MEL & DAVE ‘WE WON’T STOP UNTIL WE WIN!’
Mel and Dave have been extremely competitive since the get-go, but the couple say that winning the show would mean a huge life change for them.
Dave, a FIFO worker, only sees his family one in every three weeks, so winning the money would allow him to finally spend time with his loved ones.
‘My dad died on the job when I was only in my 20s, and we hardly got to see him. I don’t want to make that same mistake with my family,’ Dave admits. ‘Spending so much time with Mel on the show has brought us together so much closer and made us realise we need to be like this ongoing,’ he adds.
‘If we win, Dave and I can invest the money into opening our own F45 training studio and fulfil our dream of becoming personal trainers,’ Mel says.
‘Dave’s been 11 years on the job and now he’s getting older he just wants to spend as much time with the kids and be at home like a normal dad,’ she adds. These factors have made the young parents extremely competitive.
‘We’re so determined we won’t stop until we finish,’ says Dave.
The couple admit their drive to win has been so strong, that they've hardly slept. ‘The pressure and stress is very high. The confrontation was hard at times. We had hardly any sleep. I got very emotional and was in tears,’ Dave admits.
In fact, the stress has been so high both of them have shed kilos.
‘We both lost weight! We’d lose weight every week. A lot of time was spent on the go, we didn’t stop for lunch or dinner at times. And as a woman I wasn’t scared of hard work and was lifting heavy items, so I ended up quite muscly towards the end.’
‘It’s all good training for our next career in fitness!’ laughs Dave.