Race Across The World fans left baffled after contestants make another HUGE mistake

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16 May 2024, 08:34

Race Across The World fans were left screaming at their TVs after one team accidentally lost their passports - causing major concerns for their future on the show. 

(Spoilers ahead for the latest episode of Race Across The World!)

All the teams packed up to leave Thailand to enter the next leg of their journey, which involved a 2,000km journey across Malaysia to the Indonesian island of Sumatra, where the sixth checkpoint was situated in Bukittinggi.

Sibling team Betty and James had a rather bumpy start to the next step of the race after Betty accidentally left all of their travel documents on a bus heading to Bagan Sungai Burong.

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While staying with a local family ahead of taking a job as deckhands on a fishing boat, Betty suddenly realised she no longer has her bum bag, which contains both of their passports.

“Where’s my bum bag?! Oh my God. I think I left it on the bus,” a panicked Betty said, before James made a frantic search in the car that took them to the homestay. 

In a last-ditch attempt to find the bag, the pair enlisted the help of one of the locals who spoke English and offered to call the bus company and explain what had happened.

Both Betty and James grew tearful as the reality of the situation sunk in. An emotional James admitted: "Gutted. Heartbreak to lose it. But, obviously we do it as a team, it’s a team thing.”

However, their lifeline came in the form of a friendly bus driver, who got back in touch with the team to let them know their bag was indeed still at the bus station, and they were quickly reunited with all of their worldly documents. 

A relieved Betty said: “From now I will be enjoying every moment because you don’t actually know when it’s going to come to an end. And I give James permission to slap me round the face or something with my passport.”

Viewers at home were equally as stressed, with many taking to X to share their frustrations at such a frustrating situation. 

“Nooo isnt the whole point of a bumbag the fact that you don’t have to take it off,” asked one fan, while another said: “Yay! Betty & James live to fight another day, pheww. At least when James lost his bum bag,everything in it got robbed! Betty's wasn't.”

A third commented: “Losing passports, getting stuck in lifts, locking yourself out of the luggage locker. Anxiety through the roof watching #RaceAcrossTheWorld this week.”

Race Across the World continues next Wednesday at 9pm on BBC One.