The Amazing Race Australia 5

The Amazing Race Australia 5
Season 5
Presented by	Beau Ryan
No. of teams	16
Winner	Brendon Crawley & Jackson Dening
No. of legs	24
Distance traveled	17,000 km (11,000 mi)
No. of episodes	24
Release
Original network	Network 10
Original release	1 February (2021-02-01) – 28 March 2021 (2021-03-28)
Additional information
Filming dates	6 October (2020-10-06)[1] – 14 November 2020 (2020-11-14)
Season chronology
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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.