20 fugitives in one week will be released onto the streets of Melbourne to be hunted by a team of experts in the newest season of Hunted, premiering Monday, July 17 at 7:30 pm on 10 and 10 Play.
The new season will feature 10 diverse pairs of ordinary Australians who transform into fugitives and with limited funds and resources, they must think cleverly to remain undetected whilst on the run, constantly looking over their shoulders, weighing up the risk and return of every move.
The fugitives must remain undetected for 21 days by the team of expert Hunters, made up of some of the world’s best investigators formerly of the Australian Federal Police, Australian Defence Force and British Intelligence, alongside skilled cyber analysts and intel experts. They must be ruthless in their conclusions, masterful in their tactics and relentless in their captures.
With $100,000 up for grabs in prize money, the fugitives will stop at nothing to evade capture.
Many HQ Hunters from season one will return, including Hunted Chief Dr. David Craig, Deputy Intelligence Ben Owen, Deputy Operations Reece Dewar, Lead Investigator Graeme Simpfendorfer, Lead Cyber Jason Edelstein, Forensic Psychologist Dr Karla Lopez, Open-Source Intel Carter Smith and Steph Jensen, Digital Forensics Jay Banerji, and Ethical Hacker Vicki Grouious.
Season two will also see the addition of a new hunter, Senior Principal Analyst Leigha Fraser.
HQ Hunters will be supported by five Ground Hunter teams on the road tracking every move.
In the first season of Hunted, fugitives Robert and Stathi did the improbable and reached the beach that had been named as the extraction point.
First to arrive at extraction was Robert, who boarded the helicopter, elated. Stathi made a run for it across the sand as Team Bravo hit the beach at the same time. It was a neck and neck foot race to the chopper, but Stathi managed to evade capture just in time, with the helicopter taking off with the inaugural winners of Hunted Australia aboard.
Hunted is produced for Network 10 by Endemol Shine Australia, a Banijay Company.
Hunted premieres Monday, July 17 at 7:30 pm on 10 and 10 Play.