HaMerotz LaMillion 10
HaMerotz LaMillion 10, also known as HaMerotz LaMillion 2026, is the tenth season of HaMerotz LaMillion, an Israeli reality competition show based on the American series The Amazing Race, and the second installment of Channel 12's iteration of the show. Hosted by Yehuda Levi, it features 14 teams of two, each with a pre-existing relationship, in a race around the world to win ₪1,000,000. Elements of the show that returned for this season include the split Starting Lines during the first leg. The season premiered on 24 January 2026 on Channel 12.
Production
Development and filming
Keshet Media Group renewed HaMerotz LaMillion for a second season on Channel 12 on 30 October 2024.Filming for this season began in May 2025, and concluded in early June. This season featured the return of two Starting Lines during the first leg for the first time since the fifth season, where two groups of seven teams began the race from two different locations. This season also includes first-time visits to Montenegro and Albania, countries which have never been featured in any version of The Amazing Race.
Casting
Casting for this season began on 18 July 2024 while the previous season was still airing and prior to the show's renewal. By the end of October, 14,000 couples had applied for the show with auditions beginning in December. The first phase of casting concluded in late February 2025. Olympic bronze medalist Ariel Ze'evi was contacted to compete with his daughter Noam; however, production rescinded the offer after learning that Noam was not 18 years old.Release
Broadcast
In December 2025, it was revealed to advertisers that the season would be broadcast in 2026. On 8 January 2026, reports emerged of a potential 24 January premiere date. The first trailer for this season was released on 12 January 2026. On 17 January 2026, the premiere date was announced to be 24 January.Marketing
Sponsors for this season include Harel Group, Hoka, La Roche-Posay, and Elite Turkish Coffee.Cast
The full cast was revealed on 20 January 2026 during the finale of Rising Star.| Contestants | Age | Relationship | Hometown | Status |
| 59 | Father & Daughter | Tel Aviv | Eliminated 1st ' | |
| 24 | Father & Daughter | Tel Aviv | Eliminated 1st ' | |
| 37 | Married at First Sight Exes | Neve Yarak | Participating | |
| 37 | Married at First Sight Exes | Rishon LeZion | Participating | |
| 32 | Childhood Friends | Herut | Participating | |
| 32 | Childhood Friends | Herut | Participating | |
| 24 | Engaged | Petah Tikva | Participating | |
| 26 | Engaged | Giv'at Shmuel | Participating | |
| 30 | Best Friends | Jerusalem | Participating | |
| 30 | Best Friends | Jerusalem | Participating | |
| 28 | Friends/Footballers | Tel Aviv | Participating | |
| 30 | Friends/Footballers | Nahariya | Participating | |
| 32 | Married Parents | Herzliya | Participating | |
| 32 | Married Parents | Herzliya | Participating | |
| Best Friends/Models | Participating | |||
| Best Friends/Models | Participating | |||
| Friends/Lawyers | Participating | |||
| Friends/Lawyers | Participating | |||
| Brothers | Participating | |||
| Brothers | Participating | |||
| 28 | Friends/Actors | Participating | ||
| 28 | Friends/Actors | Participating | ||
| Married Parents | Participating | |||
| Married Parents | Participating | |||
| 27 | Siblings | Participating | ||
| 25 | Siblings | Participating | ||
| Father & Daughter | Participating | |||
| Father & Daughter | Participating |
Results
The following teams are listed with their placements in each leg. Placements are listed in finishing order.- A placement with a dagger indicates that the team was eliminated.
- A indicates the team who received a U-Turn; indicates that the team voted for the recipient.
Voting history
Teams may vote to choose either U-Turn or Yield. The team with the most votes received the U-Turn or Yield penalty, depending on the respective leg.Episode Titles
Translated from Hebrew from the official website:Race summary
Leg 1 (Montenegro & Albania)
;Group A- Airdates: 24, 27 & 31 January 2026
- Eliminated: Reuven & Gali
- Lovćen National Park, Montenegro
- Lovćen National Park
- Njeguši
- Kotor
- Kotor
- Budva
- Budva
- Rijeka Crnojevića
- Podgorica
- Seven teams began the race atop Mount Lovćen in Montenegro and had to find their first clue on a marked car. After driving to Ivanova Korita and voting to U-Turn another team, teams had to walk across a beam with only each other for support, collect four keys, and unlock their next clue from a box. Teams then had to drive to Konoba Batricevic-Njegusi in Njeguši.
- This season's first Detour was a choice between Meat or Milk. In Meat, teams had to make five Njeguši kobasica sausages using a handheld sausage stuffer and then hang them to dry to receive their next clue and a bottle of wine. In Milk, one team member had to carry a cheese wheel down a hill using a wooden carrier, and their partner had to eat a piece of Njeguši cheese. After racers ate six pieces of cheese, they received their next clue and a bottle of wine.
- After the Detour, teams found the U-Turn reveal board before driving to the Gurdić Gate in Kotor. There, teams had to convince passersby to carry them on a bed, referencing the country's 'Lazy Olympics', through town to Muzej Mačaka, where they found their next clue.
- From the cat museum, teams had to search the town for a cat, who they would discover was a person dressed as a cat, with their next clue: a music box. Teams had to figure out from the ballerina figurine and the song that they had to drive to the ballerina statue in Budva.
- Teams had to walk on two pairs of connected stilts down Trg Slikara to receive their next clue from Slavko Vraneš, the tallest man in Montenegro.
- Teams then had to drive to the town of Rijeka Crnojevića, where they had to decipher an A26Z1 substitution cipher using the hint "N=13" and decode the phrase "The Bottle is the Way". Teams had to figure out that they had to empty out their wine bottle from the Detour to discover the location of the Pit Stop: the Cathedral of the Resurrection of Christ.
- Three teams chose to use the U-Turn on Mai & Itay.
- Airdates: 3, 7 & 10 February 2026
Future leg
Ratings
Data courtesy of the Israeli Rating Committee, according to individuals aged 4+ from the general population.| No. | Air date | Episode | Percentage | Nightly Rank | Jewish Household Percentage | Viewers | Ref |
| 1 | "Premiere Episode!" | 8.3% | 1 | 21.6% | 569,000 | ||
| 2 | "Storm in Montenegro" | 7.1% | 1 | 20.9% | 482,000 | ||
| 3 | "The First Elimination" | 7.2% | 1 | 18.5% | 495,000 | ||
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