The two pairs will be joined by two more, with singer Mel Blatt and her mum Helene, and British racing driver and pundit\u00a0<\/span>Billy Monger and his sister Bonny, completing the line-up.<\/p>\n The six-part series, which is set to air later this year, will see the teams start in Marrakech, Morocco, the most north-western country in Africa, and end in\u00a0<\/span>Troms\u00f8, Norway, known as the Arctic capital.<\/p>\n The journey will span 24 countries and over 10,000km, with the pairs travelling through the seaside ports and beaches of the Mediterranean, to unrivalled historic and cosmopolitan cities, the mighty Alps, unexplored Central Europe, the fairy tale Baltic States, and snowy Scandinavia.<\/p>\n As usual, they will do all of this without the use of air travel or any trappings of modern-day life.<\/span><\/p>\n Explaining why he decided to take part, Judd said: \u201cI never travelled when I was younger. I travelled with the band, but I never properly did backpacking and I always wanted to. I think the same applies for my mum; she always wanted to but started a family when she was 22.\u201d<\/p>\n Read more:<\/strong><\/p>\n Meanwhile Beresford said: \u201cI thought it was a fantastic opportunity to do something that we\u2019ve never done before. Neither of us have ever backpacked, so it\u2019s a new experience.<\/p>\n \u201cAnd, also, just to see some amazing places! Across continents and across countries, and you\u2019re getting to see everything at ground level, so it\u2019s completely different to just flying over \u2013 getting to immerse yourself in different cultures and communities.\u201d<\/p> Blatt added that she joined \u201cfor the experience, to be out of my comfort zone, to do something that I wouldn\u2019t necessarily choose to do on my own\u201d. \u201cI\u2019m definitely up for challenges and pushing myself,\u201d she said. \u201cAnd this is what mum does all the time!\u201d<\/p>\n Monger said: \u201cWe\u2019ve spoken about travelling before, but it would probably be a little bit different to what I imagine this is going to be like \u2013 in terms of doing everything on such a budget and staying in hostels and being tight on money for food.<\/p>\n \u201cWith this opportunity,\u00a0<\/span>I spoke to Bon about it, and she said it could be quite cool. So, we sat down and watched the previous series and got more and more into it and then decided why not!\u201d<\/p>\n The winners of the most recent season of Race Across the World were best friends\u00a0Cathie and Tricia<\/a>, who told RadioTimes.com<\/a> that appearing on the show was the first time they had \u201cever applied for anything like this<\/a>\u201d before they went on to win.<\/p> ![\""Side\"](\""https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2023\/07\/Billy-and-Mel-1b2f3c1.jpg?quality=90&resize=620%2C413"\" "\\"\"Billy\\"\/")
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