The Amazing Race Australia — Season 5
The Amazing Race follows 14 teams as they travel across the world working out challenges as fast as possible, competing for a $250,000 prize. But travel all across the world is shut down due to the C
About this season
The Amazing Race follows 14 teams as they travel across the world working out challenges as fast as possible, competing for a $250,000 prize. But travel all across the world is shut down due to the Covid-19 pandemic... So this year pairs of friends, exes, parents, cousins, brothers and twins are travelling around Australia instead.
Episodes (24)
1. Leg 1
Aired 1 February 2021 • 60 min
The race is about to set off! Fourteen teams will criss-cross the nation taking part in heart-stopping and stomach-churning challenges, all with their eyes on the $250,000 prize.
2. Leg 2
Aired 2 February 2021 • 60 min
Working alongside our Aussie lifeguards in red and yellow, the teams take on some of the toughest surf conditions and complete a rigorous series of challenges to receive their next clue.
3. Leg 3
Aired 3 February 2021 • 60 min
Seeking help from the locals for an iconic outback challenge, the Dunny Derby, their newfound friends must take their place on the 'throne' for a race across town.
4. Leg 4
Aired 7 February 2021 • 60 min
The teams take on new heights when they touch down in Townsville, where one teammate must conquer all fears and abseil down a 100-metre cliff face to capture the clue.
5. Leg 5
Aired 8 February 2021 • 60 min
They might be in a tropical island paradise but it's not all sunshine and rainbows as the teams' endurance is put to the test in an epic challenge of strength and resilience on a barge off the shore.
6. Leg 6
Aired 9 February 2021 • 60 min
Like castaways left at sea, the teams are left with only a simple treasure map and a cryptic message in a bottle to guide them towards the finish line at the sixth pit stop of the competition.
7. Leg 7
Aired 14 February 2021 • 60 min
At the start of the day, the teams are left speechless when Beau reveals a shock twist that will change the state of play for the entire race.
8. Leg 8
Aired 15 February 2021 • 60 min
The race accelerates to new heights when the teams must attempt an epic underwater helicopter escape challenge in one of the most terrifying tests of the race so far.
9. Leg 9
Aired 16 February 2021 • 60 min
When strong winds take a stunning hot air balloon ride off course, the teams brace themselves for the twists and turns of the ninth leg of the race.
10. Leg 10
Aired 21 February 2021 • 60 min
Travelling in style, the teams arrive in Coober Pedy via the legendary train expedition The Ghan, and are confronted by a huge surprise that will change the game.
11. Leg 11
Aired 22 February 2021 • 60 min
A detour has the teams explore the historic German town of Hahndorf as they must choose between slap or snag in a hilarious Bavarian bonanza.
12. Leg 12
Aired 23 February 2021 • 60 min
The teams must brave the freezing cold water in an ambitious challenge that sees them work alongside research scientists who are studying the endangered Australian sea lion.
13. Leg 13
Aired 28 February 2021 • 60 min
In an epic challenge of brains versus brawn, a detour divides the teams as they are faced with a challenge that tests their physical, mental and tactical skills in order to receive their next clue.
14. Leg 14
Aired 1 March 2021 • 60 min
The teams must complete a painstakingly meticulous task in order to receive their next clue in the race.
15. Leg 15
Aired 2 March 2021 • 60 min
The teams are faced with completing a puzzling game of cat-and-mouse as they must follow the map that will unlock the key towards the next pit stop of the race.
16. Leg 16
Aired 7 March 2021 • 60 min
For their first challenge, the teams make their way to Australia's first legal casino and take a gamble at building an epic house of cards that must be five storeys
17. Leg 17
Aired 9 March 2021 • 60 min
At the impressive Strathgordon Dam, the teams must embrace their inner athlete and dunk a basketball into an oversized hoop on the dam wall in order to receive their next clue in the race.
18. Leg 18
Aired 14 March 2021 • 60 min
Starting in Hobart, the teams head back in time at the historic town of Ross as they must compete in a gruelling challenge of strength and stamina while shackled and dressed as convicts.
19. Leg 19
Aired 15 March 2021 • 60 min
In a series of quirky challenges, the teams' patience is tested as completing the peculiar tasks is the only way to reach their next clues in the race.
20. Leg 20
Aired 16 March 2021 • 60 min
A final nail-bitting Road Block forces the teams to walk across a suspended ladder bridge that hangs 80m off the ground and into the abyss of the mountains.
21. Leg 21
Aired 21 March 2021 • 60 min
In their first challenge, the teams are locked up in the Old Dubbo Gaol. To receive their next clue they must plan the ultimate prison break and evade the ever vigilant guards.
22. Leg 22
Aired 22 March 2021 • 60 min
An ultimate Aussie challenge is the only thing standing in the teams' way, as they all must hilariously do an epic 'shoey' out of a women's high heeled boot in the race to the next Pit Stop.
23. Leg 23
Aired 23 March 2021 • 60 min
In the race to the next Pit Stop, the teams need to muster the courage and embrace their inner performer as they hit the stage singing, dancing, and even completing one hell of a Hollywood stunt.
24. Leg 24
Aired 28 March 2021 • 60 min
In the final leg, the teams travel from Sydney, to Canberra, and then up to the Snowy Mountains for the epic race to the finish line.