The Amazing Race CelebrityEdition winner has been announced after an action-packed season.
This year TV personalities, acting royalty, a real-life princess, comedy icons, social media stars, and sporting heroes all threw their hat into the ring in a bid to come out on top.
After numerous duos were knocked over the last few weeks, just three celeb teams battled it out in four final challenges.
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After a tense finale, in the end it was Stephen and Bernard Curry who were crowned the winners of The Amazing Race Australia.
Viewers rushed to social media to share their thoughts on the season, with one tweeting: “Definitely one of my favourite celeb seasons! Great casting of even greater humans. #AmazingRaceAU”.
“Solid casting again this season (with the obvious exception) #AmazingRaceAU,” commented a second fan.
A third remarked: “I’m actually so happy for the brothers if it wasn’t Georgie and Rob then I’m glad it’s them yesssssss #AmazingRaceAU”.
Another excited fan tweeted: “This really has been an excellent season of celebs (except that first pair). And we seen some amazing countries and landscapes #AmazingRaceAU”.
The chaotic season had numerous highs and lows, including one memorable elimination that saw YouTube stars and best friends Dom Di Tommaso and Marx Marsters axed in devastating scenes as they suffered a 30-minute penalty. The pair became the fifth team to exit the race after being overtaken by Lindy Klim and her daughter with just seven seconds of their penalty left.
“I was upset that I wasn’t able to win the money on behalf of my charity, which is the National Breast Cancer Foundation, but the experience left me with no regrets whatsoever,” Dom later told Yahoo! about the “brutal” experience. “The people I met, the places I saw, and the challenges I got to do were unreal.”
There was no shortage of controversy either after SAS Australia star Ant Middleton and his brother Dan were forced to leave the show unexpectedly.
The pair were absent by the second episode of the hit competition, with host Ryan explaining in a brief voiceover at the start of the show there had been a “breach” before the rest of the episode proceeded as usual.
Speaking on Triple M’s Beau, Cat & Woodsy Wednesday morning, Ryan addressed contestants Luke and ‘Sassy’ Scott O’Halloran coming forward with allegations against Dan Middleton, telling Daily Telegraph he made “remarks and gestures” they say were “homophobic”.
Ryan has now confirmed an incident went down “in the hotel around the pool area” early on during filming.
“Now, Dan Middleton was involved with the two brothers, Luke and Scott … It was an incident,” Ryan said.
“The production company was made aware of it, and the network, and I, woke up to the news that they were disqualified. And I spoke to Ant in the morning. He was disappointed.
“He was disappointed that not only was there an incident, but also that his time on the race was over. But our priority was Luke and Scott at the time.”
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