Hunted stars Bayan and Eesha reveal the hit show’s one line that makes it so hard for contestants to evade capture

Hunted stars Bayan and Eesha reveal the hit show’s one line that makes it so hard for contestants to evade capture

Hunted stars Bayan and Eesha have revealed the hit show’s one rule that all contestants must abide by.

Speak against Yahoo! Lifestyle following their elimination, the pair revealed that the teams must change locations every 48 hours, which will allow them to stay “on the run.”

The real-life adventure series revolves around a team of surveillance experts who ‘hunt’ 20 contestants to evade arrest for 21 days, with the eventual winner raking in a $100,000 cash prize.

“Ideally, if you were a true fugitive, you’d just go out of the bush for six months or a year, and that would be it.”

But the fact that “you have to move every 48 hours” broke up the couple, Eesha explained.

Hunted stars Bayan and Eesha have revealed the hit show’s unspoken rule that all contestants must abide by. In conversation with Yahoo! Lifestyle after their elimination, the pair revealed that the teams have to change locations every 48 hours

“So when you get to the end of those 48 hours, you have to have a game plan, and to do that, you have to talk to someone or borrow a phone or have some kind of communication or something to get that next.” help in line.’

Eesha added, “We can’t just sit in the bush for 21 days.”

The pair were knocked out on Tuesday’s episode and were found cornered in their apartment.

It comes after one of Hunted Australia’s stars said the local show is the best version of the international franchise.

The pair were knocked out on Tuesday's episode and were found cornered in their apartment

The pair were knocked out on Tuesday’s episode and were found cornered in their apartment

Ben Owen, a British intelligence expert who has starred in the UK version of the franchise, said the series Down Under produced is bigger and better than its international rivals.

“I’m not just saying it because I’m talking to an Australian journalist,” Owen said of his claims in The Herald Sun on Monday.

“For me it’s the most exciting thing I’ve done,” he continued.

“(The local version) It has double the number of fugitives and we have less time to catch them. Tactically, we really struggle to get so many people into such a vast area in such a short time.’

It comes after one of Hunted Australia's stars said the local show is the best version of the franchise.  Ben Owen (pictured), a British intelligence expert who appeared in the UK version, said the series Down Under produced is bigger and better than its rivals

It comes after one of Hunted Australia’s stars said the local show is the best version of the franchise. Ben Owen (pictured), a British intelligence expert who appeared in the UK version, said the series Down Under produced is bigger and better than its rivals

Elsewhere in the chat, Owen, who was involved with the US version of the show, said the surveillance team views the events of the show as “real life.”

Channel 10 was quick to commission a second season for 2023 after the show’s debut series averaged 1.09 million viewers nationwide across its nine episodes.

Hunter Australia was also Channel 10’s most successful relaunch since the first season of The Masked Singer in 2019.

Hunter Australia was also Channel 10's most successful relaunch since the first season of The Masked Singer in 2019

Hunter Australia was also Channel 10’s most successful relaunch since the first season of The Masked Singer in 2019

Hunted was also a winner for streaming platform 10Play, scoring the biggest catch-up audience since The Bachelor in 2020.

Hunted Australia’s latest series, which is scheduled to end on August 6, isn’t quite the spectacular success of its first season.

The series, which premiered on July 18, with 10 teams of 2 people, scored 524,000 subway viewers.

Monday’s episode fared poorly against the FIFA World Cup, landing just 362,000 fans in the subway ratings.

Hunted continues on Sunday at 7.30pm on Channel 10 and 10 Play

Owen says the Australian series Hunted is better because the locals have more contestants to capture in a wider area.  Pictured: The cast of Hunted US

Owen says the Australian series Hunted is better because the locals have more contestants to capture in a wider area. Pictured: The cast of Hunted US