Overview
- The BBC final aired on Thursday, May 21, confirming Jo Diop and Kush Burman as the first pair to reach the final checkpoint in Hatgal, Mongolia, and the £20,000 winners.
- Father and daughter Andrew and Molly finished second, siblings Katie and Harrison were third, and in‑laws Mark and Margo arrived fourth after a gruelling last leg.
- The series sent five pairs from Palermo across Europe and Central Asia over roughly 51 days and about 7,400–12,000 km, with contestants forced to travel without phones or bank cards and with only the cash equivalent of the flight fare.
- Jo and Kush, 19 and from Toxteth, Liverpool, became fan favourites after candid conversations on the road and said they will save or invest most of their prize for travel and a future house deposit.
- Hours after the final, the BBC broadcast a reunion special and media coverage mixed celebratory profiles with unverified social‑media and tabloid claims that production helped another team, a claim not substantiated in available reporting.