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The Polish Version Of Pekin Express
Drake:
--- Quote from: BourkieBoy on September 09, 2016, 04:23:32 AM ---Is Peking Express like TAR?
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Not really. It's a little bit different. The biggest difference is that teams have only $1 for each leg. They have to look for a free accommodation, food and transport.
There is also less tasks and during the race they can win immunities and amulets (which can be exchanged for cash after the race).
BourkieBoy:
--- Quote from: Drake on September 09, 2016, 08:00:38 AM ---
--- Quote from: BourkieBoy on September 09, 2016, 04:23:32 AM ---Is Peking Express like TAR?
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Not really. It's a little bit different. The biggest difference is that teams have only $1 for each leg. They have to look for a free accommodation, food and transport.
There is also less tasks and during the race they can win immunities and amulets (which can be exchanged for cash after the race).
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1 DOLLAR! OMG. It sounds good though.
Plaidmoon:
Thanks for the information, Drake! It's so hard to find more about a show like this one. Most of the time we never even hear about it.
Without having watched an episode, my impression is that teams have to find ways to get around (hitchhike), places to sleep (get invited to stay in a home or ask a farmer to let them sleep in a barn) and get food. A couple of the seasons have looked amazing and I need to go look to see if they are still online. The French version traveled through Cuba, Mexico and the Southern US a few years back (2013) and looked like a fun watch. The most interesting looking one was also the French version (2012) through South Korea and the Philippines and then on to Australia. Australia was having the worst flooding in their country's history at the time and the teams were racing right through the middle of it. The Australian authorities were NOT happy to put it mildly. It was some of the most interesting spoiler hunting I've ever done.
We don't talk about Pekin Express much around here, but there may have been more versions of it than there have been of TAR. Wikipedia shows a Dutch/Belgian version (the original), a French version, a Spanish version, a German version, an Italian version, a Scandinavian version, a Moroccan version and new this year, a Mexican version, a Colombian version and a Polish version. I counted up the various races and came up with 35 seasons under one listing and 37 under another listing. So, there are plenty of them out there.
BourkieBoy:
Now we just need the American version, the Australian version and the UK version.
Drake:
In polish version, the odd number episodes are non-elimination legs but the team which will arrive first, automatically gets the immunity for the next leg. The even number episodes are elimination legs.
If the team do not perform the task according to clue, drops one place down. In polish 'Asia Express' episode 2 one team didn't perform the task correctly and dropped from 6th to 7th (last place).
In the promo for today's episode there are info about black flag twist (but I don't know yet what it is :D)
This shows rating in Poland are really good so far. I'm hoping 'Asia Express' will be renewed for 2nd season.
BTW, did anybody create a list of TAR and Pekin Express versions and seasons?
I think this website might help http://www.eccholine.com/formats/peking-express/1
It is the official website of Peking Express producer - Eccholine.
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