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This year’s racers are now embarking on a mammoth 7,500 km journey (Picture: BBC/Studio Lambert/Cody Burridge/Matt Burlem)

Celebrity Race Across the World is back on our screens with a new line-up of stars hoping to smash out a route that spans from Borneo, across Southeast Asia, to Australia.

Among the racers for 2026 are Princess and Junior Andre, Sam Ryder, Ella Eyre and Jeff Stelling, who are now embarking on a mammoth 7,500 km journey.

Except they aren’t quite racing right now, becaus...