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Template:Infobox Television Amazing Race The Amazing Race Australia is an Australian reality television game show based on the American reality television series, The Amazing Race that is broadcast on the Seven Network. The series features eleven teams of two who are in a pre-existing personal relationship, and follow the various challenges that they undertake as they race around the world to win A$250,000. The show is currently airing and is produced by Active TV Australia.[1]

The Amazing Race Australia is hosted by Grant Bowler.[2][3] The first episode aired on 16 May 2011 at 8:30pm.[4]

Production

Filming and development

Filming began on 5 November 2010 at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne.[5] The race will travel across four continents, 12 countries and 23 cities.[3] Some of the countries visited during the season include: Indonesia, Israel and Egypt.[6]

During the Vietnam leg, all route markers were coloured yellow and green instead of yellow and red. This was done to avoid confusion with the former South Vietnamese national flag, which is also yellow and red.

Cast

Application deadline for the first season closed on 17 September 2010 (extended from 6 September 2010[7]) initially with the applicants required to be at least 18 years old with citizenship or permanent residency. However, due to insurance issues overseas, the minimum age for applicants was raised from 18 to 21 years of age.[8][9][10]

The cast includes married entrepreneurs, farmers, friends of Egyptian descent, models and reunited sisters. Notably, Nathan, who teams up with Tyler, is boyfriend of 2006 Miss Australia, Erin McNaught.[11] Renae was also the runner up of Miss Universe Australia 2010.[3]

Marketing

The Amazing Race Australia is sponsored by Canon, National Australia Bank, Honda, Vodafone and Gloria Jean's.[12]

Results

The following teams participated in the Race, with their relationships at the time of filming. Note that this table is not necessarily reflective of all content broadcast on television due to inclusion or exclusion of some data. Placements are listed in finishing order:

Team Relationship Position (by leg) Roadblocks
performed
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Tyler & Nathan Surfers 6th 1st Tyler 1, Nathan 1
Matt & Tom Farmers 5th 2nd Matt 1, Tom 1
Anastasia & Chris Dating 7th 3rd Anastasia 1, Chris 1
Jeff & Luke Father / Son 4th 4th Jeff 1, Luke 1
Sam & Renae Models 1st 5th Sam 1, Renae 1
Kelly & Dave Married Bikers 2nd 6th Kelly 1, Dave 1
Mo & Mos Friends 11th 7th1 Mo 1, Mos 1
Anne-Marie & Tracy Workmates 8th 8th Anne-Marie 1, Tracy 1
Richard & Joey Married Entrepreneurs 10th 9th Richard 1, Joey 1
Alana & Mel Reunited Sisters 9th 10th Alana 0, Mel 2
Ryot & Liberty Brother / Sister 3rd 11th Ryot 2, Liberty 0
  • A red team placement means the team was eliminated.
  • An underlined blue team's placement indcates that the team came in last on one of three non-elimination legs of the race and was "Marked for Elimination"; if the team did not finish 1st on the next leg, they would receive a 30-minute penalty.
  • A purple ε indicates that the team decided to use the Express Pass on that leg.
  • A green ƒ indicates that the team won a Fast Forward clue.
  • A yellow > means that team chose to use the Yield; < indicates the team who received it.
  • A brown ⊃ means the team chose to use a U-Turn; ⊂ indicates the team who received it.
  1. ^ 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.

Prizes

The prize for each leg is awarded to the first place team for that leg.

  • Leg 1 – A$10,000 from National Australia Bank and The Express Pass – an item that can be used on the race to skip any one task of the team's choosing.
  • Leg 2 - Two tickets to the 2011 AFL Grand Final at the Melbourne Cricket Ground and a VIP tour of the National Sports Museum.

Race summary

Destinations Air travel    Rail travel    Water travel    Bus travel
Helicopter travel    Bicycle travel    Gondola travel
Route Markers Detour    Roadblock    Fast Forward    Yield
Intersection    U-Turn    Speed Bump    Pit Stop

Leg 1 (Australia → Indonesia)

The race started at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, in Melbourne, where one team member was required to climb one of the six light towers and abseil 75 metres down as part of the first Roadblock.

In the Race's first Roadblock, one team member had to scale (or climb) then abseil one of the six light towers of the Melbourne Cricket Ground 75 metres before retrieving their next clue. In the Detour, teams choose between Cash or Carry. In Cash, teams were required to make and sell the local traditional Bakso for no less than 5,000 Rp per bowl, and were required to sell 15 of them. In Carry, teams were required to find a market stall and carry traditional produce on their heads to another market stall within the same market before retrieving their next clue.

Additional tasks
  • At the BlueWater Express, teams must sign up for three boats leaving for Lombok, with the first boat leaving at 6:00 AM containing the first three teams, with the second and third boat leaving at 30 minute intervals from the first boat for the remaining eight teams (four in each of the other boats).
  • Upon arrival at Mataram, teams must search the fishing village for their next clue, which unknown to them, was hidden in a boat parked along the beach.
  • At Pura Lingsar, teams must participate in Perang Topat, a rice war ritual where teams were showered with rice powder by locals, before receiving their next clue.
  • Teams rode an outrigger to Gili Trawangan Island, where both team members were required to dive into Halik Reef where one of them only needed to retrieve a briefcase. Upon arriving back at the shore, teams had to count the money in the briefcase where totals varied from team to team (in Indonesian rupiah) and use this as the combination to retrieve the next clue.
  • Teams had to ride a cidomo, a local horse carriage, to the pit stop.

Leg 2 (Indonesia → Vietnam)

File:The Imperial Palace in Central Vietnam (Huế).jpg
Teams headed to the Imperial City or Huế Citadel to find the second pit stop of the race.

In this Detour, teams chose between Carry Fowl or Carabao. In Carry Fowl, teams must gather twenty live chickens and carry them (the traditional way - on their shoulder) to a designated retailer in a nearby market. In Carabao, teams had to choose a marked field and use an ox-drawn plow to till the soil, until the plow caught on a buried rope attached to a hidden clue. In this leg's Roadblock, one team member had to retrieve seven coins representing the seven emperors of the Nguyễn Dynasty in Vietnam at the tomb of Minh Mạng, bring them back to Khải Định Tomb and put the coins in the correct order of the reign of the emperors.

Additional tasks
  • Teams had the option of taking a Fast Boat back to Denpasar to make a connecting flight to Ho Chi Minh City or taking a flight directly from the island of Lombok.
  • At the Saigon Opera House, teams had to find a woman carrying a fan with their name on it in order to receive their next clue.
  • At Tran Thanh Mai Garage, teams must pick a marked jeep to change the tire and engine oil.

Future Legs

Leg 3 (Vietnam - Hong Kong)

Ratings

# Airdate Viewers Total viewers
(Day rank) 		Ref
Sydney Melbourne Brisbane Adelaide Perth
1 16 May 2011 338,000 437,000 183,000 124,000 176,000 1,258,000 (5) [13]
2 23 May 2011 340,000 403,000 177,000 113,000 111,000 1,144,000 (7) [14]

References

  1. ^ "The Amazing Race: Australia confirmed by Seven". The Spy Report. 2010-08-05. Retrieved 2010-08-06.
  2. ^ "Grant Bowler to host The Amazing Race Australia". The Spy Report. 2010-11-06. Retrieved 2010-11-06. {{cite news}}: |first= missing |last= (help)
  3. ^ a b c Coetsee, Alexa (2011-04-09). "Sam and Renae in 'Amazing Race' ride of a lifetime". Perth Now. Retrieved 2011-04-10.
  4. ^ "The Amazing Race Australia airdate revealed". The Spy Report. 2011-05-09. Retrieved 2011-05-09.
  5. ^ "Amazing Race Australia filming in Melbourne". The Spy Report. 2010-11-05. Retrieved 2010-11-05.
  6. ^ Murfett, Andrew (2011-05-12). "Crossing the line as The Amazing Race comes to Australia". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 2011-05-13. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  7. ^ "Amazing Race application deadline extended". The Spy Report. 2010-09-07. Retrieved 2010-09-07. {{cite news}}: |first= missing |last= (help)
  8. ^ Knox, David (2010-08-19). "Contestants rush to Amazing Race -but Seven lifts the age limit". tvtonight.com.au. Retrieved 2010-08-19.
  9. ^ Geisler, Zennith (2010-08-04). "The Amazing Race heads down under". TV.com. Retrieved 2010-08-06.
  10. ^ "Be Part of The Amazing Race Australia!". Yahoo! 7 TV. Retrieved 2010-08-06.
  11. ^ "Erin McNaught's man Nathan Joliffe to star on Amazing Race Australia". news.com.au. 2011-03-10. Retrieved 2011-04-10.
  12. ^ Blight, David (2011-04-21). "Sponsors line up for Amazing Race". AdNews. Retrieved 2011-04-22.
  13. ^ Knox, David (2011-05-16). "Week 21". TV Tonight. Retrieved 2011-05-17.
  14. ^ Knox, David (2011-05-23). "Week 22". TV Tonight. Retrieved 2011-05-24.

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