RACE Across the World Star Viv was a stand-out star on the BBC show with her husband Stephen.
As the oldest contestants in the competition, they didn’t win the race, but millions were impressed by their plucky determination and good British humour.
And it seems the sexagenarians have even caught the eye of an A-list popstar.
Adventurer Viv gave an insight into how she keeps fit by sharing a TikTok video of her doing a dance routine in her very spacious kitchen and global US megastar Meghan Trainor, 30, commented on her post.
The US popstar known for her hit song, All About That Bass, who has sold more than 11 million copies worldwide wrote: “My new favourite person.”
To which Viv, who shares her TikTok account with her husband Stephen said: “Hi Meghan TBH you’re our favourite person too, your music just makes us want to dance.”
Indeed others commented on Viv’s dance ability: One said: “You’d slay at Zumba.”
Another said: “This woman knows how to ball change.”
Meanwhile another said: I love you in Race Across the world.”
Retirees Stephen and Viv helped to make TV gold earlier this year when they competed on the BBC’s Race Across the World with their sturdy spirits and hilarious banter.
The Rutland-based couple who have five children, were keen for a challenge after they’d finished working and so they made a decision to apply.
Having competed in the race through Asia, stopping in Vietnam, Thailand and Cambodia, Stephen and Viv embraced the adventure with a small budget, no smartphones and just their backpacks, proving themselves to be hard working and resilient.
Viewers were impressed by the strength of their marriage and the easy going banter between them.
In a touching moment in the video, asked to sum Viv up in one word, Stephen says: “Mine’s easy – ‘Mighty’. She is a mighty lady. She does everything for everyone, she’s wonderful, she’s… I’m getting emotional here. But she’s absolutely my perfect one.”
With contrasting style, Viv describes Stephen as ‘Marmite’.
“He’s Marmite and you do either love him or you hate him – you either get him or you don’t.”
But she adds, despite all the pressure of Race Across the World, “There was never one single moment when we had a bad word against each other… It just means that we are such a strong couple.”
The pair never want to fall into the archetypal image of being old and like to keep fit, playing tennis a weekly ballroom class and bowling.
