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The Amazing Race: Australia v New Zealand, is the third installment of the reality television show, The Amazing Race Australia. Seven Network announced this season in October 2013. It premiered on August 4, 2014 on Australian television and August 5, 2014 on New Zealand Television. It features ten teams of two (5 Australian and 5 New Zealand) who are in a pre-existing personal relationship, and follows the various challenges that they undertake as they race around the world to win AU$250,000.

Teams[]

Daniel & Ryan
 1st place 
Daniel & Ryan
Intensive Care Nurses
Sally & Tyson
 2nd place 
Sally & Tyson
Dating (Legs 1-6)
Engaged Bodybuilders (Leg 6-10)
Ashleigh & Jarrod
 3rd place 
Ashleigh & Jarrod
Newlyweds
Carla & Hereni
 4th place 
Carla & Hereni
Fitness Mums
Cat & Jesse
 5th place 
Cat & Jesse
Foster Parents
John & Murray
 6th place 
John & Murray
Best Mates
Emily & Jono
 7th place 
Emily & Jono
Siblings
Aston & Christie
 8th place 
Aston & Christie
Feisty Friends
Elizabeth & Todd
 9th place 
Elizabeth & Todd
Mother/Son
Inga & Tiharna
 10th place 
Inga & Tiharna
Pageant Models

Episodes[]

Episode Air Date Leg Destination First Place Last Place Finish Viewership
(millions)
1 "I Gotta Have Two Legs to Run the Race!" August 4, 2014 (AU)
August 5, 2014 (NZ)
1 Australia → New Zealand John & Murray Inga & Tiharna 1st Eliminated
10th Place
734,000 (AU)
260,620 (NZ)
2 "She's Got One Hell of a Body on Her and She Just Used It" August 11, 2014 (AU)
August 12, 2014 (NZ)
2 New Zealand → Cambodia Emily & Jono Elizabeth & Todd 2nd Eliminated
9th Place
763,000 (AU)
250,390 (NZ)
3 "Proper Preparation Prevents Piss-Poor Performance" August 18, 2014 (AU)
August 19, 2014 (NZ)
3 Cambodia → Thailand John & Murray Aston & Christie 3rd Eliminated
8th Place
754,000 (AU)
267,890 (NZ)
4 "We Have a Lot of Experience with Poo" August 25, 2014 (AU)
August 26, 2014 (NZ)
4 Thailand → Namibia Carla & Hereni Emily & Jono 4th Eliminated
7th Place
769,000 (AU)
267,800 (NZ)
5 "Right Now I Don't Care If He Pees in His Pants" August 25, 2014 (AU)
September 2, 2014 (NZ)
5 Namibia → Russia John & Murray Cat & Jesse Ordered to
Continue Racing
769,000 (AU)
245,3000 (NZ)
6 "I'm Not Going to Come Last, I'm Just Going to Die on The Amazing Race" September 1, 2014 (AU)
September 9, 2014 (NZ)
6 Russia Daniel & Ryan John & Murray 5th Eliminated
6th Place
731,000 (Aus)
235,990 (NZ)
7 "There's a Lot of Bones in This, I Really Don't Wanna Die" September 8, 2014 (AU)
September 16, 2014 (NZ)
7 Russia → Portugal Daniel & Ryan Ashleigh & Jarrod Non-Elimination
Leg
711,000 (AU)
183,920 (NZ)
8 "I Can't Feel My Nadz!" September 15, 2014 (AU)
September 23, 2014 (NZ)
8 Portugal → Croatia Sally & Tyson Cat & Jesse 6th Eliminated
5th Place
768,000 (AU)
191,930 (NZ)
9 "Dude, We Don't Want to Go to Your House" September 15, 2014 (AU)
September 30, 2014 (NZ)
9 Croatia → Argentina Ashleigh & Jarrod Carla & Hereni 7th Eliminated
4th Place
768,000 (AU)
226,860 (NZ)
10 "At Least We Did Better Than the Bloody Kiwis" September 25, 2014 (AU)
October 7, 2014 (NZ)
10 Argentina → United States → Australia Daniel & Ryan Ashleigh & Jarrod 3rd Place 531,000 (AU)
202,900 (NZ)
Sally & Tyson 2nd Place

Leaderboard[]

Place Team Leg 1 Leg 2 Leg 3 Leg 4 Leg 5 Leg 6 Leg 7 Leg 8 Leg 9 Leg 10 Average Roadblock
1 Daniel & Ryan 4 3 3 6 3~ 1 1 3 3 1 2.80 4-5
2 Sally & Tyson 9 4 4 5 4~ 3 4 1 2 2 3.80 6-5
3 Ashleigh & Jarrod 6 7 5 3 2^ 2 5 2 1 3 3.60 5-6
4 Carla & Hereni 2 8 6 1ϵ 5+ 5 2 4 4 4.11 6-4
5 Cat & Jesse 8 5 7 4 6+ 4 3 5 5.25 4-5
6 John & Murray 1 2ϵ 1 2 1^ 6 2.17 2-3
7 Emily & Jono 3 1 2 7 3.25 2-2
8 Aston & Christie 7 6 8 7.00 2-1
9 Elizabeth & Todd 5 9 7.00 1-1
10 Inga & Tiharna 10 10.00 0-1
Notes [1] [2] [3] [4] [5][6] [7]
Legend:
     The team finished in first place
     The team finished in last place and was eliminated from the race
     The team finished in last place in a non-elimination leg
     The team that won The Amazing Race
     The team that crossed the Finish Line second
     The team that crossed the Finish Line third
The team used the Fast Forward pass
ϵ The team used the Express Pass somewhere during the leg
The team used the U-Turn
Recipient of the U-Turn
Same symbols (^, ~, +, -, =, *) denote the teams that worked together during an Intersection
The team used the Salvage Pass

Notes:
1: John & Murray were subject to several placement changes on the 2nd leg.

  • They overslept and missed their departure time by 1 hour, departing in 5th place instead of 1st.
  • They used their Express Pass to bypass the Roadblock in Leg 2. Neither had opted to perform the Roadblock, so this is not counted in their total.
  • They initially arrived 1st, but could not be checked in as they didn't pay their tuk-tuk driver. By the time they paid it and returned to the mat, Emily & Jono arrived, dropping them to 2nd place.


2: Daniel & Ryan received a 30-minute time credit at the start of the Leg 3 for winning the Step Counter challenge in the previous leg.
3: Carla & Hereni used their Express Pass to bypass the Roadblock on Leg 4. Before using it, Carla elected to perform the Roadblock, and this is reflected in the total count.
4: Episode 5 ended with only John & Murray checking-in at the Pit Stop first.
5: At the Pit Stop of Leg 6, Tyson proposed to Sally, who accepted. Their relationship title was changed as a result.
6: Daniel & Ryan chose not to use their Salvage Pass to save John & Murray, who came in last, eliminating them.
7:Leg 8 featured two Roadblocks and no Detour. The team member who sat out the first Roadblock was required to perform the second one.

Trivia[]

  • For this season, teams representing Australia had their banners in green, teams representing New Zealand had theirs in black.

Franchise[]

  • First time a two-person team solely representing New Zealand.
  • First season not to introduce the teams by the host.
  • This is the first international season to visit all 6 inhabitable continents.

Australia[]

  • First season to visit New Zealand, Cambodia, Thailand, Namibia, Russia, Portugal, Croatia, Argentina, and USA.
  • First season to visit the continent of South America.
    • First time also that the continent of Oceania was a Pit Stop prior to the final leg.
  • First season that only ten teams participated in the race.
  • First season to only have ten legs.
  • First time teams from New Zealand were allowed to participate.
  • First season to implement the non-elimination penalty for the last team to arrive at the non-elimination leg required to perform a Speed Bump, an extra task, sometime during the next leg.
  • First season to feature the Double Express Pass for which the awarded team must give the second pass to another team before the end of a designated leg.
  • First season to have two co-ed teams reach the final three.
    • First season also to not have an all-female team reach the final three.

Gallery[]

Videos[]

Reception[]

  • TVNZ (Summer 2016): "The Amazing Race Australia v NZ Recaps"

External links[]

The Amazing Race Season Index
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Asia 1 · 2 · 3 · 4 · 5
Australia 1 · 2 · 3 · 4 · 5 · 6 · 7
Brazil 1
Canada 1 · 2 · 3 · 4 · 5 · 6 · 7 · 8 · 9
Central Europe Cancelled
China 1 · 2 · 3 · 4
China Rush 1 · 2 · 3
Finland 1
France 1
Israel 1 · 2 · 3 · 4 · 5 · 6 · 7 · 8
Latin America 1 · 2 · 3 · 4 · 5 · 6
Norway 1 · 2
Philippines 1 · 2
Ukraine 1
Vietnam 1 · 2 · 3 · 4 · 5 · 6
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