Get the latest entertainment news, reviews and star-studded interviews with our Independent Culture email Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter Race Across the World has crowned its 2026 champions – with best friends Jo Diop and Kush Burman being the first pair to reach the final checkpoint. Series six began airing in April, following five pairs as they travelled from Palermo in Sicily to Hatgal in Mongolia over 51 days. The final, which aired on Thursday (21 May), saw four remaining pairings literally race to the finish line, with each of them sprinting through a snowy forest to the last check point. However, it was Liverpudlian friends Jo, 19, and Kush, 20, who arrived there first, celebrating their £20,000 win by jumping into the snow. “I can’t put it into words bro!” Kush said as Jo added: “That’s how I feel bro.” Jo and Kush (CREDIT LINE:BBC/Studio Lambert) “The dream from the start was opening the final book and seeing it …