Who won Race Across the World 2025? Season 5 winners crowned – as they reveal they let slip secret
It was a close call!
Since Race Across the World season 5 launched back in April, audiences have found themselves clearing their Wednesday night schedules to sit and watch the teams make their way from checkpoint to checkpoint – and now, the winner has been crowned.
After trekking nearly 13,000km over seven weeks across China, Nepal and India, the teams embarked on the final leg of the race, with just 1,200km standing between them and the finish line.
To reach the final checkpoints, the remaining teams travelled through India's southern states, with only seven and a half hours separating the top three pairs.
As ever, it all came down to one moment, and it was Caroline and Tom who reached the checkpoint first. As well as the title of winners, the pair also took home a prize of £20,000.
Elizabeth and Letitia came in just 19 minutes after the mother and son duo and were followed by Fin and Sioned, while Brian and Melvyn came in fourth place.
As they found out they won the race, the pair said: "We must never doubt ourselves again. Ever, ever, ever."
Reflecting on their win after filming the series, Caroline said: "It feels absolutely amazing, I’m so sad it’s come to the end, that is the worst bit about it. We’ve enjoyed being with everybody but my God this race has meant so much.
"We’ve learnt so much, we’ve enjoyed it and to actually win it as well as to have the experience is the best thing that could have happened to us."
Tom added: "Doing the experience in itself is winning but to actually get to that book first and open it and to see that it was empty was something that I’ll remember for the rest of my life."
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The pair also revealed that despite vowing not to tell anyone about their victory they let the secret slip almost immediately.
"[We told] my husband in the car on the way home, we couldn’t hide it," Caroline admitted.
Tom added: "We made a pact on the plane journey home not to tell anybody, but within five minutes of seeing him we let that one go! It was so hard to keep it in!"
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Katelyn Mensah is the Senior Entertainment Writer for Radio Times, covering all major entertainment programmes, reality TV shows and the latest hard-hitting documentaries. She previously worked at The Tab, with a focus on reality TV and showbiz news and has obtained a BA (Hons) in Journalism.
