{"id":49254,"date":"2024-04-10T09:00:45","date_gmt":"2024-04-10T07:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=2022007"},"modified":"2024-04-10T09:42:22","modified_gmt":"2024-04-10T07:42:22","slug":"who-are-eugenie-and-isabel-meet-the-race-across-the-world-2024-contestants","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/who-are-eugenie-and-isabel-meet-the-race-across-the-world-2024-contestants\/","title":{"rendered":"Who are Eugenie and Isabel? Meet the Race Across the World 2024 contestants"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"> Here&#8217;s everything we need to know about Race Across the World 2024 contestants Eugenie and Isabel. <\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By Charlotte Colombo\n                \t\t<\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Wednesday, 10 April 2024 at 07:00 AM<\/p><hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/><?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" standalone=\"yes\"?>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body> <p>Pack your backpacks and put your walking shoes on \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/race-across-the-world-2024-date-newsupdate\/\">Race Across the World<\/a> is finally back on the small screen.<\/p>\n<p>Over the next few weeks, we\u2019ll be meeting five teams of two as they try to cover 15,000 kilometres across eastern Asia: a challenging feat in and of itself, but one that\u2019s made extra difficult by the fact that contestants have to cover all that ground without smartphones, internet and bank cards.<\/p>\n<p>If they\u2019re successful at this, these contestants will have a shot at winning \u00a320,000 \u2014 they just have to make sure they get there first.<\/p>\n<p>But will Eugenie and Isabel be able to put their differences aside long enough to win the race? Here\u2019s what we know.<\/p>\n<h2><b>Who are Eugenie and Isabel?<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><b>Relationship: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Mother and daughter<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>From: <\/b>Barking\/Birmingham<\/p>\n<p><b>Jobs<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">: Teacher, trainee clinical scientist<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Eugenie and Isabel are hoping the experience will bring them closer together, but they admitted that their relationship can be fiery at times.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy brothers think it\u2019s a bad idea. Only because they know how I am with Mum and my patience,\u201d Isabel said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey think it\u2019s a crazy idea, given what Mum\u2019s like when it comes to things like direction, navigation and things like that, so they thought it was a bit random.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Isabel\u2019s biggest challenge, she says, will be remaining patient with her mother when it comes to direction. \u201cShe doesn\u2019t believe me, nobody believes me,\u201d Eugenie added.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen I make mistakes, they think, \u2018Come on, we did it 10 times.\u2019 They don\u2019t get it that I have no sense of direction, they\u2019re not accepting it.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2><b>Why did Eugenie and Isabel want to take part in Race Across the World?<\/b><\/h2>\n<p>\u201cIsabel came to me and said she was going to be putting in an application for Race Across the World, and it was going to be for her and myself,\u201d Eugenie explained.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo I asked her, \u2018What is Race Across the World?\u2019 She said, \u2018You need to watch it,\u2019 so I started watching it and got really excited and thought, \u2018Yes, I\u2019d love to be on that,\u2019 and filled in the application. So, really, the starting point was Isabel.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><b>Read More:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/race-across-the-world-2024-contestant-first-look-newsupdate\/\">Race Across the World reveals first look at new contestants for 2024<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/reality-tv\/race-across-world-season-4-release-date\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Race Across the World season 4: Release date, trailer, route and news<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Isabel and Eugenie aren\u2019t as close as they could be, so for Isabel, this is the perfect opportunity to become more harmonious with her mother.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI put in the application because, although it seemed quite intense, I thought it would be something cool for us to bond together in the process,\u201d Isabel said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMum and I are are not as close as we could be, so I thought it would be a good opportunity to explore.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2><b>When does Race Across the World 2024 start?<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Will Isabel and Eugenie live to regret their choices? Find out when Race Across the World kicks off on <strong>Wednesday 10th April at 9pm on BBC One<\/strong>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<script src=\"https:\/\/cdn.greenvideo.io\/players\/gv.js\" data-license-key=\"f0cf5e3e9068d9a4affa36d5c8962eaf1a0662ba\"\/> <div style=\"width:50%;min-height:100vh;overflow:hidden;aspect-ratio:16\/9;position:relative;\"> <style><![CDATA[ .gvtext1, .gvtext2 { animation-duration: 5s; animation-iteration-count: infinite; animation-direction: alternate; width:100%; } .gvtext1 { animation-name: gvtext1; } .gvtext2 { animation-name: gvtext2; } @keyframes gvtext1 { 0% { opacity: 1 } 47% { opacity: 1 } 50% { opacity: 0 } 100% { opacity: 0 } } @keyframes gvtext2 { 0% { opacity: 0 } 50% { opacity: 0 } 53% { opacity: 1 } 100% { opacity: 1 } } ]]><\/style> <div style=\"font-family:arial;font-size:smaller;position:absolute;height:100%;width:100%;background:rgb(208, 208, 208);border-radius:30px;display:flex;text-align:center;align-items:center;\"> <div class=\"gvtext2\" 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