The Amazing Race Australia 2

The Amazing Race Australia 2 is the second season of The Amazing Race Australia, an Australian reality competition show based on the American series The Amazing Race. Hosted by Grant Bowler, it featured eleven teams of two, each with a pre-existing relationship, in a race around the world to win the grand prize of A$250,000. The show was produced by activeTV Australia. This season visited five continents and nine countries and travelled over 65,000 kilometres (40,000 mi) during twelve legs. Starting in Sydney, racers travelled through the Philippines, India, the United Arab Emirates, Turkey, France, Cuba, Canada and China before returning to Australia and finishing in Fraser Island. New twists introduced in this season include the U-Turn Vote, the Anonymous U-Turn, the Yield and the Salvage Pass, which was awarded to the winners of the first leg and gave them a choice between a one-hour head start or saving the last team from elimination. This season premiered on Australia's Seven Network on 30 May 2012, one week after the last episode of the twentieth season of the American version aired in Australia. The show moved back to its old Monday schedule at 7:30 p.m. on 25 June 2012. The season then concluded on 15 August 2012.
Police officers Shane Haw and Andrew Thoday were the winners of this season, while workmates Paul Montgomery and Steve Scale finished in second place and cheerleader twins Michelle and Jo Troy finished in third place.
On 17 July 2011, the Seven Network announced that the show was renewed for a second edition.
Filming began on 18 November 2011, in Sydney. This season travelled across four continents, nine countries and 17 cities and was over 65,000 kilometres (40,000 mi) long. The 2012 edition marked a first time visit by a Eurasian or Australian edition of the franchise to the Americas, including the first visit by an Amazing Race franchise to the nation of Cuba, a country the original American edition couldn't visit at the time as the United States embargo against Cuba prevented Americans from visiting the island.
Three new twists were introduced in this season. The Salvage Pass was awarded in the first leg, giving the recipient team a choice between a one-hour head start or saving the last team from elimination in that leg. A U-Turn vote in the fourth leg required all teams to vote for the team to be U-Turned at the start of the leg and an anonymous U-Turn in the fifth leg, where the team who elected to use it would remain anonymous. In the sixth leg, a Yield was present for the first time in the Australian version.
Applications for the season ended on 19 August 2011.
The show was on hiatus from 30 July to 6 August 2012 to avoid clashing with the 2012 Summer Olympics. The final three episodes aired from 13 August 2012 on consecutive nights.
Honda, Bing Lee and PUMP Water continued their sponsorship. The new sponsors for this series were Zuji Australia, a sister company of Travelocity at the time, and Swisse Vitamins.
On 20 April 2012, the teams were announced by the Seven Network. The cast included Indigenous Australian cousins, cops, a pair of hairdressers, identical twins and St. George Illawarra Dragons cheerleaders Michelle and Jo Troy, former Australian rules footballer Ross Thornton and his daughter Tarryn, and the franchise's first disabled contestant, Sticky, who was born without a left forearm. Lucy & Emilia were originally cast for the previous series, but dropped out at the last minute after their mother was diagnosed with cancer.
In 2018, Sarah Roza appeared on the fifth season of Married at First Sight.
The following teams are listed with their placements in each leg. Placements are listed in finishing order.