ulast run for Beijing Express 2023. Tonight at 21.15 on Sky Uno and streaming on NOW the final airs of the adventure show conducted by Costantino della Gherardesca and Enzo Miccio. A last episode whose outcome is yet to be written, thanks to the companies of three finalists. Which pair will complete the deciding stage first and claim victory?
Beijing Express 2023the contestants in the final
The 10th edition of the Banijay program enlisted 9 couplesall different from each other, but all determined to travel as many kilometers as possible. A renamed itinerary The way to India, who saw them leave from India, precisely from Mumbai, cross Malaysian Borneo, to finally reach Cambodia.
Stage after stage, the group has become thinner and thinner and now in the final there are The Italo-Americans, The Mediterraneans and The Newlyweds. These are respectively: Joe Bastianich and Andrea Belfiore, Carolina Stramare and Barbara Prezia, Federica Pellegrini and Matteo Giunta.
The finish line in Angkor, Cambodia
In the tenth episode of Beijing Express 2023 travelers have to face the last journey that separates them from the final goal. In total 172 kilometres, to be covered by any means and with a thousand difficulties and hardships, which could put victory at risk. At this point in the game, in fact, it doesn’t take much to see the dream of victory fade.
It starts again from Battambang, where the previous stage ended. Once you leave the city, we go to Siem Reap, which is about 150 kilometers away. Then the travelers head towards the last piece of a journey that is over 8,000 kilometers long. AND Angkor, the most important archaeological site in Cambodia and one of the most visited in Asia.
Within the site is located the city’s temple, Angkor Wat, the largest religious monument in the worldbuilt in the XII century. The winning couple will donate the jackpot to charityto an organization operating in one of the countries visited in this edition.
The three finalist couples
Italian Americans, Mediterraneans and Newlyweds are the three couples who deserved a chance to grab the win. Joe Bastianich and Andrea Belfiore have always been determined and teamed up right away. They won three stages and, even when they didn’t triumph, they still reached high positions in the standings.
The Mediterraneans Carolina Stramare and Barbara Prezia are the couple who surprised the most. Also united in all the stages – two won – they have never lost sight of the final objective: to win. The same goes for The newlyweds Federica Pellegrini and Matteo Giunta: competitive and determined to grind out kilometers and get involved head-on, in order to reach every intermediate goal.
Are the newlyweds Federica Pellegrini and Matteo Giunta still in the race?
Speaking of newly weds, what will become of them? In the last episode, Federica Pellegrini was the victim of an injury. Will he have had time to restore himself to the life of the final rush? Before leaving, they thought that Beijing Express 2023 it would be their honeymoonbut perhaps they hadn’t considered the unexpected factor.
The Olympic champion injured her ankle and reached Battambang with a limp. Which is why some medical checks were necessary to determine if he was able to continue the journey. The decision will be discovered tonight, when he will communicate to the other two couples whether or not he can take part in the final.
The stages of Beijing Express 2023
The travel itinerary began in India, in Mumbai, and then continued towards Kolhapur, Badami and Hampi. From here, we moved towards Chitradurga, Mysore, Thrissur and Kumarakom. Then it came in Malaysia, precisely in the village of Kampung Giam. Later it was the turn of Lubok Antu, Sibu, Mukah, Miri, Amat Amat, Mari Mari and Kota Kinabalu.
In Cambodia, travelers departed from the capital, Phnom Penh, and headed towards Phuom Suos Ney. Again, Oudong, Kampong Loung, up to Battambang, the finish line of the penultimate episode.
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