The Amazing Race Australia v New Zealand, also known as The Amazing Race Australia 3, is the third installment of the reality television show, The Amazing Race Australia. Seven Network announced this season in October 2013. It premiered on August 4, 2014 on Australian television and August 5, 2014 on New Zealand Television. It features ten teams of two (5 Australian and 5 New Zealand) who are in a pre-existing personal relationship, and follows the various challenges that they undertake as they race around the world to win AU$250,000.
Teams
Daniel & Ryan
Intensive Care Nurses |
Ashleigh & Jarrod
Newlyweds |
Carla & Hereni
Fitness Mums |
Cat & Jesse
Foster Parents | |
John & Murray
Best Mates |
Emily & Jono
Siblings |
Aston & Christie
Feisty Friends |
Elizabeth & Todd
Mother/Son |
Inga & Tiharna
Pageant Models |
Episodes
| Episode | Air Date | Leg | Destination | First Place | Last Place | Finish | Viewership (millions) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "I Gotta Have Two Legs to Run the Race!" | August 4, 2014 (AU) August 5, 2014 (NZ) |
1 | Australia → New Zealand | John & Murray | Inga & Tiharna | 1st Eliminated 10th Place |
734,000 (AU) 260,620 (NZ) |
| 2 | "She's Got One Hell of a Body on Her and She Just Used It" | August 11, 2014 (AU) August 12, 2014 (NZ) |
2 | New Zealand → Cambodia | Emily & Jono | Elizabeth & Todd | 2nd Eliminated 9th Place |
763,000 (AU) 250,390 (NZ) |
| 3 | "Proper Preparation Prevents Piss-Poor Performance" | August 18, 2014 (AU) August 19, 2014 (NZ) |
3 | Cambodia → Thailand | John & Murray | Aston & Christie | 3rd Eliminated 8th Place |
754,000 (AU) 267,890 (NZ) |
| 4 | "We Have a Lot of Experience with Poo" | August 25, 2014 (AU) August 26, 2014 (NZ) |
4 | Thailand → Namibia | Carla & Hereni | Emily & Jono | 4th Eliminated 7th Place |
769,000 (AU) 267,800 (NZ) |
| 5 | "Right Now I Don't Care If He Pees in His Pants" | August 25, 2014 (AU) September 2, 2014 (NZ) |
5 | Namibia → Russia | John & Murray | Cat & Jesse | Ordered to Continue Racing |
769,000 (AU) 245,3000 (NZ) |
| 6 | "I'm Not Going to Come Last, I'm Just Going to Die on The Amazing Race" | September 1, 2014 (AU) September 9, 2014 (NZ) |
6 | Russia | Daniel & Ryan | John & Murray | 5th Eliminated 6th Place |
731,000 (Aus) 235,990 (NZ) |
| 7 | "There's a Lot of Bones in This, I Really Don't Wanna Die" | September 8, 2014 (AU) September 16, 2014 (NZ) |
7 | Russia → Portugal | Daniel & Ryan | Ashleigh & Jarrod | Non-Elimination Leg |
711,000 (AU) 183,920 (NZ) |
| 8 | "I Can't Feel My Nadz!" | September 15, 2014 (AU) September 23, 2014 (NZ) |
8 | Portugal → Croatia | Sally & Tyson | Cat & Jesse | 6th Eliminated 5th Place |
768,000 (AU) 191,930 (NZ) |
| 9 | "Dude, We Don't Want to Go to Your House" | September 15, 2014 (AU) September 30, 2014 (NZ) |
9 | Croatia → Argentina | Ashleigh & Jarrod | Carla & Hereni | 7th Eliminated 4th Place |
768,000 (AU), 226,860 (NZ) |
| 10 | "At Least We Did Better Than the Bloody Kiwis" | September 25, 2014 (AU) October 7, 2014 (NZ) |
10 | Argentina → United States → Australia | Daniel & Ryan | Ashleigh & Jarrod | 3rd Place | 531,000 (AU) 202,900 (NZ) |
| Sally & Tyson | 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 | Average | 
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Daniel & Ryan | 4 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 3~ | 1► | 1 | 3► | 3 | 1 | 2.80 | 4-5 |
| 2 | Sally & Tyson | 9 | 4 | 4⊃ | 5 | 4~ | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3.80 | 6-5 |
| 3 | Ashleigh & Jarrod | 6 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 2^ | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3.60 | 5-6 |
| 4 | Carla & Hereni | 2 | 8 | 6 | 1ϵ | 5+ | 5 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4.11 | 6-4 | |
| 5 | Cat & Jesse | 8 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 6+ | 4 | 3 | 5 | 5.25 | 4-5 | ||
| 6 | John & Murray | 1 | 2ϵ | 1⊂ | 2 | 1^ | 6 | 2.17 | 2-3 | ||||
| 7 | Emily & Jono | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 3.25 | 2-2 | ||||||
| 8 | Aston & Christie | 7 | 6 | 8 | 7.00 | 2-1 | |||||||
| 9 | Elizabeth & Todd | 5 | 9 | 7.00 | 1-1 | ||||||||
| 10 | Inga & Tiharna | 10 | 10.00 | 0-1 | |||||||||
| Notes | [1] | [2] | [3] | [4] | [5][6] | [7] | |||||||
Legend:
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Notes:
1: John & Murray were subject to several placement changes on the 2nd leg.
- They overslept and missed their departure time by 1 hour, departing in 5th place instead of 1st.
- They used their Express Pass to bypass the Roadblock in Leg 2. Neither had opted to perform the Roadblock, so this is not counted in their total.
- They initially arrived 1st, but could not be checked in as they didn't pay their tuk-tuk driver. By the time they paid it and returned to the mat, Emily & Jono arrived, dropping them to 2nd place.
2: Daniel & Ryan received a 30-minute time credit at the start of the Leg 3 for winning the Step Counter challenge in the previous leg.
3: Carla & Hereni used their Express Pass to bypass the Roadblock on Leg 4. Before using it, Carla elected to perform the Roadblock, and this is reflected in the total count.
4: Episode 5 ended with only John & Murray checking-in at the pit stop first.
5: At the Pit Stop of Leg 6, Tyson proposed to Sally, who accepted. Their relationship title was changed as a result.
6: Daniel & Ryan chose not to use their Salvage Pass to save John & Murray, who came in last, eliminating them.
7:Leg 8 featured two Roadblocks and no Detour. The team member who sat out the first Roadblock was required to perform the second one.
Route
Records
Franchise
- First time a two-person team solely representing New Zealand.
- This is the first international season to visit all 6 inhabitable continents.
Australia
- First season to visit New Zealand, Cambodia, Thailand, Namibia, Russia, Portugal, Croatia, Argentina, and USA.
- First season to visit the continent of South America.
- First time also that the continent of Oceania was a Pit Stop prior to the final leg.
- First season that only ten teams participated in the race.
- First season to only have ten legs.
- First time teams from New Zealand were allowed to participate.
- First season to implement the non-elimination penalty for the last team to arrive at the non-elimination leg required to perform a Speed Bump, an extra task, sometime during the next leg.
- First season to feature the Double Express Pass for which the awarded team must give the second pass to another team before the end of a designated leg.
- First season to have two co-ed teams reach the final three.
- First season also to not have an all-female team reach the final three.
Gallery
Videos
What excites you most about flying? The Amazing Race Australia vs New Zealand
The Amazing Race - Australia vs New Zealand
Reception
- TVNZ (Summer 2016): "The Amazing Race Australia v NZ Recaps"
External links
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