Destination X fans left 'crying their eyes out' in same response to final

Destination X fans were left 'in tears' after the grand finale aired on Thursday night. The last episode in the hit series saw the last remaining contestants, Saskia, Josh and Judith, compete in one last round of challenges for the chance to win the £100,000 jackpot.

The series followed a group of travellers sent around to various locations in a bus with blacked-out windows, with only clues and challenges to try to guess where they are. Each round, the player who guessed furthest away than where they actually were was booted off the bus and therefore out of the competition.

But it was Judith, a 28-year-old nuclear engineer from Bristol, who emerged victorious from the programme and walked away with the huge amount of cash, and fans flooded social media to declare that the moment was so emotional by the whole thing that they had been moved to tears of joy.

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One fan wrote on X: "I'm so pleased I'm in tears the underdog always wins!" and a second said: "Crying my EYES out at destination x oh my god."

In replying to that tweet, a third viewer said: "Honestly so happy she won (wanted Nick from the begging, but with the players left it had to be her), the others were to smug she needed to humble them"(sic), and the initial user replied: "100% they isolated her and were so confident she had no chance, it was so satisfying that she got to win."

The sentiment was echoed across social media, with another writing: "Yes!!! The nice person triumphed Well done Judith." Another fan of the programme wrote: "Congratulations Judith!!!! Well deserved love," and another said: "Yes Judith! So, so, so pleased for her!"

For much of the series, Judith appeared to have been left to navigate the ups and the downs of the competition alone whilst the others worked as a team, and fans were thrilled to see that it all worked in her favour in the end, especially after her fellow finalists left her on her own as well.

One viewer said: "They isolated Judith from week 3, and Josh spent the last days undermining Judith's ability to win. So, for her to make it 30 seconds ahead of Josh to win the cash prize without any advantages was extremely satisfying to watch.

Another, very taken with how Judith had remained 'true to herself' throughout the show despite the pitfalls, she said: "She had no advantages. No alliances. Was even ridiculed. Yet she still won. Why? Character. She was steady, kind and true to herself. And that was enough."

After a month on the Destination X bus, the 13 contestants were whittled down to justthree finalists by tonight's last episode. The remaining stars' memories were put to the test as old clues resurfaced for the first challenge.

Josh had the advantage after the first task, with the 26-year-old pilot receiving three golden tickets while Saskia had one and Judith won none. They were revealed to be in Rome - and challenged with finding host Rob Brydon in one final location within the Italian city. It comes afterRob Brydon's catastrophic Destination X blunder almost ruined whole competition.

While the golden tickets could be used to unlock more clues, after a nail-biting race to the final destination it was ultimately Judith who was first to find Rob Brydon at the Spanish Steps.

"Oh my God," she said, bursting into tears. "I feel like it's been so hard. Oh my God, this is a lot. I literally can't believe it. I literally won Destination X.

"Going from having zero golden tickets to winning - I think Josh and Saskia's faces definitely showed. They were so shocked."

Unfortunately for Josh, he was just 30 seconds behind Judith while Saskia was two minutes and 25 seconds later.

"I was shocked to be honest," Josh said. But in the end, it seems as he shared the same view as the fans of the programme as he added: "I should have done much better in this so I was punching myself. Fair play to Judith - she's a deserving winner. We've all been through this experience together and I've got a lot of respect for her."

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