Pechino Express

Pechino Express
Genre	Reality
Created by	Ludo Poppe
Based on	Peking Express
Presented by	Emanuele Filiberto of Savoy (2012) Costantino della Gherardesca (2013-present) Enzo Miccio (2022-2023) Gianluca "Fru" Colucci (2024-present)
Country of origin	Italy
Original language	Italian
No. of seasons	11
No. of episodes	107 (by April 18, 2024)
Production
Producer	Banijay Italy
Production location	Various
Running time	110-120 minutes (seasons 1-3, 9-present) 150 minutes (seasons 4-8)
Original release
Network	Rai 2 (2012-2020) Sky Uno, Now and TV8 (2022-present)
Release	13 September 2012 (2012-09-13) – present

Pechino Express is the Italian TV version of the Dutch-Belgian reality show Peking Express created by Ludo Poppe. It has been broadcast on Rai 2 from 2012 to 2020 and on Sky Uno, Now (live streaming) and TV8 (reruns) since 2022.

Series overview

Season's number	Season's subtitle	Host	Channel	Premiere	Finale	Continent	Route	Visited countries	Winning couple	Audience	Share
1	Avventura in Oriente (Adventure in the East)	Emanuele Filiberto of Savoy	Rai 2	September 13, 2012	November 15, 2012	Asia	Haridwar to Beijing	India    Nepal  China	Alessandro Sampaoli & Debora Villa (Gli attori)	2.039.000	7.81%
2	Obiettivo Bangkok (Goal: Bangkok)	Costantino della Gherardesca		September 8, 2013	November 4, 2013		Hanoi to Bangkok	Vietnam  Cambodia  Laos  Thailand	Massimiliano Rosolino & Marco Maddaloni (Gli sportivi)	1.955.000	7.92%
3	Ai confini dell'Asia (At the boundaries of Asia)			September 7, 2014	November 3, 2014		Mandalay to Bali	Myanmar  Malaysia  Singapore  Indonesia	Stefano Corti & Alessandro Onnis (I coinquilini)	2.214.500	9.20%
4	Il nuovo mondo (The new world)			September 7, 2015	November 2, 2015	America	Quito to Rio de Janeiro	Ecuador  Peru  Brazil	Antonio Andrea Pinna & Roberto Bertolini (Gli antipodi)	2.338.000	9.87%
5	Le civiltà perdute (The lost civilizations)			September 12, 2016	November 14, 2016		Bogotá to Mexico City	Colombia  Guatemala  Mexico	Alessio Stigliano & Alessandro Tenace (I socialisti)	2.086.500	9,00%
6	Verso il Sol Levante (Towards the Rising Sun)			September 13, 2017	November 15, 2017	Asia	Padre Burgos to Tokyo	Philippines  Taiwan  Japan	Ema Stokholma & Valentina Pegorer (Le clubber)	1.831.000	8,01%
7	Avventura in Africa (Adventure in Afria)			September 20, 2018	November 22, 2018	Africa	Tangier to Cape Town	Morocco  Tanzania  South Africa	Patrizia Rossetti & Maria Teresa Ruta (Le signore della TV)	1.552.300	7,37%
8	Le stagioni dell'Oriente (The seasons of the East)			February 11, 2020	April 14, 2020	Asia	Ko Phra Thong to Seoul	Thailand  China  South Korea	Nicole Rossi & Jennifer Poni (Le collegiali)	2.387.500	9,64%
9	La rotta dei sultani (The roue of the sultans)	Costantino della Gherardesca and Enzo Miccio	Sky Uno Now TV8	March 10, 2022	May 12, 2022		Uçhisar to Dubai	Turkey  Uzbekistan  Jordan  United Arab Emirates	Victoria Cabello & Paride Vitale (I pazzeschi)	419.300	1,54%
10	La via delle Indie (The route of the Indies)			March 9, 2023	May 11, 2023		Mumbai to Angkor	India  Malaysia  Cambodia	Joe Bastianich & Andrea Belfiore (Gli italoamericani)	446.400	1,92%
11	La rotta del dragone (The route of the dragon)	Costantino della Gherardesca and Gianluca "Fru" Colucci		March 7, 2024	May 9, 2024		Tam Cốc to Sigiriya	Vietnam  Laos  Sri Lanka	?	?	?

Series details

Season 1: Pechino Express - Avventura in Oriente (2012)

Visited countries:  India -  Nepal -  China

Season 1 of Pechino Express was presented by Emanuele Filiberto of Savoy and was broadcast on Rai 2 from September 13, 2012 to November 15, 2012. The subtitle of the season was Avventura in Oriente (Adventure in the East) and the route started in Haridwar, India, and finished at the Temple of Heaven in Beijing, China, going across India, Nepal and China. The winners of the season were actors Alessandro Sampaoli and Debora Villa, Gli attori (the actors).

Ranking

Place	Couple	Members	Status
1	Gli Attori (The actors)	Alessandro Sampaoli & Debora Villa	Winners
2	I ballerini (The dancers)	Andrés Gil & Anastasia Kuzmina	Runners-up
3	Zio e nipote (Uncle and nephew)	Costantino della Gherardesca & Barù	Eliminated
4	I fidanzati (The lovers)	Simone Rugiati & Malvina Seferi	Eliminated
5	Padre e figlio (Father and son)	Antonio & Marco Mizza	Eliminated
6	Le veline (The veline)	Costanza Caracciolo & Federica Nargi	Eliminated
7	Gli sportivi (The sportsmen)	Giorgio Rocca & Niccolò	Eliminated
8	Madre e figlio (Mother and son)	Simona Izzo & Francesco Venditti	Eliminated
9	Marito e moglie (Husband and wife)	Massimiliano Lanza & Letizia Soldatelli	Eliminated
10	I fratelli (The brothers)	Alarico & Armando Salaroli	Eliminated
11	I promessi sposi (The betrothed)	Carla Carlesi & Riccardo Corsi	Withdrawn

Season 2: Pechino Express - Obiettivo Bangkok (2013)

Visited countries:  Vietnam -  Cambodia -  Laos -  Thailand

Season 2 of Pechino Express was presented by Costantino della Gherardesca and was broadcast on Rai 2 from September 8, 2013 to November 4, 2013. The subtitle of the season was Obiettivo Bangkok (Goal: Bangkok) and the route started at the Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum in Hanoi, Vietnam, and finished at the Wat Pho temple in Bangkok, Thailand, going across Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos and Thailand. The winners of the season were athletes Massimiliano Rosolino and Marco Maddaloni, Gli sportivi (The sportsmen).

Ranking

Place	Couple	Members	Status
1	Gli sportivi (The sportsmen)	Massimiliano Rosolino & Marco Maddaloni	Winners
2	Le modelle (The models)	Francesca Fioretti & Ariadna Romero	Runners-up
3	I laureati (The graduated)	Laura Caratelli & Daniel Moreno Mendoza	Eliminated
4	I figli di (The nepo babies)	Costantino "Costia" & Giovanni Teodori	Eliminated
5	Padre e figlio (Father and son)	Massimo & Paolo Ciavarro	Eliminated
6	Marchesa e maggiordomo (Marchioness and butler)	Daniela del Secco d'Aragona & Gregory Jayasena Sangapala Arachchinge Don	Eliminated
7	I fidanzati (The lovers)	Corinne Cléry & Angelo Costabile	Eliminated
8	Gli olimpionici (The olympians)	Massimiliano Rosolino & Alessandra Sensini	Withdrawn
9	Gli amici (The friends)	Alessio Sakara & Stefano Venturini	Eliminated
10	Gli attori (The actors)	Micol Olivieri & Niccolò Centioni	Eliminated

Season 3: Pechino Express - Ai confini dell'Asia (2014)

Visited countries:  Myanmar -  Malaysia -  Singapore -  Indonesia

Season 3 of Pechino Express was presented by Costantino della Gherardesca and was broadcast on Rai 2 from September 7, 2014 to November 3, 2014. The subtitle of the season was Ai confini dell'Asia (At the boundaries of Asia) and the route started at the royal palace in Mandalay, Myanmar, and finished at the Lotus Garden in Ubud, Bali, Indonesia, going across Myanmar, Malaysia, Singapore and Indonesia. The winners of the season were comicians and tv personalities Stefano Corti and Alessandro Onnis, I coinquilini (The flatmates).

Ranking

Place	Couple	Members	Status
1	I coinquilini (The flatmates)	Stefano Corti & Alessandro Onnis	Winners
2	I Pérez (The Pérez)	Amaurys Pérez & Angela Rende	Runners-up
3	Le cougar (The cougars)	Eva Grimaldi & Roberta Garzia	Eliminated
4	Le cattive (The evil)	Alessandra "Angelina" Angeli & Antonella Ventura	Eliminated
5	Gli sposini (The newlyweds)	La Pina & Emiliano Pepe	Eliminated
6	Le immigrate (The immigrants)	Romina Giamminelli & Mariana Rodríguez	Eliminated
7	I coreografi (The choreographers)	Alessandra Celentano & Corrado Giordani	Eliminated
8	I fratelli (The brothers)	Clementino & Paolo Maccaro	Eliminated
9	Gli eterosessuali (The heterosexual)	Luca Betti & Michael Lewis	Eliminated
10	I benestanti (The wealthy)	Sofia Odescalchi & Uberti Marchesi	Eliminated

Season 4: Pechino Express - Il nuovo mondo (2015)

Visited countries:  Ecuador -  Peru -  Brazil

Season 4 of Pechino Express was presented by Costantino della Gherardesca and was broadcast on Rai 2 from September 7, 2015 to November 2, 2014. The subtitle of the season was Il nuovo mondo (The new world) and it was the first season in America. The route started at the Plaza de San Francisco in Quito, Ecuador, and finished at the Maracanã Stadium in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, going across Ecuador, Peru and Brazil. The winners of the season were web and tv personality Antonio Andrea Pinna and his personal trainer and friend Roberto Bertolini, Gli antipodi (The antipodes).

Ranking

Place	Couple	Members	Status
1	Gli antipodi (The antipodes)	Antonio Andrea Pinna & Roberto Bertolini	Winners
2	Gli espatriati (The expats)	Christian "Kang" Bachini & Son Pascal	Runners-up
3	Le persiane (The Persians)	Giulia Salemi & Fariba Tehrani	Eliminated
4	Le professoresse (The professoresse)	Laura Forgia & Eleonora Cortini	Eliminated
5	Gli artisti (The artists)	Paola Barale & Piero Filoni	Eliminated
6	Fratello e sorella (Brother and sister)	Naike Rivelli & Andrea Fachinetti	Eliminated
7	Gli stellati (The star-rated)	Philippe Léveillé & Ciccio Sultano	Eliminated
8	Gli artisti (The artists)	Paola Barale & Luca Tommassini	Withdrawn
9	I compagni (The boyfriends)	Scialpi & Roberto Blasi	Eliminated
10	Gli illuminati (The enlightened)	Yari Carrisi & Pico Rama	Eliminated

Season 5: Pechino Express - Le civiltà perdute (2016)

Visited countries:  Colombia -  Guatemala -  Mexico

Season 5 of Pechino Express was presented by Costantino della Gherardesca and was broadcast on Rai 2 from September 12, 2016 to November 14, 2016. The subtitle of the season was Le civiltà perdute (The lost civilizations) and the route started at the Caracol Televisión studios in Bogotá, Colombia, and finished at the archaeological site of Tula, Mexico, going across Colombia, Guatemala and Mexico. The winners of the season were YouTube duo theShow, consisting of Alessio Stigliano and Alessandro Tenace, I socialisti (The socialists).

Ranking

Place	Couple	Members	Status
1	I socialisti (The socialists)	Alessio Stigliano & Alessandro Tenace	Winners
2	I contribuenti (The taxpayers)	Diego Passoni & Cristina Bugatty	Runners-up
3	Gli innamorati (The lovers)	Lory Del Santo & Marco Cucolo	Eliminated
4	Gli spostati (The screwed up)	Tina Cipollari & Simone Di Matteo	Eliminated
5	Gli estranei (The strangers)	Silvia Farina & Marco Cubeddu	Eliminated
6	I coniugi (The spouses)	Francesco Sarcina & Clizia Incorvaia	Eliminated
7	Gli emiliani (The Emilians)	Xu Ruichi & Carlos Kamizele Kahunga	Eliminated
8	Le naturali (The natural)	Benedetta Mazza & Raffaella Modugno	Eliminated

Season 6: Pechino Express - Verso il Sol Levante (2017)

Visited countries:  Philippines -  Taiwan -  Japan

Season 6 of Pechino Express was presented by Costantino della Gherardesca and was broadcast on Rai 2 from September 13, 2017 to November 8, 2017. The subtitle of the season was Verso il Sol Levante (Towards the Rising Sun) and the show was back to Asia. The route started in Padre Burgos, Philippines, and finished at the West Park Bridge in Tokyo, Japan, going across the Philippines, Taiwan and Japan. The winners of the season were tv and radio presenter Ema Stokholma and tv personality Valentina Pegorer, Le clubber (The clubbers).

Ranking

Place	Couple	Members	Status
1	Le clubber (The clubbers)	Ema Stokholma & Valentina Pegorer	Winners
2	Le caporali (The corporals)	Antonella Elia & Jill Cooper	Runners-up
3	I compositori (The composers)	Achille Lauro & Edoardo Manozzi	Eliminated
4	I maschi (The boys)	Francesco Arca & Rocco Giusti	Eliminated
5	I modaioli (The fashionable)	Marcelo Burlon & Michele Lamanna	Withdrawn
6	Gli amici (The friends)	Guglielmo Scilla & Alice Venturi	Eliminated
7	Figlia e matrigna (Daughter and stepmother)	Eugenia Costantini & Agata Cannizzaro	Eliminated
8	Las estrellas (The stars)	Olfo Bosé & Rafael Amargo	Eliminated
9	Gli Egger (The Eggers)	Cristina Vittoria Egger Bertotti & Alessandro Egger	Eliminated

Season 7: Pechino Express - Avventura in Africa (2018)

Visited countries:  Morocco -  Tanzania -  South Africa

Season 7 of Pechino Express was presented by Costantino della Gherardesca and was broadcast on Rai 2 from September 20, 2018 to November 22, 2018. The subtitle of the season was Avventura in Africa (Adventure in Africa) and it was the first (and so far only) season in Africa. The route started at the Detroit Palace in Tangier, Morocco, and finished at the St. John's Church in Cape Town, South Africa, going across Morocco, Tanzania and South Africa. The winners of the season were tv presenters Patrizia Rossetti and Maria Teresa Ruta, Le signore della TV (The ladies of TV).

Ranking

Place	Couple	Members	Status
1	Le signore della TV (The ladies of TV)	Patrizia Rossetti & Maria Teresa Ruta	Winners
2	Gli scoppiati (The depaired)	Fabrizio Colica & Tommy Kuti	Runners-up
3	Le mannequin (The models)	Linda Morselli & Rachele Fogar	Eliminated
4	I surfisti (The surfers)	Francisco Porcella & Andrea Montovoli	Eliminated
5	Le Sare (The Saras)	Sara Ventura & Sara Balivo	Eliminated
6	I ridanciani (The jovial)	Paola Caruso & Tommaso Zorzi	Withdrawn
7	Gli alieni (The aliens)	Roberto Meloni & Simone Morandi	Eliminated
8	I promessi sposi (The betrothed)	Roberta Giarrusso & Riccardo Di Pasquale	Eliminated
9	I mattutini (The morning ones)	Adriana Volpe & Marcello Cirillo	Eliminated
10	I poeti (The poeticians)	Mirko Frezza & Tommy Kuti	Withdrawn
11	Le Coliche (The Colics)	Claudio Colica & Fabrizio Colica	Withdrawn

Season 8: Pechino Express - Le stagioni d'Oriente (2020)

Visited countries:  Thailand -  China -  South Korea

Season 8 of Pechino Express was presented by Costantino della Gherardesca and was broadcast on Rai 2 from February 11, 2020 to April 14, 2020. The subtitle of the season was Le stagioni d'Oriente (The seasons of the East) and the show was back to Asia. The route started at the Golden Buddha Beach on the Ko Phra Thong island, Thailand, and finished at the Olympic Park in Seoul, South Korea, going across Thailand, China and South Korea. The winners of the season were web personalities Nicole Rossi and Jennifer Poni, Le collegiali (The boarders).

Ranking

Place	Couple	Members	Status
1	Le collegiali (The boarders)	Nicole Rossi & Jennifer Poni	Winners
2	I wedding planner (The wedding planners)	Enzo Miccio & Carolina Giannuzzi	Runners-up
3	Le top (The best)	Dayane Mello & Ema Kovač	Eliminated
4	I gladiatori (The gladiators)	Max Giusti & Marco Mazzocchi	Eliminated
5	Mamma e figlia (Mum and daughter)	Soleil Sorge & Wendy Kay	Eliminated
6	I sopravvissuti (The survivors)	Gennaro Lillio & Vera Gemma	Eliminated
7	Gli inseparabili (The inseparable)	Valeri Salvatori & Fabrizio Salvatori	Eliminated
8	I palermitani (The Palermitans)	Annandrea Vitrano & Claudio Casisa	Eliminated
9	I guaglioni (The boys)	Gennaro Lillio & Luciano Punzo	Eliminated
10	Le figlie d'arte (The daughters of artists)	Asia Argento & Vera Gemma	Withdtawn
11	Padre e figlia (Father and daughter)	Marco Berry & Ludovica Marchisio	Eliminated

Season 9: Pechino Express - La rotta dei sultani (2022)

Visited countries:  Turkey -  Uzbekistan -  Jordan -  United Arab Emirates

Season 9 of Pechino Express was presented by Costantino della Gherardesca together with Enzo Miccio and was broadcast on Sky Uno and Now from March 10, 2022 to May 12, 2022. The subtitle of the season was La rotta dei sultani (The route of the sultans) and the route started at the Uçhisar castle in Turkey, and finished at the Grand Hotel in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, going across Turkey, Uzbekistan, Jordan and the United Arab Emirate. The winners of the season were tv presenter Victoria Cabello and her friend Paride Vitale, I pazzeschi (The incredible).

Ranking

Place	Couple	Members	Status
1	I pazzeschi (The incredible)	Victoria Cabello & Paride Vitale	Winners
2	Mamma e figlia (Mum and daughter)	Natasha Stefanenko & Sasha Sabbioni	Runners-up
3	Gli sciacalli (The jackals)	Gianluca "Fru" Colucci & Aurora Leone	Eliminated
4	Italia-Brasile (Italy-Brazil)	Nikita Pelizon & Helena Prestes	Eliminated
5	Gli indipendenti (The independent)	Bugo & Cristian Dondoni	Eliminated
6	I fidanzatini (The sweethearts)	Rita Rusić & Cristiano Di Luzio	Eliminated
7	Gli scienziati (The scientists)	Barbascura X & Andrea Boscherini	Eliminated
8	Padre e figlio (Father and son)	Ciro & Giovanbattista Ferrara	Eliminated
9	Gli atletici (The athletic)	Alex Schwazer & Bruno Fabbri	Eliminated
10	Le tiktoker (The tiktokers)	Anna Ciati & Giulia Paglianiti	Eliminated

Season 10: Pechino Express - La via delle Indie (2023)

Visited countries:  India -  Malaysia -  Cambodia

Season 10 of Pechino Express was presented by Costantino della Gherardesca together with Enzo Miccio and was broadcast on Sky Uno and Now from March 9, 2023 to May 11, 2023. The subtitle of the season was La via delle Indie (The route of the Indies) and the route started at the Gateway of India in Mumbai, India, and finished at the Thommanon temple in Angkor, Cambodia, going across India, Malaysia and Cambodia. The winners of the season were American restaurateur and tv celebrity Joe Bastianich and restaurateur and tv personality Andrea Belfiore, Gli italoamericani (The Italian Americans).

Ranking

Place	Couple	Members	Status
1	Gli italoamericani (The Italian Americans)	Joe Bastianich & Andrea Belfiore	Winners
2	I novelli sposi (The newlyweds)	Federica Pellegrini & Matteo Giunta	Runners-up
3	Le mediterranee (The Mediterraneans)	Carolina Stramare & Barbara Prezja	Eliminated
4	I siculi (The Sicilians)	Salvatore Schillaci & Barbara Lombardo	Eliminated
5	Le attiviste (The activists)	Giorgia Soleri & Federica "Federippi" Fabrizio	Eliminated
6	Mamma e figlio (Mum and son)	Martina Colombari & Achille Costacurta	Eliminated
7	Gli avvocati (The lawyers)	Alessandra De Michelis & Laura Picardi	Eliminated
8	Gli istruiti (The educated)	Maria Rosa Petolicchio & Andrea Di Piero	Eliminated
9	Gli ipocondriaci (The hypochondriacs)	Dario Vergassola & Caterina Vergassola	Eliminated

Season 11: Pechino Express - La rotta del dragone (2024)

Visited countries:  Vietnam -  Laos -  Sri Lanka

Season 11 of Pechino Express is presented by Costantino della Gherardesca together with Gianluca "Fru" Colucci and is broadcast on Sky Uno and Now from March 7, 2024 to May 9, 2024. The subtitle of the season was La rotta del dragone (The route of the dragon) and the route started at the Thai Vi temple in Tam Cốc, Vietnam, and will finish in Sigiriya, Sri Lanka, going across Vietnam, Cambodia and Sri Lanka.

Ranking

Place	Couple	Members	Status
	I pasticceri (The pastry chefs)	Damiano Carrara & Massimiliano Carrara	in the race
	I fratm (The best friends)	Artem & Antonio Orefice	in the race
	Le amiche (The friends)	Maddalena Corvaglia & Barbara Petrillo	in the race
	Italia Argentina (Italy Argentina)	Antonella Fiordelisi & Estefania Bernal	in the race
	Le ballerine (The dancers)	Maddalena Svevi & Megan Ria	in the race
6	I Caressa (The Caressas)	Fabio & Eleonora Caressa	Eliminated
7	I giganti (The giants)	Kristian Ghedina & Francesca Piccinini	Eliminated
8	I brillanti (The brilliant)	Nancy Brilli & Pierluigi Iorio	Eliminated
9	I romagnoli (The Romagnols)	Paolo Cevoli & Elisabetta Garuffi	Eliminated