Elliot Constable has been crowned the winner of Race Around the World, bringing to an end 100 days on the road.
Unlike previous weeks, contestants on the ABC iview series were able to select their own destination for the reboot’s finale.
For Constable, it was the favelas of Brazil.
Topping the leaderboard of six filmmakers, Constable has won the crown and funding to produce his own project for the ABC.
Catch the final films of Race Around the World 2026.
Elliot in Brazil
Title: Holding the Line
What’s it about? In Brazil’s largest favela, one father is determined to change the direction of his son’s future.
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Mikaela in Mongolia
Title: I can’t see it
What’s it about? On the Mongolian steppe, certain days are the best for change. Not because change happens that day, but because it’s the best time to stop and recognise that it already has.
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Lucinda in Los Angeles, USA
Title: Forever 35
What’s it about? From fillers to face lifts, it’s never been easier to look younger, for longer. But for who?
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William in Vietnam
Title: Endurance
What’s it about? I get a tarot card from a fortune teller in rural Vietnam, and we learn a lot about each other in the process.
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Jayden in Senegal
Title: The Captain
What’s it about? As bottom trawling devastates the ocean off Senegal, a local fisherman feels that illegal migration is the only option to turn his life around.
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Kate in China
Title: I wish my dad was still alive
What’s it about? Yang is a stay-at-home dad in China. Brought up by strict parents, Yang wants to raise his baby differently. His story is told through the eyes of a gwai lou (foreign devil).
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Get to know the contestants
Mikaela
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Describe yourself in three words: Artistic, poetic, magazine.
My motto for Race Around the World is: Art is subjective. Not everyone is going to like your film, so as long as you make something that you’re proud of, it doesn’t really matter if people don’t like it.
One item that’s making the suitcase no matter what: Wired headphones. There’s too much travel to rely on a charged set of AirPods.
My greatest fear while overseas is: Having luggage go overboard and get wet. With all our filming gear, water is really hard to recover from.
Elliot
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Describe yourself in three words: Chaotic, introverted extrovert.
My motto for Race Around the World is: I always liked this saying in Portuguese, “Viva como se fosse morrer amanhã”, which is like, live as if you will die tomorrow. I think you just need to enjoy every day.
One item that’s making the suitcase no matter what: My glasses, but I’ll lose them. I’ve lost three pairs of glasses in the last month.
My greatest fear while overseas is: Something happening to people that I love while I’m away.
Jayden
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Describe yourself in three words: Easy-going, lively, passionate.
My motto for Race Around the World is: I think this one’s actually plagiarised from the big man David Attenborough, but if people don’t care about something, they won’t protect it, and people won’t care about something they can’t see.
One item that’s making the suitcase no matter what: My long lens. It’s a really long, stupidly heavy, big thing that no one in their right mind would want to carry when you’re running around to 10 different countries.
My greatest fear while overseas is: Getting to day nine and a story having completely fallen through, or if I shot a full story with someone, and then I’m ready to submit it, and for whatever reason, the person in the story pulls the pin.
Lucinda
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Describe yourself in three words: Bubbly, curious, unconventional.
My motto for Race Around the World is: YOLO [you only live once].
One item that’s making the suitcase no matter what: A necklace that means a lot to me, that’s my talisman.
My greatest fear while overseas is: The logistics. I dread not getting sleep.
Kate
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Describe yourself in three words: Curious, Wollongong, humorist
My motto for Race Around the World is: Water off a duck’s back.
One item that’s making the suitcase no matter what: My nan’s ring, that would be my lucky charm.
My greatest fear while overseas is: A misunderstanding would be really dreadful. Being Australian, I feel like we have a very good sense of humour, but it can also be a little bit different. You don’t want people to think you’re making fun of them, but that’s sometimes how that can be interpreted.
William
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Describe yourself in three words: Content, introspective, disorganised
My motto for Race Around the World is: Have fun.
One item that’s making the suitcase no matter what: My Nintendo Switch.
My greatest fear while overseas is: My reputation for being a machine learning engineer getting tarnished by the fact that, I don’t know, maybe I say something about not wanting to do it when really, I love my job.
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