | 7th | 2nd | 8th† |
Dwes & Katherine | 14th† | 9th [lower-alpha 12] | 10th [lower-alpha 13] | 7th | 4th | 2nd | 9th‡ [lower-alpha 14] | 6th§ [lower-alpha 3] | 10th† | |||
Sefa & Jessica | 7th | 9th | 7th | 4th | 8th | 2nd | 10th† | |||||
Jobelle & Rani | 13th [lower-alpha 15] | 7th | 6th | 6th | 9th | 9th†§ [lower-alpha 3] | ||||||
Shane & Deb | 5th | 2nd | 1st | 2nd⊃ [lower-alpha 8] | † [lower-alpha 16] | |||||||
Malaan & Tina | 11th | 6th | 11th [lower-alpha 17] | 12th† | ||||||||
Jude & Shannon | 10th | 12th‡ [lower-alpha 18] | 12th†$ [lower-alpha 5] | |||||||||
Alex & Jack | 2nd | † [lower-alpha 19] |
Team | 13 | 14 + [lower-alpha 20] | 15 | 16 | 17 + [lower-alpha 21] | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 |
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Brendon & Jackson | 2nd | 1st | FCP [lower-alpha 4] | 6th | 6th‡ | 2nd§ [lower-alpha 3] | 4th | 3rd | 1st⊃ [lower-alpha 22] | 2nd | 1st | 1st |
Ashleigh & Amanda | 1st | 3rd | 5th | 5th | 1st | FCP [lower-alpha 4] | 1st | 1st | 3rd | 1st | 3rd‡ | 2nd |
Jaskirat & Anurag | 3rd | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 4th | 1st⊃ [lower-alpha 23] | 5th‡ | 4th | 2nd | 3rd | 2nd | 3rd |
Chris & Aleisha | 5th | 7th | 2nd$ [lower-alpha 5] | 3rd | 5th | 4th$ [lower-alpha 5] | 2nd | 2nd | 4th⊂‡ [lower-alpha 22] | 4th† | ||
Skye-Blue & Jake | 4th | 4th | 6th | 1stƒ [lower-alpha 24] | 2nd | 3rd | 3rd | 5th† | ||||
MJ & Chelsea | 7th [lower-alpha 25] | 6th | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 5th†⊂ [lower-alpha 23] | ||||||
Holly & Dolor | 6th | 5th | 4th | 7th† | ||||||||
Stan & Wayne | 8th‡ | 8th‡ | 7th†§ [lower-alpha 3] |
Destinations | Air travel Rail travel Water travel Bus travel Helicopter travel Bicycle travel Gondola travel |
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Route Markers | Detour Roadblock Fast Forward U-Turn Intersection Pit Stop |
Ratings data is from OzTAM and represents the viewership from the 5 largest Australian metropolitan centres (Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth and Adelaide).
Week | Episode | Air date | Timeslot | Overnight ratings | Consolidated ratings | Total ratings | Source | |||
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Viewers | Rank | Viewers | Rank | Viewers | Rank | |||||
1 | 1 | 1 February 2021 | Monday 7:30 pm | 501,000 | 13 | 95,000 | 5 | 596,000 | 11 | [51] [52] |
2 | 2 February 2021 | Tuesday 7:30 pm | 493,000 | 11 | 98,000 | 3 | 591,000 | 10 | [53] [54] | |
3 | 3 February 2021 | Wednesday 7:30 pm | 447,000 | 15 | 96,000 | 5 | 543,000 | 14 | [55] [56] | |
2 | 4 | 7 February 2021 | Sunday 7:30 pm | 541,000 | 6 | 74,000 | 4 | 615,000 | 6 | [57] [58] |
5 | 8 February 2021 | Monday 7:30 pm | 558,000 | 7 | 64,000 | 4 | 621,000 | 7 | [59] [60] | |
6 | 9 February 2021 | Tuesday 7:30 pm | 510,000 | 7 | 63,000 | 6 | 574,000 | 7 | [61] [62] | |
3 | 7 | 14 February 2021 | Sunday 7:30 pm | 564,000 | 4 | 47,000 | 7 | 611,000 | 4 | [63] [64] |
8 | 15 February 2021 | Monday 7:30 pm | 543,000 | 8 | 48,000 | 5 | 591,000 | 8 | [65] [66] | |
9 | 16 February 2021 | Tuesday 7:30 pm | 555,000 | 9 | 75,000 | 4 | 630,000 | 7 | [67] [68] | |
4 | 10 | 21 February 2021 | Sunday 7:30 pm | 523,000 | 6 | 49,000 | 5 | 571,000 | 7 | [69] [70] |
11 | 22 February 2021 | Monday 7:30 pm | 508,000 | 10 | 59,000 | 7 | 566,000 | 10 | [71] [72] | |
12 | 23 February 2021 | Tuesday 7:30 pm | 459,000 | 10 | 100,000 | 2 | 559,000 | 8 | [73] [74] | |
5 | 13 | 28 February 2021 | Sunday 7:30 pm | 464,000 | 8 | 58,000 | 6 | 522,000 | 8 | [75] [76] |
14 | 1 March 2021 | Monday 7:30 pm | 495,000 | 14 | 73,000 | 3 | 568,000 | 12 | [77] [78] | |
15 | 2 March 2021 | Tuesday 7:30 pm | 479,000 | 11 | 81,000 | 4 | 560,000 | 10 | [79] [80] | |
6 | 16 | 7 March 2021 | Sunday 7:30 pm | 461,000 | 7 | 79,000 | 4 | 560,000 | 6 | [81] [82] |
17 | 9 March 2021 | Tuesday 7:30 pm | 480,000 | 13 | 80,000 | 4 | 559,000 | 9 | [83] [84] | |
7 | 18 | 14 March 2021 | Sunday 7:30 pm | 462,000 | 7 | 88,000 | 5 | 550,000 | 7 | [85] [86] |
19 | 15 March 2021 | Monday 7:30 pm | 491,000 | 13 | 59,000 | 4 | 550,000 | 12 | [87] [88] | |
20 | 16 March 2021 | Tuesday 7:30 pm | 480,000 | 11 | 82,000 | 6 | 562,000 | 9 | [89] [90] | |
8 | 21 | 21 March 2021 | Sunday 7:30 pm | 493,000 | 7 | 45,000 | 6 | 538,000 | 6 | [91] [92] |
22 | 22 March 2021 | Monday 7:30 pm | 532,000 | 16 | 51,000 | 5 | 583,000 | 14 | [93] [94] | |
23 | 23 March 2021 | Tuesday 7:30 pm | 506,000 | 11 | 66,000 | 5 | 572,000 | 10 | [95] [96] | |
9 | 24 [lower-alpha 1] | 28 March 2021 | Sunday 7:30 pm | 618,000 | 7 | 38,000 | 7 | 656,000 | 6 | [97] [98] |
702,000 | 5 | 49,000 | 5 | 752,000 | 5 |
The twist to introduce two new "stowaway" intruder teams was not received well by many viewers of the show. [26] In response to the criticism of the stowaway twist, Beverley McGarvey stated, "In an ideal world, would we have done things a little bit differently? Absolutely." [99]
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The Amazing Race Australia 6 is the sixth season of The Amazing Race Australia, an Australian reality competition show based on the American series The Amazing Race and the third instalment of Network 10's iteration of the show. The season featured twenty teams of two, each with a pre-existing relationship, in a race around the world to win the grand prize of A$250,000 and two new cars. Beau Ryan returned as the regular host, with presenter Scott Tweedie guest hosting for episodes 8–11 after Ryan caught COVID-19 during filming. After the previous season was set in Australia due to the COVID-19 pandemic, this season returned to the standard travel format, visited six continents and seven countries and travelled over 55,000 kilometres (34,000 mi) during twenty-one legs. Starting in Melbourne and Sydney, racers travelled through Morocco, Greece, Turkey, Colombia, Belize, Mexico before returning to Australia, travelling through Western Australia and finishing in Broome. New twists introduced in this season include a split-city start, a no-switch Detour and an elimination during a no-rest leg. The season premiered on 29 August 2022, with the finale airing on 9 October 2022.
The Amazing Race Australia 7, also known as The Amazing Race Australia: Celebrity Edition, is the seventh season of The Amazing Race Australia, an Australian reality competition show based on the American series The Amazing Race and the fourth instalment of Network 10's iteration of the show. Hosted by Beau Ryan, it featured eleven teams of two, each with a pre-existing relationship and including at least one celebrity contestant, in a race around Asia to win the grand prize of A$100,000 for the winners' chosen charity. This season visited one continent and three countries and travelled over 10,000 kilometres (6,200 mi) during twelve legs. Starting in Delhi, racers travelled through India, Malaysia and Cambodia before finishing in Kuala Lumpur. The season premiered on 4 October 2023 with the finale airing on 9 November 2023.
The Amazing Race Australia 8, also known as The Amazing Race Australia: Celebrity Edition 2, is the eighth season of The Amazing Race Australia, an Australian reality competition show based on the American series The Amazing Race. The season is the fifth instalment of Network 10's iteration of the show and the second celebrity edition. Hosted by Beau Ryan, it features eleven teams of two, each with a pre-existing relationship and including at least one celebrity contestant, in a race around the world to win the grand prize of A$100,000 for the winners' chosen charity. This season visited three continents and four countries during twelve legs. Starting in Buenos Aires, racers travelled through Argentina, South Africa, Namibia and Thailand. The season premiered on 9 September 2024.
We jumped up 6 places in the morning by researching where the closets taxi ranks were. Got on the 1st flight to Brisbane then taxi to the GC.
2 challenges were unfortunately cut from the edit. Crab racing and bogan games
It was an honour for @jeromecubillo to welcome the teams to beautiful Larrakia country by participating in the Saltwater Ceremony and Smoking, alongside Larrakia Senior Leader Richard Fejo, Uncle Tony Lee and brothers @hafleg and Trent Lee, on the iconic Mindil Beach.