Viewers of Channel 10’s hit reality show Hunted Australia were blindsided on Tuesday when two contestants were caught by chance.
It was a case of bad timing for friends Sonny-Joe, 37, and Grace, 26, who had been hiding out in a Ballarat caravan park after successfully evading capture for over a week.
The pair were getting ready to board a train out of the regional city when they were spotted by two hunters who were chasing a different pair of fugitives.
Viewers of Channel 10’s hit reality show Hunted Australia were blindsided on Tuesday when two contestants, Sonny-Joe and Grace, were caught by chance
The surveillance ground crew of Team Alpha had been tracking contestants Jake and Rob and were about to pounce.
But the best mates managed to give them the slip by boarding a train out of the city just in time.
Meanwhile, the team of intelligence specialists at Hunted HQ had lost track of Sonny-Joe and Grace.
It was a case of bad timing for Sonny-Joe and Grace who were readying to leave Ballarat when Hunters chasing a separate team spotted them (pictured)
The duo had gone off the grid by leaving a phoney trail of hotel bookings across regional Victoria, before hiding out in Ballarat, 114km from Melbourne.
As a result, the hunters investigated a series of bogus leads in Gippsland, 250km from the pair’s actual location.
So Team Alpha was shocked to discover Sonny-Joe and Grace, disguised as tradies, in a side street near the station in Ballarat moments after Jake and Rob slipped away.
Sonny-Joe and Grace were disguising themselves as tradies, just as Team Alpha arrived (pictured) The Hunters had just let contestants Jake and Rob slip away
Taking off on foot, the team was eventually chased down by the hunters on foot.
The latest elimination comes as Hunted Australia continues to be a major ratings winner for embattled Channel 10.
The real-life thriller scored a surprise victory over Nine’s Beauty and the Geek upon its launch two weeks ago and continues to pull in strong numbers.
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