Jeff Brazier has spilled the beans on his experience on Celebrity Race Across the World, admitting that the BBC One travel show was a tougher challenge than his stint on military training show Celebrity SAS: Who Dares Wins. The 45-year-old TV presenter is currently appearing on the popular show alongside his son Freddie, 19. The father-son duo spent five weeks trekking across South America with a limited budget, no phone, no wallet and a strict deadline.
Despite the incredible opportunity, Jeff confessed in an exclusive chat that there were moments of stress during their journey. "I actually found it harder [than Celebrity SAS: Who Dares Wins ]. People think I'm being silly by even suggesting that a travel show can be harder than being interrogated, hosed down and screamed at, but it's the five weeks of constant challenge and pressure," Jeff revealed.
He continued: "The relationship is under scrutiny because throughout Freddie's childhood, if there's any stress, Dad takes over. But you can imagine that Fred doesn't want to be seen as Dad's plus-one here, so it creates an unnatural reaction sometimes where Fred fights for something that isn't necessarily important to him." Jeff previously participated in the inaugural celebrity series of SAS: Who Dares Wins back in 2019, competing alongside Sam Thompson , AJ Odudu , Andrea McLean, Louise Mensch and Jeremy Irvine.
Filmed in the Andes Mountains in Chile, Jeff was ultimately eliminated from the process with footballer Wayne Bridge being the only celeb to pass the course. Jeff and Freddie Brazier found themselves in a bit of a tangle over navigation during their stint on Celebrity Race Across the World. Jeff quipped, "A lot of the time, Fred will be using complete guesswork because that's the way his brain works and I'll be using logic because I'm 45 years old," adding with a chuckle, "You have to find a system that works for you sometimes we would go with Fred's unpredictability and it would end up being a quicker or more enjoyable route.
" Freddie wasn't shy about his own skills either, chiming in with, "I'm great at finding places without a map! I somehow always get to where I want to be." The duo also faced the challenge of the South American climate, with Jeff revealing, "The most luxurious shower we had was at a bus garage," He reminisced about his football days, saying, "In my football days, we would be at service stations and see truckers going for a shower and think, 'No way would I ever shower in one of those.' On Race, it was 10 times worse than that.
" They're up against some stiff competition, including DJ Scott Mills and his husband Sam Vaughan, presenter Kelly Brook and her partner Jeremy Parisi, as well as Ted Lasso actor Kola Bokinni and his cousin Mary Ellen, all racing to be the first team to traverse from the Amazon Rainforest to the Andes. Celebrity Race Across the World airs Wednesday 14th August at 9pm on BBC One and BBC iPlayer..
