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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
 1st place 
Tyler & Nathan
Surfers
Sam & Renae
 2nd place 
Sam & Renae
Models
Jeff & Luke
 3rd place 
Jeff & Luke
Father & Son
Matt & Tom
 4th place 
Matt & Tom
Farmers
Kelly & Dave
 5th place 
Kelly & Dave
Married Bikers
Anastasia & Chris
 6th place 
Anastasia & Chris
Dating
Alana & Mel
 7th place 
Alana & Mel
Reunited Sisters
Mo & Mos
 8th place 
Mo & Mos
Friends
Richard & Joey
 9th place 
Richard & Joey
Married Entrepreneurs
Anne-Marie & Tracy
 10th place 
Anne-Marie & Tracy
Workmates
Ryot & Liberty
 11th place 
Ryot & Liberty
Brother & Sister

Episodes[]

Episode Air Date Leg Destination First Place Last Place Finish Viewership
(millions)
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 Roadblock
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
Notes [1] [2] [3][4] [5][6] [7] [8][9][10]
Legend:
     The team finished in first place
     The team finished in last place and was eliminated from the race
     The team finished in last place in a non-elimination leg
     The team that won The Amazing Race
     The team that crossed the Finish Line second
     The team that crossed the Finish Line third
The team used the Fast Forward pass
ϵ The team used the Express Pass somewhere during the leg
The team used the U-Turn
Recipient of the U-Turn
Same symbols (^, ~, +, -, =, *) denote the teams that worked together during an Intersection

Notes:
1: Anne-Marie & Tracy arrived in 8th place. However, for an unknown reason the team left the pitstop in 9th place.
2: Mo & Mos initially arrived 4th, but were issued a 30 minute penalty for being "marked for elimination" and not arriving 1st. As Mo & Mos were waiting out their penalty, Jeff & Luke, Sam & Renae, and Kelly & Dave checked in, dropping Mo & Mos to 7th.
3: Sam & Renae elected to use the Express Pass to bypass the Roadblock in Leg 3. Before using the Express Pass, Sam elected to perform the Roadblock and this is reflected in the total Roadblock count.
4: Mo & Mos elected to take the four-hour penalty for not completing the Roadblock in Leg 3. During their penalty time, Anne-Marie & Tracy, the only team trailing Mo & Mos at that point, also elected to take the four-hour penalty for not completing the Roadblock, but because Mo & Mos had began their penalty time earlier than Anne-Marie & Tracy, both teams were called to the check-in mat and Mo & Mos were checked in as 9th, with the remainder of the penalty time being issued at the start of Leg 4, and Anne-Marie & Tracy being eliminated without the penalty being issued.
5: During the train ride from Prague to Kraków, an unknown man entered Sam & Renae and Tyler & Nathan's sleeper car and took Tyler & Nathan's their Race-issued bumbag which held their money and passports. The next day, Tyler & Nathan discovered their bum bags in another car, with all of the money they had been issued for the competition stolen. No compensation was made for this event.
6: Sam & Renae and Anastasia & Chris arrived in 1st and 2nd, respectively, but both teams were penalized for quitting the Intersection task. Chris & Anastasia were given the full 4-hour penalty for having not completed anything, while Sam & Renae were given a 2-hour penalty for managing to complete part of the task. During this time Jeff and Luke and Tyler and Nathan checked in resulting in Sam & Renae's final placement for the Leg dropped to 3rd, while Chris & Anastasia finished 6th and were eliminated.
7: Kelly & Dave failed to reach the Masada Pitstop and after all other teams had checked in, Grant came out to their location and eliminated them.
8: Sam & Renae and Tyler & Nathan initially arrived 1st and 2nd, respectively, however both took unregistered taxis to the Roadblock and they each received a 20 minute penalty at the Pit Stop. This did not ultimately affect either of their final placements.
9: Because Sam & Renae finished 1st, their 30-minute "marked for elimination" penalty was nullified.
10: Jeff & Luke bought 2nd class tickets on the train to Galle, when the clue instructed them to purchase 3rd class tickets. For this, they incurred a 10 minute penalty upon leaving Galle Station.

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.

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External links[]

The Amazing Race Season Index
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
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