Chloe-Anne Banks for Destination X UK season one / BBC
Age: 27
Occupation: Historian
From: Oxford
How did you prepare yourself mentally and physically to take part?
“Physically, I haven’t done that much preparation. Obviously, I do aerial [arts] so I’m generally at an okay level of fitness. And mentally I’ve just been doing loads of brain puzzles, anything to test my memory and my skills of cracking codes.”
How far would you go to win the £100k and what would you spend it on?
“I’m not going to compromise any of my morals to win the prize money. I’m definitely in it more for the adventure but the prize money would be nice and I’m definitely willing to play the game. People might be lying to you or leading you in the wrong direction and I would never have any hard feelings against anyone for doing that because I understand that’s the game. And to a certain extent, I’m willing to do that too. But never to the extent that anyone would get upset or hurt by me.
“I really want to do a PhD and so I’d like to use a certain amount of the prize money to fund it. I’ve also always wanted to write a book about Greek mythology.”
What assumptions will other players make about you?
“I come across as quite a friendly and nice person in general. I’m always really smiley and that can lead people to underestimate me. They might think I’m not going to try and play the game in the same way. It might lead people to trust me when maybe they shouldn’t.”
Do you have a strategy for how you are going to play the game?
“I’m definitely going to lean into that nice girl vibe and I intend to make myself a really trustworthy character, which is not hard, because I will be.”
Destination X continues Wednesdays and Thursdays at 9pm on BBC One.
