Morning is breaking over Sydney Heads, the
entrance to the world's biggest natural harbour.
And from the shores of Sydney Harbour, 11 teams of two
are about to set off on the adventure of a lifetime.
A race around the world.
The teams from all over Australia are now
aboard seaplanes on their way to the start line.
Ahead of them, a race across four continents covering more than 65,000 kilometres.
The teams are... Melbourne Cops, Shane and Andrew.
In our roles as police officers, we've been in some
sticky situations over the years, haven't we, Andrew?
We have, mate.
When you take someone to the trenches, you take this plate.
And vice versa, we definitely are sticker thieves.
Being crime scene officers, we might have a bit more attention to detail.
We're 100% competitive.
We hate losing.
But we wouldn't burn someone.
Well, maybe.
Our police have to be by the book, don't we, buddy?
Yeah, of course we do.
Cheerleading twins, Michelle and Jo.
We're identical twins, born 34 seconds apart.
I'm the eldest.
Best things about being a twin.
Just more attention.
Finishing each other's sentences.
I think people definitely underestimate us being blonde cheerleaders.
Little do they know that we're airline staff, so we have a lot of travel knowledge.
It could be the difference between winning or losing.
That makes from Tassie, Sticky and Sam.
I'm Sticky, as everyone calls me.
Obviously, I've got one hand.
I was born without my arm.
I just like to prove to myself and I guess everyone who's ever doubted
me that there shouldn't be anything that would stop me from doing.
To me personally, Sticky is definitely an inspiration.
Does a lot of things in life better than me already.
Probably a bit too good looking for his own good.
Seems to steal all the girls away from me most of the time, which is a bit annoying.
On again, off again, couple James and Sarah.
I'm 23 years old.
I'm a hotel manager in Melbourne.
I'm 32 and I run a beauty salon.
Everybody thinks the cougar toy boy sort of thing.
We've been dating on and off for about three years.
It's just like that whole saying opposite's a trap.
I think on the race, if something bad happened between us, that would stuff us up.
And we're sort of like a car accident.
You know you're not supposed to be in a car accident.
Cousins, Adam and Dave.
We've grown up with each other and we like to
have a laugh because it keeps you pretty grounded.
Our indigenous culture will definitely help us on the race.
The tracking side of things, that's all that's
going to get us through the race, I think.
Never get lost.
Ever since we grew up, he's just always in the mirror of Mr Lane.
He can't go anywhere without just having a little glance.
I want to prove to Adam I can go a full 24 hours without looking in the reflection.
From Geraldton, WA, hairdressers Sue and Theresa.
I own a hairdressing salon and Sue has worked for me for eight years.
Obviously, Theresa always has a final save for she eats the boss.
We are definitely fans of big hair.
My backpack will be full of the hair products.
We always get the hippie tag because we talk about the whole karma thing.
It's really important to put out that positive energy and vibe.
I hope that all comes back to us twofold.
Tenfold.
Athletic father and daughter team, Ross and Taryn.
Previous life I played AFL football, Fitzroy in Melbourne.
Our vice captain of the team for three years.
I now run a small business in the food retail area.
When I played footy, it was all about winning.
Second best was not good enough.
My greatest accomplishment was making it to the top level in basketball.
Being young to dad's roof all my life and about to hopefully move out.
I want to prove to dad that I am independent and I can handle things
myself and I don't always need him to hold my hand all the time.
Schoolteacher sisters, Lucy and Amelia.
We come from quite a traditional Italian family.
Lucy's voice is a little more on the woggy side than mine.
Like she'll say, what do you mean?
I don't speak like that.
We do pretty much everything together.
We live together.
We work together at the same school.
We both ended up teaching Italian.
Of all the things we've ever done together, I think the race will be the best.
And the craziest.
Engaged Brisbane couple, Kim and Donna.
We've known each other for about four years and then we locked up about a year ago.
We just clicked together like two bits of Lego and we're very much in love.
I'm crazy insane rollercoaster ride and he's like the rock.
It's normally the Kimbo and Donna show versus the world, so we will be going hard.
We're here to win.
We've got enough friends, we're old, you know?
Don't need more friends.
Always need more money.
If I'm 22 years old, I work for one of the big, successful banks in Australia.
So for my age, I've accomplished a lot.
Growing up with a single mother, obviously that makes me assume more responsibility.
I do see him as a man of the house, but then again, he's a Mr. Know-It-All.
And I think it's up to me to really sort of tell him what's right and what's wrong.
She knows more about clothes and makeup, but that's about it.
I've got a brain up there.
And from Melbourne, workmates Paul and Steve.
We know each other through work.
And the road work seems cheap.
I'm more hands-on.
He's the accountant.
I describe myself as highly motivated.
If anyone stands in my way, my general attitude is step aside or get stepped on.
I'm competitive at work, I'm competitive at the gym, I'm competitive in my dating life.
We're here to win.
If we believe burning a team gives us the best chance, then that's what we'll do.
I'm not practising any departure speech because I'm going to be winning this race.
For one of these teams, a quarter of a million dollars awaits.
Who will have the right combination of stamina, strategy and teamwork?
Who will win the amazing race Australia?
Welcome to the Amazing Race Australia.
This journey will take you to places you've only dreamed of.
There are 12 legs on the race.
At the end of each leg, a pit stop.
Reach the pit stop last and you could be out of the race.
The good news is the team that crosses the finish line first at
the end of 12 legs will receive a quarter of a million dollars.
But you will earn it.
This time the race will be longer.
It will be more challenging, your decisions more critical.
And for the winners of this first leg, the reward will be bigger than ever before.
But more about that when you reach the pit stop.
You will find clues along the race.
Read them carefully.
They contain all the information you need.
First of your clues is sitting on your backpack.
When I give the word, run to your bags and open your clue.
The world awaits.
Good luck.
Race hard.
Race safe.
Go!
Come on.
Let's do this.
Root info.
Travel on foot to the man-owned wall steps of a Sydney Opera House.
Teams must now travel by boat to Barangaroo Wharf on Sydney Harbour.
Once there, they must choose a marked Honda
CRZ, which has been parked in by 24 black cars.
They can only drive in a straight line, either forward or
reverse, in order to navigate their car out of the car park.
Teams may have to work together with other teams to
unlock this giant puzzle before receiving their next clue.
You have 60 bucks for this leg of the race.
Let's do it.
Let's go, Dad.
Come on.
Let's go, guys.
Quick, quick, quick.
We've got to run, babe.
We're at the back, just like no one else.
Come on, babe.
Come on.
I'm like, I am coming on.
You look what I'm reading.
I'm not wearing funky hippie runners.
My legs hurt when I'm in flats.
These are my high-breed runner, heels, heel runners, hunners.
We're just going to walk very fast.
All right.
Go this way.
Quick, Andy.
That's it.
Thank you.
We're the front runners at the moment.
One bike per team, first in, first serve.
All right.
Let's go.
Let's go for the sister.
All right, Sydney.
I am the alpha male.
I see an alpha male as someone that is dominant, is powerful, strong.
I quite embrace that title.
The black team, we've called them the boofids because they're boofids.
Yes.
I'm not sure I can bench-press the Sydney Harbour Bridge quite a bit.
No, I'll work on it.
They're pretty cute.
Yeah, aren't they?
We're on the amazing hat.
This is where good shoes come in handy.
Just a tip.
Good work.
Yes.
Can you believe it?
We only managed to be the lady wearing heels.
There's like three teams there.
There's only two.
So I've got to move vehicles to make room for our vehicle.
That's good.
That means everyone, by the time we get there, will
have moved the vehicles and won't have free space.
There it is, mate.
There's the car park there.
Thank you very much.
Thanks, mate.
Let's go, brother.
No change in lanes.
Can't move barriers.
Oh, that's interesting.
Come on, buddy.
Have a look at it.
These are ours.
Hang on.
Listen to the light go in the chest.
Hang on.
Let's go, Polsky.
Whoo!
We had to select the marked car that we wanted to get out.
The catch was we had to move other cars out
of the way first to actually get our car out.
So where's the exit?
Dude, all right.
Dude, we'll get this to the exit here.
Rather than just looking at the first marked car we came across, I wanted to
look at one where I could actually predict the pathway we could go through.
Reverse these three.
We'll drive that one straight out.
Yeah, we're going to have to pop the boot.
I think our background as police definitely prepared us for any situation.
Oh, no, that's the bonnet.
Where's the boot?
Here we are.
Go, Dane.
Come on.
Choose one.
So this is the entry.
Is it?
Just need to drive it straight through a little.
Got to move this one here.
No, we want to get that one.
No, no, no.
Hang on.
Being the first one, it's probably even harder for us to get it out.
There's so many more moves to do.
We identified pretty early that we had to use another team to get our car out.
Boys, is this your car?
Yeah, we're going to go white and red.
White and red, we'll move that one forward, that
one back, and we'll just go straight out there.
Obviously, in the background line, we're thinking, you know,
if we do help people, it will probably come back to us.
We're all over it.
Okay.
We're actually moving a lot of cars.
We might actually be clearing the path for several other teams when they
get there, and allowing the falling back teams to actually catch up.
It's in the way.
Oh, it's good.
Yeah, we'll get it.
Now we're out.
Our objective is quite simple to take this race for all it has.
We are here to be number one.
Fly to Manila, Philippines.
Awesome.
Teams must now drive themselves to Sydney Airport, then fly to Manila, the
capital of the Philippines, and the most densely populated city in the world.
Teams must travel by taxi to the market district of Kiapa.
Teams will have to search amongst these food vendors to
find a marked stall in order to receive their next clue.
So we've got to find our way to Sydney Airport.
Going to Philippines.
Next country we're going to discovers
Philippines, which is half my background heritage.
Hey, good to have your first dog.
I haven't been there, you know, since I've seen you.
I haven't even met all my cousins.
Maybe you will.
Yeah, here we go.
Back, go.
No, don't turn.
We're out of the car.
You could only go in a forward or reverse fashion and put a turn at all.
We're only allowed to go through that one there, so
we've got to move all these to get through there.
A bit of a pause up.
Left turn, mate.
You've got to go straight.
They can't get through there.
We've just got to move that one back, and then we're away.
We're away.
Let's go, move up a lot.
I think people need to watch out for us in
the race because we're not just pretty faces.
We are brainy, fit.
And...
How many blondes does it take to move a car out of a massive jigsaw puzzle?
Two.
We're out, we're out, we're out.
Quick, quick, come on.
We found this car that was pointing straight towards an exit.
We moved one car back... Picture in, picture in, picture in.
Then we were straight out of there.
Just keep it out in there, we can still do it.
Good work, mate.
Yes, done well.
Thank you, thank you, thank you.
My two menila, the feeling of pain.
Whoo!
In the water, I'm not going to basically jump
into any car and I'll be able to drive it.
And I've just always adapted to everything that I've needed to.
Oh, those girls are going that way.
Are they?
Let's go left.
Wait for me.
Let's go, go, go.
I wonder if they're from Sydney.
No, I can't worry about them.
Let's go this way.
Lucky we're from Sydney and we know I'll move around a little bit.
Where's an airport side?
Why isn't it like a lawn session?
Yeah.
One row, that's all we need.
Okay, breathe in.
It's clear at all.
When we get in a bit of a stressful situation, I have an aura cleansing spray.
It's what's going to give us the edge.
Just to sort of spray around us, try and get rid of any bad
and negative energy and try and get the good vibes going on.
Let's go, let's go, let's go.
These two forward a little bit.
These two forward a bit straight out through that gap.
Let's go.
Joey, can I drive us the car?
Go, go, go, get in the car.
Get in the car.
Do you want me to direct you out?
No, we've both got to be in.
I have to get out of here.
I think we'll stop here.
Because I can only go back when we're forward.
Excellent.
Let's go.
Thank you.
Forward to Manila.
We're going to Manila.
Let's go.
They're marked as well.
They've got the red and yellow on the top.
All we need to do... Just shut up and listen, please.
You should trust me.
If I say I know how to do something, if we can move all this...
Things are going over here.
You good to go?
Work, boys.
Good luck, boys.
Whoa!
Forward to Manila.
To Manila.
The Philippines.
Here we go.
Oh, God.
They're here already.
Quickly.
They're running steep.
Let's do it.
All right.
Here we go.
I'm going the wrong way.
Are we?
I reckon everyone is back that way.
Something's going wrong here.
Where's the bridge?
I want to go across the stupid bridge.
Yeah, we definitely need to come back that way somewhere.
Where do we get off?
Jump in the passenger.
Let's go.
Come on.
There was a big puzzle of cars and we had to get a certain car out.
Sarah just went crazy running around a car.
Let's go.
Sarah.
Seriously.
She's jumping.
If I don't pull her shoes on, I still can run faster in them than I can in runners.
Go, go, go, go.
Stop, stop.
Stop.
As soon as we go out, you move that black one back into there and
move that black one forward, then you go straight into the blue one.
Oh, perfect.
Quick, get in.
Where do we go to find that person?
It's over there, Dangit.
And then you've got to go to the attention center.
Where's your team?
Girls, girls.
We like to just check out the talent.
No, we love to check out the talent.
Yeah, we do.
They're cute and nice.
They're quite and nice.
That's it, there you go.
Keep going.
Straight.
Well done.
Right, you're Manila, Philippines.
You're the Philippines.
Manila!
Manila, Manila.
Obviously, being airline staff.
We know our way around airports.
Can we please have two tickets to Manila at 12.10?
Excuse me, do you know where Philippine Airlines is?
It's on time at 12.10.
One hour.
Let's go, Tessa.
Can you say which terminal?
Hi there.
If it wasn't delayed, there would have only been us on the flight.
Okay, thank you.
We can move this one, or we can move that one.
So we need to move...
Only reverse or forward.
That's an exit there.
We've got to get rid of all these cars.
Move that one forward.
Okay.
So we've both got to be in the car.
Officially, Theresa is my boss.
However, I would like to think on this race,
she's not going to be pulling any rank on me.
Get in the car!
We're a disaster!
Get in the car!
We actually didn't work out that it was a puzzle.
Till about two seconds before we got the last car out.
I took a nail out of the toilet!
Ask the taxi driver.
Excuse me?
Sorry, do you know where Hertz is?
Hertz, why are you here?
You've got to ask for the door, I was saying excuse me.
Just go, do you know where he is?
Lucy, if you're shouting while I'm talking to you...
You know what I'm saying, there's no problem.
Excuse me, the lights have been green and she's still pleasant.
How are you today?
Would you like a cup of coffee?
I reckon we've done all right, some have.
And got to see the bridge.
PR210 Philippine Airlines.
Excuse me?
Do you know how to get to the international airport?
I was driving because I'm an excellent driver.
Cheers.
Thank you.
Watch before you pull out.
What are you going to do?
You're going to relax.
You know?
You shouldn't bring an airport.
It's time, it's time.
Who's involved in the coffee?
I'm real.
Um, who else in there?
The lady in the high heels.
Oh, you're in the sun?
Sun.
We didn't know.
Oh, right.
We didn't know.
Fair couple.
You didn't know.
Come on.
She's a cougar.
Manila.
Yeah, that's it.
Can we please have two tickets to Philippines?
Here.
Girls.
She was a handshake suit.
All right.
All teams are now on a direct flight to Manila
in the Philippines due to arrive at 6.20 p.m.
In the line up here, cut.
We all sprinted straight to the taxi range.
Oh, my God.
What?
We're going to line up.
Two seconds later, everyone is just running left,
right and centre, trying to get taxis here and there.
We need to do something.
We can't just stand here in this line, man.
Let's go out the top chair.
Can we say one?
We went straight upstairs in our bright pink t-shirts.
It's jock traffic.
Thank you so much.
Thank you.
Grab one, two.
Plaza meringue.
Hopefully we're there in good time.
This could be a break-off.
As soon as we saw the twins poach a taxi before it had actually reached a queue, we realised that although
they may come across bimbo, we should probably not to be underestimated and I am keeping my eye on them.
That is a danger to us, because I'm the forward thinker.
I don't want any other forward thinkers in this game.
As fast as you can.
Look at this one on the back here, look.
The Philippines is awesome.
We didn't realise it was going to be such a huge city.
And it was packed.
We've got to find a marked stall in the plaza.
I'm assuming that it's not going to be an eating
challenge because look at the time of the night, you know.
But you know what, it might be an eating challenge.
So, for the ears.
Oh, gosh.
This one?
No, this one.
Each team must eat eight, followed a local delicacy.
Balut are a popular street snack in Manila, but
the boiled duck egg embryos are an acquired taste.
Each team will need strong stomachs to eat
eight balut in order to receive their next clue.
Eight eggs must be fully consumed by your team.
I saw the eggs on the table and I knew that we were in trouble straight away.
It's boiling hot.
I wasn't prepared for what it was when I opened the show.
We cracked open the first egg.
The first thing you saw was like this broth
with like some veins and then half a baby chick.
Oh, what is that?
Oh, God.
Weak stomach, such a picky eater.
I couldn't do it.
I can't do it, I really can't do it.
So we were first to arrive to the Balut and there was eight eggs on each table.
Joey takes a bite in gags first.
The taste wasn't really a problem, it was the texture.
Smells like chicken.
You have to eat at least one.
Just block your nose.
I was trying to channel every type of food.
Just swallow it, it's just a tablet.
Mind over matter in this challenge did not do anything for me.
Just crack them for me now.
Crazy.
This way.
Each team must eat eight Balut.
Fertilised duck egg embryos.
Let's do it.
Do you want to do it because you know eggs make me sick?
I'm actually allergic to eggs.
They make me like normal chicken eggs make me really sick.
Honey, I don't think I can do it, honey.
Probably worked out well for me because Kimbo had to smash the eggs.
One basket.
And they were bar.
It feels so bad.
Oh, my God, I don't believe I'm doing this.
To my disgust, there's semi-solid yolk and a real hard bit like gristle.
Okay, one's down.
How are you doing, Steve?
We're out here eating two.
I knew what Balut is being half Filipino, but I'd never actually eaten it before.
I mean, it looks a bit crazy.
You could see a little beak forming, little feet in there.
It actually wasn't that bad.
It just tasted like a chewy egg, in my opinion.
Ready to go?
Of course the bookends were there.
Yeah, go.
I actually thought Donna might be Dominatrix and he might be the slave.
But, you know, it's a bit scary.
Oh, my God, we've eaten four.
We knew the first ones there and, like, we were only still on the first one.
Suck it up.
$250,000.
Salute, half fertilised, duck kick, embryos.
We were in for a treat there, weren't we?
Where we what?
Crank it.
Crank it, mate.
Get into it.
I made the final mistake of looking at it and there was a little chook.
They're still killed up in a little ball and then the hard yolk.
There's no idea, I think.
That's a chick.
That's what turned you off.
It was very good that Steve was setting the pace because he knows my ego.
He knows I don't want to let him one-up on me, so we went for four.
Let's go.
Finished four each and then got out of there first.
Thank you, sir.
Good work, man.
Make your way through the vehicle.
That's a rock TSI bus terminal in Chubow.
Teams must sign up for one of three charter buses, each departing half an hour apart.
They'll travel ten hours south to a fiesta in the village
of Darraga, at the base of the active Mayan volcano.
Once there, they must find a snake charmer who'll hand them their next clue.
That was a great feeling, knowing that other teams
were there before us, yet we were leaving first.
Yeah, we killed it.
This is what we're going to do the whole race, the whole race.
Thank you.
What a fertilised duck eggs.
And I believe to be an aphrodisiac.
As soon as we saw these eggs, I said, Joey, I've got these, don't worry.
I don't know why I really liked it.
It was easy to skull down.
That's too good.
This is my second.
Yeah!
Adam was literally reaching off one egg and quickly
realised that I'm going to have to knock back the rest.
I can't do that cuz I'm so sorry.
I can eat witchy grubs, but I cannot physically eat that.
Yeah, it's quick.
You should have to do a nudie around here now.
Cheers, it goes up quick, doesn't it?
We're in this cabin from the airport and we're just stuck in traffic for ages.
We're looking at the meter and it was getting towards, like, 1700.
Yeah.
We've only got 2,000 with us.
So we can't give you any more than 2,000?
On the hour?
Not for the hour, just to get us there.
If there was a decimal point in there somewhere, then we might have been ripped off.
It's yours, sir.
Is that all right?
It's yours.
What is it, 3.40?
Take it.
Can you wait for me for us?
That's your 2,000.
Sorry.
Thank you so much for that, mate.
We got to the church and we'd done all our money in that cab ride for the whole leg.
This is the wrong place.
We are in a world of trouble, mate.
Oh, far out.
Okay, let's go, let's go, relax.
I just looked at those eggs and I was like, no, no, no.
This is my worst nightmare.
Blue, they are a favourite.
They are a Filipino snack.
Oh, my gosh.
Green?
Think of bad Thai food.
I had always said I was never going to do an eating challenge.
It was the one, the thing I didn't want to do.
Oh, my God, Amelia.
The girls are struggling.
I spit on my feet.
I spit on the table.
I spit in her towel.
So I was like, oh, she's gone.
I'm gone.
You did it, TV.
You know I'm a sympathy spinner.
We look amazing.
Watch your face.
What a heartbeat.
Just eat it, mate.
Don't think about it.
I don't want to know what it is.
You might want to do it.
Eat it good.
Come on, baby.
Let me see if you can get this down.
He still ate them faster than the teams that had two people eating them.
Make your way to the TSI bus, turn it off.
There it is.
This is it, this is it.
Yeah, perfect, perfect, perfect.
No teams here.
Yes.
Team number one.
Really good feeling to know that you got to go on the first bus to have at least a half
an hour advantage on four teams and then an hour advantage on the other four teams.
Good to go, right up there.
This is the team to beat.
I can't even put it in my mouth.
The other teams can do it so far, so I'm baffled.
We had a good head start, and they weren't as fast as they came.
Taryn is very capable in swallowing three of those.
They had made training her dignity as well.
I don't know about that.
All right, we're done.
Make your way to the... TSI bus terminal.
Hey, one more.
Last one, cos this is you.
Life piece.
Grace killed the eating challenge.
She ate five eggs.
We're done.
And how many did you eat?
And I ate three eggs out of eight.
Thank you.
Make your way to the TSI bus terminal.
On arrival, sign up for one of three charter buses.
Three team slots on one bus.
We're going to try and get there ASAP.
Good day, mate.
Do you know where that bus terminal is, sir?
We're going to make shortcut for the Alura.
Shortcut.
Let's go through.
We're... Oh, so there's an arc around there.
It's cheap.
It's 80 total.
Oh, sweet.
They're hot.
Hot, hot, hot, hot, hot, hot, hot, hot.
Whoo!
They're these yours.
Oh, it's got the embryo in it.
This is just wrong.
I have to say... Look at that.
I almost collapsed.
I nearly died.
I'm a member of Greenpeace, WWF.
I actually only donate to anything to do with animals or the environment.
I just couldn't cope with that.
I hope the universe forgives us for this.
We're done.
Sign up for one of the three charter buses.
Get in, get in.
There were hard bits and soft bits.
Shh!
Got this.
Last one.
There is no alternative.
You're either eating this or you're going home.
Who's on it?
Where did we head?
Did we get off?
Get on here?
Yeah.
Thank you.
There you go.
Nicole, this is a roll of potassium on you.
Yeah, thank you so much.
Oh, my God, they're done.
We're going to get out on the first leg.
Hey, guys.
Do you guys want to work together?
We're like, guys, work together, we're struggling with this.
Do you guys want to lend us like 20 bucks or something like that?
Can't do it.
We told them we had no money and they're just like, nah.
So they're just going to text me?
Yeah.
What's up?
They jumped in their taxi and left us there.
We do.
We had no idea what to do.
It's frustrating.
Yeah.
James and Sarah just jumped in their taxi and left us there and we had no money.
Well, we can't get a cab, mate.
What's that Cabal there?
Do you go do Cabal bus terminal?
Well, they asked us if we'd be close to them, but we
said yes, and we would help them get out of the place.
Yeah, I know.
And then it just looks like we just ran away and got the cab.
But we're not there to butt up people's bunks.
You go there.
We don't have any money though.
Do you reckon we could get on?
That's all right.
We found the bus and we asked the driver if he'd
shout us a trip up there and he was happy to do it.
Oh yeah, we're all going together.
Jump in the cab.
Yeah.
Is this the bus terminal?
Yeah, they are.
Three seconds.
We just missed out.
We just missed out by like a second.
Getting on that first bus, that's how easy things can change.
For us to get that bus at that stage was perfect.
It was the first sort of real 30 minutes between teams.
We're back where we started, mate.
Yeah, you know, maybe the shortcut was not the shortcut.
It's only the long cut.
Come on, Marino.
Yeah, baby.
What do you do, take charge and get out of that
taxi and get in another one and hope for the best?
We just stuck with him.
We're getting further away from the buses.
It's somewhere there.
You know what I mean?
Yeah, yeah.
I reckon we could be last.
Mate, we'll see.
Bus two, that's good.
We got the turn.
Bus two, somewhere.
We did get there before James and Sarah.
It's probably a bit of karma for them not helping us out.
Damn!
Team number one, we are feeling pretty good.
Right now, it's probably about a 10, 12-hour
bus ride, so we just want to get some sleep.
We finally did finish.
On arrival, sign up for one of three charter buses.
Let's go!
Go, go, go, go, go, go!
Thank you!
The last charter may not wait for you.
Are we more than half an hour behind the last two?
At this stage, we're thinking, okay, the first
two buses would have gone about an hour ago.
Oh, please, please, rush, please.
Yes!
Finally!
He's got him!
We're all right.
And we see tenth place.
It's the first time we had an hour on us.
There was a shot to the air, you got it?
That's for sure.
It's us, mate, bus three.
Is it here?
It's the third bus.
We arrived last to the bus station, but, hey,
we thought we might have even missed the bus.
We were going, we were going to meet.
Ah, state!
Welcome to Kagsawa.
Detour!
The Ibelong Fiesta is the biggest event in Dharaga and celebrates the annual harvest.
In this detour, teams must choose between two fiesta traditions, pig or jig.
In pig, teams must take part in the muddy game
called Agawong Baboi or catch the oily pig.
Once they've caught and delivered four pigs to
the farmer, they'll receive their next clue.
In jig, teams must learn and perform the traditional Ibelong dance.
Once they've impressed the fiesta judges with
their performance, they'll receive their next clue.
It's an intricate routine, but teams who are
fast learners could jump ahead of the pack.
Catch the pig, man.
Catch the pig.
Yeah!
Ooh!
Jig or pig?
Escape pig.
Go the jig.
I'm an aerobics instructor, so I just thought dance would be the obvious choice.
Huge crowd.
About 50 dances and really bright headdresses and colourful outfits.
Find a dance instructor.
Where do we go to find one?
Choose a dance instructor.
We choose an instructor to teach us how to do the dance and then join in with them.
Kim looked fantastic in this costume, I'm going to say.
I was wearing a dress.
You look lovely.
The festival was a really cool place.
I saw where the pig pen was, heaps of mud.
We had to catch two pigs each, greased up to the max.
It's going to be tough to hold onto them,
but I'm just going to go for the midsection.
That's the biggest bit to grab onto and hopefully that's enough.
I really don't know how, but somehow he got out of control.
We had to get two pigs each.
Ended up dropping one outside the pen and scared
a couple of girls who were standing there.
I don't think they were too keen to get cuddled by us.
As soon as I get in, sprinting over to the pig.
Straight up, straight up my knees, got a bit of grabber rash.
There was one little pig that was running and then I just pounced standing.
Can we do the pigs?
We can do the pigs, but we could be here for another half an
hour then just teaching us and then we'll get it wrong ten times.
We thought if we're not picking it up now and we knew that it had
to be perfect, we thought it's just going to take us too long.
You want to do the pigs?
I always always do do the pigs.
We're going to change over the pigs because
this is taking us too long in the wasting time.
Dang was actually in there and he was in front of me about to tackle the pigs.
I kind of purposely bulldozed my way through Dan to try to get a pig up.
It made it look like I accidentally collided into him, but it was quite intentional.
We were covered in mud.
The adrenaline pumping, you just want to try and get ahead.
You got info?
Travel by Mark Geepney to Leung Beach.
Teams must now travel by colourful local buses called Geepneys to
this nearby beach on Misipice Bay, where they'll find their next clue.
And the boys are just close behind.
They're only about a mile behind.
Mr. Perfectionist.
He had to wash his down pretty.
But Dan, we've got to go.
Yeah.
All right, let's rock.
Oh, Jesus.
Awesome fire, sweetie.
I've grown up with livestock and I used to be petrified.
Pigs will bite.
I thought, you're going to slip over too.
It was about that deep in mud and pig poop.
Thank you very much.
The tour.
Jig or pig?
Catch the oily pig as long as it's not heated.
This is going to be disgusting.
Our ground was covered in gravel instead of a nice foam or something like that.
So our knees are absolutely shredded.
Football background helps when you've got to tackle a greasy pig.
Let's go, stinks.
Oh, it smells so bad.
Oh, dear.
Taryn hasn't played tackle sports before, so I was giving her a little bit of advice.
Just had to do it, get down and dirty.
And we actually got in and out of there real quick.
Thank you very much, mate.
Joey!
Oh, man.
Way to go, Chas!
That was the funnest thing I've ever done.
Laying tackles on pigs would remind me of plugging along into the SCG.
Well, it's not every day that I handle pigs,
so I didn't really know how to pick it up.
Oh, my God!
Go, go, go, go!
I was really heavy, and I would just sort of drag myself to the exit.
And that was just grueling.
That was gone.
It was insane.
Cool.
Thank you.
Put a raft using alien materials provided... Then paddle to the first pit stop.
Teams must now build a raft using only the materials provided,
then paddle it across the bay to Mossbrough and Beach.
This remote paradise is the first pit stop of the race.
The last team to arrive here may be eliminated.
The last team may be eliminated.
All right, so tell me what to do.
I don't know what to do on this one, mate.
We're going to have to work together.
The first thing I read was build a raft.
And my heart sank, because I knew that this is one of my weaknesses.
Just get next to this one.
That was it.
Straight into it.
Didn't think about it.
Hold that knife for me.
Just get the logs together first.
We only need, like, three to sit on.
Just sit.
No, mate.
I thought we could try to just go in really calmly and just literally pick one up.
Don't really.
Way easier than what I expected.
All right, let's go.
See you soon.
We're going to do a jig.
You must catch two pigs each.
That's right up our alley.
Jig.
Let's go.
We're choosing pigs.
Jig.
All right.
Oh, jig.
One and two, three and four.
With Toad's Jig, it'd be the obvious choice of being dancers for
pretty much our whole lives and being professional cheerleaders.
I teach this across the years from dancing.
I've always told us ticks and teeth.
We were picking up the steps so easily, but these
judges, they were very straight-faced, though.
And as soon as we started dancing and putting some faces and smiling
and getting into the dance, I think that's when we stuffed it up.
Lucy!
You can do it.
Yeah.
Oh, I'm sorry, sweetie.
Five, six, seven, eight.
So we were learning at this slow pace, and then
next thing it was like, yeah, break it down.
Doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo.
We were like, what?
I completely lost it.
Go on, Andrew.
Mate, bring it home.
Whoo!
Thank you, sir.
Let's go.
We smashed that one.
Back in the game, but it was right up there early, wasn't it?
Yeah.
Two cops, going for two pigs.
You couldn't get any better.
That was gold, mate.
I was watching Sarah.
I was thinking, she's going for the kind of slow creep-up.
Bit of booty up in the air.
And the crowd's going nuts.
I'm lucky, mate.
I had my rah rah skirt on and a G-string.
Perfect thing to wear when you go pig hunting.
Rah rah skirt.
You're breaking.
Thank you.
Let's go and wash some of this up.
We've got some water.
I had mud everywhere, and the only way for me to
get it off was to jump in that big barrel of water.
I don't like having pig poo all night on me.
Who likes having pig poo on them?
We can do the steps.
We just couldn't get the time here.
It was so frustrating, I thought.
Let's go catch pigs.
Switch.
We'll do pigs.
No chance.
What are we doing wrong?
The pot.
I forgot about that.
The beginning and the end was okay, but it was the middle.
It was this leg thing, and then the steering the pot thing, and picking it up.
I
had mud in my teeth.
I had mud...
hate in my hair.
So there was only two teams left.
Picking up.
Not by the legs.
Being the first leg of the race, no one wants to go out first.
It was a massive realisation that this could be it.
Don't let go of him.
You came up.
I did not give up!
And I knew pressure was on me then, because this one, I'd already picked her two pigs.
Die on him, run and under.
Die.
Die on him.
Unfortunately, I wasn't too helpful with the actual labour work.
I want it bad, but I don't know how I can help Steve.
He's the man right now.
I feel so useless and I feel bad for him.
If this stays afloat, I reckon we'll be sweet with the paddle.
We'll probably be tough.
We're first in the water.
It's like, yeah, we've got these boys.
They're hardly anywhere, mate, so we've just got to make sure this stays together.
When we saw Dane and Adam, it did sort of put the paddle in.
We've got to get this finished.
I'm thinking that if we put the floats in the front...
We paddle out in the ocean for fun.
So physically, we couldn't probably smash anyone else that's out there.
All right, we'll get it in the water.
Maybe we can sit on each end.
You watch how they're going for the second going.
We've got to start again, man.
I don't like to laugh at people just before I get laughed at myself.
Troubled by Mark Jibley to Luang Beach.
All right, you ready?
Let's go.
Once the last team left the pigs, it was do or die.
All right, we need a time check here.
Get the spray out for a start.
Then I thought, no, no, we can't do this pig thing now.
We can't bail out of this.
Got the spray out, took a moment, and thought, right, this is it.
Last one, we can do this.
We pulled it off.
Yeah.
Thank you.
Troubled by Mark Jibley.
Good luck.
Good luck, mate.
Looks like the first sentence is to live.
Good work, mate.
All right, there's nothing to copy from, so we've got to think about it.
Without having done anything like this before, the idea was
taking our time, building a raft that actually got us to the end.
We just need to make sure that he's not set up nice and tight.
To tie it all together with a string, it's a lot harder than it looks.
We both wish we had a go on a scout or something now.
Might have paid off.
Build a raft using only the materials provided.
Should your raft prove unseen, will you?
You may be returned to the starting point where you must try again.
Hurry, the last team may be eliminated.
Whoa!
Right back here, come here.
We realised that you've got to make sure you build the raft right the first
time, because if the raft breaks, you've got to come back and do it again.
So we'll get the framework out of the way, then hopefully it's buoyant after...
Two at a time, and the other team's done.
We're thinking, because of our weight, we had to be more than the other team.
Never think about this, because it's got to float an all day from our weights, yeah?
We decided before bamboos and then all of the six containers underneath.
Let's get it out of the water.
Most of the time we were building with Paul and Steve just trying their 28th creations.
And they pretty well had their 29th ready to
go by the time we were ready to launch ours.
And we thought, here we go, watch this.
Let's do it.
They'd last.
That was their best effort.
Now, let's just take it easy, hey?
If this doesn't work, then we're in strife.
The back was a little bit down, so I had to try and push through a bit harder.
And we had to squeeze the bamboo together with
our legs, because the raft was a bit tippy.
And that's when we started having a bit of trouble.
And then, yeah, it just fell apart.
I went from the hugest mile to see the flags to the biggest low.
The entire boat just fell apart, so we paddled it in.
And we're going to have to go back out there.
It was a bit heartbreaking that we had to start all over again.
It could be game over.
Filled a raft, using only the materials provided.
Hari, the last team, may be eliminated.
We're not out of this yet, no.
No, you want to float.
Okay.
Hitting the water, we'll probably leave the fourth team out.
Once we get out past these breakers, that's the key.
I hope that has been worked.
We just knew we had to push.
We almost came first, and then a big wave tipped us, and then just split apart.
And then having to restart again, yeah, I'm pretty shuddered, heartbroken.
We're going to be dead last year and hurry up.
What?
Good raft, right?
That's good.
Best feeling is when we hit that beach, and there was still six,
seven teams, and I just thought, awesome, I can build a raft.
And that's how you get time.
We should have taken the top side down so we got more points in it all.
The whole time we were paddling, it was sinking a
little bit, and it started to fall apart gradually.
We saw other teams eventually overtaking us as our raft did fall apart.
It's falling apart!
We need to get the beach so we can fix this thing.
We were both just absolutely spent, absolutely
exhausted how we're going to finish this challenge.
Donna and I are pretty powerful paddlers.
Our boat design was good for strength, but not for speed.
It didn't move very well.
It was a brick in the water.
She was a brick.
We've got ten big ones.
The idea was to try and go hard for ten and get some momentum forward with it.
Three... four... There's always an element of proving to yourself that at 55 years
of age, I'm still able to mix it with those that are a lot younger.
Come on.
Undo it.
Let's go.
I can't undo it, Steve.
I'll try it.
Come on, man.
You're just standing there.
You want to give up on the first leg?
No, I don't, Steve.
Then don't give up.
That's what you're doing right now.
It's not over till it's over.
There's anything going to happen right now.
Let's just keep going.
I don't care.
I want to finish it.
Maybe if we finish last, don't give up.
It's not hard.
I felt we had to cut our losses and take a penalty or reset the challenge.
I don't think we can do it.
We can do it.
If it makes you feel better, I'll call it.
No one will ever call you the quitter.
And you are the quitter.
I don't care.
I'm not a beach person.
I can't stand the sand at the best of times.
In my opinion, you should put slates down or towels down.
We actually think it's going to float, but we have
known to be wrong before just a couple of times.
I don't think it's going to work.
Let's just try this.
Obviously, my arm came into it, but I just had my arm there
and my hand just doing it and swapping over every now and then.
Nothing ever surprises me sticking anymore.
I just treated normal.
From my experience in paddling, that was the
equivalent of paddling about 30 kilometres.
We could see Dona and Kim slowly backing off.
And we're like, let's get him.
Come on, dig for me.
Come on, dig.
Come on, watch.
That's the hardest paddle I've ever done.
Come on, man.
Come on, Chats.
Lobohai, welcome to the Philippines.
Thank you so much.
Thank you.
Ross and Taryn, you are the first team to arrive.
Oh, my God.
I am the oldest in the race, and to get over the line first
on the first leg of the amazing race was unbelievable.
As winners of this first leg of the race, you have won $10,000 cash...
..thanks to Swiss.
Thank you, Swiss.
But that's not all.
There's another equally valuable prize.
As winners of this first leg of the race, you receive the first-ever salvage pass.
Oh, my God.
Now, you can use this prize in one of two ways.
You can gain yourselves an additional one-hour head start at the beginning of the next leg, or you can
save the last team that arrives in this leg from elimination, thereby making yourselves a guaranteed ally.
So, take your time.
I'll call you back to the mat when the last team arrives.
See you soon.
Cheers.
Thank you.
With the salvage pass, we can either get an hour head start on the next
leg or, whoever comes last, we could choose to keep them in the race.
So, it is tough.
Donna, Kim, you are the second team to arrive.
Congratulations, guys.
Thank you.
You look too exhausted to be happy.
We are.
We're a bit broken.
Long strokes.
We've come back from basically last, somehow
managed to pull off some kind of miracle.
All right, let's get 20 big ones and get passes through.
So, take your hand, like, on the top of the water.
Push it, right.
Dig, dig down.
She was the only... I mean, row harder, you're
not doing it, probably you're faking it.
And I was like, I told her she was fake rowing.
We're not really confident with this raft, but we're going to give it a crack.
There we go, buddy.
Andrew had a brilliant idea.
Because of our weight, if we sit on it, it's just going to fall apart.
So he goes, how about we lie on it?
Let me do it.
Come on, hang on.
It must have sunk.
Keep it sunk, keep it sunk, that's come back.
Come on, come on.
We decided to restart the challenge.
Unfortunately, we're quite expensing our energy.
I told you till the top lady sings.
Have you heard this thing in the last five minutes?
Nothing's over, buddy.
Nothing goes up.
Labuhi, welcome to the Philippines.
James, Sarah, you're the third team to arrive.
Sue and Theresa, you're team number four.
The coppers behind us, and they're pumping up pretty quickly.
We passed the boys.
They were really struggling.
That gave us a bit of a confidence.
Stiggy and Sam, you're team number five.
Joseph and Grace, you're team number six.
You're team number seven.
We're in last place with your sister's team.
Looking up, we decided to keep on going.
I can't believe we've been stumped by a raft.
I know.
For us, it was about getting to the pit stop and not going,
ah, well, we can't build a raft, so we'll just sit here.
A couple of days.
I just want to go ahead and get to the pit stop.
We've now done it three times.
It's not worked three times.
So what are we going to do?
What does the crew say?
Okay, it doesn't say that we're not allowed to ask for help,
but it doesn't say that we are allowed to ask for help.
We know that the alphas are strong.
We just really wanted to finish it.
Do you know how to build a raft?
Can you please build one for us?
No, no, together with us.
Yeah, for us.
And have you got anyone else that can help you so that you don't have to do?
You can help us.
Come on, let's go.
Thank you so much.
Are they getting help?
I'm not sure what they're doing, but I think they're packing up.
I don't think they're in the game anymore.
As soon as we hit that beach, what a weight off their shoulders.
Come on.
That's it, let's go.
Andrew, you're the eighth team to hit the mat.
You're safe.
Adam and Dane, almost number one.
Guys, you're team number nine.
You're safe.
Sorry.
You blokes did that twice.
You need rest more than anybody.
Thank you.
The apples were still working on their raft.
So we can ask for local help.
Ask now, man, just go.
Just go ask now.
Excuse me.
Would you be able to help us build a raft?
Paddle, paddle.
Paddle.
They saw that we were getting help.
They were going to get help, and that was good.
I felt that was fair.
We are very amazed at how easily we do this.
Makeup was so bad.
So, I just want you to stay positive and keep going.
Our attitude to life has always been you don't give up.
We're not quitters by nature.
However, whatever we got left, we go home feeling satisfied.
I can smell the coffee.
We're going to need every inch of this water.
All right, let's head.
Where are we?
Come on.
We were actually gaining progress.
It's just there.
That just further murder then us.
Hey, we actually are catching up.
Come on.
We've got to pass him.
We don't want to finish last.
Paul and Steve, you're the 10th team on the map.
Still in it.
Lucy and Amelia?
Yeah.
You are the last team to check in.
Yeah.
And I'm sorry to tell you that this is a predetermined elimination length.
But...
there is a possibility that you could remain in the competition.
What possibility?
I don't know that I'm going to matter.
I can't.
Ross and Taryn, as the winners, they received the first ever salvage pass.
Now, this gives them the choice of either an hour's head start in the next leg...
or saving Lucy and Amelia from elimination in this leg.
Have you got anything you'd like to say to them?
Well, um, I don't know.
I think that, you know, we obviously are here because we really want to be here.
But you guys do whatever you guys got to do.
Ross and Taryn?
What is your decision?
I know how much Taryn and I have dreamt of going on the amazing race.
How much it means to us.
I'm sure it means the same to Lucy and Amelia.
We'd love them to continue racing.
It's amazing.
Thank you so much.
Oh, my gosh.
The minute I saw these two, he kissed his daughter just as they were about to start.
And I said to Lucy, they're our kind of people.
Yes, thank you so much.
You deserve it, guys.
If you're playing a game like this game, there are a lot of people who would
have said, sorry, girls, we're taking an extra hour in the next leg of the race.
I'm very grateful to them.
Yeah, they're just amazing people.
All right.
Well, then, I guess we race on with 11 teams.
Next time... Fly to Delhi, India!
A Bollywood extravaganza won't be the only thing that brings teams unstuck.
All's worst case scenario for us.
All right, guys.
James and Sarah.
Sarah, you've got to be reasonable.
Start to unravel.
And one team's race will be cut short.
Unfortunately, I can't check you in.