Boxer duo Taylah Robertson and Glenn Azar, one of the most evasive teams to ever be caught on Hunted Australia, were captured during the July 23 episode of the series; however, they felt they had a huge “target on their back” from the get-go.
During the enthralling game of cat and mouse, CCTV footage showed them leaving a boxing gym in friend Marcos’ car, which lead two Ground Hunter teams to his address. Even though the duo swapped vehicles and left their backpacks at their friend’s home, Team Alpha was hot on their heels — with one of Glenn’s old friends Luke a.k.a “Blue” being the one to finally eliminate them from the hunt.
“I know Blue really well,” Azar told Mediaweek after his elimination. “I used to run a PTSD program and a veterans program for the military after I got out. [Blue] doesn’t have PTSD or anything, but he came on one of the military programs and I actually took him across the Kokoda track a couple of years ago. So, I spent ten days in the jungle with him. I know him very well.”
According to the boxing coach, he purposely avoided telling Luke of his plans, despite catching up with him before filming began,
“One hundred per cent we had a target [on our back]. And I knew that would be the case I knew. I didn’t tell him we were on the show and I’d had breakfast with him a couple of weeks before and I still hadn’t mentioned it. I said [to Taylah] as soon as he sees us, he’s going to target us immediately because he doesn’t want one of his mates to get one up on him.”
Luke a.k.a Blue (right). Ten
Given that he has military experience, fans questioned his ability to hide from the Hunters; however, he revealed that his background wasn’t specifically related to catching fugitives.
“Blue’s ex-special forces so there’s a lot of pride in what they do, they’re very high-level guys,” he said. “I was a specialist in my own field, I was an aeromedical evacuation helicopter evacuation specialist, but it’s very different. So this was his skill set, not mine.”
“I knew that if he didn’t go after me one hundred per cent, he would be a bit embarrassed amongst his cohorts who’d say, ‘How did you let these guys get away from you?’”
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Glenn Azar wanted the full experience of Hunted
While it seems it wasn’t fair for the duo to have such a huge target on their back due to his friendship with Blue, Glenn said, “I don’t think life is fair as such. I’ve got no problem with that, I wanted that challenge.”
“We’re competitive, we want to win, of course. But, winning the show wasn’t our sole focus. Our sole focus was hiding in plain sight.”
He added that despite being captured quite early in the game, he was happy with the overall experience.
“When we got captured… the [Hunters] were cheering, one of the Hunters, she was crying. That’s how emotional they were, so I knew we’d gotten under their skin. And I wanted that level of intensity. If they had gone after other people and let us hide, I don’t know what I would have enjoyed it as much.”
12 fugitives remain on the run as Hunted continues Monday night at 7.30 pm on 10 and 10 Play.