Ireland's Fittest Family returns with brand new challenges

Ireland's Fittest Family is set to turn with even more nail-biting thrills and feats of unbelievable endurance.

The 12th season of the programme was originally scheduled to air last October but the broadcast was delayed after a participant passed away following the completion of filming.

Camogie star and uber competitive Anna Geary is back on the show and will go head-to-head with fellow Cork sporting legends Sonia O'Sullivan and rugby star Donncha O'Callaghan, as well as Clare hurling legend Davy Fitzgerald.

Olympian Sonia will be sprinting back into action for her second season, bringing her world-class experience and determination.

Presented once again by Laura Fox, the upcoming series of Ireland's Fittest Family features brand-new challenges including The Drop Zone, and Raft Rage: The Rivals.

16 families from all over Ireland will be put to the test with rugged courses, and high-intensity heart pounding obstacle races.

The families must each take on a brand-new event, The Drop Zone. This is a race against time to fill a giant water tank. A family member suspended above the water will be dropped into the lake and must climb a rope, ring the bell and stop the clock!

The four families will then have their stamina tested by Fittest Family favourite, the Slingshot. Strapped to a bungee with two levels of resistance, family members must get as many balls as possible from one side of the bog bath to the other and into a bucket. Miss a shot and they must go back for another ball, battling against the pull of the bungee cord.

The scores of the first two events are combined, the winning family goes through to the next round, and the family at the bottom are sent home. Then the other two face Ireland's Fittest Family’s Water Eliminator.