Inspired by the reality television series, The Amazing Race, two Charles Sturt University (CSU) students will present their own version in a 48-hour race this month from Wagga Wagga to Bathurst for prizes worth $500.
The Hustle is the brainchild of final year television production students Mr Ethan Borlé and Ms Amy O’Donoghue from the School of Communication and Creative Industries at CSU in Wagga Wagga. The teams will be required to complete physical and mental challenges during the race from Monday 16 to Wednesday 18 September. They will be filmed by the students as they go to checkpoints between the two cities.
Ms O’Donoghue said, “The competitors will drive from Wagga Wagga to Junee, Cootamundra, Young, Cowra and then to Blayney before finishing up in Bathurst.”
Mr Borlé said, “Amy and I hope to make the show equally high in quality and audience engagement”, adding he always wanted to recreate the Amazing Race.
“This was the chance to come up with our own pitch, our own show and our own method to getting it,” Mr Borlé said.
During his preparation for The Hustle, Mr Borlé secured employment at Network Ten as a Steadicam Operator for the new breakfast program show Wake Up.
From Diamond Beach on the NSW mid north coast, Mr Borlé is due to start work in Sydney on Monday, 7 October ahead of his graduation at a ceremony at CSU in Wagga Wagga in December.
Read more about The Hustle here.
Read latest about the University’s television production students on CSU News here.
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