Nick Butter for Destination X UK season one / BBC
Age: 35
Occupation: Endurance Athlete
From: Cornwall
How did you prepare yourself mentally and physically to take part?
“I’m just doing my normal physical activity which is running a lot. I lived in a van for four years so don’t think I will have any problem with the mental side of it. The hard element is going to be that I’m in a room with nine other characters. But it’s going to be a break. I won’t have my phone, the laptop or work.”
What makes you think you have the right skills for this game?
“I have an understanding of geography and I like a challenge. I have a caring personality to the point that I can be supportive yet also competitive. If people need a shoulder to cry on I could be there, but also I will stab them in the back when it gets to the end of the show.”
What assumptions will other players make about you?
“That I’m a privileged southerner. I am very privileged but in every other aspect, I think I’ll be very similar to everyone else.”
What brings out your competitive side?
“Anything – any silly game. If there’s a competition to be had, even if it’s just throwing a stone at a can, I’ll compete to the death. I think it’s a good thing.”
Do you have a strategy for how you are going to play the game?
“My strategy is to not have a strategy and not overthink it. I’m just going to go in there, be myself, look after people and see what happens. If get booted off straight away then fine but I will do everything in my power for that not to happen.”
Destination X continues Wednesdays and Thursdays at 9pm on BBC One.
