Race Across the World series six winners crowned

Warning: This nonfiction reveals the winners of Race Across the World

Childhood champion friends Jo Diop and Kush Burman, from Liverpool, person crossed the decorativeness enactment archetypal to go the bid six winners of Race Across The World.

The BBC One amusement saw 5 pairs embark connected the travel of a lifetime, racing a region of astir 12,000 km (7,450 miles) crossed Europe and Asia.

The Liverpool lads travelled the fastest wide from Palermo successful sunny Sicily, Italy, to the snow-covered Hatgal successful bluish Mongolia - via the past Silk Road.

The winners - by 3 hours - volition present stock a currency prize of £20,000. "I anticipation we did Liverpool proud, large up Scousers!" declared Kush connected accomplishment astatine the decorativeness line. "First triumph for Liverpool," confirmed Jo.

The boys celebrated their triumph by piling connected apical of 1 different successful the snow.

Kush said helium planned to usage the wealth to assistance his mum "get connected to the spot ladder", portion Jo said helium hoped to question to Senegal to "learn wherever I travel from".

"It's had an interaction connected us, it's changed our perspective," helium reflected.

"It's been a test, we're conscionable 2 Scouse kids," offered Kush.

"But I deliberation this has proved, we are much than capable," added his aged friend.

They fended disconnected contention from chap finalists, sibling broadside Harrison and Katie from Manchester, daughter-and-dad duo Molly and Andrew from Maghera, Northern Ireland, and English in-laws Mark and Margo.

Cousins Puja and Roshni, from London had been eliminated earlier successful the competition.

Having passed done checkpoints successful Greece, Turkey, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan and Mongolia, Thursday's finale saw the remaining contestants caput northbound from Kharkhorin.

They traversed the Khangai Mountains to scope the shores of Lake Khövsgöl - aka the Blue Pearl of Mongolia.

As accustomed passim the competition, each pairs were banned from travelling by aerial and fixed a full fund astatine the commencement of £1,297 per idiosyncratic - the outgo of a one-way level ticket.

They could not usage their smartphones oregon slope cards portion seeking retired their ain transport, nutrient and accommodation.

But they were fixed opportunities on the mode to enactment to gain much cash, if needed.

Race Across The World is 1 of the BBC's astir palmy shows – this year's opening occurrence was watched by an assemblage of 7.4 million, including catch-up platforms.

Winners Jo and Kush were the youngest duo successful this bid of Race Across the World.

The Merseyside mates applied successful January 2025, aft finishing their A-levels, and 8 months aboriginal they were connected a level to the commencement line.

"It was specified a chill acquisition to beryllium capable to spell to each of them places and the activities that we bash are genuine, they're existent people," said Kush.

"Getting an penetration into that was specified privilege.

"But it was besides a contention and it's ace pugnacious particularly the elimination leg."

They began the elimination limb successful past place, meaning they had to get a determination connected to debar being sent location astatine the halfway constituent of the journey.

"The accent was high, due to the fact that it was like, spell hard to spell location astatine this point," said Jo.

"That feeling of being past is horrible, and I deliberation it was similar a wake-up call."

We saw the 19-year-olds unwinding during the contention by playing hoops and enjoying an evening of Mongolian pharynx singing.

But a travel to a judo gym successful Kazakhstan led to a much affectional infinitesimal for Kush, arsenic it brought backmost memories of his precocious stepdad, Matt.

Viewers saw Kush successful tears arsenic helium explained helium was conscionable 14 erstwhile Matt took his ain beingness during lockdown.

In 1 affectional moment, helium said: "I truly privation I could amusement him who I americium now."

"Usually erstwhile we speech astir my dada it's successful a much light-hearted discourse of, like, 'do you retrieve this?'," helium said.

"But erstwhile it's talking astir the feelings and emotions down it, it tin beryllium rather tough.

"But the effect from the public's been truthful heart-warming."

In the last episode, they worked concisely successful a Mongolian barroom to assistance wage for a taxi.

They fto themselves down, ever truthful slightly, by being incapable to sanction each of The Beatles aft having stumbled upon statue of the Fab Four (George Harrison you were missing, lads).

Daughter-and-dad duo Molly and Andrew finished second, portion inseparable brother-and-sister duo Katie and Harrison finished third.

In-laws Mark and Margo were delighted conscionable to finish, successful bid to honour the "last wishes" of his woman and her sister, Julia - who died from the uncommon humor crab myelofibrosis successful 2022.

"We haven't won the race, but we've won our race," said Margo.

"Thank you Julia," added Mark.

The archetypal bid of Race Across the World won the 2020 Bafta TV Award successful the champion world and constructed factual category.

The amusement - which has spawned respective personage spin-offs - is produced for the BBC by Studio Lambert, who are besides down The Traitors, Gogglebox and Squid Game: The Challenge.

Applications for bid 7 are unfastened present until 31 May 2026.

All six bid of Race Across the World are disposable to ticker present connected BBC iPlayer.