The Amazing Race Australia 1 is the first installment of the reality television show, The Amazing Race Australia. It is scheduled to premiere in May 2011 on Australian television. It will feature eleven teams of two who are in a pre-existing personal relationship, and will follow the various challenges that they undertake as they race around the world to win AU$250,000.
Teams[]
Tyler & Nathan
Surfers |
Sam & Renae
Models |
Jeff & Luke
Father & Son |
Matt & Tom
Farmers |
Kelly & Dave
Married Bikers |
Anastasia & Chris
Dating |
Alana & Mel
Reunited Sisters |
Mo & Mos
Friends |
Richard & Joey
Married Entrepreneurs |
Anne-Marie & Tracy
Workmates |
Ryot & Liberty
Brother & Sister |
Episodes[]
Episode | Air Date | Leg | Destination | First Place | Last Place | Finish | Viewership (millions) | |
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1 | "Nothing's Smooth Sailing with Us" | May 16, 2011 | 1 | Australia → Indonesia | Sam & Renae | Mo & Mos | Non-Elimination Leg |
1.258 |
2 | "Like Four Seasons in a Day" | May 23, 2011 | 2 | Indonesia → Vietnam | Tyler & Nathan | Ryot & Liberty | 1st Eliminated 11th Place |
1.144 |
3 | "We've Got Pain, but We've Not Lost Any Weight" | May 30, 2011 | 3 | Vietnam → Hong Kong → Macau | Richard & Joey | Anne-Marie & Tracy | 2nd Eliminated 10th Place |
1.135 |
4 | "A Town That Was 15-20 Letters Long" | June 6, 2011 | 4 | Macau → South Africa | Matt & Tom | Richard & Joey | 3rd Eliminated 9th Place |
1.165 |
5 | "The Woman-ness to Realize Where You Went Wrong" | June 13, 2011 | 5 | South Africa | Tyler & Nathan | Mo & Mos | 4th Eliminated 8th Place |
1.161 |
6 | "The Last Team Will Spend the Night in the Dungeon" | June 20, 2011 | 6 | South Africa → Netherlands → Czech Republic | Tyler & Nathan | Alana & Mel | 5th Eliminated 7th Place |
1.213 |
7 | "It's Just Like Where's Wally" | June 27, 2011 | 7 | Czech Republic | Anastasia & Chris | Matt & Tom | Ordered to Continue Racing |
1.075 |
8 | "At Least the View's Nice" | July 4, 2011 | 8 | Czech Republic → Poland | Jeff & Luke | Anastasia & Chris | 6th Eliminated 6th Place |
1.032 |
9 | "When I Saw Everyone Freezing to Death" | July 11, 2011 | 9 | Poland → Israel | Matt & Tom | Kelly & Dave | 7th Eliminated 5th Place |
1.039 |
10 | "I Hope We Don't Have to Wear a Crown of Thorns" | July 18, 2011 | 10 | Israel | Matt & Tom | Sam & Renae | Non-Elimination Leg |
1.124 |
11 | "You the Nice Cowboy" | July 25, 2011 | 11 | Israel → Sri Lanka | Sam & Renae | Matt & Tom | 8th Eliminated 4th Place |
0.963 |
12 | "You're Good at Spending Money" | August 1, 2011 | 12 | Sri Lanka → Singapore → Australia | Tyler & Nathan | Jeff & Luke | 3rd Place | 1.195 |
Sam & Renae | 2nd Place |
Leaderboard[]
Place | Team | Leg 1 | Leg 2 | Leg 3 | Leg 4 | Leg 5 | Leg 6 | Leg 7 | Leg 8 | Leg 9 | Leg 10 | Leg 11 | Leg 12 | Average | |
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1 | Tyler & Nathan | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2⊂ | 1^ | 1 | 2 | 2^ | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2.25 | 6-6 |
2 | Sam & Renae | 1 | 5 | 8ϵ | 5 | 6- | 6 | 4 | 3~ | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 4.09 | 6-6 |
3 | Jeff & Luke | 4 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 3^ | 3 | 3 | 1^ | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3.17 | 6-6 |
4 | Matt & Tom | 5 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 2~ | 4 | 6 | 5+ | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3.28 | 5-6 | |
5 | Kelly & Dave | 2 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 4+ | 5 | 5 | 4+ | 5 | 4.56 | 3-6 | |||
6 | Anastasia & Chris | 7 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 7~ | 2 | 1 | 6~ | 4.50 | 3-5 | ||||
7 | Alana & Mel | 9 | 10 | 2 | 7 | 5+ | 7 | 6.67 | 2-4 | ||||||
8 | Mo & Mos | 11 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 8- | 8.60 | 2-3 | |||||||
9 | Richard & Joey | 10 | 9 | 1► | 9⊃ | 7.25 | 2-1 | ||||||||
10 | Anne-Marie & Tracy | 8 | 8 | 10 | 8.67 | 2-1 | |||||||||
11 | Ryot & Liberty | 3 | 11 | 7.00 | 2-0 | ||||||||||
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Trivia[]
Franchise[]
- First time two Intersections were featured in a single race.
- First time ever that a team quit a task during an Intersection.
Australia[]
- First season to visit Indonesia, Vietnam, Hong Kong, Macau, South Africa, Netherlands, Czech Republic, Poland, Israel, Sri Lanka, and Singapore.
- First season also to visit Israel as a Pit Stop.
- First season to visit the continents of Asia, Europe, and Africa.
- First season to feature a Muslim Australian team.
- First season to have the first leg as a non-elimination leg.
- First season to implement the non-elimination penalty for the last team to arrive at the non-elimination leg was Marked for Elimination where the team must arrive at the next Pit Stop in first place. Otherwise they would receive a 30-minute penalty before they can checked in.
- First season to award the Express Pass which allows the awarded team to skip any task of their choosing without penalty and immediately receive the next clue before the end of a designated leg.
- First season to feature a No-Rest Leg.
Gallery[]
Videos[]
External links[]
The Amazing Race Season Index | |
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United States | 1 · 2 · 3 · 4 · 5 · 6 · 7 · 8 · 9 · 10 · 11 · 12 · 13 · 14 · 15 · 16 · 17 · 18 · 19 · 20 · 21 · 22 · 23 · 24 · 25 · 26 · 27 · 28 · 29 · 30 · 31 · 32 · 33 · 34 · 35 |
Asia | 1 · 2 · 3 · 4 · 5 |
Australia | 1 · 2 · 3 · 4 · 5 · 6 · 7 |
Brazil | 1 |
Canada | 1 · 2 · 3 · 4 · 5 · 6 · 7 · 8 · 9 |
Central Europe | Cancelled |
China | 1 · 2 · 3 · 4 |
China Rush | 1 · 2 · 3 |
Finland | 1 |
France | 1 |
Israel | 1 · 2 · 3 · 4 · 5 · 6 · 7 · 8 |
Latin America | 1 · 2 · 3 · 4 · 5 · 6 |
Norway | 1 · 2 |
Philippines | 1 · 2 |
Ukraine | 1 |
Vietnam | 1 · 2 · 3 · 4 · 5 · 6 |