Race Across the World: Inside stunning jet-set life of show's youngest ever couple Sioned and Fin
Fin and Sioned will be taking on the adventure of a lifetime on Race Across the World, but before that they hadn't travelled further than Europe together, up until a point...
Sioned and Fin from Carmarthen are set to be the youngest competitors to feature on Race Across the World.
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Childhood sweethearts from Carmarthen, Sioned and Fin, are set to undertake an epic journey as they appear in the latest series of Race Across the World on BBC One. At just 18 and 19 at the time of recording, Fin and Sioned are making history as the youngest participants to compete in the show, setting their sights firmly on victory.
Swapping their quaint Welsh life for an awe-inspiring 14,000km trek across Asia, the race starts at the Great Wall of China before taking on four other teams through China, Nepal, and India, then concluding the competition in Kanniyakumari, India's southernmost point.
Before competing on the show the pair admitted they hadn't travelled further than Europe together. But, since then, they have posted their glamorous holidays all over Instagram. For the latest TV and showbiz gossip sign up to our newsletter .
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In an interview with Radio Wales Breakfast Fin said: "We'd never been outside of Europe together.
"So to then go somewhere like China, where the language and culture are completely different - it was just us, relying on each other for the first time."
When they took on the challenge back in October, 2024, the furthest they had travelled together was Tenerife in the Canary Islands.
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Sioned told the radio show that despite being together since childhood they had "never really done anything outside of this little relationship in Wales".
They first became an item four years ago at just 13 years old, and they were both excited to compete in the new season of Race Across the World and thought it would be the ultimate test to their relationship.
Sioned shared her anticipation: "I wanted to travel anyway, so it's a great start for that, but along with discovering more about myself and Fin, just strengthening that bond in a very real and authentic way."
She elaborated on the couple's quest not only in terms of discovery but also dependency, remarking: "We've not really been together just the two of us before so this is something where we will have to rely and depend on each other, we don't have another choice. A lot about self-discovery I think as well as seeing more of the world in the process."
Fin remarked: "It's a way to see if me and her can be together basically, if it can work forever. A challenge to see if it will make or break us."
Sioned expressed her desire for the competition to strengthen their relationship, saying: "We've got such a strong bond anyway, but to know 100% that we can fully depend on each other and just see more of the world."
Since appearing on the show, the pair have shared pics of their travels together, including Uluru, also known as Ayers Rock, in Australia.
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Sioned was initially encouraged by her mother to join the competition with her brother, but ultimately chose to partner with Fin. She relayed: "They love the show themselves and they're very sad to see me go, but they know it's an insane opportunity and want me to really go for it."
The couple will be up against four other duos in the contest, including siblings Elizabeth and Letitia; ex-spouses Yin and Gaz; brothers Brian and Melvyn; and mother-son pair Caroline and Tom.
Fin and Sioned will be on Race Across the World tonight, Wednesday, April 23 on BBC One and BBC iPlayer at 9pm.
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