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Season of television series

Season of television series

The Amazing Race Australia 9
Presented by	Beau Ryan
No. of teams	13
No. of legs	15
No. of episodes	4
Original network	Network 10
Original release	8 September 2025 (2025-09-08) – present
Filming dates	18 March (2025-03-18) – 14 April 2025 (2025-04-14)

The Amazing Race Australia 9, also known as The Amazing Race Australia: Celebrity Edition 3, is the ninth season of The Amazing Race Australia, an Australian reality competition show based on the American series The Amazing Race. The season is the sixth instalment of Network 10‘s iteration of the show and the third celebrity edition. Hosted by Beau Ryan, it features thirteen teams of two, each with a pre-existing relationship and including at least one celebrity contestant, in a race around Asia to win the grand prize of A$100,000 for the winners’ chosen charity. Filming took place between 18 March and 14 April 2025. This season visited one continent and five countries during fifteen legs. Starting in Pokhara, racers travelled through Nepal, Uzbekistan, Sri Lanka, Taiwan and Indonesia. New elements introduced in this season include the Face Off. The season premiered on 8 September 2025.

Production

Development and filming

On 28 January 2025, Dan Monaghan, Senior Vice President Content & Programming, revealed to TV Tonight that a third celebrity season was in production with the cast set to be revealed soon.^[1] On 14 March 2025, Beau Ryan announced that he would be taking a weeks-long hiatus from his Triple M radio hosting to film The Amazing Race Australia.^[2][3] Teams were then spotted leaving from Sydney Airport on 16 March 2025.^[4][5] Filming for this season began on 18 March 2025 with the cast revealed on the subsequent day.^[6] This season was the first time that any version of The Amazing Race filmed in Uzbekistan with the show filming in Samarkand and Tersak from 24 March to 27 March.^[7][8] This season also included first-time visits to Nepal and Taiwan along with returning visits to Sri Lanka and Indonesia, which were previously visited on season 1.^[8] This season also introduced the Face Off, where two teams had to compete against each other in a task.^[8] Filming concluded on 14 April 2025.^[9]

On 18 April 2025, the Herald Sun reported that Ant & Dan were ejected following an off-camera verbal altercation with another team.^[10] According to the tabloid, Dan Middleton began yelling at Luke & “Sassy” Scott following a night out during a break in between legs.^[10] Luke & Scott later stated that Middleton approached them multiple times and made homophobic remarks and gestures while becoming increasingly aggressive.^[11] The event was witnessed by Brendan Fevola, who threatened to leave if Middleton was not removed for his misconduct.^[10] A representative for Network 10 stated, “Following a breach of the production’s code of conduct by one contestant, on a day off during production, a team from The Amazing Race Australia was disqualified and swiftly sent home.”^[12][13] Ant & Dan pair were notably excluded from the preseason marketing, were featured minimally in the edited show prior to their ejection and disqualification, and were removed from the opening sequence following the first episode.^[14][15]

Casting

With regard to this season’s casting, Monaghan stated that “this year we’ve got siblings, married couples, engaged couples, famous parents and their kids, and then we’ve got a couple of different relationships.”^[1]

Release

Broadcast

On 16 April 2025, Monaghan stated that the season would premiere after Australian Survivor: Australia V The World.^[9] The first full promo for the season aired on 18 August 2025, with the promo also revealing the premiere date of 8 September 2025.^[16]

Cast

The cast consists of celebrities and their relatives and friends.^[6]

Results

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

• A red placement with a dagger (†) indicates that the team was eliminated.
• An underlined blue placement with a double-dagger (‡) indicates that the team was the last to arrive at a Pit Stop in a non-elimination leg, and had to perform a Speed Bump task in the following leg.
• An italicized and underlined placement indicates that the team was the last to arrive at a Virtual Pit Stop, and had to perform a Speed Bump task in the following leg. There was no rest period at this Virtual Pit Stop with all teams instructed to continue racing.
• A teal х indicates that the leg featured a Face Off challenge.

Team placement (by leg)

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15
Dom & Marx	2nd	1st	3rd	1st
Brendan & Leni	3rd	9th	7th	2nd
Steve & Bernie	6th	3rd	1st
Gretel & Epiphany	8th	5th	2nd
Rob & Georgie	4th	4th	4th
Melissa & Leah	9th	6th	5th
Aesha & Scott	7th	7th	6th
Lindy & Stella	12th	8th	8th
Steph & Ben	10th	11th	9th
Luke & Scott	11th	10th	10th
Bronte & Benfield	5th	2nd	11th†
Ant & Dan	1st	†[a]
Ed & Tiff	13th†[b]

Race summary

Leg 1 (Nepal)

• Episode 1 (8 September 2025)
• Eliminated: Ed & Tiff

Locations

Episode summary

• Teams began at the Shanti Stupa and were instructed to travel to Phewa Lake, where they had to row a boat to a floating shrine and present an offering to the goddess Barahi before retrieving their next clue.
• After rowing back to shore, teams then had to travel by marked car to Pal Ewam Namgyal Monastic School and learn a Buddhist chant in Nepali from the student monks before receiving their next clue.
• This season’s first Detour was a choice between Maize Rack or Haystack. In Maize Rack, teams had to tie cobs of maize into 30 bundles and hang them on a rack before receiving their next clue. In Haystack, teams had to stack hay around a bamboo pole to a specified width and height before receiving their next clue.
• After the Detour, teams had to check in at the Pit Stop: the Pema Ts’al Sakya Monastery.

Leg 2 (Nepal)

• Episode 2 (9 September 2025)
• Disqualified: Ant & Dan

Locations

Episode summary

• In this season’s first Roadblock, one team member had to ride down the world’s steepest zipline at speeds of up to 140 kilometres per hour (87 mph) before receiving their next clue.
• In this leg’s second Roadblock, the team member who did not perform the previous Roadblock had to seesaw their arms 13 times while balancing a pair of tingsha bells in their hands without making a sound to receive their next clue.
• After the second Roadblock, teams had to book one of two flights to Kathmandu. Once there, teams had to spend the night at the WanderThirst Hostel, where the first four teams received private rooms and the remaining teams slept in shared dormitories.
• This leg’s Detour was a choice between Fur or Feast. In Fur, teams had to take part in a Kukur Tihar tradition and make flower garlands for a pair of dogs before receiving their next clue. In Feast, both team members had to eat a bowl of two Newari delicacies – buffalo spinal cord and buffalo stomach filled with bone marrow – before receiving their next clue.
• After the Detour, teams had to check in at the Pit Stop: Swayambhunath.

Additional notes

• Following an off-camera breach in the show’s code of conduct by Dan Middleton during the Pit Stop, he and Ant were removed from the competition.
• There was no elimination at the end of this leg; all teams were instead instructed to continue racing.

Leg 3 (Nepal)

• Episode 3 (10 September 2025)
• Eliminated: Bronte & Benfield

Locations

Episode summary

• At the start of this leg, teams had to travel to Patan Durbar Square, fill two bowls with water from a fountain and follow the green street poles to a community courtyard. There, teams had to fill a bucket up to the marked line to receive their next clue.
• For their Speed Bump, Steph & Ben had to deliver water using bowls with holes in them.
• In this leg’s Roadblock, one team member had to make a clay bowl using a potter’s wheel at Pottery Square to receive their next clue.
• This leg’s Detour was a choice between Brush On or Brush Off. In Brush On, teams had to sand down and repaint a door near Golmadhi to receive their next clue. In Brush Off, teams had to find Bhaktapur Durbar Square and clean 55 roof tiles for a temple undergoing reconstruction following the April 2015 Nepal earthquake before receiving their next clue.
• After the Detour, teams had to check in at the Pit Stop: Nyatapola Temple.

Leg 4 (Nepal → Uzbekistan)

• Episode 4 (14 September 2025)

Locations

Episode summary

• During the Pit Stop, teams flew to Samarkand, Uzbekistan, and began the leg outside of the airport. At the start of this leg, teams were instructed to travel to the Registan, where they had to eat a loaf of Samarkand non and a side dish of fat called qurdiuq to receive their next clue.
• This leg’s Detour was a choice between Fruit or Veg. In Fruit, teams had to press, bottle and sell pomegranate juice until they earned 200,000 sum (approximately A$25) to receive their next clue. In Veg, teams had to sort and stack four varieties of vegetables to the specified height so as to recreate a vegetable stall to receive their next clue.
• After the Detour, teams encountered an Intersection, where teams were required to work together in pairs to complete the following task. Teams had to perform an Andijan polka to receive their next clue.
• After the Intersection, teams had to check in at the Pit Stop: the Ulugh Beg Observatory.

Future legs

Reception

Ratings

Week	Episode	Airdate	Timeslot	Overnight			7 Day Timeshift			Source
				Reach viewers	Total viewers	Rank	Reach viewers	Total viewers	Rank
1	1	8 September 2025	Monday 7:30 pm	1,337,000	684,000	9				[17]
	2	9 September 2025	Tuesday 7:30 pm	1,051,000	595,000	12				[18]
	3	10 September 2025	Wednesday 7:30 pm	971,000	545,000	13				[19]
2	4	14 September 2025	Sunday 7:00 pm
	5	15 September 2025	Monday 7:30 pm
3	6	21 September 2025	Sunday 7:00 pm
	7	22 September 2025	Monday 7:30 pm

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