Just postpone it until next year and air along survivor. I just wonder what it might mean for survivor.
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What will happen to Travel Guides now? Maybe the Fren family should just stick to the couch and the box?
It’s probably already finished filming for this season…
What show was that?
A race around Australia? If the show has the cheap production values of last season, there won’t be much differentiation between this and the Sunday afternoon slot fillers.
Hopefully the money saved in international air fares can go into higher value challenges and production.
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Even without coronavirus adding a spanner into the works of many TV productions, a domestic version of The Amazing Race isn’t really that bad of an idea. With tourism down in the wake of the Spring/Summer bushfires, surely there are heaps of places in regional Australia who right now would love to have exposure during a show like The Amazing Race?
If people hated the idea (which didn’t come to fruition) of Tom and Tyler becoming Goggleboxers, then I don’t think they’ll want the Fren family to join the show.
Besides, we’ve already had a group of (now former) Goggleboxers who were briefly on Nine before Foxtel, Ten & EndemolShine gave them their big break a few years later! 
Travel Guides? That show airs on Nine…
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You raise a really good point here and I hadn’t thought of it from this angle. Plus I don’t think many Aussies will be travelling overseas for some time.
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Surely TARA is called off now with states closing borders and lockdowns imminent.
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Probably but it might still be able to film in the second half of the year. Who’s to say in September it won’t be able to film for Oct/Nov airing like last year.
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That means we won’t see the new season until 2021 at the earliest.
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I don’t think that is a bad thing. But I do think they should look at filming a domestic/NZ version later this year and launching it Q1 next year. It would actually be good for local tourism.
There are some great locations around Australia and some of those locations would force the teams to hire cars etc.
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Perhaps use Uber or take public transport within major city or between cities.
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ViacomCBS Australia and New Zealand chief content officer and executive vice president Beverly McGarvey told Mediaweek the next season would be based domestically.
We realised there is no chance we could be doing The Amazing Race overseas this year so we are committed to doing it in Australia once the state borders open up. We had to produce it quickly last year and we are ready to do it again, noting it will be easier the second time around. After what we’ve been through this year, I think viewers would love to see contestants travelling around Australia.
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The Amazing Race Australia Returns.
Are You Ready For An Amazing Adventure?
Attention thrill-seekers and jet-setters. It’s not too late to salvage your 2020 travel plans. The Amazing Race Australia is back and looking for teams of two to take part in the race of a lifetime - this time, around Australia.
Staying on home soil, contestants will explore the breathtaking beauty and intrepid adventures Australia has to offer. Will our teams scale the Sydney Harbour Bridge? Forage through Kakadu National Park? Count all the churches in Adelaide? There’s no knowing what Aussie adventures await.
Last year, our hearts weren’t the only thing racing when 11 daring duos bungee-jumped, kayaked, goat-milked and skydived their way across the globe in pursuit of the $250,000 cash prize.
From folding dumplings to chowing down on century eggs, the race was filled with twists, turns and tantrums.
Last season’s winners, newlyweds Tim and Rod, said: “ The Amazing Race Australia was the most incredible adventure of our lives. The race is an adrenaline rush like you’ve never experienced before and the memories will last a lifetime.”
Network 10 and ViacomCBS chief sales officer Rod Prosser said: “It’s fantastic that the next season of The Amazing Race Australia will be filmed entirely in Australia. This will be a welcome boost for local companies and the Australian tourism industry as the opportunities to integrate across a series which will explore some of the best places and products Australia has to offer will be made easier than ever.”
Host Beau Ryan will be back to wrangle the racers, guide them through each task and let them know their fate at each pit stop.
Beau said: “The experience will change you and your teammates life forever. If you’re looking to travel off the beaten path, all while having a crack at the massive prize, then give it a shot."
So, if you’ve got a packed suitcase but nowhere to go, and like the sound of a $250,000 cash prize, then lace up your sensible walking shoes, grab yourself an Akubra, swag and travel buddy, and apply today here.
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Sounds better than nothing.
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Last year it was called The Amazing Race Australia and wasn’t in Australia.
Why do they have to add “Australia” to the end last year ?
because its the australian version
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To distinguish it from The Amazing Race Canada, The Amazing Race Vietnam etc
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Seven’s version of the show between 2011-2014 was also called The Amazing Race Australia.
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