TESS, 24, OFFICE ADMINISTRATOR, CHRISTCHURCH
“Survivorlooked like the scariest thing in the world and I thought, ‘I’ve got to do it!’ When I was really young, I had bad social anxiety, and it was going out and doing things that helped. I’m pretty prepared for what’s ahead because I managed my fair share of travelling challenges when I backpacked all over Europe and Thailand by myself, including being mugged in England, taking a wrong turn in Paris and getting attacked, and finding myself lost with nowhere to stay in Latvia. I keep putting myself in bad situations! But I’m a huge believer in living life fearlessly.”
KAYSHA, 24, SOCIAL WORKER, HOROWHENUA
“As The Hits Wild Card, I have the drive, passion and competitiveness needed to win, plus the social, physical…