The Amazing Race Australia: Season 5
The Amazing Race Australia features fourteen teams competing in a series of challenges as fast as possible to win a prize of 250,000 dollars. Because travel across the world is shut down due to the Covid-19 pandemic, this season features pairs of friends, exes, parents, cousins, brothers, and twins traveling around Australia instead of across the world.
Season 5 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- The series is the Australian version of the American reality competition franchise The Amazing Race.
- Teams consist of pairs of people competing in a series of mental and physical challenges.
- Competitors historically embark on a trek across the world to amazing destinations.
- Teams traditionally compete for a first prize of 250,000 dollars.
Season overview
The Amazing Race Australia features fourteen teams competing in a series of challenges as fast as possible to win a prize of 250,000 dollars. Because travel across the world is shut down due to the Covid-19 pandemic, this season features pairs of friends, exes, parents, cousins, brothers, and twins traveling around Australia instead of across the world.
Episode Guide
Season 5 Progress Shield
Leg 1
Feb 1, 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.
Leg 2
Feb 2, 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
Leg 3
Feb 3, 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.
Leg 4
Feb 7, 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.
Leg 5
Feb 8, 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 b
Leg 6
Feb 9, 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
Leg 7
Feb 14, 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.
Leg 8
Feb 15, 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.
Leg 9
Feb 16, 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.
Leg 10
Feb 21, 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.
Leg 11
Feb 22, 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.
Leg 12
Feb 23, 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.
Leg 13
Feb 28, 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
Leg 14
Mar 1, 2021 · 60 min
The teams must complete a painstakingly meticulous task in order to receive their next clue in the race.
Leg 15
Mar 2, 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.
Leg 16
Mar 7, 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
Leg 17
Mar 9, 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 t
Leg 18
Mar 14, 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 con
Leg 19
Mar 15, 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.
Leg 20
Mar 16, 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.
Leg 21
Mar 21, 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.
Leg 22
Mar 22, 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
Leg 23
Mar 23, 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 H
Leg 24
Mar 28, 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.