Overview
- The penultimate episode will air on Wednesday, May 13 at 8pm on BBC One, a day earlier than the show’s usual Thursday slot.
- The shift makes room for the Eurovision Song Contest semi-final on Thursday night, with BBC coverage scheduled from 8pm to 10:15pm.
- This week’s instalment takes the race into Mongolia’s final leg at Lake Khovsgol, where teams face freezing weather, rough off-road routes and scarce public transport.
- Contestants must arrange paid lifts within tight budgets as they push toward the finish for a £20,000 prize.
- Eurovision’s first semi-final airs Tuesday, May 12, the second on Thursday, May 14, and the grand final on Saturday, May 16 in Vienna, with the UK act Look Mum No Computer; MasterChef moves to Friday, May 15.