Series 12 The Grand Final
Ireland’s Fittest Family is back for its 12th season on RTÉ One and RTÉ Player. Coaches Davy Fitzgerald, Anna Geary, Donncha O’Callaghan and Sonia O’Sullivan are back and looking to bring home the title this year.
Camogie star Anna Geary is back on the show and will go head-to-head with fellow Cork sporting legends Sonia and Donncha, as well as Clare hurling legend Davy. Olympian Sonia will be sprinting back into action for her second season, bringing her world-class experience and determination.
Presented by Laura Fox, the upcoming series of Ireland’s Fittest Family features brand new challenges including ‘The Drop Zone,’ and ‘Raft Rage’. 16 Families from all over Ireland will be put to the test with rugged courses and obstacle races.
Season 12, Episode 8 – THE GRAND FINAL
This year’s Ireland’s Fittest Family culminates in the most epic Final yet – in the Flour Mill at Dublin Port.
Just four families remain from the starting sixteen:
Davy’s Ferns family from Clare
Davy’s O’Connell family from Waterford
Davy’s Cummins family from Kilkenny
Anna’s Magner family from Cork.
Davy has wiped the floor with the competition this year, pushing out Donncha and Sonia – and leaving Anna with just one family remaining.
The families are divided into two heats, and each must take on a brand-new event – Valley of Pain. The top families from each heat will go straight through to the Grand Final at The Flour Mill in Dublin Port.
The families will take on a first for Ireland’s Fittest Family – a four-way tyre drag at Dublin’s Motocross Track – aptly named Burning Rubber.
Then it’s our old favourite Sole Survivor.
After these events, the bottom two families will face an eliminator – the first ever head-to-head Back Against the Wall – with the loser exiting the competition.
With three families remaining, the next event is the one everyone has been waiting for – Hanging Tough – with a drop into the icy depths of Dublin Port.
With the bottom family immediately eliminated, the last two families standing will take on the Grand Final Race – and only one can be crowned Ireland’s Fittest Family Series 12.
