The Amazing Race Australia 5

The Amazing Race Australia 5
Season 5
Presented byBeau Ryan
No. of teams16
WinnerBrendon Crawley & Jackson Dening
No. of legs24
Distance traveled17,000 km (11,000 mi)
No. of episodes24
Release
Original networkNetwork 10
Original release1 February (2021-02-01) –
28 March 2021 (2021-03-28)
Additional information
Filming dates6 October (2020-10-06)[1] –
14 November 2020 (2020-11-14)
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The Amazing Race Australia 5 is the fifth season of The Amazing Race Australia, an Australian reality competition show based on the American series The Amazing Race and the second instalment of Network 10's iteration of the show. Hosted by Beau Ryan, it featured sixteen teams of two, each with a pre-existing relationship, in a race around Australia due to the COVID-19 pandemic to win A$250,000.[2] This season visited four states and two territories and travelled over 17,000 kilometres (11,000 mi) during twenty-four legs. Starting in Newell, Queensland, racers travelled through Queensland, the Northern Territory, South Australia, Tasmania, New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory before finishing atop Mount Kosciuszko. New twists introduced in this season include forcing the first team to arrive at a U-Turn to use it, stowaway teams and the First Class Pass, which was awarded to the winners of non-elimination legs, allowed them to skip the next leg and give a Salvage (an advantage) and a Sabotage (a disadvantage) for the last two teams during the next leg. The season premiered at 7:30 pm on 1 February 2021 and concluded on 28 March 2021.[3]

Cowboys Brendon Crawley and Jackson Dening were the winners of this season, while Gold Coast friends Ashleigh Lawrence and Amanda Blanks finished in second place and Sikh friends Jaskirat Dhingra and Anurag Sobti finished in third place.

  1. ^ Violeta Brau Mugica [@violetabraumugica] (6 October 2021). "Exactly 1 year since we secretly began the single best adventure of our lives!". Retrieved 6 October 2021 – via Instagram.
  2. ^ Mastroianni, Bianca (16 December 2020). "Amazing Race Australia 2021 looks like the most epic season yet". News.com.au. Retrieved 16 December 2020.
  3. ^ Knox, David (6 January 2021). "Returning: The Amazing Race Australia". TV Tonight. Retrieved 12 January 2021.