Bundaberg’s Tylen Wallace has gone on the adventure of a lifetime competing against everyday Aussies with a goal to win the adrenaline-fuelled reality television show, Rush.
Channel Nine’s brand new season of Rush premiered on Sunday 2 July and follows 12 everyday Aussies on an electrifying global adventure.
Deprived of sight or sound, Rush contestants are dropped in some of the most exotic places on Earth with one mission – to be the first to get out and move on to the next destination.
In the first three episodes of the season to air this week, 21-year-old Tylen has absorbed the once in a lifetime experience of the bright costumes and loud sounds of Carnivale in Brazil, the hustle and bustle of Turkey before walking through the dry desert in Jordan.
Born into a cattle farming family, Tylen grew up in the Bundaberg Region and works with his dad in the family beef business.
He spends his days mustering on horseback and working long hours on the land.
Tylen is the youngest competitor on Rush and, in a promotional video for the program, admits while he hasn't yet experienced a lot of the world, his country-boy charm will see him through to the end.
“My mates would probably describe me as a pretty out-there sort of fella, good to talk to, pretty charismatic, full of energy and pretty outgoing,” Tylen said.
“I’ve been riding horses since I was about six and mustering since I was, you know, 10 or 12 or so.
“It’s a good way to grow up, you learn how to move pretty quick along the ground and it helps with your sport.
“Working on the land and how diverse it is, you go out with plan A when you are mustering and you come back with plan Z.
“By the end of the day it just chops and changes and that’s just like life really, it chops and changes and you have to roll with it, things change and you have to get the same outcome and you’ve got to make it happen.”
Tylen said he wasn't fazed by the competitive nature of Rush because he was familiar with succeeding under pressure, having represented Queensland in football.
“Being a part of this is something different and not everyone gets to do it,” he said.
“You know you have to take it on with two hands to take on the experience and win it.
“Being (a) competitive person yeah that gets me pumped.
“To win I would do anything to make it happen – step on toes – I’m here to prove the young country kid can hook in and win it!”
While viewers remain on the edge of their seats to find out the outcome of the season, production of Rush is now over and Tylen is back on home soil.
Tylen was only too keen to fill the boots of Rural Ambassadors at the Bundaberg Show Society in May and this week he represented the region at the Burnett Sub-Chamber finals.
He won his section and will now proceed to the next stage at the Brisbane Royal Show.
Keep up with Tylen's Rush adventure by tuning in on Channel Nine.
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