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.

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.

The new sponsors for this series were Zuji Australia,[8] a sister company of Travelocity at the time,[9] and Swisse Vitamins.

[10] The cast included Indigenous Australian cousins, cops, a pair of hairdressers, identical twins and St. George Illawarra Dragons cheerleaders Michelle and Jo Troy,[11] former Australian rules footballer Ross Thornton and his daughter Tarryn,[12] 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.