THEthe journey of Beijing express 2023 – The way to the Indies It’s only started a week ago and it’s already promising. Tonight at 21.15 on Sky Uno and streaming on NOW it airs there second episode. The competing pairs there are still 9 and each contestant is ready to face one new stage with a spirit of adventure and adaptation.
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There tenth edition of Banijay’s adventure game takes place in Southeast Asia. The countries to cross are India, Malaysian Borneo and Cambodia. If last time they left Mumbai to get to Satara, first passing through Wai. The new itinerary sees them depart from Kolhapur to reach Hampi.
The stage of the second episode is 453 kilometers long. We start from the city located in the western part of India, where the school of Kushti wrestlers. The kick-off is taken by Bhavani Mandap, one of the largest and oldest buildings in the city of Kolhapur, built at the end of the eighteenth century. More precisely, from the square in front of it, dedicated to the goddess of wealth.
Subsequently travelers – equipped with a map, backpack and only 1 euro per day in local currency – must arrive at the village of Govindakoppain which they have to commit themselves to perform some unexpected tasks, functional to the winning the immunity test. This week they have to run through the streets of the village. Easy said, but less done.
Hampi, the finish line of the new stage
In addition to the usual difficulties – namely the language, the completely new place, miscellaneous and possible – are subjected to an important physical effort, also due to the high temperatures in India. Once they have survived the village, the pairs move north towards the village of Hampi, India’s largest site, declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1986 and located in the state of Karnataka.
Hampi also marks the finish line of the second leg of Beijing express 2023. This means that, once the last pair has arrived, the conductors Costantino della Gherardesca and Enzo Miccio reveal whether the stage is preliminary or not through the opening of the black envelope. At risk of elimination are the last two couples who arrived in Hampi.
There winning pair decide who between the two to eliminate. After that the hosts read the verdict. It is likely that tonight’s episode will be elimination, as last week’s episode allowed all competitors to remain in the race. About couples, the last episode highlighted the characteristics of each of them. There are those who lose their temper, those who dampen it with a joke, those who look for a trick. all, however, they are driven by the desire to win. And beat the competition.
Some of the couples competing at “Beijing Express 2023”: The Italian Americans, The Sicilians, The Educated. (Sky)
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Above all, the first leg showed the unpredictability of the game. The immunity trial was won by Mother and son, or rather Martina Colombari and Achille Costacurta. For a good part of the trip, they led the way The newlyweds Federica Pellegrini and Matteo Giunta. Following, The lawyers Alessandra Demichelis and Lara Picardi, and the educated Maria Rosa Petolicchio and Andrea Di Piero.
At the end of the stage, everything turned upside down. The first to cross the finish line were The Mediterranean Carolina Stramare and Barbara Prezia, followed by The Lawyers and The Newlyweds. Last classified The activists Giorgia Soleri and Federippi (Federica Fabrizio) and The hypochondriacs Dario Vergassola and his daughter Caterina, the latter saved right from the black envelope. They are also part of the cast The Italian Americans Joe Bastianich and Andrea Belfiore and the Sicilians Salvatore Schillaci and Barbara Lombardo.
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