{"id":288149,"date":"2025-11-28T16:27:26","date_gmt":"2025-11-28T16:27:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/288149\/"},"modified":"2025-11-28T16:27:26","modified_gmt":"2025-11-28T16:27:26","slug":"why-celebrity-race-across-the-world-stars-broke-rules-to-get-a-flight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/288149\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Celebrity Race Across the World stars broke rules to get a flight"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Celebrity Race Across the World<\/a> stars were forced to catch a flight in Thursday’s episode, breaking the rules of the show.<\/p>\n

Originally, the BBC show was going to be titled “Flightless”<\/a> because the contestants are tasked with racing across the world without getting a plane, with a budget of roughly the cost of an airline ticket. Along with air travel, smartphones and credit cards are also banned.<\/p>\n

At the third checkpoint, which marks the halfway point of the race, the teams were informed of an unexpected announcement.<\/p>\n

Dad and daughter Anita Rani and Bal, Strictly couple Molly Rainford and Tyler West<\/a>, Beyond Paradise actor Dylan Llewellyn and his mum Jackie<\/a>, as well as siblings Roman Kemp and Harleymoon<\/a>, were surprised to find out about the change in the race.<\/p>\n

Slideshow: Celebrity Race Across the World reaches the halfway mark<\/p>\n

Celebrity Race Across the World<\/p>\n

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Roman Kemp and Harleymoon are celebrating with coconut drinks on Race Across the World. (BBC\/Studio Lambert)<\/p>\n

It said: “It is not possible for the race to continue through Nicaragua. Teams must fly to Liberia, where the race will resume.”<\/p>\n

Rainford was delighted to share that the destination was in Costa Rica. “I’ve been reading my maps!” She said to the group.<\/p>\n

Of the move, Rani said: “Onwards and literally upwards.”<\/p>\n

Why are Celebrity Race Across the World stars getting a flight?\"Molly<\/p>\n

Molly Rainford and Tyler West wait on Celebrity Race Across the World. (BBC\/Studio Lambert)<\/p>\n

Narrator John Hannah explained the reason behind the drastic measure in the voiceover on Thursday.<\/p>\n

He said: “As the permission to film in the neighbouring country of Nicaragua was not granted, teams will resume the race just 90km away from its border in Liberia, Costa Rica.”<\/p>\n

Although there were no filmed moments of the teams on the flight, a shot was captured from the cockpit and another from an aeroplane window. This is typical of these scenes on the Race Across the World franchise.<\/p>\n

Only eight minutes separated the top three teams. Once on the ground at the airport, the pairs left in the same order with the usual allowed time given.<\/p>\n

TV cameras were filming as Rainford and Tyler left the airport to continue the race.<\/p>\n

It had been explained earlier on by the narrator that: “In a shake-up to the leaderboard, Molly and Tyler have risen to the top. Dylan and Jackie have clambered out of last place for the first time.”<\/p>\n

When have the rules been broken on Race Across the World?\"Anita<\/p>\n

Anita Rani and Bal are starring on Celebrity Race Across the World. (BBC\/Studio Lambert)<\/p>\n

It isn’t the first time that the Race Across the World stars have had to get a flight during the series.<\/p>\n

In the 2025 series, the contestants had to catch a flight in China<\/a>. Yahoo UK understands the contestants flew over the Himalayas<\/a>, and there was no way for them to make that journey on land without scaling the mountains.<\/p>\n

In the 2024 series, the contestants flew from Sokcho in South Korea to Hanoi, the capital of Vietnam.<\/p>\n

This rule break dates back to series two, when contestants flew over Ecuador due to civil unrest at the time.<\/p>\n

These flights are all acknowledged onscreen. Brief explanations are provided for why the plane trip was necessary for it to take place.<\/p>\n

Celebrity Race Across the World is available to stream on BBC iPlayer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Celebrity Race Across the World stars were forced to catch a flight in Thursday’s episode, breaking the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":288150,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[67184,112607,116963,96,59,67260,67261,116962,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-288149","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment","8":"tag-anita-rani","9":"tag-celebrity-race","10":"tag-dylan-llewellyn","11":"tag-entertainment","12":"tag-gb","13":"tag-molly-rainford","14":"tag-race-across-the-world","15":"tag-tyler-west","16":"tag-uk","17":"tag-united-kingdom","18":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/288149","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=288149"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/288149\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/288150"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=288149"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=288149"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=288149"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}