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The Amazing Race Australia 6

The Amazing Race Australia 6 (also promoted as The Amazing Race: Around the World[1]) is the sixth season of The Amazing Race Australia, an Australian reality competition show based on the American series The Amazing Race and the third instalment of Network 10's iteration of the show. The season featured twenty teams of two, each with a pre-existing relationship, in a race around the world to win the grand prize of A$250,000 and two new cars (an Isuzu D-MAX and an Isuzu MU-X).[2] Beau Ryan returned as the regular host, with presenter Scott Tweedie guest hosting for episodes 8–11 after Ryan caught COVID-19 during filming. After the previous season was set in Australia due to the COVID-19 pandemic, this season returned to the standard travel format, visited six continents and seven countries and travelled over 55,000 kilometres (34,000 mi) during twenty-one legs. Starting in Melbourne and Sydney, racers travelled through Morocco, Greece, Turkey, Colombia, Belize, Mexico and Western Australia before finishing in Broome. New twists introduced in this season include a split-city start, a no-switch Detour and an elimination during a no-rest leg. The season premiered on 29 August 2022,[3] with the finale airing on 9 October 2022.

Married couple Heath Curry & Toni Hilland were the winners of this season, while church friends Angel Williams and Frankie Vaaua finished in second place and newlywed teachers Kelly and Georgia Baildon finished in third place.

Production

Development and filming

Both the Flemington Racecourse in Melbourne and Hickson Road Reserve across from the Sydney Opera House served as starting lines of The Amazing Race Australia 6.

On 20 October 2021, Network 10 announced at upfronts that a new season was set to air in the second half of 2022.[4][5][6]

Unlike the previous season, which filmed solely in Australia due to COVID-19 restrictions, Beverley McGarvey, Executive Vice President and Chief Content Officer of Paramount Global Australia and New Zealand, stated that she intended for the show to resume travelling internationally again after the American version resumed international travel for their 33rd season in September 2021.[7] On 2 February 2022, Daniel Monaghan, 10's Head of Programming, reaffirmed that the show would still be filming internationally as the Omicron surge began to subside.[8]

Filming for the season began in March 2022. This season introduced a new twist involving two groups of ten teams starting The Amazing Race Australia separately, one in Sydney and one in Melbourne, each oblivious to the existence of the other, and racing separately before converging in the next leg.[2] On 5 March 2022, Beau Ryan was spotted in Chefchaouen, Morocco.[9] On 20 March, TV Blackbox reported that a few crew members had tested positive for COVID-19 requiring some of the crew, including Ryan, to self-isolate in hotels while the rest of the crew continued filming. From the eighth to eleventh legs, Scott Tweedie was brought in to temporarily replace Ryan as host.[10] According to TV Tonight, Tweedie was contacted prior to the season to potentially step in as host as part of the production's COVID-safe contingency plan.[11] The show then travelled to İzmir and Alaçatı.[12] Filming wrapped in April 2022.[13] In addition to Morocco, this season included first-time visits to Greece, Colombia, Belize and Mexico.

The Speed Bump, which was not in the previous season, was brought back into this season for teams that returned after self-isolating due to COVID-19.

Casting

Casting for the season began in early November 2021. Contestants were required to be fully vaccinated with filming expected to occur from February 2022 over four to seven weeks.[14]

Marketing

Isuzu, UBank, Kathmandu and Merrell served as sponsors for this season.[15]

Cast

The cast was revealed on 22 August 2022.[16]

Future appearances

In 2023, Jake O'Brien and Holly MacAlpine appeared on the sixth season of MTV's Ex on the Beach.[17]

Results

The following teams are listed with their placements in each leg. Placements are listed in finishing order.

Notes
  1. ^ a b The 20 teams were split into two groups. Ten of the teams left from Melbourne and completed leg 1 in Ouarzazate, Morocco, while the other ten teams left from Sydney and completed leg 2 in Marrakesh. The eighteen remaining teams converged in Chefchaouen to begin the third leg.
  2. ^ Chelsea & Jamus initially arrived 4th, but they could not check in at the Pit Stop because they did not have their backpacks. They had to go back to retrieve them before being allowed to check-in. Seven teams checked in during this time, dropping Chelsea & Jamus to 11th.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g This team was temporarily removed from the competition due to COVID-19 and were subject to a Speed Bump when they returned.
  4. ^ Jake & Holly initially arrived 1st, but were issued a 30-minute penalty for refusing to complete the dance challenge. All of the other teams checked in during this penalty time, dropping Jake & Holly to last.
  5. ^ a b Heath & Toni chose to use the U-Turn on Tiffany & Cynthia.
  6. ^ Angel & Frankie initially arrived 2nd, but did not walk through the marked tunnel to the Pit Stop as had been indicated in the clue. They were required to go back and walk through the marked tunnel. Heath & Toni checked in while they went back, dropping Angel & Frankie to 3rd.
  7. ^ Kelly & Georgia initially arrived 4th, but were issued a 10-minute penalty for quitting the piñata task. Tiffany & Cynthia checked-in during this penalty time, dropping Kelly & Georgia to 5th.
  8. ^ a b Pako & Mori chose to use the U-Turn on Lauren & Steph.
  9. ^ Pako & Mori initially arrived 4th at the Pit Stop but were issued a 15-minute penalty because they chose to quit the inverted hanging task at Optus Stadium. Angel & Frankie checked in during this penalty time, dropping Pako & Mori to last.
  10. ^ Chelsea & Jamus initially arrived 3rd, but were issued a 10-minute penalty for quitting the Brew Detour task. Two teams (Stuart & Glennon and Flick & Gabby) checked in during this penalty time, dropping Chelsea & Jamus to 5th.
  11. ^ This team arrived last at the Pit Stop, but they were instructed to continue racing.
  12. ^ Jodie & Claire arrived last at the Pit Stop but were not eliminated on account of Fliss & Tottie having been medically removed from the race.
  13. ^ Fliss & Tottie were medically removed from the competition after Fliss sprained her ankle on the way to the Detour.
  14. ^ Stuart & Glennon initially arrived 2nd, but were issued a 15-minute penalty for submitting another team's work at the Bunch Detour task. Angel & Frankie checked in during this penalty time, dropping Stuart & Glennon to 3rd.

Race summary

The complete route of The Amazing Race Australia 6.

Leg 1 (Australia → Morocco)

Teams encountered their first task in Morocco at the Kasbah of Tifoultoute.
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Leg 2 (Australia → Morocco)

For one Detour option in Marrakesh, teams had to search Jemaa el-Fnaa for water sellers.
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Leg 3 (Morocco)

In Northern Morocco, teams explored the medina of Chefchaouen.
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Leg 4 (Morocco → Greece)

At the Temple of Poseidon, teams had to recite the fable of "The Tortoise and the Hare".
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Leg 5 (Greece)

The windmills of Oia in Santorini served as the backdrop for the Roadblock.
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Leg 6 (Greece)

Mount Parnassus was the setting for the third leg in Greece.
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Leg 7 (Greece → Turkey)

Cumhuriyet Meydanı served as the Pit Stop for the leg in İzmir.
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Leg 8 (Turkey)

For the Roadblock in the Aegean Region, racers had to make a nazar boncuğu.
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Leg 9 (Turkey)

In Alaçatı, teams had to grab ice cream cones from a vendor.
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Leg 10 (Turkey → Colombia)

In Bogotá, teams explored the street art of La Candelaria.
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Leg 11 (Colombia)

The Roadblock and Pit Stop in Medellín were located in Comuna 13.
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Leg 12 (Colombia)

Teams performed a salsa dance at Parque de Bolívar in Cartagena, Colombia.
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Leg 13 (Colombia → Belize)

Baron Bliss Lighthouse hosted the Pit Stop in Belize City.
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Leg 14 (Belize)

The Detour at the ruins of Cahal Pech were based on Mayan traditions.
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Leg 15 (Belize)

The third leg in Belize took place on Caye Caulker in the Belize Barrier Reef.
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Leg 16 (Belize → Mexico)

While in Campeche City, teams had to memorise the colours of the buildings on Calle 59.
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Leg 17 (Mexico)

For one Detour option in Mérida, teams had to sing with a mariachi band at Parque de Santa Lucía.
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Leg 18 (Mexico)

After arriving in Izamal, teams travelled to Convento de San Antonio de Padua.
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Leg 19 (Mexico → Australia)

The final task in Perth was set at Optus Stadium.
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Leg 20 (Australia)

Racers had to toss food to their partner locked in a pillory at Round House.
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Leg 21 (Australia)

The final leg in the Kimberley concluded at Gantheaume Point.
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Reception

Ratings

Rating data is from OzTAM and represents the viewership from the 5 largest Australian metropolitan centres (Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth and Adelaide).

  1. ^ The final episode was coded into two programs – "Grand Finale" and "The Finish Line". Because of this, two separate sets of ratings were produced.

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