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After nine days on the run, Byron and Tanase were tracked down by the Hunters in Hunted Australia 2023. On reflection, the siblings said that their mental health played a big part in the reason they were captured.

During an interview with Chattr after their elimination, Tanase explained that although they were only fugitives for a week and a half, the mental toll the chase took was extreme.

“There’s a lot they don’t show on TV,” she said. “You’re literally in a state of high adrenaline paranoia 24 hours a day. And there are so many things that happen that they obviously can’t fit it all into one hour.

“There is downtime, but you’re constantly on the go, you’re constantly thinking so it does take you out of your comfort zone and emotionally it takes its toll.”

Also sitting in on the interview, Byron joked that he believed he had “aged five to ten years during filming”.

“The whole time I was crashing on people’s couches and it was hard to sleep because it wasn’t always comfortable,” he said. “Then the stress of making sure that we’re up early and getting ready and packed, that’s always going on in the back of our minds constantly.”

How their emotional state affected their capture

Byron and Tanase were faced with the challenge of the Hunters asking for outside help by plastering Wanted posters of them around the town the Fugitives were hiding in.

When the brother and sister duo realised the Hunters were close, tensions were at an all-time high and they couldn’t make a decision on their next move.

Byron wanted to go bush while Tanase wanted to stay in the city and Tanase believed the stress caused an inability to think straight, ultimately leading to their capture.

“We did have a little bit of an argument the night before, so that took us down another notch emotionally so I was feeling quite weak mentally. So it does take its toll. Definitely.”

“I feel like I let Byron and I down because at that moment [of being caught] my mental strength was down. I was feeling a lot of pressure and the thought of going camping, I didn’t have that mental strength at that moment in time.

“[I needed to] just keep pushing forward because when you do have the moment of weakness, that’s when you’re likely to trip up because when you’re weak prey they’re going to hone in on you.

However, Byron refuted Tanase’s efforts to shoulder the blame for their capture by stressing that she was “not responsible for it!”

Were they relieved to be captured?

Despite retiring from the run after being captured, Tanase said that she didn’t instantly feel as though her stress eased.

“We were just so disappointed not to be in the game anymore. We would have loved to have been back in. Post-show they [Network Ten] give you a lot of support with a psychologist and you really do feel the effects [of the stress]. It’s almost like an emotional hangover for a week. I was just so flat and emotionally down.”

8 fugitives remain on the run as Hunted continues Sunday night at 7pm on 10 and 10 Play.

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Hunted Australia 2023’s gamer duo, Ben and Callum, were captured after Hunter Kellie Andrew’s brother Matt coincidentally stumbled across them at a train station and invited them back to his house.

Despite believing that they’d built a friendship with the welcoming stranger, Ben and Callum were set up by Matt and it wasn’t long before the Hunters arrived to capture them.

Looking back at the disappointing situation, the Fugitives said there was never a point where it appeared as though Matt felt remorseful for single-handedly ruining their time on the run.

“He never showed any signs of feeling guilty. He had multiple opportunities to tell us and give us a headstart,” Ben told Chattr after their elimination.

“I think he took it from the lens that he’s helping his sister out because he definitely tried to make it as easy to capture us as humanly possible. I mean, you saw we got put to work for some drinks!”

The chances of stumbling across a Hunter’s sibling – and being invited back to their house – are extremely low, but the duo just believe it was a case of bad luck.

“It was disappointing. But there’s no way that you could ever plan for this one. We were actually blown away. I was laughing at how silly it was when I found out,” Callum said.

“Absolute credit to him, he took us completely by surprise. I think it’s one of those things where I will be maybe a little bit more sceptical about strangers,” Ben added.

Did anything about Matt raise Ben and Callum’s suspicions?

The IT pro and nurse duo said that looking back there were a few suspicious moves by Matt, but at the time they thought their chances of being handed into the Hunters were zero to none.

“When we think about it now, he did leave the room a few times. While we were cutting wood he left for a little bit. But that said, it was grabbing another barrel for us to fill with firewood,” Ben said.

“If we look at it from a suspicious lens, they were probably our signs, but I think the thing was always, ‘This guy can’t turn us in. There’s just no means of him doing that. So we’re safe. We’re good.’

“It was just one of those things we couldn’t account for it and could not have been prepared for.”

Would Ben and Callum return to Hunted next season?

There’s no debating that Ben and Callum entered Hunted prepared – even in the first episode they managed to get under the Hunter’s skin with their hacking skills. So, to be eliminated over something that was simply a coincidence begs the question of whether the men would want to return for round two.

“If we got given the opportunity I’d like another crack because we had a lot more to give,” Callum said.

Ben agreed, saying that he still wanted to get one up on the Hunters.

“I’m still team Fugitive. I think if the opportunity arises, I’ll do it again. Consider this the beta test, right?” he added.

10 fugitives remain on the run as Hunted continues Tuesday night at 7.30pm on 10 and 10 Play.

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Glenn Azar’s relationship with Hunter Blue seemed to put an immediate target on his and his partner Taylah Robertson’s back in Hunted Australia. Interestingly, the Fugitive has revealed that their friendship runs much deeper than what was shown on TV.

During an interview with Chattr, Glenn explained that he and Blue (real name Luke Andrews) grew close during a military program in Papua New Guinea.

“I know Blue really well,” he said. “I used to run a PTSD program and a veterans program for the military after I got out. [Blue] doesn’t have PTSD or anything, but he came on one of the military programs and I actually took him across the Kokoda track a couple of years ago. So I spent ten days in the jungle with him. I know him very well.”

Glenn knew they’d have a target on their backs

Glenn said that he purposely avoided telling Blue about his and Taylah’s reality tv plans, despite catching up with him shortly before filming kicked off.

“One hundred per cent we had a target [on our back]. And I knew that would be the case I knew. I didn’t tell him we were on the show and I’d had breakfast with him a couple of weeks before and I still hadn’t mentioned it,” he explained.

“I said [to Taylah] as soon as he sees us, he’s going to target us immediately because he doesn’t want one of his mates to get one up on him.”

Glenn explained that his own military background wasn’t specifically related to catching fugitives.

“Blue’s ex-special forces so there’s a lot of pride in what they do, they’re very high-level guys,” he said. “I was a specialist in my own field, I was an aeromedical evacuation helicopter evacuation specialist, but it’s very different. So this was his skill set, not mine.”

“I knew that if he didn’t go after me one hundred per cent, he would be a bit embarrassed amongst his cohorts who’d say, ‘How did you let these guys get away from you?'”

Does Glenn believe it was fair that they were targeted?

The ex-military Fugitive revealed that he was hoping to be targeted in the show because he wanted the thrill of the chase.

“I don’t know if it’s fair but I don’t think life is fair as such. I’ve got no problem with that, I wanted that challenge,” he said.

“We’re competitive, we want to win, of course. But, winning the show wasn’t our sole focus. Our sole focus was hiding in plain sight.”

He added that despite being captured quite early in the game, he’s happy with the overall experience.

“When we got captured… the [Hunters] were cheering, one of the Hunters, she was crying. That’s how emotional they were, so I knew we’d gotten under their skin. And I wanted that level of intensity. If they had gone after other people and let us hide, I don’t know what I would have enjoyed it as much.”

12 fugitives remain on the run as Hunted continues Monday night at 7.30pm on 10 and 10 Play.

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