HaMerotz LaMillion 10

HaMerotz LaMillion 10
Season 10
Presented by	Yehuda Levi
No. of teams	14
No. of episodes	7
Release
Original network	Channel 12
Original release	24 January 2026 (2026-01-24) – present
Additional information
Filming dates	4 May (2025-05-04) – 4 June 2025 (2025-06-04)
Season chronology

HaMerotz LaMillion 10, also known as HaMerotz LaMillion 2026, is the tenth season of HaMerotz LaMillion (Hebrew: המירוץ למיליון, lit. The Race to the Million), an Israeli reality competition show based on the American series The Amazing Race, and the second installment of Channel 12's iteration of the show. Hosted by Yehuda Levi, it features 14 teams of two, each with a pre-existing relationship, in a race around the world to win ₪1,000,000. Starting in Lovćen National Park or Dajti Mountain National Park, racers travelled through Montenegro, Albania and Croatia. Elements of the show that returned for this season include the split Starting Lines during the first leg. The season premiered on 24 January 2026 on Channel 12.

Teams began HaMerotz LaMillion 2026 atop either Mount Lovćen in Montenegro or Mount Dajti in Albania.

Keshet Media Group renewed HaMerotz LaMillion for a second season on Channel 12 on 30 October 2024.^[1]

Filming for this season began in May 2025,^[2] and concluded in early June.^[3] This season featured the return of two Starting Lines during the first leg for the first time since the fifth season, where two groups of seven teams began the race from two different locations.^[4] This season also includes first-time visits to Montenegro and Albania, countries which have never been featured in any version of The Amazing Race.^[5]

Casting for this season began on 18 July 2024 while the previous season was still airing and prior to the show's renewal.^[6] By the end of October, 14,000 couples had applied for the show with auditions beginning in December.^[7] The first phase of casting concluded in late February 2025.^[8] Olympic bronze medalist Ariel Ze'evi was contacted to compete with his daughter Noam; however, production rescinded the offer after learning that Noam was not 18 years old.^[9]

In December 2025, it was revealed to advertisers that the season would be broadcast in 2026.^[10] On 8 January 2026, reports emerged of a potential 24 January premiere date.^[11] The first trailer for this season was released on 12 January 2026.^[12] On 17 January 2026, the premiere date was announced to be 24 January.^[13]

Sponsors for this season include Harel Group, Hoka, Cal, Osem, La Roche-Posay, Elite Turkish Coffee, Doritos, and Müller.^[14]

The full cast was revealed on 20 January 2026 during the finale of Rising Star.^[15]

The following teams are listed with their placements in each leg. Placements are listed in finishing order.

• A red placement with a dagger (†) indicates that the team was eliminated.
• A brown ⊂ indicates the team who received a U-Turn; ⊃ indicates that the team voted for the recipient.
• An orange + indicates that there was a Double Battle on this leg, while an orange − indicates the team that lost the Double Battle and received a 15-minute penalty.

Teams may vote to choose either U-Turn or Yield. The team with the most votes received the U-Turn or Yield penalty, depending on the respective leg.

Translated from Hebrew from the official website:

Destinations	Air travel    Rail travel    Water travel    Bus travel Helicopter travel    Bicycle travel    Gondola travel
Route Markers	צומת (Detour)    מחסום (Roadblock)    דו–קרב (Double Battle) סיבוב פרסה (U-Turn)    עצור (Yield)    נקודת סיום (Pit Stop)

Group A

• Airdates: 24, 27 & 31 January 2026
• Eliminated: Reuven & Gali

Locations

• Lovćen National Park, Montenegro (Mausoleum of Njegoš – Guvno Lookout Point) (Starting Line)
• Lovćen National Park (Ivanova Korita (in Serbian))
• Njeguši (Konoba Batricevic-Njegusi)
• Kotor (Gurdić Gate)
• Kotor (Muzej Mačaka)
• Budva (Budva Ballerina Statue)
• Budva (Trg Slikara)
• Rijeka Crnojevića (Rijeka Crnojevića River)
• Podgorica (Cathedral of the Resurrection of Christ)

Episode summary (Episode 1)

• Seven teams began the race atop Mount Lovćen in Montenegro and had to find their first clue on a marked car. After driving to Ivanova Korita and voting to U-Turn another team, teams had to walk across a beam with only each other for support, collect four keys, and unlock their next clue from a box. Teams then had to drive to Konoba Batricevic-Njegusi in Njeguši.
• This season's first Detour was a choice between Meat (בשר) or Milk (חלב). In Meat, teams had to make five Njeguši kobasica sausages using a handheld sausage stuffer and then hang them to dry to receive their next clue and a bottle of wine. In Milk, one team member had to carry a cheese wheel down a hill using a wooden carrier, and their partner had to eat a piece of Njeguši cheese. After racers ate six pieces of cheese, they received their next clue and a bottle of wine.

Episode summary (Episode 2)

• After the Detour, teams found the U-Turn reveal board before driving to the Gurdić Gate in Kotor. There, teams had to convince passersby to carry them on a bed, referencing the country's 'Lazy Olympics', through town to Muzej Mačaka, where they found their next clue.
• From the cat museum, teams had to search the town for a cat, who they would discover was a person dressed as a cat, with their next clue: a music box. Teams had to figure out from the ballerina figurine and the song that they had to drive to the ballerina statue in Budva.

Episode summary (Episode 3)

• Teams had to walk on two pairs of connected stilts down Trg Slikara to receive their next clue from the tallest man in Montenegro.
• Teams then had to drive to the town of Rijeka Crnojevića, where they had to decipher an A26Z1 substitution cipher using the hint "N=13" and decode the phrase "The Bottle is the Way". After presenting their message to the judge, he placed it into a bottle and dropped it into the river. Teams had to figure out that they had to empty out their wine bottle from the Detour to discover the location of the Pit Stop: the Cathedral of the Resurrection of Christ.

Additional note

• Three teams chose to use the U-Turn on Mai & Itay.

Group B

• Airdates: 3, 7 & 9 February 2026
• Eliminated: Yotam & Nofar

Locations

• Dajti Mountain National Park, Albania (Dajti Overlook) (Starting Line)
• Dajti Mountain National Park (Dajti Ekspres Upper Gondola Station) → Tirana (Dajti Ekspres Lower Gondola Station)
• Tirana (Pyramid of Tirana)
• Tirana (Skanderbeg Square – Mother Teresa Garden)
• Krujë (Old Bazaar)
• Fishtë (Mrizi i Zanave Organic Farm)
• Lezhë (Skanderbeg National Memorial)

Episode summary (Episode 4)

• Seven additional teams began the race atop Mount Dajti in Albania and had to follow a marked path to a field and their first clue. After voting to U-Turn another team, teams were attached to a bungee chord and had to grab 10 large Albanian tiles one at a time and arrange them like dominoes so each adjacent tile had a matching pattern to receive their next clue.
• After travelling down the gondola, teams found a marked car with their next clue, which they had to figure out was the car's hanging air freshener that resembled the Pyramid of Tirana. There, teams received a clue with three colors written in Albanian and had to count the number of structures in the pyramid with those colors. The numbers gave them a three-digit combination needed to unlock their next clue.

Episode summary (Episode 5)

• From the Pyramid of Tirana, teams had to travel to the Mother Teresa Garden in Skanderbeg Square. There, teams were instructed to "connect with the legacy of Mother Teresa" to find their next clue. There were several people in the square who needed assistance; however, teams had to figure out that they were distractions and their next destination – the Old Bazaar in Krujë – was written on a monument to Mother Teresa right next to the clue box.
• This launch's Detour was a choice between Stabilize (לייצב) or Stand (להתייצב). In Stabilize, teams had to use two boards to carry 50 jars to a stand to receive their next clue. In Stand, one team member had to ride an electric skateboard resembling an Albanian carpet while their partner controlled it up a cobblestone street and past obstacles to receive their next clue.

Episode summary (Episode 6)

• After the Detour, teams found the U-Turn reveal board before driving to the Mrizi i Zanave Organic Farm. There, teams had to crack open a rose water ice dessert to find a cork with a unique letter. Teams then had to search the winery for a bottle with a matching cork. In exchange, teams received the same bottles that the other teams dropped into the river in Montenegro, and teams had to figure out from the message "The Bottle is the Way" that the location on the bottle's label – the Skanderbeg National Memorial – was the Pit Stop.
• When teams arrived at the Pit Stop, they learned about the teams who raced in Montenegro and that they would be starting the next leg with the team who finished in the same placement in Montenegro.

Additional note

• Three teams chose to use the U-Turn on Adi & Or.

• Airdates: 14 & 18 February 2026

Locations

• Igalo, Montenegro (Palmon Bay Hotel & Spa)
• Dubrovnik, Croatia (Fort of St. Lawrence)
• Dubrovnik (Dubrovnik Cable Car Main Station → Dubrovnik Cable Car Top Station)
• Dubrovnik (Restaurant Panorama)
• Dubrovnik (Dubrovnik Cable Car Top Station → Dubrovnik Cable Car Main Station)
• Dubrovnik (Fort Revelin)
• Dubrovnik (Nogometno Igralište Gospino Polje)

Episode summary (Episode 7)

• At the start of this leg, teams departed in pairs and were instructed to drive to the Fort of St. Lawrence in Dubrovnik, Croatia.
• For this season's first Double Battle, two teams had to don knights armor and throw monkey's fists at each other until they knocked over three pitchers. The first team to do so received their next clue, while the losing team had to choose their next opponents. The team that lost the final Double Battle had to wait out a 15-minute penalty.
• After the Double Battle, teams had to travel by cable car to the top of Mount Srđ and vote to Yield another team. They then had to retrieve a platter of food from Restaurant Panorama and travel back down to reach Fort Revelin. There, teams had to learn how to fire breathe and light a coat of arms on fire before they could present their platter to a king in exchange for their next clue.

• Georgia
  • Tbilisi^[5]

Data courtesy of the Israeli Rating Committee, according to individuals aged 4+ from the general population.