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It’s episode three of Rush Australia 2023 and one Traveller has decided to call it quits.

After leaving Turkey — and Priscilla — behind during the July 3 episode, Team Navy, Team Gold and Team Scarlet have now been dropped in Jordan, specifically the scorching 44-degree heat of the Wadi Rum Desert.

“Where are we? On a Star Wars bloody set?” Fiona asks, and no, Fiona. You’re in an actual place.

The teams receive a message from host David Genat (DG) which reads: “A precious rock, surrounded by sand. A reminder of Egypt is where you should land.” 

DG is 8km away at Pyramid Rock and they need to get to him quicksmart with the use of a provided compass and map. While you’d think having literal directions would be a walk in the park, Team Navy doesn’t even notice that they’ve been equipped for the mission.

Tommy, Madeline, Sofia and Tylen then decide fate will get them to their destination, picking a direction at random before going the wrong way… for three hours.

Meanwhile, since they had the sense to check their backpacks, Team Gold reach DG first, followed by Team Scarlet.

The Mission – Bedouin Camp

DG then tells the two teams that the next Escape Zone is located in the ancient city of Petra, with another mission to complete along the way.

“There’s something you should know about tonight’s Check-In,” he then warns. “You will need to wander the desert in search of a traditional Bedouin camp that is willing to host you for the night. With their nomadic lifestyle, there is no guarantee of where to find them, it could be a needle in a haystack.” Fun!

With just 100 Jordanian dinars, they set off.

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Team Navy, however, are still lost AF, before realising Tylen doesn’t know how to read a compass.

Madeleine loses her cool and says: “Apparently I’m the only one who knows how to read a compass. I can’t stand people who just say they can do stuff to try and be a hero. I trusted you guys. I’m done.” Oop!

Unfortunately, they fail to find our Golden God and Sofia becomes frustrated at Madeleine’s s**tty attitude.

When they finally get to DG, he’s sitting there being fanned while being fed grapes. He wasn’t, but we wouldn’t blame him given the fact that Team Navy rocked up at 8.30pm.

Since they took their sweet a** time, they have to give up and make camp under the stars.

“We’ve got sleep out of here, it’s pitch black, it’s freezing. Are you serious?” Tommy says. And yes, the producers at Rush were very serious because, with one blanket between the four of them, that’s where they slept.

The Mission – The High Place of Sacrifice

After what Tommy calls “the crappest sleep”, he too decides he cannot stand Madeliene’s complaining; however, as they would say in MasterChef, it was time to motor!

By the grace of the desert gods, Tommy then sees a car and they manage to haggle a ride but their obstacles weren’t over just yet. Once at Petra, they faced a 900-step hike to the High Place of Sacrifice where they had to photograph a circular stone altar.

Madeleine once again loses her mind, thinking they couldn’t possibly complete the task and the team begin to turn on her.

“Madi you’ve got no respect sometimes,” Tylen tells her, while she says: “I don’t care”. Ouch.

The team manage to complete the task, albeit 50 million hours behind the other teams, and make it to DG.

The Mission – The Monestary Escape Zone

You’d be forgiven for thinking that Team Navy were the only Travellers competing given their airtime, but ya gotta follow where the drama is and Team Navy is that drama.

Once again, they get lost on their way to meet DG, who finally puts them out of their misery. He tells them that they need to eliminate one of their own, and Madeleine is thrilled.

“I can save all of this,” she tells him. “Chuck me on that plane back to Australia, team. I’m gonna love you and leave you. If there’s no arguments, I’ve had a blast. I’ve been on the adventure I wanted to. And I’m ready to see my kids again. Thank you. That’s me.”

Madeleine then becomes the latest Traveller to be eliminated (of her own volition) from the show.

“I feel like to be leaving the team with that comment. Honestly, I was like, that is so nasty,” Sofia says in a piece-to-camera.

“But you know what? That’s just made the fire in my belly a hell of a lot bigger. And I’m just ready to take on the world with my two boys and prove Madi wrong.”

Rush airs on Sunday at 7:00pm and continues Monday and Tuesday at 7:30pm on Channel 9 and 9Now.

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It’s episode two of Rush Australia 2023 and the contestants find themselves in Istanbul, dropped into the Suleymaniye Mosque with nothing but the sound of a call to prayer.

It’s six in the morning and the entire town is up, scattered around in the different churches.

“You just had goosebumps, it was just an amazing feeling to think where we were at that particular time,” Fiona says.

Team Gold’s Saxon guesses that they were in Istanbul before a clue is sent via smartwatch message.

“A chamber of water, the largest of its kind. A cistern beneath the city, ready for you to find.” 

Once again, Saxon figures it out, saying that it’s referring to the Basilica Cistern. After rattling off facts and figures, it turned out that he had extensively researched the Ottoman Empire thanks to playing in a band called The Ottomans.

While walking in the dark without a GPS, luck lands at Saxon’s feet as he finds a map. This stroke of fortune gets Team Gold to host David Genat (DG) first in Basilica Cistern.

Mission Brief

DG briefs the winning team, saying their “First mission is to travel south to the city of Bursa where you need to locate and experience a traditional Turkish Hammam together.”

They then need to pass “through the oldest Ottoman village on the way to the Escape Zone” to bring him some Turkish Delight.

Team Gold is then given 4000 Turkish Lira and they must make it last the whole 450km to Canakkale.

Team Navy came in next followed by Team Scarlet.

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Mission: Traditional Hamman

While Team Gold had the lead, choosing to wait an hour and a half for the bus meant that Team Navy was the first to make it to the city of Bursa.

Team Navy (Tommy, Sofia, Madeline and Tylen) are the first to make it to Bursa and find themselves stripped down to their swimmers for a traditional Turkish bath experience.

Team Scarlet is the next to arrive with Fiona, Adam and Hamish joining them; however, Team Navy slam the door in their face to maintain the lead.

While it was all a jolly affair, things took an… ahem, turn, as the spa was less than relaxing with a serious rub down.

“I don’t think many blokes wear this around the joint not in Bundaberg anyways that’s for sure,” Tylen says in a headwrap.

Elimination

After Team Gold experience the Hamman, the teams head off in very different directions.

Team Navy use their remaining money to jump in a taxi to the Escape Zone; however, they don’t have enough for the full fare so Sofia pawns some of her jewellery.

“Sofia, she definitely pulled out a strength card out in my eyes, not many people would sell things literally off their back,” Tylen said.

While a gallant effort, it was Team Scarlet who was the first to arrive at the Trojan Horse of Troy in the city of Cannakale; however, Team Gold was stranded 70km away.

After being abandoned by their taxi driver, they were left stranded with Saxon saying “We’re done for”.

DG sends a message through their smartwatch, sending a taxi to rescue them; however, since Team Navy had also reached the Escape Zone, they now had to eliminate a player.

With two minutes to decide, Team Gold eliminates Priscilla.

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Rush airs on Sunday at 7:00pm and continues Monday and Tuesday at 7:30pm on Channel 9 and 9Now.

It’s episode one of Rush, Australia’s newest global adventure series, and twelve Australians began their journey on a thrilling race around the world.

With the help of international supermodel and TV star David Genat (DG), the travellers were put into three teams, ready to move across nine different countries with one mission. Be the first to get to the Escape Zone and move on to the next destination.

During the July 2 episode, we met our contestants whose sight and hearing were taken away, before finding themselves at one of the most iconic events on earth. Rio Carnival in Brazil!

The Teams

• Team Navy: Madi, Sofia, Tylen and Tommy.
• Team Gold: Lola, Priscilla, Saxon and CK.
• Team Scarlet: Najmah, Fiona, Adam and Hamish.

The First Drop Zone

The countdown was on as the teams were dropped into Rio de Janeiro. 3,2,1… taking off their headphones, they were met with a sensory overload – the electric atmosphere of Rio Carnival buzzing around them.

Joining in with the festivities, they dance and laugh, with Madi from Team Navy realising that “we’re in Rio for Carnival”!

While immersing themselves in the fun, their watches ping with a message from host DG with a cryptic clue.

“Atop a mountain you’ll see a light. Redemption awaits, it’s a mesmerising sight,” he wrote.

The teams embark on a mission to track down DG at the iconic Christ the Redeemer.

Leading the pack with their impeccable teamwork, Team Scarlet triumphantly reach the destination first, armed with a dossier with information about the missions they need to complete and a stash of local currency.

“Tomorrow you must complete one mission at Rocinha Valley – play a game of soccer against the locals and score one goal,” David tells them.

Meanwhile, Team Navy, after some initial squabbling, manage to find DG, only to realise they’re a step behind Team Scarlet.

As for Team Gold, well, let’s just say they get caught up in a sticky situation when a taxi driver demands more moolah than they anticipated. Eventually, they find our Golden God, albeit being the last team to do so, putting them at the tail end of the race.

Day Two — Rocinha

Day two kicks off with all three teams setting off to complete their next mission!

Team Scarlet takes the lead once again, closely followed by Team Navy and then Team Gold.

They needed to track down Rio’s biggest favela, Rocinha, (an urban slum of over 150,000 people crammed into just two square kilometres) and tackle the locals in a thrilling game of soccer.

“It’s a bit scarier than we first initially thought, so stress levels were high,” Team Navy’s Tylen says.

With the game reigning supreme as Brazil’s national sport — and the favela’s notoriety for being a tad unwelcoming — these brave adventurers needed all the wit and charm they could muster.

Team Scarlet score a goal after being first to find the soccer field and make their way to Paraty, a coastal playground for Brazil’s rich and famous. Once there, they’re confident they’re in the lead by at least an hour, so they stop for some food.  

Najmah doesn’t think they should be stopping, saying: “Right now everyone looks for food but the mission isn’t to look for food, the mission is to go and find the hotel to check in.”

But Teams Navy and Gold decided to catch a taxi, meaning they weren’t very far behind.

Hotel Check-In

Unfortunately, Najmah was right and Team Navy overtake Team Scarlet, being the first team to check in at the hotel. Team Gold — who were also starving — decided that food would set them back and they went straight to the hotel, with Team Scarlet finishing last.

“Being led by good old Hamish, I knew that something wasn’t right, my guts were telling me something bad was gonna happen and to fall from first to last place is devastating,” Najmah said in an on-camera interview. “That burger was not worth it.” 

Fiona also knew they had made an error in judgement.

“We’ve made a big mistake, we probably should’ve got a taxi but if my aunty had balls she’d be my uncle,” she said. LOL.

The First Elimination

After winning the first leg, Team Scarlet was now trailing behind with the final dash to the Escape Zone at Paca Beach.

While Team Navy race on foot to get there, Team Gold are coming up behind them, but were not close enough to reach DG first.

For Team Scarlet, the hike along the beach proved difficulty, particularly for Najmah.

“I’m gonna need to be carried out of here on a stretcher,” she said.

Reaching DG last, the group were forced to choose who among them was going to be sent home.

Najmah nominated Adam due to his travelling inexperience; however, Hamish and Adam turn the tables on her and say that she should be the one to fall. Since they couldn’t come up with a unanimous decision, Fiona had to make the final call and nominates Najmah.

Upon reaching DG, Hamish says: “We tried to take the emotion out of it and just go strategy wise and based on that we voted out Naj.”

Rush airs on Sunday at 7:00pm and continues Monday and Tuesday at 7:30pm on Channel 9 and 9Now.

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