{"id":101289,"date":"2025-08-29T17:16:16","date_gmt":"2025-08-29T17:16:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/101289\/"},"modified":"2025-08-29T17:16:16","modified_gmt":"2025-08-29T17:16:16","slug":"bbc-destination-x-winner-breaks-silence-on-feud-with-co-star","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/101289\/","title":{"rendered":"BBC Destination X winner breaks silence on feud with co-star"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The winner of Destination X appeared on BBC Breakfast on Friday morning<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">*Destination X spoilers follow*<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\"><a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk\/news\/tv\/bbc-destination-x-viewers-in-32371323\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">The winner of Destination X<\/a> has broken their silence on their feud with a co-star.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">The <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk\/all-about\/bbc\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">BBC<\/a>&#8216;s globetrotting reality competition came to an end on Thursday (August 28), with host <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk\/news\/tv\/rob-brydon-celebrity-destinationx-tease-32365661\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Rob Brydon<\/a> announcing the winner.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">After weeks of twists and turns, the final three contestants were Saskia, Josh and Judith.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">In the final, they were tasked with finding Rob in their last location, Rome. They had to solve a number of cryptic clues along the way, with Judith reaching the destination first and successfully bagging the \u00a3100,000 jackpot.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Judith was overcome with emotion after finding out that she had won the show, saying: &#8220;Oh my god. I feel like it&#8217;s been so hard. Oh my god, this is a lot. I literally can&#8217;t believe it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/1_Screenshot-4178.png\" alt=\"Nuclear engineer Judith won Destination X\" loading=\"lazy\"  \/>Nuclear engineer Judith won Destination X this week(Image: BBC)READ MORE: <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk\/news\/tv\/rob-brydon-celebrity-destinationx-tease-32365661\" data-tmdatatrack=\"read-more\" data-tmdatatrack-articleid=\"32365661\" data-tmdatatrack-source=\"editorial\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Rob Brydon teases celebrity edition of Destination X with huge twist<\/a>READ MORE: <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk\/news\/tv\/destination-x-star-issued-spoiler-32364290\" data-tmdatatrack=\"read-more\" data-tmdatatrack-articleid=\"32364290\" data-tmdatatrack-source=\"editorial\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Destination X star issued spoiler warning ahead of final by BBC Breakfast\u2019s Naga Munchetty<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">The 27-year-old nuclear engineer appeared on BBC Breakfast on Friday (August 29) to reflect on her win.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">&#8220;I&#8217;m still shocked. I was still processing it like everyone else was processing it. I felt like I went in there so far behind compared to everyone else,&#8221; she told hosts Naga Munchetty and Charlie Stayt.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">&#8220;That was a mental thing that I needed to get over going into it. It was such a shock&#8230; I just knew going [into the final] that I had to be quick and had to think very quickly.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Judith also opened up about her competitive rivalry with Saskia after fans noticed tension between the pair.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">&#8220;You get onto the bus. Everybody&#8217;s there for a reason, they&#8217;ve all got massive personalities. Everybody has a strong personality and sometimes that can get overshadowed a little bit, or you can feel like all the strong personalities are so strong that yours seems a little bit smaller,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/2_Screenshot-4177.png\" alt=\"Judith Destination X\" loading=\"lazy\"  \/>Judith appeared on BBC Breakfast on Friday(Image: BBC)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">&#8220;But as soon as I got onto the bus and when I told everybody that I was a nuclear engineer, I think that intimidated some people.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">&#8220;Knowledge on the bus is power and Saskia had a lot of knowledge. She&#8217;d done a lot of research, she was so knowledgeable and then I think people picked up on that quite early on. So, withholding that knowledge also means not spending too much time with me.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">She added: &#8220;I think that&#8217;s where it does come across that I do spend a lot of time on my own on the bus and I had to figure out a lot of things on my own.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Elsewhere in the interview, Judith revealed that she planned to use her winnings to go travelling through Asia.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">She concluded: &#8220;I do really want to make sure that it lasts a long time and I&#8217;ll put it to good use&#8230; Be sensible.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Destination X is available to stream on BBC iPlayer<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The winner of Destination X appeared on BBC Breakfast on Friday morning *Destination X spoilers follow* The winner&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":101290,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[243,96,391,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-101289","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-bbc","tag-entertainment","tag-tv","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101289","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=101289"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101289\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/101290"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=101289"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=101289"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=101289"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}