Peking Express

For other uses, see Peking Express (disambiguation).
Peking Express

Official logo
Created by Ludo Poppe
Theme music composer Brian Tyler
Country of origin Belgium
Netherlands
Original language(s) Dutch
No. of seasons 6
No. of episodes 76
Production
Producer(s) Gert van Kerckhove
Release
Original network Net 5
VT4
Original release 2004 – present
Chronology
Related shows Amazing Race
External links
Website

Peking Express is a Dutch/Flemish reality game show that follows a series of couples as they hitchhike to or from Beijing (only in the first three seasons; seasons four and five are set in South America). The series has already gone through five seasons. In the Netherlands it is screened by Net 5 and in Belgium by VT4. A German version was shown in 2004. The concept has also been sold to Scandinavia where it was broadcast for the first time in the autumn of 2007. The Scandinavian version is shown on Kanal 5 in Sweden, TVNorge in Norway and Kanal 5 in Denmark. A French version named Pékin Express is screened by M6, with ten seasons aired from 2006 to 2014. It can be seen on TV5 outside France. In Spain, the first four seasons of local version Pekín Express aired on Cuatro from 2008 to 2011; Atresmedia acquired the rights in 2015 and has produced two seasons since.[1] An Italian version has been produced since 2012 by RAI and shown on Rai 2 successfully.

General theme

The theme of the show is to demonstrate how various couples deal with the challenges and pitfalls of attempting a long-distance hitchhike to a strange city, together with all the difficulties presented by trying to communicate in a language they don't understand. Tension was added by including couples who had broken up "in real life", but were willing to work together for the sake of winning the race.

In somewhat similar fashion to The Amazing Race, couples that come in last at various checkpoints along the way are eliminated from further competition. In the second series, each of the couples was given €1 per person/per day as their stipend along the route.

Theme music

The music used during the opening sequence is "Summon the Worms" from Brian Tyler's soundtrack to the 2003 miniseries Frank Herbert's Children of Dune.

Versions around the world

Africa

Moroccan Seasons

Dakar Fès Express Season Winning couple Route Visited countries
2011 Hind & Abd el Hakim  Senegal, Dakar to  Morocco, Fez  Senegal,  Mauritania,  Western Sahara,  Morocco
2012 Samid Ghilan & Younès Lazrak  Indonesia, Sulawesi to  Indonesia, Manado  Indonesia

America

Colombian Seasons

Asia Express Season Winning couple Route Visited countries
2016 Jairo & Eliseo  Vietnam, Hanoi to  Thailand, Bangkok  Vietnam -  Laos -  Cambodia -  Thailand

Europe

Belgium/Netherlands/Flemish Seasons

Peking Express Season Winning couple Route Visited countries
2004 Rani & Hans  Russia, Moscow to  China, Beijing  Russia,  Mongolia,  China
2005 Karla & Sophie  China, Beijing to  India, Mumbai  China,    Nepal,  India
2006 Yves & Wendy  Vietnam, Mekong Delta to  China, Lhasa  Vietnam,  Cambodia, Laos,  China
2006
VIP
Chimène & Bart  India, Gangotri to Kochi  India
2007
Pascal & Miranda  Brazil, Rio de Janeiro to  Peru, Lima  Brazil,  Bolivia,  Peru
2008
Mark & Marlinde  Mexico, Mexico City to  Venezuela, Caracas  Mexico,  Nicaragua,  Venezuela
2012
Annebet & Quintin  Republic of Korea, Seoul to  Philippines, Manila  Republic of Korea,  Philippines

Denmark/Sweden/Norway Seasons

Peking Express Season Winning couple Route Visited countries
2007 Tyra & Stefan  Russia, Moscow to  China, Beijing  Russia,  Mongolia,  China

German Seasons

Peking Express Season Winning couple Route Visited countries
2005 Anja & Marc  Russia, Moscow to  China, Beijing  Russia,  Mongolia,  China

French Seasons

Pékin Express Season Winning couple Route Visited countries
2006 Fathi & Médi  France, Paris to  China, Beijing  France -  Russia -  Mongolia -  China
2007 Nadine & Sylvie  China, Beijing to  India, Mumbai  China -    Nepal -  India
2008
Gérard & Cédric  Brazil, Rio de Janeiro to  Peru, Lima  Brazil -  Bolivia -  Peru
2009
Albert & Laurence  Vietnam, Ha Long bay to  Indonesia, Bali  Vietnam -  Cambodia -  Laos -  Thailand -  Indonesia
2010
Cécilia & Mathieu  Ecuador, Equator/Amazon rainforest to  Argentina, Ushuaia  Ecuador -  Chile -  Argentina
2010
VIP
Taïg Khris & Chloé (saison 5)  India, Bhatwari to Pondichery  India
2011
Jean-Pierre & François  Egypt, Cairo to  South Africa, Cape Town  Egypt -  Kenya -  Tanzania -  Lesotho -  South Africa
2012
Ludovic & Samuel (saison 7)  Republic of Korea, Seoul to  Australia, Sydney  Republic of Korea -  Philippines -  Australia
2013
Linda & Salim  Cuba, Habana to  United States, Miami  Cuba -  Mexico -  United States
2014
Caroline & Sabrina (saison 4)  Burma, Man Lawae to  Sri Lanka, Colombo  Burma -  India -  Bhutan -  Sri Lanka

Italian Seasons

In this version, there are mainly VIP couples.

Pechino Express Season Channel Host Winning couple Runner up Third placed Route Visited countries
2012 Rai 2 Emanuele Filiberto di Savoia Alessandro Sampaoli & Debora Villa (Gli Attori) Andrés Gil & Anastasia Kuzmina (I Ballerini) Costantino della Gherardesca & Barù (Zio e Nipote)  India, Haridwar to  China, Beijing  India,    Nepal,  China
2013 Costantino della Gherardesca Massimiliano Rosolino & Marco Maddaloni (Gli Sportivi)[2] Francesca Fioretti & Ariadna Romero (Le Modelle) Daniel Moreno Mendoza & Laura Caratelli (I Laureati)  Vietnam, Hanoi to  Thailand, Bangkok  Vietnam,  Cambodia,  Laos,  Thailand
2014 Stefano Corti & Alessandro Onnis (I Coinquilini) Amaurys Perez & Angela Rende (I Pérez) Eva Grimaldi & Roberta Garzia (Le Cougar)  Burma, Mandalay to  Indonesia, Ubud  Burma,  Malaysia,  Singapore,  Indonesia
2015 Antonio Andrea Pinna & Roberto Bertolini (Gli Antipodi) Christian Kang Bachini & Son Pascal (Gli Espatriati) Giulia Salemi & Fariba Mohammad Tehrani (Le Persiane)  Ecuador, Quito to  Brazil, Rio de Janeiro  Ecuador,  Peru,  Brazil
2016 TBA TBA

Spanish Seasons

Pekín Express Season Channel Host Winning couple Runner up Third placed Route Visited countries
2008 Cuatro Paula Vázquez Fernando & María (couple in crisis) Martha & Javier (domestic worker and employer) José & Oier (religion teacher and student)  Russia, Pskov to  China, Beijing

 Russia -  Mongolia -  China

2009 Raquel Sánchez-Silva Carmela & Antonio (rural friends) Fran & Merino (police buddies) Juan & Juan Jr. (father and son)  China, Beijing to  India, Mumbai

 China -    Nepal -  India

2010 Sandra & Belinda (sisters) Manolo & Marta (father and daughter) David & Javi (flight attendant buddies)  Vietnam, Hanoi to  Indonesia, Bali

 Vietnam -  Cambodia -  Laos -  Thailand -  Indonesia

2011 Jesús Vázquez Mar & Vanesa (sisters) Jota & Freire (strangers) Inés & Pedro (recently graduated couple)  Kenya, Rift valley to  South Africa, Cape Town

 Kenya -  Tanzania -  South Africa

2015 Antena 3 Cristina Pedroche Ángel & Bea (brother- and sister-in-law) Mª del Amor & Yareli (Canarian friends) Aitor & Charo (strangers)  Burma, Mandalay to  Singapore, Singapore

 Burma -  Malaysia -  Singapore

2016 laSexta  Sri Lanka, Anuradhapura to  India, Mumbai  Sri Lanka -  India

References

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