Race Across The World viewers imagine they’ve deduced the primary couple to be eliminated from the BBC journey competitors.
This 12 months, 5 {couples} are travelling 14,000km on a shoestring funds with no entry to trendy luxuries from China to India to win £20,000.
They’ll be hoping to observe within the footsteps of season four winners Alfie and Owen, who have been the primary to succeed in the end line in Lombok.
Contestants are formerly married couple Gaz and Yin, sisters Elizabeth and Letitia, younger couple Fin and Sioned, mother-son duo Caroline and Tom, and brothers Brian and Melvyn.
However, tonight, one of many {couples} must reluctantly retire from the backpacking way of life to land with a thud again to actuality as Race Across The World unveils its first elimination.
The slowest pairing to succeed in the checkpoint within the mysterious Shangri-La, a metropolis sitting on the sting of the Tibetan plateau in direction of the foothills of the Himalaya, will be despatched on a one-way flight to the UK.
And eagle-eyed viewers are satisfied they’ve labored out the couple in query.
On Reddit, person Otsootsla mentioned they re-watched the tip of episode one, which contained preview clips for the remainder of the collection.
They claimed Caroline and Tom, Brian and Melvyn, Fin and Sioned and Elizabeth and Letitia all appeared to have been filmed within the last nation, India, however Gaz and Yin didn’t.
While clips aired of Brian and Melvyn taking part in cricket, and Caroline having a bindi utilized, Gaz and Yin have been proven working throughout a ‘modern bridge in daylight’ that didn’t appear to be a location in India.
They added: ‘Seems pretty certain that we’ll lose Gaz and Yin – on condition that they have been final, with a minimum of a twelve-hour delay on the ferry, and they’re proven close to the checkpoint in daylight.
‘It’s fairly attainable that they’re practically 36 hours behind. Seems such a waste to incorporate an elimination when the casting is so sturdy.’
Other Reddit customers weighed in and known as on the BBC to scrap eliminations in Race Across The World.
Tappers1975 mentioned: ‘The whole elimination thing is pretty pointless, especially so early in the race. Not sure it adds much to what’s an amazing present. If it’s important to do it, perhaps go away it to when there’s two legs left.’
Echoing their sentiment, SomeMaterial shared: ‘The eliminations in this show are so unnecessary, unless they have no money or are so far behind they would never be able to catch up.’
Past_Wallaby_9435 commented: ‘I’m going to be heartbroken to lose any of those groups, they’re all likable.’
While all indicators level to Gaz and Yin’s departure, they’ve a minimum of not made a ‘huge mistake’ like one other couple, which may hamper their possibilities within the race.
Viewers shared their dismay after noticing that Melyvn had opted to journey with a suitcase with wheels quite than a extra sensible backpack.
‘Is one of the brothers gonna drag a suitcase from China to India?’ Louise King rightly questioned on X.
‘Guaranteed that suitcase will be the first victim on Race Across The World,’ Jillywill predicted.
In settlement, notsocaroline shared: ‘That wheelie suitcase goes to trigger numerous issues.
A model of this text was printed on May 1.
Race Across The World airs Wednesdays at 9pm on BBC One and iPlayer.
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