The Amazing Race Australia 8 | |
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Season 8 | |
Presented by | Beau Ryan |
No. of teams | 11 |
Winner | Tai "Bam Bam" & Logan Tuivasa |
No. of legs | 12 |
Distance traveled | 25,000 km (16,000 mi) |
No. of episodes | 12 |
Release | |
Original network | Network 10 |
Original release | 9 September – 20 October 2024 |
Additional information | |
Filming dates | 7 May – 1 June 2024 |
Season chronology |
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 and travelled over 25,000 kilometres (16,000 mi) during twelve legs. Starting in Buenos Aires, racers travelled through Argentina, South Africa, Namibia and Thailand before finishing in Bangkok. The season premiered on 9 September 2024 and concluded on 20 October 2024.
Brothers Tai "Bam Bam" and Logan Tuivasa were the winners of this season, while dad and son Billy and Oscar Brownless finished in second place and married country singers Brooke McClymont and Adam Eckersley finished in third place.
On 24 October 2023, The Amazing Race Australia was renewed for a second celebrity season. [1] In January 2024, Daniel Monaghan, SVP Content and Programming, said that the route for this season would be going "a bit further" compared to the previous season. [2] During the launch event for Top Gear Australia in early May 2024, Ryan stated that filming would start "relatively soon". [3]
Filming for this season began on 7 May 2024 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. [4] [5] In an interview after filming began, Monaghan announced that this season would travel to multiple continents, after the previous season only visited Asia, in an anti-clockwise direction. [6] Later in the month, the show visited Spitzkoppe, Swakopmund and Walvis Bay, Namibia. [7] In September, it was revealed that the season visited the continents of South America, Africa and Asia and the countries of Argentina, South Africa, Namibia and Thailand. [8] [9]
Former NRL player Matthew Johns was rumoured to have been set to compete with his son Cooper; however, they dropped out at the last minute. [10]
At upfronts in 2023, Network 10 announced that the season would air in the second half of 2024. [1] On 16 May, Monaghan stated that the season would air after the third season of Hunted . [11] On 20 August 2024, Network 10 announced that the season was scheduled to premiere on 9 September. [12]
The cast consists of celebrities and their relatives and friends. [13]
Contestants | Notability | Age | Relationship | Charity | Status |
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Luke McGregor | Comedian | 41 | Son & Mum | Mudgin-Gal Women's Centre | Eliminated 1st (in Buenos Aires, Argentina) |
Julie McGregor | — | 63 | |||
Natalie "Nat" Bassingthwaighte | Singer & actress | 48 | Sisters | Black Dog Institute | Eliminated 2nd (in La Caldera, Argentina) |
Melinda "Mel" Sheldrick | — | 50 | |||
Cyrell Paule | Married at First Sight contestant | 35 | Engaged | Bravehearts | Eliminated 3rd (in Tilcara, Argentina) |
Eden Dally | Love Island contestant | 31 | |||
Jett Kenny | Model | 30 | Dating | endED | Eliminated 4th (in Johannesburg, South Africa) |
Lily Brown | Influencer | 26 | |||
Havana Brown | DJ | 39 | Besties | The Salvation Army's 614 | Eliminated 5th (in Krugersdorp, South Africa) |
Stephanie "Steph" Dunstan-Wood | — | 38 | |||
Chloe Logarzo | Professional soccer player | 29 | Matildas Teammates | National Breast Cancer Foundation | Eliminated 6th (in Dorob National Park, Namibia) |
Emily Gielnik | Professional soccer player | 32 | |||
Ian "Thorpie" Thorpe | Olympic swimmer | 41 | Mates | Reachout Australia | Eliminated 7th (in Usakos, Namibia) |
Christian Miranda | — | 38 | |||
Peter "Pete" Helliar | Comedian | 48 | Married | Cure EB Foundation | Eliminated 8th (in Phuket, Thailand) |
Bridget Helliar | — | 44 | |||
Brooke McClymont | Singer | 43 | Married Country Singers | Rural Aid | Third place |
Adam Eckersley | Singer | 42 | |||
Billy Brownless | Australian Football League player | 57 | Dad & Son | Read The Play | Runners-up |
Oscar Brownless | — | 24 | |||
Tai "Bam Bam" Tuivasa | Mixed martial artist | 31 | Brothers | Sydney Region Aboriginal Corporation | Winners |
Logan Tuivasa | — | 35 | |||
The following teams are listed with their placements in each leg. Placements are listed in finishing order.
Team | 1 | 2 + [lower-alpha 1] | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 [lower-alpha 2] | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 |
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Bam Bam & Logan | 9th | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 2nd | 4th | 1st | 3rd | 3rd | 2nd | 2nd | 1st |
Billy & Oscar | 6th | 2nd | 8th | 7th | 6th | 3rd | 4th | 4th | 4th [lower-alpha 3] | 4th‡ | 3rd | 2nd |
Brooke & Adam | 4th | 3rd | 6th | 4th | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 2nd | 1st | 3rd | 1st | 3rd |
Pete & Bridget | 8th | 7th | 5th | 6th | 7th [lower-alpha 4] | 6th | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 4th† | |
Thorpie & Christian | 2nd | 4th | 7th | 5th | 5th | 5th | 5th | 5th‡ | 5th† | |||
Chloe & Emily | 1st | 5th | 1st | 3rd | 4th | 2nd | 6th† | |||||
Havana & Steph | 5th | 6th | 3rd | 2nd | 3rd | 7th† | ||||||
Jett & Lily | 3rd | 8th [lower-alpha 5] | 4th | 8th† | ||||||||
Cyrell & Eden | 10th | 9th | 9th† | |||||||||
Nat & Mel | 7th | 10th† | ||||||||||
Luke & Julie | 11th† [lower-alpha 6] | |||||||||||
Destinations | Air travel Rail travel Water travel Bus travel Helicopter travel Bicycle travel Gondola travel |
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Route Markers | Detour Roadblock Speed Bump Intersection Pit Stop |
Leg | Symbol | Source |
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1 | Paw print | Paseadores de perros shirt |
2 | Horseshoe | Gaucho hat |
3 | Chakana | Detour decision point |
4 | Big 5 | African buffalo statue |
5 | Musical note | Drum task |
6 | Wine | Warthogs Bush Lodge |
7 | Scorpion | Namib Desert |
8 | Whale skeleton | Swakopmund Main Beach |
9 | Sun | Nature sanctuary reservist shirt |
10 | Fish | Long-tail boat |
11 | Outline of Phuket | Songthaew |
12 | Circular design | Eatery placemats |
On 28 January 2024, OzTAM's ratings data recording system changed. Viewership data focuses on National Reach (viewed for more than one minute) and National Total ratings (average viewership) instead of providing data on the 5 metro centres and overnight shares.
Week | Episode | Airdate | Timeslot | Overnight | 7 Day Timeshift | Source | ||||
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Reach viewers | Total viewers | Rank | Reach viewers | Total viewers | Rank | |||||
1 | 1 | 9 September 2024 | Monday 7:30 pm | 1,435,000 | 699,000 | 6 | 1,802,000 | 979,000 | 5 | [14] [15] |
2 | 10 September 2024 | Tuesday 7:30 pm | 1,167,000 | 572,000 | 12 | 1,502,000 | 826,000 | 6 | [16] [17] | |
2 | 3 | 15 September 2024 | Sunday 7:00 pm | 1,080,000 | 534,000 | 10 | 1,392,000 | 775,000 | 8 | [18] [19] |
4 | 16 September 2024 | Monday 7:30 pm | 1,125,000 | 544,000 | 12 | 1,441,000 | 777,000 | 8 | [20] [21] | |
3 | 5 | 22 September 2024 | Sunday 7:00 pm | 1,073,000 | 482,000 | 9 | 1,356,000 | 707,000 | 7 | [22] [23] |
6 | 23 September 2024 | Monday 7:30 pm | 1,012,000 | 478,000 | 14 | 1,324,000 | 711,000 | 11 | [24] [25] | |
4 | 7 | 29 September 2024 | Sunday 7:00 pm | 979,000 | 516,000 | 11 | 1,254,000 | 728,000 | 8 | [26] [27] |
8 | 30 September 2024 | Monday 7:30 pm | 1,028,000 | 535,000 | 14 | 1,311,000 | 746,000 | 10 | [28] [29] | |
5 | 9 | 6 October 2024 | Sunday 7:00 pm | 896,000 | 457,000 | 12 | 1,135,000 | 643,000 | 9 | [30] [31] |
10 | 7 October 2024 | Monday 7:30 pm | 1,028,000 | 527,000 | 13 | 1,310,000 | 736,000 | 10 | [32] [33] | |
6 | 11 | 13 October 2024 | Sunday 7:00 pm | 949,000 | 559,000 | 13 | 1,194,000 | 755,000 | 11 | [34] [35] |
7 | 12 | 20 October 2024 | Sunday 7:00 pm | 986,000 | 611,000 | 10 | 1,172,000 | 763,000 | 9 | [36] [37] |
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