Race Across the World moves to Wednesday for Eurovision

Fans of the BBC travel reality series Race Across the World will need to adjust their viewing plans this week, as the penultimate episode of season six shifts from its regular Thursday slot to Wednesday, May 13, at 8 p.m. on BBC One.

The change accommodates the second semifinal of the Eurovision Song Contest, scheduled for Thursday from 8 p.m. to 10:15 p.m. on the same channel. The first semifinal airs Tuesday at 8 p.m., with the grand final set for Saturday from 8 p.m. until 11:50 p.m. The United Kingdom's entry this year is experimental artist Look Mum No Computer, performing the synthesizer-driven song "Eins, Zwei, Drei."

Race Across the World follows teams of two as they race 12,000 kilometers from Sicily to a remote village in northern Mongolia on a strict daily budget equivalent to about 26 pounds. Participants forgo flights and modern technology, relying on public transport, hitchhiking and haggling to navigate extreme climates and terrains across countries including Italy, Greece, Turkey, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan.

In the upcoming episode, the remaining duos enter Mongolia, their eighth and final destination. They face freezing temperatures, rugged...