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Married Couple Reichen & Chip Win THE AMAZING RACE!
 After 4 continents, 24 cities, and 44,000 miles, married couple Reichen & Chip won THE AMAZING RACE. Starting the leg in second place, the pair took the lead heading into Hawaii when engaged couple Kelly & Jon missed their connecting flight in Tokyo and best friends David & Jeff became stranded in Sydney. Kelly & Jon caught up to Reichen & Chip on a flight to Phoenix, Arizona, and from there the two Teams battled it out in a tight race to the Finish Line. Kelly & Jon struggled to overtake their tenacious competition, but in the end the married couple shot over the Finish Line first. Upon hearing the good news that they had won, Reichen & Chip screamed and cheered in disbelief, as they became the winners of THE AMAZING RACE.
FIRE DOWN UNDER
After the mandatory rest period, best friends David & Jeff departed from the Ellis Beach Pit Stop at 1:47 am. Opening their clue, the friends discovered they had to drive 20 miles to the Tjapukai Aboriginal Cultural Park to join in a traditional ceremony in which fire would signal tribesmen to bring them their next clue. Confident in his Team, Jeff remarked, "David & I are going to win the game. We have performed exactly the way we wanted to, and we've probably made the least amount of mistakes of the three Teams that remain."
Leaving 27 minutes later, married couple Reichen & Chip made their way to the Aboriginal cultural park. On being an openly gay Team, Reichen commented, "I sometimes think people perceive all gay people as really queeny and really effeminate, but I want other people to look at us and see strong, prepared and out to win."
Departing in last place, 24 minutes behind Reichen & Chip, engaged couple Kelly & Jon happily read that the Aboriginal cultural center didn't open until 6:00 am. Jon quipped, "Oh, doesn't that stink for the boys!" On being in the finals, Kelly said, "I can't believe it we made it this far. That freaks me out, because, not only do I think we don't deserve to be here, because we're so stupid, but I also think that it's so surreal. There's an actual million-dollar pot at the end."
 As the sun rose in Cairns, Australia, an Aboriginal Australian opened the gate to the cultural center, allowing all three Teams to run in to the ceremony that awaited them. The Tjapukai ceremony leader told them that all their ceremonies begin with fire. From this fire, a Tjapukai member launched a flaming spear over the water, igniting a huge torch on a small island across the way. This torch signaled another member to enter carrying three traditional message sticks, one for each Team. Opening the sticks, each Team discovered a clue instructing them to drive 15 miles to General Aviation Terminal at the Cairns Airport to find the next route marker.
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