![]() But they’re not like obsessed by you, which is lovely, it’s a really cool level.’ But people know that shows they know of you. ‘Hunted is a cool show because you’re not like you’re not recognised, recognised. ‘But I just got my job back at Morrisons to keep myself busy during Covid the day after, and this couple came in and she just screamed, “you’re from Hunted?” “Whoa, that was weird”, when someone recognises you for the first time. More: Channel 4Ĭountdown contestant, 21, 'elated' after becoming highest scoring player in 40 years Hunted fans are an excitable bunchĪfter winning the show, Rob took his old job back at Morrisons but revealed he did spend a few weeks being recognised by fans. The contestant took a week off of work to ‘regroup’ after completing Hunted but stressed how ‘incredible’ Channel 4 were at all times. Then suddenly we’re in a train station with 1000s of people walking and you’re still dodging cameras, you don’t lose it!. ‘At the end, you go from avoiding every camera in the world, not saying anything to anyone, hardly interacting with anyone but you and your partner. He was regularly called by a psychologist who ‘works on big ITV shows’ to check in with him after the whirlwind process came to an end. One decision can take 45 minutes for you to make, which could be as simple as going into a shop to buy a sandwich,’ he added. ![]() I’ll be honest, it’s mentally the hardest thing you’ll ever do, to constantly feel like you’re being chased. ’You have to do a psychology test because it’s not for everyone. Rob explained how all fugitives were taught first aid beforehand, in case they got themselves into any trouble, as well as having comprehensive psychological support. The pair straight after their win, in Anglesey, Wales (Picture: Rob Ellington) People don’t realise how genuinely serious it all is.’ Contestants are given ‘incredible support’ throughout and after the process If they’d seen us… potluck, but the viewers would have gone crazy if we had been caught. They had no idea we were there, and we had no idea they were there. ‘There was zero knowledge on either side. Seconds after finding a hotel to crash in, the Hunter team was stood directly outside, but this was unbeknownst to either party, with Rob revealing: ‘We were told after the show, “Did you know in Shrewsbury, there’s a Hunter team waiting for the extraction stuff to start? When you walked into that hotel, 10 seconds later the Hunters were standing outside that door. Without even realising, many of the contestants opt naturally for the middle of England, to give them the best chance of getting to the mystery access points.īut the Hunters are always about 10 steps ahead, with the decision to head to the Shropshire town nearly proving costly for the pair, where they narrowly missed being captured. We were so smug, watching it back.’ But the pair were nearly caught by complete chance in Shrewsbury ‘The Hunters mentioned on the show, they were like, “Bloody hell, how do they know about Voip?” which means they cannot listen to this conversation. Rob explained: ‘We did our research into the game chat and we knew about the voice over internet protocol, which is called Voip. The Hunters were outsmarted with the powers of Xbox game chatīen and Rob came up with a genius way to communicate which the Hunters were unable to access – which had never been used on the show before – using none other than Xbox gaming chat. You can go 10 days without any problems and one day you make a mistake and you’re back on their number one list.’ ‘You can think you’re doing well, and then the next day you did horrendously. Because, you don’t know if you’re winning, you physically don’t know. Rob said of the uncertainty: ‘It’s incredibly difficult, but you genuinely have no idea really on how the others are doing. Unless someone is caught, the contestants have no clue regarding the fate of their competitors. You can imagine, we went from nice hotel meals paid for by Channel 4 to nothing!’ Fugitives have no idea how each other are getting on I ate two apples in my first three days on the show. Rob said anyone considering the show to ‘be prepared to lose some weight’ and added: ‘I lost two and a half stone on the run. We had a book each with some important contact details and that was the preparation,’ he told us. They were armed only with a book full of useful contacts each, with most preparations done face to face. In previous years, contestants were allowed to take rucksacks out into the wild with them, but this was not the case in Rob’s series. They weren’t even given a rucksack to take on the run You are literally not allowed to talk to each other,’ Rob recalled. ‘Otherwise, for example, if Dan and Hayley said to us, “We’re from Wigan”, Well, we were never gonna go to Wigan while we were on the show because we knew Hunters were gonna be there. ‘You meet them, but you’re not allowed to chat physically.
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