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lemurio:
I bring some updates from different countries:
- Romanian 4th season will premiere next September. They have followed the Emperor's Route across Turkey, Georgia, Jordan and Israel. Filming took place from May to July. Originally it was planned to visit Azerbaijan too, but it is not confirmed why they finally skipped it form the route. Maybe due to covid or to war situation with Armenia?
- French 15th season has been selecting the contestants and the uzbek national news agency reported that the show will film 4 episodes next September visiting Nukus, Khiva, Bukhara, Samarkand, Tashkent, Kokand and Namangan. It is unknown which countries will also be visited, but I guess we can confirm that the route followed is inspired by the legendary Silk route. If I had to bet, I would choose Kyrgyzstan for sure and probably Kazakhstan as the next steps, but we will see. Tomorrow filming begins in Kyrgyzstan, where they will be travelling until 2 September filming 2 episodes. Then, they will cross Uzbekistan filming 4 stages before flying to Jordan and Dubai, where the route will end as it was originally planned last season before they were forced to change the route when all the pandemic crazyness began.
- Italian 9th season is also getting ready for production this Autumn (it is said that they will film between September and October) and they will do in a new channel, Sky Italy, after 8 season in the public broadcaster RaiDue changing the show's name from Pechino Express to Pekin Express. It is confirmed that the route will cross the Middle East, and reports say that it will be though Israel, Jordan and Dubai.
- Czech broadcaster TV Nova is preparing its first season under the title of Asijský Expres. The casting process is now open. They plan to follow the Dragon Route (Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia and Thailand), filming will depend on the Covid situation in SE Asia.
- Greek channels Ant1 and Star seem to be fighting to get the rights to air the first season in the Hellenic Republic. National media said that the idea is to air the show in the second half of the season, Spring 2022 maybe?
freds:
Pekin Express 2022 will be broadcast on February 10th. The road is Kirghizistan, Uzbekistan, Jordan and Dubai.
lemurio:
This Summer there has been a special celebrity season in France, making it the 16th season. It was exclusively filmed in Sri Lanka (before the protests). As a fun fact, one of the contestants was a former First Lady of France.
This week begins filming the 17th French season. The route will be back in South America, traveling from La Paz to Rio de Janeiro through Paraguay. It will be probably aired in March as previous years.
In Autumn it will be broadcasted the 5th Romanian season, this time as America Express, from Queretaro City in Mexico to Cartagena de Indias in Colombia, visiting Guatemala in between. Also, there will be a new adaptation, in Greece, with a route through Cambodia, Laos and Thailand towards Bangkok.
After a few years, Hungary and Poland get back the franchise. Hungary will be from Aqaba to Tashkent, with episodes filmed in Jordan, Turkey, Georgia and Uzbekistan. The Polish one will be filmed in October in Turkey, Georgia and Uzbekistan, and it will be aired in Spring.
Last Italian season, through Turkey, Uzbekistan, Jordan and UAE, will be broadcasted again, but this time openly, not in the cable channel of the network. Next season is also planned to begin filming next Autumn.
freds:
--- Quote from: lemurio on August 28, 2022, 03:32:18 PM ---This Summer there has been a special celebrity season in France, making it the 16th season. It was exclusively filmed in Sri Lanka (before the protests). As a fun fact, one of the contestants was a former First Lady of France.
This week begins filming the 17th French season. The route will be back in South America, traveling from La Paz to Rio de Janeiro through Paraguay. It will be probably aired in March as previous years.
In Autumn it will be broadcasted the 5th Romanian season, this time as America Express, from Queretaro City in Mexico to Cartagena de Indias in Colombia, visiting Guatemala in between. Also, there will be a new adaptation, in Greece, with a route through Cambodia, Laos and Thailand towards Bangkok.
After a few years, Hungary and Poland get back the franchise. Hungary will be from Aqaba to Tashkent, with episodes filmed in Jordan, Turkey, Georgia and Uzbekistan. The Polish one will be filmed in October in Turkey, Georgia and Uzbekistan, and it will be aired in Spring.
Last Italian season, through Turkey, Uzbekistan, Jordan and UAE, will be broadcasted again, but this time openly, not in the cable channel of the network. Next season is also planned to begin filming next Autumn.
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The First Lady was Valerie Trierweiler, the ex wife of François Hollande, French President from 2012 to 2017.
Some news about the next season of Pekin Express in France, the start will be at La Paz, in Bolivia. The season is actually film. They will go at Sucre, Potosi, Uyuni Desert and Tupiza. The next country will be Paraguay and they will enter Brazil by the south and Iguazu Falls. Sao Paulo will also be visit. The final will be at Rio.
freds:
The 17th season of Peking Express in France will be broadcast tomorrow.
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