The Amazing Race Australia 9

Production

Development and filming

Casting

Release

Broadcast

Cast

Results

• A placement with a dagger indicates that the team was eliminated.
• An 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 indicates that the teams encountered an Intersection.
• A indicates that the leg featured a Face Off challenge.

Race summary

Leg 1 (Nepal)

• Episode 1
• Eliminated: Ed & Tiff

• Pokhara, Nepal
• Pokhara
• Pokhara
• Dhampus
• Pokhara

• 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
• Disqualified: Ant & Dan

• Sarangkot
• Sarangkot
• Pokhara
• Pokhara → Kathmandu
• Kathmandu
• Kathmandu
• Kathmandu

• In this season's first Roadblock, one team member had to ride down the world's steepest zipline at speeds of up to 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.

• 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
• Eliminated: Bronte & Benfield

• Lalitpur
• Bhaktapur
• Bhaktapur
• Bhaktapur

• 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
• Eliminated: Steph & Ben

• Kathmandu → Samarkand, Uzbekistan
• Samarkand
• Samarkand
• Samarkand
• Samarkand

• At the start of this leg, teams were instructed to fly to Samarkand, Uzbekistan. Once there, teams had 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 to receive their next clue. In Veg, teams had to sort and stack four varieties of vegetables to a specified height so as to recreate a vegetable stall to receive their next clue.
• After the Detour, teams had to travel to the Samarkand Regional Puppet Theatre and 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. The teams were paired up thusly: Brendan & Leni and Dom & Marx, Aesha & Scott and Gretel & Epiphany, Rob & Georgie and Melissa & Leah, Luke & Scott and Steve & Bernie, Lindy & Stella and Steph & Ben.
• After the Intersection, teams had to check in at the Pit Stop: the Ulugh Beg Observatory.

Leg 5 (Uzbekistan)

• Episode 5

• Samarkand
• Oqdaryo
• Samarkand
• Samarkand

• At the start of this leg, teams were instructed to travel to Eco Dry Food, where they had to collect and destalk one kilogram of raisins before receiving their next clue.
• This leg's Detour was a choice between Fix Up or Fill Up. In Fix Up, teams had to completely clean an Uzbek carpet before receiving their next clue. In Fill Up, teams had to eat their way through 30 bowls of sumalak until they found seven Cyrillic letters. Teams then had to unscramble the letters and spell sumalak in Uzbek Cyrillic – Сумалак – to receive their next clue.
• In this leg's Roadblock, one team member was provided a key ring with hundreds of keys and they had to find the one key that unlocked a garage shed containing a Lada Niva and their next clue.
• After the Roadblock, teams had to drive their Lada to the Pit Stop: the Aquapark Sogdiana.

• This was a non-elimination leg.

Leg 6 (Uzbekistan)

• Episode 6
• Eliminated: Dom & Marx

• Samarkand
• Tersak
• Tersak
• Tersak
• Tersak

• At the start of this leg, teams were instructed to drive to the village of Tersak.
• For their Speed Bump, Brendan & Leni had to find their keys hidden somewhere in their car.
• This leg's Detour was a choice between Balls or Guts, each with a limit of five stations. In Balls, both team members had to roll 50 cheese balls called qurut before receiving their next clue. In Guts, teams had to clean sheep intestines in a stream before receiving their next clue.
• After the Detour, teams had to plant a row of seed potatoes and fertilise the row with cow dung before receiving their next clue. Teams then had to lead a donkey to a stable before receiving their next clue.
• In this leg's Roadblock, one team member had to perform a tune on a karnay before receiving their next clue, which directed them to the Pit Stop: Muhyiddin's Farm.

Leg 7 (Uzbekistan → Sri Lanka)

• Episode 7
• Withdrew: Brendan & Leni
• Medically removed: Lindy & Stella

• Tersak
• Samarkand → Colombo, Sri Lanka
• Negombo
• Negombo
• Negombo
• Negombo

• At the start of this leg, teams were instructed to fly to Colombo, Sri Lanka. Once there, teams had to travel to Negombo Beach, push an oruwa into the Indian Ocean, sail to a buoy and dive down to their next clue.
• This leg's Detour was a choice between Wet or Dry. In Wet, teams had to gut four baskets of fish before receiving their next clue. In Dry, teams had to lay out four barrels of fish to dry before receiving their next clue.
• In this leg's Roadblock, one team member had to completely untangle a fishing net before receiving their next clue, which directed them to the Pit Stop: Aruthini Beach.

• Once in Sri Lanka, Leni became ill leaving Brendan to run the leg by himself. Once at the Pit Stop, Brendan chose to withdraw from the race.
• During the Detour, Stella developed heat exhaustion and had to receive medical treatment. Beau then informed Lindy & Stella that they were eliminated.
• There was no rest period at the end of the leg and all remaining teams were instead instructed to continue racing.

Leg 8 (Sri Lanka)

• Episode 8

• Negombo → Colombo
• Colombo
• Colombo
• Colombo
• Colombo
• Colombo

• At the start of this leg, teams were instructed to travel by bus to the Jami Ul-Alfar Mosque and find their next clue. Teams then had to load a trolley with 12 jackfruit at Pettah Market and deliver them to a shop at 142 4th Cross Street to receive their next clue.
• This leg's Detour was a choice between Cuppa or Cracker. In Cuppa, teams had to memorise a Ceylon tea order from six hotel guests. Then, teams had to identify the correct teas by smell and taste from eight unlabelled teas and serve them to the guests before receiving their next clue. In Cracker, teams had to cook eight servings of street food called egg hoppers before receiving their next clue.
• After the Detour, teams had to travel to Viharamahadevi Park and play a Sinhalese New Year game of Kana Mutti Bindima. One team member was blindfolded and had to smash 100 hanging pots under the direction of their partner until they found one with yellow-coloured water and a miniature Amazing Race clue, which they could exchange for their next clue. Teams then had to travel to the Pit Stop: Galle Face Green.

• This was a non-elimination leg.

Leg 9 (Sri Lanka)

• Episode 9
• Eliminated: Melissa & Leah

• Colombo
• Colombo → Kurunegala
• Sigiriya
• Sigiriya
• Sigiriya
• Habarana
• Sigiriya

• At the start of this leg, teams were instructed to travel by train to Sigiriya and then climb to the top of Lion Rock to find their next clue. Teams then had descend the rock and find a snake charmer at Sigriya Moat. There, one team member had to play a pungi to distract a cobra while their partner retrieved a token from the cobra's basket to receive their next clue. For the remainder of the leg, teams had to drive an auto rickshaw.
• For their Speed Bump, Aesha & Scott had to change a flat tyre on their auto rickshaw before they could continue racing.
• This leg's Detour was a choice between Fire Dance or Fire Mask. In Fire Dance, teams had to perform the Gini Sisila fire dance before receiving their next clue. In Fire Mask, one team member had to paint a raksha mask while their partner painted their face before receiving their next clue.
• After the Detour, teams had to check in at the Pit Stop: the Pidurangala Ruins.

• Steve & Bernie elected to quit the Detour and had to wait out a 30-minute penalty before they could continue racing.

Leg 10 (Sri Lanka → Taiwan)

• Episode 10

• Sigiriya
• Colombo → Taipei, Taiwan
• Taipei
• Taipei
• Taipei
• Taipei
• Taipei

• At the start of this leg, teams were instructed to fly to Taipei, Taiwan. Once there, teams had to travel by Taipei Metro to the NTU Hospital metro station and search for their next clue.
• In this leg's Roadblock, one team member had to walk barefoot down a reflexology with their backpack on and point to the heart pressure point on a woman's foot to receive their next clue.
• For this season's only Face Off, two teams had to compete against each other in a game of augmented reality dodgeball. Racers had to don head-mounted displays and toss virtual balls at their opponents. The team that scored more hits after 80 seconds received their next clue, while the losing team had to wait for another team. The last remaining team had to wait out a five-minute penalty.
• This leg's Detour was a choice between Sing It or Shake It. In Sing It, teams had to don historical outfits and sing karaoke to a Taiwanese folk song before receiving their next clue. In Shake It, teams had to perform a K-pop dance routine before receiving their next clue.
• After the Detour, teams had to check in at the Pit Stop: Taipei Cinema Park.

• AI VTuber Ubi-chan appeared as the Pit Stop greeter during this leg.
• There was no elimination at the end of this leg; all teams were instead instructed to continue racing.

Leg 11 (Taiwan)

• Episode 11

• Taipei
• Taipei
• Taipei
• Taipei
• Taipei

• At the start of this leg, teams were instructed to find their next clue by the Ciyou Temple.
• For their Speed Bump, Gretel & Epiphany had to find a person to translate their Detour clue from Taiwanese Mandarin to English.
• This leg's Detour was a choice between Beards or Birds. In Beards, teams had to make 18 pieces of dragon's beard candy before receiving their next clue. In Birds, both team members had to eat a bowl of duck blood stinky tofu and share a plate of chicken comb, duck heart and duck tongue to receive their next clue.
• After the Detour, teams were told to find Beau at the intersection of Wuchang Street and Kunming Street. There, teams had to figure out that Beau was on an electronic billboard that pointed to a nearby arcade, where they had to play a claw machine game and retrieve a ball with their next clue. However, only a few balls contained the clue, while the remaining balls had envelopes that told teams to try again.
• In this leg's Roadblock, one team member had to figure out the name of the chief Electric-Techno Neon God. Racers had to search among the twenty Techno Gods in Ximending for the one – Nezha – with the same two emojis on its scrolling LED sign as the chief Techno God's. After racers bowed, danced, and gave the correct name to the chief Techno God, they received their next clue, which directed them to the Pit Stop: the Rainbow Six crossing on Ximending, Wanhua District.

• This was a non-elimination leg.

Leg 12 (Taiwan)

• Episode 12
• Prize: A stay at a hotel suite during the Pit Stop
• Eliminated: Gretel & Epiphany

• Taipei
• Wulai District
• Wulai District
• Wulai District
• Wulai District
• Wulai District

• At the start of this leg, teams were instructed to drive to the Jiajiuliao River in Wulai and search for their next clue.
• For their Speed Bump, Steve & Bernie both had to eat a serving of jutongfan – a Tayal dish of sticky rice cooked in bamboo – before they could continue racing.
• Teams had to trek up the Jiajiuliao River to a waterfall and retrieve their next clue from behind the falls.
• In this leg's Roadblock, one team member had to search a village for a house with a mural of a married couple, translate the house's street number from Tayal to English and reiterate the number to a judge in exchange for their next clue.
• After the Roadblock, teams had to travel to the Fushan Elementary School and spin a giant spinning top for 15 seconds before receiving their next clue.
• This leg's Detour was a choice between Tribal Trap or Tribal Tap, each with a limit of three stations. In Tribal Trap, teams had to retrieve a broken bamboo fishing trap from the Nanshi River and repair it before receiving their next clue. In Tribal Tap, teams had to don Tayal clothing and perform a bamboo stepping dance before receiving their next clue.
• After the Detour, teams had to check in at the Pit Stop: the Nanshi River.

Leg 13 (Taiwan → Indonesia)

• Episode 13

• Taipei → Yogyakarta, Indonesia
• Yogyakarta
• Yogyakarta
• Yogyakarta
• Yogyakarta

• At the start of this leg, teams were instructed to fly to Yogyakarta, Indonesia, on the island of Java. Once there, teams found their next clue outside of Pasar Ngasem.
• This leg's Detour was a choice between Grind or Gears. In Grind, teams had to grind chilli peppers into a paste called sambal and then both team members had to eat a bowl of sambal before receiving their next clue. In Gears, teams had to transport a local home using a becak. During their journey, both team members had to fulfill the roles of pedaling the bicycle and navigating using a map. Halfway to the local's home, teams had to stop at a cafe and purchase three cups of iced Java coffee. After completing their journey, teams received their next clue.
• After the Detour, teams had to travel to Ramayana Ballet Purawisata, where they had to memorise and play a tune on a saron and bonang alongside a group called a gamelan to receive their next clue.
• In this leg's Roadblock, one team member had to take part in an Independence Day tradition called panjat pinang. They had to climb a bamboo pole three times and retrieve a basket during each climb. The baskets contained the words Tempat Berhenti nDalem Ngabean, which teams had to figure out it translated to the location of the next Pit Stop as "stopping point nDalem Ngabean".

• This was a non-elimination leg.

Leg 14 (Indonesia)

• Episode 14
• Eliminated: Luke & Scott

• Magelang
• Nanggulan
• Sambeng
• Majaksingi

• At the start of this leg, teams were instructed to travel to Borobudur, where they had to search the temple for the 25 lion statues and then plot each statue on a map before receiving their next clue. Teams then had to drive to the village of Nanggulan and then pedal a tandem bicycle to the rice fields to their next clue.
• For their Speed Bump, Luke & Scott had to trek on foot through the rice fields, find an Amazing Race flag and retrieve their next clue.
• In this season's final Roadblock, one team member had to catch 15 rice-paddy eels from a rice paddy to receive their next clue.
• This season's final Detour was a choice between Good Fortune or Good Focus, each with a limit of three stations. In Good Fortune, teams had to string together 200 pieces of fruits and vegetables and assemble an offering called a gunungan to receive their next clue. In Good Focus, teams had to perform a traditional form of Javanese archery called Jemparingan, where one team member had to hit a target with an arrow while sitting or kneeling to receive their next clue.
• After the Detour, teams had to check in at the Pit Stop: Watu Putih View.

Leg 15 (Indonesia)

• Episode 15
• Prize: A$100,000 for the team's chosen charity
• Winners: Steve & Bernie
• Runners-up: Rob & Georgie
• Third place: Aesha & Scott

• Sambirejo
• Bugisan
• Kaliurang
• Klidon
• Glagaharjo
• Sambirejo

• At the start of this leg, teams began simultaneously at the Sumberwatu Heritage Resort before driving to the Plaosan temple complex, where they had to take part in a kebo-keboan festival. Teams had to transfer handfuls of rice husks across a field while avoiding two men dressed as buffalo until they filled a basket to receive their next clue. Teams then had to drive to a quarry, where they had to split two volcanic rocks before receiving their next clue.
• From the quarry, teams had to drive to a theatre, where they had to perform a dance called Ratoh Jaroe in sync with a group of dancers before receiving their next clue. Teams then had to drive to Teras Merapi for their final memory task and had to arrange 14 dragon eggs, each of which displayed a symbol that were also displayed on the flags present at each Pit Stop, on a dragon boat in chronological order before receiving their final clue, which directed them to the finish line: the Sumberwatu Heritage Resort.

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